Southall FIDE Congress May 2025 - U2400
10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Southall, England. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1735, and top seed was Stanley Badacsonyi (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2289).
Alexey M. Lapidus (🇬🇧 ENG, 1905) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Wing Ki Kwong (2.5) and Mark Batchelor (2.5). Lapidus won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ashwin Gopikrishna (1709) beat Lukasz Domanski (1996), a +287-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAlexey M. Lapidus led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Alexey M. Lapidus never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Alexey M. Lapidus drew with Wing Ki Kwong (White).
Alexey M. Lapidus won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexey M. Lapidus | * | ½ | — | 0 |
| 2Wing Ki Kwong | ½ | * | 0 | — |
| 3CMHarry Bryant | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4FMStanley Badacsonyi | 1 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lapidus, Alexey M. | 1905 | ENG | +9N | +3B | +6N | =2B | −4N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 2041 | +25.2 |
| 2 | Kwong, Wing Ki | 1984 | HKG | −6B | +7N | +10B | =1N | −5N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1861 | -15.4 |
| 3 | Batchelor, Mark | 1776 | ENG | +8B | −1N | −4B | =9N | +7B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1979 | +38.0 |
| 4 | Badacsonyi, StanleyFM | 2289 | ENG | F | F | +3N | =6B | +1B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.00 | 2167 | -5.0 |
| 5 | Bryant, HarryCM | 2115 | ENG | =7B | =6N | F | =8N | +2B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1983 | -23.6 |
| 6 | Sandhu, Jai | 1736 | ENG | +2N | =5B | −1B | =4N | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 2036 | +54.4 |
| 7 | Aryaman Ganguly | 1837 | IND | =5N | −2B | =8B | +10N | −3N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1844 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Domanski, Lukasz | 1996 | POL | −3N | =9B | =7N | =5B | −10N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1667 | -33.4 |
| 9 | Smith, Martin | 0 | ENG | −1B | =8N | F | =3B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1767 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Gopikrishna, Ashwin | 1709 | ENG | F | F | −2N | −7B | +8B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1814 | +13.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sandhu, JaiENG+54.42.0 pts · #5
- 2Batchelor, MarkENG+38.02.5 pts · #6
- 3Lapidus, Alexey M.ENG+25.23.5 pts · #3
- 1Domanski, LukaszPOL-33.41.5 pts · #8
- 2Bryant, HarryCMENG-23.62.5 pts · #2
- 3Kwong, Wing KiHKG-15.42.5 pts · #1
- R5+287 Elo gap
- R1+248 Elo gap
- R1+220 Elo gap