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2025 Birmingham Open Under 1750

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Birmingham, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Theodore Caira (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Joseph Muxlow (4.0) and Preesh Gandhi (4.0). Caira won solo starting round 4.

Location
🇬🇧Birmingham, England
Dates
15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
34
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×30
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇨🇱Chile×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Theodore Caira led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Theodore Caira never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Theodore Caira beat Joseph Muxlow (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Theodore Caira 5 wins (R1–R5)Joseph Muxlow 3 wins (R1–R3)Preesh Gandhi 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Theodore Caira*
1
1
2Joseph Muxlow
0
*
3Preesh Gandhi
0
*
4Daniel Dupuis*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Caira, Theodore0ENG+7N+3B+4N+2B+13N5.014.517.017.0017930.0
2Muxlow, Joseph0WLS+22N+14B+17N1N+15B4.012.514.59.502342+26.4
3Gandhi, Preesh0ENG+30N1N+6B+24B+19N4.011.011.06.002368+29.2
4Heise Hidalgo, Claudia Sofia0CHI+31N+26B1B=15N+10B3.511.011.04.752377+15.2
5Dupuis, Daniel0ENG+10B=8N=20B=11N+16B3.510.512.58.751812+65.6
6Findlay, Ben0ENG+9N=19B3N+12B=8B3.012.514.58.001673+23.6
7Blackwell, Matthew0ENG1B+30N+21B=8N=11B3.012.512.54.751777+3.2
8Chadaway, Stephen M0ENG+12N=5B=24N=7B=6N3.012.013.07.751726+5.2
9Bessant, Craig0ENG6B=29N+32B=17N+14B3.08.58.54.0015510.0
10Huang, Weidan0ENG5N=12B+27N+22B4N2.511.512.54.251623+6.4
11Homer, Neil S0ENG=13B+21NF=5B=7N2.511.011.06.501661-0.4
12Rose, Peter0ENG8B=10N+29B6N+21B2.510.511.03.751528-33.6
13Jones, Daniel0ENG=11N+28BF+20N1B2.510.510.54.2517740.0
14Mari, Peter0ENG+33N2N+25B=19B9N2.510.010.02.001740+12.6
15Montanelli, Filippo J0ENG+29B+25NF=4B2N2.59.09.03.2517040.0
16Fancourt, Leslie J0ENG19N+33B+26N=18B5N2.59.09.02.251676+6.4
17Fowkes, Sam A0ENGF+32N2B=9B+24N2.58.08.02.501606+8.4
18Szwajkun, Richard0ENG26N+31BF=16N+20B2.55.55.53.251890+7.4
19Keogh, Paul0ENG+16B=6NF=14N3B2.012.012.05.2515780.0
20Rohman, Mohammed0ENG+34N=24B=5N13B18N2.09.59.52.251602-23.2
21Sanderson, Scarlett0ENG+27N11B7N+31B12N2.09.09.01.0014770.0
22Ursu, Alexander0ENG2B+27BF10N+25N2.08.58.52.001515-18.0
23Patel, Diah0ENGFFF+25N+28B2.02.02.02.002575+31.6
24Baravalle, Maurizio0ITAF=20N=8B3N17B1.011.511.52.5014610.0
25Tipping, Joe0ENG+28N15B14N23B22B1.09.010.01.0014130.0
26Roche, John Jp0ENG+18B4N16BFF1.08.58.52.5015580.0
27Prabhakaran, Anvikkashri0ENG21B22N10BF+30N1.06.56.50.001479-15.6
28Watkinson, Phil K0ENG25B13NF+30B23N1.05.55.50.001576-20.4
29Hughes, Sam0ENG15N=9B12NFF0.58.08.01.50876-20.0
30Mehta, Zara0ENG3B7BF28N27B0.09.09.00.00893-62.0
31FIDE 34348288004B18NF21NF0.08.08.00.009070.0
32Attia, Ashraf0ENGF17B9NFF0.06.06.00.00718-16.0
33Mottram, Paul0ENG14B16NFFF0.05.05.00.00760-28.0
34Brown, Stephanie0ENG20BFFFF0.02.02.00.00956-7.2

Key insights

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