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3rd Kent FIDE Congress - Major

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Tunbridge Wells, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1813, and top seed was Tony J Slinger (🇬🇧 ENG, 1861).

Carlos Cambon Rodriguez (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of M John Cawston (4.0) and Russell Robert Goodfellow (3.5). Cambon Rodriguez broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Michael Hayward (1625) beat William H Luxton (1781), a +156-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
🇬🇧Tony J Slinger1861
Avg top 10
1,813
Participants
31
Federations · 7 represented
🇬🇧England×24
🇬🇧Scotland×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Carlos Cambon Rodriguez 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
8
1
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Cambon Rodriguez takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Jul

Carlos Cambon Rodriguez takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Carlos Cambon Rodriguez 3 wins (R3–R5)Russell Robert Goodfellow 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cambon Rodriguez, Carlos0ENG+15N=6B+12N+5B+3N4.512.014.513.002147+47.2
2Cawston, M John1760ENG+21N=5B=16N+8B+7N4.011.513.510.752040+20.8
3Goodfellow, Russell Robert1804ENG=14B+25N+20N+12B1B3.511.513.07.251874+10.0
4Slinger, Tony J1861ENG+18N=19B=13N=16B+17N3.510.012.08.501892+2.2
5Welford, Richard R1771ENG+29B=2N+19B1N=9B3.013.513.55.501866+25.6
6Anstead, Jerry1810ENG+17B=1N=7B=9N=13N3.013.015.59.001788-4.8
7Taylor, Zebadiah0ENG=10B+30N=6N+18B2B3.012.512.55.501821+29.2
8Faulkner, Martin J1813ENG+22B12B+26N2N+25B3.010.011.55.0018120.0
9Tassell, Hugh G1795ENG=24N=27B+21N=6B=5N3.09.510.56.251711-17.6
10George, Richard M1849ENG=7N=26B+27N=13B=16N3.09.510.55.751799-10.8
11Heath, David R1780ENG12N+24B=28N=14B+20N3.08.59.05.001702-8.6
12Reith, Duncan IM1858SCO+11B+8N1B3N=15B2.514.016.57.251817-9.2
13Tracey, William F1777ENGF+14N=4B=10N=6B2.512.012.07.251878+22.4
14Chandrashekhar, Druha1610ENG=3N13B+23B=11N=19B2.511.013.06.251780+44.8
15Rimmer, Andrew0ENG1B=22N=25B+27N=12N2.510.511.54.0017580.0
16Tompsett, Tadeusz0ENGF+31N=2B=4N=10B2.510.510.55.2517800.0
17Rubin, Ilan Murray0ENG6N=18B+31B+28N4B2.59.59.51.7516870.0
18Veselov, Ivan1746UKR4B=17N+30B7N+28B2.59.59.51.751651-18.0
19Luxton, William H1781ENG+28B=4N5N20B=14N2.011.011.53.501591-48.8
20Hayward, Michael1625ENGF+23N3B+19N11B2.010.510.54.001782+33.2
21Runge, Johnny0DEN2B+29N9B+22NF2.09.09.02.0017670.0
22Talas, Sandor1749IOM8N=15B=24N21B+29N2.09.09.02.001729-3.2
23McGill, Peter1762SCOF20B14N+30B+31N2.04.54.50.001596-34.8
24Hunt, Jon1608ENG=9B11N=22B26N=27B1.59.510.53.001581-7.6
25George, Naveen Daniel1661MASF3B=15N+29B8N1.59.09.01.251669+0.6
26OGorman, Brendan1673ENGF=10N8B+24BF1.57.57.53.001758+6.6
27McKenna, John R1654ENGF=9N10B15B=24N1.010.010.02.251626-2.4
28Kapur Krish1447IND19NF=11B17B18N0.510.010.01.501496+4.4
29Wall, Robert1765ENG5N21BF25N22B0.08.58.50.00927-33.0
30Borgars, Alan1578ENGF7B18N23NF0.07.57.50.00941-34.4
31Avlonitis, Vassilios1568ENGF16B17NF23B0.07.07.00.00962-10.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets