Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 3 - 26 November
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 26 Nov 2025 in Beckenham, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Ian L Snape (🇬🇧 ENG, 2074).
Venkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi (🇬🇧 ENG, 1936) won with 1.0/3, ahead of Yashwardhan Shankar (1.0) and Freddy Jiang (0.5). Kilambi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Yashwardhan Shankar (1761) beat Evaldas Baltrunas (1990), a +229-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Beckenham, England
Dates
26 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×6
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 1.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 1.0/3. Kilambi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay | 1936 | ENG | F | F | +8N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2799 | +20.4 |
| 2 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1761 | SCO | F | F | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2791 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Jiang, Freddy | 1833 | ENG | F | F | =6N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1939 | +8.4 |
| 4 | Selway, Richard P | 1981 | ENG | F | F | =5B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2058 | +2.6 |
| 5 | Snape, Ian L | 2074 | ENG | F | F | =4N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1965 | -2.6 |
| 6 | Rizvi, Nasir | 1958 | WLS | F | F | =3B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1779 | -4.2 |
| 7 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1990 | ENG | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1059 | -13.6 |
| 8 | Smith, Mark | 1974 | ENG | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1191 | -10.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shankar, YashwardhanSCO+27.21.0 pts · #2
- 2Kilambi, Venkata Ananth AkshayENG+20.41.0 pts · #1
- 3Jiang, FreddyENG+8.40.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Baltrunas, EvaldasENG-13.60.0 pts · #7
- 2Smith, MarkENG-10.20.0 pts · #8
- 3Rizvi, NasirWLS-4.20.5 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R3+229 Elo gap