17th Northwick Park Congress - U1860

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44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in London NW1, England. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1783, and top seed was Oliver Finnegan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1832).

Julian D Llewellyn (🇬🇧 ENG, 1768) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Oliver Finnegan (4.0) and Martin J Faulkner (4.0). Llewellyn won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ayush N Ubale (1540) beat Parin Suchak (1733), a +193-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧London NW1, England

Dates

20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Oliver Finnegan1832

Avg top 10

1,783

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇬🇧England×37

🇳🇴Norway×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

Top 3

🥇
Julian D Llewellyn
🇬🇧ENG·1768
4.5pts·2518perf+34.6
🥈
Oliver Finnegan
🇬🇧ENG·1832
4.0pts·1931perf+11.2
🥉
Martin J Faulkner
🇬🇧ENG·1790
4.0pts·1864perf+7.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Julian D Llewellyn led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Llewellyn4.5Finnegan4Faulkner4Quartey3.5Reddy3.5Pradhan3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Julian D Llewellyn held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Julian D Llewellyn 4 wins (R1–R4)Oliver Finnegan 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Julian D Llewellyn	*	—	—	½
2Oliver Finnegan	—	*	—	—
3Martin J Faulkner	—	—	*	—
4Stephen Quartey	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Llewellyn, Julian D	1768	ENG	+9B	+41N	+5B	+4B	=6N	4.5	13.5	14.5	12.75	2518	+34.6
2	Finnegan, Oliver	1832	ENG	−16N	+9B	+32N	+13B	+18B	4.0	11.0	13.0	10.50	1931	+11.2
3	Faulkner, Martin J	1790	ENG	=17B	+36N	+34B	=7N	+12B	4.0	10.5	12.0	9.00	1864	+7.4
4	Pradhan, Ayan	1772	ENG	+19B	+12N	+10B	−1N	=7B	3.5	14.0	16.5	10.25	1829	+15.2
5	Avinash Reddy	1769	MAS	+24N	+20B	−1N	=10B	+19N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.50	1807	+5.4
6	Quartey, Stephen	0	ENG	+29B	=38N	+11B	=18N	=1B	3.5	12.0	13.5	9.25	1773	0.0
7	Tamilselvan, Tara	1741	ENG	+25B	=34N	+17B	=3B	=4N	3.5	12.0	13.5	9.00	1796	+12.0
8	Tran, Thang	0	ENG	−34N	+40B	=16N	+35B	+25B	3.5	7.5	8.5	5.75	1613	0.0
9	Sengupta, Sohana	1638	ENG	−1N	−2N	+30B	+42B	+23N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1716	+22.4
10	Ayush N Ubale	1540	IND	+23N	+28B	−4N	=5N	=11B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.25	1817	+36.4
11	Croasdale, Mark	1729	ENG	=27N	+21B	−6N	+16B	=10N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.50	1713	-1.2
12	Bhaduri, Aviraj	1702	ENG	+37N	−4B	+42N	+23B	−3N	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.50	1709	+5.2
13	Pride, Stephen C	1709	ENG	+30B	−33N	+26B	−2N	+24B	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.00	1684	-2.4
14	Jiang, Freddy	1787	ENG	F	+27B	−15N	+29B	+17N	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1854	+13.2
15	Redmill, Simon Matthew	1754	ENG	+39B	+35N	+14B	F	F	3.0	5.5	5.5	5.50	2463	+45.6
16	Sood, Vineet	1685	ENG	+2B	−18N	=8B	−11N	+37B	2.5	13.0	14.5	7.25	1706	+2.4
17	Gonzales, Ceferino	1663	PHI	=3N	+31B	−7N	+28B	−14B	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.00	1774	+15.2
18	Veselow, Zoe	1765	ENG	+26N	+16B	F	=6B	−2N	2.5	12.0	12.0	6.25	1759	-0.8
19	Kota, Pavan Kumar	1650	ENG	−4N	+44B	=28N	+20B	−5B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.50	1656	+0.4
20	Dorman, Orla	1698	IRL	+42B	−5N	=35B	−19N	+34N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	1601	-12.2
21	Nguyen, Mikey	0	ENG	=36B	−11N	−25N	+43B	+35N	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.25	1664	0.0
22	Dean, Robert A	1743	ENG	−35N	−26B	+27N	=37B	+39N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.75	1654	-9.0
23	Bishop, Geoffrey L	1720	ENG	−10B	+39N	+24B	−12N	−9B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1552	-23.2
24	Cawdery, Mary	1638	ENG	−5B	+30N	−23N	+34B	−13N	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.50	1582	-14.8
25	Bansal, Rineesh	0	ENG	−7N	F	+21B	+41B	−8N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1717	0.0
26	Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan	0	ENG	−18B	+22N	−13N	=31B	=28N	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.50	1682	0.0
27	Santosh Kumar, Darsh	1541	ENG	=11B	−14N	−22B	=36N	+44B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.25	1480	-7.2
28	Suchak, Parin	1733	ENG	+43B	−10N	=19B	−17N	=26B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.25	1345	-58.4
29	Morgan, Marc	1687	FRA	−6N	+37B	F	−14N	+36B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1641	-2.2
30	Bellary, Soham	1494	ENG	−13N	−24B	−9N	+40B	+42N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1508	+3.2
31	Marshall, Chris	1819	ENG	F	−17N	=36B	=26N	+32B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.75	1662	-8.4
32	Bedi, Devina	1661	ENG	−33B	+43N	−2B	+44N	−31N	2.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1009	-36.0
33	OGorman, Brendan	1777	ENG	+32N	+13B	F	F	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2485	+15.0
34	Borgars, Alan	1579	ENG	+8B	=7B	−3N	−24N	−20B	1.5	13.5	15.5	5.25	1393	-15.6
35	Konig, Jon	1597	ENG	+22B	−15B	=20N	−8N	−21B	1.5	11.5	14.0	3.75	1731	+11.0
36	Truong, Michael	0	ENG	=21N	−3B	=31N	=27B	−29N	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.25	1516	0.0
37	Thompson, David Nigel	1494	ENG	−12B	−29N	+43B	=22N	−16N	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.25	1382	-8.4
38	Beattie, Kai	1717	ENG	+40N	=6B	F	F	F	1.5	4.5	4.5	2.75	2310	+9.2
39	Mouskos, Mia	1606	ENG	−15N	−23B	+40N	F	−22B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1489	-23.6
40	Mylam, Mahatej Reddy	1509	NOR	−38B	−8N	−39B	−30N	+43N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	805	-45.2
41	White, Nicholas E	1693	ENG	+44N	−1B	F	−25N	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	968	-8.0
42	Mylam, Parthiv Shiva Reddy	1409	NOR	−20N	F	−12B	−9N	−30B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	832	-36.4
43	Ganatra, Ashish	0	ENG	−28N	−32B	−37N	−21N	−40B	0.0	8.0	9.0	0.00	800	0.0
44	Zhai, Yunqi	0	ENG	−41B	−19N	F	−32B	−27N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	836	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Redmill, Simon MatthewENG
+45.6
3.0 pts · #10
2Ayush N UbaleIND
+36.4
3.0 pts · #8
3Llewellyn, Julian DENG
+34.6
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Suchak, ParinENG
-58.4
2.0 pts · #38
2Mylam, Mahatej ReddyNOR
-45.2
1.0 pts · #39
3Mylam, Parthiv Shiva ReddyNOR
-36.4
0.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R2+193 Elo gap
Ayush N Ubale1540 beat Suchak, Parin1733
R1+180 Elo gap
Ayush N Ubale1540 beat Bishop, Geoffrey L1720
R2+156 Elo gap
Gonzales, Ceferino1663 beat Marshall, Chris1819