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Northampton FIDE Congress - 24 and 25 January 2026 - U1900

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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Northampton, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1725, and top seed was Robert Mitchell (🇬🇧 ENG, 1822).

Okwose Marc Obi (🇬🇧 ENG, 1818) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Djan Sennaroglu (4.5) and Sajan Ganger (3.5). Obi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Victor Skurko (1525) beat Christopher J Knight (1707), a +182-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Northampton, England
Dates
24 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Robert Mitchell1822
Avg top 10
1,725
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×15
🇱🇺Luxembourg×2
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 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Sennaroglu4.5Obi4.5Ganger3.5Helsby3.5Kirkwood3Sharma3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Obi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Djan Sennaroglu drew with Okwose Marc Obi (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Djan Sennaroglu 3 wins (R1–R3)Okwose Marc Obi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Djan Sennaroglu*
½
——
2Okwose Marc Obi
½
*——
3Sajan Ganger——*
1
4David C Helsby——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Obi, Okwose Marc1818ENG+7N+16B+5N=2N+6B4.513.013.010.751980+13.0
2Sennaroglu, Djan1789ENG+15B+11N+10N=1B+5B4.511.512.09.752093+64.0
3Ganger, Sajan1755ENG+4N−10B=9N+7B+12N3.510.012.09.001842+23.2
4Helsby, David C1609ENG−3B+14N+8B=9N+11B3.510.011.57.001812+27.0
5Sharma, Mihir1675ENG+13B+6N−1B+10B−2N3.014.016.07.001731+12.0
6Kirkwood, Ross W0ENG+9N−5B+16N+12B−1N3.011.511.54.0016870.0
7Konig, Jon1652ENG−1B=13N+11B−3N+15B2.512.012.53.501677+3.4
8Skurko, Victor1525ENG+12N−9B−4N=14B+13B2.59.511.04.751631+28.4
9Osmolovskii, Igor1674LUX−6B+8N=3B=4BF2.012.512.56.001755+12.8
10Mitchell, Robert1822ENG+14B+3N−2B−5NF2.012.512.55.001722-21.6
11Saharkar, Sharvari1690ENG+17N−2B−7N+16B−4N2.010.510.50.001530-42.8
12Knight, Christopher J1707ENG−8B+15N+17B−6N−3B2.09.59.50.501602-22.0
13Mari, Peter1495ENG−5N=7B=15N+17B−8N2.08.58.51.501524+3.6
14Homer, Neil S1669ENG−10N−4BF=8N+17N1.58.08.01.251527-16.0
15Kasprowicz, Peter1628ENG−2N−12B=13BF−7N0.511.011.01.001339-26.6
16Osmolovskii, Nikita1489LUXF−1N−6B−11NF0.09.59.50.00954-12.4
17Osborn, Mark1499ENG−11BF−12N−13N−14B0.07.57.50.00841-50.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets