1st Swindon Chess Congress - U1600

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37 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 25 Aug 2025 in Swindon, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1555, and top seed was Cecil Sloan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1597).

Carolus Tang (🇬🇧 ENG, 1567) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Harsha Vardhan Emjam (5.0) and Kayal Vijay (4.5). Tang won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yile Wang (1421) beat Ken Ronald (1552), a +131-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Swindon, England

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 25 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇪Cecil Sloan1597

Avg top 10

1,555

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇬🇧England×25

🇬🇧Wales×3

🇮🇳India×2

🇮🇪Ireland×1

Top 3

🥇
Carolus Tang
🇬🇧ENG·1567
6.0pts·2312perf+67.6
🥈
Harsha Vardhan Emjam
🇮🇳IND·1532
5.0pts·1782perf+62.8
🥉
Kayal Vijay
🇬🇧ENG·1570
4.5pts·1636perf+13.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Carolus Tang led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Tang6Emjam5Vijay4.5Peel4.5Wildsmith4Wang4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Carolus Tang never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Carolus Tang beat Harsha Vardhan Emjam (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Carolus Tang 6 wins (R1–R6)Harsha Vardhan Emjam 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Carolus Tang	*	1	1	—
2Harsha Vardhan Emjam	0	*	—	1
3Kayal Vijay	0	—	*	—
4James Peel	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tang, Carolus	1567	ENG	+20B	+7N	+6B	+2N	+3B	+5B	6.0	21.5	24.5	24.50	2312	+67.6
2	Emjam, Harsha Vardhan	1532	IND	+24B	+16N	+4B	−1B	+10N	+13N	5.0	20.5	23.0	17.00	1782	+62.8
3	Vijay, Kayal	1570	ENG	+14N	+12B	=10N	+11B	−1N	+9B	4.5	20.0	23.5	15.75	1636	+13.6
4	Peel, James	1543	ENG	+17N	+28B	−2N	=14B	+19N	+10B	4.5	18.0	20.0	13.25	1509	-2.8
5	Wang, Yile	1421	ENG	+22N	−11B	+28N	+21B	+16B	−1N	4.0	18.0	20.0	10.50	1448	+4.4
6	Tarihalkar, Shrisha	1525	ENG	+32N	+29B	−1N	−9B	+15N	+16B	4.0	18.0	19.0	9.50	767	-17.6
7	Lay, Michael	0	ENG	+35N	−1B	−9N	+17B	+29N	+21B	4.0	17.5	18.0	8.50	767	0.0
8	Wildsmith, Dexter	0	ENG	=23N	+?B	=12N	+29B	=9N	=11B	4.0	15.0	15.0	8.50	1591	0.0
9	Ghanshala, Aarav	0	ENG	−10B	+24N	+7B	+6N	=8B	−3N	3.5	20.0	22.5	12.50	1545	0.0
10	Matilal, Tamal	1541	ENG	+9N	+31B	=3B	+30N	−2B	−4N	3.5	19.5	21.0	9.25	1450	-10.4
11	Sloan, Cecil	1597	IRL	F	+5N	+18B	−3N	+12B	=8N	3.5	19.0	19.0	12.50	1496	-5.4
12	Richardson, Alan W	0	ENG	+36B	−3N	=8B	+26N	−11N	+22B	3.5	17.0	17.5	7.50	1449	0.0
13	Farms, Edward	1519	ENG	−31N	+32B	+17N	=15B	+14N	−2B	3.5	16.5	17.5	9.25	1494	-2.8
14	Zhuravlev, Andrei	1455	WLS	−3B	+36N	+33B	=4N	−13B	+20N	3.5	16.5	17.0	6.75	1271	-25.2
15	Gee, Bart	0	ENG	=21N	=22B	+?N	=13N	−6B	+25B	3.5	15.5	15.5	7.00	1505	0.0
16	Bryant, Otto	0	ENG	+37N	−2B	+31N	+23B	−5N	−6N	3.0	17.0	17.0	4.00	1322	0.0
17	Miller, Artem	0	ENG	−4B	+27N	−13B	−7N	+32B	+?N	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	731	0.0
18	Gardiner, Paul	0	ENG	=25N	+34B	−11N	−19B	=28N	+26N	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.75	1319	0.0
19	Sweeney, Rob	0	ENG	F	−23B	+35N	+18N	−4B	+24N	3.0	13.0	13.0	6.00	1431	0.0
20	Chandrakumar, Lirush	0	ENG	−1N	=35B	+22N	=?N	+?B	−14B	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.75	1400	0.0
21	FIDE 343471811	0	—	=15B	=33N	+37B	−5N	+?B	−7N	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.25	621	0.0
22	Ronald, Ken	1552	ENG	−5B	=15N	−20B	+34N	+27B	−12N	2.5	16.5	17.5	5.25	621	-27.2
23	Prakash, Chandra	1583	IND	=8B	+19N	−30B	−16N	−26B	+35N	2.5	14.5	15.0	5.50	702	-12.2
24	Robinson, Nette	1542	ENG	−2N	−9B	+36N	=25B	+37N	−19B	2.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	1285	-13.4
25	Hill, Glyn	1424	WLS	=18B	−30N	=26B	=24N	+33B	−15N	2.5	13.5	14.5	5.00	1329	-4.6
26	Pradeep Menon, Ayush	0	ENG	=?N	=?B	=25N	−12B	+23N	−18B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1524	0.0
27	Are, Jai Hrithvik Adithya	0	WLS	−28N	−17B	+32N	=?B	−22N	+31B	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	752	0.0
28	FIDE 343438377	0	—	+27B	−4N	−5B	=33N	=18B	−?N	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	682	0.0
29	North, Phillip	0	ENG	F	−6N	+?B	−8N	−7B	+?N	2.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	725	0.0
30	Markey, Kevin D	1502	ENG	F	+25B	+23N	−10B	F	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.00	1641	+22.0
31	Marie, Bernadette	0	ENG	+13B	−10N	−16B	−?N	=36B	−27N	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.75	1530	0.0
32	Cartwright, Nicholas	0	ENG	−6B	−13N	−27B	F	−17N	+36B	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.50	722	0.0
33	FIDE 343477860	0	—	F	=21B	−14N	=28B	−25N	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.50	640	0.0
34	FIDE 343438407	0	—	F	−18N	−?B	−22B	F	+37N	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	752	0.0
35	FIDE 343439616	0	—	−7B	=20N	−19B	F	F	−23B	0.5	12.5	12.5	1.50	783	0.0
36	FIDE 343478441	0	—	−12N	−14B	−24B	F	=31N	−32N	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	699	0.0
37	Scott, Xander	0	ENG	−16B	F	−21N	F	−24B	−34B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	742	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tang, CarolusENG
+67.6
6.0 pts · #1
2Emjam, Harsha VardhanIND
+62.8
5.0 pts · #2
3Markey, Kevin DENG
+22.0
2.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Ronald, KenENG
-27.2
2.5 pts · #34
2Zhuravlev, AndreiWLS
-25.2
3.5 pts · #21
3Tarihalkar, ShrishaENG
-17.6
4.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R1+131 Elo gap
Wang, Yile1421 beat Ronald, Ken1552