1st Eastleigh FIDE Congress - U1900

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Eastleigh, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was Tony J Slinger (🇬🇧 ENG, 1861).

Niclas Hordnes (🇳🇴 NOR, 1746) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Francis P Best (4.0) and Benjamin Carter (4.0). Hordnes shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Stephen Payne (1569) beat Phil B Pinto (1749), a +180-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Eastleigh, England

Dates

28 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Tony J Slinger1861

Avg top 10

1,785

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇬🇧England×30

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇳🇴Norway×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
Niclas Hordnes
🇳🇴NOR·1746
4.0pts·1989perf+61.2
🥈
Francis P Best
🇬🇧ENG·1765
4.0pts·2504perf+34.2
🥉
Benjamin Carter
🇬🇧ENG·1721
4.0pts·1878perf+32.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Best4Hordnes4Arslan4Carter4Westbrook4Pollyn3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/5. Hordnes takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Francis P Best beat Niclas Hordnes (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Francis P Best 4 wins (R1–R5)Niclas Hordnes 4 wins (R1–R4)Bugra Arslan 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Francis P Best	*	1	1	—
2Niclas Hordnes	0	*	—	1
3Bugra Arslan	0	—	*	—
4Benjamin Carter	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hordnes, Niclas	1746	NOR	+30N	+3B	+6N	+8B	−2B	4.0	14.5	14.5	10.50	1989	+61.2
2	Best, Francis P	1765	ENG	+5B	+22N	F	+7B	+1N	4.0	13.0	13.0	13.00	2504	+34.2
3	Carter, Benjamin	1721	ENG	+27B	−1N	+19B	+13N	+10B	4.0	11.0	12.5	8.50	1878	+32.8
4	Westbrook, Christian	0	ENG	+16N	−7B	+27N	+26B	+8N	4.0	9.5	11.0	8.00	1702	0.0
5	Arslan, Bugra	0	TUR	−2N	+33B	+16N	+31B	+7N	4.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	1934	+89.2
6	Pollyn, Stephen	1811	ENG	+9B	+19N	−1B	=10N	+18B	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.25	1785	-5.2
7	Piecha, Lukasz Marek	1784	ENG	+21B	+4N	+25B	−2N	−5B	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.00	820	-27.8
8	Ronald, Ted	1798	ENG	+14B	+31N	+12B	−1N	−4B	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1914	+18.8
9	Payne, Stephen	1569	ENG	−6N	+34B	=11N	=17B	+26N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1738	+26.4
10	Belinger, John	1744	ENG	+20N	=12B	=26N	=6B	−3N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.75	1704	-8.0
11	Ralph, Toby	0	ENG	=18B	=13N	=9B	+21N	F	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.75	1669	0.0
12	Binu, Nathan	1760	ENG	+23B	=10N	−8N	+29B	F	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.25	1741	-2.0
13	Spirling, Florence	1739	ENG	F	=11B	+28N	−3B	+17N	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	1688	-6.0
14	Taylor, Stephen A	0	ENG	−8N	=17B	+30N	−22B	+28N	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.50	1641	0.0
15	Clancy, Martin J	1769	ENG	=28N	−26B	−17N	+32B	+20N	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.75	1714	-4.0
16	Coles, Rob	1554	ENG	−4B	+21N	−5B	−18N	+30B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1482	-11.2
17	McKenna, John R	1654	ENG	F	=14N	+15B	=9N	−13B	2.0	10.5	10.5	5.25	1692	+3.2
18	Shaddick, John	1700	ENG	=11N	−28B	=20N	+16B	−6N	2.0	10.0	11.5	4.25	1629	-11.2
19	Wake, Stephen	0	ENG	+34N	−6B	−3N	−20B	+32N	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1607	0.0
20	Foot, George	1522	ENG	−10B	=23N	=18B	+19N	−15B	2.0	9.0	11.0	4.00	1510	-2.8
21	Eales, Peter	0	ENG	−7N	−16B	+32N	−11B	+27N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1610	0.0
22	Dray-Pearce, Tristan	1810	ENG	+33N	−2B	F	+14N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	965	-11.2
23	Burgess, Rose	1599	ENG	−12N	=20B	F	=27B	+29N	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.75	1559	-9.2
24	OGorman, Brendan	1653	ENG	+29B	−25N	F	+28B	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	2244	+4.6
25	Redmill, Simon Matthew	0	ENG	+32N	+24B	−7N	F	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1696	0.0
26	Bahi, Arjan	0	ENG	F	+15N	=10B	−4N	−9B	1.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1694	0.0
27	Spearing, Nick	1510	ENG	−3N	+30B	−4B	=23N	−21B	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1656	+23.2
28	Yeo, Alex	0	ENG	=15B	+18N	−13B	−24N	−14B	1.5	9.5	11.5	3.25	1628	0.0
29	Lightfoot, David	1444	ENG	−24N	+32B	F	−12N	−23B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1458	+2.0
30	George, Naveen Daniel	1647	MAS	−1B	−27N	−14B	F	−16N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	803	-33.8
31	Slinger, Tony J	1861	ENG	F	−8B	F	−5N	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	836	-30.0
32	Ronald, Ken	1591	ENG	−25B	−29N	−21B	−15N	−19B	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	806	-38.8
33	FIDE 343473164	0	—	−22B	−5N	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	842	0.0
34	Pinto, Phil B	1749	ENG	−19B	−9N	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	769	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Arslan, BugraTUR
+89.2
4.0 pts · #3
2Hordnes, NiclasNOR
+61.2
4.0 pts · #2
3Best, Francis PENG
+34.2
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Ronald, KenENG
-38.8
0.0 pts · #29
2George, Naveen DanielMAS
-33.8
0.0 pts · #34
3Slinger, Tony JENG
-30.0
0.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R2+180 Elo gap
Payne, Stephen1569 beat Pinto, Phil B1749
R2+147 Elo gap
Lightfoot, David1444 beat Ronald, Ken1591
R2+137 Elo gap
Spearing, Nick1510 beat George, Naveen Daniel1647