Kingston Invitational Swiss 2025

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Aug 2025 to 16 Aug 2025 in Kingston, England. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2235, and top seed was Jacob Templen Grave (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2366).

Jacob Templen Grave (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2366) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Gunnar Lund (7.0) and Michalina Rudzinska (6.5). Grave won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Qixuan Han (1896) beat Robert S Eames (FM, 2136), a +240-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Kingston, England

Dates

12 Aug 2025 → 16 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇴FMJacob Templen Grave2366

Avg top 10

2,235

Participants

Titled players · 17

IM×4

FM×6

CM×5

WGM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×41

🇳🇴Norway×2

🇬🇧Wales×2

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
FMJacob Templen Grave
🇳🇴NOR·2366
7.0pts·2382perf+5.4
🥈
FMGunnar Lund
🇳🇴NOR·2326
7.0pts·2358perf+7.4
🥉
WGMMichalina Rudzinska
🇵🇱POL·2200
6.5pts·2314perf+27.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Lund7Grave7Rudzinska6.5Rudd6Verma6Villiers6— ex-leaders:Kothariled R6, #11Wilsonled R3, #43

R4 · LEADER CHANGE13 Aug

FM Gunnar Lund takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Grave takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Gunnar Lund drew with FM Jacob Templen Grave (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMGunnar Lund	*	½	½	—
2FMJacob Templen Grave	½	*	1	—
3WGMMichalina Rudzinska	½	0	*	—
4IMJack Rudd	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Grave, Jacob TemplenFM	2366	NOR	+13B	+10N	=21B	=11N	+17B	=2N	+3B	=16N	+9B	7.0	45.5	50.0	39.00	2382	+5.4
2	Lund, GunnarFM	2326	NOR	+27B	+22N	=11B	+21N	=3B	=1B	+9N	+4N	=12B	7.0	45.0	49.0	36.75	2358	+7.4
3	Rudzinska, MichalinaWGM	2200	POL	=4N	+19B	+37N	=9B	=2N	+5B	−1N	+13B	+10N	6.5	47.5	51.0	34.75	2314	+27.0
4	Verma, Aditya	2093	ENG	=3B	−14N	+46B	+20N	=15N	+40B	+23N	−2B	+18N	6.0	41.5	44.5	26.75	2208	+28.2
5	Xian, Junhao	2159	CHN	−10N	+33B	=12B	+22N	+29B	−3N	=36B	+23N	+14B	6.0	39.5	43.0	26.50	2187	+6.8
6	Rudd, JackIM	2259	ENG	−37N	−36B	+30N	+7B	−10N	+42B	+28N	+17B	+15N	6.0	36.5	40.0	27.50	2177	-16.4
7	McMichael, Richard JFM	2112	ENG	=16B	=12N	−22B	−6N	+49B	+41N	+32B	+43N	+21B	6.0	36.5	39.0	23.25	2183	+19.6
8	Villiers, ThomasCM	2156	ENG	−22B	=46N	=24B	+27N	=14B	+26N	+39B	+25N	=16B	6.0	35.0	38.0	24.75	2213	+13.0
9	Kothari, Jai	2051	ENG	+31B	=16N	+14B	=3N	+11B	+21N	−2B	=12N	−1N	5.5	46.0	50.0	27.50	2286	+108.4
10	Makepeace, Philip J	2081	ENG	+5B	−1B	=18N	=14N	+6B	=39N	+21B	+27N	−3B	5.5	44.0	47.5	27.25	2249	+40.6
11	Verma, Shlok	2076	ENG	+38B	+15B	=2N	=1B	−9N	+29N	−12B	=26N	+25B	5.5	42.5	46.0	26.00	2213	+40.8
12	Rushbrooke, Remy	2090	ENG	F	=7B	=5N	+28B	+37N	=23B	+11N	=9B	=2N	5.5	42.0	42.0	27.50	2247	+33.0
13	Josse, MarkCM	2113	ENG	−1N	+28B	−36N	+30B	=18N	+34B	+47B	−3N	+24B	5.5	38.5	41.5	22.00	2128	+5.0
14	Achour, Mohamed Anis	2126	ALG	=19N	+4B	−9N	=10B	=8N	+37B	+22N	=15B	−5N	5.0	43.5	47.0	24.75	2150	+5.2
15	Lalic, Susan KIM	2204	ENG	+26B	−11N	=23B	+48N	=4B	=25N	+24B	=14N	−6B	5.0	40.0	42.5	21.00	2129	-9.1
16	Hawksworth, John CIM	2351	ENG	=7N	=9B	F	+24N	+26B	F	+17N	=1B	=8N	5.0	38.0	38.0	25.75	2292	-3.5
17	Bashylina, LuisaWFM	2085	GER	−21N	+40B	+43N	+36B	−1N	+28B	−16B	−6N	+27B	5.0	37.5	41.0	18.50	2181	+21.6
18	Healey, Michael W	2135	ENG	−23B	+47N	=10B	−29N	=13B	+49N	+20B	+36N	−4B	5.0	37.0	39.5	19.50	2033	-23.4
19	Waddington, Mike PFM	2034	ENG	=14B	−3N	=38B	−31N	−35B	+44N	+41B	+29N	+37B	5.0	34.0	37.5	18.75	2041	+3.4
20	Han, Qixuan	1896	ENG	−36N	+54B	+33N	−4B	−28N	+31B	−18N	+48B	+26B	5.0	33.0	33.0	14.50	2067	+80.0
21	Claverie, RaulIM	2180	ARG	+17B	+24N	=1N	−2B	+36N	−9B	−10N	+39B	−7N	4.5	44.0	47.5	20.00	2122	-7.0
22	Farrand, Tom	2077	ENG	+8N	−2B	+7N	−5B	+31B	=47N	−14B	−24N	+32B	4.5	42.5	45.5	21.50	2090	+3.8
23	Agrawal, Shivam	2047	ENG	+18N	=37B	=15N	+39B	F	=12N	−4B	−5B	+38N	4.5	38.0	38.0	19.00	2158	+49.2
24	Han, QixiangFM	2070	ENG	+43N	−21B	=8N	−16B	+42N	+38B	−15N	+22B	−13N	4.5	37.5	41.0	18.00	2148	+36.4
25	Bates, Caspar J	2010	ENG	+35B	=38N	=27B	−26N	+41B	=15B	+48N	−8B	−11N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.25	2048	+9.8
26	Frostick, Clive A	2095	ENG	−15N	+29B	=39N	+25B	−16N	−8B	+30N	=11B	−20N	4.0	39.0	42.5	17.00	2015	-19.4
27	Armstrong, Alastair	2108	ENG	−2N	=30B	=25N	−8B	+52N	+45B	+40N	−10B	−17N	4.0	39.0	41.0	13.25	1979	-58.8
28	Skettos, Nicolas	1968	CYP	+41B	−13N	+44B	−12N	+20B	−17N	−6B	−32N	+50N	4.0	38.0	40.5	14.50	1904	-15.0
29	Gosling, Marcus	1909	ENG	+51N	−26N	+41B	+18B	−5N	−11B	−43N	−19B	+40N	4.0	36.0	38.0	14.00	1954	+10.0
30	Hughes, AnthonyCM	1930	WLS	+50B	=27N	−6B	−13N	=32B	=46N	−26B	=34B	+48N	4.0	33.0	35.5	12.50	1948	+3.2
31	Eames, Robert SFM	2136	ENG	−9N	−39B	F	+19B	−22N	−20N	+49B	+42N	+36B	4.0	33.0	33.0	14.50	1980	-31.8
32	Kumar, Sachin	1800	ENG	−42B	−48N	+54B	=35N	=30N	+52B	−7N	+28B	−22N	4.0	30.5	30.5	10.00	1909	+49.2
33	Andal, Edmond	2011	PHI	+45N	−5N	−20B	+51B	F	F	=34N	=40B	+46N	4.0	30.0	30.0	12.25	1938	-11.6
34	Kumar, Arnav	1814	ENG	−46B	+50N	−47B	+44N	=48B	−13N	=33B	=30N	=35B	4.0	29.5	32.0	13.25	1876	+28.4
35	Pirgon, Joshua	1849	ENG	−25N	=51B	=53N	=32B	+19N	−43B	=38N	=46B	=34N	4.0	29.5	30.5	13.75	1906	+18.8
36	Wilson, Ewan	2020	ENG	+20B	+6N	+13B	−17N	−21B	F	=5N	−18B	−31N	3.5	41.0	41.0	19.50	2077	+11.4
37	Yu, RockCM	2107	ENG	+6B	=23N	−3B	+47N	−12B	−14N	F	+45B	−19N	3.5	39.0	39.0	14.75	2024	-22.3
38	Keane, Graham D J	2146	ENG	−11N	=25B	=19N	+40B	F	−24N	=35B	+47N	−23B	3.5	34.5	34.5	13.25	1939	-86.0
39	Taylor, William J	1985	ENG	+49B	+31N	=26B	−23N	F	=10B	−8N	−21N	=47B	3.5	34.0	34.0	12.75	2012	+5.0
40	Gajowniczek, Maks	1847	ENG	+48B	−17N	+42B	−38N	+46B	−4N	−27B	=33N	−29B	3.5	33.0	35.5	11.00	1950	+22.2
41	Keen, Maya	1805	ENG	−28N	+52B	−29N	+50B	−25N	−7B	−19N	=44B	+51N	3.5	31.5	33.5	8.25	1820	+2.8
42	Young, Daniel J	1958	ENG	+32N	−43B	−40N	+53B	−24B	−6N	+50N	−31B	=45N	3.5	31.5	32.5	9.25	1844	-25.4
43	Osborne, Marcus E	2142	ENG	−24B	+42N	−17B	=46N	F	+35N	+29B	−7B	F	3.5	30.0	30.0	13.00	1993	-26.6
44	Bhatia, Jai	1708	ENG	+52N	−45B	−28N	−34B	=50N	−19B	=51N	=41N	+49B	3.5	27.0	29.0	8.50	1771	+24.8
45	Cowan, Xavier	1854	ENG	−33B	+44N	−48B	−49N	+51B	−27N	+52B	−37N	=42B	3.5	25.5	27.5	9.25	1842	-4.8
46	Stevenson, James	1969	SCO	+34N	=8B	−4N	=43B	−40N	=30B	F	=35N	−33B	3.0	35.0	35.0	12.75	1893	-17.8
47	Rice, Chris B	1926	ENG	+54N	−18B	+34N	−37B	F	=22B	−13N	−38B	=39N	3.0	33.5	33.5	8.00	1931	-1.0
48	Fegan, Chris	1994	ENG	−40N	+32B	+45N	−15B	=34N	F	−25B	−20N	−30B	2.5	33.5	33.5	9.50	1778	-46.2
49	Razhnou, Lev	1821	FID	−39N	=53B	=51N	+45B	−7N	−18B	−31N	=50B	−44N	2.5	30.0	31.0	6.25	1729	-42.8
50	Eckert, Jonathan	1770	ENG	−30N	−34B	=52N	−41N	=44B	+51N	−42B	=49N	−28B	2.5	27.0	29.0	6.00	1678	-22.6
51	Lin, William	1678	ENG	−29B	=35N	=49B	−33N	−45N	−50B	=44B	=52N	−41B	2.0	27.5	29.5	6.00	1629	-22.8
52	Adams, MarkCM	1912	WLS	−44B	−41N	=50B	+54N	−27B	−32N	−45N	=51B	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	2.25	1619	-61.2
53	Atanasiu, Sorin Marian	0	ENG	−?B	=49N	=35B	−42N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	3.25	1720	0.0
54	Mistry, Jaden	1768	ENG	−47B	−20N	−32N	−52B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1084	-55.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kothari, JaiENG
+108.4
5.5 pts · #11
2Han, QixuanENG
+80.0
5.0 pts · #15
3Agrawal, ShivamENG
+49.2
4.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Keane, Graham D JENG
-86.0
3.5 pts · #38
2Adams, MarkCMWLS
-61.2
2.0 pts · #52
3Armstrong, AlastairENG
-58.8
4.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R6+240 Elo gap
Han, Qixuan1896 beat FMEames, Robert S2136
R2+239 Elo gap
Wilson, Ewan2020 beat IMRudd, Jack2259
R4+226 Elo gap
Gosling, Marcus1909 beat Healey, Michael W2135