Reverse Angle 144
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×21
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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4
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Zubin Baliga | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Karl Tolentino | — | * | — | — |
| 3Allen Li | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Thomas Kung | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baliga, Zubin | 1934 | USA | +18N | +8B | =4N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 2073 | +9.2 |
| 2 | Kung, Thomas | 2194 | USA | =13B | +12N | +5B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.50 | 2041 | -5.4 |
| 3 | Tolentino, Karl | 1993 | USA | =10N | +19B | +14B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2175 | +12.8 |
| 4 | Li, Allen | 1734 | USA | +20B | +21N | =1B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2121 | +58.0 |
| 5 | Stanley, Shamyn | 0 | USA | +15N | +18B | −2N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1956 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bellamy, Chase | 1957 | USA | −12B | +9N | +15B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1942 | -2.8 |
| 7 | Pallapothu, Sri Pradyumn | 1686 | USA | +22B | −16N | +12B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1887 | +32.0 |
| 8 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 1879 | USA | +16B | −1N | =9B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1877 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ballal, Ishan | 1840 | IND | +17N | −6B | =8N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1864 | +1.8 |
| 10 | Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore | 1852 | USA | =3B | −14N | +19N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1949 | +16.0 |
| 11 | Wu, Andrew | 2113 | USA | F | =13N | +16B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2072 | -3.6 |
| 12 | Malik, Arjun | 1786 | USA | +6N | −2B | −7N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1818 | +0.4 |
| 13 | McCartney, Patrick | 1900 | USA | =2N | =11B | −17B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1896 | -1.4 |
| 14 | Tisserand, Miles | 1887 | USA | F | +10B | −3N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1923 | +1.8 |
| 15 | Williams, Christopher | 1825 | USA | −5B | +20N | −6N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1853 | +1.4 |
| 16 | Rathi, Naitik | 1855 | USA | −8N | +7B | −11N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1768 | -14.8 |
| 17 | Miller, Braden | 1754 | USA | −9B | F | +13N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1871 | +12.4 |
| 18 | Kondabathini, Namish | 1787 | USA | −1B | −5N | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1135 | -12.0 |
| 19 | Michelman, Peter | 1968 | USA | F | −3N | −10B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1123 | -22.6 |
| 20 | Kothapalli, Eshwar | 1748 | USA | −4N | −15B | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 980 | -36.4 |
| 21 | Naushad, Musa | 1861 | USA | F | −4B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 934 | -26.8 |
| 22 | Bhakta, Aayansh Amit | 1645 | USA | −7N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 886 | -17.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Li, AllenUSA+58.02.5 pts · #3
- 2Pallapothu, Sri PradyumnUSA+32.02.0 pts · #6
- 3Rallabandi, Krishna KishoreUSA+16.01.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Kothapalli, EshwarUSA-36.40.0 pts · #19
- 2Naushad, MusaUSA-26.80.0 pts · #21
- 3Michelman, PeterUSA-22.60.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R1+171 Elo gap
- R3+146 Elo gap
- R2+127 Elo gap