2nd Chess For Cure Open - U2000
Open SwissStandard
20 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Akron, OH, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1726, and top seed was Carlos M. Guzman Ortiz (🇵🇷 PUR, 1912).
Tejas Puram (🇺🇸 USA, 1703) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Joseph W Kleban (3.0) and Carlos M. Guzman Ortiz (3.0). Puram shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇺🇸Akron, OH, United States
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 5 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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5
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 3.0/4. Puram takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlos M. Guzman Ortiz | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Joseph W Kleban | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Tejas Puram | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Om Chatterjee | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puram, Tejas | 1703 | USA | +8B | +4N | =2B | =3B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1979 | +57.2 |
| 2 | Kleban, Joseph W | 1807 | USA | =6B | +16N | =1N | +8B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.75 | 1939 | +26.8 |
| 3 | Guzman Ortiz, Carlos M. | 1912 | PUR | =18B | +11N | +9B | =1N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 1836 | -5.4 |
| 4 | Chung, Maxwell | 1662 | USA | +20N | −1B | +18N | +14N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1666 | +0.4 |
| 5 | Chatterjee, Om | 0 | USA | F | +12N | +19N | +18B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Yang, Adelynne | 1857 | USA | =2N | +19B | −8B | +9N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1805 | -9.6 |
| 7 | FIDE 39939731 | 0 | — | −9N | +?B | +20N | =10B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 930 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Thompson, Zachary | 1764 | USA | −1N | +17B | +6N | −2N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1664 | -15.6 |
| 9 | Demetruk, David | 1730 | USA | +7B | +15B | −3N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1085 | -11.8 |
| 10 | FIDE 39985148 | 0 | — | +12B | F | =11B | =7N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Ramdas, Ronav | 1490 | USA | +14N | −3B | =10N | −13B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1090 | -3.2 |
| 12 | Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya | 0 | USA | −10N | −5B | +?N | =19B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Bhargava, Anay | 0 | USA | =?N | −14B | F | +11N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Zhang, Lucas | 0 | USA | −11B | +13N | F | −4B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Livinskyi, Akim | 0 | USA | F | −9N | +16B | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1695 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Su, Jayden Chenxuan | 1660 | CAN | +19N | −2B | −15N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1672 | +1.2 |
| 17 | FIDE 39985156 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 964 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Pierson, Kenneth L | 1628 | USA | =3N | F | −4B | −5N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1594 | -2.2 |
| 19 | Mote, Shlok Nath Reddy | 1537 | USA | −16B | −6N | −5B | =12N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.75 | 959 | -18.4 |
| 20 | FIDE 39985164 | 0 | — | −4B | −?N | −7B | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Puram, TejasUSA+57.23.0 pts · #3
- 2Kleban, Joseph WUSA+26.83.0 pts · #2
- 3Su, Jayden ChenxuanCAN+1.21.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Mote, Shlok Nath ReddyUSA-18.40.5 pts · #14
- 2Thompson, ZacharyUSA-15.62.0 pts · #8
- 3Demetruk, DavidUSA-11.82.0 pts · #15