Entries 2025

Total Festival Entries

On 18 Apr 2025 @ 10:29		Federations
All entries	167	England	France	India	Ireland
Sub Totals		Wales
Rapid	68
Congress	99
Notes
Ratings shown are April 2025.
^ Players marked thus are shown in a higher section than originally entered, due to current rating.
FIDE sections sorted by PTR (Provisional Tournament Rating), which is the higher of FIDE and ECF.
ECF sections sorted by ECF ratings, but FIDE rating shown where player has no ECF rating.
Ratings in italics are Standard rating for an entrant in the Rapid, or vice versa for the Congress.

5th Southend Rapid (1 day, 6 rounds)

Thursday 17 April 2025

	FIDE Rapid Open
	Entries:	17
Entry	Name		Club	Fed	FIDE	ECF	PTR	Byes
6	Robert Eames	FM	Hackney	ENG	2024	2095	2095
15	John Cawdery		Wanstead	ENG	1831	2038	2038
9	Vikas SAJANANI		Eng	ENG	1957	2021	2021
19	MATTHEW DIGNAM		Ireland	IRL	2020	1858	2020
10	Stephen Wedlock		Southend	ENG		1967	1967
2	Kevin Williamson		Leighton Buzzard	ENG	1893	1869	1893
3	Gavin Hughes		Brentwood	ENG	1880	1832	1880
18	Venkatesh Subramanian		Ilford	ENG		1856	1856
13	Advik Saxena		Eng	ENG	1830	1841	1841
12	Egor Latypov		Chelmsford	ENG	1795	1820	1820	2, 5
11	Lam Vy Nguyen		Eng	ENG	1807	1801	1807
8	Luca Thorogood		Eng	ENG	1722	1599	1722
4	Robin Oakley		Chingford	ENG	1692	1715	1715
14	Reyansh Saxena		Eng	ENG	1701	1681	1701
17	Aryan Gohil		Brentwood School	ENG	1655	1583	1655
16	Adit Ponsudhahar		Eng	ENG	1644	1518	1644
5	Matthew Helsby		Lewisham	ENG	1528	1602	1602
	FIDE Rapid U1700
	Entries:	27
Entry	Name		Club	Fed	FIDE	ECF	PTR	Byes
21	David King		Southend	ENG	1469	1695	1695
13	Bartolomeo Fortunato		Wallace Chess	ENG	1680	1621	1680
5	Brendan O’Gorman		DHSS	ENG	1663	1577	1663	1
8	David Helsby		Lewisham	ENG	1652	1600	1652
18	Grant Daly		Downend & Fishponds	ENG	1643	1452	1643
4	David Ruppert		Southend	ENG	1587	1636	1636
24	Yichen Xiong		Eng	ENG	1626	1575	1626
2	Joe Eagle		Eng	ENG	1602	1408	1602
23	Miroslav Danov		Dartford & Swanley	ENG	1599	1413	1599
14	Sharvari Saharkar		Eng	ENG	1581	1598	1598
11	Joshua Davis		Southend	ENG	1554	1584	1584
20	Mary Cawdery		Wanstead	ENG	1573	1361	1573
1	Dominic Czarnuch		Eng	ENG	1570	1505	1570
12	Matthew Jiggins		Chelmsford	ENG	1567	1444	1567
3	Colin White		Chelmsford	ENG	1552	1348	1552
26	Alexander Bloom		Brentwood	ENG		1552	1552
9	Nandan Tirumala		Eng	ENG	1550	1164	1550
27	Andrew Offord		Thurrock			1538	1538
25	William Hastings		Chelmsford	ENG		1536	1536
22	Aviraj Bhaduri		Eng	ENG	1523	1263	1523
6	Hantin Wang		Eng	ENG	1495	1324	1495
7	David Peters		Charlton	ENG	0	1462	1462
10	Ian Whipp		Eng	ENG	1462	1318	1462
19	Jason Ren		Eng	ENG	1433	1429	1433
15	Vishnuvardhan Deepchand		India	IND	0	1423	1423
17	Melvin Pool		Southend	ENG		1398	1398
16	Joshua Emdon		Southend	ENG	0	1160	1160
	ECF Rapid U1400
	Entries:	24
Entry	Name		Club	Fed		ECF	PTR	Byes
26	Thomas Farmer		Brit	ENG		1287	1287
17	Jim Calvin Anto Jawahar Roy		Essex Juniors	ENG		1271	1271
4	Wilf Giles		Chingford	ENG		1210	1210
14	Joshua Buka		Eng	ENG		1188	1188
9	Joshua Kenny		Essex Juniors	ENG		1169	1169
13	Malhar Vaidya		Basildon	ENG		1169	1169
25	James Courtenay		Southend	ENG		1153	1153
2	Ethan Ricketts		Godalming	ENG		1140	1140
15	Akaash Jain		Essex	ENG		996	996
5	GAUTHAM CHARAN VIVEK		Eng	ENG		973	973
18	Pranav Chandalia		Eng	ENG		969	969
7	Shayan Torne		Eng	ENG		948	948
12	Aryaman Sharma		Essex Juniors	ENG		926	926
22	Silk Irie-Williams		Charlton	ENG		894	894
11	Jacob Broad		Chelmsford Juniors	ENG		884	884
20	Joseph Felton		Chelmsford Juniors	ENG		884	884
23	Veer Grewal		Chelmsford Chess	ENG		839	839
6	Alexander Kingston		Eng	ENG		817	817
21	Robert Latypov		Essex juniors	ENG		806	806	2, 5
19	Dhruv Chandalia		Essex	ENG		770	770
3	Rudrakrishna Aneesh		Eng	ENG		583	583
16	Aneeksha Sohal		Eng	ENG		560	560
10	Muhammad Anwaar Ul Haq		None	ENG		0	0
24	Arjun Subramanian		Ilford	ENG		0	0

67th Southend Easter Chess Congress (4 days, 7 rounds)

Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April 2025

	Southend FIDE Open
	Entries	38
Entry	Name	Title	Club	Fed	FIDE	ECF	PTR	Byes
6	Richard Bates	IM	Hackney	ENG	2311	2351	2351
3	David Spence		Ipswich Sports Club	ENG	2194	2312	2312
30	MATTHEW DIGNAM		Ireland	IRL	2155	2268	2268
25	Remy Rushbrooke		Cambridge University	ENG	2094	2243	2243
9	Alistair Hill		Hammersmith	ENG	2155	2241	2241
11	Robert Eames	FM	Hackney	ENG	2151	2217	2217
7	Steve Ledger		Bedford	ENG	2018	2164	2164	5
38	Kushal Jakhria	CM	Eng	ENG	2046	2148	2148
16	Ilia Malinovskii		Eng	ENG	2064	2138	2138
31	Russell White		Eng	ENG	1874	2132	2132	1, 2
15	Guillaume BIANCHI	CM	Le cavalier noir d’Arras	FRA	2107	0	2107
33	Aayush Dewangan		Eng	ENG	2018	2094	2094
29	Simeon Bott		Linton	ENG	1926	2066	2066
26	Tim Foster		Eng	ENG	1954	2055	2055
20	Ivan Myall		Chelmsford	ENG	1913	2025	2025
19	Vikas SAJANANI		Eng	ENG	1902	2006	2006
22	John Moore		Writtle	ENG	1938	2003	2003
4	Christopher Willoughby		Brentwood	ENG	1760	1983	1983
39	Edgar Wilson		Chelmsford	ENG	1917	1971	1971	1, 5
12	Peter Jaszkiwskyj		Barking	ENG	1860	1956	1956
36	Nilesh Tulsidas Upadhye		Southend	ENG	0	1956	1956
2	Nayan Keats Rastogi		Eton College	ENG	1879	1954	1954
13	Maurice Staples		Lichfield	ENG	1954	1950	1954
17	^ Luca Thorogood		Eng	ENG	0	1946	1946
23	David Flynn		Nomads (Notts)	ENG	1860	1917	1917
5	Madison Bowden		Highcliffe	ENG	1764	1912	1912	2
35	David Hunn		Eng	ENG	1772	1854	1854	5, 6
18	Rezin Catabay		Eng	ENG	1753	1845	1845	5, 6
14	Ashwin Gopikrishna		Wanstead	ENG	1657	1824	1824
24	Berk Edipoglu		Hammersmith	ENG	1818	1820	1820
34	John Brown		Beckenham	ENG	1684	1748	1748
27	Roy Hare		Eng	ENG	1743	1505	1743	1, 2
21	Lam Vy Nguyen		Eng	ENG	1694	1736	1736
37	Matthew Helsby		Lewisham	ENG	1575	1733	1733
8	Robert JV Davies		Brentwood	ENG	0	1702	1702
10	Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava		India	IND	1654	1636	1654
32	Adit Ponsudhahar		Eng	ENG	0	1323	1323
40	Zain Patel		Eng	ENG	2079	2173	2173
	“Leigh-on-Sea” FIDE and ECF U1900
	Entries	38
Entry	Name		Club	Fed	FIDE	ECF	PTR	Byes
28	Philip Staniland		Wanstead	ENG	1845	1887	1887
14	Kevin Williamson		Leighton Buzzard	ENG	1885	1547	1885
38	Dhriti Anand		Eng	ENG	1762	1857	1857
42	Peter Laundy		Basildon	ENG	1839	1795	1839	1, 2
20	Mark Murrell		Wanstead	ENG	1783	1836	1836
15	Oscar Frydman-Orsteen		Richmond Juniors	ENG	1814	1408	1814
16	A Philip Neatherway		4NCL Oxford	ENG	1761	1808	1808
34	Advik Saxena		Eng	ENG	1787	1794	1794
5	Ryan Colclough		Wanstead & Woodford	WLS	1771	1680	1771
35	Reyansh Saxena		Eng	ENG	1660	1765	1765
17	Colin Newton		Southend	ENG	1733	1654	1733	1, 5
12	Brendan O’Gorman		DHSS	ENG	1681	1728	1728
29	Richard Chiang		Brit	ENG	1727	1717	1727
24	Joshua Davis		Southend	ENG	1716	1650	1716
18	Grace Wilde		Colchester	ENG	1617	1714	1714
11	Jeremy Brockes		Hampstead	ENG	1702	1656	1702	4
4	Colin Li		Wanstead	ENG	0	1695	1695
9	Jane Scott		Barnet Knights	ENG	1682	1681	1682
23	Bartolomeo Fortunato		Wallace Chess	ENG	1680	1621	1680
25	Matthew Jiggins		Chelmsford	ENG	0	1676	1676
31	Grant Daly		Downend & Fishponds	ENG	1675	1574	1675
22	David Helsby		Lewisham	ENG	1587	1670	1670
33	Simon Denney		Eng	ENG	1657	1588	1657	5, 6
1	Dominic Czarnuch		Eng	ENG	1504	1650	1650
41	William Lin		Kingston	ENG	1637	1584	1637
30	Caelan Gopaldas		Pimlico	ENG	1635	1631	1635
36	Swati Singha		India	IND	1607	1629	1629
13	Muhammad Faheem		Chelmsford	ENG	1624	1627	1627
32	David Harrington		Chelmsford	ENG	1621	1519	1621	6
27	Sharvari Saharkar		Eng	ENG	1556	1613	1613
7	Ben Middleton		Southend Chess Club	ENG	1611	1576	1611
6	Christopher Lynch		Southend	ENG	1591	1578	1591	4, 6
2	Javaid Miah		Barking	ENG	0	1556	1556
26	Anastasija Royce		Hammersmith	ENG	1541	1540	1541
10	Colin Ellis		Brentwood	ENG	0	1533	1533
37	Mary Cawdery		Wanstead	ENG	1509	1258	1509
40	Aviraj Bhaduri		Eng	ENG	1475	1384	1475
19	Hantin Wang		Eng	ENG	0	1232	1232
	“Westcliff” ECF U1600
	Entries	15
Entry	Name		Club	Fed		ECF	PTR	Byes
14	David Gilbert		DHSS	ENG		1593	1593
2	Joe Eagle		Eng	ENG		1581	1581
5	Lee Bullock		Hackney	ENG		1563	1563
7	Gursharanjit Gill		West London	ENG		1548	1548
11	Mike Springett		Eng	ENG		1541	1541
16	David King		Southend	ENG		1541	1541	2
13	Nigel White		Wanstead and Woodford	ENG		1502	1502
4	Mark Finch		Brighton & Hove	ENG		1496	1496
12	Stephen Simpson		Rotherhithe	ENG		1470	1470
3	Keven Lamb		Chandler’s Ford	ENG		1435	1435
1	Jon Hunt		Deal & Walmer	ENG		1408	1408
10	Adam Moyse		Southend	ENG		1385	1385	4, 6
8	John Jestico		Wanstead and Woodford	ENG		1378	1378
15	Jason Ren		Eng	ENG		1344	1344
9	Joshua Emdon		Southend	ENG		1222	1222	2, 5
	“Thorpe Bay” ECF U1300
	Entries	8
Entry	Name		Club	Fed		ECF	PTR	Byes
10	Com Davids		Eng	ENG		1261	1261
6	Animesh Saxena		Eng	ENG		1252	1252
1	Ethan Ricketts		Godalming	ENG		1225	1225
9	Prakhar Saxena		Brentwood	ENG		1211	1211
7	John Chapman		Southend	ENG		1187	1187	4, 6
5	Carol Quinn		Rotherhithe	ENG		1000	1000
8	Kiaan Jakhria		Eng	ENG		813	813	1
3	Muhammad Anwaar Ul Haq		None	ENG		0	0