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
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×23
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAlexey M. Lapidus led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexey M. Lapidus | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Harvey Li | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Tom Balmond | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Timothy Watson | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lapidus, Alexey M. | 1910 | ENG | +13B | =7N | +12B | +9N | +2B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 12.50 | 2085 | +32.0 |
| 2 | Balmond, Tom | 1784 | ENG | +8B | +20N | +6B | +3B | −1N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 11.00 | 2007 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Li, Harvey | 1830 | ENG | +12B | +14N | +4B | −2N | +6B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 1971 | +34.8 |
| 4 | Helsby, Matthew | 1742 | ENG | +24B | +16N | −3N | +15B | =5N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1585 | -16.4 |
| 5 | Watson, Timothy | 1724 | ENG | +21B | −6N | +20B | +8N | =4B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1752 | +4.0 |
| 6 | Wang, Luoke | 1936 | ENG | +25N | +5B | −2N | +10B | −3N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1804 | -30.8 |
| 7 | Paulins, Michael | 1729 | ENG | +26N | =1B | −9N | +17B | =11B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1713 | -2.8 |
| 8 | Helsby, David C | 1577 | ENG | −2N | +22B | +16N | −5B | +17N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1541 | -3.2 |
| 9 | Rushbrooke, Tibo | 1822 | ENG | F | +19N | +7B | −1B | +14N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1936 | +12.0 |
| 10 | Sood, Vineet | 1663 | ENG | −16B | +24N | +21B | −6N | +13B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1790 | +6.0 |
| 11 | Li, Lucian | 1627 | ENG | F | −18N | +19B | +23B | =7N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1840 | +44.4 |
| 12 | Singla, Keshav | 1617 | ENG | −3N | +26B | −1N | +19B | −15N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1708 | +12.4 |
| 13 | Wong, Shyun Fwu Aldrin | 1651 | SGP | −1N | +17B | −15N | +16B | −10N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1563 | -7.0 |
| 14 | Ewart, Thomas | 1577 | ENG | +22B | −3B | F | +21N | −9B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1027 | -15.6 |
| 15 | Liu, Anbo | 0 | ENG | F | F | +13B | −4N | +12B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1688 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Rozmus, Oliver | 0 | ENG | +10N | −4B | −8B | −13N | =19N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Horwood, Alexander | 1495 | ENG | =19B | −13N | +25B | −7N | −8B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 1524 | +6.4 |
| 18 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1864 | ENG | =23N | +11B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 1821 | -1.8 |
| 19 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1756 | ENG | =17N | −9B | −11N | −12N | =16B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1317 | -41.8 |
| 20 | FIDE 343416861 | 0 | — | F | −2B | −5N | +22N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 954 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Fish, Andrew | 0 | ENG | −5N | +25B | −10N | −14B | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 343459455 | 0 | — | −14N | −8N | F | −20B | +24B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Mouskos, Mia | 1629 | ENG | =18B | F | F | −11N | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1553 | -8.4 |
| 24 | Ewart, Sarah | 0 | ENG | −4N | −10B | F | F | −22N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 903 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Esquerdo, Aleyk | 1660 | ENG | −6B | −21N | −17N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 914 | -35.6 |
| 26 | Feng, Leo | 0 | ENG | −7B | −12N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 873 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Balmond, TomENG+47.24.0 pts · #5
- 2Li, LucianENG+44.42.5 pts · #6
- 3Li, HarveyENG+34.84.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Llewellyn, Julian DENG-41.81.0 pts · #19
- 2Esquerdo, AleykENG-35.60.0 pts · #22
- 3Wang, LuokeENG-30.83.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R3+165 Elo gap
- R3+152 Elo gap
- R4+139 Elo gap