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Southall FIDE Congress November 2025 - U1600

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Southall, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 916, and top seed was Nazar Tokonov (🇰🇬 KGZ, 1560).

Thang Tran (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Otto Kiuru (4.0) and Vadapalli Gajanand (4.0). Tran broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇬Nazar Tokonov1560
Avg top 10
916
Participants
18
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×14
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Thang Tran led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Thang Tran held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thang Tran drew with Otto Kiuru (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Thang Tran 3 wins (R1–R3)Otto Kiuru 3 wins (R1–R3)Vadapalli Gajanand 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thang Tran*
½
2Otto Kiuru
½
*
1
½
3Vadapalli Gajanand
0
*
4Reno Gobayashi
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tran, Thang0ENG+13N+?B+9N=2N+8B4.59.59.57.5015160.0
2Kiuru, Otto0ENG+5N+3B+11N=1B=4N4.015.017.013.0015930.0
3Vadapalli Gajanand1511IND+12B2N+7B+6N+10B4.012.013.59.502320+41.2
4Gobayashi, Reno0ENG+10N11B+?N+9B=2B3.510.010.06.0014880.0
5Vinoth, Varshyth1527ENG2B+17N=8B=10N+13B3.09.59.53.251536+0.4
6Rozmus, Oliver1528ENG9N+13B+14N3B+12N3.08.59.53.501511-2.4
7Delendrea, Cristian0ENG+14N9B3N+?B+15N3.08.08.02.0015020.0
8OHiggins, Aiden0ENG+15BF=5N+11B1N2.510.510.54.501809+40.0
9Kirkis, Dimitris0ENG+6B+7N1B4NF2.014.014.06.0015490.0
10Yang, Ben0ENG4B=12N+17B=5B3N2.012.012.02.2513910.0
11Tokonov, Nazar1560KGZ+17B+4N2B8NF2.010.010.03.50736-21.2
12Matilal, Tamal1510ENG3N=10BF+17N6B1.510.010.01.00720-19.4
13Feng, Leo0ENG1B6NF+14B5N1.012.013.01.007280.0
14Sharma, Gavin0ENG7B+15N6B13N16B1.08.09.01.0015250.0
15Sohal, Aneeksha1520ENG8N14BF+16N7B1.07.57.51.00736-19.2
16Chinzorig, Otgonbayar0MGLFFF15B+14N1.02.02.01.007200.0
17Green, Malcolm0ENG11N5B10N12BF0.08.58.50.007320.0
18FIDE 3434831600?NFFFF0.00.00.00.006160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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