10 player round robin format.

Prize fund = £2,400
1st. £750, 2nd. £500, 3rd. £300, 4th. £200, 5th. £150, 6th-10th. £100 each

Rapid: Win = 2, draw = 1, loss = 0
Blitz: Win = 1, draw = 1/2, loss = 0

Prizes based on combined score from the Rapid and Blitz.

2026 Army and Navy Club Pall Mall Masters - Challengers Blitz

Organizer(s)Elite Chess Events & Chess England
FederationEngland ( ENG )
Tournament directorLance Leslie-Smith
Chief-ArbiterIA Alan Atkinson
Deputy ArbiterIA Adam N Raoof, IA Jake Hung
Bedenkzeit (Blitz)G: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move 1
SiteThe Army & Navy Club, 36-39 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN
Number of rounds9
Tournament typeRound robin
Rating calculationRating national, Rating international
FIDE-Event-ID477376
Date2026/10/03 to 2026/10/04
Rating-Ø2407
Pairing programSwiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile

Last update 03.10.2026 18:29:40, Creator/Last Upload: chessengland.com

TournamentselectionSuper Rapid, Blitz
Challengers Rapid, Blitz
Congress 4-6 Sep: Open, Major Under 2000, Minor Under 1650
LinksOfficial Homepage of the Organizer, Livegames, GoogleMaps, Lichess Live Games, Chess.com Live Games, Link tournament to the tournament calendar
Parameterselection no tournament-details, no flags
ListsStarting rank list of players, Alphabetical list of players, Alphabetical list all groups
Rank after Round 5, Pairings/Results
Ranking crosstable after Round 5, Starting rank crosstable, Federation-, Game- and Title-statistics, Time-table
GamesThere are 25 games available for download
Excel and PrintExport to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes

Starting rank list of players

No. AAAFideIDFEDRtg
9
GMGhasi, Ameet K409200ENG2488
5
GMKovchan, Alexander14103052UKR2456
1
GMRoyal, Shreyas448869ENG2453
7
IMHarvey, Marcus R400092ENG2445
2
GMBalakrishnan, Praveen2064871USA2440
6
FMBadacsonyi, Stanley486973ENG2422
10
IMRendle, Thomas E408760ENG2410
8
GMConquest, Stuart C400181ENG2382
4
GMGrieve, Harry426520ENG2324
3
GMWadsworth, Matthew J415804ENG2252