All games will be upstairs this year.

1st. £1,250, 2nd. £800, 3rd. £600, 4th. £400, 5th. £200
1st Woman. £250, 2nd. £100
1st U18. £100, 1st 50+. £100
2x Rating Prizes (TBD). £100 each

Many thanks to our sponsors for supporting the event!
- English Chess Federation
- The Chess Trust
- The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust
- The Friends of Chess

VI Mindsports International Festival 2026 - Super Swiss {£4,000 in prizes!}

Organizer(s)Elite Chess Events
FederationEngland ( ENG )
Tournament directorLance Leslie-Smith
Chief ArbiterIA Jake Hung
Deputy Chief ArbiterIA Jo Wildman
Time control (Standard)G: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1
LocationLondon Mindsports Centre, 21 Dalling Rd, London W6 0JD
Number of rounds9
Tournament typeSwiss-System
Rating calculationRating national, Rating international
FIDE-Event-ID482336
Date2026/08/24 to 2026/08/29
Rating-Ø / Average age2173 / 22
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 24.08.2026 22:21:09, Creator: Leslie-Smith,Lance,Last Upload: Chess Coaching Services Ltd Licence 19

Tournament selectionRapid: Open, Under 1900, Under 1600
Saturday Blitz, Sunday Blitz
Exchange Chess (Bughouse), Chess 960/Fischer Random
International Open, Rated Friendlies
LinksLivegames, GoogleMaps, Lichess Live Games, Chess.com Live Games, Link with tournament calendar
Parameters No tournament details, no flags , Link with tournament calendar
ListsStarting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule
Ranking crosstable after Round 1, Starting rank crosstable
Board PairingsRd.1, Rd.2/9 , not paired
Ranking list afterRd.1
Excel and PrintExport to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes
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Starting rank

No. NameFideIDFEDRtgsex
1
GMSzpar, Milosz1184989POL2523
2
GMGirel, Joseph36033561FRA2503
3
GMPostny, Evgeny2804344ISR2498
4
IMKaczur, Florian705098HUN2484
5
GMKovchan, Alexander14103052UKR2462
6
IMBrodowski, Piotr1124480POL2462
7
IMCzopor, Maciej21805431POL2461
8
IMSai, Krishna G V5028280CAN2461
9
IMDecuigniere, Tom26093820FRA2442
10
GMGordon, Stephen J411477ENG2429
11
IMLu, Maximillian2096242USA2427
12
IMVidyarthi, Vyom30931649USA2402
13
IMKanyamarala, Tarun45004714IRL2398
14
IMGolding, Alex427241ENG2370
15
FMBadacsonyi, Stanley486973ENG2320
16
FMVijayakumar, Rishi2408953SCO2315
17
WGMKanyamarala, Trisha45004722IRL2296w
18
FMShearsby, Jude462527ENG2293
19
IMBalaji, Aaravamudhan436224ENG2285
20
FMMaycock Bates, David Henry5142547MEX2281
21
IMEltigani, Omar738794SUD2269
22
FMFernandez, Michael5803560ENG2263
23
IMRudd, Jack405736ENG2252
24
Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio499447ENG2250
25
FMHan, Qixiang496952ENG2239
26
CMKowalski Rubiales, Nicholas54592763ESP2234
27
CMVilliers, Thomas427209ENG2220
28
Kovalskyi, Roman14184214UKR2197
29
Johnson, Daniel1721283SWE2194
30
FMWong, Jianwen5704715MAS2189
31
Sooraj, M R35014730IND2187
32
CMManmay, Chopra25649191IND2185
33
Zheng, Harry Z460982ENG2184
34
CMDasgupta, Avyukt480630ENG2172
35
CMSteiners, Emils11629991LAT2167
36
CMDeepak Ambattu, Rithvik2410060SCO2164
37
CMDignam, Matthew2501422IRL2164
38
CMLebedev, Lion551005492ENG2160
39
Kothari, Jai477117ENG2158
40
Liu, Jack8627894ENG2147
41
FMEames, Robert S408743ENG2144
42
WIMTer-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania11614900LAT2141w
43
CMFellowes, Billy483540ENG2132
44
CMZhao, George494607ENG2125
45
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr343401449ENG2117
46
Wadhwa, Aayush30981441USA2117
47
Damodaran, Patrick465429ENG2115
48
CMYu, Rock489000ENG2105
49
Sanitt, Ethan427462ENG2095
50
Bevis, Noah343434630ENG2084
51
Kendall, Arthur343410960ENG2078
52
Patel, Zain469246ENG2077
53
Han, Qixuan496944ENG2076
54
Kumar, Sanjit S468142ENG2074
55
Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay489395ENG2056
56
Vashisht-Pigem, Raman469734ENG2053
57
Golsta, Madara11607386LAT2036w
58
Terler, Bohdan34102264ENG2035
59
Mata, Adilson1901389POR2033
60
Amoako, Philip Selikem Yao12602256GHA2028
61
Allorant, Adrien658707FRA2026
62
Bansal, Saahil438316ENG2026
63
Sachdeva, Ronit343401589ENG2024
64
WCMSholpanbek, Zhansaya13775111KAZ2021w
65
Cheng, Louis2410389SCO2008
66
Ward, Cian475599ENG2006
67
Raposo, Maxwell343444890IND2004
68
Skettos, Nicolas5900670CYP2000
69
Patel, Keatan477613ENG1999
70
Leung, Hao Ran6012620HKG1998
71
Keerthi Kumar, Advait498033ENG1995
72
Lee, Yuk Hei343411061ENG1977
73
Li, Harvey343407790ENG1967
74
Shankar, Yashwardhan2411067SCO1955
75
Balmond, Tom343420532ENG1933
76
Wastney, Dylan343112498ENG1923
77
Anjulan, Ashwin343411622ENG1917
78
WCMWadhwa, Ananya30981433USA1887w