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AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - June 2025 - Challengers

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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Potters Bar, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1676, and top seed was Avinash Reddy (🇲🇾 MAS, 1789).

Avinash Reddy (🇲🇾 MAS, 1789) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Julian D Llewellyn (4.5) and Ibrahim Abouchakra (4.0). Reddy shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mark McWilliams (1595) beat Andrew PE Smith (1745), a +150-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Potters Bar, England
Dates
28 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇾Avinash Reddy1789
Avg top 10
1,676
Participants
17
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×15
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Reddy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Julian D Llewellyn drew with Avinash Reddy (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Ibrahim Abouchakra won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Julian D Llewellyn*
½
2Avinash Reddy
½
*
1
1
3Ibrahim Abouchakra
0
*
4Dominic Czarnuch
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Avinash Reddy1789MAS+10N+4B=2N+3B+5N4.514.516.514.251927+9.4
2Llewellyn, Julian D1757ENG+17N+13B=1B+7N+4B4.511.512.09.752006+20.8
3Abouchakra, Ibrahim0ENG+11N+15B+6B1N+9N4.010.511.57.0017030.0
4Gururaj, Rithwik0ENG+12N1N+11B+9B2N3.012.514.05.0016930.0
5Czarnuch, Dominic1601ENG=9N=8B+15N+12B1B3.010.511.54.751743+37.6
6Stell, Edmund0ENG+7N=9B3N10B+14N2.510.512.05.0016500.0
7Pride, Stephen C1653ENG6B+11N=12N2B+16N2.510.011.03.251596-4.6
8Smith, Andrew PE1745ENG15B=5N=14B+13N=10N2.58.09.04.751572-44.0
9O`Caolaidhe, Cormac1785IRL=5B=6N+13B4N3B2.012.514.04.251814+2.8
10Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1602ENG1B=12NF+6N=8B2.011.011.04.501552-8.4
11Vijay, Kayal1536ENG3B7B4N=14N+15B1.511.012.01.751557+3.2
12Fenton, Frederick1493ENG4B=10B=7B5N=13N1.510.512.03.001537+7.2
13Sengupta, Sohana1640ENG+14B2N9N8B=12B1.510.512.02.251503-36.4
14Horwood, Alexander1462ENG13N=17B=8N=11B6B1.58.08.52.251543+10.8
15McWilliams, Mark1595ENG+8N3N5B16B11N1.011.012.02.501503-6.0
16Gampa, Dyuthi Sri0ENGFFF+15N7B1.03.53.51.0015960.0
17Santosh Kumar, Darsh1596ENG2B=14NFFF0.56.06.00.751425-18.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets