Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - September 2025
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63 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 01 Sept 2025 to 22 Sept 2025 in Coulsdon, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1974, and top seed was Balahari Bharat Kumar (🇬🇧 ENG, 2084).
Sudersen Aiyyapan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1431) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Ishan Nehra (3.5) and Mark Smith (3.5). Aiyyapan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Salvatore Fazia (1450) beat Amelia Coxon (1641), a +191-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
01 Sept 2025 → 22 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×57
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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3
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.5/4. Aiyyapan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Mark Smith 3 wins (R2–R4)Sudersen Aiyyapan 3 wins (R2–R4)Ishan Nehra 3 wins (R1–R3)
R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL
Ishan Nehra held the sole lead at R3 but finished #43.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiyyapan, Sudersen | 1431 | ENG | =9N | +10N | +14B | +55B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 2232 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Nehra, Ishan | 0 | ENG | +22B | +55N | +10B | =9N | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Smith, Mark | 1974 | ENG | =21N | +11B | +57N | +48N | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2163 | +15.2 |
| 4 | Venkatesh, Anuj | 1814 | ENG | F | +12B | +43N | +37B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2526 | +46.8 |
| 5 | Boztas, Lana | 1605 | ENG | F | +24N | +23B | +38N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2381 | +18.6 |
| 6 | Duggan, John E | 2011 | ENG | +11B | +21N | F | +59B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2655 | +17.4 |
| 7 | Warner, Dominic W J | 1698 | ENG | +48B | F | =28B | +13N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 1903 | +14.6 |
| 8 | Jayaprakash, Arnav | 1672 | ENG | +60B | =48N | +25N | −16N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 1801 | +26.8 |
| 9 | Collins, Michael E | 0 | ENG | =1B | +14B | F | =2B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Denford, Les | 1415 | ENG | +30N | −1B | −2N | +22B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 630 | -9.6 |
| 11 | Kulkarni, Amit | 1853 | ENG | −6N | −3N | +21B | +26N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1880 | +5.6 |
| 12 | Jackson, Paul G | 1746 | ENG | =15N | −4N | =33B | +56B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1721 | -2.2 |
| 13 | Smyth, Sandy A | 1533 | ENG | +29N | −20N | +27N | −7B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1536 | +0.2 |
| 14 | Fazia, Salvatore | 1450 | ENG | +58B | −9N | −1N | +49N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1535 | +4.4 |
| 15 | Rosenbach, Martin | 1773 | ENG | =12B | −17B | =50N | +28B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 1756 | -2.0 |
| 16 | Kumar, Arnav | 1842 | ENG | =54B | =18N | F | +8B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.75 | 1962 | +19.6 |
| 17 | Ramdewar, Ishan | 1896 | ENG | F | +15N | +26B | −44N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1946 | +4.0 |
| 18 | Kumar, Sachin | 1850 | ENG | =31N | =16B | F | +42N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1924 | +12.8 |
| 19 | Narang, Ishaan | 1612 | ENG | +41B | =23N | =49N | −21B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1628 | +2.8 |
| 20 | Nehra, Vinod | 1434 | ENG | −39B | +13B | +24B | — | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1674 | +19.4 |
| 21 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1829 | ENG | =3B | −6B | −11N | +19N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 1776 | -6.4 |
| 22 | Wimble, Gary | 0 | ENG | −2N | =30N | +?B | −10N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 614 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Howes, David J | 1561 | ENG | =27N | =19B | −5N | =35N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1498 | -7.4 |
| 24 | Khan, A Qaiyum | 1602 | ENG | +37B | −5B | −20N | =52N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1462 | -15.6 |
| 25 | Pratley, Ian | 1645 | ENG | =32B | +56N | −8B | −31N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1589 | -7.4 |
| 26 | Bhatia, Jai | 1706 | ENG | =34N | +61B | −17N | −11B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1755 | +9.2 |
| 27 | Woolley, Michael | 1479 | ENG | =23B | =29N | −13B | =53B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1454 | -3.2 |
| 28 | Kota, Pavan Kumar | 1662 | ENG | F | +60B | =7N | −15N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1704 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Zvaigzne, Janis | 1534 | ENG | −13B | =27B | +39N | — | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1508 | -2.2 |
| 30 | Warner-Burley, Timothy | 0 | ENG | −10B | =22B | +38N | — | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 614 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Calvert, D Ian | 1918 | ENG | =18B | F | F | +25B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1940 | +1.4 |
| 32 | Ellinger, William | 1603 | ENG | =25N | F | +40B | — | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1783 | +18.8 |
| 33 | Heavens, Alan | 1785 | ENG | F | F | =12N | +62N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1901 | +5.8 |
| 34 | Darville, Matt | 1754 | ENG | =26B | +50N | — | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1906 | +7.6 |
| 35 | Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava | 1642 | IND | +56N | F | F | =23B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1729 | +4.2 |
| 36 | Snape, Ian L | 2074 | ENG | +63B | F | F | =51N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2142 | +4.0 |
| 37 | Stoneman, Ian D | 1567 | ENG | −24N | −40N | +41N | −4N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1415 | -16.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 343479286 | 0 | — | F | +58B | −30B | −5B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 805 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Marsden, Oscar | 1516 | ENG | +20N | F | −29B | — | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1483 | -3.2 |
| 40 | Cobby, Adam | 1536 | ENG | F | +37B | −32N | −45N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1462 | -11.6 |
| 41 | Braithwaite, Paul | 1486 | ENG | −19N | +49B | −37B | — | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1482 | +0.2 |
| 42 | Tirumala, Nandan | 1638 | ENG | F | −46N | +56B | −18B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1562 | -12.4 |
| 43 | Andrew, Benjamin | 1866 | ENG | +61B | F | −4B | — | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1838 | -2.8 |
| 44 | Haldane, Robin W | 1984 | ENG | F | F | F | +17B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2696 | +7.6 |
| 45 | Mahadevan, Rohit | 1593 | ENG | F | F | F | +40B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2336 | +16.8 |
| 46 | Gliddon, Daniel J | 1702 | ENG | F | +42B | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2438 | +8.2 |
| 47 | Dorman, Orla | 1680 | IRL | F | F | F | +50N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2519 | +11.2 |
| 48 | Bloom, Paul | 1697 | ENG | −7N | =8B | F | −3B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1508 | -14.0 |
| 49 | Coxon, Amelia | 1641 | ENG | F | −41N | =19B | −14B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1242 | -60.0 |
| 50 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1719 | ENG | F | −34B | =15B | −47B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1462 | -37.2 |
| 51 | Bharat Kumar, Balahari | 2084 | ENG | F | F | F | =36B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2074 | -0.8 |
| 52 | Smith, Henry | 1590 | ENG | F | F | F | =24B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1601 | +0.8 |
| 53 | Khan, Shasha | 1538 | ENG | F | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1479 | -1.6 |
| 54 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1990 | ENG | =16N | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1842 | -4.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 343479120 | 0 | — | F | −2B | F | −1N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 630 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Rosenbach, Philip | 1511 | ENG | −35B | −25B | −42N | −12N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 868 | -47.2 |
| 57 | Marsden, Rupert | 1931 | ENG | F | F | −3B | — | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1174 | -17.6 |
| 58 | FIDE 343479111 | 0 | — | −14N | −38N | F | −?N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Lees, Fraser A | 1882 | SCO | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1212 | -6.4 |
| 60 | Bermudez, Venerando | 1643 | ENG | −8N | −28N | — | — | 0.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 867 | -18.6 |
| 61 | Dias, Leo | 1863 | ENG | −43N | −26N | — | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 986 | -48.4 |
| 62 | Raikundalia, Krishna | 1670 | ENG | F | F | F | −33B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 985 | -6.8 |
| 63 | Edwards, Nicholas L | 1813 | ENG | −36N | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1274 | -3.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Venkatesh, AnujENG+46.83.0 pts · #3
- 2Aiyyapan, SudersenENG+40.43.5 pts · #8
- 3Jayaprakash, ArnavENG+26.82.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Coxon, AmeliaENG-60.00.5 pts · #47
- 2Dias, LeoENG-48.40.0 pts · #53
- 3Rosenbach, PhilipENG-47.20.0 pts · #58
Biggest upsets
- R4+191 Elo gap
- R3+168 Elo gap
- R2+157 Elo gap