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4th Cambridge FIDE Congress - U1900

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Cambridge, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was David J Faulkner (🇬🇧 ENG, 1840).

Henry Brennan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1793) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Isaac McHugh (4.0) and Luke Smith (3.5). Brennan broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Willem de Boer (1572) beat Colin Byrne (1716), a +144-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Cambridge, England
Dates
30 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧David J Faulkner1840
Avg top 10
1,727
Participants
19
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇫🇷France×2
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Henry Brennan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
1
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Brennan takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE31 Aug

Henry Brennan takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Henry Brennan drew with Isaac McHugh (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Henry Brennan won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Henry Brennan*
½
1
2Isaac McHugh
½
*
1
3Luke Smith
0
*
4Luka Lemoine
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Brennan, Henry1793ENG+14N=2B+11N+3B+10N4.511.513.011.001983+29.2
2McHugh, Isaac1643ENG+6B=1N+5N+10B=4N4.012.014.010.501960+81.2
3Smith, Luke0ENG=15B+18N+8B1N+12B3.510.511.56.2517690.0
4Homer, Neil S1656ENG+13N=5BF=9N=2B2.511.011.06.501693+3.0
5Lemoine, Luka1690FRA+16B=4N2B12N+14B2.510.011.54.251650-10.8
6Knight, Christopher J1751ENG2N=14B=18N+19B=7N2.59.09.02.501554-44.4
7Bellano, Harry1658ENG+19N10B13N+14B=6B2.58.08.02.751708+8.4
8Byrne, Colin1716ENG11N+19B3N+18B=16B2.58.08.01.751538-27.2
9Talas, Sandor1746IOM=18B=15NF=4B+11N2.57.07.04.501725-4.8
10Holmes, Thomas1709ENG+17B+7NF2N1B2.012.512.54.001666-9.2
11de Boer, Willem1572ENG+8B=12N1B=15N9B2.011.513.04.251687+28.0
12Faulkner, David J1840ENGF=11B=16N+5B3N2.09.59.54.251694-9.0
13Kaldor, William0ENG4B=17N+7B=16NF2.08.09.54.0015820.0
14Richmond, Charles J1666ENG1B=6N+17B7N5N1.512.013.52.751544-32.4
15Owen, Michael1699FRA=3N=9BF=11BF1.510.010.04.001659-2.0
16De Boer, Lara1446ENG5NF=12B=13B=8N1.59.09.03.251624+22.4
17Vijay, Kayal1570ENG10N=13B14NF+19N1.55.55.51.00887-27.2
18Pride, Stephen C1597ENG=9N3B=6B8NF1.011.011.02.501613+1.4
19Amirthanathan, Adam0ENG7B8NF6N17B0.09.09.00.008740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets