2025 Carolinas Classic - U1900

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42 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1781, and top seed was Brayden Van de Graaff (🇺🇸 USA, 1873).

Aiden Emerson Bartlett (🇺🇸 USA, 1848) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Brayden Van de Graaff (4.5) and Vincent Gao (4.0). Bartlett won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Diya Balamurugan (1543) beat Arnav Singh (1765), a +222-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

Top seed

🇺🇸Brayden Van de Graaff1873

Avg top 10

1,781

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×39

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇧🇲Bermuda×1

Top 3

🥇
Aiden Emerson Bartlett
🇺🇸USA·1848
4.5pts·1967perf+16.4
🥈
Brayden Van de Graaff
🇺🇸USA·1873
4.5pts·2036perf+24.0
🥉
Vincent Gao
🇺🇸USA·1688
4.0pts·2023perf+59.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Bartlett4.5Van de Graaff4.5Gao4Crawford4Yu3.5Cameron3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bartlett takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aiden Emerson Bartlett 4 wins (R2–R5)Brayden Van de Graaff 4 wins (R1–R4)Vincent Gao 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aiden Emerson Bartlett	*	—	—	—
2Brayden Van de Graaff	—	*	½	—
3Vincent Gao	—	½	*	—
4Jared Crawford	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bartlett, Aiden Emerson	1848	USA	=20N	+12B	+5N	+8B	+7N	4.5	12.5	14.5	13.50	1967	+16.4
2	Van de Graaff, Brayden	1873	USA	+17N	+33B	+11N	+14B	=3N	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.00	2036	+24.0
3	Gao, Vincent	1688	USA	=15N	+20B	+40N	+9N	=2B	4.0	12.0	12.0	8.50	2023	+59.6
4	Crawford, Jared	1688	USA	=7N	=10B	+33N	+30B	+13N	4.0	10.0	11.0	8.00	1885	+20.4
5	Yu, Lucas	0	USA	+38B	+23N	−1B	+25N	=21B	3.5	10.5	11.0	5.50	1732	0.0
6	Cameron, Kyle Stephen J	1723	USA	−13N	=16B	+28N	+37B	+14N	3.5	9.0	9.5	5.75	1745	+4.0
7	Jaikumar, Diksha	1691	USA	=4B	+18N	=21B	+26N	−1B	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1809	+32.8
8	Harit, Neil	1624	USA	+32N	=14B	+15N	−1N	=9B	3.0	12.5	14.0	6.75	1678	+8.0
9	Brasher, Jeff B	1620	USA	+16N	=13B	+37N	−3B	=8N	3.0	12.0	12.5	5.75	1648	+6.0
10	Kaushik, Shlok	1683	USA	=27B	=4N	+18B	+36N	−19B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.25	1711	+6.0
11	Jagga, Harshil	1789	USA	+31B	+29N	−2B	−21N	+35B	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.00	1759	-6.4
12	Zhang, Laura	1586	USA	=22B	−1N	+39B	+40N	=26B	3.0	8.0	8.0	1.75	1762	+47.2
13	Shaw, Eric	1735	USA	+6B	=9N	=19B	=34N	−4B	2.5	13.0	14.0	6.75	1695	-9.2
14	Sadeghi, Cirous	0	USA	+26B	=8N	+34B	−2N	−6B	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.00	1621	0.0
15	Joseph, Alisa	0	USA	=3B	+22N	−8B	=23N	=16B	2.5	11.5	13.5	6.25	1654	0.0
16	Yu, Vicky	0	FID	−9B	=6N	+?N	=20B	=15N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1532	0.0
17	Jaikumar, Nishita	1664	USA	−2B	+27N	−24B	=18N	+38B	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.25	1735	+18.4
18	Niranjan, Sheerabdhi	1854	USA	+39N	−7B	−10N	=17B	+27N	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	1653	-51.6
19	Saha, Aaryav	1750	USA	F	F	=13N	+24B	+10N	2.5	7.5	7.5	6.25	1965	+30.4
20	Yang, Grace Siqi	1628	USA	=1B	−3N	+27B	=16N	−25B	2.0	13.0	14.5	5.00	1575	-13.6
21	Rajagopal, Akshay	1682	USA	F	F	=7N	+11B	=5N	2.0	9.5	9.5	6.25	1932	+26.4
22	Dennis, Nathan	1680	BER	=12N	−15B	=38N	+28B	−24N	2.0	9.0	9.5	3.25	1641	-4.2
23	Bunch, John	1626	USA	+28N	−5B	−26N	=15B	=37N	2.0	9.0	9.5	3.00	1579	-7.6
24	Nenneman, Daniel	1657	USA	F	F	+17N	−19N	+22B	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.50	1823	+26.8
25	Dutta, Sattwik	1561	USA	F	F	+41N	−5B	+20N	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	2496	+54.0
26	Haripradeep, Sanchit	1614	USA	−14N	F	+23B	−7B	=12N	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.50	1633	+3.2
27	Murrah, Erik Lee	1550	USA	=10N	−17B	−20N	+39N	−18B	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1552	-0.8
28	Losada Navas, Benito Raul	1580	VEN	−23B	+31N	−6B	−22N	=29B	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.25	1526	-7.2
29	Murrah, Tyler James	1655	USA	+42N	−11B	−30N	−32B	=28N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1580	-17.2
30	Huang, Paul	0	USA	F	F	+29B	−4N	=31B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1678	0.0
31	Zetshi, Adit	1692	USA	−11N	−28B	F	+33B	=30N	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1551	-22.4
32	Arun, Pranav	1566	USA	−8B	F	F	+29N	=34B	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.00	1639	+8.0
33	Phadke, Viraj Sharad	1661	USA	+35B	−2N	−4B	−31N	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1504	-16.4
34	Schoonveld, Adam	0	USA	F	F	−14N	=13B	=32N	1.0	6.5	6.5	2.00	1650	0.0
35	Balamurugan, Diya	1543	USA	−33N	F	−36B	+41B	−11N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1613	+11.2
36	Heller, Scott J	0	USA	F	F	+35N	−10B	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1608	0.0
37	Karki, Shreyas	1544	USA	F	F	−9B	−6N	=23B	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1383	-22.4
38	White, Steven	1742	USA	−5N	F	=22B	F	−17N	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1479	-28.0
39	Shrivastava, Aayush	1677	USA	−18B	F	−12N	−27B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	863	-62.8
40	King, Paul L	1628	USA	F	F	−3B	−12B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	837	-19.6
41	Singh, Arnav	1765	USA	F	F	−25B	−35N	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	747	-62.0
42	Farmand, Farnood	1734	USA	−29B	F	F	F	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	855	-24.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gao, VincentUSA
+59.6
4.0 pts · #3
2Dutta, SattwikUSA
+54.0
2.0 pts · #17
3Zhang, LauraUSA
+47.2
3.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Shrivastava, AayushUSA
-62.8
0.0 pts · #39
2Singh, ArnavUSA
-62.0
0.0 pts · #42
3Niranjan, SheerabdhiUSA
-51.6
2.5 pts · #10

Biggest upsets

R4+222 Elo gap
Balamurugan, Diya1543 beat Singh, Arnav1765
R3+204 Elo gap
Dutta, Sattwik1561 beat Singh, Arnav1765
R3+171 Elo gap
Kaushik, Shlok1683 beat Niranjan, Sheerabdhi1854