2025 U.S. Junior Open Championship

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84 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Northbrook, IL, United States. 13 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2298, and top seed was Luka Budisavljevic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2509).

Evan Park (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2429) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jason Liang (5.5) and Luka Budisavljevic (5.0). Park shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Tanirika Sahoo (1403) beat Jacob Vigil (1760), a +357-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Northbrook, IL, United States

Dates

25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇸GMLuka Budisavljevic2509

Avg top 10

2,298

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×1

IM×3

FM×3

CM×4

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×72

🇮🇳India×3

🇨🇳China×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
IMEvan Park
🇺🇸USA·2429
5.5pts·2603perf+9.6
🥈
IMJason Liang
🇺🇸USA·2397
5.5pts·2542perf+8.2
🥉
GMLuka Budisavljevic
🇷🇸SRB·2509
5.0pts·2519perf+2.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Liang5.5Park5.5Kaplan5Johnson5Budisavljevic5Williams4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Park takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Jason Liang 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Evan Park 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Avi Harrison Kaplan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMJason Liang	*	—	—	—
2IMEvan Park	—	*	—	1
3FMAvi Harrison Kaplan	—	—	*	—
4FMDonald Johnson	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Park, EvanIM	2429	USA	+31B	+19N	+14B	+7N	+5B	=3N	5.5	22.5	26.0	23.50	2603	+9.6
2	Liang, JasonIM	2397	USA	+48N	+24B	+26N	+11B	=3B	+6N	5.5	20.5	23.0	20.50	2542	+8.2
3	Budisavljevic, LukaGM	2509	SRB	+38N	+22B	+10N	+4B	=2N	=1B	5.0	23.5	26.5	21.00	2519	+2.3
4	Kaplan, Avi HarrisonFM	2304	USA	+28B	+15N	+9B	−3N	+16B	+13N	5.0	21.5	25.0	20.00	2365	+12.8
5	Johnson, DonaldFM	2290	USA	+50N	+20B	+25N	+12B	−1N	+18B	5.0	21.0	23.5	18.00	2319	+8.2
6	Ren, Jesse	2198	USA	+49N	+27B	=36N	+35B	+8N	−2B	4.5	20.0	22.5	15.50	2201	+3.6
7	Sammons, Evan	2196	USA	+57N	+39B	+16N	−1B	+22N	=11B	4.5	20.0	22.5	15.00	2216	+6.2
8	Williams, Oscar	2066	ISR	+66B	+47N	=32B	+17N	−6B	+29N	4.5	18.0	19.5	13.25	2158	+33.6
9	Liu, Chris Ping	2000	USA	+41N	+37B	−4N	=42B	+50N	+24B	4.5	17.5	20.0	13.50	2076	+19.2
10	Khanbutaev, Artemii	2126	USA	+30B	+21N	−3B	+39N	=23B	=15N	4.0	20.0	23.0	14.25	2095	-7.6
11	Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCM	2149	USA	+46B	+71N	+29B	−2N	=15B	=7N	4.0	20.0	21.5	11.75	2132	+1.6
12	Abraham, John Z	2108	USA	+43N	+54B	+13N	−5N	−21B	+23B	4.0	19.5	22.0	13.00	2091	+2.3
13	Gutla, AryanFM	2286	USA	+60B	+34N	−12B	+27N	+36N	−4B	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.00	2107	-8.9
14	Shetty, Anshul	2156	USA	+51N	+23B	−1N	+54B	−18N	+39B	4.0	18.5	21.0	11.50	2043	-23.2
15	Shen, Edward	1892	USA	+78N	−4B	+45N	+41B	=11N	=10B	4.0	18.5	19.5	10.50	2093	+36.4
16	Ramesh, Nehanraj	1949	USA	+52B	+62N	−7B	+38N	−4N	+37B	4.0	18.0	19.5	10.00	2040	+15.2
17	Hebbar, EshaanIM	2217	USA	+45N	+53B	=35N	−8B	+20N	=36B	4.0	17.5	20.0	12.25	2058	-27.4
18	Bruni, Xavier	1861	USA	−33B	+65N	+66B	+40N	+14B	−5N	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.00	2009	+34.8
19	Xin, StellaCM	1925	USA	+77N	−1B	+58N	=49B	=37N	+38B	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.25	1996	+6.4
20	Menon, Rohan	1820	USA	+80B	−5N	+30B	+84N	−17B	+40N	4.0	15.5	15.5	6.50	2002	+30.0
21	Palathingal, RafaelCM	1885	USA	+75N	−10B	+55N	+25B	+12N	F	4.0	15.0	15.0	11.00	2226	+52.8
22	Jammalamadaka, VihaanCM	1977	USA	+61B	−3N	+28B	+31N	−7B	=42N	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.50	1974	-4.0
23	Zhang, Jiemin	1855	CHN	+68B	−14N	+52B	+26B	=10N	−12N	3.5	18.0	19.5	9.50	1974	+23.6
24	Soni, Arjun	1871	USA	+44B	−2N	+46B	=51N	+62B	−9N	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.25	1805	-18.0
25	Ayyappan, Santhosh	2070	USA	+40B	+79N	−5B	−21N	=31B	+46N	3.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1885	-31.3
26	Tripathi, Amogh	1853	USA	+56B	+42N	−2B	−23N	+51B	=54N	3.5	17.0	19.5	9.25	1885	+4.0
27	Chennareddy, Yuvraj	1840	USA	+63B	−6N	+56B	−13B	=28N	+52N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.25	1780	-13.6
28	Thakkar, Aayush	1722	USA	−4N	+59B	−22N	+74B	=27B	+62N	3.5	16.0	17.0	6.75	1852	+28.8
29	Dmitriev, Andrey	1968	USA	+73N	+67B	−11N	=37B	+49N	−8B	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.00	1819	-28.8
30	Das, Druheen Acharya	1875	USA	−10N	+76B	−20N	+72B	+47B	=34N	3.5	15.5	16.5	6.75	1790	-21.2
31	Karthikeyan, Arnav	1754	USA	−1N	+77B	+64N	−22B	=25N	+70B	3.5	15.5	16.5	5.75	1794	+2.8
32	Pjevic, Dario	1953	USA	+67N	+73B	=8N	−36B	−35N	+57B	3.5	15.0	16.5	7.75	1854	-20.8
33	Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh	1916	USA	+18N	−36B	−54N	=45B	+64N	+48B	3.5	14.5	16.0	9.25	1857	-16.4
34	Blomer, John	1775	USA	+55N	−13B	−49N	+79B	+60N	=30B	3.5	14.5	14.5	6.25	1819	+6.4
35	Tikhomirov, Matthew	1966	USA	+83B	+74N	=17B	−6N	+32B	F	3.5	13.0	13.0	6.50	2124	+32.0
36	Adhikari, Sunav	1990	USA	F	+33N	=6B	+32N	−13B	=17N	3.0	19.5	19.5	11.25	2186	+50.4
37	Kaur, AradhWFM	1840	USA	+64B	−9N	+63B	=29N	=19B	−16N	3.0	17.5	19.0	6.75	1768	-10.2
38	Nadathur, Hari Rangan	1821	USA	−3B	+83N	+70B	−16B	+41N	−19N	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1232	-30.8
39	Zhang, Ryan	1837	USA	+69B	−7N	+79B	−10B	+43N	−14N	3.0	17.0	17.0	4.50	1846	-1.2
40	Das, Dron Archarya	1695	USA	−25N	+81B	+53N	−18B	+45N	−20B	3.0	16.5	16.5	5.00	1876	+53.6
41	Zhan, Amy	0	USA	−9B	+82N	+47B	−15N	−38B	+61N	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.50	1682	0.0
42	Xia, ElizabethWCM	1820	USA	+81N	−26B	+74B	=9N	F	=22B	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1939	+32.4
43	Joseph, Veronique	1672	USA	−12B	−68N	+61B	+63N	−39B	+65N	3.0	12.0	13.5	5.00	1155	-14.4
44	Hough, Matthew Lucas	0	USA	−24N	−50B	+75N	−53B	+74N	+60B	3.0	11.5	12.5	4.00	1646	0.0
45	Sapru, Agastya	1805	USA	−17B	+61N	−15B	=33N	−40B	+63N	2.5	16.5	18.0	5.25	1605	-38.4
46	Bafia, Nathaniel	1569	USA	−11N	+78B	−24N	+59B	=53N	−25B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.75	1715	+24.0
47	Gurramkonda, Varun	1785	USA	+76N	−8B	−41N	+55B	−30N	=59B	2.5	16.0	17.0	4.75	1565	-32.4
48	Arvind, Charithra C	1824	USA	−2B	−52N	=65B	+76N	+58B	−33N	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.25	1271	-18.0
49	Murugan, Nikhil	0	USA	−6B	+80N	+34B	=19N	−29B	−?N	2.5	15.5	15.5	5.50	1880	0.0
50	Prem, Muthu Avaneesh	1802	USA	−5B	+44N	=62B	+68N	−9B	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	5.25	1301	-12.8
51	Anushka Ayyappan	1728	IND	−14B	+69N	+71B	=24B	−26N	−53N	2.5	15.0	16.5	4.75	1776	+8.0
52	Kabakov, Robert	0	USA	−16N	+48B	−23N	=71N	+69B	−27B	2.5	15.0	16.5	4.75	1706	0.0
53	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan	1937	USA	F	−17N	−40B	+44N	=46B	+51B	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.75	1715	-45.2
54	Pittala, Ashvath Reddy	1805	USA	+82B	−12N	+33B	−14N	F	=26B	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.25	1921	+18.8
55	FIDE 39934594	0	—	−34B	+60N	−21B	−47N	+78B	=56N	2.5	14.5	15.5	4.25	1015	0.0
56	Sceusi, Ryan	0	USA	−26N	+75B	−27N	=64B	=65N	=55B	2.5	12.5	13.5	3.75	1046	0.0
57	Cai, Andrew	1696	USA	−7B	−63N	+80B	=69N	+68B	−32N	2.5	12.5	12.5	2.25	1225	-10.4
58	FIDE 39934314	0	—	+?B	=70N	−19B	−62N	−48N	+72B	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.25	1075	0.0
59	Hua, Joshua	1574	USA	F	−28N	+82B	−46N	+77B	=47N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	1419	-21.6
60	Brown, Madison	0	USA	−13N	−55B	+78N	+67B	−34B	−44N	2.0	14.5	15.5	2.50	1696	0.0
61	Kandi, Pranav	0	USA	−22N	−45B	−43N	+75B	+79N	−41B	2.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1523	-19.6
62	Pratt, Rory Jackson	0	USA	F	−16B	=50N	+58B	−24N	−28B	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.75	1514	0.0
63	Yuan, Katie	0	USA	−27N	+57B	−37N	−43B	=67N	−45B	1.5	14.5	16.0	3.25	1517	0.0
64	Hanson, Dylan	0	USA	−37N	F	−31B	=56N	−33B	+67B	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.75	1536	0.0
65	Hong, Joseph	0	USA	F	−18B	=48N	=66N	=56B	−43B	1.5	13.5	13.5	3.25	1561	0.0
66	Pothabathula, Rahul S	1656	USA	−8N	+72B	−18N	=65B	−70N	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.25	1159	-12.8
67	Tanirika Sahoo	1403	IND	−32B	−29N	+81B	−60N	=63B	−64N	1.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	1664	+29.2
68	Dunlap, Forrest	0	USA	−23N	+43B	=?N	−50B	−57N	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.00	1555	0.0
69	Shesham, Anshu	0	USA	−39N	−51B	+77N	=57B	−52N	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	1481	0.0
70	Naik, Atharva	0	USA	F	=58B	−38N	F	+66B	−31N	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.75	1619	0.0
71	Yang, Vian	1838	USA	+72N	−11B	−51N	=52B	F	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.75	1139	-31.6
72	Meng, Max	0	USA	−71B	−66N	+83B	−30N	=76B	−58N	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.50	990	0.0
73	Annapragada, Srivastav	0	USA	−29B	−32N	=76B	+80N	−?B	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.50	1161	0.0
74	Lopez, Joshua	1750	USA	F	−35B	−42N	−28N	−44B	+75B	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	1036	-46.0
75	Derozier, Riley	0	USA	−21B	−56N	−44B	−61N	+81B	−74N	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	1672	0.0
76	Juturu, Vaibhav	0	USA	−47B	−30N	=73N	−48B	=72N	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.50	1028	0.0
77	Yan, Valerie	0	USA	−19B	−31N	−69B	+81N	−59N	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1561	0.0
78	FIDE 39988651	0	—	−15B	−46N	−60B	+82N	−55N	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	931	0.0
79	Avanish Ram Amarnath	1408	IND	F	−25B	−39N	−34N	−61B	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	997	-10.4
80	FIDE 39983080	0	—	−20N	−49B	−57N	−73B	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	958	0.0
81	Vigil, Jacob	1760	USA	−42B	−40N	−67N	−77B	−75N	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	839	-76.0
82	FIDE 39978770	0	—	−54N	−41B	−59N	−78B	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	890	0.0
83	Kota, Arjun	0	USA	−35N	−38B	−72N	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1094	0.0
84	FIDE 39982483	0	—	F	F	F	−20B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1020	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Das, Dron ArcharyaUSA
+53.6
3.0 pts · #18
2Palathingal, RafaelCMUSA
+52.8
4.0 pts · #31
3Adhikari, SunavUSA
+50.4
3.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Vigil, JacobUSA
-76.0
0.0 pts · #71
2Lopez, JoshuaUSA
-46.0
1.0 pts · #64
3Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA
-45.2
2.5 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R3+357 Elo gap
Tanirika Sahoo1403 beat Vigil, Jacob1760
R5+295 Elo gap
Bruni, Xavier1861 beat Shetty, Anshul2156
R3+242 Elo gap
Das, Dron Archarya1695 beat Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan1937