2025 Hampshire Individual Championship, 9-11 November, Lysses Hotel, Fareham • 2024«|»2026

2025 Hampshire Open

2025 Hampshire Open		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Petr Marusenko	UKR	2028m	b22+	w23+	b10+	b2=	w4+	4½
2	Steven Male Kawuma	UGA	2184f	b29+	w17+	b9+	w1=	w6=	4
3	David Collyer	ENG	1882	w37+	b9-	b20+	w14+	w11+	4
4	Jai Kothari	ENG	2133	w36+	b11+	bye=	w7+	b1-	3½
5	Harry Grieve	ENG	2491m	b28+	w6=	b16+	w15+		3½ / 4
6	Finn Schell	ENG	1960	w30+	b5=	w12+	w9=	b2=	3½
7	Bisereko Pafura	UGA	1977	b27+	w24+	bye=	b4-	w18+	3½
8	Paul S Janota	ENG	1906	b24-	w27+	b21=	w19+	b15+	3½
9	Saahil Bansal	ENG	2016	b25+	w3+	w2-	b6=	w10=	3
10	Komronbek Bakhtiyorov	UZB	1847	b38+	w13+	w1-	b17=	b9=	3
11	Hannah Jane Lyon	LUX	1887	b21+	w4-	b26+	w23+	b3-	3
12	Ozan Erdemir	TUR	1767	b14+	w20=	b6-	w16=	b23+	3
13	Jack Wicken	ENG	1991	w34+	b10-	w25=	b30+	w20=	3
14	Tony D Wells	ENG	1891	w12-	b34+	w24+	b3-	w26+	3
15	David L Roberts	ENG	2025	w31+	b16=	w19+	b5-	w8-	2½
16	Roger DW Marsh	ENG	1878	b26+	w15=	w5-	b12=	w17=	2½
17	David A Cordner	ENG	1957	b33+	b2-	w18=	w10=	b16=	2½
18	Daniel Goodlad	ENG	1774	b23-	w22+	b17=	w28+	b7-	2½
19	David J Holmes	ENG	1805	bye=	w32+	b15-	b8-	w31+	2½
20	Rolandas Lukosius	LTU	2026	bye=	b12=	w3-	w33+	b13=	2½
21	Nodirabegim Bakhtiyorova	UZB	1757	w11-	b36+	w8=	b25=	w27=	2½
22	Thomas Philidor	ENG	1825	w1-	b18-	w37+	b24=	w30+	2½
23	Niclas Hordnes	NOR	1910	w18+	b1-	w33+	b11-	w12-	2
24	Hugo Melling	ENG	1768	w8+	b7-	b14-	w22=	b29=	2
25	Abhishek Pradhan	IND	1816	w9-	b37+	b13=	w21=		2 / 4
26	Rashad Rahimli	AZE	1708	w16-	b31+	w11-	b35+	b14-	2
27	Martin J Clancy	ENG	1802	w7-	b8-	bye+	w29=	b21=	2
28	Christian Westbrook	ENG	1854	w5-	b30=	w31=	b18-	b34+	2
29	Lawrence Northam	ENG	1846	w2-	b33-	w34+	b27=	w24=	2
30	Matthew Kirk	GCI	1789	b6-	w28=	b32+	w13-	b22-	1½
31	Anthony Binns	ENG	1817	b15-	w26-	b28=	w32+	b19-	1½
32	Aarav Swansh Mehta	ENG	1855	bye=	b19-	w30-	b31-	w35+	1½
33	Ayan Pradhan	ENG	1780	w17-	w29+	b23-	b20-		1 / 4
34	Gillian A Moore	ENG	1815	b13-	w14-	b29-	bye+	w28-	1
35	Florence Spirling	ENG	1713	bye=			w26-	b32-	½
36	Aditya Gupta	ENG	1838	b4-	w21-	bye=			½
37	Lukasz Marek Piecha	ENG	1756	b3-	w25-	b22-			0 / 3
38	Steven A Jones	ENG	2230	w10-					0 / 1

Tournament Director: Graham Stuart
Chief Arbiter: Lance Leslie-Smith

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[press release] The Hampshire Chess Association 2025 Congress was held at the Lysses Hotel in Fareham on the 7th to the 9th November 2025, with 90 entries playing across three sections.

We were very pleased to have top English IM Harry Grieve playing, who last played as a junior in 2014, where he finished in joint 2nd and won the Len Walters Trophy.

Despite being a big favourite, Dorset junior Finn Schell held Harry to a draw in round 2. With Harry's withdrawal from the last round (when still on 3½ points), this left last year's winner and the 2nd IM Petr Marusenko, to finish half a point ahead of 2007 champion Steven Kawuma, and the Isle of Wight's David Collyer (who also finished in joint 2nd place last year).

This year Petr is qualified for the Hampshire Individual titles, and won the Silver Rook, breaking the recent record of juniors winning this title (2022 to 2024).

In the Major section visually impaired player Brandan Read went into the last round half a point ahead of three players. Brandan was held to a draw. and was joined on 4 points by Wiltshire's Rob Coles to share 1st prize.

Neither of these players were eligible for the Peter Marshall Cup, for the best score by a Hampshire player. This went to tie-break, with two Southampton University players only separated by half a point, on sum of progressive scores. Austin Sopocko was the player just ahead of Lewis Jackson. In an act of solidarity, I think they agreed to share the cup between them this year though.

In the Minor section, it was Peter C Wood (Hastings) and Prakhar Saxena (Brentwood) who shared 1st place with 4½ points, just drawing their paired game. Both players crossed generations, with one of them 13 and the other almost 87!

Again, these players were not eligible for the Parsons Cup, and it was sole 3rd place winner David Lightfoot, who won this. It was only in the last couple of weeks that the Isle of Wight affiliated to the Hampshire Chess Association, which was great timing.

There were seven ladies in the competition, and the winner of the Gillian Moore Cup was shared between Hannah Jane Lyon (Open) and Helen Archer Lock (Major), who both scored 3 points. Even though Hannah is from Luxembourg, she is eligible for the Gillian Moore Cup, as playing for the University Chess club.  
The full list of prize winners are:

OPEN

1st IM Petr Marusenko 4½/5
2-3rd FM Stephen Kawuma & David Collyer 4

• Under-1950 RP (3½ pts) Paul Janota
• The Silver Rook was won by Petr Marusenko.
• The Len Walters Board was won by Paul Janota.

MAJOR

1st Brandan Read & Rob Coles 4/5
3rd Austin Sopocko, Lewis Jackson & Peter Williams 3½

• Under-1650 RP (3½ pts) – Austin Sopocko, Lewis Jackson
• The Peter Marshall Cup was awarded to Austin Sopocko as the best placed Hampshire qualified player.

MINOR

1st Peter C Wood & Prakhar Saxena 4½/5
3rd David Lightfoot 3½

• Under-1400 Grading Prize (3 pts) Keven Lamb, Somnath Mitra & Ethan Ricketts
• The Parson's Cup was awarded to David Lightfoot as the best placed Hampshire qualified player.

The Gillian Moore Cup, which is awarded to the highest scoring Hampshire lady in the Congress, was shared by Hannah Jane Lyon (Open), and Helen Archer Lock (Major) who both scored 3 points.

The John Dunleavy Memorial Prize for the best game in any section will be announced later, as will the new Chris Priest best game prizes for just the Major and Minor sections on the Hampshire website – www.HampshireChess.co.uk

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File Updated

Date	Notes
17 June 2026	First uploaded to BritBase. My thanks to Graham Stuart for sending the games and press releases.