Canterbury FIDE Standard - November 2025 - Open
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Canterbury, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1681, and top seed was Samuel Marsden (🇬🇧 ENG, 2072).
Samuel Marsden (🇬🇧 ENG, 2072) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Alex Freeland (3.5) and Oscar Christensen (3.0). Marsden won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Oscar Christensen (1761) beat Patrick Damodaran (2029), a +268-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSamuel Marsden led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Samuel Marsden never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Samuel Marsden drew with Alex Freeland (White).
Samuel Marsden went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Samuel Marsden | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alex Freeland | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Oscar Christensen | 0 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Daniel Codd | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marsden, Samuel | 2072 | ENG | +4B | +9N | =2B | +6N | +3B | 4.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 11.75 | 2201 | +25.6 |
| 2 | Freeland, Alex | 2034 | WLS | +10N | +7B | =1N | =3B | =5N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 2028 | +1.6 |
| 3 | Christensen, Oscar | 1761 | ENG | +8N | +5B | =6B | =2N | −1N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 1956 | +36.8 |
| 4 | Radford, Danny | 1744 | ENG | −1N | =8B | +7N | +10B | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1824 | +14.0 |
| 5 | Damodaran, Patrick | 2029 | ENG | F | −3N | +9B | +8N | =2B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.75 | 1914 | -17.2 |
| 6 | Codd, Daniel | 1687 | ENG | F | +10B | =3N | −1B | +4N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1911 | +43.6 |
| 7 | Garnett, John S | 1848 | ENG | +11B | −2N | −4B | +9N | =8B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1784 | -5.2 |
| 8 | White, Freddie | 0 | ENG | −3B | =4N | +11N | −5B | =7N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Amato, Giampiero | 1947 | ITA | +12N | −1B | −5N | −7B | +10N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1716 | -23.6 |
| 10 | Eagle, Joe | 1687 | ENG | −2B | −6N | F | −4N | −9B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1053 | -24.2 |
| 11 | FIDE 343478603 | 0 | — | −7N | F | −8B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1048 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan | 0 | ENG | −9B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1147 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Codd, DanielENG+43.62.5 pts · #3
- 2Christensen, OscarENG+36.83.0 pts · #5
- 3Marsden, SamuelENG+25.64.5 pts · #1
- 1Eagle, JoeENG-24.20.0 pts · #11
- 2Amato, GiampieroITA-23.62.0 pts · #8
- 3Damodaran, PatrickENG-17.22.5 pts · #6
- R2+268 Elo gap
- R3+104 Elo gap