2025 Carolinas Classic - U2100
Open SwissStandard
57 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1893, and top seed was Leo Daniel Olivera Jackson (🇺🇸 USA, 2000).
Musa Naushad (🇺🇸 USA, 1751) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Patrick McCartney (4.0) and Ruben Yanmi Quintans (4.0). Naushad took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Celine Chen (WCM, 1678) beat Steffen Thieme (1948), a +270-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
13 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 100 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×53
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
15
5
5
1
3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Musa Naushad held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Naushad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Musa Naushad went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Musa Naushad | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Ruben Yanmi Quintans | — | * | — | — |
| 3Patrick McCartney | — | — | * | — |
| 4WCMAnagha Aniket Sinkar | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naushad, Musa | 1751 | USA | +7N | +18B | =5B | +40N | =24N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 10.50 | 2100 | +87.6 |
| 2 | McCartney, Patrick | 1874 | USA | +47N | =33B | =6N | +19N | +10B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 9.25 | 1958 | +8.2 |
| 3 | Quintans, Ruben Yanmi | 1796 | USA | =11N | +52B | =18N | +20B | +21N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 8.25 | 2026 | +57.6 |
| 4 | Rambha, Gnanadatta | 1779 | USA | +31N | +12B | =39N | −24B | +23N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.25 | 2000 | +59.2 |
| 5 | Rathi, Naitik | 1756 | USA | +32N | +26B | =1N | =42B | =39N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 1927 | +45.6 |
| 6 | He, Justin Shandong | 1825 | USA | F | +46N | =2B | +30N | +13B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.00 | 2082 | +43.6 |
| 7 | Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM | 1776 | USA | −1B | =34N | +46B | +53N | +16B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1852 | +20.0 |
| 8 | Ammasani, Smayan | 1832 | USA | =16B | +54N | −19B | +29N | +40B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 2135 | +52.8 |
| 9 | Padron, Antonio | 1871 | USA | =46B | +16N | −40B | +41N | +17B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 1923 | +7.8 |
| 10 | Sharma, Arya | 1804 | USA | =29N | +11B | =20N | +48B | −2N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 1883 | +22.0 |
| 11 | Patil, Lokruth | 1778 | USA | =3B | −10N | +54B | =38N | +44B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1832 | +15.6 |
| 12 | Ma, Julian | 1752 | USA | +25B | −4N | −48B | +47N | +32B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1804 | +14.8 |
| 13 | Ballal, Ishan | 1820 | IND | +56N | +23B | =42N | =39B | −6N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1852 | +5.0 |
| 14 | Sharda, Arsh Amit | 1671 | USA | −22N | +32B | =29N | =37B | +31N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1813 | +38.8 |
| 15 | Kamath, Ayush | 1783 | USA | −17B | +55N | −28B | +54N | +49N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1866 | +23.2 |
| 16 | Purohit, Vihaan | 1675 | USA | =8N | −9B | +52N | +18B | −7N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1788 | +30.0 |
| 17 | Le-Tran, Leo | 1765 | USA | +15N | +22B | −24N | =36B | −9N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1823 | +15.2 |
| 18 | Gentry, Daniel Williams | 1788 | USA | +50B | −1N | =3B | −16N | +53B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1737 | -14.0 |
| 19 | Allen, Mark | 0 | USA | +41N | =20B | +8N | −2B | F | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1866 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 1851 | USA | +55B | =19N | =10B | −3N | =36N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1804 | -10.8 |
| 21 | Shetty, Saharsh Darsh | 1843 | USA | F | +27B | =33N | +25N | −3B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1820 | -5.2 |
| 22 | Arun, Raghav | 1663 | USA | +14B | −17N | +45B | −28N | =25B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1748 | +22.8 |
| 23 | Bale, Shawn | 1807 | USA | +30B | −13N | =41B | +43N | −4B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1753 | -7.2 |
| 24 | Ahmed, Kabir | 1987 | USA | F | F | +17B | +4N | =1B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.00 | 2038 | +6.0 |
| 25 | Li, Allen | 1690 | USA | −12N | +47B | +49N | −21B | =22N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1750 | +16.0 |
| 26 | Thieme, Steffen | 1948 | GER | +45B | −5N | −30B | =51N | +43B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1735 | -26.6 |
| 27 | Vinodh Kumar, Trishona | 1664 | USA | +39B | −21N | =38B | =44N | =29B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1786 | +32.4 |
| 28 | Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra | 1845 | USA | F | F | +15N | +22B | =42N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.25 | 1952 | +7.2 |
| 29 | Phadke, Anvay | 1781 | USA | =10B | =35N | =14B | −8B | =27N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1671 | -30.4 |
| 30 | Chen, CelineWCM | 1678 | USA | −23N | +31B | +26N | −6B | −37N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1748 | +16.4 |
| 31 | Mc Intosh, Shawn | 1853 | USA | −4B | −30N | +50B | +35N | −14B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1648 | -27.8 |
| 32 | Allen, Garret | 1743 | USA | −5B | −14N | +57B | +55N | −12N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1685 | -8.2 |
| 33 | Ramkumar, Aditya | 1750 | USA | +34B | =2N | =21B | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1945 | +31.6 |
| 34 | Sivaji, Hariharan | 1743 | FID | −33N | =7B | −47N | +52B | =51B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1666 | -10.6 |
| 35 | Joseph, Alexander | 1742 | USA | =52N | =29B | −36N | −31B | +47B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1688 | -15.6 |
| 36 | Pfeifer, Dylan Liu | 1814 | USA | F | F | +35B | =17N | =20B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 1911 | +15.2 |
| 37 | Pallapothu, Sri Pradyumn | 1665 | USA | F | F | =43B | =14N | +30B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 1795 | +20.8 |
| 38 | Williams, Christopher | 1739 | USA | F | F | =27N | =11B | +48N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1862 | +9.8 |
| 39 | Punyamurthy, Kartteekeya | 1857 | USA | −27N | F | =4B | =13N | =5B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1668 | -42.0 |
| 40 | Jackson, Leo Daniel Olivera | 2000 | USA | =43B | F | +9N | −1B | −8N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1692 | -62.0 |
| 41 | Risk, Gregory | 1828 | USA | −19B | +50N | =23N | −9B | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1802 | -2.2 |
| 42 | Movva, Dhruva Ram | 1590 | USA | F | F | =13B | =5N | =28B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1807 | +32.8 |
| 43 | Pineda-Bermudez, Mario | 1661 | USA | =40N | =44B | =37N | −23B | −26N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1676 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Zhu, Andrew J | 1712 | USA | F | =43N | =53B | =27B | −11N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1622 | -20.8 |
| 45 | Santosh, Siddharth | 1769 | USA | −26N | +56B | −22N | −49B | =46N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1622 | -39.6 |
| 46 | Neema, Mukund | 1612 | USA | =9N | −6B | −7N | −50B | =45B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1554 | -12.8 |
| 47 | Desai, Jairaj | 1680 | USA | −2B | −25N | +34B | −12B | −35N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 1520 | -38.4 |
| 48 | Mapakamise Brian | 1770 | ZIM | F | F | +12N | −10N | −38B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1640 | -20.8 |
| 49 | Tumuluri, Vasishta | 1810 | USA | F | F | −25B | +45N | −15B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1622 | -15.2 |
| 50 | Jin, Xiaodong | 1729 | USA | −18N | −41B | −31N | +46N | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1577 | -15.4 |
| 51 | Yuan, Shenghao | 1812 | USA | F | F | F | =26B | =34N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1846 | +3.2 |
| 52 | Authier, Lyric Connor | 1672 | USA | =35B | −3N | −16B | −34N | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1417 | -45.2 |
| 53 | Farmand, Farnood | 1734 | USA | F | F | =44N | −7B | −18N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1486 | -35.6 |
| 54 | Wang, Miles | 1749 | USA | F | −8B | −11N | −15B | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 998 | -52.0 |
| 55 | Garrison, Jay | 1803 | USA | −20N | −15B | F | −32B | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 992 | -30.8 |
| 56 | Gilbert, Walker W | 1820 | USA | −13B | −45N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 995 | -42.8 |
| 57 | Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony | 1804 | USA | F | F | −32N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 943 | -23.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Naushad, MusaUSA+87.64.0 pts · #1
- 2Rambha, GnanadattaUSA+59.23.5 pts · #7
- 3Quintans, Ruben YanmiUSA+57.64.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Jackson, Leo Daniel OliveraUSA-62.01.5 pts · #45
- 2Wang, MilesUSA-52.00.0 pts · #57
- 3Authier, Lyric ConnorUSA-45.20.5 pts · #53
Biggest upsets
- R3+270 Elo gap
- R4+249 Elo gap
- R1+193 Elo gap