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London Chess League FIDE Weekender - January 2026 - U1650

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in London, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1239, and top seed was Liubava Maksak (🇬🇧 ENG, 1620).

Prakhar Saxena (🇬🇧 ENG, 1568) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Reno Gobayashi (3.5) and Oliver Rozmus (3.0). Saxena won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Oliver Rozmus (1503) beat Liubava Maksak (1620), a +117-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 · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Liubava Maksak1620
Avg top 10
1,239
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Prakhar Saxena led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Prakhar Saxena held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Prakhar Saxena went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Prakhar Saxena*
½
1
2Reno Gobayashi*
3Oliver Rozmus
½
*
4David Nigel Thompson
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Saxena, Prakhar1568ENG+16B=3N+5B+12N=4N4.010.010.07.001688+12.0
2Gobayashi, Reno0ENG=9N+14B4N+7B+12N3.58.09.05.2516010.0
3Rozmus, Oliver1503ENG+7N=1B+13N=4B6N3.012.513.57.001862+54.4
4Chhabra, Vivaan0ENGF+16N+2B=3N=1B3.010.510.57.0015360.0
5Thompson, David Nigel1487ENG+11B=10B1N=15N+9B3.08.09.03.751551+7.0
6FIDE 3434824220FF+9B+13N+3B3.05.55.55.5016000.0
7Spearing, Nick1581ENG3B+11N=15B2N+10B2.59.010.03.001629+9.6
8Agarwal, Sparsh0ENGF13B11N+14N+16B2.03.03.01.007930.0
9Kerobyan, Mark0ENG=2BF6N+11B5N1.510.510.52.7515280.0
10Goulbourne, Nick1513ENG+14B=5N12BF7N1.57.57.52.501341-9.0
11Green, Alfie1568ENG5N7B+8B9NF1.09.09.02.00734-43.6
12Astrakhantceva, Elizaveta0ENGFF+10N1B2B1.09.09.01.5015410.0
13Maksak, Liubava1620ENGF+8N3B6BF1.08.08.02.00703-26.4
14FIDE 343460992010N2N+16B8BF1.07.07.00.007130.0
15Oudet, Charlotte1553ENGFF=7N=5BF1.05.55.52.751534-2.0
16FIDE 34348361501N4B14NF8N0.010.010.00.007680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets