Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - November 2025
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69 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Nov 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in Coulsdon, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2005, and top seed was Mark S Gray (🇬🇧 ENG, 2084).
Sachin Kumar (🇬🇧 ENG, 1862) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Martin Rosenbach (3.5) and Arnav Kumar (3.5). Kumar broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Sachin Kumar (1862) beat Ian L Snape (2072), a +210-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
03 Nov 2025 → 24 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×61
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsSachin Kumar led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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5
2
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Sachin Kumar held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Sachin Kumar 4 wins (R1–R4)Arnav Kumar 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumar, Sachin | 1862 | ENG | +26B | +28N | +10N | +59B | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2637 | +75.2 |
| 2 | Rosenbach, Martin | 1771 | ENG | +68B | +12B | =22N | +29N | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2104 | +29.0 |
| 3 | Kumar, Arnav | 1862 | ENG | +48B | +31N | +27B | =48N | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 2120 | +46.8 |
| 4 | Fazia, Salvatore | 1453 | ENG | =47B | +46B | +55B | +60N | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1437 | -0.6 |
| 5 | Collins, Michael E | 1574 | ENG | +55B | −14N | +46B | +35N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 907 | -13.6 |
| 6 | Sami, Ted | 0 | ENG | +32N | F | +57B | +58B | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1795 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Dorman, Orla | 1691 | IRL | F | +33B | =21N | +17N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1891 | +15.0 |
| 8 | Smyth, Sandy A | 1532 | ENG | +30B | −9B | +47B | =51B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1619 | +10.6 |
| 9 | Howes, David J | 1559 | ENG | +27N | +8N | F | =46B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.75 | 2286 | +16.2 |
| 10 | Snape, Ian L | 2072 | ENG | F | +20B | −1B | +26B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1934 | -7.4 |
| 11 | Pratley, Ian | 1637 | ENG | =19B | =50N | −12B | +14N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1629 | -0.2 |
| 12 | Bermudez, Venerando | 1624 | ENG | F | −2N | +11N | +56B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1804 | +16.6 |
| 13 | Boztas, Lana | 1624 | ENG | −15B | −19B | +20N | +49N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1579 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Gliddon, Daniel J | 1709 | ENG | F | +5B | +56B | −11B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1741 | +2.6 |
| 15 | Warner, Dominic W J | 1712 | ENG | +13N | F | −18N | +28B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1825 | +6.6 |
| 16 | Darville, Matt | 1762 | ENG | −29B | F | +36B | +19N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1805 | +3.0 |
| 17 | Narang, Ishaan | 1616 | ENG | +69B | +56B | F | −7B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1713 | +10.8 |
| 18 | Calvert, D Ian | 1920 | ENG | +61N | F | +15B | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2543 | +5.2 |
| 19 | Zvaigzne, Janis | 1531 | ENG | =11N | +13N | −30N | −16B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1568 | +2.8 |
| 20 | Stoneman, Ian D | 1551 | ENG | =49B | −10N | −13B | +30B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1577 | -0.8 |
| 21 | Jackson, Paul G | 1744 | ENG | F | F | =7B | +37B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1682 | -1.4 |
| 22 | Venkatesh, Anuj | 1861 | ENG | +57B | F | =2B | — | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1982 | +18.0 |
| 23 | Duggan, John E | 2029 | ENG | F | +39N | =25B | — | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2188 | +8.2 |
| 24 | Cobby, Adam | 1524 | ENG | F | −27N | +38N | =52N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1510 | +9.2 |
| 25 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1980 | ENG | F | F | =23N | +62N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2253 | +13.8 |
| 26 | Ramdewar, Ishan | 1900 | ENG | −1N | F | +34B | −10N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1730 | -13.0 |
| 27 | Nehra, Vinod | 1452 | ENG | −9B | +24B | −3N | — | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1495 | +1.2 |
| 28 | Wimble, Gary | 0 | ENG | F | −1B | +65N | −15N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1596 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Andrew, Benjamin | 1863 | ENG | +16N | F | F | −2B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1777 | -8.4 |
| 30 | Khan, A Qaiyum | 1591 | ENG | −8N | F | +19B | −20N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1412 | -13.2 |
| 31 | Marshall, Chris | 1831 | ENG | F | −3B | F | +47N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1652 | -7.4 |
| 32 | Jayaprakash, Arnav | 1699 | ENG | −6B | +58B | F | −40B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1766 | +1.6 |
| 33 | Aiyyapan, Sudersen | 1470 | ENG | F | −7N | +37N | — | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 882 | -9.2 |
| 34 | Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava | 1646 | IND | +63B | −41B | −26N | −42B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1515 | -13.0 |
| 35 | McDonald, Andrew J | 0 | ENG | F | +55B | F | −5B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Kota, Pavan Kumar | 1669 | ENG | F | +49N | −16N | — | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1628 | -2.8 |
| 37 | Warner-Burley, Timothy | 0 | ENG | F | +63N | −33B | −21N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Braithwaite, Paul | 1483 | ENG | F | +47N | −24B | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1444 | -1.2 |
| 39 | Smith, Mark | 1999 | ENG | F | −23B | F | +67N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2053 | +3.0 |
| 40 | Lees, Fraser A | 1875 | SCO | F | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2551 | +6.6 |
| 41 | Tirumala, Nandan | 1626 | ENG | F | +34N | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2436 | +22.4 |
| 42 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1798 | ENG | F | F | F | +34N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2436 | +6.2 |
| 43 | Raikundalia, Krishna | 1663 | ENG | F | F | F | +50B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2479 | +10.4 |
| 44 | Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay | 1972 | ENG | F | F | F | +66B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2792 | +20.0 |
| 45 | Edwards, Nicholas L | 1809 | ENG | F | F | F | +64B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2336 | +3.4 |
| 46 | FIDE 343479286 | 0 | — | F | −4N | −5N | =9N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1261 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Merrifield, Peter | 1421 | WLS | =4N | −38B | −8N | −31B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1247 | -18.0 |
| 48 | Kulkarni, Amit | 1859 | ENG | −3N | F | F | =3B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1673 | -25.6 |
| 49 | Rosenbach, Philip | 1464 | ENG | =20N | −36B | F | −13B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1344 | -18.4 |
| 50 | Bloom, Paul | 1683 | ENG | F | =11B | F | −43N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1455 | -11.8 |
| 51 | Marsden, Oscar | 1511 | ENG | F | F | F | =8N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1519 | -0.4 |
| 52 | Mahadevan, Rohit | 1609 | ENG | F | F | F | =24B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1450 | -8.4 |
| 53 | Freeman, Luke | 1806 | ENG | F | F | F | =54B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1922 | +3.2 |
| 54 | Marsden, Rupert | 1913 | ENG | F | F | F | =53N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1864 | -3.2 |
| 55 | FIDE 343479855 | 0 | — | −5N | −35N | −4N | −?B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Kilambi, Aahna | 1578 | ENG | F | −17N | −14N | −12N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 850 | -56.0 |
| 57 | Dias, Leo | 1815 | ENG | −22N | F | −6N | — | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1006 | -19.6 |
| 58 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1682 | ENG | F | −32N | F | −6N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 951 | -14.8 |
| 59 | Howell, Chris I | 1862 | ENG | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1071 | -9.6 |
| 60 | FIDE 343483640 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Denford, Les | 1409 | ENG | −18B | −?B | F | −?N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1126 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Bharat Kumar, Balahari | 2084 | ENG | F | F | F | −25B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1191 | -25.6 |
| 63 | Nehra, Ishan | 1565 | ENG | −34N | −37B | — | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 836 | -16.0 |
| 64 | Khan, Shasha | 1536 | ENG | F | F | F | −45N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | -3.4 |
| 65 | Jagadeesh, Ghanashyaam | 1548 | TTO | F | F | −28B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 733 | -20.8 |
| 66 | Haldane, Robin W | 1992 | ENG | F | F | F | −44N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1191 | -10.0 |
| 67 | Gray, Mark S | 2084 | ENG | F | F | F | −39B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1199 | -12.2 |
| 68 | Heavens, Alan | 1791 | ENG | −2N | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 980 | -11.0 |
| 69 | Woolley, Michael | 1478 | ENG | −17N | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 848 | -5.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kumar, SachinENG+75.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Kumar, ArnavENG+46.83.5 pts · #2
- 3Rosenbach, MartinENG+29.03.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Kilambi, AahnaENG-56.00.0 pts · #53
- 2Bharat Kumar, BalahariENG-25.60.0 pts · #54
- 3Kulkarni, AmitENG-25.60.5 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R3+210 Elo gap
- R4+104 Elo gap