University of Warwick 1st Congress BCC Qualifier - Open

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44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Coventry, England. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2185, and top seed was Lorenzo Fava (🇮🇹 ITA, FM, 2369).

Arya Cont (🇬🇧 ENG, 2115) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Theo Khoury (4.0) and Shyam Jagdish Modi (4.0). Cont won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Oliver Faulkner (1646) beat Robert Akeya-Price (1934), a +288-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Coventry, England

Dates

28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹FMLorenzo Fava2369

Avg top 10

2,185

Participants

Titled players · 8

IM×1

FM×3

CM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×36

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇬🇧Wales×1

🇺🇬Uganda×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

Top 3

🥇
Arya Cont
🇬🇧ENG·2115
4.5pts·2454perf+38.8
🥈
FMTheo Khoury
🇬🇧ENG·2264
4.0pts·2227perf-10.4
🥉
Shyam Jagdish Modi
🇬🇧ENG·2056
4.0pts·2298perf+29.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Arya Cont led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Cont4.5Modi4Khoury4Okhai4Finn3.5Zhu3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Arya Cont held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arya Cont drew with Shyam Jagdish Modi (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Arya Cont won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Arya Cont	*	½	—	—
2Shyam Jagdish Modi	½	*	—	—
3FMTheo Khoury	—	—	*	—
4Shabir Okhai	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cont, Arya	2115	ENG	+30B	+22N	+15B	+7B	=3N	4.5	12.0	13.5	11.50	2454	+38.8
2	Khoury, TheoFM	2264	ENG	+8B	=5N	+31B	=16N	+12B	4.0	12.5	14.0	11.00	2227	-10.4
3	Modi, Shyam Jagdish	2056	ENG	+41B	=13N	+25B	+11N	=1B	4.0	12.5	13.0	9.25	2298	+29.6
4	Okhai, Shabir	2068	ENG	+34B	+37N	=6B	=5N	+16B	4.0	11.0	12.0	8.50	2172	+9.2
5	Yu, RockCM	1964	ENG	+27N	=2B	+10N	=4B	=13N	3.5	14.5	16.5	11.00	2198	+56.8
6	Finn, PeterCM	2188	ENG	=9N	+32B	=4N	=23B	+17N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.75	2115	-6.8
7	Jackson, EdwardCM	2148	ENG	+40B	+18N	+29B	−1N	=11B	3.5	12.0	13.0	7.00	2167	+3.2
8	Vaddhireddy, Sai	1965	ENG	−2N	+27B	=14N	+26B	+23N	3.5	11.0	13.0	7.50	2130	+21.2
9	Zhu, Richard	2039	ENG	=6B	+44N	−11B	+28N	+22B	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	2182	+20.2
10	Magzumov, Damirali	1782	KAZ	+24B	=31N	−5B	+30N	+19B	3.5	9.5	11.0	6.75	2047	+34.0
11	Clarke, James	1958	ENG	=32N	+39B	+9N	−3B	=7N	3.0	12.5	13.5	7.00	2016	+8.8
12	Borissow, Magnus	1982	ENG	+26B	−15N	+36B	+18N	−2N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	2154	+19.8
13	Lawton, Geoff WIM	2347	ENG	+35N	=3B	F	+22N	=5B	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.25	2183	-5.7
14	Baer, Bruce L	1990	ENG	=20B	=23N	=8B	=24N	+35B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.50	2029	+4.2
15	Fava, LorenzoFM	2369	ITA	+36N	+12B	−1N	=17B	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.25	2099	-21.6
16	Harrison, Oliver	1836	ENG	+44B	+25N	F	=2B	−4N	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.00	2193	+35.0
17	Patel, Keatan	1939	ENG	−23B	+33N	+37B	=15N	−6B	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.75	2009	+4.2
18	Lynch, Ethan	1917	ENG	+42N	−7B	=35N	−12B	+34N	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.75	1897	-6.4
19	Faulkner, Oliver	1646	ENG	−22B	=30N	+32N	+38B	−10N	2.5	8.5	9.5	3.25	1849	+27.0
20	Mikhalchuk, Vitali	0	ENG	=14N	F	−22B	+36N	+25B	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.50	2007	0.0
21	Manrique Barrowman, Jorge	1760	ENG	−31B	=24N	−26N	+43B	+33N	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1908	+36.4
22	Modi, Kishan Jagdish	1993	ENG	+19N	−1B	+20N	−13B	−9N	2.0	13.5	16.0	5.00	1830	-16.4
23	Szakmany, Bence	1958	WLS	+17N	=14B	F	=6N	−8B	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.75	2020	+3.2
24	Woozeer, Seth	1906	ENG	−10N	=21B	+39N	=14B	−28B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.75	1795	-30.8
25	Arnott, Jonathan WCM	2038	ENG	+33N	−16B	−3N	+41B	−20N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.00	1905	-13.8
26	Ichim, Grieg	1899	ENG	−12N	F	+21B	−8N	+30B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1895	-1.2
27	Tamilselvan, Tara	1738	ENG	−5B	−8N	−33B	+39N	+36B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	1838	+24.8
28	Iyengar, Ilya	1989	ENG	+43B	−29N	F	−9B	+24N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1958	-2.6
29	Kawuma, Steven MaleFM	2160	UGA	+38N	+28B	−7N	F	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	2149	-0.8
30	Fearnhead, Benjamin	1876	ENG	−1N	=19B	+38N	−10B	−26N	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.25	1717	-40.8
31	Briggs, Philip J	2130	ENG	+21N	=10B	−2N	F	F	1.5	11.0	11.0	4.25	1945	-11.4
32	Stewart, Hari	1663	ENG	=11B	−6N	−19B	+37N	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	1607	-11.6
33	Honarvarmahalati, Hooman	1871	IRI	−25B	−17B	+27N	=34N	−21B	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	1731	-18.8
34	Naithani, Shaurya	1928	USA	−4N	−36B	+42N	=33B	−18B	1.5	9.0	9.5	1.25	1628	-55.6
35	Fowler, Jonathan	1898	ENG	−13B	+41N	=18B	F	−14N	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1922	+4.0
36	Faulkner, Adam	1873	ENG	−15B	+34N	−12N	−20B	−27N	1.0	10.0	11.5	1.50	1801	-30.0
37	Barker, Jacob	0	ENG	F	−4B	−17N	−32B	+38N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1712	0.0
38	Akeya-Price, Robert	1934	ENG	−29B	+43N	−30B	−19N	−37B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1653	-28.4
39	Caira, Theodore	1856	ENG	F	−11N	−24B	−27B	+43N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1641	-36.8
40	Gordon, Sean	1966	ENG	−7N	+42B	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.50	1348	-5.2
41	Arp, Piotr Alexander	1855	GER	−3N	−35B	F	−25N	=42B	0.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	1190	-19.4
42	Green, Joel	0	ENG	−18B	−40N	−34B	F	=41N	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1593	0.0
43	Nalabothula, Dushyanth Gan	1735	ENG	−28N	−38B	F	−21N	−39B	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1076	-51.2
44	Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien	2061	MAS	−16N	−9B	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1134	-25.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yu, RockCMENG
+56.8
3.5 pts · #8
2Cont, AryaENG
+38.8
4.5 pts · #1
3Manrique Barrowman, JorgeENG
+36.4
2.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Naithani, ShauryaUSA
-55.6
1.5 pts · #38
2Nalabothula, Dushyanth GanENG
-51.2
0.0 pts · #43
3Fearnhead, BenjaminENG
-40.8
1.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R4+288 Elo gap
Faulkner, Oliver1646 beat Akeya-Price, Robert1934
R3+254 Elo gap
Cont, Arya2115 beat FMFava, Lorenzo2369
R1+225 Elo gap
Harrison, Oliver1836 beat Chua, Chee Sian Sebastien2061