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London Chess League FIDE Weekender - 25-27 July - Open

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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.

Location
🇬🇧London W6, England
Dates
25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧FMStanley Badacsonyi2318
Avg top 10
2,026
Participants
17
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×12
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM 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.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
5
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Chopra takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul

CM Manmay Chopra takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Zoltan Kovacs won 3 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMManmay Chopra*—
1
0
2Zoltan Kovacs—*
½
1
3Adrian Santos Ruiz
0
½
*—
4K Azizur Rahman
1
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Manmay ChopraCM2156IND+8N+3B−2N+9B+5N4.012.014.010.502174+8.0
2Rahman, K Azizur1893ENG+16N+5B+1B−4N=6B3.513.013.58.752176+27.8
3Santos Ruiz, Adrian1888MEX+17B−1N+7B+10N=4B3.511.011.05.252131+62.4
4Kovacs, Zoltan2071HUN+13B+11NF+2B=3N3.59.59.57.752314+20.4
5Kovalskyi, Roman2229UKR+7B−2N+14B+6N−1B3.012.013.05.501987-48.8
6Lapidus, Alexey M.1867ENG+15N−10B+17N−5B=2N2.59.09.02.751916+9.6
7Prince, Alan R1824ENG−5N+16B−3N=15B=12B2.09.09.51.751700-14.4
8Sandhu, Jai1820ENG−1B−13N+16B+14N−9N2.08.08.51.501717-11.6
9Li, Harvey1838ENGFF+13B−1N+8B2.07.07.03.002055+32.4
10Lentzos, IoanisCM2144GREF+6N=11B−3BF1.57.57.53.252024-8.2
11Badacsonyi, StanleyFM2318ENG+12N−4B=10NFF1.56.56.52.252044-19.2
12Lee, Yuk Hei1858ENG−11B=14N=15BF=7N1.55.55.52.001792-19.2
13Faulkner, Martin J1813ENG−4N+8B−9NFF1.07.57.52.001785-2.8
14Rubeck, Jonathan1832ENGF=12B−5N−8B=16N1.07.07.01.001696-11.2
15Sriram, Gautam1603ENG−6BF=12N=7NF1.06.06.01.751725+16.4
16Khanna, Pranav0ENG−2B−7N−8NF=14B0.58.58.50.5015200.0
17Shah, Samuel1714ENG−3NF−6BFF0.06.06.00.001078-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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