Earlsfield FIDE Congress June 2025 - U2400
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 21 Jun 2025 in London SW18, England. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1934, and top seed was Jovica Radovanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2236).
Jovica Radovanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2236) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (4.0) and Harvey Li (3.5). Radovanovic shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (1853) beat Jovica Radovanovic (FM, 2236), a +383-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
FM Jovica Radovanovic held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Radovanovic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
FM Jovica Radovanovic lost to Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMJovica Radovanovic | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Harvey Li | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Avinash Vaidyanathan | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radovanovic, JovicaFM | 2236 | SRB | +14N | +3B | +4N | −2B | +5N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 10.00 | 2109 | -9.8 |
| 2 | Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian | 1853 | ENG | F | +10N | +15B | +1N | +7B | 4.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2811 | +108.8 |
| 3 | Li, Harvey | 1782 | ENG | +9B | −1N | =14B | +6N | +13B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 5.75 | 2056 | +69.2 |
| 4 | Vashisht-Pigem, Raman | 1965 | ENG | +8N | +12B | −1B | −7N | +11B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 2025 | +16.4 |
| 5 | Avinash Vaidyanathan | 1855 | IND | −6B | +14N | +11B | +12N | −1B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1975 | +14.2 |
| 6 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1805 | ENG | +5N | −7B | =8N | −3B | +9N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1875 | +8.6 |
| 7 | Sanitt, Ethan | 2087 | ENG | =10B | +6N | F | +4B | −2N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1957 | -12.4 |
| 8 | Kumaresan, Darshan | 1807 | ENG | −4B | +9N | =6B | −11N | =10N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1794 | -2.0 |
| 9 | Quattrone, Andrea | 1842 | ITA | −3N | −8B | +16N | +15N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1630 | -22.0 |
| 10 | Konyakhin-Borrelly, Gregory Jacques | 1823 | FID | =7N | −2B | F | −13N | =8B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1711 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Lapidus, Alexey M. | 1896 | ENG | F | F | −5N | +8B | −4N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1751 | -23.2 |
| 12 | Menseitov, Alikhan | 1741 | ENG | F | −4N | +13B | −5B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1771 | +4.4 |
| 13 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1867 | ENG | F | F | −12N | +10B | −3N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1657 | -17.0 |
| 14 | Flynn, David | 1837 | ENG | −1B | −5B | =3N | F | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1685 | -12.6 |
| 15 | Papneja, Vedant | 1897 | ENG | F | F | −2N | −9B | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1048 | -45.6 |
| 16 | Chapman, Lance | 0 | ENG | F | F | −9B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1042 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mokhber-Garcia, SebastianENG+108.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Li, HarveyENG+69.23.5 pts · #3
- 3Vashisht-Pigem, RamanENG+16.43.0 pts · #5
- 1Papneja, VedantENG-45.60.0 pts · #16
- 2Konyakhin-Borrelly, Gregory JacquesFID-24.01.0 pts · #13
- 3Lapidus, Alexey M.ENG-23.21.0 pts · #11
- R4+383 Elo gap
- R5+234 Elo gap
- R3+126 Elo gap