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London Chess League FIDE Weekender 26-28 September - Open

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in London W6, England. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2021, and top seed was Jovica Radovanovic (🇷🇸 SRB, FM, 2226).

Nicolas Mohnblatt (🇫🇷 FRA, 1822) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Jai Kothari (3.5) and Manmay Chopra (3.5). Mohnblatt took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Aditya Gupta (1792) beat Jovica Radovanovic (FM, 2226), a +434-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London W6, England
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸FMJovica Radovanovic2226
Avg top 10
2,021
Participants
24
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×20
🇨🇳China×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Nicolas Mohnblatt led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Mohnblatt takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE28 Sept

Nicolas Mohnblatt takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM Manmay Chopra won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nicolas Mohnblatt*
½
1
2Jai Kothari*
½
3CMManmay Chopra
½
*
4Kameron Grose
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mohnblatt, Nicolas1822FRA+4N=5N+14B+11B=3NF4.013.013.010.002191+45.6
2Kothari, Jai2051ENG=6B=9N+13B+7N=4BF3.512.512.58.502029-25.6
3Manmay ChopraCM2156IND+15N+13B+11NF=1BF3.511.511.57.502174-1.6
4Grose, Kameron1913ENG1B+18N+5B=8N=2NF3.013.013.06.001994+3.6
5Wang, Luoke1935ENG+10N=1B4N=6B=17BF2.513.513.56.501922-5.2
6Li, Harvey1838ENG=2N12BF=5N=7B+24N2.510.510.54.251887+12.4
7Lapidus, Alexey M.1867ENG+21N11B+22N2B=6NF2.58.08.01.251810-25.6
8Rubeck, Jonathan1832ENG+16N14N+19B=4BFF2.57.07.03.502124+26.0
9Gupta, Aditya1792ENG+23N=2B12N+16BFF2.57.07.03.252098+58.4
10Balmond, Tom1820ENG5B=19N+15B17N+21BF2.56.06.01.751916+30.8
11Sun, Kaichen1637CHN+19B+7N3B1NFF2.010.510.53.001916+52.0
12Brown, John1744ENGF+6N+9BFFF2.08.58.55.002607+47.2
13Hertog, Alexander1950ENG+22B3N2NF+18BF2.07.57.50.501969+12.8
14Dupuis, Denis K2013ENG+18N+8B1NFFF2.07.07.03.001963-7.6
15Lee, Yuk Hei1858ENG3B=16B10NF+20NF1.58.08.01.251878-1.6
16Radovanovic, JovicaFM2226SRB8B=15N+21B9NFF1.56.56.50.751755-43.0
17Martyn, RafeFM2192ENGFFF+10B=5NF1.55.05.03.752057-4.6
18Prince, Alan R1824ENG14B4BFF13N=20N0.57.57.50.251566-23.6
19Clarke, Niall1885ENG11N=10B8NFFF0.57.07.01.251489-30.0
20Sood, Vineet0ENGFFFF15B=18B0.52.02.00.251646-0.8
21Farahmandpour, Ehsan1717ENG7BF16NF10NF0.06.56.50.001137-14.8
22Sengupta, Sohana1641ENG13NF7BFFF0.05.05.00.001103-19.6
23Rahman, K Azizur1893ENG9BFFFFF0.02.52.50.00983-13.8
24Gilbertson, Cindy0ENGFFFFF6B0.02.52.50.001031-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets