Newport Chess Congress — Major

2026-08-21–2026-08-23 · Newport South Wales

Bridgend players

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Chris Peters

Final position: 12th

Tournament points: 3

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Tournament totals

Player	Published Welsh rating	Points	Estimated WCU change
Chris Peters	1700 WCU	3	+40

Round-by-round results

Players are shown in standard board order: White first, then Black. Results are read White–Black, so 1–0 means White won and 0–1 means Black won. Bridgend players are marked below their names.

Round	Date	White player	Rating	Result	Black player	Rating	Rating used for WCU estimate	Estimated Bridgend WCU changes
1	2026-08-21	Chris PetersBridgend	1700 WCU	1–0	Zane Alford	1841 WCU	1841	+20.8
2	2026-08-22	Mateusz Gibiec	1843 WCU	0–1	Chris PetersBridgend	1700 WCU	1843	+20.8
3	2026-08-22	Chris PetersBridgend	1700 WCU	0–1	Bernie Tedd	1836 ECF	1836	-9.4
4	2026-08-23	Thorsten Meyer	1853 ECF	1–0	Chris PetersBridgend	1700 WCU	1853	-8.8
5	2026-08-23	Chris PetersBridgend	1700 WCU	1–0	Jack Hannigan	1735 WCU	1735	+16.5

Published ratings retain their original system. WCU estimates remain pending until a WCU calculation rating is available. See the Welsh Chess Union grading page for actual grades.

Final Major standings

Official final ranking imported from the downloaded Chess-Results workbook · Exported 23.08.2026 19:46:24. These standings are authoritative and separate from the club’s provisional WCU estimates.

Rank	Player	Federation	Published rating	Points	TB1
1	Jones, Steve	WLS	1760	4.5	15.5
2	Baxter, Matthew	ENG	1725	4	17.5
3	Meyer, Thorsten	ENG	1853	4	14.5
4	Thomas, Mark	WLS	1854	4	14
5	Northam, Lawrence	ENG	1810	4	14
6	Jones, Gavin	WLS	1762	3.5	14.5
7	Rock Cooper, Dillon	ENG	1871	3.5	12
8	Tedd, Bernie	ENG	1775	3.5	12
9	Thomas, Kevin	WLS	1739	3	15.5
10	Rovaretti, David	WLS	1768	3	15
11	Payne, David J	WLS	1874	3	14.5
12	Peters, Chris Bridgend	WLS	1644	3	14
13	Gibiec, Mateusz	WLS	1768	3	13.5
14	Sharples, Jack	ENG	1884	3	13
15	Rogers, David R	ENG	1721	3	13
16	Hayes, Ian	WLS	1749	3	12.5
17	Horrell, Stephen A	WLS	1752	3	12
18	Hollyman, Mike	WLS	1603	3	11.5
19	Hoccom, Sebastian	WLS	1802	3	11
20	Brooks, Paul	ENG	1894	2.5	15
21	Wilkins, Zack	WLS	1718	2.5	14.5
22	Muza, Robert	WLS	1685	2.5	14.5
23	Jones, Mark G	ENG	1834	2.5	13.5
24	Havard, Gwyn	WLS	1817	2.5	13
25	Bourne, Patrick	WLS	1658	2.5	13
26	Zhuravlev, Andrei	WLS	1481	2.5	12.5
27	Papier, Alan	ENG	1720	2.5	12
28	Williams, Stephen	WLS	1697	2.5	11
29	Hannigan, Jack	WLS	1733	2	15
30	Hurn, Robert Aj	WLS	1635	2	14
31	Forsey, Tomas	WLS	1720	2	13
32	Choung, James	WLS	1629	2	13
33	Bain, Oliver	ENG	1645	2	11
34	Westbom Weflo, Anton	ENG	1604	2	11
35	Bull, Jack	WLS	1713	2	10
36	Radford, Ben	ENG	1659	1.5	12.5
37	Esteves, Sergio	WLS	1882	1.5	10.5
38	Ekermawi, Nathaniel	WLS	1743	1.5	10.5
39	Jones, Jeremy	WLS	1665	1	10.5
40	Daly, Grant	ENG	1686	1	10
41	Allford, Zane	WLS	1763	1	9.5
42	Balfe, Andrew	WLS	1711	1	9.5
43	Cox, John	WLS	1655	1	9.5
44	Zheng, Lucas	WLS	1552	1	4
45	Wallace, Robert	WLS	1694	0.5	8
46	Shapiro, Jerome	ENG	Unrated	0	1
47	Tuson, Jon	WLS	1775	0	0