Williamson Shield 2026

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Sources and notes

Sources
FIDE Rating report (ID 431370)
Flyer Williamson_Shield_2026 (1-page pdf)
UCU web sites
ICU web pages
Facebook
  • Ulster Chess Union Facebook page:
  • Video, January 23, 2025 (0m., 45s. of round 1)
  • Williamson Shield 2026 Round 1, January 24, 2026 (18 photos)
  • Post, January 25, 2026 (announcenement of prizewinners, with photo)


Notes
Key in Pairings & results:
  • "x-ch" denotes former winners or co-winners of the Williamson Shield
  • "t-b" denotes tie-break (Buchholz, followed by Progressive)
Ratings
  • FIDE ratings are from the January 2026 list
  • UCU ratings are from the January 2026 list
  • ICU ratings are from the January 2026 list
Prizes
  • 1st Mandar Tahmankar; 2nd Gabriel Landmark; 3rd Andrew Campbell; GM ticket Jack Edens
  • 1650-1800: 1st James Wong; 2nd David Jeffers; GM ticket David Garvin
  • 1400-1649: 1st Chris Armstrong; 2nd David Blair; GM ticket Aharshi Banerjee
Discrepancies The live boards scores included some extra, apparently spurious, moves, which have been removed here. The additional removed moves were:
  • Crothers - Scannell, round 1.2: removed 35. Kd4 Nc7;
  • A. Campbell - Tahmanker, round 4.1: removed 60. Kd4;
  • Roberts - Razbadauskas, round 5.5: removed 71. Qh1 Ke1 72. Kf5+ Kf1 73. Qe4 Kg1 74. Kf4 Kg2 75. Qe2 Kg1 76. Qg4+ Kh1 77. Qh3+ Kg1 78. Qg3+ Kh1 79. Qh3+ Kg1.
Versions
  • v1.0 (28 Jan 2026): first published version
Contributors Seán Coffey