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3rd Annual Independence Day Open - Premier

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. 11 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2277, and top seed was Vojtech Plat (🇸🇰 SVK, GM, 2487).

Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2436) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vojtech Plat (6.5) and Gabor Nagy (6.5). Baron shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Khanim Ismayilova (WCM, 1971) beat Matthew Guo Diao (FM, 2244), a +273-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Dulles, VA, United States
Dates
02 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇰GMVojtech Plat2487
Avg top 10
2,277
Participants
16
Titled players · 11
GM×3
FM×6
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×11
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMTal Baron
    🇮🇱ISR·2436
    7.0pts·2446perf+3.1
  • 🥈
    GMVojtech Plat
    🇸🇰SVK·2487
    6.5pts·2416perf-4.7
  • 🥉
    GMGabor Nagy
    🇭🇺HUN·2463
    6.5pts·2397perf-3.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Tal Baron led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Baron takes leadKalpaka takes leadBaron takes lead
Baron7Plat6.5Nagy6.5Kalpaka6Adury5.5Perrine4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jul

GM Tal Baron takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Tal Baron beat GM Vojtech Plat (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

GM Vojtech Plat posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R7–R9) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMTal Baron*
1
½
½
2GMVojtech Plat
0
*
½
0
3GMGabor Nagy
½
½
*
½
4FMVaibhav Kalpaka
½
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baron, TalGM2436ISR=16N+14B=4N+6B+2B=3N=5N+8B+10N7.039.541.031.252446+3.1
2Plat, VojtechGM2487SVK+6N+8B+5N=3B−1N−4B+7B+9N+13N6.543.045.529.252416-4.7
3Nagy, GaborGM2463HUN+11B=4N+15B=2N=5B=1B+9N+6N=7B6.542.044.029.252397-3.9
4Vaibhav KalpakaFM2265IND+9N=3B=1B=5N+10B+2N+6B=7N−11N6.042.546.030.752369+25.4
5Adury, AnantFM2215USA+13B+10N−2B=4B=3N=7N=1B+12N=6B5.541.544.023.252326+53.2
6Perrine, DaltonFM2140USA−2B+12N+7B−1N+15N+10B−4N−3B=5N4.542.544.515.752247+22.2
7Das, AditeyaFM2311USA−10N+13B−6N+16N+8B=5B−2N=4B=3N4.539.541.017.502221-20.2
8Diao, Matthew GuoFM2244USA+12B−2N+11B=10N−7N−9B+15B−1N+14N4.535.037.012.752143-32.4
9Ismayilova, KhanimWCM1971AZE−4B−11N=12B+13N+16B+8N−3B−2B+15N4.534.536.012.002159+78.0
10Kurup, Siddharth2071USA+7B−5B+14N=8B−4N−6N+12B−13N−1B3.537.540.012.252096+5.3
11Samuelson, AndrewFM2100USA−3N+9B−8N=15B=12N=13B−14NF+4B3.531.531.514.252062-10.6
12Liu, StevenCM2047USA−8N−6B=9N+14B=11B+15N−10N−5BF3.030.530.58.501988-28.8
13Su, Kevin1991USA−5N−7N−16B−9B+14N=11NF+10B−2B2.532.032.07.751997-4.4
14Muthukumaran, Gurru1933USAF−1N−10B−12N−13B+16N+11B=15N−8B2.527.527.56.001963+6.4
15Katta, Sriansh1929USAF+16B−3N=11N−6B−12B−8N=14B−9B2.030.530.54.501917-10.0
16Swaminathan, Pranav2113USA=1B−15N+13N−7B−9N−14BFFF1.523.023.06.001902-68.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets