2025 Coventry International

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77 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 31 Oct 2025 in Coventry, England. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2437, and top seed was Harikrishnan.A.Ra (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2534).

Vojtech Plat (🇸🇰 SVK, GM, 2456) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Hao(ZJ) Wang (7.0) and Sohum Lohia (7.0). Plat won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Adithya Vaidyanathan (FM, 2129) beat Harikrishnan.A.Ra (GM, 2534), a +405-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Coventry, England

Dates

26 Oct 2025 → 31 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra2534

Avg top 10

2,437

Participants

Titled players · 31

GM×7

IM×6

FM×6

CM×7

WGM×3

WFM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×57

🇮🇪Ireland×3

🇮🇳India×3

🇬🇧Scotland×3

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

🇸🇰Slovakia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMVojtech Plat
🇸🇰SVK·2456
7.0pts·2585perf+15.4
🥈
IMHao(ZJ) Wang
🇨🇳CHN·2424
7.0pts·2420perf+2.0
🥉
IMSohum Lohia
🇬🇧ENG·2391
7.0pts·2443perf+8.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Wang7Lohia7Plat7Kovchan6.5Hebden6.5Gormally6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Plat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Hao(ZJ) Wang drew with IM Sohum Lohia (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Hao(ZJ) Wang 5 wins (R4–R8)IM Sohum Lohia 4 wins (R3–R6)GM Vojtech Plat 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMHao(ZJ) Wang	*	½	—	—
2IMSohum Lohia	½	*	½	—
3GMVojtech Plat	—	½	*	½
4GMAlexander Kovchan	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Plat, VojtechGM	2456	SVK	+46B	+32N	+33B	+11N	=10B	=7B	=3N	=6N	+13B	7.0	45.0	48.5	36.00	2585	+15.4
2	Wang, Hao(ZJ)IM	2424	CHN	+48B	=24N	−23B	+30N	+39N	+15B	+21N	+7B	=3N	7.0	42.0	45.5	34.50	2420	+2.0
3	Lohia, SohumIM	2391	ENG	=30B	=62N	+47B	+43N	+52B	+12N	=1B	+10N	=2B	7.0	40.5	43.5	32.75	2443	+8.6
4	Gormally, Daniel WGM	2396	ENG	+51N	+18B	=14N	=12B	−21N	+9N	+17B	=8N	+10B	6.5	44.5	48.0	34.50	2363	-0.8
5	Hebden, Mark LGM	2355	ENG	+54B	+39N	=10B	=6N	=9B	=17N	+12B	=13N	+11B	6.5	44.0	47.5	33.00	2430	+11.1
6	Kovchan, AlexanderGM	2444	UKR	+47N	+38B	=52N	=5B	=8N	=22B	+14N	=1B	+16N	6.5	43.5	47.0	33.00	2428	+0.8
7	Wadsworth, Matthew JGM	2487	ENG	+29B	+20N	=16B	+23N	+13B	=1N	=10B	−2N	=8B	6.0	47.0	52.0	33.00	2449	-2.4
8	Kanyamarala, TarunIM	2376	IRL	+68B	+28N	=11B	+16N	=6B	−10N	+18N	=4B	=7N	6.0	46.0	48.5	30.75	2450	+10.5
9	Kanyamarala, TrishaWGM	2149	IRL	=49N	=31B	+64N	+37B	=5N	−4B	=26N	+39B	+27N	6.0	39.5	42.0	25.75	2201	+13.4
10	Willow, Jonah BIM	2472	ENG	+35N	+19B	=5N	+22B	=1N	+8B	=7N	−3B	−4N	5.5	49.5	54.0	30.75	2413	-5.1
11	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2534	IND	+40N	+36B	=8N	−1B	−18N	+35B	+28N	+33B	−5N	5.5	43.5	47.5	25.50	2338	-18.2
12	Balaji, AaravamudhanIM	2288	ENG	=41B	+30N	+25B	=4N	+28B	−3B	−5N	=23N	+58B	5.5	43.5	47.0	25.75	2233	-8.4
13	Golubka, PetroGM	2385	CAN	=31N	+61B	+42N	+14B	−7N	=21B	+22N	=5B	−1N	5.5	43.5	46.5	25.50	2299	-6.7
14	Rami,TalabFM	2052	SYR	+74B	+15N	=4B	−13N	=33B	+20N	−6B	=24N	+32B	5.5	43.5	45.0	25.00	2322	+120.8
15	Vijayakumar, RishiFM	2300	SCO	+37N	−14B	+31N	=26B	+27N	−2N	+43B	=18B	=19N	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.00	2185	-22.0
16	Jackson, James PIM	2365	ENG	+56N	+27B	=7N	−8B	+26N	−18B	+46N	+21B	−6B	5.5	42.5	46.0	25.00	2287	-6.0
17	Zhang, JunyiCM	2058	ENG	=53N	+75B	=21N	=19B	+36N	=5B	−4N	+22B	=18N	5.5	42.0	43.0	23.50	2240	+85.6
18	Vaidyanathan, AdithyaFM	2129	ENG	+65B	−4N	=63B	+61N	+11B	+16N	−8B	=15N	=17B	5.5	40.5	43.0	23.50	2245	+56.8
19	Verma, Aditya	2164	ENG	+34B	−10N	+48B	=17N	=25B	=69N	=23B	+30N	=15B	5.5	39.0	41.5	24.25	2174	+3.2
20	Navrotescu, AndreeaWGM	2257	FRA	+45N	−7B	+72N	−39B	+29N	−14B	=48N	+35B	+42N	5.5	36.5	38.0	20.75	2140	-22.6
21	Turner, Max NCM	2255	ENG	=63B	+41N	=17B	+54N	+4B	=13N	−2B	−16N	=23B	5.0	42.5	45.5	23.50	2204	-7.6
22	Mirzoeva, ElmiraWGM	2300	ENG	+60B	=25N	+24B	−10N	+23B	=6N	−13B	−17N	+34B	5.0	42.5	45.5	23.25	2208	-17.0
23	Arun, NitishCM	2094	IRL	=75N	+49B	+2N	−7B	−22N	+40B	=19N	=12B	=21N	5.0	41.5	42.5	23.00	2223	+56.8
24	Luk, Danbe	2131	HKG	+50N	=2B	−22N	=40B	=47N	=31B	+65N	=14B	=33N	5.0	37.5	40.0	20.50	2127	-1.6
25	Burrows, Martin P	2088	ENG	+44N	=22B	−12N	+35B	=19N	=52B	−36N	=41B	+48N	5.0	36.5	40.0	21.00	2149	+15.0
26	Roberts, PaulCM	2098	SCO	=59B	=63N	+66B	=15N	−16B	+34N	=9B	=32N	=36B	5.0	36.5	39.0	20.25	2118	+5.6
27	Hanache, KaiCM	2122	ENG	+66B	−16N	+65B	=33N	−15B	=54N	+31B	+52N	−9B	5.0	35.5	38.0	17.00	2152	+16.0
28	Dicen, Elis DeneleWFM	2123	ENG	+67N	−8B	+50N	+71B	−12N	=46B	−11B	=51N	+47B	5.0	33.5	35.0	14.50	2101	-9.2
29	Sasikumar, Srivathsan	2021	ENG	−7N	−64B	+73N	+49B	−20B	+71N	−32B	+65N	+51B	5.0	29.5	31.0	12.50	2043	+6.8
30	Avinash Vaidyanathan	1949	IND	=3N	−12B	+75N	−2B	+53N	=36B	+38N	−19B	=40N	4.5	41.5	42.5	16.75	2129	+36.2
31	Udovenko, Daniel	1945	ENG	=13B	=9N	−15B	=34N	+61B	=24N	−27N	=44B	+49N	4.5	39.0	42.0	19.00	2024	+30.4
32	Fellowes, BillyCM	2184	ENG	+73N	−1B	−37N	=64B	=44N	+47B	+29N	=26B	−14N	4.5	37.0	38.5	15.75	2007	-76.4
33	Shearsby, JudeFM	2330	ENG	+72N	+58B	−1N	=27B	=14N	+39B	F	−11N	=24B	4.5	37.0	37.0	16.75	2216	-19.4
34	Shivakumar, Akshath	1872	ENG	−19N	=35B	=45N	=31B	+68N	−26B	+60N	+40B	−22N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.00	2030	+69.2
35	Dupuis, Denis K	2013	ENG	−10B	=34N	+59B	−25N	+66B	−11N	+67B	−20N	+50B	4.5	35.0	37.5	13.75	2044	+5.2
36	Berry, NeilFM	2266	SCO	+55B	−11N	=62B	+60N	−17B	=30N	+25B	F	=26N	4.5	35.0	35.0	17.75	2112	-27.2
37	Sieczkowski, Adam	1909	POL	−15B	+77N	+32B	−9N	−43B	=62N	−58B	+66N	+46B	4.5	32.5	32.5	12.00	2047	+29.6
38	Maung Maung Latt	2140	MYA	+57B	−6N	−54B	+55N	−46B	+72N	−30B	=50N	+67B	4.5	31.0	32.5	12.75	1966	-39.2
39	Lebedev, LionCM	2091	ENG	+76B	−5B	+70N	+20N	−2B	−33N	+54B	−9N	F	4.0	36.0	36.0	12.00	2134	+16.8
40	Brett, Andrew R	2034	ENG	−11B	+55N	=61B	=24N	=41B	−23N	+64B	−34N	=30B	4.0	35.0	37.5	14.25	1940	-22.8
41	Ward, Cian	1909	ENG	=12N	−21B	=44N	+74B	=40N	F	=42B	=25N	=52B	4.0	32.5	32.5	14.50	2069	+58.0
42	Verbytski, Oleg	2092	ENG	F	+59N	−13B	−63N	=65B	+56B	=41N	+46N	−20B	4.0	30.5	30.5	13.25	2003	-36.8
43	Pal, Rohan	2101	ENG	−70N	+53B	+74N	−3B	+37N	=63B	−15N	=48B	F	4.0	30.5	30.5	12.75	1974	-48.4
44	Ratcliffe, James	1773	ENG	−25B	=60N	=41B	=48N	=32B	−64N	+72B	=31N	=62B	4.0	30.0	31.5	12.75	1939	+71.6
45	Swiatkowski, Dominik	1891	ENG	−20B	=46N	=34B	−69N	=67B	=61N	−50B	+75N	+59B	4.0	28.0	29.0	10.75	1860	-18.0
46	Hariharan, ShambaviWFM	1989	ENG	−1N	=45B	=49N	+50B	+38N	=28N	−16B	−42B	−37N	3.5	38.0	41.5	14.25	1990	-10.0
47	Doran, Chris	1972	ENG	−6B	+57N	−3N	+70B	=24B	−32N	F	+59B	−28N	3.5	36.5	36.5	11.00	2040	+8.8
48	Keerthi Kumar, Advait	1968	ENG	−2N	+73B	−19N	=44B	+64N	F	=20B	=43N	−25B	3.5	35.0	35.0	10.75	2023	+15.2
49	Hindol Ghosh	1866	IND	=9B	−23N	=46B	−29N	+75B	=51N	+62B	−58N	−31B	3.5	34.0	35.0	10.50	1925	+24.8
50	Sherwood, Gabriel	1851	ENG	−24B	+68N	−28B	−46N	−56N	+76B	+45N	=38B	−35N	3.5	32.5	33.5	9.75	1916	+26.4
51	Ireland, David J	1956	ENG	−4B	−65N	=57B	+59N	F	=49B	+53N	=28B	−29N	3.5	32.5	32.5	12.50	1914	-12.2
52	Lewis, Andrew PFM	2268	ENG	+64N	+70B	=6B	F	−3N	=25N	F	−27B	=41N	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.25	2103	-25.2
53	Vaidyanathan, Sathya	1770	ENG	=17B	−43N	−60B	+57N	−30B	+66N	−51B	=68N	=55B	3.5	30.0	32.5	11.75	1866	+39.6
54	Young, Daniel J	1933	ENG	−5N	+67B	+38N	−21B	F	=27B	−39N	F	+71B	3.5	29.0	29.0	11.00	2068	+22.0
55	McMahon, Paul	1894	ENG	−36N	−40B	+67N	−38B	=70N	=59B	=74N	=56B	=53N	3.5	27.5	29.0	9.25	1850	-14.2
56	Sandhu, Manvith	1937	ENG	−16B	−66N	+77B	−65N	+50B	−42N	=71B	=55N	=57B	3.5	26.5	26.5	7.75	1830	-57.6
57	Swiatkowski, Aram	1860	ENG	−38N	−47B	=51N	−53B	=76B	+75N	−61B	+70N	=56N	3.5	24.5	25.5	7.00	1793	-17.4
58	Okhai, Shabir	2069	ENG	+77B	−33N	F	F	F	=60B	+37N	+49B	−12N	3.5	22.5	22.5	9.50	2069	+1.4
59	Manickam, Saravanna Bava	1808	ENG	=26N	−42B	−35N	−51B	+73B	=55N	+68B	−47N	−45N	3.0	30.5	32.0	8.25	1845	+14.8
60	Lazarus, Simon E	1910	ENG	−22N	=44B	+53N	−36B	F	=58N	−34B	−67N	+66B	3.0	30.0	30.0	9.75	1881	-11.8
61	Mehmood, Muhammed	1660	ENG	+69B	−13N	=40N	−18B	−31N	=45B	+57N	F	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	10.00	1935	+81.6
62	Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav	2017	ENG	F	=3B	=36N	F	F	=37B	−49N	+74B	=44N	3.0	25.0	25.0	11.50	1993	-10.4
63	Moss, Jack	1886	ENG	=21N	=26B	=18N	+42B	F	=43N	F	F	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	13.75	2207	+40.0
64	Liu, Jacob	1902	ENG	−52B	+29N	−9B	=32N	−48B	+44B	−40N	−71N	−68B	2.5	33.0	34.5	11.25	1837	-36.4
65	Gunarathne, Senith Thenula	1849	ENG	−18N	+51B	−27N	+56B	=42N	F	−24B	−29B	F	2.5	33.0	33.0	9.00	1953	+32.4
66	Dissanayake, Sathsara	1845	ENG	−27N	+56B	−26N	=72B	−35N	−53B	+76N	−37B	−60N	2.5	30.5	31.5	5.25	1777	-35.2
67	Parikh, Naavya	1846	ENG	−28B	−54N	−55B	F	=45N	+70B	−35N	+60B	−38N	2.5	30.0	30.0	7.00	1824	-12.0
68	Patel, Devan	1938	ENG	−8N	−50B	F	+76N	−34B	F	−59N	=53B	+64N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.25	1804	-28.4
69	Pilley, Jack	2041	ENG	−61N	F	F	+45B	+71N	=19B	F	F	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	8.25	1947	-6.6
70	Tso, Chi Wai	1817	ENG	+43B	−52N	−39B	−47N	=55B	−67N	−73B	−57B	=76N	2.0	26.0	27.0	6.25	1742	-37.2
71	Amir, Zain	1690	ENG	F	F	F	−28N	−69B	−29B	=56N	+64B	−54N	1.5	25.5	25.5	4.25	1794	+22.8
72	Moyse, Nigel John	1926	WLS	−33B	+76N	−20B	=66N	F	−38B	−44N	F	F	1.5	22.0	22.0	2.25	1831	-18.2
73	Miller, George	1873	ENG	−32B	−48N	−29B	=75B	−59N	F	+70N	F	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	2.50	1741	-21.4
74	Edwards, Rhys	1751	ENG	−14N	F	−43B	−41N	F	F	=55B	−62N	+75B	1.5	21.0	21.0	2.75	1770	+0.8
75	Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika	1805	SRI	=23B	−17N	−30B	=73N	−49N	−57B	F	−45B	−74N	1.0	29.0	29.0	3.25	1596	-74.8
76	Matthews, Adrian M S	1804	ENG	−39N	−72B	F	−68B	=57N	−50N	−66B	F	=70B	1.0	19.5	19.5	2.75	1595	-31.8
77	Dhingra, Kanvansh	1771	ENG	−58N	−37B	−56N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1172	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rami,TalabFMSYR
+120.8
5.5 pts · #13
2Zhang, JunyiCMENG
+85.6
5.5 pts · #19
3Mehmood, MuhammedENG
+81.6
3.0 pts · #60

Top rating losers

1Fellowes, BillyCMENG
-76.4
4.5 pts · #30
2Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru ChanudikaSRI
-74.8
1.0 pts · #75
3Sandhu, ManvithENG
-57.6
3.5 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R5+405 Elo gap
FMVaidyanathan, Adithya2129 beat GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra2534
R1+381 Elo gap
Mehmood, Muhammed1660 beat Pilley, Jack2041
R3+330 Elo gap
CMArun, Nitish2094 beat IMWang, Hao(ZJ)2424