18th Continental Chess Cleveland Open - U2100
Open SwissStandard
58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Middleburg Heights, OH, United States. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1884, and top seed was Nicola Corbellini (🇮🇹 ITA, 1973).
Hari Rangan Nadathur (🇺🇸 USA, 1748) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Elizabeth Zhou (4.0) and Maxwell Chung (4.0). Nadathur broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Maxwell Chung (1662) beat Erik Lubas (1945), a +283-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Middleburg Heights, OH, United States
Dates
13 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 4
CM×1
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×48
🇨🇦Canada×4
🇦🇱Albania×2
🇮🇹Italy×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsHari Rangan Nadathur led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
9
3
2
3
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Hari Rangan Nadathur held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Hari Rangan Nadathur won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hari Rangan Nadathur | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Charithra C Arvind | — | * | — | — |
| 3Maxwell Chung | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4WCMElizabeth Zhou | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadathur, Hari Rangan | 1748 | USA | +13B | +19N | +34N | =2B | +29B | 4.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 10.00 | 2088 | +72.8 |
| 2 | Zhou, ElizabethWCM | 1655 | USA | +12B | +20N | +43B | =1N | =3B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 9.75 | 1826 | +27.6 |
| 3 | Chung, Maxwell | 1662 | USA | +27N | +16B | =44N | +37B | =2N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.50 | 1998 | +68.8 |
| 4 | Rohlfing, David P | 1793 | USA | +24N | =18B | =21N | +7B | +15N | 4.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 9.50 | 1871 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Arvind, Charithra C | 1744 | USA | =22B | +25N | +6B | =28N | +35B | 4.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 8.50 | 2059 | +79.6 |
| 6 | Corbellini, Nicola | 1973 | ITA | =21N | +26B | −5N | =18B | +48N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1647 | -22.0 |
| 7 | Warfield, Khalil Alan | 0 | USA | =25B | +46N | =35B | −4N | +22B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1773 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Liu, Boaz | 1695 | USA | −19N | +27B | −26N | +52B | +18N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1424 | -43.2 |
| 9 | Wang, ChloeWFM | 1870 | USA | =23B | F | +12N | +21B | =34N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 1895 | +6.4 |
| 10 | Blokhin, Ilya | 1855 | USA | F | =23N | +20B | =39B | +13N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 1841 | -1.2 |
| 11 | Sundara Rajan, Inbhavenkat | 1764 | CAN | F | F | +19B | +45N | +36B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2409 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Quick, Geoffrey Vincent | 1692 | USA | −2N | +14N | −9B | +57B | =16N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1780 | +22.4 |
| 13 | Girish, Adarsh | 1669 | USA | −1N | +24B | =53N | +40B | −10B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1777 | +23.2 |
| 14 | Samanta, Neelansh | 1690 | USA | −18N | −12B | +41N | +20B | =17N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1646 | -7.2 |
| 15 | Subramanian, Sharan | 0 | USA | F | =22N | +23B | +43N | −4B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1718 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Lubas, Erik | 1945 | USA | +48B | −3N | =45B | =51N | =12B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1561 | -29.0 |
| 17 | Anand, Anirudh | 1607 | USA | −50B | +30N | +55B | −36N | =14B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1770 | +25.2 |
| 18 | Holder, Dillon | 0 | USA | +14B | =4N | −29B | =6N | −8B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Cheek, Charlie Scott | 1609 | USA | +8B | −1B | −11N | −31N | +55B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1557 | -9.6 |
| 20 | Schommer, Alexander J | 0 | USA | +30B | −2B | −10N | −14N | +52B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.50 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Guan, Marie Zijun | 1626 | CAN | =6B | +56N | =4B | −9N | −43B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1786 | +30.0 |
| 22 | Sureshkumar, Sidharth | 1734 | USA | =5N | =15B | +57N | −34B | −7N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1783 | +8.0 |
| 23 | Pierson, Kenneth L | 1628 | USA | =9N | =10B | −15N | −32N | +49B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1753 | +8.6 |
| 24 | Demetruk, David | 1730 | USA | −4B | −13N | +49B | +54N | −32B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1540 | -19.6 |
| 25 | Thottimpudi, Anjana | 1690 | USA | =7N | −5B | +42B | F | =44N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1553 | -14.0 |
| 26 | Davila Hernandez, Nicolas Francisco | 1559 | USA | F | −6N | +8B | =38B | =37N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1838 | +39.6 |
| 27 | Chatterjee, Om | 0 | USA | −3B | −8N | +?B | +55N | −31B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 916 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Friedman, David | 1826 | USA | F | F | +31N | =5B | =38N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.75 | 1961 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Opaska, Michael | 1816 | USA | F | F | +18N | +44B | −1N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1748 | -3.6 |
| 30 | Helmsen, Gavin | 1771 | USA | −20N | −17B | +58N | =47B | =41N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1430 | -18.0 |
| 31 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1793 | USA | F | F | −28B | +19B | +27N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 1718 | -7.6 |
| 32 | Deshpande,SarthakCM | 1911 | CAN | F | F | −39N | +23B | +24N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 2479 | +16.8 |
| 33 | Akin, Doyle N | 0 | USA | F | F | +47N | −35N | +51B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1788 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Prasad, Arvind Sai | 1864 | USA | F | F | −1B | +22N | =9B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1784 | -13.2 |
| 35 | Salihaj, Lambjon | 1872 | ALB | F | F | =7N | +33B | −5N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 944 | -13.4 |
| 36 | Srinivasan, Shiv Karthik | 0 | USA | F | F | =38N | +17B | −11N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1686 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Salihaj, Ferit | 1871 | ALB | F | F | +51B | −3N | =26B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1638 | -17.2 |
| 38 | FIDE 39984427 | 0 | — | F | F | =36B | =26N | =28B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1688 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Nicks, Jim | 0 | USA | F | F | +32B | =10N | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1903 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Spinrad, Jerry | 1774 | USA | F | F | +46B | −13N | =45B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 868 | -25.6 |
| 41 | Nikhil, Nirav | 1639 | USA | F | F | −14B | +56N | =30B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1656 | +2.8 |
| 42 | FIDE 39984508 | 0 | — | F | F | −25N | +46B | =47N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Bhargava, Anay | 0 | USA | F | F | −2N | −15B | +21N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1640 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Wang, Stone | 1748 | USA | F | F | =3B | −29N | =25B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1598 | -24.4 |
| 45 | Park, Colin | 0 | USA | F | F | =16N | −11B | =40N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1703 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Nikhil, Pranav | 0 | USA | F | −7B | −40N | −42N | +56B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Pullabhotla, Aditya | 0 | USA | F | F | −33B | =30N | =42B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1771 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Meyo, Dan | 0 | USA | −16N | F | +56B | F | −6B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1683 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Hong, Hunter | 0 | USA | F | F | −24N | +?N | −23N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Xia, ElizabethWCM | 1852 | USA | +17N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2407 | +8.0 |
| 51 | Pugh, Stacia M | 1703 | USA | F | F | −37N | =16B | −33N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1715 | +0.8 |
| 52 | Ramdas, Ronav | 1490 | USA | F | F | =54B | −8N | −20N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1436 | -5.6 |
| 53 | Hunt, Thomas Warren | 0 | USA | F | F | =13B | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Udeshi, Rishabh | 1503 | USA | F | F | =52N | −24B | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1417 | -15.2 |
| 55 | Meta, Kujtim | 0 | USA | F | F | −17N | −27B | −19N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Sreekumar, Gayathri | 1508 | CAN | F | −21B | −48N | −41B | −46N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 832 | -26.4 |
| 57 | Walthall, Thomas | 1741 | USA | F | F | −22B | −12N | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 913 | -43.2 |
| 58 | FIDE 39984516 | 0 | — | F | F | −30B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 971 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Arvind, Charithra CUSA+79.64.0 pts · #2
- 2Nadathur, Hari RanganUSA+72.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Chung, MaxwellUSA+68.84.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Liu, BoazUSA-43.23.0 pts · #33
- 2Walthall, ThomasUSA-43.20.0 pts · #58
- 3Lubas, ErikUSA-29.02.5 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R2+283 Elo gap
- R3+229 Elo gap
- R4+209 Elo gap