The draw for each round will be published here approx. 15 to 30 minutes before each round.

Pairings and seeding are according to ECF Standard ratings. If no ECF Standard rating, then the FIDE Standard rating is used.

Rd 1: Friday 19:00
Rd 2: Saturday 09:30
Rd 3: Saturday 14:30
Rd 4: Sunday 09:30
Rd 5: Sunday 14:30

Hampshire Chess Congress 2026: Major

Organizer(s)Hampshire Chess Association
FederationEngland ( ENG )
Tournament directorPeter Eales
Chief ArbiterIA Lance Leslie-Smith
ArbiterNA Theo Horne
Time control (Standard)G: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1
LocationLysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BQ
Number of rounds5
Tournament typeSwiss-System
Rating calculationRating national, Rating international
FIDE-Event-ID491932
Date2026/10/23 to 2026/10/25
Rating-Ø / Average age1646 / 46
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 25.10.2026 19:20:59, Creator/Last Upload: Leslie-Smith,Lance

Tournament selectionOpen
Major Under 1850
Minor Under 1600
LinksOfficial Homepage of the Organizer, GoogleMaps, Register Here, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters No tournament details, no flags
ListsStarting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule
Final Ranking crosstable after 5 Rounds, Starting rank crosstable
Board PairingsRd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5/5 , not paired
Ranking list afterRd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5
Excel and PrintExport to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes
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Starting rank

No. NameIDFideIDFEDRtgsexGrClub/City
1
Edney, Richard H246781343412254ENG1845HCAIsle of Wight
2
Redmill, Simon M261255471682ENG1824HCASalisbury
3
Tarrant-Edwards, Philip353372343446124ENG1800HCAChandlers Ford
4
Jones, Eric M113810343495052ENG1794HCAChandlers Ford
5
Willetts, Graham J121691443450ENG1765HCARingwood
6
Binns, Anthony365259343482970ENG1742HCASalisbury
7
Rahimli, Rashad37393613455095AZE1706*Bournemouth *
8
Matthew, Ian G115087423165ENG1692*Portsmouth
9
Short, Alexander367192343466303ENG1687HCASouthampton
10
Stout, Nicholas B122340343467679ENG1675*Purbeck
11
Williams, Peter187773343470696ENG1673*Didcot
12
Poama-Covaci, Iulia3411971228030ROU1669wHCAEmsworth
13
Basher, Ekramul361950343440320ENG1661HCAPortsmouth
14
Ekram, Itmam361342343452396ENG1651HCAPortsmouth
15
Devlin, Liam344786343403727ENG1643HCAAndover
16
Agostinelli, David R278366485543ENG1639HCASouthampton
17
Belinger, John292788497100ENG1634*New Milton
18
Moore, Gillian A240374411175ENG1627wHCASouthampton
19
Plumb, Michael D117233426466ENG1617HCABognor & Arun
20
Tempest, Adam278747343487378ENG1617HCASouthampton
21
Coles, Rob359206343431909ENG1616*Kings Head
22
White, Ben381887343490336ENG1545*Clevedon
23
Meichanetzidis, Filimon381117343491499ENG1476HCASouthampton *
24
Sanku, Hasan Arun366676343458734ENG1433*Harrow *
25
Du, Edmond349054343457495ENG1430*Oxfordshire Juniors
26
Martirossian, Talea371256343461620ENG1329w*Sussex Juniors