Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 6 - 25 March
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 25 Mar 2026 in Beckenham, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Ian L Snape (🇬🇧 ENG, 2074).
Ian L Snape (🇬🇧 ENG, 2074) won with 1.0/6, ahead of Yashwardhan Shankar (1.0) and Nasir Rizvi (1.0). Snape shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇬🇧Beckenham, England
Dates
25 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×6
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 1.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
8
8
8
8
8
3
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 1.0/6. Snape takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snape, Ian L | 2074 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | +8B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2876 | +9.8 |
| 2 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1761 | SCO | F | F | F | F | F | +6B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2650 | +20.8 |
| 3 | Rizvi, Nasir | 1958 | WLS | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2767 | +10.2 |
| 4 | Smith, Mark | 1974 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | =5N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1973 | -0.2 |
| 5 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1990 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | =4B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1979 | +0.2 |
| 6 | Jiang, Freddy | 1833 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1034 | -20.8 |
| 7 | Selway, Richard P | 1981 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1163 | -10.2 |
| 8 | Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay | 1936 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1280 | -19.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shankar, YashwardhanSCO+20.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Rizvi, NasirWLS+10.21.0 pts · #3
- 3Snape, Ian LENG+9.81.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Jiang, FreddyENG-20.80.0 pts · #6
- 2Kilambi, Venkata Ananth AkshayENG-19.60.0 pts · #8
- 3Selway, Richard PENG-10.20.0 pts · #7