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The Army and Navy Club Pall Mall FIDE Congress - U2000

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in London SW1, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1841, and top seed was Marcus Gordon (🇬🇧 ENG, 1928).

Tony D Wells (🇬🇧 ENG, 1882) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Daniel-Luca Olteanu (4.0) and Lorenzo Pasqualetto (4.0). Wells shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Paolo Ortolani (1743) beat Marcus Gordon (1928), a +185-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
🇬🇧Marcus Gordon1928
Avg top 10
1,841
Participants
22
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×15
🇮🇹Italy×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Pasqualetto4Olteanu4Wells4Llewellyn3.5Silke Balerna3Barton3— ex-leaders:Wellsled R3, #13
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Wells takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Lorenzo Pasqualetto 3 wins (R2–R4)Daniel-Luca Olteanu 3 wins (R3–R5)Tony D Wells 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lorenzo Pasqualetto*—
½
—
2Daniel-Luca Olteanu—*
0
—
3Tony D Wells
½
1
*—
4Julian D Llewellyn———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wells, Tony D1882ENG+7B+2N+6B=8N=3B4.014.016.513.251890+0.6
2Olteanu, Daniel-Luca0ENG+11N−1B+13B+20N+8B4.011.011.57.5018490.0
3Pasqualetto, Lorenzo1853ITA=10N+19B+5N+18B=1N4.010.511.58.251999+17.8
4Llewellyn, Julian D1733ENG=14B=20N=9B+15N+13B3.58.08.56.001963+31.0
5Majumdar Ritam1616IND+13B+9N−3B=14N=12B3.011.013.06.751893+36.2
6Barton, John0ENG+17N+21B−1NF+9B3.08.08.04.0018770.0
7Silke Balerna, Pietro1732SUI−1N+17B−14N+22B+18N3.08.08.02.001889+21.2
8Degrassi, Alice1710ENGF+15B+10N=1B−2N2.512.012.06.002065+53.6
9Sweetnam, James William Ian1789ENG+22N−5B=4N+10B−6N2.512.012.04.251782-2.4
10Crisanto Roth, Feargus1701ENG=3B+12N−8B−9N+22N2.511.511.54.501770+18.4
11Chauhan, Ashish1777IND−2B=16N+17B−12N+20B2.59.09.52.251864+18.4
12Banerji, Kumar1803ENGF−10B+19N+11B=5N2.59.09.05.0018040.0
13Croasdale, Mark1755ENG−5N+22B−2N+16B−4N2.012.012.01.501687-7.6
14Mellis, Alexander1907USA=4NF+7B=5BF2.09.59.56.251819-12.4
15OGorman, Brendan1794ENG=16B−8N+21N−4B−17N1.58.59.01.251615-24.2
16Clarke, Christopher1700ENG=15N=11B−18N−13N=21B1.57.07.52.251672-7.6
17Mirza, Gabriel1749IRL−6B−7N−11NF+15B1.010.010.01.501643-8.4
18Lim, Mark1852ENGFF+16B−3N−7B1.08.58.51.501637-17.2
19Ortolani, Paolo1743ITAF−3N−12B+21BF1.07.07.00.501736-0.6
20De Rooij, Paul1825ENGF=4BF−2B−11N0.510.010.01.751562-28.0
21Gordon, Marcus1928ENGF−6N−15B−19N=16N0.57.07.00.751473-68.4
22Bishop, Geoffrey L1697ENG−9B−13NF−7N−10B0.010.010.00.00944-34.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets