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Southall FIDE Congress - 28, 29 March 2026 - U1900

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Southall, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1768, and top seed was Paul J Colburn (🇬🇧 ENG, 1870).

Tom Mayers (🇬🇧 ENG, 1758) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Andrew Duprey (4.0) and Tibo Rushbrooke (3.5). Mayers won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Giuseppe Joe Ramundo (1553) beat Paul J Colburn (1870), a +317-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Paul J Colburn1870
Avg top 10
1,768
Participants
21
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×18
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
2
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Mayers4Duprey4Rushbrooke3.5Reddy3Ritam3Karlmarx2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Mayers takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Tom Mayers 3 wins (R3–R5)Tibo Rushbrooke 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Tom Mayers*——
1
2Andrew Duprey—*
1
½
3Tibo Rushbrooke—
0
*
½
4Avinash Reddy
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mayers, Tom1758ENG+8B−6N+7B+17N+4B4.010.512.09.501849+23.2
2Duprey, Andrew1715ENG+18B=4N+15B=6N+3N4.010.511.58.751910+40.8
3Rushbrooke, Tibo1814ENG+9B+7N+6B=4N−2B3.512.014.59.001821+1.8
4Avinash Reddy1775MAS+5N=2B+12N=3B−1N3.014.516.58.751788+2.0
5Majumdar Ritam1616IND−4B+18N−13B+21N+6B3.08.58.53.501564-4.4
6Karlmarx, Sarwayogan1539ENG+10N+1B−3N=2B−5N2.514.517.08.501728+48.4
7Bedi, Devina1694ENG+19N−3B−1N+18B=10N2.511.011.52.751497-27.6
8Vinoth, Varshyth1599ENG−1N+19B−9N+16B=12N2.510.010.53.001570-7.6
9Singla, Keshav1636ENG−3N=16B+8B+15N−14B2.59.511.04.751698+16.4
10Kiuru, Otto1738ENG−6B+11N+21B−13N=7B2.59.59.53.751627-24.8
11Colburn, Paul J1870ENG=12N−10B−16N+19B+20N2.56.57.02.001588-29.8
12Lim, Yu-Chin (Peter)1679ENG=11B+20N−4B−14N=8B2.010.010.53.001679-0.4
13Davletshin, Ildar1753ENGFF+5N+10BF2.05.55.55.502477+32.0
14Paulins, Michael1784ENGFFF+12B+9N2.04.54.54.502458+26.4
15Sood, Vineet1740ENG+16N=17B−2N−9BF1.59.59.52.251499-25.4
16Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1553ENG−15B=9N+11B−8NF1.59.09.03.751624+5.6
17Gudovijus, Kestutis1437ENG+20B=15NF−1BF1.56.06.01.251742+21.6
18Bryant, Luke0ENG−2N−5B=20B−7N=19N1.010.010.50.5013660.0
19Chann, Nicholas Ryan0HKG−7B−8NF−11N=18B0.58.58.50.509210.0
20Georgoudis, Nikolas1728ENG−17N−12B=18NF−11B0.57.07.00.50862-69.2
21Bors, Boglarka Rebecca0ENGFF−10N−5BF0.07.07.00.008770.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets