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Southall FIDE Congress - 21, 22 February 2026 - U1900

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Southall, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1782, and top seed was Marek Simon (🇵🇱 POL, 1842).

Marek Simon (🇵🇱 POL, 1842) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Timothy Watson (4.5) and Daniel Codd (4.0). Simon shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Philip Ongcachuy (1554) beat Julian D Llewellyn (1761), a +207-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱Marek Simon1842
Avg top 10
1,782
Participants
34
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×29
🇮🇹Italy×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇮🇲Unknown (IOM)×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇸🇱Sierra Leone×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
8
2
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Simon takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Marek Simon drew with Timothy Watson (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Marek Simon 3 wins (R1–R3)Timothy Watson 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Marek Simon*
½
1
2Timothy Watson
½
*
3Daniel Codd
0
*
4Francesco Poderico*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Simon, Marek1842POL+14B+27N+3B=2N+8B4.514.014.512.252075+17.6
2Watson, Timothy1765ENG+31B+20N+6B=1B+5N4.513.013.010.751996+38.8
3Codd, Daniel1731ENG+32B+26N1N+17B+7N4.011.011.06.501892+39.2
4Poderico, Francesco1704ITA=28N=30B+10B+18N+6B4.08.59.08.501904+24.6
5Soulier, Arne0ENG+29B+33N=19B+9N2B3.510.010.04.5017560.0
6Vinoth, Varshyth1527ENG+11B+8N2N+25B4N3.014.516.07.501774+65.6
7Agbaje, Samzu.o.h.1635SLE+30B+10N=9B=22N3B3.012.012.56.001854+58.8
8Sood, Vineet1728ENG+21N6B+26B+19N1N3.011.513.05.501699-3.2
9Sipho, Donovan1781ENG+25N+17B=7N5B=23N3.010.512.06.001864+8.2
10Hayward, Alan1831ENG+34N7B4N+27B+14B3.010.010.03.001736-11.8
11Acharya, Nikesh1677ENG6N=25B+28N=15B+17N3.09.09.54.501678+1.2
12Llewellyn, Julian D1761ENG+18B24N14B+20N+19B3.08.510.56.001689-9.4
13Kiuru, Otto1758ENG17N+34B18N+31B+21N3.06.06.02.001705-13.6
14Shiva, Shrishti1661ENG1N+21B+12N=23B10N2.512.514.56.001770+28.4
15Bogerd, Ethan1667ENG20B+32NF=11N+18B2.57.07.03.501727+12.0
16Miller, Craig1687ENG24B+31N22B=26N+32B2.55.55.50.751623-8.4
17Lin, Vickie1632ENG+13B9N+33B3N11B2.013.013.03.001660+7.6
18Singla, Keshav1634ENG12N+29N+13B4B15N2.012.513.03.501640+1.6
19Saharkar, Sharvari1649ENG=22N+28B=5N8B12N2.011.512.03.251628-5.2
20Skurko, Victor1587ENG+15N2B25N12B+31N2.011.511.52.501623+8.8
21Zhang, Yichen1598ENG8B14N+29B+33N13B2.09.09.00.501635+9.6
22OGorman, Brendan1804ENG=19BF+16N=7BF2.07.57.55.001781-1.8
23Palav, Mayank1779ENGFF+27B=14N=9B2.06.06.03.251826+7.2
24Ongcachuy, Philip1554ENG+16N+12BFFF2.05.55.55.502524+58.0
25Pepe, Salvatore1638ENG9B=11N+20B6N26B1.511.012.53.501462-23.8
26Lu, Mobai1483ENGF3B8N=16B+25N1.511.011.02.751609+23.6
27Konig, Jon1661ENGF1B23N10N=29B0.510.010.00.251469-16.4
28Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1565ENG=4B19N11BFF0.59.09.02.001403-11.0
29Bhatt, Rishaan1671ENG5N18B21NF=27N0.58.08.00.251358-46.8
30Razhnou, Lev1763FID7N=4NFFF0.57.07.02.001477-30.0
31Watkinson, Colin1637IOM2N16BF13N20B0.012.012.00.00899-34.2
32Chhabra, Vivaan1630ENG3N15BFF16N0.09.59.50.00895-49.2
33Madden, Jason1715ENGF5B17N21BF0.07.57.50.00815-51.2
34Pride, Stephen C1657ENG10B13NFFF0.06.06.00.00995-12.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets