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Southall FIDE Congress October 2025 - U2400

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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.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧IMPeter G Large2219
Avg top 10
1,901
Participants
31
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×23
🇲🇾Malaysia×2
🇨🇳China×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Junhao Xian led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
6
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Junhao Xian held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Junhao Xian beat IM Peter G Large (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

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
Player1234
1Junhao Xian*
1
½
2IMPeter G Large
0
*
3Jonathan Rubeck
½
*
4Avinash Reddy*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xian, Junhao2136CHN+25N+18B+9N+2B=3N4.513.014.012.002242+11.6
2Large, Peter GIM2219ENG+30B+10N+5B1N+9B4.014.014.09.502124-5.8
3Rubeck, Jonathan1878ENG+24B+19N+16B=8N=1B4.011.512.58.752039+16.4
4Avinash Reddy1784MAS17B+29N+24B+16N+8B4.08.08.06.001881+10.2
5Killick, Tristan1827ENG+15N+23B2N+10B=6N3.513.014.58.751917+21.6
6Helsby, Matthew1724ENG+12B16N+17B+11N=5B3.511.513.59.751989+44.8
7Soulier, Alfred1983ENG=20B+13N8B+24N+18B3.510.011.07.001870-20.8
8Kaushik, Madhav1925ENG=22N+14B+7N=3B4N3.014.015.58.751836-16.8
9Mylovanov, Volodymyr1808UKR+29B+17N1B+19N2N3.012.512.54.001914+22.8
10Llewellyn, Julian D1712ENG+27B2B+22N5N+20B3.011.012.04.501811+12.0
11Sood, Vineet1669ENG18N+26B+12N6B+16N3.010.511.56.001632-4.0
12V, Krish1545ENG6N+25B11B+17N+19B3.010.511.55.001733+51.6
13Poderico, Francesco1712ITA=14N7B+25N+22B=21N3.09.510.54.751773+8.2
14Horwood, Alexander1487ENG=13B8N20B+28B+22N2.59.510.54.001665+42.8
15Zhang, Yichen1635ENG5B21N+26B=23N+27N2.58.09.02.751628-2.4
16Asade, Tolulope Martins0FID+26N+6B3N4B11B2.014.515.54.5016570.0
17Maitret, Victor1572ENG+4N9B6N12B+25N2.013.514.55.001632+14.0
18Li, Lucian1671ENG+11B1NF+27B7N2.012.012.04.001793+20.0
19Gonzales, Ceferino1681PHI+28N3B+23N9B12N2.011.512.52.501568-15.0
20Fortunato, Bartolomeo1658ENG=7N22B+14N=21B10N2.011.012.55.251640-8.0
21Paulins, Michael1726ENG23N+15BF=20N=13B2.09.09.05.001639-18.4
22George, Naveen Daniel1650MAS=8B+20N10B13N14B1.511.513.53.501549-14.4
23Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1550ENG+21B5N19B=15BF1.510.010.03.251630+7.2
24Mason, Harley1642ENG3N+28B4N7BF1.012.512.51.001573-16.4
25Pepe, Salvatore1659ENG1B12N13B+29N17B1.012.512.50.001461-27.0
26Helsby, David C1586ENG16B11N15NF+28B1.08.58.51.001449-10.8
27Gudovijus, Kestutis1450ENG10N+31BF18N15B1.07.57.50.00873-13.2
28Soulier, Arne1417ENG19B24N+29B14N26N1.06.56.50.001362-6.8
29Rozmus, Oliver1615ENG9N4B28N25BF0.09.09.00.00867-68.8
30Tierney, John1541ENG2NFFFF0.04.04.00.001141-3.2
31FIDE 3434789560F27NFFF0.01.01.00.006500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets