London Chess League FIDE Weekender May 2025 - Open
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in London, England. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2018, and top seed was Peter G Large (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2335).
Peter D Lalic (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2144) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Lam Vy Le Nguyen (3.5) and Alexander Richards (3.0). Lalic took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Martin Breton (1769) beat Chris Fegan (2019), a +250-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
CM Peter D Lalic held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Lalic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
CM Peter D Lalic won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMPeter D Lalic | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Lam Vy Le Nguyen | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Alexander Richards | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Ashley Stewart | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lalic, Peter DCM | 2144 | ENG | +8B | F | +14N | +6B | =4N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.50 | 2347 | +18.6 |
| 2 | Nguyen, Lam Vy Le | 1729 | ENG | +18B | =3N | +16B | −5N | +10B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1935 | +56.0 |
| 3 | Richards, Alexander | 1745 | ENG | +7N | =2B | −4N | +9B | =6N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 2037 | +70.0 |
| 4 | Stewart, Ashley | 2093 | ENG | =15B | +11N | +3B | F | =1B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 2049 | -1.2 |
| 5 | Avinash Vaidyanathan | 1855 | IND | +17B | F | −6N | +2B | +12N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 2137 | +26.8 |
| 6 | Large, Peter GIM | 2335 | ENG | F | +15N | +5B | −1N | =3B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 2082 | -20.2 |
| 7 | Wang, Luoke | 1987 | ENG | −3B | =8N | =11B | =10N | +15B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1783 | -52.0 |
| 8 | Soulier, Alfred | 1871 | ENG | −1N | =7B | +17N | =13B | =11N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1999 | +32.8 |
| 9 | Garnett, John S | 1872 | ENG | −12B | =10B | +15N | −3N | +16B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1729 | -18.8 |
| 10 | Breton, Martin | 1769 | ENG | +13B | =9N | −12N | =7B | −2N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1788 | +2.8 |
| 11 | Sturt, Charles A | 1751 | ENG | F | −4B | =7N | +16N | =8B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1901 | +14.2 |
| 12 | Farahmandpour, Ehsan | 1696 | ENG | +9N | F | +10B | F | −5B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1957 | +20.8 |
| 13 | Fegan, Chris | 2019 | ENG | −10N | F | +19B | =8N | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1824 | -15.0 |
| 14 | Gupta, Aditya | 1745 | ENG | F | +19N | −1B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1989 | +21.6 |
| 15 | Li, Harvey | 1782 | ENG | =4N | −6B | −9B | F | −7N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1712 | -13.6 |
| 16 | Singha, Swati | 1654 | ENG | F | F | −2N | −11B | −9N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 983 | -19.8 |
| 17 | Kovacs, Zoltan | 2097 | HUN | −5N | F | −8B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1063 | -31.8 |
| 18 | Rahman, K Azizur | 1908 | ENG | −2N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 927 | -14.8 |
| 19 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1832 | ENG | F | −14B | −13N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1082 | -17.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Richards, AlexanderENG+70.03.0 pts · #3
- 2Nguyen, Lam Vy LeENG+56.03.5 pts · #2
- 3Soulier, AlfredENG+32.82.5 pts · #6
- 1Wang, LuokeENG-52.02.5 pts · #9
- 2Kovacs, ZoltanHUN-31.80.0 pts · #19
- 3Large, Peter GIMENG-20.22.5 pts · #7
- R1+250 Elo gap
- R1+242 Elo gap
- R1+242 Elo gap