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The inaugural Wightlink Isle of Wight International Chess Tournament has come to a close! It was an incredible week, and we cannot thank you all enough for playing and supporting the event.
Your feedback has been fantastic, and we plan to send out a survey soon. We’re already making plans for next year, with several tweaks and improvements in the works.
Below is the full list of prize winners. We will be in touch with them shortly to request payment details.
The Masters was fiercely contested, with four players finishing joint first on a total score of 7/9. By tiebreak, Bobby Cheng emerged as the Trophy winner and can officially be declared the 2025 Champion. Congratulations to all four players on a superb performance!
Wightlink Isle of Wight International Masters 2025🏆
Wightlink Isle of Wight international Masters | Winners | Share of Prize £ |
1st + Trophy + share of £3,050 4th place prize pool | Bobby Cheng | 762.5 |
1st share of £3,050 1st to 4th place prize pool | Sebastian Bogner | 762.5 |
1st share of £3,050 1st to 4th place prize pool | Boris Chatalbashev | 762.5 |
1st share of £3,050 1st to 4th place prize pool | Matthew J Wadsworth | 762.5 |
2nd share of £150 5th place prize | Marcos Camacho Collados | 30 |
2nd share of £150 5th place prize | Vojtech Plat | 30 |
2nd share of £150 5th place prize | Ameet K Ghasi | 30 |
2nd share of £150 5th place prize | Thomas Beerdsen | 30 |
2nd share of £150 5th place prize | Matthew J Turner | 30 |
Highest placed 2100 to 2299 £100 (Based on FIDE rating) | Adam Dorrance | 100 |
Highest placed 1900 to 2099 £100 (Based on FIDE rating) | Billy Fellowes | 100 |
Highest placed Under 1899 £100 (Based on FIDE rating) | Finn Schell | 100 |
Best Woman £250 | Viktoria Radeva | 250 |
2nd Best Woman £100 | Jovanka Houska | 100 |
Best Under 18 £100 | Lorenzo Fava | 100 |
Best 55+ £100 | Keith C Arkell | 100 |
Visit IOW U2000 Tournament | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £200 + Trophy | Anuhas Gamage | 200 |
2nd £150 | A Clive Walley | 150 |
3rd £125 | Clive Bowley | 125 |
4th £100 | Max Hoekstra | 100 |
Highest placing 1600 to 1799 £100 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Gudrun Fanney Briem | 100 |
2nd highest placing 1600 to 1799 £75 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Advik Saxena | 75 |
Highest placing 1400 to 1599 £100 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Harry Vernon | 100 |
2nd highest placing 1400 to 1599 £75 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Sohana Sengupta | 75 |
Best Woman £75: (As determined by ECF/FIDE Profile) | U R Jyothika | 75 |
Best Under 18 £75 | Sithun De Silva | 75 |
Best 55+ £75 | Colin A Costello | 75 |
Congress Open | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £250 + Trophy | Allan J Pleasants | 250 |
2nd £175 | Piotr Mikolajczyk | 175 |
3rd £150 | Oliver A Jackson | 150 |
4th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Yicheng Ding | |
5th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Krzysztof Skiba | |
6th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Ashwin Anjulan | |
7th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Malcolm H Cooper | |
8th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Lluis Uso I Cubertorer | |
Highest placing Under 2000 £75 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Yicheng Ding | 75 |
2nd highest placed Under 2000 £50 (Based on highest of ECF & FIDE rating) | Krzysztof Skiba | 50 |
Best Woman £50 | Gudrun Fanney Briem | 50 |
Best Under 18 £50 | Ashwin Anjulan | 50 |
Best 55+ £50 | Malcolm H Cooper | 50 |
Congress U1850 | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £175 + Trophy | Ted Ronald | 175 |
2nd £150 | Richard H Edney | 150 |
3rd £100 | Jorgen Grondal | 100 |
4th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Alan R Prince | |
5th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Hugo Brisebard | |
6th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Reyansh Saxena | |
7th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Sam Morris | |
8th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Yueci Li | |
Highest placing 1700 £50 | Hugo Brisebard | |
Highest placing 1600 £50 | Yueci Li | |
Best Woman £25 | U R Jyothika | 25 |
Best Under 18 £25 | Reyansh Saxena | 25 |
Best 55+ £25 | Alan R Prince | 25 |
Congress U1550 | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £125 + Trophy | Samuel Hooks | 125 |
2nd £75 | Tiara Khanna | 75 |
3rd £50 | Isaac Mchugh | 50 |
4th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Dheer Bhatia | |
5th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Keven A Lamb | |
6th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Ishaan Modak | |
7th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Dave Williams | |
8th Chess and Bridge Goody Bag | Charles Andreas Charalambous | |
Best Woman £25 | Leia Keen | 25 |
Best Under 18 £25 | Dheer Bhatia | 25 |
Best 55+ £25 | Keven A Lamb | 25 |
DGT Blitz: Weds 19th | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £100 + Trophy | Vladyslav Larkin | 100 |
2nd £75 | Ameet K Ghasi | 75 |
3rd £50 | Vojtech Plat | 50 |
Highest placing U2000 £50 | Srivathsan Sasikumar | 50 |
Highest placing U1500 £50 | Aviraj Bhaduri | 50 |
DGT Blitz: Sat 22nd | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £100 + Trophy | Vojtech Plat | 100 |
2nd £75 | Ameet K Ghasi | 75 |
3rd £50 | Jude Shearsby | 50 |
Highest placing U2000 £50 | M R Sooraj | 50 |
Highest placing U1500 £50 | Samuel Hooks | 50 |
DGT Blitz: Friday | Winners | Share of prize £ |
1st £100 + Trophy | Thomas Beerdsen | 100 |
2nd £75 | Ameet K Ghasi | 75 |
3rd £50 | Vojtech Plat | 50 |
Highest placing U2000 £50 | Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia | 50 |
Highest placing U1500 £50 | Sergey Pereslavtsev | 50 |
Blitz U2000 DGT Prizes | Winners |
1st DGT Pegasus | Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia - 2250 Rp Fri 21st |
2nd DGT 2500 Clock | M R Sooraj - 2248 Rp Sat 22nd |
Zachary Cansdale Zachary - 2202 Rp Fri 21st |
Prize winners will be contacted by email over the next few days. See you next year!
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