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Southall FIDE Congress September 2025 - U2400

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Southall, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1810, and top seed was Luoke Wang (🇬🇧 ENG, 1936).

Alexey M. Lapidus (🇬🇧 ENG, 1910) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tom Balmond (4.0) and Harvey Li (4.0). Lapidus clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alexander Horwood (1495) beat Aleyk Esquerdo (1660), a +165-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Luoke Wang1936
Avg top 10
1,810
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×23
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Alexey M. Lapidus led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Lapidus takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Sept

Alexey M. Lapidus takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alexey M. Lapidus 3 wins (R3–R5)Harvey Li 3 wins (R1–R3)Tom Balmond 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexey M. Lapidus*
1
2Harvey Li*
0
3Tom Balmond
0
1
*
4Timothy Watson*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lapidus, Alexey M.1910ENG+13B=7N+12B+9N+2B4.512.014.012.502085+32.0
2Balmond, Tom1784ENG+8B+20N+6B+3B1N4.014.515.511.002007+47.2
3Li, Harvey1830ENG+12B+14N+4B2N+6B4.012.514.510.501971+34.8
4Helsby, Matthew1742ENG+24B+16N3N+15B=5N3.511.011.05.251585-16.4
5Watson, Timothy1724ENG+21B6N+20B+8N=4B3.510.511.56.751752+4.0
6Wang, Luoke1936ENG+25N+5B2N+10B3N3.014.514.56.501804-30.8
7Paulins, Michael1729ENG+26N=1B9N+17B=11B3.011.511.55.001713-2.8
8Helsby, David C1577ENG2N+22B+16N5B+17N3.010.511.54.001541-3.2
9Rushbrooke, Tibo1822ENGF+19N+7B1B+14N3.010.510.56.001936+12.0
10Sood, Vineet1663ENG16B+24N+21B6N+13B3.07.57.53.001790+6.0
11Li, Lucian1627ENGF18N+19B+23B=7N2.56.06.03.001840+44.4
12Singla, Keshav1617ENG3N+26B1N+19B15N2.011.511.51.001708+12.4
13Wong, Shyun Fwu Aldrin1651SGP1N+17B15N+16B10N2.011.012.53.001563-7.0
14Ewart, Thomas1577ENG+22B3BF+21N9B2.09.09.02.001027-15.6
15Liu, Anbo0ENGFF+13B4N+12B2.07.57.54.0016880.0
16Rozmus, Oliver0ENG+10N4B8B13N=19N1.511.512.53.5015280.0
17Horwood, Alexander1495ENG=19B13N+25B7N8B1.59.09.00.501524+6.4
18Rubeck, Jonathan1864ENG=23N+11BFFF1.53.03.02.751821-1.8
19Llewellyn, Julian D1756ENG=17N9B11N12N=16B1.09.010.51.501317-41.8
20FIDE 3434168610F2B5N+22NF1.08.58.51.009540.0
21Fish, Andrew0ENG5N+25B10N14BF1.08.58.50.0014630.0
22FIDE 343459455014N8NF20B+24B1.06.06.00.007780.0
23Mouskos, Mia1629ENG=18BFF11NF0.54.04.00.751553-8.4
24Ewart, Sarah0ENG4N10BFF22N0.07.57.50.009030.0
25Esquerdo, Aleyk1660ENG6B21N17NFF0.05.55.50.00914-35.6
26Feng, Leo0ENG7B12NFFF0.05.05.00.008730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets