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33rd annual Eastern Class - Class A

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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.

Location
🇺🇸Windsor Locks, CT, United States
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Lige Bi1797
Avg top 10
1,750
Participants
37
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×35
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Devansh Vellanki held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Johnson takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Devansh Vellanki 4 wins (R1–R4)Will Johnson 3 wins (R3–R5)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Johnson, Will0USA+12N10B+33N+19B+24N4.07.07.55.0017420.0
2Vellanki, Devansh1717USA+31N+19B+32N+24B6N4.06.06.53.501908+46.8
3Sweeney-Barrett, Leonard1594USA=9N+5B13N+20B+25N3.59.010.06.751927+69.6
4Aspinall, James1723USA10B+12N+16B+22N7B3.09.511.05.501751+6.4
5Shevelenko, Leon1737USAF3N+14B+27N+9B3.09.09.05.501611-13.6
6Kaczmarczyk, Truman1659USAFF+9N+35B+2B3.07.07.07.002538+48.4
7Devata, Venkat Devarshi1765USAFF+28N+25B+4N3.05.05.05.002502+49.6
8Farzaneh-Far, Ramin1667USAFF+26N+13B+32N3.03.53.53.502466+60.0
9Herve-Mignucci, Calliste0AUS=3B+14N6B+15N5N2.511.513.55.7515850.0
10Paas, Leo1759USA+4N+1N=35BFF2.57.57.57.251933+18.0
11Simmons, Robert A0USA+20N+26B24N=32BF2.54.04.02.7516750.0
12Bird, D G1709USA1B4B+29N+26BF2.09.09.02.001628-8.4
13Bi, Lige1797USAFF+3B8N+17B2.08.58.55.501779-2.8
14Wong, Eugene0USAF9B5N+29B+33N2.07.07.01.5017090.0
15Qiao, Ethan1697USAF+27B25N9B+20N2.06.06.02.501801+16.4
16Green, Charles1771USAF=28B4N+31B=21N2.06.06.01.751714-9.6
17Zhu, Kenson1701USAF=31B+21N=23B13N2.05.55.52.501595-16.8
18Patil, Jhavin Juraz0USAFF23N+34N+27B2.03.03.01.5016570.0
19Varanasi, Ruthwik S1535USAF2N+36B1N=22B1.59.59.50.751663+13.6
20Gao, Vincent1688USA11B=34N+37B3N15B1.58.58.50.251573-26.4
21Alvares-Filshtein, Alexander0USAFF17B+30N=16B1.55.05.02.0017040.0
22Nandurbarkar, Ansh S0USAFF+31N4B=19N1.55.05.01.2516690.0
23Wu, Darren1615USAFF+18B=17NF1.54.04.03.001701+4.8
24Jain, Parinya1729USAFF+11B2N1B1.010.510.52.50918-20.8
25Yang, Leah1713USAFF+15B7N3B1.08.58.52.001560-24.4
26Ryerson, Olivia1548USA+34B11N8B12NF1.08.08.00.501556+3.6
27Chen, Tianjun1628USAF15N+34B5B18N1.07.57.50.501576-7.6
28Nguyen, Sarah1672USAF=16N7B=33BF1.05.55.51.251614-8.4
29FIDE 399835010FF12B14N+34B1.04.54.50.5016890.0
30Liang, Melanie1640USAFFF21B+31N1.02.02.00.502548+26.0
31Goodman, Michael K1748USA2B=17N22B16N30B0.59.510.51.001386-34.6
32Zhang, Emma L1669USAFF2B=11N8B0.59.59.51.25893-37.2
33Bhargava, Vedanta1681USAFF1B=28N14B0.57.07.00.501670-0.8
34Ma, Yunhui1669USA26N=20B27N18B29N0.55.56.50.751343-48.4
35Gausewitz, Glen1757USAFF=10N6NF0.55.55.51.251516-25.2
36Nguyen, Christine1608USAFF19NFF0.01.51.50.00735-24.0
37Gutierrez, Augusto Enrique1681USAFF20NFF0.01.51.50.00888-9.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets