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13th Pimlico Summer Tournament 2025 - Open

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2025 to 10 Jul 2025 in London SW1, England. 1 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2015, and top seed was Richard Black (🇧🇲 BER, FM, 2169).

Philip J Makepeace (🇬🇧 ENG, 2061) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ben Simpson (3.5) and Mark S Gray (3.0). Makepeace won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Marco Flaccavento (1565) beat Howard Groves (1959), a +394-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London SW1, England
Dates
12 Jun 2025 → 10 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇲FMRichard Black2169
Avg top 10
2,015
Participants
27
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×22
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇧🇲Bermuda×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Philip J Makepeace led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Philip J Makepeace never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Philip J Makepeace 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Richard Black 3 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Philip J Makepeace*
1
2Ben Simpson*
½
3FMRichard Black*
4Mark S Gray
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Makepeace, Philip J2061ENG+9B+11N+3B=8N+6B4.510.012.010.752265+19.8
2Simpson, Ben1933ENG+27B=3N+26B4N+15B3.57.57.53.001964+2.6
3Gray, Mark S2099ENG+7N=2B1N+10B=20N3.012.514.07.001960-14.6
4Hodgson, John H2042ENG=16N+15B=21N+2B5N3.09.511.06.501897-13.8
5Black, RichardFM2169BER+25B+17NFF+4B3.05.05.05.002660+9.8
6Morgan, Richard J1747ENG=22B+13NF+20B1N2.59.59.54.252048+42.0
7Ameri, Gianfranco F1762ENG3B+19N=18B9N+16B2.58.09.53.751729-10.8
8Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay1915ENG+19N+24BF=1BF2.57.07.04.752119+21.2
9Conway, Paul Bernard1849ENG1N+12B20N+7B14N2.011.012.54.501860+1.0
10Ward-Riggs, Samuel1696ENG11B+23B=15N3N=19B2.08.09.02.501855+9.8
11Horan, George1886ENG+10N1B+17NFF2.08.08.03.501930+3.8
12Gopaldas, Caelan1632ENG24B9N+25B16N+18B2.06.06.52.001670+4.4
13Meric, Caglar0ENGF6B+16B+18NF2.05.55.53.0017080.0
14Tillett, Matthew0ENG17B+25NFF+9B2.04.04.02.5017730.0
15Douglas, Daniel0ENGF4N=10B+17B2N1.510.010.02.5017450.0
16Levy, Christopher A1751ENG=4BF13N+12B7N1.59.59.53.501812+4.2
17Gunawardana, Thivan Manamperi1658ENG+14N5B11B15N=23N1.58.59.52.501695+1.2
18Flaccavento, Marco1565ENG+23N21B=7N13B12N1.58.09.02.251685+19.2
19Rubin, Marcus0ENG8B7B+23NF=10N1.58.08.02.0017460.0
20Dunn, Maxim1985ENGFF+9B6N=3B1.57.57.53.501898-6.4
21Thomas, Isambard1734NZLF+18N=4B22NF1.56.06.03.001901+21.6
22Kovacs, Zoltan2097HUN=6NFF+21BF1.54.04.02.751934-5.8
23Groves, Howard1959ENG18B10N19B=25N=17B1.06.57.01.001475-94.0
24Avinash Reddy0MAS+12N8NFFF1.04.54.52.001774-0.8
25Colov, Hristo1753BUL5N14B12N=23BF0.58.08.00.501642-19.2
26Padovan, Rudy0ENGFF2NFF0.05.05.00.0011330.0
27Sturt, Charles A1750ENG2NFFFF0.03.53.50.001133-5.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets