34th Annual Chicago Open - U2100

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129 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Wheeling, IL, United States. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1996, and top seed was Glen Gratz (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2089).

Brad W Hill (🇺🇸 USA, 1936) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Robert Moskwa (5.5) and Nicholas Lacroix (5.5). Hill took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Lucas Silvestre (1626) beat Glen Gratz (CM, 2089), a +463-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

🇺🇸CMGlen Gratz2089

Avg top 10

1,996

Participants

129

Titled players · 7

CM×1

WFM×3

WCM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×115

🇲🇳Mongolia×2

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1

🇰🇷South Korea×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇧🇴Bolivia×1

🇨🇴Colombia×1

Top 3

🥇
Brad W Hill
🇺🇸USA·1936
6.0pts·2143perf+66.0
🥈
Robert Moskwa
🇺🇸USA·1954
5.5pts·2072perf+35.6
🥉
Nicholas Lacroix
🇺🇸USA·1967
5.5pts·2000perf+6.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Brad W Hill led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Hill6Kim5.5Lacroix5.5Moskwa5.5Drucker5Kuipers5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 May

Brad W Hill takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Brad W Hill beat Junho C Kim (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Brad W Hill 3 wins (R4–R6)Nicholas Lacroix 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Brad W Hill	*	1	—	—
2Junho C Kim	0	*	—	—
3Nicholas Lacroix	—	—	*	½
4Robert Moskwa	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hill, Brad W	1936	USA	+112N	+4B	=26N	+87B	+38B	+45N	=10N	6.0	23.0	24.0	19.75	2143	+66.0
2	Moskwa, Robert	1954	USA	+7N	+20B	+52N	+90B	+24N	−10B	=3N	5.5	26.0	28.0	20.75	2072	+35.6
3	Lacroix, Nicholas	1967	USA	−54B	+28N	+117B	+20N	+12B	+21N	=2B	5.5	25.0	26.0	20.25	2000	+6.8
4	Kim, Junho C	1735	KOR	+89B	−1N	+70B	+18N	=9N	+61B	+23N	5.5	24.0	26.0	17.75	2114	+134.0
5	Drucker, Jack	1717	USA	+121B	+36N	+100B	−10B	+111N	+19N	−29B	5.0	19.0	19.5	11.00	2033	+113.2
6	Kuipers, Miles Yongkang	1924	USA	−88B	=65N	+108B	+36N	+22B	=96N	+20B	5.0	18.0	19.5	15.25	1858	-17.2
7	Duffy, Sean Michael	0	USA	−2B	=68N	+122B	+88N	=76N	+69B	+90N	5.0	17.0	17.5	9.50	1875	0.0
8	Verma, Angelina	1801	USA	+23N	=9B	=27N	−13B	=43N	+99B	+72B	4.5	23.0	25.0	14.50	1902	+13.4
9	Li, Michael	1871	USA	+103B	=8N	=17B	+86N	=4B	−38N	+37B	4.5	23.0	24.5	14.00	1822	-12.4
10	Tsuei, Kai	1823	USA	F	F	+91B	+5N	+19B	+2N	=1B	4.5	22.5	22.5	19.50	2198	+41.4
11	Zhang, MichelleWCM	1768	USA	F	+108N	=18B	+14N	−25B	+52N	+19B	4.5	21.0	21.0	15.00	1954	+49.6
12	Peterson, Brian	1838	USA	=67N	+71B	+37N	=111B	−3N	+57B	=45B	4.5	20.5	21.5	12.50	1977	+26.6
13	Cedeno, Louis	1922	USA	+41B	−86N	+116B	+8N	−17B	=56N	+73B	4.5	19.5	20.5	13.00	1918	+2.4
14	Rambha, Gnanadatta	1747	USA	+123N	−53B	+62N	−11B	+66N	+87B	=42N	4.5	18.5	19.0	9.75	1829	+32.4
15	Pikus, Matthew	1946	USA	+93B	=17N	=87N	+80B	=42N	+91B	−49N	4.5	17.5	19.5	11.25	1874	-10.0
16	Anderson, Aaron J	1895	USA	+128B	−19N	−95B	+65N	+74B	=72N	+47B	4.5	17.0	17.0	9.75	1905	+6.0
17	Murray, William	1863	USA	+105N	=15B	=9N	+43B	+13N	−26B	−30N	4.0	25.0	26.5	14.00	1916	+11.0
18	Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred	1862	MAS	+28N	=37B	=11N	−4B	+41N	+35B	F	4.0	25.0	25.0	15.50	1797	-9.0
19	Gorman, Cody A	1836	USA	+75N	+16B	+39N	+118B	−10N	−5B	−11N	4.0	24.5	25.5	11.50	1870	+14.0
20	Xia, ElizabethWCM	1818	USA	+104N	−2N	+63B	−3B	+50N	+111B	−6N	4.0	24.0	25.0	9.00	1919	+31.2
21	Powell, Austin	1656	USA	+114B	+88N	=38B	+61N	=26N	−3B	−32B	4.0	22.0	23.0	9.75	1905	+86.4
22	Garg, Arjun Narayan	1823	USA	=95B	=31N	=30B	+98B	−6N	=40B	+69N	4.0	21.0	23.0	11.25	1906	+32.8
23	Molina, JessicaWFM	1996	BOL	−8B	+103N	+54B	−31N	+86B	+92N	−4B	4.0	21.0	22.5	8.50	1767	-33.6
24	Napoli, Steven	1907	USA	+65B	+56N	+106B	+29N	−2B	−25N	F	4.0	20.5	20.5	11.00	1935	+6.2
25	Yuan, Fredrich	1706	USA	F	F	+46N	+34B	+11N	+24B	−26N	4.0	20.0	20.0	16.00	2105	+100.4
26	Peraino, Andrew	2007	USA	F	F	=1B	+96N	=21B	+17N	+25B	4.0	20.0	20.0	15.00	2018	+2.6
27	Sivakumar, Aarya	1839	USA	=55N	+58N	=8B	+53B	=91N	=42B	F	4.0	19.0	19.0	12.50	1872	+12.4
28	Yin, Elise S	1582	USA	−18B	−3B	+102N	=70N	=79B	+86N	+92B	4.0	18.5	20.0	8.00	1761	+49.6
29	Vanderhoek, Kalman	1937	USA	F	F	+53N	−24B	+39N	+90B	+5N	4.0	17.5	17.5	13.50	2052	+27.6
30	Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas	1843	USA	F	F	=22N	+37B	=84N	+62B	+17B	4.0	17.0	17.0	13.75	1991	+36.4
31	Johnson, Merritt D	1852	USA	F	=22B	+115N	+23B	+118N	=49B	−38N	4.0	17.0	17.0	9.75	1988	+37.6
32	Tabor, Kai	1842	USA	F	F	+97N	−42B	+53N	+39B	+21N	4.0	16.0	16.0	12.50	1984	+16.8
33	Patel, Dhyaan	1898	PUR	−52N	−40B	−60N	+119B	+115N	+110B	+53N	4.0	15.0	16.0	6.50	1726	-46.8
34	Barrido, Lemuel	1866	USA	F	F	+58B	−25N	+116B	+106N	+96B	4.0	11.5	11.5	7.50	1927	+17.6
35	Arellano, Santiago	1608	USA	F	F	+129B	+93N	+89B	−18N	+59B	4.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	2013	+82.4
36	Hoffman, Jesse N	1693	USA	+60N	−5B	=107N	−6B	+70B	=59N	=80N	3.5	21.0	22.5	9.00	1833	+18.2
37	Pennington-Cross, Nicholas Lee	1646	USA	+102B	=18N	−12B	−30N	+67B	+107B	−9N	3.5	21.0	22.5	7.50	1771	+44.4
38	Chen, Anthony Deyou	1916	USA	F	F	=21N	+83B	−1N	+9B	+31B	3.5	21.0	21.0	13.00	1973	+8.2
39	Osborne, Will	1801	USA	+76B	+48N	−19B	+95N	−29B	−32N	=71B	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.25	1858	+21.2
40	Sax, Robert	1780	USA	−56B	+33N	−41B	+103N	=55B	=22N	=66B	3.5	20.0	21.5	10.25	1775	-1.0
41	Cai, Andrew	1695	USA	−13N	+105B	+40N	−76B	−18B	+89N	=74B	3.5	19.0	20.5	8.25	1815	+37.2
42	Wei, Alan	1764	USA	F	F	+114B	+32N	=15B	=27N	=14B	3.5	18.0	18.0	11.50	1941	+48.0
43	Laishevkin, Mykhailo	1880	UKR	F	F	+66B	−17N	=8B	+63N	+44B	3.5	17.5	17.5	11.25	1872	-2.0
44	Pham, Linda	1711	USA	F	=57B	+69N	−52B	+60N	+80B	−43N	3.5	17.5	17.5	9.50	1900	+48.0
45	Sachs, Derek D	2018	USA	F	F	+93B	+89N	+52B	−1B	=12N	3.5	17.5	17.5	9.25	2015	-0.2
46	Das, Manmohan	1776	USA	+68B	−100N	−25B	−71N	+112B	=51N	+65B	3.5	17.0	18.0	7.75	1724	-9.6
47	Levi, Ariel	1962	USA	−86B	+77N	+113B	−92N	=87N	+55B	−16N	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.50	1852	-14.8
48	Tanksley, Quan	1793	USA	+77N	−39B	+124N	−91B	−56B	=54N	+94B	3.5	16.0	16.5	6.50	1746	-8.8
49	Dalhouse, Justin	1922	USA	F	F	−90B	+78N	+92B	=31N	+15B	3.5	15.0	15.0	11.00	2018	+12.6
50	Saikhanchimeg, TsogtsaikhanWFM	1972	MGL	F	F	+94B	=55N	−20B	+113N	+97N	3.5	12.0	12.0	6.50	1889	-8.0
51	Corrigan, Matthew	1852	USA	F	F	+121B	−60B	+127N	=46B	+82N	3.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	1830	-2.8
52	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan	1871	USA	+33B	+54N	−2B	+44N	−45N	−11B	−87N	3.0	24.0	26.0	10.50	1784	-33.6
53	Scott, Gene	1749	USA	+122B	+14N	−29B	−27N	−32B	+116N	−33B	3.0	21.5	22.0	6.00	1672	-24.0
54	Meek, Justin	1728	USA	+3N	−52B	−23N	+112B	−57N	=48B	=99N	3.0	21.0	22.0	9.25	1811	+21.6
55	Cusumano, Steven	1904	USA	=27B	+94N	−61B	=50B	=40N	−47N	=67B	3.0	20.0	22.0	8.75	1782	-23.0
56	Zhou, AbigailWCM	1744	USA	+40N	−24B	F	=57B	+48N	=13B	F	3.0	18.5	18.5	10.75	1953	+55.6
57	Inumerable, Florentino	2001	USA	=66B	=44N	=88B	=56N	+54B	−12N	F	3.0	18.5	18.5	8.50	1751	-37.0
58	Ganesan, Vikash	1545	USA	+59N	−27B	−34N	=97B	−73N	+121B	=98N	3.0	17.5	18.0	5.50	1662	+31.2
59	Davis, Jeffrey E	0	USA	−58B	+121N	+67B	−106N	=71B	=36B	−35N	3.0	17.0	17.5	6.00	1656	0.0
60	Jain, Rishab	1870	USA	−36B	−114N	+33B	+51N	−44B	+117N	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	8.50	1760	-33.6
61	Camejo, Mauricio	1913	COL	F	F	+55N	−21B	+120N	−4N	+78B	3.0	16.0	16.0	6.50	1776	-14.0
62	Silvestre, Lucas	1626	USA	F	F	−14B	+114N	+95B	−30N	+111N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1897	+66.0
63	Keely-Walker, Alastair William	0	USA	F	F	−20N	+124B	+98N	−43B	+107N	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	1825	0.0
64	Wang, Grace Ofia Nuoyi	1635	USA	−83B	+79N	−120B	−66N	−113B	+119N	+102B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	1655	+4.4
65	Zhu, Magnolia	1581	USA	−24N	=6B	=110N	−16B	=102N	+77B	−46N	2.5	21.0	22.5	6.50	1690	+29.2
66	Cole, Christopher	1732	USA	=57N	=69B	−43N	+64B	−14B	F	=40N	2.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1763	+3.8
67	Venkat, Varun	1657	USA	=12B	F	−59N	=73B	−37N	+75B	=55N	2.5	19.0	19.0	7.50	1785	+33.2
68	Law, Hans C	1610	USA	−46N	=7B	+123N	−69B	+77N	−73B	−81N	2.5	18.5	19.0	5.50	1654	+12.4
69	Jing, Aaron C	1878	USA	F	=66N	−44B	+68N	+117B	−7N	−22B	2.5	18.5	18.5	4.75	1739	-18.2
70	Wang, Gaofei	1803	USA	F	F	−4N	=28B	−36N	+85B	+109N	2.5	17.0	17.0	6.00	1551	-53.6
71	Ruiz, Emmanuel	1747	USA	F	−12N	F	+46B	=59N	=97B	=39N	2.5	16.5	16.5	7.75	1792	+5.0
72	Johnson, Mark J	0	USA	F	F	+73N	=84B	=83N	=16B	−8N	2.5	16.5	16.5	7.25	1805	0.0
73	Ziabkin, Ivan	1723	USA	F	F	−72B	=67N	+58B	+68N	−13N	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.75	1779	+11.6
74	Hug, Tyler Shane	0	USA	F	F	−84N	+75B	−16N	+88B	=41N	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.25	1790	0.0
75	Lencho, Mark W	1813	USA	−19B	−76N	+119B	−74N	=105B	−67N	+104B	2.5	14.5	15.5	3.25	1575	-62.4
76	Akintonde, Jimi	1929	USA	−39N	+75B	F	+41N	=7B	F	F	2.5	14.5	14.5	8.50	1894	-2.4
77	Davenport, Alan Lee	1848	USA	−48B	−47B	=104N	+122N	−68B	−65N	+121N	2.5	14.0	14.5	1.75	1525	-98.8
78	Hamilton, Mark P	1807	USA	F	F	+112N	−49B	=99N	+81B	−61N	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.50	1794	-1.4
79	Gelman, Jeffrey A	1605	USA	−115N	−64B	=82N	+127B	=28N	=109B	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.00	1462	-11.4
80	Zhang, Jerrick	0	USA	F	F	+125B	−15N	+?B	−44N	=36B	2.5	12.0	12.0	2.25	1735	0.0
81	Zhang, Sean	1761	USA	F	F	=98N	−107B	+85N	−78N	+68B	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	1721	-9.6
82	Jadhav, Prajwal	1548	USA	F	F	=79B	−94N	+104B	+103N	−51B	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.25	1680	+34.4
83	Craigmile, Charles	1807	USA	+64N	+115B	F	−38N	=72B	F	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.25	1775	-1.6
84	Ohly, Oliver	1797	USA	F	=125N	+74B	=72N	=30B	F	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	6.00	1733	-6.8
85	Chintamani, Prajwal Reddy	1731	USA	F	F	=126N	+104B	−81B	−70N	+122N	2.5	7.5	7.5	2.25	1599	+8.0
86	Sarkic, Senad	0	USA	+47N	+13B	−118N	−9B	−23N	−28B	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	8.00	1751	0.0
87	Ramkumar, Gautham	1759	USA	F	F	=15B	−1N	=47B	−14N	+52B	2.0	21.5	21.5	7.00	1820	+14.4
88	Santosh, Siddharth	1753	USA	+6N	−21B	=57N	−7B	=108B	−74N	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	7.25	1860	+16.4
89	Zulic, Jasmin	1805	USA	−4N	F	+99N	−45B	−35N	−41B	+105N	2.0	20.0	20.0	3.50	1489	-40.0
90	Cortez, Rebecca	1887	USA	F	F	+49N	−2N	+106B	−29N	−7B	2.0	19.5	19.5	5.00	1938	+5.6
91	Thompson, Sean D	1716	USA	F	F	−10N	+48N	=27B	−15N	=106B	2.0	18.0	18.0	6.25	1796	+9.4
92	Rubenstein, Oliver Dusk	1852	USA	F	F	+109N	+47B	−49N	−23B	−28N	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.00	1672	-35.6
93	Bentley, William	1879	USA	−15N	+104B	−45N	−35B	−109N	−105B	+127N	2.0	16.5	16.5	1.50	1514	-88.8
94	Manimaran, Shivani	1703	USA	F	−55B	−50N	+82B	−97N	+102B	−48N	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	1615	-28.8
95	Ehtesham Ul Haq	1921	PAK	=22N	=124B	+16N	−39B	−62N	F	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	6.75	1693	-29.6
96	Samayamantri, Hemanth	1728	USA	F	F	=111N	−26B	+107N	=6B	−34N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1875	+34.0
97	Heino, Cameron	1751	USA	F	F	−32B	=58N	+94B	=71N	−50B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.75	1690	-17.6
98	Adekola, Aderemi	1793	USA	F	F	=81B	−22N	−63B	+108N	=58B	2.0	14.0	14.0	4.25	1585	-32.8
99	Liu, Matthew Mingming	0	USA	F	F	−89B	+113N	=78B	−8N	=54B	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.75	1593	0.0
100	Hart, Alexander	1994	SWE	+113N	+46B	−5N	F	F	F	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	1747	-12.2
101	Robertson, Luke	0	USA	F	F	−?N	−102B	F	+112N	+113B	2.0	3.5	3.5	2.00	1461	0.0
102	Whitaker, Robert D	1475	USA	−37N	−112B	−28B	+101N	=65B	−94N	−64N	1.5	17.0	18.0	3.25	1220	-26.8
103	Anand, Anirudh	1632	USA	−9N	−23B	+105N	−40B	=121N	−82B	F	1.5	16.5	16.5	1.75	1562	-24.8
104	Davila Hernandez, Nicolas Francisco	1610	USA	−20B	−93N	=77B	−85N	−82N	+127B	−75N	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.25	1340	-61.2
105	Munkhsuld, Bishrelt	1591	USA	−17B	−41N	−103B	F	=75N	+93N	−89B	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	1588	-3.2
106	Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFM	1939	MGL	F	F	−24N	+59B	−90N	−34B	=91N	1.5	15.0	15.0	4.00	1523	-40.0
107	Friedman, David	1851	USA	F	F	=36B	+81N	−96B	−37N	−63B	1.5	14.5	14.5	4.25	1620	-25.2
108	Schneider, Avi	0	USA	F	−11B	−6N	+123B	=88N	−98B	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.50	1636	0.0
109	Bendre, Kavin	0	USA	F	F	−92B	−117N	+93B	=79N	−70B	1.5	10.0	10.0	3.25	1642	0.0
110	Damocles, Joe	1719	USA	F	F	=65B	−116N	+114B	−33N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.25	1558	-36.0
111	Gratz, GlenCM	2089	USA	F	F	=96B	=12N	−5B	−20N	−62B	1.0	18.5	18.5	3.25	1518	-67.2
112	Ganesan, Vidhun	1581	USA	−1B	+102N	−78B	−54N	−46N	−101B	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	1.50	1505	-20.4
113	Wang, Stone	0	USA	−100B	F	−47N	−99B	+64N	−50B	−101N	1.0	16.0	16.0	3.00	1698	0.0
114	Hoffman, Ari	1587	USA	−21N	+60B	−42N	−62B	−110N	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1487	-23.6
115	Fujiwara, Yoshiaka	0	USA	+79B	−83N	−31B	−?N	−33B	F	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	2.50	1533	0.0
116	Huang, Yueze	1516	USA	F	F	−13N	+110B	−34N	−53B	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.50	1620	+14.4
117	Balaji, Rishab	1817	USA	F	F	−3N	+109B	−69N	−60B	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.50	1105	-46.0
118	Cohen, Jordan	1923	USA	F	F	+86B	−19N	−31B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1044	-48.8
119	FIDE 39980847	0	—	F	F	−75N	−33N	+122B	−64B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	982	0.0
120	FIDE 39982726	0	—	F	F	+64N	F	−61B	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	3.00	1774	0.0
121	Kantem, Samanvi	1750	USA	−5N	−59B	−51N	F	=103B	−58N	−77B	0.5	18.5	18.5	0.75	1353	-88.0
122	Ravisundar, Rahul	0	USA	−53N	=123B	−7N	−77B	−119N	F	−85B	0.5	14.5	14.5	0.25	1385	0.0
123	Wampole, Vaughn	1689	USA	−14B	=122N	−68B	−108N	F	F	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	879	-41.2
124	Smalls, Jay D	1681	USA	F	=95N	−48B	−63N	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1665	-2.0
125	Wu, Winston	1622	USA	F	=84B	−80N	F	F	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.25	1797	+9.2
126	FIDE 39982610	0	—	F	F	=85B	F	F	F	F	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1541	0.0
127	FIDE 39982637	0	—	F	F	F	−79N	−51B	−104N	−93B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	937	0.0
128	Butcher, Jacob G	1863	USA	−16N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1095	-18.4
129	Coleman, Mark	1733	USA	F	F	−35N	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	808	-26.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kim, Junho CKOR
+134.0
5.5 pts · #2
2Drucker, JackUSA
+113.2
5.0 pts · #4
3Yuan, FredrichUSA
+100.4
4.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Davenport, Alan LeeUSA
-98.8
2.5 pts · #90
2Bentley, WilliamUSA
-88.8
2.0 pts · #106
3Kantem, SamanviUSA
-88.0
0.5 pts · #119

Biggest upsets

R7+463 Elo gap
Silvestre, Lucas1626 beat CMGratz, Glen2089
R5+372 Elo gap
Drucker, Jack1717 beat CMGratz, Glen2089
R5+295 Elo gap
Silvestre, Lucas1626 beat Ehtesham Ul Haq1921