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Southall FIDE Congress - 31 January to 1 February 2026 - U2400

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Southall, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1904, and top seed was Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2192).

Junhao Xian (🇨🇳 CHN, 2192) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tom Balmond (3.5) and Ilya Iyengar (3.5). Xian won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Vineet Sood (1728) beat Ilya Iyengar (1989), a +261-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Southall, England
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳Junhao Xian2192
Avg top 10
1,904
Participants
25
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×20
🇺🇸United States of America×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇸🇱Sierra Leone×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Junhao Xian led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Junhao Xian never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Junhao Xian won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Junhao Xian*
1
1
2Ilya Iyengar*
3Tom Balmond
0
*
4Maks Gajowniczek
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xian, Junhao2192CHN+11N+20B+2N+5B+4N5.012.013.013.002658+11.6
2Balmond, Tom1864ENG+8N+15B1B+6N=13B3.513.515.59.251998+37.6
3Iyengar, Ilya1989ENG6B+10N+11B=15N+9B3.511.513.59.501895-10.2
4Gajowniczek, Maks1864ENG+19N+9B5B+7N1B3.014.015.57.501898+4.4
5Kaushik, Madhav1895ENG+16N+18B+4N1NF3.011.511.56.502044+20.4
6Sood, Vineet1728ENG+3N=14B+18N2B=15B3.011.012.57.001864+15.2
7Zhang, Yichen1598ENG+12N=17B=14N4B+16N3.09.511.06.251825+58.8
8Pepe, Salvatore1638ENG2B+22N13B+18N+17B3.09.09.53.501767+13.4
9Behr, Rufus1737ENG+23N4N+25B+14B3N3.09.09.02.501820+16.8
10Llewellyn, Julian D1761ENG=17N3B=22N+23B+14N3.07.58.03.501781-0.8
11Codd, Daniel1731ENG1B+24N3N+22B=12N2.511.511.51.751841+23.6
12Silke Balerna, Pietro1762SUI7B+19N+17B13N=11B2.59.511.04.251709-14.0
13Lapidus, Alexey M.1943ENGFF+8N+12B=2N2.59.09.07.252019+10.4
14Johnson, Felix1860ENG+24B=6N=7B9N10B2.012.012.03.001623-62.4
15Kiuru, Otto1758ENGF2N+23B=3B=6N2.010.510.53.751727-6.0
16Saharkar, Sharvari1649ENG5B21B+24N+25N7B2.07.07.00.001618-21.2
17Rowland, Alex1587ENG=10B=7N12N=19B8N1.511.513.03.751543-11.6
18Williams, Joseph1813ENG+21N5N6B8B=23N1.510.010.51.251555-53.6
19Pride, Stephen C1657ENG4B12BF=17N+24B1.57.07.00.751625-7.6
20Voiculescu-Holvad, Stefan1859FRA+22B1NFFF1.05.55.50.501945+3.0
21Vuorenlehto, Pekka1742ENG18B+16NFFF1.03.53.52.002490+17.2
22James, Harry H1688USA20N8B=10B11NF0.59.59.51.501431-46.0
23Zhai, Yunqi0ENG9BF15N10N=18B0.59.59.50.759610.0
24Agbaje, Samzu.o.h.1635SLE14N11B16BF19N0.08.08.00.00942-57.6
25Liu, Anbo1566ENGFF9N16BF0.05.05.00.00914-24.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets