London Chess League FIDE Weekender - 25-27 July - Open
17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in London W6, England. 3 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2026, and top seed was Stanley Badacsonyi (🇬🇧 ENG, FM, 2318).
Manmay Chopra (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 2156) won with 4.0/5, ahead of K Azizur Rahman (3.5) and Adrian Santos Ruiz (3.5). Chopra shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: K Azizur Rahman (1893) beat Roman Kovalskyi (2229), a +336-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Manmay Chopra led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
CM Manmay Chopra takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Zoltan Kovacs won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMManmay Chopra | * | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2Zoltan Kovacs | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Adrian Santos Ruiz | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4K Azizur Rahman | 1 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manmay ChopraCM | 2156 | IND | +8N | +3B | −2N | +9B | +5N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 2174 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Rahman, K Azizur | 1893 | ENG | +16N | +5B | +1B | −4N | =6B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 2176 | +27.8 |
| 3 | Santos Ruiz, Adrian | 1888 | MEX | +17B | −1N | +7B | +10N | =4B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 2131 | +62.4 |
| 4 | Kovacs, Zoltan | 2071 | HUN | +13B | +11N | F | +2B | =3N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 2314 | +20.4 |
| 5 | Kovalskyi, Roman | 2229 | UKR | +7B | −2N | +14B | +6N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1987 | -48.8 |
| 6 | Lapidus, Alexey M. | 1867 | ENG | +15N | −10B | +17N | −5B | =2N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1916 | +9.6 |
| 7 | Prince, Alan R | 1824 | ENG | −5N | +16B | −3N | =15B | =12B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1700 | -14.4 |
| 8 | Sandhu, Jai | 1820 | ENG | −1B | −13N | +16B | +14N | −9N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1717 | -11.6 |
| 9 | Li, Harvey | 1838 | ENG | F | F | +13B | −1N | +8B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 2055 | +32.4 |
| 10 | Lentzos, IoanisCM | 2144 | GRE | F | +6N | =11B | −3B | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 2024 | -8.2 |
| 11 | Badacsonyi, StanleyFM | 2318 | ENG | +12N | −4B | =10N | F | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 2044 | -19.2 |
| 12 | Lee, Yuk Hei | 1858 | ENG | −11B | =14N | =15B | F | =7N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1792 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1813 | ENG | −4N | +8B | −9N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1785 | -2.8 |
| 14 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1832 | ENG | F | =12B | −5N | −8B | =16N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1696 | -11.2 |
| 15 | Sriram, Gautam | 1603 | ENG | −6B | F | =12N | =7N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1725 | +16.4 |
| 16 | Khanna, Pranav | 0 | ENG | −2B | −7N | −8N | F | =14B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Shah, Samuel | 1714 | ENG | −3N | F | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1078 | -22.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Santos Ruiz, AdrianMEX+62.43.5 pts · #3
- 2Li, HarveyENG+32.42.0 pts · #7
- 3Rahman, K AzizurENG+27.83.5 pts · #6
- 1Kovalskyi, RomanUKR-48.83.0 pts · #4
- 2Shah, SamuelENG-22.40.0 pts · #17
- 3Badacsonyi, StanleyFMENG-19.21.5 pts · #8
- R2+336 Elo gap
- R3+263 Elo gap
- R4+256 Elo gap