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London Chess League FIDE Weekender - January 2026 - Open

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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in London, England. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2034, and top seed was Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2202).

Manmay Chopra (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 2138) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Lukasz Domanski (4.0) and Alex Freeland (3.5). Chopra won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Maria-Alexandra Ciocan (WCM, 1982) beat Junhao Xian (2202), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳Junhao Xian2202
Avg top 10
2,034
Participants
27
Titled players · 4
CM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×16
🇬🇷Greece×3
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇮🇳IND·2138
    4.5pts·2322perf+16.6
  • 🥈
    🇵🇱POL·1985
    4.0pts·2141perf+18.8
  • 🥉
    🇬🇧WLS·2036
    3.5pts·2389perf+32.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Manmay Chopra led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Manmay Chopra held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Manmay Chopra beat Lukasz Domanski (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Manmay Chopra 4 wins (R1–R4)Alex Freeland 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMManmay Chopra*
1
½
—
2Lukasz Domanski
0
*——
3Alex Freeland
½
—*
1
4CMAaron Rich——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Manmay ChopraCM2138IND+12B+11N+2B+5N=3NF4.514.514.512.752322+16.6
2Domanski, Lukasz1985POL+16N+17B−1N+7B+9BF4.014.014.09.502141+18.8
3Freeland, Alex2036WLSF+8N+6B+4N=1BF3.513.013.010.752389+32.0
4Xian, Junhao2202CHN+7N+13B−5N−3B+15NF3.013.513.57.001994-22.8
5Ciocan, Maria-AlexandraWCM1982ROU+18B+20N+4B−1B−10NF3.012.512.55.502027+5.4
6Rich, AaronCM2028ENG=8B+25N−3N=14B+13NF3.010.510.54.751984-5.2
7Napolitano, Domenico1863ENG−4B+21N+26B−2N+11BF3.010.010.03.001974+10.6
8Garnett, John S1843ENG=6N−3B+22N−10N+12BF2.512.012.04.502004+20.8
9Ellson, Louie1815ENGF+14N=10B+13B−2NF2.510.510.55.252066+26.4
10Grose, Kameron2051ENGFF=9N+8B+5BF2.58.08.06.752153+13.2
11Sklavounos, Grigoris1919GRE+15N−1B−17N+25B−7NF2.012.012.02.501832-12.4
12De Rooij, Paul1856ENG−1N−15B+18N+21B−8NF2.011.511.52.501707-32.4
13Lampou, MariantaWCM1899GRE+21B−4N+20B−9N−6BF2.010.510.52.001838-19.2
14Ward, Cian1948ENGF−9B+15N=6N=16BF2.09.59.54.501879-15.2
15Lampos, Charalampos1832GRE−11B+12N−14B+26N−4BF2.09.09.02.001789-11.6
16Lee, Yuk Hei1841ENG−2B+22N=19BF=14NF2.08.58.52.751965+26.4
17Papneja, Vedant1851ENG+22B−2N+11BFFF2.07.07.03.002109+20.4
18Pires, Jonathan0ENG−5N−19N−12B+20B=25NF1.58.08.01.2517050.0
19Li, Harvey1879ENG−20N+18B=16NFFF1.54.54.52.501586-30.4
20Sood, Vineet1717ENG+19B−5B−13N−18N−22BF1.09.09.01.501759+3.0
21Sennaroglu, Djan1789ENG−13N−7BF−12NF+23B1.08.08.01.001073-46.0
22Mellis, Alexander2047USA−17N−16B−8BF+20NF1.07.57.51.001620-86.4
23Saull, Oliver0ENGFFFF+?B−21N1.01.01.00.0017790.0
24Williams, Joseph0ENGFFFFF+?N1.00.00.00.0015230.0
25Saxena, Advik1835ENGF−6BF−11N=18BF0.56.56.50.751174-25.6
26FIDE 3434885600—FF−7N−15BFF0.05.05.00.0010480.0
27FIDE 3434836150—FFFFF−?B0.00.00.00.008880.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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