London Chess Triathlon, August 2025 - U2400
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29 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Potters Bar, England. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Rock Yu (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2099).
Alan Borgars (🇬🇧 ENG, 1544) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Daniel Mayer (2.5) and Rock Yu (2.5). Borgars broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇬🇧Potters Bar, England
Dates
30 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×28
🇳🇴Norway×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsAlan Borgars led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
14
5
1
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
Alan Borgars held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Alan Borgars won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alan Borgars | * | — | — | — |
| 2Daniel Mayer | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3CMRock Yu | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Jonathan Rubeck | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borgars, Alan | 1544 | ENG | +28N | +20B | +5N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2258 | +7.6 |
| 2 | Mayer, Daniel | 1959 | ENG | +12B | +27N | =4B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2077 | +15.2 |
| 3 | Yu, RockCM | 2099 | ENG | +25B | =4N | +21B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 2107 | +0.8 |
| 4 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1864 | ENG | +16N | =3B | =2N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 2064 | +16.4 |
| 5 | Liu, Anbo | 0 | ENG | +?B | +22N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Watson, Timothy | 1724 | ENG | F | +10N | +13B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2563 | +22.0 |
| 7 | McWilliams, Mark | 1533 | ENG | =26N | =15N | +22B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1485 | -5.2 |
| 8 | Tarihalkar, Shrisha | 1479 | ENG | +9N | +26B | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2265 | +16.8 |
| 9 | McCarthy, Katherine | 0 | ENG | −8B | +?B | +26N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Stell, Edmund | 1764 | ENG | +29N | −6B | +25N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1808 | +4.8 |
| 11 | Levitin, Mark | 0 | ENG | −20N | +28B | +?N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sisupalan, Beni | 1765 | ENG | −2N | =14B | +29N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1642 | -13.2 |
| 13 | Efstathiou, James | 0 | ENG | =14N | +29B | −6N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Davis, Joshua | 1677 | ENG | =13B | =12N | =17B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1766 | +3.2 |
| 15 | Fenton, Frederick | 1503 | ENG | +23N | =7B | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1533 | +1.6 |
| 16 | Berkley, Stephen W | 1757 | ENG | −4B | =25N | +27B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1846 | +8.0 |
| 17 | Lacey, Nick J | 0 | ENG | −21B | +?N | =14N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Gardner, Phillip K | 1830 | ENG | =27B | +21N | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1971 | +7.0 |
| 19 | Sohal, Aneeksha | 0 | ENG | +?N | −?N | =?B | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1428 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Fenton, Sam | 1470 | ENG | +11B | −1N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 745 | -15.2 |
| 21 | Gururaj, Rithwik | 1759 | ENG | +17N | −18B | −3N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1169 | -20.4 |
| 22 | Mayer, Ira | 0 | ENG | +?N | −5B | −7N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 23 | McCarthy, Alexandra | 0 | ENG | −15B | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hayward, Graham | 0 | ENG | +?N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bates, Hubert | 1802 | ENG | −3N | =16B | −10B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1600 | -43.2 |
| 26 | V, Krish | 1493 | ENG | =7B | −8N | −9B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1336 | -13.2 |
| 27 | Fairhurst, Frederick | 1830 | ENG | =18N | −2B | −16N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1573 | -32.0 |
| 28 | Fairhurst, Steve | 0 | ENG | −1B | −11N | −?B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 745 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Lima, Karl | 0 | NOR | −10B | −13N | −12B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 965 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Watson, TimothyENG+22.02.0 pts · #11
- 2Tarihalkar, ShrishaENG+16.82.0 pts · #10
- 3Rubeck, JonathanENG+16.42.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Bates, HubertENG-43.20.5 pts · #16
- 2Fairhurst, FrederickENG-32.00.5 pts · #21
- 3Gururaj, RithwikENG-20.41.0 pts · #28