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May 2025 Super Sunday FIDE Tournament

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25 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 18 May 2025 in Piscataway, NJ, United States. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Tejas Rama (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2240).

Erick Garcia (🇺🇸 USA, 2122) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Mason J Li (3.0) and Tejas Rama (2.5). Garcia shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Darren Wu (1594) beat Gregory Nolan (1835), a +241-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Piscataway, NJ, United States
Dates
18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMTejas Rama2240
Avg top 10
1,956
Participants
25
Titled players · 7
IM×1
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
11.52.53R1R2R3
Li3Garcia3Rama2.5Yang2.5Xiang2.5Chovanec2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/3. Garcia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mason J Li 3 wins (R1–R3)Erick Garcia 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mason J Li*———
2Erick Garcia—*——
3IMTejas Rama——*
½
4WFMAimee Yang——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Garcia, Erick2122USA+17B+18N+6B3.03.04.04.002678+13.2
2Li, Mason J1857USA+15N+14B+9N3.02.53.53.502513+39.2
3Rama, TejasIM2240USA+19N+7B=4N2.54.55.54.252164-6.0
4Yang, AimeeWFM1996USA+10B+13N=3B2.54.05.03.752137+23.6
5Xiang, GraysonCM1714USA=9B+12B+11N2.53.04.53.752131+62.8
6Dehmelt, KarlFM2056USA+24N+8B−1N2.05.05.02.002000-2.4
7Chovanec, AliceWCM1840USA+16B−3N+13B2.03.54.52.001954+14.8
8Li, Audrey Keyan1767USA+20B−6N+16B2.03.04.02.001884+16.8
9Debmisra, Ariv1929USA=5N+22B−2B1.55.56.01.751722-30.4
10Diao, Sujia1731USA−4N=23B+21N1.53.03.50.751827+14.0
11Gao, Vincent1774USA=22N+21B−5B1.53.03.50.751662-17.6
12Roy, Aryan1871USA=21B−5N+22B1.53.03.50.751662-31.6
13Velampalli, Akhil1621USA+23N−4B−7N1.04.55.00.501757+17.2
14Xu, Kevin1562USAF−2N+17B1.04.04.01.001801+23.6
15Kashyap, Manish B1647USA−2B+19BF1.04.04.01.001805+16.4
16Bossola, Rio1628USA−7N+24B−8N1.04.04.00.001656+4.4
17Zhou, AbigailWCM1744USA−1N+25B−14N1.04.04.00.001643-20.0
18Nolan, Gregory1835USA+25N−1B−20N1.04.04.00.001654-14.6
19Yoon, Jeremy K1753USA−3B−15N+24B1.03.53.50.001721-9.6
20Wu, Darren1594USA−8NF+18B1.03.03.01.001801+21.2
21Zhou, ElizabethWCM1677USA=12N−11N−10B0.53.04.50.751519-21.6
22Nallapareddygari, Premsai1597USA=11B−9N−12N0.53.04.50.751585-2.4
23Hrop, Stephen1812USA−13B=10NF0.52.52.50.751483-17.2
24Mishra, Ridhima1737USA−6B−16N−19N0.03.04.00.001012-50.4
25Nadiminti, Akhil1622USA−18B−17NF0.02.02.00.00990-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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