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Southall FIDE Congress May 2025 - U1900

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Southall, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Jason Bush (🇬🇧 ENG, 1886).

Maks Gajowniczek (🇬🇧 ENG, 1812) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jonathan Rubeck (4.5) and Oliver J Lenton (4.0). Gajowniczek shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vineet Sood (1688) beat Jason Bush (1886), a +198-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
17 May 2025 → 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Jason Bush1886
Avg top 10
1,833
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×26
🇧🇪Belgium×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Rubeck4.5Gajowniczek4.5Lenton4Llewellyn3.5Saxena3.5Jiang3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Gajowniczek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Maks Gajowniczek 3 wins (R3–R5)Oliver J Lenton 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jonathan Rubeck*—
1
—
2Maks Gajowniczek—*——
3Oliver J Lenton
0
—*—
4Julian D Llewellyn———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gajowniczek, Maks1812ENG+25N=12B+11N+5N+4B4.512.012.511.252101+30.0
2Rubeck, Jonathan1832ENG+27B+21N=4B+3N+7B4.511.511.59.752083+24.8
3Lenton, Oliver J1879ENG+13N+8B+7N−2B+9N4.013.516.011.501993+26.4
4Saxena, Reyansh1731ENG+24N+14B=2N+8B−1N3.514.014.57.751930+42.4
5Jiang, Freddy1828ENG=11N+19B+12N−1B+13N3.512.013.07.251853+5.2
6Llewellyn, Julian D1849ENG+15N−7B=13N+18B+11N3.510.011.57.251825-2.6
7Sennaroglu, Djan1724ENG+20B+6N−3B+16N−2N3.014.015.06.501729+1.2
8Hayward, Alan1824ENG+22B−3N+21B−4N+16B3.010.511.54.001708-11.8
9Sood, Vineet1688ENG−14N+24B+20N+12B−3B3.09.510.04.001753+5.0
10Saxena, Advik1787ENG=19N=26B=18N=15B+20N3.05.56.03.501694-15.2
11Pepe, Salvatore1637ENG=5B+16N−1B+17N−6B2.513.515.55.751711+6.8
12Bush, Jason1886ENG+17B=1N−5B−9N+24B2.513.013.54.751670-23.6
13Watson, Timothy1697ENG−3B+27N=6B+14N−5B2.513.013.03.751818+32.0
14Lee, Yuk Hei1870ENG+9B−4NF−13B+15N2.011.011.05.001701-35.6
15Miller, Craig1682ENG−6B=22N+19B=10N−14B2.09.510.53.001591-9.6
16Duprey, Andrew0ENG+26N−11B+23N−7B−8N2.09.510.01.5016700.0
17Ewart, Thomas1701ENG−12N+25BF−11B+22N2.06.56.51.501686-4.0
18Li, Lucian1637ENGFF=10B−6N+19B1.57.57.52.501626-1.2
19Bernatowicz, David0BEL=10B−5N−15N=25B−18N1.010.010.51.7514660.0
20Walas, Jakub0ENG−7NF−9B+26N−10B1.09.59.50.5015460.0
21Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1589ENGF−2B−8N+23BF1.08.58.51.001682+12.8
22Sriram, Gautam1630ENG−8N=15BF=24N−17B1.07.57.51.251464-22.8
23Veselow, Zoe1765ENGFF−16B−21N+26B1.03.53.50.501674-9.6
24Foot, George0ENG−4B−9NF=22B−12N0.510.010.00.5014120.0
25Thompson, David Nigel1590ENG−1B−17NF=19NF0.57.57.50.50956-11.4
26Menseitov, Alikhan1759ENG−16B=10NF−20B−23N0.57.07.01.501583-18.0
27Gopaldas, Caelan1662ENG−2N−13BFFF0.07.57.50.00965-14.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets