Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 5 - 11 February
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7 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 11 Feb 2026 in Beckenham, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1939, and top seed was Ian L Snape (🇬🇧 ENG, 2074).
Freddy Jiang (🇬🇧 ENG, 1833) won with 1.0/5, ahead of Mark Smith (1.0) and Nasir Rizvi (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 4: Freddy Jiang (1833) beat Mark Smith (1974), a +141-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Beckenham, England
Dates
11 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×5
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 1.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 1.0/5. Jiang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mark Smith | * | — | — | 0 |
| 2Nasir Rizvi | — | * | — | — |
| 3Richard P Selway | — | — | * | — |
| 4Freddy Jiang | 1 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiang, Freddy | 1833 | ENG | F | F | F | +2B | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2792 | +29.2 |
| 2 | Smith, Mark | 1974 | ENG | F | F | F | −1N | +6B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1943 | -2.6 |
| 3 | Rizvi, Nasir | 1958 | WLS | F | F | F | F | +5B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2785 | +11.0 |
| 4 | Selway, Richard P | 1981 | ENG | F | F | F | F | +7B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2686 | +8.0 |
| 5 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1990 | ENG | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1152 | -11.0 |
| 6 | Snape, Ian L | 2074 | ENG | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1192 | -12.0 |
| 7 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1761 | SCO | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1159 | -16.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jiang, FreddyENG+29.21.0 pts · #4
- 2Rizvi, NasirWLS+11.01.0 pts · #2
- 3Selway, Richard PENG+8.01.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Shankar, YashwardhanSCO-16.00.0 pts · #7
- 2Snape, Ian LENG-12.00.0 pts · #6
- 3Baltrunas, EvaldasENG-11.00.0 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R4+141 Elo gap