33rd annual Eastern Class - Class A
37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Windsor Locks, CT, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1750, and top seed was Lige Bi (🇺🇸 USA, 1797).
Will Johnson (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Devansh Vellanki (4.0) and Leonard Sweeney-Barrett (3.5). Johnson won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Leonard Sweeney-Barrett (1594) beat Leon Shevelenko (1737), a +143-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Devansh Vellanki held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Johnson takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
Devansh Vellanki 4 wins (R1–R4)Will Johnson 3 wins (R3–R5)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson, Will | 0 | USA | +12N | −10B | +33N | +19B | +24N | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1742 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Vellanki, Devansh | 1717 | USA | +31N | +19B | +32N | +24B | −6N | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1908 | +46.8 |
| 3 | Sweeney-Barrett, Leonard | 1594 | USA | =9N | +5B | −13N | +20B | +25N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.75 | 1927 | +69.6 |
| 4 | Aspinall, James | 1723 | USA | −10B | +12N | +16B | +22N | −7B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1751 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Shevelenko, Leon | 1737 | USA | F | −3N | +14B | +27N | +9B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1611 | -13.6 |
| 6 | Kaczmarczyk, Truman | 1659 | USA | F | F | +9N | +35B | +2B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2538 | +48.4 |
| 7 | Devata, Venkat Devarshi | 1765 | USA | F | F | +28N | +25B | +4N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2502 | +49.6 |
| 8 | Farzaneh-Far, Ramin | 1667 | USA | F | F | +26N | +13B | +32N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2466 | +60.0 |
| 9 | Herve-Mignucci, Calliste | 0 | AUS | =3B | +14N | −6B | +15N | −5N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Paas, Leo | 1759 | USA | +4N | +1N | =35B | F | F | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.25 | 1933 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Simmons, Robert A | 0 | USA | +20N | +26B | −24N | =32B | F | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1675 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bird, D G | 1709 | USA | −1B | −4B | +29N | +26B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1628 | -8.4 |
| 13 | Bi, Lige | 1797 | USA | F | F | +3B | −8N | +17B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1779 | -2.8 |
| 14 | Wong, Eugene | 0 | USA | F | −9B | −5N | +29B | +33N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1709 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Qiao, Ethan | 1697 | USA | F | +27B | −25N | −9B | +20N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1801 | +16.4 |
| 16 | Green, Charles | 1771 | USA | F | =28B | −4N | +31B | =21N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1714 | -9.6 |
| 17 | Zhu, Kenson | 1701 | USA | F | =31B | +21N | =23B | −13N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1595 | -16.8 |
| 18 | Patil, Jhavin Juraz | 0 | USA | F | F | −23N | +34N | +27B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1657 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Varanasi, Ruthwik S | 1535 | USA | F | −2N | +36B | −1N | =22B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1663 | +13.6 |
| 20 | Gao, Vincent | 1688 | USA | −11B | =34N | +37B | −3N | −15B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.25 | 1573 | -26.4 |
| 21 | Alvares-Filshtein, Alexander | 0 | USA | F | F | −17B | +30N | =16B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1704 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Nandurbarkar, Ansh S | 0 | USA | F | F | +31N | −4B | =19N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1669 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Wu, Darren | 1615 | USA | F | F | +18B | =17N | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1701 | +4.8 |
| 24 | Jain, Parinya | 1729 | USA | F | F | +11B | −2N | −1B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 918 | -20.8 |
| 25 | Yang, Leah | 1713 | USA | F | F | +15B | −7N | −3B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1560 | -24.4 |
| 26 | Ryerson, Olivia | 1548 | USA | +34B | −11N | −8B | −12N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1556 | +3.6 |
| 27 | Chen, Tianjun | 1628 | USA | F | −15N | +34B | −5B | −18N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1576 | -7.6 |
| 28 | Nguyen, Sarah | 1672 | USA | F | =16N | −7B | =33B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1614 | -8.4 |
| 29 | FIDE 39983501 | 0 | — | F | F | −12B | −14N | +34B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1689 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Liang, Melanie | 1640 | USA | F | F | F | −21B | +31N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 2548 | +26.0 |
| 31 | Goodman, Michael K | 1748 | USA | −2B | =17N | −22B | −16N | −30B | 0.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1386 | -34.6 |
| 32 | Zhang, Emma L | 1669 | USA | F | F | −2B | =11N | −8B | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 893 | -37.2 |
| 33 | Bhargava, Vedanta | 1681 | USA | F | F | −1B | =28N | −14B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1670 | -0.8 |
| 34 | Ma, Yunhui | 1669 | USA | −26N | =20B | −27N | −18B | −29N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1343 | -48.4 |
| 35 | Gausewitz, Glen | 1757 | USA | F | F | =10N | −6N | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1516 | -25.2 |
| 36 | Nguyen, Christine | 1608 | USA | F | F | −19N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 735 | -24.0 |
| 37 | Gutierrez, Augusto Enrique | 1681 | USA | F | F | −20N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 888 | -9.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sweeney-Barrett, LeonardUSA+69.63.5 pts · #4
- 2Farzaneh-Far, RaminUSA+60.03.0 pts · #3
- 3Devata, Venkat DevarshiUSA+49.63.0 pts · #5
- 1Ma, YunhuiUSA-48.40.5 pts · #31
- 2Zhang, Emma LUSA-37.20.5 pts · #37
- 3Goodman, Michael KUSA-34.60.5 pts · #33
- R2+143 Elo gap
- R4+130 Elo gap
- R1+121 Elo gap