AlphaChess FIDE Classical - Rosewood (U1800) - May 2026
21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Potters Bar, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1477, and top seed was Ashish Chauhan (🇮🇳 IND, 1777).
Ashish Chauhan (🇮🇳 IND, 1777) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Mark Levitin (4.0) and Nikolas Georgoudis (3.5). Chauhan won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Kunyu Vincent Liu (1444) beat Idreece Khan (1703), a +259-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAshish Chauhan led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Ashish Chauhan never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Ashish Chauhan beat Mark Levitin (Black).
Ashish Chauhan 5 wins (R1–R5)Mark Levitin 3 wins (R1–R3)Nikolas Georgoudis 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ashish Chauhan | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Mark Levitin | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Nikolas Georgoudis | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Mikhail S Dolgun | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chauhan, Ashish | 1777 | IND | +14B | +5N | +12B | +2N | +4B | 5.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2477 | +40.8 |
| 2 | Levitin, Mark | 0 | ENG | +4B | +10N | +8N | −1B | +5N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 11.00 | 1729 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Georgoudis, Nikolas | 0 | ENG | −12N | +7B | +21N | +9B | =6N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1733 | +24.8 |
| 4 | Smith, Andrew PE | 1716 | ENG | −2N | +11B | +20N | +8B | −1N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1761 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Gur, Ibrahim | 1639 | TUR | +19N | −1B | +6B | +16N | −2B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1883 | +43.2 |
| 6 | Dolgun, Mikhail S | 0 | FID | +7N | =9B | −5N | +11B | =3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1651 | -17.6 |
| 7 | Liu, Kunyu Vincent | 1444 | ENG | −6B | −3N | +10B | +21N | +9N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1559 | +18.4 |
| 8 | Banks, Michael | 0 | ENG | +17B | +15N | −2B | −4N | +13B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Khan, Idreece | 1703 | ENG | +13B | =6N | +15B | −3N | −7B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1496 | -22.4 |
| 10 | Abraham, Kian | 0 | ENG | =11N | −2B | −7N | +18B | =15N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gampa, Dyuthi Sri | 1542 | ENG | =10B | −4N | +17B | −6N | =16B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1460 | -9.2 |
| 12 | Vorozhtsov, Ilya Art | 1684 | FID | +3B | +20N | −1N | F | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1790 | +14.4 |
| 13 | Feng, Luca | 0 | ENG | −9N | −14N | +19B | +15B | −8N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 906 | -12.4 |
| 14 | FIDE 343474284 | 0 | — | −1N | +13B | +18N | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Kennedy, Steven | 0 | ENG | +16B | −8B | −9N | −13N | =10B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 16 | OGorman, Brendan | 1772 | ENG | −15N | +19B | F | −5B | =11N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1381 | -19.4 |
| 17 | FIDE 343439861 | 0 | — | −8N | −18B | −11N | =19N | +21B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Grygorenko, Philip | 0 | ENG | −20B | +17N | −14B | −10N | =19B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 779 | -13.2 |
| 19 | FIDE 343111893 | 0 | — | −5B | −16N | −13N | =17B | =18N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1275 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sheikh, Amaan | 1495 | ENG | +18N | −12B | −4B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1499 | -12.8 |
| 21 | Nurzhanov, Dias | 0 | KAZ | F | F | −3B | −7B | −17N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gur, IbrahimTUR+43.23.0 pts · #7
- 2Chauhan, AshishIND+40.85.0 pts · #2
- 3Georgoudis, NikolasENG+24.83.5 pts · #3
- 1Khan, IdreeceENG-22.42.5 pts · #9
- 2OGorman, BrendanENG-19.41.5 pts · #17
- 3Dolgun, Mikhail SFID-17.63.0 pts · #1
- R5+259 Elo gap
- R4+133 Elo gap