2025 UMB Bank Open Championship
26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2109, and top seed was Jeffery Xiong (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2636).
Jeffery Xiong (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2636) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Tianqi Wang (4.0) and Lev Paciorkowski (4.0). Xiong broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Anish Suddala (1741) beat Elijah Logozar (1945), a +204-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGM Jeffery Xiong led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
GM Jeffery Xiong never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
GM Jeffery Xiong beat Lev Paciorkowski (Black).
GM Jeffery Xiong 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Tianqi Wang 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMJeffery Xiong | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Lev Paciorkowski | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3IMTianqi Wang | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Sho Glashausser | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiong, JefferyGM | 2636 | USA | +6N | +5B | +3N | +14B | +2N | 5.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 16.50 | 3075 | +5.3 |
| 2 | Wang, TianqiIM | 2355 | USA | +11B | +9N | +4B | +7N | −1B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 2351 | +2.3 |
| 3 | Paciorkowski, Lev | 2311 | USA | +8N | +22B | −1B | +15N | +7B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 2303 | +4.2 |
| 4 | Glashausser, Sho | 2054 | USA | +18N | +20B | −2N | +6B | +16B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.50 | 2081 | +6.2 |
| 5 | Vadderaju, Sudeep | 1927 | USA | +19B | −1N | +20N | =8B | +14N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1999 | +17.6 |
| 6 | Gurramkonda, Varun | 1737 | USA | −1B | +17N | +21B | −4N | +15B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1931 | +34.8 |
| 7 | Pikus, Matthew | 1946 | USA | +16N | +23B | +10N | −2B | −3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 2095 | +17.4 |
| 8 | Suddala, Anish | 1741 | USA | −3B | +13N | +9B | =5N | −12B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 1919 | +41.2 |
| 9 | Logozar, Elijah | 1945 | USA | +13N | −2B | −8N | =23B | +18N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1817 | -16.6 |
| 10 | Gao, Wilson | 2055 | USA | =17B | +25N | −7B | =12N | =11B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1766 | -58.4 |
| 11 | Maiti, Vedant | 1816 | USA | −2N | −16B | +24N | +21B | =10N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1774 | -13.2 |
| 12 | Lee, Justin | 1987 | USA | F | +15N | −14B | =10B | +8N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 1965 | -4.4 |
| 13 | Pagliarini, Finn | 1593 | USA | −9B | −8B | =18N | +25N | +20B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1690 | +16.4 |
| 14 | Maringanti, Mohit Anirudh Prasad | 1815 | USA | F | +24B | +12N | −1N | −5B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1902 | +16.8 |
| 15 | Yang, Forrest | 1869 | USA | +26N | −12B | +23N | −3B | −6N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 1779 | -27.2 |
| 16 | Jin, Evan Y | 1693 | USA | −7B | +11N | +25B | F | −4N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1814 | +15.2 |
| 17 | Shi, Albert | 1662 | USA | =10N | −6B | =19N | −20B | +24B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1656 | -6.4 |
| 18 | Crasta, Sean | 1692 | USA | −4B | −21N | =13B | +24N | −9B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1681 | -8.0 |
| 19 | Burtch, Aaron | 1638 | USA | −5N | F | =17B | F | +21N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1602 | -5.2 |
| 20 | Goddard, Paul J | 1730 | USA | F | −4N | −5B | +17N | −13N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1616 | -13.0 |
| 21 | Buell, Joseph Lawrence | 0 | USA | F | +18B | −6N | −11N | −19B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Gao, Sean | 1840 | USA | F | −3N | +26B | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1895 | +2.8 |
| 23 | Silva, Asha | 1713 | USA | F | −7N | −15B | =9N | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1647 | -8.4 |
| 24 | Bomjan, Neerav | 1480 | USA | F | −14N | −11B | −18B | −17N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 946 | -29.2 |
| 25 | FIDE 30905125 | 0 | — | F | −10B | −16N | −13B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 980 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Goldschmidt, Steven | 1549 | USA | −15B | F | −22N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1055 | -11.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Suddala, AnishUSA+41.22.5 pts · #9
- 2Gurramkonda, VarunUSA+34.83.0 pts · #11
- 3Vadderaju, SudeepUSA+17.63.5 pts · #5
- 1Gao, WilsonUSA-58.42.5 pts · #17
- 2Bomjan, NeeravUSA-29.20.0 pts · #24
- 3Yang, ForrestUSA-27.22.0 pts · #12
- R3+204 Elo gap
- R3+172 Elo gap
- R5+137 Elo gap