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University of Warwick 1st Congress BCC Qualifier - U1850

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Coventry, England. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1794, and top seed was Karl L Forman (🇬🇧 ENG, 1974).

Martin J Faulkner (🇬🇧 ENG, 1821) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Sehajdeep Singh (4.0) and Anna Cebolla Ruiz (4.0). Faulkner won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alice Li (1577) beat Philip Tarrant-Edwards (1770), a +193-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
🇬🇧Karl L Forman1974
Avg top 10
1,794
Participants
29
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×22
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇷🇴Romania×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Martin J Faulkner led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
6
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Faulkner5Li4Cebolla Ruiz4Singh4Edwards3.5Boiechko3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Martin J Faulkner never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Martin J Faulkner won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Martin J Faulkner*——
1
2Alice Li—*——
3Anna Cebolla Ruiz——*
0
4Sehajdeep Singh
0
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Faulkner, Martin J1821ENG+19B+12N+16B+2N+5B5.012.014.014.002441+16.6
2Sehajdeep Singh1615IND+21N+8B+3N−1B+7N4.015.017.012.001804+9.8
3Cebolla Ruiz, Anna1788ESP+25N+18B−2B+9N+8N4.012.013.09.001693-10.4
4Li, Alice1577ENG+9B+26N−5B+12N+15N4.011.012.08.501827+60.8
5Edwards, Rhys1752ENG+17N+7B+4N=10B−1N3.515.017.010.501728-1.4
6Boiechko, Andrii0ENG−7N+17B+27N=15B+13N3.59.510.06.0014870.0
7Lodge, Archie0ENG+6B−5N+22B+14N−2B3.013.515.58.0018010.0
8Barrett, Alexander0ENG+27B−2N+20B+16N−3B3.012.012.54.5015520.0
9Tarrant-Edwards, Philip1770ENG−4N+29B+23N−3B+17N3.012.012.04.001570-15.4
10Marlow, Ben1837ENG+20B=15N=14B=5N=12B3.010.512.57.251770-11.6
11Gandhi, Preesh1728ENG−16B−20N+25B+27N+18B3.07.07.53.50827-25.2
12FIDE 6510614300—+29N−1B+18N−4B=10N2.514.014.03.5016520.0
13Palaj, Arjen0ENG−15B=19N+28B+23N−6B2.59.510.03.5015670.0
14Faulkner, David J1833ENGF+24B=10N−7B+21N2.59.59.55.001947+5.8
15Brown, Stephanie1474ENG+13N=10BF=6N−4B2.013.013.05.751489-2.0
16Le Patourel, James0ENG+11N+23B−1N−8BF2.013.013.05.0017720.0
17Jones, Joshua0ENG−5B−6N+29B+22N−9B2.012.012.02.0018240.0
18Morrello, Rosa0ENG+22B−3N−12B+20N−11N2.011.513.54.0017860.0
19Peel, James1556ENG−1N=13B+24N=21BF2.011.011.03.751745+9.6
20Angheluta, Diana1627ROU−10N+11B−8N−18B+29N2.011.011.03.001903+21.8
21Mackenzie, Daniel0ENG−2B=28N+26B=19N−14B2.09.510.02.2515660.0
22Forman, Karl L1974ENG−18N+25B−7N−17B+24N2.08.59.52.502470+2.4
23FIDE 3434705640—+28B−16N−9B−13B+25N2.08.59.01.5017140.0
24Suchak, Parin1670ENG=26B−14N−19B+28N−22B1.57.58.01.001566-30.8
25FIDE 3434929910—−3B−22N−11N+26B−23B1.011.012.01.0015680.0
26Gandhi, Krish1527ENG=24N−4B−21N−25N=27B1.08.59.01.001406-12.4
27FIDE 3434930090—−8NF−6B−11B=26N0.510.510.50.5014330.0
28Bessant, Craig1658ENG−23N=21B−13N−24BF0.58.08.01.00870-19.2
29Dhillon, Tas1771ENG−12B−9N−17NF−20B0.09.59.50.00899-47.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets