AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - Oct 2025 - Challengers
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13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Potters Bar, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1695, and top seed was Rufus Behr (🇬🇧 ENG, 1729).
Vineet Sood (🇬🇧 ENG, 1669) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Djan Sennaroglu (4.0) and Andrew PE Smith (3.5). Sood won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Mark McWilliams (1528) beat Rufus Behr (1729), a +201-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Potters Bar, England
Dates
04 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×11
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsVineet Sood led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Vineet Sood held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vineet Sood drew with Djan Sennaroglu (Black).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Vineet Sood went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vineet Sood | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Djan Sennaroglu | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Andrew PE Smith | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Aviraj Bhaduri | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sood, Vineet | 1669 | ENG | +3N | +5B | =2N | +7B | +6N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.50 | 2056 | +42.8 |
| 2 | Sennaroglu, Djan | 1681 | ENG | +8N | +10N | =1B | =3B | +7N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1942 | +65.6 |
| 3 | Smith, Andrew PE | 1701 | ENG | −1B | +9N | +10B | =2N | +5B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1809 | +14.6 |
| 4 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1707 | ENG | −6N | =11B | +13B | =5N | +8B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1735 | +8.8 |
| 5 | Lima, Karl | 1692 | NOR | +9B | −1N | +8N | =4B | −3N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 5.50 | 1663 | -7.6 |
| 6 | Pride, Stephen C | 1675 | ENG | +4B | −7N | =12B | +10N | −1B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1658 | -2.2 |
| 7 | Lin, William | 1698 | ENG | +11N | +6B | F | −1N | −2B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1643 | -12.0 |
| 8 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1711 | ENG | −2B | +13N | −5B | +12B | −4N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 1579 | -18.0 |
| 9 | McWilliams, Mark | 1528 | ENG | −5N | −3B | F | +11N | +10B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1667 | +14.6 |
| 10 | Behr, Rufus | 1729 | ENG | +13N | −2B | −3N | −6B | −9N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1415 | -80.0 |
| 11 | V, Krish | 1545 | ENG | −7B | =4N | F | −9B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1371 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Horwood, Alexander | 1487 | ENG | F | F | =6N | −8N | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1501 | +1.6 |
| 13 | Williams, Stephen | 1690 | WLS | −10B | −8B | −4N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 916 | -28.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sennaroglu, DjanENG+65.64.0 pts · #2
- 2Sood, VineetENG+42.84.5 pts · #1
- 3McWilliams, MarkENG+14.62.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Behr, RufusENG-80.01.0 pts · #10
- 2Williams, StephenWLS-28.00.0 pts · #13
- 3V, KrishENG-24.00.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R5+201 Elo gap