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Birmingham FIDE Congress - U1900

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Birmingham, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1774, and top seed was Oleg Cukovs (🇬🇧 ENG, 1862).

Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell (🇭🇰 HKG, 1714) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nicolas Rojas (3.5) and Jyothika U R (3.5). Tyrrell won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Roy Lawrence (1612) beat Joshua Jones (1852), a +240-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
🇬🇧Oleg Cukovs1862
Avg top 10
1,774
Participants
26
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×24
🇮🇳India×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Tyrrell4.5Lee3.5Katukuri3.5Rojas3.5Jyothika U3.5Chacko2.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell 3 wins (R1–R3)Aarav Katukuri 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lachlan Baly Hughes Tyrrell*——
1
2James Lee—*——
3Aarav Katukuri——*—
4Nicolas Rojas
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tyrrell, Lachlan Baly Hughes1714HKG+24B+19N+2N=3B+9N4.511.012.010.252068+76.8
2Rojas, Nicolas1828ENG+13B+7N−1B=8N+6B3.512.014.58.751857+5.6
3Jyothika U R1722INDF+21B+22N=1N+8B3.59.59.57.251964+17.6
4Lee, James0ENG−6B+25N+19B=7N+12B3.59.09.55.7517440.0
5Katukuri, Aarav1692ENG−22N=15B+25N+16B+10N3.57.58.06.001756+12.4
6Jones, Joshua1852ENG+4N−11B+21N=10B−2N2.512.013.56.251372-69.2
7Westhead, Daniel1683ENG+10N−2B=15N=4B=17N2.511.513.56.251684+0.4
8Daniels, David W1798ENGF+16B+11N=2B−3N2.511.511.56.251804+0.6
9Hughes, Michael1791ENGF+23N=12B+14N−1B2.510.510.54.751829+8.0
10Chacko, Albert1494ENG−7B+24N+20B=6N−5B2.510.011.03.751679+46.4
11Lawrence, Roy1612ENG+25B+6N−8B−12N=15B2.59.510.04.001759+14.6
12Cukovs, Oleg1862ENGF+22B=9N+11B−4N2.59.59.54.751927+4.8
13Tan, Yang0ENG−2N+26B−16N=18B+23N2.58.58.52.0015790.0
14Rozman, Scarlett1748ENGF+18B=17N−9B+20N2.58.08.04.501708-6.8
15Cole, Jason J0ENGF=5N=7B=17B=11N2.010.510.55.2516790.0
16Gunarathne, Miheli1672ENGF−8N+13B−5N+19B2.010.010.04.001571-16.0
17Rohman, Mohammed1730ENGF=20N=14B=15N=7B2.08.58.54.251678-8.4
18Kumar, Rahul0ENGF−14N=23B=13N+22B2.07.07.02.7516400.0
19Green, Joel1599ENG+26N−1B−4N=23B−16N1.511.011.00.501393-28.8
20Vijay, Kayal1602ENGF=17B−10N+22B−14B1.58.08.02.001546-13.6
21Blackman, Matthew0ENGF−3N−6B+24N=25B1.57.57.51.2515800.0
22Ou, Siyuan1560ENG+5B−12N−3B−20N−18N1.011.513.03.501527-8.0
23Williams, Carlos1613ENGF−9B=18N=19N−13B1.08.58.51.751502-11.6
24Holmes, Stephen1568ENG−1N−10B+26N−21BF1.08.58.50.00804-18.0
25Ou, Siyao1525ENG−11N−4B−5BF=21N0.511.011.00.75852-26.4
26Gok, Yasar Ozmen0ENG−19B−13N−24BFF0.05.05.00.007840.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets