2026 Coventry Open Under 2000

Open SwissStandard

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

Okwose Marc Obi (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tom Darling (4.0) and Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla (4.0). Obi 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

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇧England×28

Top 3

🥇
Okwose Marc Obi
🇬🇧ENG
4.5pts·2089perf+24.4
🥈
Tom Darling
🇬🇧ENG
4.0pts·2003perf+50.8
🥉
Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla
🇬🇧ENG
4.0pts·2050perf+94.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Okwose Marc Obi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Obi4.5Kuchibhatla4Darling4Caira3.5Boynton3.5Ireland3

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Okwose Marc Obi held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Okwose Marc Obi 3 wins (R1–R3)Tom Darling 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Okwose Marc Obi	*	—	½	—
2Ishaan Sai Kuchibhatla	—	*	—	0
3Tom Darling	½	—	*	½
4Theodore Caira	—	1	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Obi, Okwose Marc	ENG	+7N	+15B	+6N	=2B	+8N	4.5	13.0	15.0	13.00	2089	+24.4
2	Darling, Tom	ENG	+16B	+11N	+18B	=1N	=4B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.50	2003	+50.8
3	Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai	ENG	+12N	+14B	−4N	+17N	+6B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.00	2050	+94.8
4	Caira, Theodore	ENG	F	+23N	+3B	+19B	=2N	3.5	11.0	11.0	9.00	2045	+36.4
5	Boynton, Luke	ENG	−15N	+7B	+10N	=13B	+19B	3.5	10.5	12.5	9.25	1776	0.0
6	Acharya, Nikesh	ENG	+8B	+17N	−1B	+18N	−3N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.00	1876	+53.6
7	Faulkner, Oliver	ENG	−1B	−5N	+23B	+20N	+18B	3.0	12.0	13.0	5.00	1882	+27.0
8	Faulkner, Martin J	ENG	−6N	+22B	+25N	+12B	−1B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	1781	-4.0
9	Ireland, David J	ENG	+10B	−19N	=11B	=15N	+16B	3.0	9.5	11.5	7.25	1782	-17.8
10	Kodukula, Sameera	ENG	−9N	+26B	−5B	+24N	+17B	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.00	1928	+30.4
11	Drugan, Mark A	ENG	+20B	−2B	=9N	−14N	+24B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.50	1740	+3.2
12	Taylor, Robert K	ENG	−3B	+27N	+16B	−8N	=15B	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.00	1678	-24.6
13	Towers, Nigel S	ENG	=23B	+21N	F	=5N	=14B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.50	1942	+9.8
14	Graff, Ben	ENG	+27B	−3N	F	+11B	=13N	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1800	-4.6
15	Mehta, Sophie	ENG	+5B	−1N	F	=9B	=12N	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.25	1758	+8.4
16	Lawrence, Roy	ENG	−2N	+20B	−12N	+25B	−9N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1690	+20.4
17	Griffin-Young, Sebastian	ENG	+22N	−6B	+24N	−3B	−10N	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.50	1506	-69.2
18	Vaidyanathan, Sathya	ENG	+24N	+25B	−2N	−6B	−7N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1624	-58.8
19	Edwards, Rhys	ENG	+26B	+9B	F	−4N	−5N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1882	+10.6
20	Ou, Siyao	ENG	−11N	−16N	+27B	−7B	+25N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1580	+27.6
21	Forman, Karl L	ENG	F	−13B	F	+26N	+22B	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	1713	-13.2
22	Nguyen, Minh	ENG	−17B	−8N	=26N	+23B	−21N	1.5	8.0	9.0	1.50	1606	0.0
23	Ou, Siyuan	ENG	=13N	−4B	−7N	−22N	=26B	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.75	1502	-21.6
24	Patel, Diah	ENG	−18B	+28N	−17B	−10B	−11N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1563	-20.4
25	Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan	ENG	+28B	−18N	−8B	−16N	−20B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1470	-64.8
26	Vijay, Kayal	ENG	−19N	−10N	=22B	−21B	=23N	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.25	1442	-13.2
27	Prabhakaran, Anvikkashri	ENG	−14N	−12B	−20N	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	928	-41.6
28	Levy, Christopher A	ENG	−25N	−24B	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	893	-27.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kuchibhatla, Ishaan SaiENG
+94.8
4.0 pts · #2
2Acharya, NikeshENG
+53.6
3.0 pts · #9
3Darling, TomENG
+50.8
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Griffin-Young, SebastianENG
-69.2
2.0 pts · #20
2Nalabothula, Dushyanth GanENG
-64.8
1.0 pts · #23
3Vaidyanathan, SathyaENG
-58.8
2.0 pts · #15