Tunbridge Wells FIDE Congress June 2026 U1800

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28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Tunbridge Wells, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1711, and top seed was Hugh G Tassell (🇬🇧 ENG, 1777).

Thommy T Lipardo (🇵🇭 PHI, 1771) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Druha Chandrashekhar (4.5) and Alice Li (3.5). Lipardo shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Krish V (1501) beat Shrisha Tarihalkar (1698), a +197-point gap.

Location

🇬🇧Tunbridge Wells, England

Dates

05 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧Hugh G Tassell1777

Avg top 10

1,711

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇬🇧England×19

🇮🇳India×2

🇵🇭Philippines×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
Thommy T Lipardo
🇵🇭PHI·1771
4.5pts·2027perf+50.0
🥈
Druha Chandrashekhar
🇬🇧ENG·1702
4.5pts·1995perf+61.2
🥉
Alice Li
🇬🇧ENG·1628
3.5pts·1820perf+41.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lipardo4.5Chandrashekhar4.5Jyothika U3.5Li3.5Tewari3Peel3

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Lipardo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Thommy T Lipardo drew with Druha Chandrashekhar (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Thommy T Lipardo went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Thommy T Lipardo	*	½	—	1
2Druha Chandrashekhar	½	*	—	—
3Jyothika U R	—	—	*	½
4Alice Li	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lipardo, Thommy T	1771	PHI	+5B	+17N	=2B	+3N	+10B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.25	2027	+50.0
2	Chandrashekhar, Druha	1702	ENG	+25B	+28N	=1N	+8B	+6B	4.5	10.5	10.5	8.25	1995	+61.2
3	Li, Alice	1628	ENG	+18B	+21N	=4B	−1B	+9N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.25	1820	+41.2
4	Jyothika U R	1740	IND	F	+26B	=3N	+19B	+8N	3.5	8.5	8.5	6.75	1972	+19.2
5	Taylor, Marcel V	1614	ENG	−1N	+24B	+16N	=9B	=11N	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1579	-2.6
6	Tewari, Siddhant	1535	IND	−9N	+23B	+20N	+11B	−2N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1738	+55.6
7	Peel, James	1599	ENG	F	−8B	+26N	+18N	+14B	3.0	7.5	7.5	5.00	1708	+5.6
8	Tassell, Hugh G	1777	ENG	=15B	+7N	+14B	−2N	−4B	2.5	13.5	16.0	6.75	1586	-21.0
9	Bernard, Christopher	1669	ENG	+6B	=14N	=21B	=5N	−3B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.75	1625	-5.0
10	Ng, Yi Him Ryan	1708	HKG	F	+22B	=19N	+12B	−1N	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.50	1671	-3.6
11	Kota, Ashwath Kumar	1673	ENG	=12N	=13B	+28B	−6N	=5B	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1535	-36.8
12	Lu, Mobai	1496	ENG	=11B	=18N	+15B	−10N	=17B	2.5	9.5	11.5	5.75	1671	+36.4
13	Collins, Nigel	1520	ENG	=20B	=11N	=17B	=21N	=15B	2.5	9.0	11.0	5.50	1679	+20.8
14	FIDE 343430864	0	—	+23N	=9B	−8N	+28B	−7N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	1629	0.0
15	Eagle, Joe	1649	ENG	=8N	=27B	−12N	+23B	=13N	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.75	1641	-1.0
16	FIDE 343496415	0	—	−17N	+25N	−5B	+26B	=19N	2.5	7.5	8.0	2.00	1592	0.0
17	Wood, Peter C	1652	ENG	+16B	−1B	=13N	F	=12N	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1471	-14.6
18	FIDE 343497420	0	—	−3N	=12B	+22N	−7B	=20N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.25	1519	0.0
19	V, Krish	1501	ENG	F	+20N	=10B	−4N	=16B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1715	+32.8
20	Tarihalkar, Shrisha	1698	ENG	=13N	−19B	−6B	+24N	=18B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.25	1246	-68.0
21	OGorman, Brendan	1721	ENG	+24N	−3B	=9N	=13B	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1481	-19.2
22	Delacour, Jacob	1534	ENG	F	−10N	−18B	+25N	+23B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.50	1742	+33.6
23	O`Neill, Tom C	1590	SCO	−14B	−6N	+25B	−15N	−22N	1.0	10.0	10.5	0.50	1375	-22.6
24	FIDE 343430953	0	—	−21B	−5N	F	−20B	+28N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1443	0.0
25	Chadwick, Susan E	1553	ENG	−2N	−16B	−23N	−22B	=26N	0.5	10.0	10.5	0.25	1294	-23.2
26	McKenna, John R	1638	ENG	F	−4N	−7B	−16N	=25B	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.25	1358	-20.6
27	Saharkar, Sharvari	0	ENG	F	=15N	F	F	F	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1649	-9.2
28	Reynolds, Matthew	1510	ENG	F	−2B	−11N	−14N	−24B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	888	-21.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chandrashekhar, DruhaENG
+61.2
4.5 pts · #2
2Tewari, SiddhantIND
+55.6
3.0 pts · #4
3Lipardo, Thommy TPHI
+50.0
4.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Tarihalkar, ShrishaENG
-68.0
2.0 pts · #27
2Kota, Ashwath KumarENG
-36.8
2.5 pts · #11
3Chadwick, Susan EENG
-23.2
0.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R2+197 Elo gap
V, Krish1501 beat Tarihalkar, Shrisha1698
R3+163 Elo gap
Tewari, Siddhant1535 beat Tarihalkar, Shrisha1698
R3+153 Elo gap
Lu, Mobai1496 beat Eagle, Joe1649