AlphaChess FIDE Weekender - North London Gateway - June 2025 - Expert
15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Potters Bar, England. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1920, and top seed was Aaravamudhan Balaji (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2346).
Aaravamudhan Balaji (🇬🇧 ENG, IM, 2346) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Rock Yu (3.5) and Daniel Mayer (3.0). Balaji won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Beni Sisupalan (1728) beat Edgar Pack (1862), a +134-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsIM Aaravamudhan Balaji led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
IM Aaravamudhan Balaji never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
IM Aaravamudhan Balaji beat CM Rock Yu (Black).
IM Aaravamudhan Balaji won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMAaravamudhan Balaji | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2CMRock Yu | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Edgar Pack | — | — | * | — |
| 4Daniel Mayer | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balaji, AaravamudhanIM | 2346 | ENG | +6N | +7B | +2N | +5B | +3B | 5.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2774 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Yu, RockCM | 2053 | ENG | +8B | =9N | −1B | +15N | +6B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 2087 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Mayer, Daniel | 0 | ENG | −9N | +8N | +6B | +7B | −1N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1973 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pack, Edgar | 1862 | ENG | −10N | =11B | +8N | +12B | =14N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.75 | 1849 | -3.6 |
| 5 | Thompson, Daniel | 1912 | ENG | +11N | =10B | F | −1N | +7B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 2027 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Elhayek, Yazid | 1854 | PLE | −1B | +13N | −3N | +11B | −2N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1967 | +18.8 |
| 7 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1867 | ENG | +13B | −1N | +9B | −3N | −5N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1942 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Sheikh, AnumWCM | 1843 | ENG | −2N | −3B | −4B | +13N | +11N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1868 | +2.4 |
| 9 | Avinash Vaidyanathan | 1855 | IND | +3B | =2B | −7N | F | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 1769 | -4.4 |
| 10 | Sisupalan, Beni | 1728 | ENG | +4B | =5N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 2080 | +36.8 |
| 11 | Gupta, Aditya | 1819 | ENG | −5B | =4N | =13B | −6N | −8B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1602 | -54.0 |
| 12 | Veselow, Zoe | 1761 | ENG | F | F | F | −4N | +15B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1826 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Ben-Eshak, Djad | 1735 | ENG | −7N | −6B | =11N | −8B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1524 | -35.6 |
| 14 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1731 | ENG | F | F | F | F | =4B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1862 | +7.2 |
| 15 | Saxena, Advik | 1788 | ENG | F | F | F | −2B | −12N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1109 | -28.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sisupalan, BeniENG+36.81.5 pts · #9
- 2Thompson, DanielENG+19.62.5 pts · #5
- 3Elhayek, YazidPLE+18.82.0 pts · #6
- 1Gupta, AdityaENG-54.01.0 pts · #10
- 2Ben-Eshak, DjadENG-35.60.5 pts · #14
- 3Saxena, AdvikENG-28.40.0 pts · #15
- R1+134 Elo gap