Southall FIDE Congress October 2025 - U2400
31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Southall, England. 1 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1901, and top seed was Peter G Large (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2219).
Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2136) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Peter G Large (4.0) and Jonathan Rubeck (4.0). Xian won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Victor Maitret (1572) beat Avinash Reddy (1784), a +212-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJunhao Xian led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Junhao Xian held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
Junhao Xian beat IM Peter G Large (White).
Junhao Xian 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Peter G Large 3 wins (R1–R3)Jonathan Rubeck 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Junhao Xian | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2IMPeter G Large | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Jonathan Rubeck | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Avinash Reddy | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xian, Junhao | 2136 | CHN | +25N | +18B | +9N | +2B | =3N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 12.00 | 2242 | +11.6 |
| 2 | Large, Peter GIM | 2219 | ENG | +30B | +10N | +5B | −1N | +9B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 2124 | -5.8 |
| 3 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1878 | ENG | +24B | +19N | +16B | =8N | =1B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.75 | 2039 | +16.4 |
| 4 | Avinash Reddy | 1784 | MAS | −17B | +29N | +24B | +16N | +8B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1881 | +10.2 |
| 5 | Killick, Tristan | 1827 | ENG | +15N | +23B | −2N | +10B | =6N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1917 | +21.6 |
| 6 | Helsby, Matthew | 1724 | ENG | +12B | −16N | +17B | +11N | =5B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.75 | 1989 | +44.8 |
| 7 | Soulier, Alfred | 1983 | ENG | =20B | +13N | −8B | +24N | +18B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1870 | -20.8 |
| 8 | Kaushik, Madhav | 1925 | ENG | =22N | +14B | +7N | =3B | −4N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1836 | -16.8 |
| 9 | Mylovanov, Volodymyr | 1808 | UKR | +29B | +17N | −1B | +19N | −2N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1914 | +22.8 |
| 10 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1712 | ENG | +27B | −2B | +22N | −5N | +20B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1811 | +12.0 |
| 11 | Sood, Vineet | 1669 | ENG | −18N | +26B | +12N | −6B | +16N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1632 | -4.0 |
| 12 | V, Krish | 1545 | ENG | −6N | +25B | −11B | +17N | +19B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1733 | +51.6 |
| 13 | Poderico, Francesco | 1712 | ITA | =14N | −7B | +25N | +22B | =21N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1773 | +8.2 |
| 14 | Horwood, Alexander | 1487 | ENG | =13B | −8N | −20B | +28B | +22N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1665 | +42.8 |
| 15 | Zhang, Yichen | 1635 | ENG | −5B | −21N | +26B | =23N | +27N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1628 | -2.4 |
| 16 | Asade, Tolulope Martins | 0 | FID | +26N | +6B | −3N | −4B | −11B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.50 | 1657 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Maitret, Victor | 1572 | ENG | +4N | −9B | −6N | −12B | +25N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1632 | +14.0 |
| 18 | Li, Lucian | 1671 | ENG | +11B | −1N | F | +27B | −7N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1793 | +20.0 |
| 19 | Gonzales, Ceferino | 1681 | PHI | +28N | −3B | +23N | −9B | −12N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1568 | -15.0 |
| 20 | Fortunato, Bartolomeo | 1658 | ENG | =7N | −22B | +14N | =21B | −10N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1640 | -8.0 |
| 21 | Paulins, Michael | 1726 | ENG | −23N | +15B | F | =20N | =13B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1639 | -18.4 |
| 22 | George, Naveen Daniel | 1650 | MAS | =8B | +20N | −10B | −13N | −14B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1549 | -14.4 |
| 23 | Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe | 1550 | ENG | +21B | −5N | −19B | =15B | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1630 | +7.2 |
| 24 | Mason, Harley | 1642 | ENG | −3N | +28B | −4N | −7B | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1573 | -16.4 |
| 25 | Pepe, Salvatore | 1659 | ENG | −1B | −12N | −13B | +29N | −17B | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1461 | -27.0 |
| 26 | Helsby, David C | 1586 | ENG | −16B | −11N | −15N | F | +28B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1449 | -10.8 |
| 27 | Gudovijus, Kestutis | 1450 | ENG | −10N | +31B | F | −18N | −15B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 873 | -13.2 |
| 28 | Soulier, Arne | 1417 | ENG | −19B | −24N | +29B | −14N | −26N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1362 | -6.8 |
| 29 | Rozmus, Oliver | 1615 | ENG | −9N | −4B | −28N | −25B | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 867 | -68.8 |
| 30 | Tierney, John | 1541 | ENG | −2N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1141 | -3.2 |
| 31 | FIDE 343478956 | 0 | — | F | −27N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1V, KrishENG+51.63.0 pts · #11
- 2Helsby, MatthewENG+44.83.5 pts · #4
- 3Horwood, AlexanderENG+42.82.5 pts · #14
- 1Rozmus, OliverENG-68.80.0 pts · #29
- 2Pepe, SalvatoreENG-27.01.0 pts · #24
- 3Soulier, AlfredENG-20.83.5 pts · #3
- R1+212 Elo gap
- R3+198 Elo gap
- R1+176 Elo gap