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2026 Coventry Open

Open SwissStandard

33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Coventry, England. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Finlay Bowcott-Terry (4.0) and Zack Norris (4.0). Xian broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇬🇧Coventry, England
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
33
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇧England×25
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Junhao Xian led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
15
6
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Junhao Xian never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Junhao Xian 5 wins (R1–R5)Zack Norris 3 wins (R1–R3)Joseph D Friar 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Junhao Xian*
1
2Zack Norris*
0
3Joseph D Friar*
4Finlay Bowcott-Terry
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xian, Junhao0CHN+28B+16N+17N+6B+2N5.011.012.012.002713+19.8
2Bowcott-Terry, Finlay0ENG+19B+27N+4B+3N1B4.015.016.511.502298+8.4
3Norris, Zack0ENG+12N+30B+7N2B+11B4.012.013.09.002241+25.2
4Bullen, AlexCM0WLS+20N+13B2N+7B+17N4.011.513.59.502174+8.4
5Friar, Joseph D0ENG16B+28N+18B+9N+8B4.010.011.09.002150+56.0
6Harrison, Oliver0ENG+9B+10NF1N+19B3.013.013.08.002209+37.6
7Patel, Keatan0ENG+21B+25N3B4N+18B3.012.013.55.501969+4.8
8Maung Maung Latt0MYA+23N17B+15N+10B5N3.011.513.07.001945-17.6
9Sagyaman, Francis William0PHI6N+26B+16N5B+21N3.011.012.55.501941-8.2
10Baer, Bruce L0ENG+26N6B+14B8N+20N3.010.512.06.002003+2.6
11Mason, Donald J0ENG+24B=18NF+12B3N2.510.010.05.001963-5.0
12Fearnhead, Benjamin0ENG3B+31N+25B11N=23B2.59.510.02.751892+4.0
13Pyda, Arjun0ENG+29B4N=27B14N+30B2.59.010.02.751965+19.0
14Sherwood, Gabriel0ENGF=15B10N+13B+32N2.58.58.54.252022+27.2
15Rubeck, Jonathan0ENGF=14N8B+29N+24B2.58.08.03.752005+9.2
16Sanchez, Eduardo J0ENG+5N1B9B=24N=28B2.013.514.55.251866-3.6
17Singh, Guranshvir0ENGF+8N1B+30N4B2.013.013.04.002082+54.8
18Tamilselvan, Tara0ENG+22N=11B5N=32B7N2.011.512.03.501889+36.0
19Fowler, Jonathan0ENG2N+23B+21NF6N2.010.510.53.501906+2.8
20Sahoo, Shivam0ENG4B=29N=24B+25N10B2.010.011.02.751818-22.0
21Karangad, Mohit0ENG7N+33B19B+31N9B2.08.58.50.501845+12.8
22Faulkner, Adam0ENG18B=24N=29B23N+31B2.06.06.51.751722-55.2
23Ranasinghe, R A Chaniru Chanudika0SRI8B19NF+22B=12N1.59.59.53.251857+16.4
24Dhingra, Kanvansh0ENG11N=22B=20N=16B15N1.59.011.03.001778+11.2
25Poderico, Francesco0ITA+33N7B12N20B=26N1.59.09.00.751765+6.6
26Naithani, Shaurya0USA10B9N=31B=28N=25B1.58.59.01.501725-53.6
27Gillings, Matthew0ENG+32N2B=13NFF1.57.07.01.752013+3.2
28Billings, Alexander J0ENG1N5BF=26B=16N1.012.512.51.751785-13.2
29Lynch, Ethan0ENG13N=20B=22N15BF1.09.09.02.001697-46.0
30Sullivan, Daniel0ENG+31B3NF17B13N1.09.09.00.501699-24.2
31Manickam, Saravanna Bava0ENG30N12B=26N21B22N0.58.09.00.751524-32.0
32Szakmany, Bence0WLS27BFF=18N14B0.56.06.01.001594-29.4
33Turner, Lewis A0ENG25B21NFFF0.03.53.50.00949-29.6

Key insights

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