Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - March 2026
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57 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 02 Mar 2026 to 23 Mar 2026 in Coulsdon, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1995, and top seed was Mark S Gray (🇬🇧 ENG, 2069).
Ian Pratley (🇬🇧 ENG, 1631) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Ashwath Kumar Kota (3.0) and Ishaan Narang (3.0). Pratley won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Aahna Kilambi (1504) beat Arnav Jayaprakash (1731), a +227-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Coulsdon, England
Dates
02 Mar 2026 → 23 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×54
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.0/4. Pratley takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Ishaan Narang won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ian Pratley | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Ishaan Narang | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ashwath Kumar Kota | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Mark Smith | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratley, Ian | 1631 | ENG | +23N | =4B | =2N | +41N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1840 | +21.2 |
| 2 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1650 | ENG | =46B | +53N | =1B | +50B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1787 | +14.8 |
| 3 | Narang, Ishaan | 1680 | ENG | F | +26B | +53N | +44B | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2262 | +33.6 |
| 4 | Faulkner, Martin J | 1820 | ENG | +45B | =1N | +43B | F | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 2084 | +19.6 |
| 5 | FIDE 343479286 | 0 | — | +51B | −10B | =23B | +22B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Smith, Mark | 1992 | ENG | +27B | +19B | F | =28B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.00 | 2269 | +21.4 |
| 7 | Kilambi, Aahna | 1504 | ENG | =15N | +25B | +50B | F | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1822 | +26.4 |
| 8 | McDonald, Andrew J | 0 | ENG | =41B | −24B | +42B | +51N | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1521 | -26.4 |
| 9 | Warner-Burley, Timothy | 0 | ENG | =22N | F | +41B | +52N | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1546 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Stoneman, Ian D | 1529 | ENG | −14B | +5N | =44B | =49B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1398 | -10.4 |
| 11 | Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava | 1549 | IND | =12N | F | =25N | +13B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1759 | +17.0 |
| 12 | Bloom, Paul | 1656 | ENG | =11B | +50N | =20B | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1703 | +5.6 |
| 13 | Denford, Les | 1503 | ENG | +47N | F | +24B | −11N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1672 | +20.4 |
| 14 | Kota, Pavan Kumar | 1583 | ENG | +10N | F | +54B | −31B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1822 | +14.8 |
| 15 | Fazia, Salvatore | 1454 | ENG | =7B | +52N | F | =47N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1578 | +7.6 |
| 16 | Snape, Ian L | 2065 | ENG | +43B | F | −27N | +55B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 2096 | +1.2 |
| 17 | Madaan, Laksh | 1598 | ENG | +42B | F | +52B | −29N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1658 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Warner, Dominic W J | 1716 | ENG | F | +54N | +51N | −30B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1746 | +1.0 |
| 19 | Kumar, Arnav | 1969 | ENG | F | −6N | =28N | +56N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1953 | -5.2 |
| 20 | Gliddon, Daniel J | 1699 | ENG | F | F | =12N | +42B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1771 | +3.6 |
| 21 | Kumar, Sachin | 1893 | ENG | F | =45B | F | +46B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2063 | +17.6 |
| 22 | Collins, Michael E | 1594 | ENG | =9B | =42B | −26B | −5N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1322 | -27.6 |
| 23 | Howes, David J | 1605 | ENG | −1B | =48N | =5N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1436 | -7.2 |
| 24 | Boztas, Lana | 1648 | ENG | −32B | +8N | −13N | −33N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1496 | -8.0 |
| 25 | Jayaprakash, Arnav | 1731 | ENG | F | −7N | =11B | =43B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1557 | -26.4 |
| 26 | Smyth, Sandy A | 1503 | ENG | −35N | −3N | +22N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1606 | +5.2 |
| 27 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1985 | ENG | −6N | F | +16B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 2030 | +3.2 |
| 28 | Duggan, John E | 2033 | ENG | F | F | =19B | =6N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1984 | -2.6 |
| 29 | Edwards, Nicholas L | 1808 | ENG | F | F | F | +17B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2429 | +5.6 |
| 30 | Calvert, D Ian | 1934 | ENG | F | F | F | +18N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2521 | +4.6 |
| 31 | Gray, Mark S | 2069 | ENG | F | F | F | +14N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2469 | +1.6 |
| 32 | Marshall, Chris | 1779 | ENG | +24N | F | F | −34B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1732 | -2.2 |
| 33 | Jackson, Paul G | 1754 | ENG | F | F | F | +24B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2375 | +5.6 |
| 34 | Papneja, Vedant | 1877 | ENG | F | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2580 | +7.0 |
| 35 | Chaturvedi, Arjun | 0 | ENG | +26B | F | F | −?N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1745 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Freeman, Luke | 1939 | ENG | F | F | +48B | F | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2423 | +5.2 |
| 37 | Darville, Matt | 1793 | ENG | F | F | F | +48N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2423 | +5.2 |
| 38 | Kulkarni, Amit | 1900 | ENG | F | F | F | +45B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2735 | +22.4 |
| 39 | Andrew, Benjamin | 1836 | ENG | F | F | F | +54N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2357 | +6.0 |
| 40 | Sami, Ted | 1809 | ENG | F | F | F | +57B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2402 | +8.4 |
| 41 | Woolley, Michael | 1502 | ENG | =8N | F | −9N | −1B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Nehra, Ishan | 1537 | ENG | −17N | =22N | −8N | −20N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1329 | -32.4 |
| 43 | Ramdewar, Ishan | 1860 | ENG | −16N | F | −4N | =25N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1602 | -19.4 |
| 44 | Nehra, Vinod | 1435 | ENG | F | F | =10N | −3N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1386 | -2.2 |
| 45 | Marsden, Rupert | 1935 | ENG | −4N | =21N | F | −38N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1594 | -51.2 |
| 46 | Heavens, Alan | 1808 | ENG | =2N | F | F | −21N | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1614 | -9.8 |
| 47 | Zvaigzne, Janis | 1536 | ENG | −13B | F | F | =15B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1296 | -11.8 |
| 48 | Whicheloe, George | 0 | ENG | F | =23B | −36N | −37B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1504 | -18.0 |
| 49 | Khan, Shasha | 1528 | ENG | F | F | F | =10N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Rosenbach, Philip | 1472 | ENG | F | −12B | −7N | −2N | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 864 | -32.8 |
| 51 | Wimble, Gary | 1447 | ENG | −5N | F | −18B | −8B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 906 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 343479855 | 0 | — | F | −15B | −17N | −9B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Cobby, Adam | 1443 | ENG | F | −2B | −3B | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 875 | -8.6 |
| 54 | Tirumala, Nandan | 1565 | ENG | F | −18B | −14N | −39B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 926 | -34.4 |
| 55 | Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay | 2024 | ENG | F | F | F | −16N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1280 | -19.6 |
| 56 | Rosenbach, Martin | 1820 | ENG | F | F | F | −19B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1188 | -6.4 |
| 57 | Bermudez, Venerando | 1602 | ENG | F | F | F | −40N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1037 | -4.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Narang, IshaanENG+33.63.0 pts · #2
- 2Kilambi, AahnaENG+26.42.5 pts · #5
- 3Kulkarni, AmitENG+22.41.0 pts · #32
Top rating losers
- 1Marsden, RupertENG-51.20.5 pts · #47
- 2Tirumala, NandanENG-34.40.0 pts · #51
- 3Rosenbach, PhilipENG-32.80.0 pts · #50
Biggest upsets
- R2+227 Elo gap
- R3+145 Elo gap
- R1+115 Elo gap