3rd Kent FIDE Congress - Open

Open SwissStandard

23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Tunbridge Wells, England. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1986, and top seed was Steven A Jones (🇬🇧 ENG, 2184).

Avyukt Dasgupta (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2103) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Steven A Jones (4.0) and Edgar Pack (3.0). Dasgupta won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Francesco Poderico (1713) beat Maxime Quillaud (1877), a +164-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Tunbridge Wells, England

Dates

11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Steven A Jones2184

Avg top 10

1,986

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧England×18

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

Top 3

🥇
CMAvyukt Dasgupta
🇬🇧ENG·2103
4.5pts·2360perf+51.2
🥈
Steven A Jones
🇬🇧ENG·2184
4.0pts·2184perf+1.0
🥉
Edgar Pack
🇬🇧ENG·1862
3.0pts·1996perf+34.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Avyukt Dasgupta led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Dasgupta4.5Jones4Faulkner3Rastogi3Pack3Freeman2.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Avyukt Dasgupta held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Avyukt Dasgupta beat Steven A Jones (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Avyukt Dasgupta 4 wins (R1–R4)Steven A Jones 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMAvyukt Dasgupta	*	1	—	—
2Steven A Jones	0	*	—	—
3Adam Faulkner	—	—	*	—
4Nayan Keats Rastogi	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dasgupta, AvyuktCM	2103	ENG	+17N	+11B	+6N	+2B	=8N	4.5	11.0	12.5	11.25	2360	+51.2
2	Jones, Steven A	2184	ENG	+13B	+14N	+7B	−1N	+3B	4.0	12.0	14.0	9.50	2184	+1.0
3	Pack, Edgar	1862	ENG	−14B	+13N	+19B	+10N	−2N	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.00	1996	+34.4
4	Rastogi, Nayan Keats	1891	ENG	+21N	−6B	=9N	+11B	=7N	3.0	9.5	10.0	5.00	2009	+33.2
5	Faulkner, Adam	1967	ENG	F	=12B	=11N	+6B	+9N	3.0	9.0	9.0	7.00	2124	+31.6
6	Sutton, Daniel	1945	ENG	+10B	+4N	−1B	−5N	=12B	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.50	1919	-3.6
7	Freeman, Luke	1944	ENG	+16N	+20B	−2N	F	=4B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.50	2042	+20.0
8	Foster, Timothy	1961	ENG	F	+18N	+15B	F	=1B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	2138	+12.8
9	Smith, Simon	1954	ENG	−20B	+16N	=4B	+15N	−5B	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.50	1857	-25.6
10	Eldridge, Albert	1750	ENG	−6N	+21B	+12N	−3B	=11N	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.50	1907	+41.6
11	Jacobs, Robert	1941	ENG	+22B	−1N	=5B	−4N	=10B	2.0	13.0	13.5	3.25	1835	-14.6
12	Norinkeviciute, RasaWFM	1882	LTU	F	=5N	−10B	+17B	=6N	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.25	1900	+2.2
13	Fryer, David W	1918	ENG	−2N	−3B	+22B	−18N	+21N	2.0	9.0	9.5	1.00	1839	-12.0
14	Chapman, Luke	1893	ENG	+3N	−2B	+20N	F	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2076	+27.6
15	Poderico, Francesco	1713	ITA	F	+19N	−8N	−9B	+18B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1893	+18.4
16	Lyon, Hannah Jane	1906	LUX	−7B	−9B	=21N	+22N	=19B	2.0	7.0	7.5	1.50	1828	-21.2
17	Pal, Rohan	1938	ENG	−1B	=22N	+18B	−12N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	1810	-29.2
18	Shankar, Yashwardhan	1779	SCO	=23N	−8B	−17N	+13B	−15N	1.5	8.0	8.5	2.25	1690	-18.0
19	Quillaud, Maxime	1877	ENG	F	−15B	−3N	+21B	=16N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.50	1759	-26.4
20	Domarkas, Michael	1807	ENG	+9N	−7N	−14B	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	2.50	1805	0.0
21	Granzelius, Eric	1904	ENG	−4B	−10N	=16B	−19N	−13B	0.5	9.5	11.0	1.00	1502	-90.0
22	Prince, Alan R	1824	ENG	−11N	=17B	−13N	−16B	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1604	-18.8
23	FIDE 496553	0	—	=18B	F	F	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1780	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dasgupta, AvyuktCMENG
+51.2
4.5 pts · #1
2Eldridge, AlbertENG
+41.6
2.5 pts · #7
3Pack, EdgarENG
+34.4
3.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Granzelius, EricENG
-90.0
0.5 pts · #21
2Pal, RohanENG
-29.2
1.5 pts · #18
3Quillaud, MaximeENG
-26.4
1.5 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R2+164 Elo gap
Poderico, Francesco1713 beat Quillaud, Maxime1877
R2+154 Elo gap
Eldridge, Albert1750 beat Granzelius, Eric1904
R1+147 Elo gap
Domarkas, Michael1807 beat Smith, Simon1954