Southall FIDE Congress - 20, 21 June 2026 - U2400
22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Southall, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1946, and top seed was Oleg Verbytski (🇬🇧 ENG, 2260).
Tom Balmond (🇬🇧 ENG, 1833) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Oleg Verbytski (4.0) and Alexey M. Lapidus (4.0). Balmond won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Siddhant Tewari (1535) beat Thomas P O Brien (1837), a +302-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Balmond takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Oleg Verbytski 4 wins (R1–R5)Tom Balmond 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oleg Verbytski | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Alexey M. Lapidus | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Tom Balmond | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Paul J Colburn | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balmond, Tom | 1833 | ENG | +17N | +5B | +3B | −2N | +9N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 2160 | +81.6 |
| 2 | Verbytski, Oleg | 2260 | ENG | +7N | +6B | F | +1B | +4N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2660 | +12.8 |
| 3 | Lapidus, Alexey M. | 1956 | ENG | +19N | +4B | −1N | +9B | +5N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 2083 | +31.2 |
| 4 | Tyrrell, Lachlan Baly Hughes | 1798 | HKG | +8B | −3N | +18B | +10N | −2B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1977 | +17.0 |
| 5 | ONUOHA, Obioma | 2004 | NGR | +11B | −1N | +14B | +8N | −3B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1881 | -14.2 |
| 6 | Llewellyn, Julian D | 1832 | ENG | +20B | −2N | −11B | +16N | +12B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1788 | -5.4 |
| 7 | Kiuru, Otto | 1713 | ENG | −2B | −16N | +21B | +17N | +11B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1735 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Colburn, Paul J | 1855 | ENG | −4N | +19B | +20N | −5B | +15N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1781 | -6.8 |
| 9 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1895 | ENG | +16B | =12N | +10B | −3N | −1B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1647 | -25.0 |
| 10 | Amogh Gupta | 0 | IND | =?N | +15B | −9N | −4B | +21N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Rowland, Alex | 1701 | ENG | −5N | +17B | +6N | −13B | −7N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1758 | +9.2 |
| 12 | Tewari, Siddhant | 1535 | IND | +22N | =9B | −13N | =15B | −6N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1732 | +41.2 |
| 13 | Figeac, Aurelien | 2088 | FRA | F | F | +12B | +11N | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2495 | +3.4 |
| 14 | Chandrashekhar, Druha | 1702 | ENG | F | F | −5N | +19B | +18B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1988 | +43.6 |
| 15 | Vinoth, Varshyth | 1555 | ENG | F | −10N | +16B | =12N | −8B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1667 | +16.0 |
| 16 | Lin, Vickie | 1612 | ENG | −9N | +7B | −15N | −6B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1556 | -12.8 |
| 17 | Saxena, Prakhar | 1514 | ENG | −1B | −11N | F | −7B | +20N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1494 | -6.0 |
| 18 | Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian | 1900 | ENG | F | F | −4N | +20B | −14N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1542 | -52.8 |
| 19 | Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter) | 1685 | ENG | −3B | −8N | F | −14N | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1038 | -18.6 |
| 20 | V, Krish | 1501 | ENG | −6N | F | −8B | −18N | −17B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 975 | -31.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 343494528 | 0 | — | F | −?B | −7N | F | −10B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 926 | 0.0 |
| 22 | O Brien, Thomas P | 1837 | ENG | −12B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 735 | -33.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Balmond, TomENG+81.64.0 pts · #3
- 2Chandrashekhar, DruhaENG+43.62.0 pts · #11
- 3Tewari, SiddhantIND+41.22.0 pts · #9
- 1Mokhber-Garcia, SebastianENG-52.81.0 pts · #16
- 2O Brien, Thomas PENG-33.20.0 pts · #19
- 3V, KrishENG-31.60.0 pts · #22
- R1+302 Elo gap
- R5+198 Elo gap
- R2+171 Elo gap