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Orjan Lindroth Memorial 2025 - U2000

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Nassau, Bahamas. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1733, and top seed was Sam Coates (🇬🇧 SCO, 1848).

Angelus-Seren McDonald (🇯🇲 JAM, 1812) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Aleksander Melekhin (5.5) and Sam Coates (5.0). McDonald won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Caerwyn Turnquest (1427) beat Curtis Pride (1649), a +222-point gap.

Location
🇧🇸Nassau, Bahamas
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Sam Coates1848
Avg top 10
1,733
Participants
20
Titled players · 3
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇧🇸Bahamas×15
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇯🇲Jamaica×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Angelus-Seren McDonald led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
6
3
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
McDonald6.5Melekhin5.5Coates5Stuart4.5Pride4.5Umesh4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Angelus-Seren McDonald never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Angelus-Seren McDonald drew with Aleksander Melekhin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Angelus-Seren McDonald 6 wins (R1–R6)Aleksander Melekhin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Angelus-Seren McDonald*
½
1
—
2Aleksander Melekhin
½
*
1
1
3Sam Coates
0
0
*—
4Luke Stuart—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McDonald, Angelus-Seren1812JAM+20N+9B+3N+7B+4N+8B=2N6.527.027.024.252546+41.4
2Melekhin, Aleksander0USA+6B+5N+7N−4B+9N+3B=1B5.529.033.025.2518120.0
3Coates, Sam1848SCO+5B+11N−1B+16N+10B−2N+4N5.026.528.516.501973+18.0
4Pride, Avian1795BAH+15B+18N+10B+2N−1B=6N−3B4.526.527.513.751717-18.4
5Umesh, Sohan1523BAH−3N−2B+12N+18B+15N=7B+8N4.523.024.011.501774+36.0
6Stuart, Luke1726BAH−2N+12B+13N+14B−8N=4B+10N4.522.024.012.251791+20.4
7Ferguson, JosephCM1813BAH+14B+16N−2B−1N+13B=5N=11N4.023.525.510.001707-12.4
8Barker, Shawn1662BAH+17B−10N+19B+11N+6B−1N−5B4.023.024.010.001672+1.6
9Pride, ChikaWCM1611BAH+19B−1N+18B−10N−2B+17N+12B4.020.521.56.501586-4.8
10Small, ByronCM1830BAH+13N+8B−4N+9B−3NF−6B3.024.526.510.501689-20.8
11Pride, Curtis1649BAH+12N−3B−14N−8BF+15N=7B2.519.519.56.501366-25.6
12Nair, Bharath0BAH−11B−6N−5B+20B=18N+19B−9N2.517.517.51.5013600.0
13Trotman, James1495BAH−10B+17N−6B+19N−7N=14BF2.516.516.54.001509-2.0
14Turnquest, Caerwyn1427BAH−7NF+11B−6N−16B=13N=18B2.016.516.54.251505+13.6
15Lalwani, Darsh0BAH−4NF−16B+17N−5B−11B+19N2.016.516.53.0013690.0
16Skinner, Francis1588BAHF−7B+15N−3B+14NFF2.016.016.04.001571-2.2
17Nair, Abijith0BAH−8N−13B+20N−15B+19N−9BF2.013.513.51.0013720.0
18FIDE 104009820—F−4B−9N−5N=12BF=14N1.017.517.52.2512670.0
19Rolle, Danica0BAH−9N+20B−8N−13B−17B−12N−15B1.017.017.00.00789-44.8
20FIDE 104025510—−1B−19N−17B−12NFFF0.017.018.00.008520.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets