Northampton FIDE Congress - 28 February and 1 March 2026 - U1900

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Northampton, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1750, and top seed was Ian Bush (🇬🇧 ENG, 1840).

Sameera Kodukula (🇬🇧 ENG, 1787) won with 4.5/5, ahead of William Lin (4.0) and Jonadab Oki (3.5). Kodukula broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Amaan Sheikh (1495) beat Philip Sheldon (1736), a +241-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Northampton, England

Dates

28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Ian Bush1840

Avg top 10

1,750

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇬🇧England×22

🇬🇧Wales×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Sameera Kodukula
🇬🇧ENG·1787
4.5pts·2432perf+35.6
🥈
William Lin
🇬🇧ENG·1755
4.0pts·1873perf+24.4
🥉
Jonadab Oki
🇬🇧ENG
3.5pts·1725perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sameera Kodukula led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kodukula4.5Lin4Powell-Jones3.5Oki3.5Saharkar3Olteanu3

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sameera Kodukula held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Sameera Kodukula went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sameera Kodukula	*	—	1	½
2William Lin	—	*	½	1
3Liam Powell-Jones	0	½	*	—
4Jonadab Oki	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kodukula, Sameera	1787	ENG	+6B	+9N	=3N	+4B	+5N	4.5	13.0	15.5	13.75	2432	+35.6
2	Lin, William	1755	ENG	=8B	+18N	=4N	+17B	+3N	4.0	11.0	12.0	9.00	1873	+24.4
3	Oki, Jonadab	0	ENG	+13B	+5N	=1B	+8N	−2B	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1725	0.0
4	Powell-Jones, Liam	1652	WLS	+15B	+11N	=2B	−1N	+8B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.00	1898	+33.2
5	Olteanu, Daniel-Luca	0	ENG	+23N	−3B	+19B	+11N	−1B	3.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1705	0.0
6	Saharkar, Sharvari	1650	ENG	−1N	+24B	F	+7B	+20N	3.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	1863	+45.2
7	Helsby, David C	1637	ENG	−11B	+13N	+23B	−6N	+16B	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1629	-0.8
8	Strugar, Ioan-Euzeb	1626	ROU	=2N	+22B	+20N	−3B	−4N	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.50	1760	+14.0
9	Kasprowicz, Peter	1599	ENG	+24N	−1B	=18N	=15B	=12N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	1736	+17.8
10	Ursu, Alexander	1609	ENG	=12B	−15N	F	+24N	+11B	2.5	5.5	5.5	3.00	1863	+54.0
11	Ganger, Sajan	1780	ENG	+7N	−4B	+16N	−5B	−10N	2.0	12.0	13.5	4.50	1507	-43.6
12	Watkinson, Phil K	1755	ENG	=10N	−20B	F	+21N	=9B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	1573	-38.4
13	Homer, Neil S	1653	ENG	−3N	−7B	F	+23N	+22B	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	1728	+6.2
14	Sheikh, Amaan	1495	ENG	F	F	F	+22N	+19B	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2497	+60.8
15	OGorman, Brendan	1804	ENG	−4N	+10B	F	=9N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.75	1619	-14.2
16	Brown, James	0	ENG	+21B	=17N	−11B	F	−7N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1618	0.0
17	Bush, Ian	1840	ENG	+19N	=16B	F	−2N	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	1706	-7.2
18	Holmes, Stephen	1601	ENG	=22N	−2B	=9B	−19N	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1494	-10.8
19	Woods, Timothy J	1658	ENG	−17B	F	−5N	+18B	−14N	1.0	7.5	8.5	1.00	1520	-11.2
20	Mari, Peter	1520	ENG	F	+12N	−8B	F	−6B	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1551	+2.4
21	Liu, Anbo	1568	ENG	−16N	F	F	−12B	+23B	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1596	+3.2
22	Sheldon, Philip	1736	ENG	=18B	−8N	F	−14B	−13N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	1272	-89.6
23	Osborn, Mark	1446	ENG	−5B	F	−7N	−13B	−21N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	819	-31.6
24	Holmes, David P	1736	ENG	−9B	−6N	F	−10B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	818	-78.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sheikh, AmaanENG
+60.8
2.0 pts · #13
2Ursu, AlexanderENG
+54.0
2.5 pts · #6
3Saharkar, SharvariENG
+45.2
3.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Sheldon, PhilipENG
-89.6
0.5 pts · #22
2Holmes, David PENG
-78.8
0.0 pts · #23
3Ganger, SajanENG
-43.6
2.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R4+241 Elo gap
Sheikh, Amaan1495 beat Sheldon, Philip1736
R2+235 Elo gap
Mari, Peter1520 beat Watkinson, Phil K1755
R5+171 Elo gap
Ursu, Alexander1609 beat Ganger, Sajan1780