Ayr Congress – Open LIVE
The Ayr Congress will take place from September 12 to September 14 in Ayr, Scotland. This tournament is separated into 3 categories – Open, Major, and Minor. The Open section is a 5-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Scotland, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Keith C Arkell (2370), IM Angus Dunnington (2219), Jamie Malkin (2097), Tom Leah (2061), Yevgeni Sprenger De La Iglesia (2039), Andrew Mccusker (2010), Nicolas Skettos (1964), Neil Thomson (1957), Jonathan Mckay (1939), Jainill Vadalia (1916), Stephen Robinson (1913), Michael L Green (1894), Alistair Maxwell (1894), Steven A Brown (1884), Michael Ridge (1881). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Major / Minor
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Ayr Congress – Open Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Arkell, Keith C | ENG | 2370 |
| 2 | IM | Dunnington, Angus | SCO | 2219 |
| 3 | Malkin, Jamie | SCO | 2097 | |
| 4 | Leah, Tom | ENG | 2061 | |
| 5 | Sprenger De La Iglesia, Yevgeni | ESP | 2039 | |
| 6 | Mccusker, Andrew | SCO | 2010 | |
| 7 | Skettos, Nicolas | CYP | 1964 | |
| 8 | Thomson, Neil | SCO | 1957 | |
| 9 | Mckay, Jonathan | SCO | 1939 | |
| 10 | Vadalia, Jainill | SCO | 1916 | |
| 11 | Robinson, Stephen | SCO | 1913 | |
| 12 | Green, Michael L | SCO | 1894 | |
| 13 | Maxwell, Alistair | SCO | 1894 | |
| 14 | Brown, Steven A | SCO | 1884 | |
| 15 | Ridge, Michael | SCO | 1881 | |
| 16 | Marks, Ian A | SCO | 1872 | |
| 17 | Mcnaught, Jordan J | SCO | 1870 | |
| 18 | Lukhi, Neev | SCO | 1865 | |
| 19 | Kefelas, Loukas | SCO | 1860 | |
| 20 | Burnett, Walter | SCO | 1856 | |
| 21 | Munshi, Aryan | SCO | 1843 | |
| 22 | Malkin, Kenneth | SCO | 1832 | |
| 23 | Prabhu, Aadith | SCO | 1807 | |
| 24 | Wynarczyk, Raymond | ENG | 1807 | |
| 25 | Sykes, Chris | SCO | 1801 | |
| 26 | Kane, Robert | ENG | 1791 | |
| 27 | Mccormack, Derek | SCO | 1783 | |
| 28 | Marsh, Roger D W | ENG | 1776 | |
| 29 | Srivastava, Aditya | SCO | 1770 | |
| 30 | Roger, Michael | SCO | 1769 | |
| 31 | Clark, Eve | SCO | 1737 | |
| 32 | Railwani, Tavish | SCO | 1732 | |
| 33 | Mittal, Advik | SCO | 1720 | |
| 34 | Archip, Laurentiu | SCO | 1716 | |
| 35 | Roul, Tushar | SCO | 1709 | |
| 36 | Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi | SCO | 1703 | |
| 37 | Keenan, Alex | SCO | 1697 | |
| 38 | Karthick, Alagu Naachiappan | SCO | 1672 | |
| 39 | Nield, Christopher | SCO | 1646 | |
| 40 | Murray, Frankie | SCO | 1622 | |
| 41 | Grant, Devin | CAN | 1617 | |
| 42 | Yip, Atticus | SCO | 1607 | |
| 43 | Al Dakl Alla, Humam | SCO | 1584 | |
| 44 | Lennox, Moray E S | SCO | 1579 | |
| 45 | Mckenzie, Kyriakos | SCO | 1562 | |
| 46 | Hall, David G | SCO | 1550 | |
| 47 | Huang, Yushu | SCO | 1530 | |
| 48 | Yip, Oscar | SCO | 1508 | |
| 49 | Mccusker, Kirsty | SCO | 1412 | |
| 50 | Mcaleer, Thomas | SCO | 1059 | |
| 51 | Oren-Woods, Rowan I | SCO | 0 |