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Birmingham FIDE Congress - U2400

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Birmingham, England. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2046, and top seed was Tom Junde He (🇬🇧 ENG, CM, 2298).

Sooraj M R (🇮🇳 IND, 2147) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Karan Kukreja (4.0) and Aaron Rich (3.5). R shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Andrew P McCumiskey (1963) beat Tom Junde He (CM, 2298), a +335-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Birmingham, England
Dates
22 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧CMTom Junde He2298
Avg top 10
2,046
Participants
21
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×18
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Larkin takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE23 May

Benjamin Larkin takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. R takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Sooraj M R won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sooraj M R*
1
2Karan Kukreja*
3CMAaron Rich*
4Andrew P McCumiskey
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sooraj M R2147INDF+14B+11N+4B+6N4.010.510.510.502761+21.0
2Kukreja, Karan1905ENG+15N=4B=10N+13B+8N4.010.011.58.752135+28.8
3Rich, AaronCM2011ENG+16B8N=12B+14N+9B3.59.010.57.002013+0.6
4Larkin, Benjamin2054ENG+12B=2N+8B1N=5B3.013.515.58.002019-3.6
5Shivakumar, Akshath1993ENG8N+18B=7N+11B=4N3.011.012.06.501954-9.6
6McCumiskey, Andrew P1963ENG9B+17N+20N+10B1B3.010.011.04.502059+23.6
7Obi, Okwose Marc1859ENG=21B=19N=5B+12N=13N3.08.08.55.252051+25.8
8Marlow, Ben1825ENG+5B+3B4N=9N2B2.513.516.07.751955+16.8
9Dhingra, Kanvansh1814ENG+6N=10B=13N=8B3N2.511.513.56.501929+30.8
10Pearson, Charlie1916ENG+17B=9N=2B6N=12B2.511.512.55.251861-14.8
11Tamilselvan, Tara1870ENG=19B+21N1B5N+17B2.59.09.52.002000+32.8
12Roger, Michael1867SCO4N+15B=3N7B=10N2.012.013.54.501845-6.8
13Jaszkiwskyj, Peter1932ENG+18NF=9B2N=7B2.010.510.53.751845-9.6
14Gunarathne, Senith Thenula1956ENGF1N+21B3B+15N2.09.59.52.001980+5.6
15Hu, Jason1746ENG2B12N=16B+18N14B1.59.510.51.751728-5.2
16Vaidyanathan, Sathya1856ENG3N20B=15N+17N18B1.57.08.01.751765-29.2
17Chen, Yechu1758ENG10N6B+18N16B11N1.09.510.51.001641-27.6
18Caira, Theodore1800ENG13B5N17B15B+16N1.08.09.01.501617-45.2
19James, Russell A2087ENG=11N=7BFFF1.05.55.52.751865-11.4
20He, Tom JundeCM2298ENGF+16N6BFF1.04.54.51.501931-32.0
21Sivaparan, Isai2015NOR=7N11B14NFF0.57.57.51.501622-59.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets