12th Annual Potomac Open - U2100
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Rockville, MD, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1811, and top seed was Andrew Lewis Shiman (🇺🇸 USA, 1916).
Alen K Abhilash (🇺🇸 USA, 1827) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Bora Yagiz (3.5) and Anshul Kollur (3.0). Abhilash won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇺🇸Rockville, MD, United States
Dates
25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×15
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Abhilash takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Alen K Abhilash went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alen K Abhilash | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2Bora Yagiz | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Anshul Kollur | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Leif Karell | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhilash, Alen K | 1827 | USA | +13B | =4N | =14B | =8N | +3B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 6.75 | 1845 | +6.0 |
| 2 | Yagiz, Bora | 1895 | TUR | =5B | =3N | +15B | +6N | =11B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 1958 | +8.4 |
| 3 | Kollur, Anshul | 1750 | USA | +10N | =2B | =8N | +9B | −1N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1846 | +26.0 |
| 4 | Karell, Leif | 1709 | USA | +12N | =1B | −11N | +14B | =8B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1841 | +18.2 |
| 5 | Martin, Jeff | 1761 | USA | =2N | =9B | −13N | +10B | −7B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1674 | -12.2 |
| 6 | Wu, Eliot S | 1825 | USA | F | F | +10N | −2B | +9N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1882 | +9.2 |
| 7 | Schiminger, Will | 1748 | USA | F | F | −9N | +13B | +5N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 1847 | +16.0 |
| 8 | Srivastava, Arav | 1771 | USA | F | F | =3B | =1B | =4N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1762 | -1.6 |
| 9 | Yu, Nicole Q | 1710 | USA | F | =5N | +7B | −3N | −6B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1684 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Iyer, Vedanth | 1682 | USA | −3B | +13N | −6B | −5N | =15N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1619 | -16.4 |
| 11 | Shiman, Andrew Lewis | 1916 | USA | F | F | +4B | F | =2N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 1995 | +4.0 |
| 12 | Sathiesh, Kavin C | 1791 | USA | −4B | F | F | +16N | =14N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1432 | -36.8 |
| 13 | Gao, Vincent | 1710 | USA | −1N | −10B | +5B | −7N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1561 | -28.9 |
| 14 | Dokka, Tanush | 1540 | USA | F | F | =1N | −4N | =12B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1650 | +14.8 |
| 15 | Crook, Jeffrey T | 1791 | USA | F | F | −2N | F | =10B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1595 | -20.4 |
| 16 | Wong, Nathaniel | 1779 | USA | F | F | F | −12B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 990 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kollur, AnshulUSA+26.03.0 pts · #3
- 2Karell, LeifUSA+18.23.0 pts · #4
- 3Schiminger, WillUSA+16.02.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Sathiesh, Kavin CUSA-36.81.5 pts · #15
- 2Gao, VincentUSA-28.91.0 pts · #13
- 3Crook, Jeffrey TUSA-20.40.5 pts · #14