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Open Prizes 1st. £500 GM Praveen Balakrishnan 4.5/5 2nd. £250 Ben Keohone 4/5 3rd. £150 Charles Linford 3.5/5Pall Mall FIDE Congress 4th-6th September 2026 - Open @The Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN| Organizer(s) | chessengland.com |
| Federation | England ( ENG ) |
| Tournament director | IO Adam N Raoof |
| Chief Arbiter | IA Adam N Raoof, 405230 |
| Deputy Chief Arbiter | IA Lance Leslie-Smith |
| Time control (Standard) | G: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1 |
| Location | London |
| Number of rounds | 5 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System |
| Rating calculation | Rating national, Rating international |
| FIDE-Event-ID | 490287 |
| Date | 2026/09/04 to 2026/09/06 |
| Rating-Ø / Average age | 1990 / 41 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 06.09.2026 20:14:18, Creator/Last Upload: chessengland.com
| Tournament selection | Super Rapid, Blitz Challengers Rapid, Blitz Congress 4-6 Sep: Open, Major Under 2000, Minor Under 1650 |
| Links | Official Homepage of the Organizer, GoogleMaps, Lichess Live Games, Chess.com Live Games, Link with tournament calendar |
| Parameters | No tournament details, no flags
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| Lists | Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Alphabetical list all groups, Playing schedule |
| Final Ranking crosstable after 5 Rounds, Starting rank crosstable |
| Board Pairings | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5/5 , not paired |
| Ranking list after | Rd.1, Rd.2, Rd.3, Rd.4, Rd.5 |
| Games | There are 40 games available for download |
| Excel and Print | Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes |
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Starting rank
| No. | | | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg |
| 1 | | GM | Balakrishnan, Praveen | 2064871 | USA | 2500 |
| 2 | | CM | Lentzos, Ioanis | 4255470 | GRE | 2162 |
| 3 | | | Linford, Charles M | 411990 | ENG | 2141 |
| 4 | | | Mesropyan, Hayk | 499455 | ENG | 2138 |
| 5 | | | Farrand, Tom | 406457 | ENG | 2099 |
| 6 | | | Bharat Kumar, Balahari | 496464 | ENG | 2069 |
| 7 | | | Acres, Joshua | 343467555 | ENG | 2064 |
| 8 | | | Figeac, Aurelien | 616818 | FRA | 2056 |
| 9 | | | Niccoli, Tony | 432946 | ENG | 2031 |
| 10 | | | Inzani, Michael Pl | 343436153 | ENG | 2030 |
| 11 | | | Keohane, Ben | 433950 | ENG | 1988 |
| 12 | | | Barton, John | 343451640 | ENG | 1944 |
| 13 | | | Ruse, Jake | 498661 | ENG | 1915 |
| 14 | | | Mellis, Alexander | 39974332 | USA | 1905 |
| 15 | | | Hurst, Eddie | 460664 | ENG | 1882 |
| 16 | | | Dincer, Mehmet Alper | 6373216 | TUR | 1781 |
| 17 | | | Noor, Tuan Rehan | 9976884 | SRI | 1708 |
| 18 | | | Barreto Mota, Joao Vitor | | ENG | 0 |
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