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London Chess League FIDE Weekender - March 2026 - U2000

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in London, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1828, and top seed was Marcus Gordon (🇬🇧 ENG, 1928).

Avinash Reddy (🇲🇾 MAS, 1775) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Jonathan D Smith (3.5). Reddy won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vivaan Chhabra (1581) beat Marcus Gordon (1928), a +347-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Marcus Gordon1928
Avg top 10
1,828
Participants
27
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×21
🇮🇳India×2
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Avinash Reddy led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Avinash Reddy never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Avinash Reddy won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Avinash Reddy1775MAS+17B+8N+7B+4B+3N5.012.013.513.502562+39.0
2Smith, Jonathan D1784ENG3N+20N+21B=19B+4N3.59.010.56.752097+55.6
3FIDE 3434709630+2B13N+5B+11N1B3.014.516.59.5018250.0
4Rahman, K Azizur1911ENG+16B+9N+6B1N2B3.014.516.58.001831-10.0
5Czarnuch, Dominic1842ENG+10N6B3N+22B+17N3.010.511.55.501837+0.8
6OGorman, Brendan1794ENG+26B+5N4N=17B=12N3.010.010.05.001794+1.0
7Gupta, Aditya1803ENGF+12B1N+18B+23N3.010.010.05.001909+21.2
8Sennaroglu, Djan1783ENG+15N1B17N+27B+21B3.010.010.03.501678-24.4
9Croasdale, Mark1755ENG+22N4B+27N12B+24N3.07.57.52.001707-4.8
10Gunawardana, Thivan Manamperi1679ENG5B+26NF+13N+14B3.07.07.04.001862+14.6
11Hayes, Christopher1737ENGF+25B+18N3B+19N3.06.56.53.502616+72.4
12Degrassi, Alice1710ENGF7N+20B+9N=6B2.510.510.56.001850+30.0
13Gormley, Cathan0IRL=23N+3B19N10B=18N2.09.010.04.2515430.0
14Moseley, Alan1777ENGF18B+22N+15B10N2.07.57.53.001620-16.4
15Majumdar Ritam1616IND8BF+25N14N+20B2.07.07.02.001789+17.2
16Morgan, Marc1687FRA4N22B+26N24B+27N2.05.05.00.001540-20.4
17Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1553ENG1NF+8B=6N5B1.514.014.04.501711+14.2
18Helsby, David C1637ENGF+14N11B7N=13B1.510.010.03.001647+1.0
19Davies, Neil1883ENGFF+13B=2N11B1.58.58.53.751568-16.8
20Gilbertson, Cindy1669ENG=25N2B12N+26B15N1.58.58.50.251577-12.6
21Chhabra, Vivaan1581ENGF=23B2N+25B8N1.58.08.01.001723+25.2
22Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava1547IND9B+16N14B5NF1.010.010.02.001572+2.0
23Stell, Edmund1741ENG=13B=21NFF7B1.07.57.51.751499-25.6
24Vijay, Kayal1503ENGFFF+16N9B1.06.06.02.001721+22.0
25Gordon, Marcus1928ENG=20B11N15B21NF0.58.08.00.751329-112.8
26Rozmus, Oliver1593ENG6N10B16B20NF0.09.59.50.00907-55.6
27Lu, Mobai1506ENGFF9B8N16B0.08.08.00.00941-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets