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Coulsdon Chess Late Spring Standardplay Congress 2025 - U1500

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Coulsdon, England. Top 10 Elo average was 492, and top seed was Paul Braithwaite (🇬🇧 ENG, 1492).

Suzhang Wei (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Paul Braithwaite (3.0) and Nikhil Gajavilli (2.5). Wei clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
25 May 2025 → 26 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Paul Braithwaite1492
Avg top 10
492
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Suzhang Wei led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Wei takes lead
Wei3.5Braithwaite3Gajavilli2.5Denford2Wimble1Shoulders0
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 May

Suzhang Wei takes the sole lead (3.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Suzhang Wei beat Paul Braithwaite (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Suzhang Wei*
1
½
1
2Paul Braithwaite
0
*
½
½
3Nikhil Gajavilli
½
½
*
½
4Les Denford
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wei, Suzhang0ENG+4B=3N−?N+2B+6B3.57.57.56.2514850.0
2Braithwaite, Paul1492ENG=3B=4N+6B−1N+5N3.09.09.03.251461-0.8
3Gajavilli, Nikhil0ENG=2N=1BF+6N=4N2.58.58.54.2514750.0
4Denford, Les1461ENG−1N=2B+5NF=3B2.010.010.03.751488+0.8
5Wimble, Gary0ENG−?NF−4B+?N−2B1.05.05.00.006650.0
6Shoulders, Andrew M0ENGF−?B−2N−3B−1N0.09.09.00.006680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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