AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - June 2025 - Challengers
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Reddy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
Julian D Llewellyn drew with Avinash Reddy (White).
Ibrahim Abouchakra won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Julian D Llewellyn | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Avinash Reddy | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Ibrahim Abouchakra | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Dominic Czarnuch | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avinash Reddy | 1789 | MAS | +10N | +4B | =2N | +3B | +5N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.25 | 1927 | +9.4 |
| 2 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1757 | ENG | +17N | +13B | =1B | +7N | +4B | 4.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 9.75 | 2006 | +20.8 |
| 3 | Abouchakra, Ibrahim | 0 | ENG | +11N | +15B | +6B | −1N | +9N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1703 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Gururaj, Rithwik | 0 | ENG | +12N | −1N | +11B | +9B | −2N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1693 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Czarnuch, Dominic | 1601 | ENG | =9N | =8B | +15N | +12B | −1B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1743 | +37.6 |
| 6 | Stell, Edmund | 0 | ENG | +7N | =9B | −3N | −10B | +14N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pride, Stephen C | 1653 | ENG | −6B | +11N | =12N | −2B | +16N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1596 | -4.6 |
| 8 | Smith, Andrew PE | 1745 | ENG | −15B | =5N | =14B | +13N | =10N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 1572 | -44.0 |
| 9 | O`Caolaidhe, Cormac | 1785 | IRL | =5B | =6N | +13B | −4N | −3B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1814 | +2.8 |
| 10 | Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe | 1602 | ENG | −1B | =12N | F | +6N | =8B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1552 | -8.4 |
| 11 | Vijay, Kayal | 1536 | ENG | −3B | −7B | −4N | =14N | +15B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1557 | +3.2 |
| 12 | Fenton, Frederick | 1493 | ENG | −4B | =10B | =7B | −5N | =13N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1537 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Sengupta, Sohana | 1640 | ENG | +14B | −2N | −9N | −8B | =12B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1503 | -36.4 |
| 14 | Horwood, Alexander | 1462 | ENG | −13N | =17B | =8N | =11B | −6B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1543 | +10.8 |
| 15 | McWilliams, Mark | 1595 | ENG | +8N | −3N | −5B | −16B | −11N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1503 | -6.0 |
| 16 | Gampa, Dyuthi Sri | 0 | ENG | F | F | F | +15N | −7B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Santosh Kumar, Darsh | 1596 | ENG | −2B | =14N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1425 | -18.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Czarnuch, DominicENG+37.63.0 pts · #2
- 2Llewellyn, Julian DENG+20.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Horwood, AlexanderENG+10.81.5 pts · #9
- 1Smith, Andrew PEENG-44.02.5 pts · #7
- 2Sengupta, SohanaENG-36.41.5 pts · #8
- 3Santosh Kumar, DarshENG-18.00.5 pts · #17
- R1+150 Elo gap