12th Cherry Blossom Classic - U2200

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71 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Sterling, VA, United States. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Nicholas Desmarais (🇺🇸 USA, 2020).

Hanford Chong (🇺🇸 USA, 1874) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Svetoslav Fedorov (7.0) and Noah Thomas ONeill (6.0). Chong shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Celine Chen (WCM, 1648) beat Rishith Bhoopathi (1927), a +279-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Sterling, VA, United States

Dates

22 May 2025 → 26 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Nicholas Desmarais2020

Avg top 10

1,951

Participants

Titled players · 4

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×70

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Hanford Chong
🇺🇸USA·1874
7.0pts·2091perf+99.6
🥈
Svetoslav Fedorov
🇷🇺RUS·1747
7.0pts·2059perf+136.0
🥉
Noah Thomas ONeill
🇺🇸USA·1855
6.0pts·1953perf+24.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Chong7Fedorov7ONeill6Li6Srinivasan5.5Desai5.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Chong takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.5).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

Hanford Chong went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chong, Hanford	1874	USA	+55N	+15B	=16N	+14B	=27N	+7B	=10B	=13N	+5B	7.0	40.5	43.0	33.25	2091	+99.6
2	Fedorov, Svetoslav	1747	RUS	+56B	+12N	=6B	+32N	=31B	+23N	+27B	−10N	+13B	7.0	37.5	40.0	29.75	2059	+136.0
3	ONeill, Noah Thomas	1855	USA	+67N	−16B	+46N	−13B	+29N	=9B	=39B	+43N	+11N	6.0	35.0	36.5	22.00	1953	+24.0
4	Li, Mason J	1857	USA	=38N	+21B	−14N	+55B	=15N	=24B	+45N	+28B	=30B	6.0	34.5	37.0	23.50	1896	+18.8
5	Srinivasan, Arjun	1907	USA	+34N	=14B	=28N	+66B	−13N	+15B	=20N	+24B	−1N	5.5	39.5	41.5	22.50	1882	-6.8
6	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1809	USA	+40B	+51N	=2N	=7B	−10N	−25B	+32N	=18B	+28N	5.5	39.0	42.0	23.25	1864	+24.8
7	Snodgrass, Benjamin	1936	USA	F	F	+20B	=6N	+17B	−1N	+12B	+22B	+27N	5.5	36.5	36.5	26.75	2102	+27.6
8	Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan	1765	USA	+48N	+11B	−27N	=25B	+39N	+50B	−13N	=19B	=17N	5.5	35.0	38.0	21.75	1967	+96.8
9	Fischer, Robert J	1778	USA	+49B	+71N	−30B	=28N	=32B	=3N	=37B	+12N	=19N	5.5	34.5	34.5	19.25	1838	+15.8
10	Desai, Aneesh	1926	USA	F	F	+57B	+24N	+6B	+11B	=1N	+2B	F	5.5	31.5	31.5	28.00	2222	+66.4
11	Sattaru, Sritej Sai	1956	USA	+53B	−8N	+29B	+12N	+30B	−10N	+31B	−27N	−3B	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.00	1886	-34.4
12	Parripati, Tanay	1781	USA	+52N	−2B	+61N	−11B	+63N	+18B	−7N	−9B	+29N	5.0	37.0	39.0	16.00	1816	+17.2
13	Desmarais, Nicholas	2020	USA	F	F	+62B	+3N	+5B	=27N	+8B	=1B	−2N	5.0	37.0	37.0	24.50	1970	-6.8
14	Demirel, Esat Omer	1886	USA	+58B	=5N	+4B	−1N	=50B	−30N	+63B	=39N	=18N	5.0	36.5	38.5	19.00	1873	-4.4
15	Jackson, Cayden	1774	USA	+61B	−1N	+41B	=50N	=4B	−5N	=36B	+38N	=39B	5.0	36.0	38.0	17.25	1843	+32.8
16	Soyka, Benjamin Evans	1780	USA	+54B	+3N	=1B	−31N	−23B	=56N	−43B	+48N	+37B	5.0	34.5	37.0	20.25	1832	+12.0
17	Holder, Thomas	1845	USA	F	=29N	+64B	+34B	−7N	+32B	−22N	+37N	=8B	5.0	33.5	33.5	18.25	1868	+11.2
18	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1927	USA	=29B	−47N	+51B	=37N	+38B	−12N	+60B	=6N	=14B	5.0	32.5	35.0	18.00	1758	-57.1
19	Laureano, Dereck	1889	USA	F	F	+48B	+33B	+21N	=20B	=25N	=8N	=9B	5.0	32.5	32.5	22.25	1943	+11.2
20	Zhou, Alexander Zheng	1881	USA	+65B	F	−7N	+40B	+47N	=19N	=5B	−30N	+36B	5.0	32.5	32.5	17.75	1895	+7.2
21	Abhilash, Alen K	1745	USA	F	−4N	+59B	+44N	−19B	+62N	+23B	=50N	=25B	5.0	31.0	31.0	16.25	1905	+60.0
22	Larkins, Larry RCM	1988	USA	F	F	=55N	=47B	+42N	+35B	+17B	−7N	+31B	5.0	27.5	27.5	19.25	1940	-4.4
23	Deng, Michael	1840	USA	+33N	F	=47B	=42B	+16N	−2B	−21N	=29B	+34N	4.5	35.5	35.5	18.25	1748	-34.8
24	Muthu, Kamatchi	1770	USA	F	=41N	+49B	−10B	+64N	=4N	+44B	−5N	=50B	4.5	32.0	32.0	14.75	1896	+55.2
25	Martin, Zachary	1970	USA	F	F	+60B	=8N	=28B	+6N	=19B	=31N	=21N	4.5	31.5	31.5	19.75	1888	-12.4
26	Sathiesh, Kavin C	1781	USA	F	+68B	−31N	−39B	−33N	+51B	+57N	+40B	=35N	4.5	26.0	26.0	12.50	1764	-6.8
27	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1923	USA	F	F	+8B	+30N	=1B	=13B	−2N	+11B	−7B	4.0	39.0	39.0	20.50	1936	+6.8
28	Su, Milo	1758	USA	F	+59N	=5B	=9B	=25N	+43N	=30B	−4N	−6B	4.0	37.0	37.0	15.75	1830	+31.2
29	Chu, Leon	1822	USA	=18N	=17B	−11N	+71B	−3B	=49N	+70B	=23N	−12B	4.0	35.0	35.0	10.25	1737	-37.2
30	Regam, JessicaWFM	1906	USA	F	F	+9N	−27B	−11N	+14B	=28N	+20B	=4N	4.0	34.5	34.5	20.50	1913	+1.8
31	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1880	USA	F	+37N	+26B	+16B	=2N	F	−11N	=25B	−22N	4.0	34.5	34.5	18.75	1903	+11.2
32	Yu, Nicole Q	1647	USA	F	+69N	+43B	−2B	=9N	−17N	−6B	+57B	=42N	4.0	34.0	34.0	12.00	1724	+28.4
33	Jackson, Maddox	1738	USA	−23B	+53N	=44B	−19N	+26B	−38N	+62B	−36N	=52N	4.0	31.0	33.0	12.75	1690	-23.6
34	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1527	USA	−5B	+58N	+71B	−17N	=37B	−39N	=48B	+63N	−23B	4.0	29.5	29.5	7.75	1679	+63.2
35	Chang, Leonhard	1846	USA	F	−42N	+67B	F	+60B	−22N	=38B	+41N	=26B	4.0	24.0	24.0	11.50	1793	-17.6
36	Bueltmann-Prok, Lenny A	1768	USA	F	F	−40N	+68B	+67B	=57N	=15N	+33B	−20N	4.0	23.0	23.0	10.75	1782	+6.4
37	Wang, Miles	1751	USA	F	−31B	+68N	=18B	=34N	+53B	=9N	−17B	−16N	3.5	33.0	33.0	11.75	1721	-13.6
38	Martin, Jeff	1712	USA	=4B	−43N	=65N	+61B	−18N	+33B	=35N	−15B	F	3.5	31.5	31.5	12.00	1734	+8.0
39	Chen, Brandon Joseph	1813	USA	F	F	F	+26N	−8B	+34B	=3N	=14B	=15N	3.5	30.0	30.0	16.50	1821	+6.4
40	Wang, Leo	1659	USA	−6N	F	+36B	−20N	−45B	+68N	+49B	−26N	=59B	3.5	29.5	29.5	9.75	1695	+13.2
41	Gao, Vincent	1774	USA	F	=24B	−15N	=62N	−56B	+46B	+47N	−35B	=60N	3.5	27.0	27.0	11.00	1695	-31.2
42	Clark, Everitt R	1632	USA	F	+35B	F	=23N	−22B	−45N	=53B	+56N	=32B	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.25	1782	+51.6
43	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1840	USA	F	+38B	−32N	=63B	+66N	−28B	+16N	−3B	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	11.50	1734	-39.2
44	Mummidi, Aaryan	1915	USA	F	F	=33N	−21B	+46N	+47B	−24N	+45B	F	3.5	23.5	23.5	12.00	1788	-36.4
45	Turner, Jason	1697	USA	F	F	+52N	=46B	+40N	+42B	−4B	−44N	F	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.75	1796	+32.4
46	Paas, Leo	1789	USA	F	F	−3B	=45N	−44B	−41N	+61N	+64B	+70N	3.5	22.0	22.0	7.25	1731	-20.0
47	Chen, CelineWCM	1648	USA	F	+18B	=23N	=22N	−20B	−44N	−41B	+51B	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	12.75	1762	+30.0
48	Li, Ella Xinyi	1602	USA	−8B	F	−19N	+69B	−55N	+59B	=34N	−16B	=66N	3.0	28.0	28.0	7.00	1549	-27.2
49	Song, Jeffrey	1748	USA	−9N	+52B	−24N	−53B	+71N	=29B	−40N	F	=61N	3.0	28.0	28.0	6.00	1586	-70.4
50	Barrow, William J	1945	USA	F	F	F	=15B	=14N	−8N	+56B	=21B	=24N	3.0	27.5	27.5	12.25	1779	-26.0
51	Holtzman, Beck Urban	0	USA	F	−6B	−18N	−60N	+54B	−26N	+67B	−47N	+62B	3.0	27.0	27.0	6.50	1583	0.0
52	Naylor, Carla	1581	USA	−12B	−49N	−45B	=58N	F	=65B	=64N	+67N	=33B	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.75	1618	+6.2
53	Jiang, Caroline Q	1731	USA	−11N	−33B	+69B	+49N	=57B	−37N	=42N	F	F	3.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1641	-28.8
54	Bai, Harry	1711	USA	−16N	−55B	+58B	−57N	−51N	=69B	F	=61B	+71N	3.0	19.0	19.0	4.25	1586	-40.8
55	Baim, Emin	1687	USA	−1B	+54N	=22B	−4N	+48B	F	F	F	F	2.5	27.0	27.0	8.50	1810	+29.6
56	Iyer, Vedanth	1733	USA	−2N	F	F	=65B	+41N	=16B	−50N	−42B	=57N	2.5	26.5	26.5	8.25	1660	-29.2
57	Li, Audrey Keyan	1767	USA	F	F	−10N	+54B	=53N	=36B	−26B	−32N	=56B	2.5	26.5	26.5	7.75	1654	-44.8
58	Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree	1577	USA	−14N	−34B	−54N	=52B	−59N	F	+68B	=62N	=63B	2.5	23.0	23.0	5.00	1497	-33.2
59	Bhattacharyya, Rishik	1572	USA	F	−28B	−21N	−67N	+58B	−48N	+71B	F	=40N	2.5	22.5	22.5	4.25	1542	-13.2
60	Go, Jordan Alexander	1656	USA	F	F	−25N	+51B	−35N	+64B	−18N	F	=41B	2.5	22.0	22.0	6.75	1704	+9.2
61	Dokka, Tanush	1550	USA	−15N	F	−12B	−38N	=70B	=67N	−46B	=54N	=49B	2.0	26.0	26.0	4.50	1526	-11.2
62	Twilley, Jackson Clyde	0	USA	F	F	−13N	=41B	+65N	−21B	−33N	=58B	−51N	2.0	25.0	25.0	5.00	1632	0.0
63	Fitzsimmons, Daniela	1658	USA	F	F	F	=43N	−12B	+66B	−14N	−34B	=58N	2.0	22.0	22.0	5.00	1599	-19.6
64	Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric	1740	USA	F	F	−17N	+70N	−24B	−60N	=52B	−46N	=68N	2.0	21.5	21.5	3.75	1537	-80.4
65	Millman, Samuel Taylor Herndon	1687	USA	−20N	F	=38B	=56N	−62B	=52N	=66B	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1656	-9.6
66	Zhang, Joy	1732	USA	F	F	+70B	−5N	−43B	−63N	=65N	F	=48B	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	1590	-45.6
67	Shah, Kanav	1656	USA	−3B	F	−35N	+59B	−36N	=61B	−51N	−52B	F	1.5	24.5	24.5	3.50	1502	-48.8
68	Kenny, Jonathan	1648	USA	F	−26N	−37B	−36N	+69N	−40B	−58N	F	=64B	1.5	21.5	21.5	2.50	1314	-39.2
69	Lu, Hanwen	0	USA	F	−32B	−53N	−48N	−68B	=54N	F	+71N	F	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.50	1447	0.0
70	Wang, Charles	1579	USA	F	F	−66N	−64B	=61N	+71B	−29N	F	−46B	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.00	1496	-26.4
71	Vegh, Carlos	1493	USA	F	−9B	−34N	−29N	−49B	−70N	−59N	−69B	−54B	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	877	-76.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fedorov, SvetoslavRUS
+136.0
7.0 pts · #2
2Chong, HanfordUSA
+99.6
7.0 pts · #1
3Murugan Ayyappan, AdhiraiyanUSA
+96.8
5.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Ehrenberg, Nathan EricUSA
-80.4
2.0 pts · #61
2Vegh, CarlosUSA
-76.4
0.0 pts · #71
3Song, JeffreyUSA
-70.4
3.0 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R2+279 Elo gap
WCMChen, Celine1648 beat Bhoopathi, Rishith1927
R9+273 Elo gap
Fedorov, Svetoslav1747 beat Desmarais, Nicholas2020
R2+214 Elo gap
Clark, Everitt R1632 beat Chang, Leonhard1846