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22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 23 Aug 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1969, and top seed was Thomas Kung (🇺🇸 USA, 2194).

Zubin Baliga (🇺🇸 USA, 1934) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Thomas Kung (2.5) and Karl Tolentino (2.5). Baliga shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Arjun Malik (1786) beat Chase Bellamy (1957), a +171-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
23 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Thomas Kung2194
Avg top 10
1,969
Participants
22
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×21
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
4
11.52.53R1R2R3
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zubin Baliga*
½
2Karl Tolentino*
3Allen Li
½
*
4Thomas Kung*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baliga, Zubin1934USA+18N+8B=4N2.54.04.02.752073+9.2
2Kung, Thomas2194USA=13B+12N+5B2.53.04.03.502041-5.4
3Tolentino, Karl1993USA=10N+19B+14B2.52.52.51.752175+12.8
4Li, Allen1734USA+20B+21N=1B2.52.52.51.252121+58.0
5Stanley, Shamyn0USA+15N+18B2N2.03.53.51.0019560.0
6Bellamy, Chase1957USA12B+9N+15B2.02.53.52.501942-2.8
7Pallapothu, Sri Pradyumn1686USA+22B16N+12B2.02.02.01.001887+32.0
8Alappatt, Steve Paul1879USA+16B1N=9B1.54.05.01.7518770.0
9Ballal, Ishan1840IND+17N6B=8N1.53.54.51.751864+1.8
10Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore1852USA=3B14N+19N1.53.53.51.251949+16.0
11Wu, Andrew2113USAF=13N+16B1.52.02.01.502072-3.6
12Malik, Arjun1786USA+6N2B7N1.04.56.52.001818+0.4
13McCartney, Patrick1900USA=2N=11B17B1.04.05.02.001896-1.4
14Tisserand, Miles1887USAF+10B3N1.04.04.01.501923+1.8
15Williams, Christopher1825USA5B+20N6N1.04.04.00.001853+1.4
16Rathi, Naitik1855USA8N+7B11N1.03.55.02.001768-14.8
17Miller, Braden1754USA9BF+13N1.02.52.51.001871+12.4
18Kondabathini, Namish1787USA1B5NF0.04.54.50.001135-12.0
19Michelman, Peter1968USAF3N10B0.04.04.00.001123-22.6
20Kothapalli, Eshwar1748USA4N15BF0.03.53.50.00980-36.4
21Naushad, Musa1861USAF4BF0.02.52.50.00934-26.8
22Bhakta, Aayansh Amit1645USA7NFF0.02.02.00.00886-17.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets