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18 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 26 Jul 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1897, and top seed was Peter Michelman (🇺🇸 USA, 1986).

Zubin Baliga (🇺🇸 USA, 1931) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Patrick McCartney (2.5) and Kishan Karthigeyan (2.5). Baliga won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anagha Aniket Sinkar (WCM, 1795) beat Vihaan Pendse (1927), a +132-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
26 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Peter Michelman1986
Avg top 10
1,897
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
1
3
11.52.53R1R2R3
Baliga2.5Karthigeyan2.5McCartney2.5Yu2Alappatt2Williams2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 2.5/3. Baliga takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zubin Baliga drew with Kishan Karthigeyan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zubin Baliga*
½
——
2Kishan Karthigeyan
½
*——
3Patrick McCartney——*—
4Yang Yu———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baliga, Zubin1931USA+15N=3B+8N2.54.04.53.252103+11.8
2McCartney, Patrick1888USA+18N+4B=5N2.54.04.03.002131+17.6
3Karthigeyan, Kishan1865USA+17B=1N+7B2.54.04.02.752048+26.8
4Williams, Christopher1783USA+6B−2N+14B2.04.55.02.501946+13.0
5Alappatt, Steve Paul1873USA+13B=7N=2B2.04.04.52.501946+11.2
6Yu, Yang1871USA−4N+16B+17N2.02.52.50.501914+8.4
7Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM1795USA+9N=5B−3N1.54.56.02.501888+15.6
8Sharma, Arya1875USA+14B=10N−1B1.54.04.51.251780-14.8
9Pendse, Vihaan1927USA−7B+13N=11B1.53.03.51.251803-20.4
10Sharda, Arsh Amit1705USA+11B=8BF1.53.03.02.252047+35.6
11Malik, Arjun1832USA−10N+18B=9N1.53.03.00.751850+3.2
12Hurtado, Fabio A0USAFF+18N1.00.00.00.0019380.0
13Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony1781USA−5N−9B=16N0.53.54.00.251656-16.4
14Vinodh Kumar, Trishona1703USA−8N=15B−4N0.53.54.00.251529-24.0
15Rathi, Naitik1749USA−1B=14NF0.53.03.00.251625-12.8
16Michelman, Peter1986USAF−6N=13B0.52.52.50.251633-18.4
17Neema, Mukund1599USA−3NF−6B0.04.54.50.001068-14.0
18Cohen-Solal, Lennie1918FRA−2B−11N−12B0.04.05.00.001060-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets