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London Chess League FIDE Weekender - April 2026 - U2000

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in London, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1823, and top seed was Jonathan Rubeck (🇬🇧 ENG, 1962).

Julian D Llewellyn (🇬🇧 ENG, 1809) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Martin J Faulkner (4.0) and Thomas P O Brien (4.0). Llewellyn shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Domenico Amabile (1674) beat Jonathan Rubeck (1962), a +288-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Jonathan Rubeck1962
Avg top 10
1,823
Participants
32
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×28
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Llewellyn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thomas P O Brien beat Julian D Llewellyn (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Julian D Llewellyn 4 wins (R1–R4)Martin J Faulkner 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Llewellyn, Julian D1809ENG+16N+21B+4N+2B3N4.013.014.510.502017+25.6
2Faulkner, Martin J1857ENG+13B+11N+6B1N+5B4.012.514.510.501943+8.4
3O Brien, Thomas P1803ENG=12B+17N=18B+10N+1B4.011.013.010.751943+34.0
4Sweetnam, James William Ian1787ENG+7N+28B1B+20N9B3.011.512.55.501039-34.4
5Sennaroglu, Djan1806ENG28N+22B+13N+15B2N3.09.510.55.501933+37.2
6Gormley, Cathan1800IRL+27N+26B2N+11BF3.09.510.54.5017400.0
7Griffiths, Toby0ENG4B8N+27B+24N+20B3.09.010.04.0016110.0
8Croasdale, Mark1741ENG26N+7B19N+23B+13N3.08.59.56.501736-0.4
9Voiculescu-Holvad, Stefan1869FRAF+24N+14BF+4N3.06.56.56.502550+20.4
10Amabile, Domenico1674ITA14N+16B+31N3B=15N2.510.010.03.001799+16.0
11Abouchakra, Ibrahim1742ENG+29B2B+32N6N=17B2.59.59.51.501800+12.4
12Sengupta, Sohana1682ENG=3N+31B15N+26BF2.57.07.03.001865+37.6
13Fortunato, Bartolomeo1694ENG2N+27B5B+29N8B2.011.011.51.501537-32.4
14Paulins, Michael1785ENG+10BF9N+22NF2.010.010.04.001858+12.0
15Moseley, Alan1753ENGF=20N+12B5N=10B2.09.59.54.501703-4.2
16Ding, Yihua1692ENG1B10N=23N=25B+30N2.09.59.51.501443-52.0
17Chhabra, Vivaan1606ENGF3B+30N=21B=11N2.08.08.02.001639+4.8
18OGorman, Brendan1746ENG=22N+23B=3NFF2.07.07.04.251804+4.8
19FIDE 3434953890F+30B+8BFF2.03.03.03.0017620.0
20Gobayashi, Reno0ENGF=15B+21N4B7N1.59.59.52.5017620.0
21Sood, Vineet1728ENG+25B1N20B=17N24B1.59.010.52.501557-20.4
22Gilbertson, Cindy1669ENG=18B5N+25N14BF1.58.59.52.501605-6.2
23V, Krish1578ENGF18N=16B8N+27B1.58.08.02.001454-16.0
24Eagle, Joe1677ENGF9B=29N7B+21N1.58.08.01.751728+4.0
25Lu, Mobai1483ENG21NF22B=16N+29B1.55.55.51.501579+17.6
26Ramundo, Giuseppe Joe1563ENG+8B6NF12NF1.010.010.03.001712+7.8
27Sunil, Krishna0ENG6B13N7N+30B23N1.09.59.50.008360.0
28Bodereau, Marcel0ENG+5B4NFFF1.06.06.03.0017710.0
29Oudet, Charlotte1568ENG11NF=24B13B25N0.57.57.50.751327-42.8
30Balakrishnan, Akshata0ENGF19N17B27N16B0.07.07.00.008490.0
31Rubeck, Jonathan1962ENGF12N10BFF0.05.05.00.00878-33.6
32Gorrepati, Soumya1749ENGFF11BFF0.02.52.50.00942-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets