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The Army and Navy Club Pall Mall FIDE Congress - Open

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12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in London SW1, England. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2000, and top seed was Rajat Makkar (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2418).

Rajat Makkar (🇫🇷 FRA, IM, 2418) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Alfie Onslow (3.0) and Alistair Hill (2.5). Makkar won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mark Nagy-Miticzky (1806) beat Chris N Njotea (2041), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧London SW1, England
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷IMRajat Makkar2418
Avg top 10
2,000
Participants
12
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇧England×8
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Rajat Makkar led from R2; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Rajat Makkar never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Rajat Makkar beat Alfie Onslow (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Rajat Makkar won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMRajat Makkar*
1
1
1
2Alfie Onslow
0
*
1
3CMManmay Chopra
0
*
4Vikas Sajanani
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Makkar, RajatIM2418FRA+7B+3N+5B+2N+4B5.010.511.511.502906+7.2
2Onslow, Alfie2176ENG+4NF+3B1B+9B3.010.010.05.002254+9.8
3Hill, Alistair2119ENG+9N1B2N+6N=5B2.513.013.03.752075-4.4
4Sajanani, Vikas1904ENG2B=6N+7B+9N1N2.511.511.52.252026+13.2
5Manmay ChopraCM2174IND+6BF1N+7N=3N2.511.011.04.752191+2.8
6Nagy-Miticzky, Mark1806HUN5N=4B+9N3B+7N2.58.58.52.252008+46.8
7Njotea, Chris N2041ENG1N+9B4N5B6B1.012.512.50.001781-33.6
8Lee, Seho1861ENGFFFF+11N1.00.00.00.002497+11.2
9Prince, Alan R1802ENG3B7N6B4B2N0.010.511.50.001209-25.6
10Mehdi, Ahmed0ENGFFFF?B0.02.52.50.0010250.0
11Bishop, Geoffrey L1697ENGFFFF8B0.01.01.00.001061-5.6
12FIDE 3434904680FFFF?B0.00.00.00.008190.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets