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2nd Muswell Hill (East Finchley) FIDE and ECF Congress

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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in London N2, England. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1868, and top seed was Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2136).

Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2136) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Raul-Ionut Luncasu (4.0) and Bharath Jayakumar (3.5). Xian shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Sam Fenton (1449) beat Vineet Sood (1669), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London N2, England
Dates
28 Oct 2025 → 29 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳Junhao Xian2136
Avg top 10
1,868
Participants
36
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×30
🇨🇳China×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
8
4
2
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/6. Xian takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Junhao Xian 4 wins (R1–R4)Raul-Ionut Luncasu 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Junhao Xian*
1
2Raul-Ionut Luncasu*
3Bharath Jayakumar*
4Henry Brennan
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xian, Junhao2136CHN+15B+5N+6B+4NFF4.011.011.011.002561+7.8
2Luncasu, Raul-Ionut2104ROU+16B+12N+8B+7NFF4.010.510.510.502514+6.8
3Jayakumar, Bharath1712ENG=13B+14N7N+24B+32NF3.59.59.55.251652-11.6
4Brennan, Henry1822ENG+17B+18N+11B1BFF3.010.510.56.501979+32.0
5Llewellyn, Julian D1711ENG+22N1B+16N+20BFF3.010.010.06.001867+14.4
6Iovino, Leonardo1752ENG+25N+20B1N+18BFF3.09.59.55.501913+30.4
7Paulins, Michael1726ENG+28B+29N+3B2BFF3.09.59.55.501899+24.4
8Helsby, Matthew1725ENG+21N+27B2N+31BFF3.08.08.04.001866+19.2
9Morgan, Marc1685FRA+34B11N+28B+15NFF3.05.55.53.001778+7.4
10Sood, Vineet1669ENG29BF+26B=11N13N+12N2.511.012.04.751663-0.4
11Fenwick, Hugh F1863ENG+24N+9B4N=10BFF2.510.010.05.751773-8.2
12Pride, Stephen C1675ENG+32N2B=24N+17NF10B2.510.010.02.751615-9.6
13Fenton, Sam1449ENG=3NF+30NF+10BF2.59.59.55.251916+69.6
14McGann, John1514ENGF3BF+35N=25B+17B2.57.07.02.751588+5.8
15Helsby, David C1588ENG1N+21B+27N9BFF2.010.010.03.001601-1.2
16V, Krish1545ENG2N+22B5B+26NFF2.010.010.03.001571-0.4
17McWilliams, Mark1528ENG4N+36B+19N12BF14N2.010.010.02.001487-4.6
18Rozmus, Oliver1616ENG+35N4B+25N6NFF2.07.57.51.501573-7.2
19Vorozhtsov, Ilya Art1710FID+26B23N17B+27NFF2.06.06.02.001019-32.8
20Verdi, Arjan1605ENG+33B6N+32B5NFF2.06.06.00.00930-26.8
21Singh, Hari1506ENG8B15N+33B+32NFF2.05.05.00.00857-24.4
22Amirthanathan, Adam1432ENG5B16N+34B+33NFF2.05.05.00.00829-20.4
23Willmoth, Robert FCM2127ENG+30N+19BFFFF2.03.03.03.002527+3.2
24Dawson, Lee1538ENG11B+33N=12B3NFF1.58.58.51.251477-4.2
25Goulbourne, Nick1523ENG6B+34N18BF=14NF1.57.57.51.251353-12.0
26Mulholland, Jenny0ENG19N+30B10N16BFF1.07.57.51.0014250.0
27Young, David0ENG+36N8N15B19BFF1.07.07.00.008740.0
28Fenton, Frederick1507ENG7N+35B9NFFF1.06.06.00.00906-19.6
29Epstein-Lightman, Yishai0ENG+10N7BFFFF1.05.55.52.5016980.0
30Thompson, David Nigel1548ENG23B26N13B+34NFF1.05.55.50.00900-14.4
31Mak, Jules1614ENGFF+35B8NFF1.03.03.00.00925-14.0
32FIDE 343453678012BF20N21B3BF0.010.010.00.008250.0
33Qian, Yicheng0ENG20N24B21N22BFF0.07.57.50.007200.0
34Gritsenko, Mark0ENG9N25B22N30BFF0.07.57.50.007470.0
35FIDE 343467911018B28N31N14BFF0.06.56.50.007630.0
36Feng, Leo0ENG27B17NFFFF0.03.03.00.007280.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets