2025 Club Classical Championship

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2025, and top seed was Vishnu Vanapalli (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2289).

Vishnu Vanapalli (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2289) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Alex Haoning Chu (4.0) and Andrew Wu (3.5). Vanapalli clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Alex Haoning Chu (FM, 1924) beat Andrew Wu (2196), a +272-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

24 May 2025 → 25 May 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMVishnu Vanapalli2289

Avg top 10

2,025

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×33

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
FMVishnu Vanapalli
🇺🇸USA·2289
4.5pts·2262perf-1.6
🥈
FMAlex Haoning Chu
🇺🇸USA·1924
4.0pts·2269perf+84.8
🥉
Andrew Wu
🇺🇸USA·2196
3.5pts·2028perf-31.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Vishnu Vanapalli led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Vanapalli4.5Chu4Bondalapati3.5Wu3.5Rallabandi3.5Fang3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

FM Vishnu Vanapalli takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vishnu Vanapalli beat FM Alex Haoning Chu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Vishnu Vanapalli 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Alex Haoning Chu 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMVishnu Vanapalli	*	1	—	—
2FMAlex Haoning Chu	0	*	—	1
3Sri Vibhav Bondalapati	—	—	*	½
4Andrew Wu	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vanapalli, VishnuFM	2289	USA	=24N	+11B	+10N	+8B	+2N	4.5	12.5	14.5	13.50	2262	-1.6
2	Chu, Alex HaoningFM	1924	USA	+20B	+3B	+5N	+4N	−1B	4.0	15.0	17.0	12.50	2269	+84.8
3	Wu, Andrew	2196	USA	+12B	−2N	+23B	+9N	=6B	3.5	13.0	15.0	9.25	2028	-31.2
4	Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore	1963	USA	+26N	+18B	+22N	−2B	=5N	3.5	12.0	13.5	7.75	1965	+4.4
5	Fang, Thomas	2033	USA	+23B	+28N	−2B	+15N	=4B	3.5	12.0	13.0	7.25	2012	-1.8
6	Bondalapati, Sri Vibhav	2000	USA	+14B	−8N	+21B	+16N	=3N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.75	2030	+9.6
7	Crump, Alexander J	2108	USA	=11N	+27B	F	+22B	+8N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.75	2110	+0.2
8	Katta, Sriansh	1890	USA	+25B	+6B	+9N	−1N	−7B	3.0	14.5	16.5	8.50	2054	+40.8
9	Pendse, Vihaan	1881	USA	+21B	+15N	−8B	−3B	+17N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1985	+26.4
10	Williams, Christopher	1705	USA	=13B	+31N	−1B	+29N	=12B	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.50	1858	+18.6
11	Khariouk, Andrew	1681	USA	=7B	−1N	+13B	−17N	+29B	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.25	1881	+42.8
12	Garrison, Jay	1794	USA	−3N	+20B	F	+18B	=10N	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	1898	+8.4
13	Yang, Grace Siqi	1599	USA	=10N	=16B	−11N	+26B	=18N	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.50	1706	+28.4
14	Patil, Lokruth	1772	USA	−6N	+25B	−16N	+30B	=15B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1798	+6.4
15	Rathi, Naitik	1791	USA	+33N	−9B	+26N	−5B	=14N	2.5	10.5	11.0	3.25	1804	+2.0
16	Bale, Shawn	1808	USA	F	=13N	+14B	−6B	+20N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	1854	+4.8
17	Baliga, Zubin	1950	USA	+29N	−22B	=24N	+11B	−9B	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.50	1761	-24.0
18	Li, Allen	1647	USA	+34B	−4N	+28B	−12N	=13B	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	1822	+43.2
19	Arun, Raghav	1655	USA	=27N	−24B	−20N	+33N	+21B	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.25	1687	+8.4
20	Vinodh Kumar, Trishona	1664	USA	−2N	−12N	+19B	+28N	−16B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.50	1735	+17.2
21	Yan, Isabella	1737	USA	−9N	+33B	−6N	+27B	−19N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.00	1689	-15.2
22	Austin, Freya	1789	USA	+32B	+17N	−4B	−7N	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1906	+22.8
23	Phadke, Anvay	1784	USA	−5N	+30B	−3N	=25B	=31N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.50	1798	-2.4
24	Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony	1764	USA	=1B	+19N	=17B	F	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	6.00	2048	+40.4
25	Phadke, Viraj Sharad	1633	USA	−8N	−14N	+32B	=23N	=26B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.75	1675	+5.0
26	Jaikumar, Diksha	1689	USA	−4B	+34N	−15B	−13N	=25N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1628	-18.4
27	Haripradeep, Sanchit	1625	USA	=19B	−7N	=31B	−21N	=33B	1.5	9.0	9.5	2.00	1612	-8.0
28	McCartney, Patrick	1855	USA	+30N	−5B	−18N	−20B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1583	-28.4
29	Pineda-Bermudez, Mario	1691	USA	−17B	+32N	F	−10B	−11N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1542	-15.8
30	Harit, Neil	1760	USA	−28B	−23N	+33B	−14N	−32N	1.0	6.5	7.0	0.50	1491	-67.6
31	Jin, Xiaodong	1742	USA	F	−10B	=27N	F	=23B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.75	1579	-13.0
32	Zhang, Laura	1603	USA	−22N	−29B	−25N	F	+30B	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1525	-15.6
33	Aadhav N R	1645	IND	−15B	−21N	−30N	−19B	=27N	0.5	8.5	9.5	0.75	1348	-60.8
34	Harris, Neal	1899	USA	−18N	−26B	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	868	-31.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chu, Alex HaoningFMUSA
+84.8
4.0 pts · #2
2Li, AllenUSA
+43.2
2.5 pts · #14
3Khariouk, AndrewUSA
+42.8
2.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Harit, NeilUSA
-67.6
1.0 pts · #30
2Aadhav N RIND
-60.8
0.5 pts · #33
3Harris, NealUSA
-31.6
0.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R2+272 Elo gap
FMChu, Alex Haoning1924 beat Wu, Andrew2196
R1+252 Elo gap
Li, Allen1647 beat Harris, Neal1899
R2+210 Elo gap
Jaikumar, Diksha1689 beat Harris, Neal1899