Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 7 - 8 April
Open SwissStandard
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 08 Apr 2026 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 1.5/7, ahead of Richard P Selway (1.0) and Nasir Rizvi (1.0). Kilambi took the lead from round 5.
Location
🇬🇧Beckenham, England
Dates
08 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×6
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsVenkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
Venkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Venkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Richard P Selway | — | * | — | — |
| 3Nasir Rizvi | — | — | * | — |
| 4Freddy Jiang | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay | 1936 | ENG | F | F | F | F | +4B | F | =5B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2096 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Selway, Richard P | 1981 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2800 | +11.2 |
| 3 | Rizvi, Nasir | 1958 | WLS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2668 | +7.2 |
| 4 | Jiang, Freddy | 1833 | ENG | F | F | F | F | −1N | F | =6B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1849 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 1990 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | F | =1N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1992 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Snape, Ian L | 2074 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | F | =4N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1829 | -6.4 |
| 7 | Smith, Mark | 1974 | ENG | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1157 | -11.2 |
| 8 | Shankar, Yashwardhan | 1761 | SCO | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1173 | -14.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Selway, Richard PENG+11.21.0 pts · #2
- 2Kilambi, Venkata Ananth AkshayENG+10.41.5 pts · #1
- 3Rizvi, NasirWLS+7.21.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Shankar, YashwardhanSCO-14.40.0 pts · #8
- 2Smith, MarkENG-11.20.0 pts · #7
- 3Snape, Ian LENG-6.40.5 pts · #6