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Central London Chess Congress 2025 - Open

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in London SW7, England. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2151, and top seed was Szidonia Lazarne Vajda (🇭🇺 HUN, IM, 2294).

Manmay Chopra (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 2142) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Alistair Hill (4.0) and David Tran (4.0). Chopra shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Domenico Napolitano (1847) beat Ethan Sanitt (2113), a +266-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London SW7, England
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,151
Participants
38
Titled players · 3
IM×1
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×20
🇮🇳India×3
🇫🇷France×3
🇭🇺Hungary×2
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
6
1
2
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Manmay Chopra held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Chopra takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Manmay Chopra drew with Alistair Hill (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMManmay Chopra*
½
½
2Alistair Hill
½
*
3David Tran
½
*
1
4Andy Hill
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Manmay ChopraCM2142IND+6N+11B+20N=3B=2N4.014.516.512.502238+24.8
2Hill, Alistair2087ENG+28B+8N=5B+15N=1B4.013.014.510.752255+21.2
3Tran, David2230HUN+36B+4N=15B=1N+16B4.013.013.09.752273+11.2
4Hill, Andy1994ENG+24N3B+31N+20B+26N4.010.011.07.002127+10.2
5Dignam, MatthewCM2214IRL+38N+12B=2N=10B=14N3.513.013.08.002155-6.2
6Kukreja, Karan1875ENG1B+34N+13B=17N+15B3.512.012.06.752170+30.2
7Bathula, Abhinav Reddy1989INDF+22N=23B+8N+9B3.510.010.09.002409+30.6
8Avinash Vaidyanathan1949IND+35N2B+21N7B+24N3.011.511.54.001787-11.8
9Xian, Junhao2166CHN+25B15N+27N+19B7N3.010.512.56.502022-17.2
10Alizada, Eldar1976ENG+21NF=16B=5N+17B3.010.510.57.502212+25.4
11Santos Ruiz, Adrian1950MEX+34B1N+22B16N+20B3.010.510.54.001917-6.0
12Jain, Gautam1988ENG+31B5N+18B23N+25B3.010.011.05.502067+7.2
13Sanitt, Ethan2113ENG20N+33B6N+27B+30N3.08.59.03.501932-20.8
14Stewart, Ashley2063ENG+37B=23N+26NF=5B3.07.57.54.752229+18.4
15Chauhan, Pranay1975ENG+29N+9B=3N2B6N2.514.515.56.001994+3.4
16Mesropyan, Hayk2136ENG+18BF=10N+11B3N2.512.512.57.002101-6.0
17Allorant, Adrien2068FRA+33N20B+24N=6B10N2.510.511.04.251779-30.4
18Mohnblatt, Nicolas1868FRA16N+29B12N+21B=19N2.510.011.04.251874+1.2
19Xaxiris, E.1976GRE22B+28N+35B9N=18B2.59.09.02.751943-2.8
20Napolitano, Domenico1847ENG+13B+17N1B4N11N2.014.016.55.501981+15.8
21Gunawardana, Thivan Manamperi1659ENG10B+25N8B18N+32B2.010.511.53.001828+19.6
22Wang, Yong Gui0ENG+19N7B11N30B+34B2.010.010.02.5017590.0
23Lazarne Vajda, SzidoniaIM2294HUNF=14B=7N+12BF2.09.59.56.252138-5.1
24Moh, Hon Meng1671SGP4B+36N17B+34N8B2.09.59.50.0017890.0
25De Rooij, Paul1889ENG9N21B+33N+29B12N2.09.09.51.501766-33.2
26Jezierski, Colum1927ENGF+30N14B+32N4B2.09.09.02.001942+1.4
27Rubeck, Jonathan1921ENGF+32N9B13N+37B2.07.07.01.001951+2.8
28Avinash Reddy1793MAS2N19B29N=33B+35B1.58.08.00.251538-23.8
29Juesas Rodriguez, Pablo1613ESP15B18N+28B25NF1.08.58.51.501689+11.2
30Voiculescu-Holvad, Stefan1893FRAF26BF+22N13B1.07.07.02.001220-13.4
31FIDE 527054926012NF4B+35NF1.07.07.00.0011910.0
32Tso, Chi Wai1817ENGF27B+37N26B21N1.06.06.00.001611-42.8
33Takvorian, Sebouh1764ENG17B13N25B=28NF0.59.09.00.751644-21.6
34FIDE 499161011N6BF24B22N0.010.510.50.0011130.0
35FIDE 34348360708BF19N31B28N0.08.08.00.0011060.0
36Alldritt, Nigel R E1917ENG3N24BFFF0.06.06.00.001431-2.8
37Farahmandpour, Ehsan1708ENG14NF32BF27N0.06.06.00.001134-13.8
38Rahman, K Azizur1914ENG5BFFFF0.04.54.50.001414-3.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets