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34th Annual Chicago Open - U2300

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137 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Wheeling, IL, United States. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2127, and top seed was Lionel L Davis (🇺🇸 USA, 2251).

Julio Antonio Morella Cabrera (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2171) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ekansh Mehrotra (6.0) and Sho Glashausser (6.0). Morella Cabrera won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Joseph Knapp (1826) beat Edward Friedman (2159), a +333-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Wheeling, IL, United States
Dates
23 May 2025 → 26 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Lionel L Davis2251
Avg top 10
2,127
Participants
137
Titled players · 17
FM×7
CM×5
WIM×1
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×125
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇧🇲Bermuda×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
30
9
3
8
2
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. Morella Cabrera takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sho Glashausser 4 wins (R4–R7)FM Julio Antonio Morella Cabrera 4 wins (R4–R7)Ekansh Mehrotra 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Morella Cabrera, Julio AntonioFM2171CUB+85N+36B53N+96B+31N+6B+5B6.023.525.522.502266+12.2
2Mehrotra, Ekansh1936USA+114B+120N+24B=7N+32B+79N=20B6.021.522.517.752190+80.4
3Glashausser, Sho2054USA+58N=77B=105N+69B+42N+11B+53B6.019.521.519.252169+15.6
4Yanayt, EugeneFM1968USA+54B+27N+112B=53N79B+26N+14N5.521.022.518.502204+40.2
5Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM2017MGL+70N=18N+13B+25B=8N+21B1N5.028.531.520.752143+25.0
6Dang, Michael1964USA+65B=32N+61B=11N+81B1N+24B5.024.527.016.752053+16.6
7Yu, MatthewCM1934USA+113N+56B+84N=2B+46N20N=13B5.024.025.515.752142+80.4
8Tkachenko, Erik2028USA=11B+29N+100B+82N=5B53N+33B5.023.025.017.252068+8.2
9Karkainen, Hayden1921USA=76B=97N=58B=35N+54B+40N+83B5.019.021.015.252002+30.8
10Rogers, NormanFM1897USAF+116B25N+66B+119N+41N+28B5.017.517.513.502193+43.4
11Bates, Evan1867USA=8N+19B+106N=6B+55B3N=16B4.528.030.016.752092+85.6
12Rajagopal, Adharsh1940USA=17N+22B=96N=15B+57N14B+45N4.524.526.516.501993+9.6
13McConnell, Griffin2032USA=64N+90B5N=60B+15N+42B=7N4.524.026.516.001974-8.0
14Davis, Lionel L2251USA+133B+49N=79B+41N20B+12N4B4.524.024.513.252065-55.6
15Herman, Sara1863USA+16B24N+101B=12N13B+100N+41B4.523.025.014.252060+38.0
16Malek, Omid2016CAN15N+50B17N+123B+73N+92B=11N4.522.523.512.251933-13.6
17Winters, Lance1839USA=12B=55N+16B112N+49B+109N=19B4.522.023.516.002044+39.6
18Uz, Kagan2055USA+60N=5B+33B79N+62B52N+112B4.521.022.514.002041-3.2
19Szpisjak, Steven1893USA=104B11N+134N+44B+87N=38B=17N4.521.021.511.751918+4.6
20Sunjic, Dylan2056USAFF+77N+78B+14N+7B=2N4.520.520.517.502310+51.6
21Farberov, Maxim1978USA+86B=61N=81B+59N+112B5N=35B4.520.021.511.751979+1.2
22Xin, StellaCM1813USA=30B12N23N+113B+124N+78B+55B4.520.021.010.001980+52.4
23Baker, Aidan2098USAFF+22B+61N+100B=83N+81B4.514.514.513.252266+32.0
24Colding, Ernest1914USA+44N+15B2N=57B=25N+27B6N4.027.030.015.501926+3.0
25Kamesh, Vidyuth1918USA=122N+80B+10B5N=24B=71N=32B4.023.524.513.501933+7.2
26Fonseca, Miguel2028USA=116N+64B=31N=87B+43N4B=29N4.022.524.012.501962-11.4
27Yang, Vian1824USA+68N4B=103N+99B=30B24N+63B4.021.523.511.001872+14.0
28Kelley, Deshawn2019USA+50N+39B=78N+43B=53BF10N4.021.521.513.751979-5.0
29Shen, Edward1879USA=51N8B+80N=56B=91N+68B=26B4.021.023.512.001982+32.8
30Anand, Vignesh2076USA=22N+129B=57N=95B=27N+48B38N4.021.022.011.251889-31.2
31Lee, Justin1987USA=132B+123N=26B+54N1B35N+59B4.021.021.59.251941-13.2
32Knapp, Joseph1826USA+135N=6B+130N+127B2N46B=25N4.020.520.56.502036+37.6
33Wang, Freyr1817USA+124N+67B18N=84B=127N+47B8N4.019.520.59.252042+68.0
34Davidovich, Manis1965USA+95N=48B43N+116B38N=66B+69N4.019.020.59.751916-8.6
35Bajaj, Arjun1791USAFF+113N=9B+37N+31B=21N4.019.019.014.252149+45.2
36Liu, Chris Ping1994USA+115B1N=63B+76N=65B+59NF4.019.019.010.002007+5.2
37Radermacher, Timothy2020USA=45B=76N=97B=63N35B+86N+60B4.018.520.511.001847-29.0
38Hanke, Harvey1885USAFF=99N+77B+34B=19N+30B4.017.017.013.752129+60.8
39Zhang, Ryan1736USA+62B28N55B101N+125B+104N+78B4.016.517.58.501943+74.8
40Feng, Jay1811USAFF+88N+98B+128N9B+56N4.013.513.58.502081+68.0
41Guntaka, AayanshFM1941USA+88N=47B+51N14B+84N10B15N3.523.526.010.251996+18.4
42Cooke, Grayson1959USAF+45N+83B=46N3B13N+95B3.522.022.09.752036+27.2
43Li, Aiden LinyuanCM1960USA=102B+132N+34B28N26B=63N=44B3.520.521.08.751859-34.8
44Aaron, Michael1818USA24B=121N+108B19N+102B=62N=43N3.519.020.07.751856+7.0
45Walls, Christian J1733USA=37N42B64N+122B+116N+87B12B3.519.020.07.001899+58.8
46Rychkov, Roman2124USA=57NF=127N=42B7B+32N+82B3.519.019.010.251973-21.0
47Chyngyz, SultaiCM2036KGZ+59B=41N82B=107N+96B33N=48B3.518.520.59.501915-45.2
48Wisniowski, NatalieWCM1884USA+103B=34N111B+117N=71B30N=47N3.518.520.08.751926+8.8
49Perry, Michael1922USA+98N14B128N+134B17N+58B=66N3.518.018.57.001823-35.2
50Jani, Aakash1767USA28B16NF+120N+101B=55N+71B3.517.517.57.502005+74.0
51Arvind, C.J.FM2058IND=29B+107N41B+89N=82B=112NF3.516.016.08.501978-12.0
52Khattar, Tanmay1962USA=80NF+125BF+95N+18BF3.510.010.08.752155+16.0
53Weatherspoon, Kyler1947USAFF+1B=4B=28N+8B3N3.026.526.515.752120+23.4
54Braddy, Elizabeth R1848USA4N+68B+67N31B9N+103B72N3.023.525.58.001798-16.0
55McGrew, Clara1973USAF=17B+39N+128B11N=50B22N3.022.022.09.001792-28.0
56Indusekar, Akshay2010USA+74B7N=89B=29N+60B82N40B3.021.524.09.251829-34.6
57Zhang, Michael1809USA=46B+102N=30B=24N12B=94N62B3.021.523.59.001879+20.8
58Joseph, Julian1786USA3B+126B=9N71N=99B49N+110B3.021.522.56.501802+3.6
59Das, Debarghya1937USA47N+88B+91N21B+106N36B31N3.021.023.07.001921-6.0
60Starkman, Eric1864USA18B+86N=117B=13N56N+80B37N3.021.022.58.001845-3.6
61Soni, Arjun1820USA+126N=21B6N23B=80N+75BF3.020.520.57.501909+26.4
62Marzouq, Chowdhury1991BAN39NF=76B+93B18N=44B+57N3.020.020.08.501819-52.0
63Rana, Oliver1829USA67N+135B=36N=37B=130N=43B27N3.019.519.56.251913+27.2
64Menon, Rohan1764USA=13B26N+45B83N76B+115N=99B3.019.020.58.251830+17.2
65Zhang, Andrew1848USA6N+85B+72N=119B=36N84BF3.018.518.58.251950+32.0
66Yalamanchili, Jay1905USAFF+102B10N+70B=34N=49B3.017.517.58.751912+3.2
67David, Kazuma2014USA+63B33N54B+86N74BF+98N3.017.517.57.501824-29.4
68Smelcer, Collin0USA27B54N+114B+137N=107B29N=93N3.017.017.03.7517970.0
69Lee, Daniel Joshua1767CAN131B+114N+126B3N109B+97N34B3.016.517.54.501867+31.9
70Kailash, Vaibhav1712USA5B=133N107B+108N66N+124B=90N3.015.516.04.501761+5.8
71Platnick, Elijah2002USAFF+129N+58B=48N=25B50N3.015.015.07.751915-10.8
72Mehta, Hursh1922USAFF65B+115N+97B81N+54B3.012.012.06.501903-2.4
73Elgat, Adam1877USAFF=121B+118N16B=99N+108B3.011.011.05.0018720.0
74Ananth, AnanyaWFM1849USA56N=113B+122N=106B+67NFF3.010.510.55.751962+31.2
75Suddala, Anish1741USAFF98N+110B+114N61N+125B3.09.59.54.501754+2.4
76Johnson, Charles Quin1700USA=9N=37B=62N36B+64N105B87N2.521.523.59.001834+40.8
77Brock, William1784USA+101B=3N20B38N89B108N+115B2.521.022.56.501819+4.6
78Campbell, Maxwell1814USA+121B+131N=28B20N83B22N39N2.520.521.54.001822-3.2
79Xu, Kevin1992USAFF=14N+18B+4N2BF2.520.520.512.252148+16.0
80Gurramkonda, Varun1737USA=52B25N29B+133N=61B60N=85N2.520.020.55.001788+16.4
81Li, Tanqi1818USAFF=21N+105B6N+72B23N2.519.019.07.251974+40.4
82Dmitriev, Andrey1938USAFF+47N8B=51N+56B46N2.518.518.58.252051+30.0
83Boado Rodriguez, Martin2138ESPFF42N+64B+78N=23B9N2.518.518.57.751911-26.8
84Wallach, Kenneth2091USAFF7B=33N41B+65N+89B2.518.018.07.501883-26.2
85Danduprolu, Ridhi VarmaWCM1864USA1B65N115B+88N=118B=102N=80B2.517.519.05.501721-57.6
86Talayko, Edgar1827USA21N60B+136N67B+121N37B=117N2.517.017.01.751739-17.2
87Harrison, Joshua1951USAFF+120B=26N19B45N+76B2.515.515.55.501815-17.0
88Nudo, Zachary W1773USA41B59N40B85B=122N+120N+137B2.515.015.01.501749-5.6
89Whaley, Carter1876USAFF=56N51B+77N+93B84N2.514.014.06.501947+9.0
90Zhou, Ryan1701USAF13N=123B94N=115B+118N=70B2.514.014.04.251749+11.6
91Atkeson, Christopher Timothy2031USAFF59B+125N=29B=95N=96B2.512.012.05.001846-23.0
92He, Justin Shandong1799USAF111N=94B+121N+126B16NF2.511.011.03.251907+26.0
93Bemben, Alexander1793USAFF+133B62N+117B89N=68B2.510.510.53.501842+10.8
94Seetharaman, Rakshith1756USAFF=92N+90B=105N=57BF2.510.010.06.251899+30.0
95Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1792USA34B+115NF=30N52B=91B42N2.019.019.04.751842+13.2
96Vadderaju, Sudeep1927USAFF=12B1N47N+98B=91N2.018.518.55.501918-4.0
97Kozlek, Tommy1835USA=106N=9B=37N=130B72N69BF2.018.018.06.001775-19.2
98Nadathur, Hari Rangan1772USA49B101N+75B40N+120B96N67B2.017.518.54.001712-24.4
99Sharma, Aarav1724USAFF=38B27N=58N=73B=64N2.017.017.06.501755+7.2
100Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1907USAF+122B8N+103B23N15BF2.017.017.03.001828-22.0
101Zhang, Oscar Y1957USA77N+98B15N+39B50NFF2.016.516.56.001712-65.2
102Ponugupati, Tejas1701USA=43N57B66N+129B44N=85BF2.016.516.54.001745+12.8
103Manion, Tom1722USA48NF=27B100N=104B54N+123B2.015.515.54.001720-0.2
104Singh, Ian Avery1804USA=19N106B109N+132B=103N39BF2.015.015.03.751696-34.8
105Kumar, Sanjay1907USA120BF=3B81N=94B+76NF2.014.514.56.751737-45.2
106Parker, Anthony1999USA=97B+104N11B=74N59BFF2.014.514.54.501786-28.8
107Stein, Josiah1962USAF51B+70N=47B=68NFF2.013.013.06.251936-1.6
108Bose, Somil1810USAFF44N70B+132N+77B73N2.012.512.53.001697-31.2
109Jones, Daniel1923USAFF+104BF+69N17BF2.09.59.55.001928+0.4
110Sonethongkham, Brooks0USAFFF75N+136B+121B58N2.07.07.01.0017400.0
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112Eisen, Zane1927USAFF4N+17B21N=51B18N1.522.522.56.251831-12.8
113Egelhof, Thomas1638USA7B=74N35B22N=134N=114BF1.518.518.52.501583-13.2
114Riese, Kayven1728USA2N69B68N+136B75B=113N118B1.518.018.00.751559-26.2
115Nguyen, John L1806USA36N95B+85N72B=90N64B77N1.517.519.53.751602-70.4
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128Karthikeyan, Arnav1727USAFF+49B55N40BFF1.010.510.53.501777+6.8
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135Friedman, Edward2159USA32B63NFFFFF0.07.07.00.001028-35.2
136Pramod, Pranavi1707USAFF86B114N110NFF0.06.06.00.00978-32.4
137Fabrikant, Ben1897USAFFF68BFF88N0.05.55.50.00973-26.8

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