2nd Oxford FIDE Congress - U1900
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFrancis 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
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Francis P Best | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Oliver Morris | — | * | — | — |
| 3Sameera Kodukula | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4David Robson | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best, Francis P | 1799 | ENG | +26B | +6N | F | +3B | +7N | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 2434 | +11.2 |
| 2 | Kodukula, Sameera | 1647 | ENG | +9N | +13B | −3N | +15B | =8B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1959 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Robson, David | 0 | ENG | +25B | +24N | +2B | −1N | =5B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1637 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Morris, Oliver | 0 | ENG | −13N | +21B | +16B | =14N | +22N | 3.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1665 | 0.0 |
| 5 | V, Krish | 1493 | ENG | +10N | =8B | F | +6B | =3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.25 | 1948 | +45.2 |
| 6 | Phillips, Matthiew | 0 | FRA | +20B | −1B | +11N | −5N | +16B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1742 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Genovese, Amaury | 0 | ENG | F | +11B | +15N | +10B | −1B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 7.50 | 1878 | +44.4 |
| 8 | Daniels, David W | 1806 | ENG | +23B | =5N | F | +13B | =2N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.75 | 1743 | -8.4 |
| 9 | Spinney, Elliott | 1822 | ENG | −2B | +17N | F | +12N | +14B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1853 | +8.0 |
| 10 | Boyle, Liam | 1703 | ENG | −5B | +25N | +24B | −7N | +17B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1537 | -34.8 |
| 11 | Reed, Duncan W | 1756 | ENG | =17B | −7N | −6B | +23N | +21B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1586 | -26.8 |
| 12 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1841 | ENG | +18N | =14B | −20N | −9B | +13N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1661 | -42.8 |
| 13 | Zhuravlev, Andrei | 1430 | WLS | +4B | −2N | +19B | −8N | −12B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1569 | +19.6 |
| 14 | Singhal, Saket | 1628 | ENG | +16B | =12N | F | =4B | −9N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1821 | +30.0 |
| 15 | Ortega, Angel | 0 | ENG | +22B | +19N | −7B | −2N | −18N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Dray-Pearce, Tristan | 1799 | ENG | −14N | +18B | −4N | +24B | −6N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1638 | -8.6 |
| 17 | Ayush N Ubale | 1524 | IND | =11N | −9B | +26N | =22B | −10N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1662 | +16.4 |
| 18 | Lin, Vickie | 1648 | ENG | −12B | −16N | F | +19N | +15B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1677 | +4.4 |
| 19 | Gray, Anna | 1765 | ENG | +21N | −15B | −13N | −18B | +24N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 739 | -61.6 |
| 20 | Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika | 1767 | SRI | −6N | +26B | +12B | F | F | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 2555 | +38.4 |
| 21 | Gardiner, Paul | 0 | ENG | −19B | −4N | =23N | +25B | −11N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Chapman, Timothy J | 1723 | ENG | −15N | +23B | F | =17N | −4B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1772 | +4.8 |
| 23 | Zheng, Lucas | 1635 | WLS | −8N | −22N | =21B | −11B | +25N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1511 | -24.8 |
| 24 | Amirthanathan, Adam | 0 | ENG | F | −3B | −10N | −16N | −19B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 956 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Matilal, Tamal | 1531 | ENG | −3N | −10B | F | −21N | −23B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 868 | -12.6 |
| 26 | Josiah, Oliver | 1667 | ENG | −1N | −20N | −17B | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 897 | -27.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kodukula, SameeraENG+46.43.5 pts · #5
- 2V, KrishENG+45.23.0 pts · #15
- 3Genovese, AmauryENG+44.43.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Gray, AnnaENG-61.62.0 pts · #25
- 2Saxena, ReyanshENG-42.82.5 pts · #7
- 3Boyle, LiamENG-34.83.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R3+335 Elo gap
- R1+210 Elo gap
- R1+175 Elo gap