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2nd Oxford FIDE Congress - U1900

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Kennington, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1778, and top seed was Reyansh Saxena (🇬🇧 ENG, 1841).

Francis P Best (🇬🇧 ENG, 1799) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Sameera Kodukula (3.5) and David Robson (3.5). Best shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Andrei Zhuravlev (1430) beat Anna Gray (1765), a +335-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Kennington, England
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Reyansh Saxena1841
Avg top 10
1,778
Participants
26
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Francis P Best led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
4
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Best takes lead
Best4Morris3.5Kodukula3.5Robson3.5Phillips3Spinney3— ex-leaders:Bestled R5, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Sept

Francis P Best takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Francis P Best won 4 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Francis P Best*
1
2Oliver Morris*
3Sameera Kodukula*
0
4David Robson
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Best, Francis P1799ENG+26B+6NF+3B+7N4.09.59.59.502434+11.2
2Kodukula, Sameera1647ENG+9N+13B3N+15B=8B3.511.513.58.501959+46.4
3Robson, David0ENG+25B+24N+2B1N=5B3.510.510.55.0016370.0
4Morris, Oliver0ENG13N+21B+16B=14N+22N3.57.59.06.0016650.0
5V, Krish1493ENG+10N=8BF+6B=3N3.012.512.59.251948+45.2
6Phillips, Matthiew0FRA+20B1B+11N5N+16B3.011.513.56.5017420.0
7Genovese, Amaury0ENGF+11B+15N+10B1B3.011.511.57.501878+44.4
8Daniels, David W1806ENG+23B=5NF+13B=2N3.010.010.06.751743-8.4
9Spinney, Elliott1822ENG2B+17NF+12N+14B3.010.010.06.501853+8.0
10Boyle, Liam1703ENG5B+25N+24B7N+17B3.08.08.02.001537-34.8
11Reed, Duncan W1756ENG=17B7N6B+23N+21B2.59.511.04.001586-26.8
12Saxena, Reyansh1841ENG+18N=14B20N9B+13N2.59.011.05.001661-42.8
13Zhuravlev, Andrei1430WLS+4B2N+19B8N12B2.012.514.55.501569+19.6
14Singhal, Saket1628ENG+16B=12NF=4B9N2.011.011.05.001821+30.0
15Ortega, Angel0ENG+22B+19N7B2N18N2.010.512.03.5016040.0
16Dray-Pearce, Tristan1799ENG14N+18B4N+24B6N2.010.510.52.001638-8.6
17Ayush N Ubale1524IND=11N9B+26N=22B10N2.010.010.02.001662+16.4
18Lin, Vickie1648ENG12B16NF+19N+15B2.08.58.54.001677+4.4
19Gray, Anna1765ENG+21N15B13N18B+24N2.07.57.51.50739-61.6
20Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika1767SRI6N+26B+12BFF2.05.55.52.502555+38.4
21Gardiner, Paul0ENG19B4N=23N+25B11N1.59.59.50.7515840.0
22Chapman, Timothy J1723ENG15N+23BF=17N4B1.59.09.02.501772+4.8
23Zheng, Lucas1635WLS8N22N=21B11B+25N1.58.58.50.751511-24.8
24Amirthanathan, Adam0ENGF3B10N16N19B0.010.510.50.009560.0
25Matilal, Tamal1531ENG3N10BF21N23B0.010.011.50.00868-12.6
26Josiah, Oliver1667ENG1N20N17BFF0.08.08.00.00897-27.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets