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Southall FIDE Congress - 20, 21 June 2026 - U2400

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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.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
20 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Oleg Verbytski2260
Avg top 10
1,946
Participants
22
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇮🇳India×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
5
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Balmond takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Oleg Verbytski 4 wins (R1–R5)Tom Balmond 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Oleg Verbytski*
1
2Alexey M. Lapidus*
0
3Tom Balmond
0
1
*
4Paul J Colburn*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balmond, Tom1833ENG+17N+5B+3B2N+9N4.013.514.510.502160+81.6
2Verbytski, Oleg2260ENG+7N+6BF+1B+4N4.013.013.013.002660+12.8
3Lapidus, Alexey M.1956ENG+19N+4B1N+9B+5N4.012.512.58.502083+31.2
4Tyrrell, Lachlan Baly Hughes1798HKG+8B3N+18B+10N2B3.013.514.56.501977+17.0
5ONUOHA, Obioma2004NGR+11B1N+14B+8N3B3.013.015.07.001881-14.2
6Llewellyn, Julian D1832ENG+20B2N11B+16N+12B3.09.09.03.001788-5.4
7Kiuru, Otto1713ENG2B16N+21B+17N+11B3.08.08.03.0017350.0
8Colburn, Paul J1855ENG4N+19B+20N5B+15N3.07.57.51.501781-6.8
9Rubeck, Jonathan1895ENG+16B=12N+10B3N1B2.512.513.54.501647-25.0
10Amogh Gupta0IND=?N+15B9N4B+21N2.57.07.01.5016600.0
11Rowland, Alex1701ENG5N+17B+6N13B7N2.011.012.04.001758+9.2
12Tewari, Siddhant1535IND+22N=9B13N=15B6N2.09.09.02.001732+41.2
13Figeac, Aurelien2088FRAFF+12B+11NF2.04.04.04.002495+3.4
14Chandrashekhar, Druha1702ENGFF5N+19B+18B2.04.04.01.001988+43.6
15Vinoth, Varshyth1555ENGF10N+16B=12N8B1.58.58.52.001667+16.0
16Lin, Vickie1612ENG9N+7B15N6BF1.010.010.03.001556-12.8
17Saxena, Prakhar1514ENG1B11NF7B+20N1.09.09.00.001494-6.0
18Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian1900ENGFF4N+20B14N1.05.05.00.001542-52.8
19Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter)1685ENG3B8NF14NF0.09.09.00.001038-18.6
20V, Krish1501ENG6NF8B18N17B0.08.08.00.00975-31.6
21FIDE 3434945280F?B7NF10B0.05.55.50.009260.0
22O Brien, Thomas P1837ENG12BFFFF0.02.02.00.00735-33.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets