The 62nd Northumberland Chess Congress was held over the weekend of 18th-20th September 2026, at The Parks Leisure Centre, Howdon Road, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE29 6TL. There were four sections: Open, Major (1900 or below), Minor (1675 or below) and a Foundation section for players rated 1450 or below who have never won a main prize in a congress. The Open was to be FIDE-rated. Results were as follows.

Open

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Walker David J	2224	1	W	22	1	B	3	½	B	6	1	W	10	½	W	2
				1			2			2½			3½			4		13
2	Tim P Wall	2291	½	B	13	1	W	17	1	B	8	1	W	4	½	B	1
	Newcastle			½			1½			2½			3½			4		12
3	Ethan Ross	2051	1	B	24	0	W	1	1	B	13	1	W	6	1	B	11
	Gosforth			1			1			2			3			4		11
4	Paul A G Dargan	2113	1	W	20	½	B	7	1	W	15	0	B	2	1	B	10
	Tynemouth			1			1½			2½			2½			3½		11
5	Yaoyao Zhu	2058	½	-	bye	½	W	13	½	B	14	1	B	22	1	W	12
	3Cs			½			1			1½			2½			3½		9
6	Charles Gunn Russell	1763	1	-	bye	1	B	15	½	W	1	0	B	3	½	W	9
	Edinburgh Civil Service			1			2			2½			2½			3		11
7	Graeme Oswald	2177	1	B	14	½	W	4	0	B	10	½	W	8	1	B	17
	Leam Lane			1			1½			1½			2			3		9
8	Chris Izod	2000	½	-	bye	1	B	12	0	W	2	½	B	7	1	W	19
	Gosforth			½			1½			1½			2			3		8½
9	Alannah Ashton	2041	½	-	bye	0	W	10	1	B	23	1	W	14	½	B	6
	3Cs			½			½			1½			2½			3		8
10	Michael L Green	1882	½	-	bye	1	B	9	1	W	7	0	B	1	0	W	4
	Dumfries			½			1½			2½			2½			2½		9½
11	Virgil Szekely	2168	½	W	23	½	B	21	½	W	22	1	B	18	0	W	3
	Great Ayton			½			1			1½			2½			2½		8
12	Reese Wright	1701	½	-	bye	0	W	8	1	B	24	1	W	16	0	B	5
	Forest Hall			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
13	Tristan Isaac Del Mar	1969	½	W	2	½	B	5	0	W	3	1	-	bye	½	B	23
	Edinburgh West			½			1			1			2			2½		7
14	Andy J Trevelyan	1941	0	W	7	1	B	19	½	W	5	0	B	9	1	W	21
	Jesmond			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
15	Anusha Subramanian	2159	1	B	18	0	W	6	0	B	4	1	W	20
				1			1			1			2			2		7
16	David Henderson	2048	½	W	19	½	B	23	½	W	21	0	B	12	½	W	18
	Tynemouth			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
17	James Turner	1977	½	-	bye	0	B	2	½	W	19	1	B	21	0	W	7
	Morpeth			½			½			1			2			2		6
18	David Egan	1927	0	W	15	1	B	20	½	-	bye	0	W	11	½	B	16
				0			1			1½			1½			2		6
19	Raymond J Ilett	1856	½	B	16	0	W	14	½	B	17	1	W	23	0	B	8
	Peterborough			½			½			1			2			2		6
20	Murray Pollock	1905	0	B	4	0	W	18	1	-	bye	0	B	15	1	W	22
	Gosforth			0			0			1			1			2		4
21	Fedir Dyshlyuk	1892	½	-	bye	½	W	11	½	B	16	0	W	17	0	B	14
	Durham			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
22	Yaroslav Kolodiy	1969	0	B	1	1	W	24	½	B	11	0	W	5	0	B	20
	South Shields			0			1			1½			1½			1½		5½
23	Steven B Booth	1933	½	B	11	½	W	16	0	W	9	0	B	19	½	W	13
	Great Ayton			½			1			1			1			1½		5
24	Jeremy Revell	1902	0	W	3	0	B	22	0	W	12
	Newcastle			0			0			0			0			0		0

Major

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Joey Pramana	1774	1	W	31	1	B	9	1	W	16	1	B	15	½	W	4
	Gosforth			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Phil Eastlake	1798	1	B	30	1	W	17	½	-	bye	½	W	4	1	B	8
	Alnwick			1			2			2½			3			4		12½
3	Michael Ei Allen	1752	½	W	13	½	B	22	1	W	30	1	B	10	1	B	6
	South Shields			½			1			2			3			4		10½
4	Robert Kane	1828	1	W	14	1	B	6	½	W	15	½	B	2	½	B	1
	West London			1			2			2½			3			3½		12
5	Heath Grimman	1867	½	-	bye	1	W	18	0	B	7	1	W	26	1	B	15
	Gosforth			½			1½			1½			2½			3½		9½
6	Morgan French	1785	1	W	25	0	W	4	1	B	18	1	B	7	0	W	3
	Forest Hall			1			1			2			3			3		10
7	Ian W Mackay	1742	½	-	bye	1	B	28	1	W	5	0	W	6	½	B	12
	Carlisle			½			1½			2½			2½			3		10
8	Ian B Chester	1755	½	B	27	1	W	29	½	W	10	1	B	17	0	W	2
	Gosforth			½			1½			2			3			3		10
9	Samuel Greig	1824	1	-	bye	0	W	1	½	B	26	1	W	24	½	B	11
	Thornaby			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
10	Stuart Marchbank	1710	½	-	bye	1	W	27	½	B	8	0	W	3	1	B	21
	Scotland			½			1½			2			2			3		9
11	John S Clarke	1782	1	B	19	0	W	15	½	B	20	1	W	23	½	W	9
	Tynemouth			1			1			1½			2½			3		9
12	Andrew Robinson	1804	0	B	18	1	W	25	½	W	23	1	B	22	½	W	7
	Gosforth			0			1			1½			2½			3		8
13	Zak Tomlinson	1846	½	B	3	½	W	26	0	B	17	1	W	30	1	W	16
	Barnby Dun			½			1			1			2			3		7½
14	Gautham Sathishkumar	1744	0	B	4	½	W	19	1	B	29	½	W	21	1	B	26
	Gosforth			0			½			1½			2			3		7
15	Mark Taylor	1801	1	W	20	1	B	11	½	B	4	0	W	1	0	W	5
	Rochdale			1			2			2½			2½			2½		10½
16	Paul R Bielby	1798	½	-	bye	1	W	24	0	B	1	1	W	20	0	B	13
	South Shields			½			1½			1½			2½			2½		8½
17	Michael Ash	1716	1	W	32	0	B	2	1	W	13	0	W	8	½	B	19
	Scotland			1			1			2			2			2½		8½
18	Mark Mckay	1690	1	W	12	0	B	5	0	W	6	½	B	27	1	B	28
	Gosforth			1			1			1			1½			2½		7
19	James Phillips	1630	0	W	11	½	B	14	1	B	31	½	-	bye	½	W	17
	Newcastle			0			½			1½			2			2½		6½
20	Daniel Williams	1669	0	B	15	1	W	31	½	W	11	0	B	16	1	W	27
	Delves			0			1			1½			1½			2½		6½
21	Alan Welsh	1758	½	-	bye	½	B	23	½	W	22	½	B	14	0	W	10
	Morpeth			½			1			1½			2			2		7
22	Brian Robinson	1606	½	-	bye	½	W	3	½	B	21	0	W	12	½	B	23
	Bishop Auckland			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
23	Scarlett Rozman	1686	½	-	bye	½	W	21	½	B	12	0	B	11	½	W	22
	Stockport			½			1			1½			1½			2		6½
24	Kevin Winter	1702	½	-	bye	0	B	16	1	W	28	0	B	9	½	W	25
	Ilkely Chess Centre			½			½			1½			1½			2		6
25	Mohammed Rohman	1657	0	B	6	0	B	12	½	W	27	1	W	29	½	B	24
	3cs			0			0			½			1½			2		4
26	Dalil Benchebra	1703	½	-	bye	½	B	13	½	W	9	0	B	5	0	W	14
	Leam Lane			½			1			1½			1½			1½		6
27	K S Nagendra	1887	½	W	8	0	B	10	½	B	25	½	W	18	0	B	20
				½			½			1			1½			1½		5
28	Graham W Matthews	1544	½	-	bye	0	W	7	0	B	24	1	B	31	0	W	18
	Hartlepool			½			½			½			1½			1½		4½
29	Lev Drobiazko	1684	½	-	bye	0	B	8	0	W	14	0	B	25	1	B	30
	Gosforth			½			½			½			½			1½		3½
30	Leonardo Trevisan	1660	0	W	2	+	B	32	0	B	3	0	B	13	0	W	29
	Forest Hall			0			1			1			1			1		4
31	Krishiv Ganesh	1313	0	B	1	0	B	20	0	W	19	0	W	28	1	-	bye
	Glasgow *			0			0			0			0			1		1
32	Thomas Dunn	1826	0	B	17	-	W	30
	Tyne & Wear *			0			0			0			0			0		0

Minor

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5		SPS

1	Noel J Boustred	1605	1	W	27	1	B	4	1	W	16	1	B	2	½	B	3
	Gosforth			1			2			3			4			4½		14½
2	Lewis Olley	1669	1	B	18	1	W	10	1	B	24	0	W	1	1	B	12
	Newcastle University			1			2			3			3			4		13
3	Sanjay Sathishkumar	1597	1	B	15	½	W	5	1	B	31	1	B	11	½	W	1
	Gosforth			1			1½			2½			3½			4		12½
4	David J Buckell	1526	1	B	29	0	W	1	1	B	37	1	W	13	1	W	11
	Roebuck			1			1			2			3			4		11
5	Rory Brennan	1549	1	W	32	½	B	3	½	B	17	1	W	24	½	B	7
	Gosforth			1			1½			2			3			3½		11
6	Zac Aynsley	1578	1	B	37	1	B	9	0	W	11	½	W	17	1	B	24
	Morpeth			1			2			2			2½			3½		11
7	Paul Ashton	1625	1	W	30	0	B	16	1	W	14	1	B	8	½	W	5
	Leyland			1			1			2			3			3½		10½
8	Anthony Taylor	1479	½	B	12	1	W	20	1	B	19	0	W	7	1	B	18
	Forest Hall			½			1½			2½			2½			3½		10½
9	Ethan Tatters	1628	1	B	23	0	W	6	1	B	33	½	W	18	1	B	17
	Forest Hall			1			1			2			2½			3½		10
10	Asanga Gunasekera	1482	1	B	34	0	B	2	½	W	21	1	W	31	1	B	20
	South Shields			1			1			1½			2½			3½		9½
11	Ryan Jg Duff	1620	1	B	33	1	W	13	1	B	6	0	W	3	0	B	4
	Forest Hall			1			2			3			3			3		12
12	Philip Sheldon	1615	½	W	8	½	B	21	1	W	27	1	B	16	0	W	2
	Spondon			½			1			2			3			3		9½
13	Stephen M Chadaway	1575	1	W	36	0	B	11	1	W	34	0	B	4	1	W	26
	Olton			1			1			2			2			3		9
14	Penny William A (Bill)	1508	1	B	38	0	W	24	0	B	7	1	W	34	1	B	31
				1			1			1			2			3		8
15	David Llewellyn	1449	0	W	3	0	B	32	1	W	29	1	B	38	1	W	25
	Northumberland *			0			0			1			2			3		6
16	Paul Castledine	1555	1	B	35	1	W	7	0	B	1	0	W	12	½	B	23
	Alnwick			1			2			2			2			2½		9½
17	Duc Duong	1375	½	-	bye	1	B	29	½	W	5	½	B	6	0	W	9
	Tyne & Wear *			½			1½			2			2½			2½		9
18	Remi JM Junges‑Stainthorpe	1548	0	W	2	1	B	22	1	W	38	½	B	9	0	W	8
	Morpeth			0			1			2			2½			2½		8
19	Alan Johnson	1581	½	W	21	1	B	26	0	W	8	½	B	25	½	W	22
	South Shields			½			1½			1½			2			2½		8
20	Stellio Jerome	1658	½	-	bye	0	B	8	1	W	39	1	B	21	0	W	10
	Rushden			½			½			1½			2½			2½		7½
21	David M Scorer	1385	½	B	19	½	W	12	½	B	10	0	W	20	1	B	32
	Roebuck			½			1			1½			1½			2½		7
22	Stanley Johnson	1416	0	B	24	0	W	18	1	-	bye	1	W	35	½	B	19
	South Shields			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
23	Andrew Hardy	1517	0	W	9	0	B	34	1	W	28	1	B	37	½	W	16
	Alnwick			0			0			1			2			2½		5½
24	Marco Trevisan	1586	1	W	22	1	B	14	0	W	2	0	B	5	0	W	6
	Forest Hall			1			2			2			2			2		9
25	Peter J Wells	1528	½	-	bye	1	B	39				½	W	21	0	B	14
	Gateshead			½			1½			1½			2			2		7½
26	Graeme Turner	1362	½	-	bye	0	W	19	1	B	32	½	W	33	0	B	13
	Cramlington			½			½			1½			2			2		6½
27	Patrick N Coleman	1454	0	B	1	1	W	35	0	B	12	½	W	32	½	W	28
	Lytham St Annes			0			1			1			1½			2		5½
28	Nathan Godfrey	1193	½	-	bye	0	W	31	0	B	23	1	W	36	½	B	27
	Hartlepool			½			½			½			1½			2		5
29	Deborah Edmundson	1644	0	W	4	0	W	17	0	B	15	1	B	39	1	W	37
	Co Durham *			0			0			0			1			2		3
30	B Peter Nicholson	1516	0	B	7	0	W	37	0	B	35	1	-	bye	1	W	38
	Gateshead			0			0			0			1			2		3
31	Drake Wolstenholme	1487	½	-	bye	1	B	28	0	W	3	0	B	10	0	W	14
	London *			½			1½			1½			1½			1½		6½
32	Timothy Ogah	1191	0	B	5	1	W	15	0	W	26	½	B	27	0	W	21
	Newcastle			0			1			1			1½			1½		5
33	Guy Smith	1502	0	W	11	1	B	36	0	W	9	½	B	26
	Peterlee			0			1			1			1½			1½		5
34	Martin D Brookes	1408	0	W	10	1	W	23	0	B	13	0	B	14	½	W	35
	Tynemouth			0			1			1			1			1½		4½
35	John Moore	1272	0	W	16	0	B	27	1	W	30	0	B	22	½	B	34
	South Shields			0			0			1			1			1½		3½
36	Graham R Marshall	1380	0	B	13	0	W	33	½	-	bye	0	B	28	1	W	39
	Hartlepool			0			0			½			½			1½		2½
37	Alastair Dallas	1381	0	W	6	1	B	30	0	W	4	0	W	23	0	B	29
	Scotland			0			1			1			1			1		4
38	Tejas Dileep	874	0	W	14	1	-	bye	0	B	18	0	W	15	0	B	30
	Edinburgh			0			1			1			1			1		4
39	Owen Temple	1306	½	-	bye	0	W	25	0	B	20	0	W	29	0	B	36
	Delves			½			½			½			½			½		2½

Foundation

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10		SPS

1	Beren Atkinson	1383	1	B	7	0	W	7	1	B	18	1	W	18	1	B	6	1	W	6	1	B	4	1	W	4	1	W	2	1	B	2
	Kendal			1			1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9		46
2	Hansen Ji	1334	1	B	16	1	W	16	1	B	13	1	W	13	1	B	8	1	W	8	1	B	5	1	W	5	0	B	1	0	W	1
	Forest Hall			1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			8			8		52
3	Rio Halman Thompson	1298	1	B	22	1	W	22	0	B	4	0	W	4	1	B	7	1	W	7	1	B	10	1	W	10	1	B	5	0	W	5
	Dame Allans School Newcastle			1			2			2			2			3			4			5			6			7			7		39
4	Nicolas Newberry	1420	1	W	9	1	B	9	1	W	3	1	B	3	½	W	5	½	B	5	0	W	1	0	B	1	1	W	6	0	B	6
	Cramlington			1			2			3			4			4½			5			5			5			6			6		41½
5	Js Billy Mole	1436	1	B	14	1	W	14	1	B	10	1	W	10	½	B	4	½	W	4	0	W	2	0	B	2	0	W	3	1	B	3
	Morpeth			1			2			3			4			4½			5			5			5			5			6		40½
6	Yogam Vinayak	1316	0	B	18	1	W	18	1	B	21	1	W	21	0	W	1	0	B	1	1	W	11	1	B	11	0	B	4	1	W	4
	Rgs Newcastle			0			1			2			3			3			3			4			5			5			6		32
7	Vishnu Charan Sriram	1190	0	W	1	1	B	1	1	W	11	0	B	11	0	W	3	0	B	3	1	W	22	1	B	22	1	W	14	1	B	14
	Gosforth			0			1			2			2			2			2			3			4			5			6		27
8	Peter Brown	1369	1	W	11	½	B	11	1	W	15	1	B	15	0	W	2	0	B	2	½	W	14	½	B	14	½	W	9	½	B	9
	Cramlington			1			1½			2½			3½			3½			3½			4			4½			5			5½		34½
9	Alan Smith	1224	0	B	4	0	W	4	1	B	12	0	W	12	1	B	20	1	W	20	½	B	17	1	W	17	½	B	8	½	W	8
	South Shields			0			0			1			1			2			3			3½			4½			5			5½		25½
10	Alastair Howell	1235	1	W	19	1	B	19	0	W	5	0	B	5	1	W	15	1	B	15	0	W	3	0	B	3	0	W	13	1	B	13
	Gosforth			1			2			2			2			3			4			4			4			4			5		31
11	Paul Turnbull	1180	0	B	8	½	W	8	0	B	7	1	W	7	½	B	13	1	W	13	0	B	6	0	W	6	1	B	21	1	W	21
	Forest Hall			0			½			½			1½			2			3			3			3			4			5		22½
12	Matteo Trevisan	1324	0	W	15	0	B	15	0	W	9	1	B	9	½	W	16	1	B	16	½	W	13	½	B	13	1	W	18	½	B	18
	Northumberland *			0			0			0			1			1½			2½			3			3½			4½			5		21
13	Leonid Servuli	0	1	-	bye	1	-	bye	0	W	2	0	B	2	½	W	11	0	B	11	½	B	12	½	W	12	1	B	10	0	W	10
				1			2			2			2			2½			2½			3			3½			4½			4½		27½
14	Charlie Mowbray	1234	0	W	5	0	B	5	1	W	22	1	B	22	½	W	17	1	B	17	½	B	8	½	W	8	0	B	7	0	W	7
	South Shields			0			0			1			2			2½			3½			4			4½			4½			4½		26½
15	Joel Ogah	1079	1	B	12	1	W	12	0	B	8	0	W	8	0	B	10	0	W	10	½	W	19	0	B	19	1	B	20	1	W	20
	Newcastle			1			2			2			2			2			2			2½			2½			3½			4½		24
16	Shivaee Nalawade	1143	0	W	2	0	B	2	1	W	19	0	B	19	½	B	12	0	W	12	0	B	20	½	W	20	1	W	22	1	B	22
	Thornaby			0			0			1			1			1½			1½			1½			2			3			4		15½
17	Don Garford	0	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	1	B	20	½	W	20	½	B	14	0	W	14	½	W	9	0	B	9
				½			1			2			2½			3			3			3½			3½			3½			3½		26
18	Marsel Zaborovs	799	1	W	6	0	B	6	0	W	1	0	B	1	1	W	19	0	B	19	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	B	12	½	W	12
	Tyne & Wear *			1			1			1			1			2			2			2½			3			3			3½		20
19	Paul Noble	1300	0	B	10	0	W	10	0	B	16	1	W	16	0	B	18	1	W	18	½	B	15	1	W	15
	Peterlee			0			0			0			1			1			2			2½			3½			3½			3½		17
20	Stephen Brown	1094	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	17	½	B	17	0	W	9	0	B	9	1	W	16	½	B	16	0	W	15	0	B	15
	Consett			½			1			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			3			3			3		18½
21	Miroslav Gara	675	½	-	bye	½	-	bye	0	W	6	0	B	6	0	W	22	0	B	22	1	-	bye	1	-	bye	0	W	11	0	B	11
	Leam Lane			½			1			1			1			1			1			2			3			3			3		16½
22	Krithik Ganesh	0	0	W	3	0	B	3	0	B	14	0	W	14	1	B	21	1	W	21	0	B	7	0	W	7	0	B	16	0	W	16
				0			0			0			0			1			2			2			2			2			2		11