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Southall FIDE Congress June 2025 - U2400

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Southall, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1866, and top seed was Zoltan Kovacs (🇭🇺 HUN, 2097).

Avinash Vaidyanathan (🇮🇳 IND, 1855) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Avinash Reddy (3.5) and Henry Brennan (3.5). Vaidyanathan won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: David Bernatowicz (1490) beat Vineet Sood (1692), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
14 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺Zoltan Kovacs2097
Avg top 10
1,866
Participants
25
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×17
🇲🇾Malaysia×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Avinash Vaidyanathan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Vaidyanathan4Brennan3.5Kovacs3.5Reddy3.5Lapidus3Sookphanich3— ex-leaders:Vaidyanathanled R3–R5, #8
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Avinash Vaidyanathan held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Avinash Vaidyanathan won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Avinash Vaidyanathan*—
½
½
2Henry Brennan—*—
1
3Zoltan Kovacs
½
—*—
4Avinash Reddy
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Avinash Vaidyanathan1855IND+24N+6B+7N=4B=2N4.013.013.09.502111+26.0
2Avinash Reddy1789MAS+11B+5N−3B+9N=1B3.513.516.010.501907+15.8
3Brennan, Henry1757ENG=15N+21B+2N−7B+8B3.511.512.08.001890+35.2
4Kovacs, Zoltan2097HUN+14N+10BF=1N+5B3.511.511.59.502185+5.8
5Lapidus, Alexey M.1896ENG+12N−2B+22N+6B−4N3.012.513.06.001864-6.0
6Balmond, Tom1763ENG+21B−1N+11B−5N+10B3.012.012.55.501846+23.2
7Majeed, Haroon2023ENG+18B+8N−1B+3NF3.011.511.57.501975-3.6
8Sookphanich, Golf1804ENG+9N−7B+23N+16B−3N3.011.011.04.501834+8.0
9George, Naveen Daniel1647MAS−8B+18N+25B−2B+22N3.08.08.01.501727+8.6
10Fil, Alkim Alper1888TUR+13B−4N=17B+12B−6N2.511.012.55.251812-10.4
11Gopaldas, Caelan1632ENG−2N+14B−6N=13B+19B2.510.511.54.001741+14.6
12Duprey, Andrew1708ENG−5B+13N+19B−10N=15B2.59.510.54.001733+6.8
13Vuorenlehto, Pekka1784ENG−10N−12B=21N=11N+18B2.08.59.02.501635-40.0
14Llewellyn, Julian D1757ENG−4B−11N+18B−19N+23B2.08.08.01.001676-13.0
15Bernatowicz, David1490BEL=3B−16NF+23B=12N2.07.57.53.001712+45.2
16Paulins, Michael1689ENGF+15BF−8N=17B1.56.56.52.751667-2.8
17Pearson, Charlie1708ENGFF=10N=22B=16N1.54.54.52.251726+2.8
18Mason, Harley1709ENG−7N−9B−14N+21B−13N1.010.010.50.501522-48.4
19Prakash, Chandra1610INDFF−12N+14B−11N1.07.07.02.001574-5.6
20Thompson, David Nigel1573ENGFFFF+21N1.00.50.50.502398+10.6
21Zheng, Lucas1598WLS−6N−3N=13B−18N−20B0.59.510.51.001351-48.4
22Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1602ENGFF−5B=17N−9B0.57.57.50.751478-18.0
23Sood, Vineet1692ENGFF−8B−15N−14N0.07.57.50.00884-30.4
24Golding, Jenson0ENG−1BFFFF0.04.04.00.0010550.0
25Chapman, Lance0ENGFF−9NFF0.03.03.00.008480.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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