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2025 Caveman Medior Open (not Jr not Sr)

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Northbrook, IL, United States. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2158, and top seed was Awonder Liang (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2693).

Praveen Balakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2494) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Gajanan Vijay Jayade (4.0) and Padhya Saumil (4.0). Balakrishnan took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sean D Thompson (1742) beat Akshay Indusekar (1941), a +199-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
🇺🇸GMAwonder Liang2693
Avg top 10
2,158
Participants
21
Titled players · 5
GM×2
FM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇮🇳India×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Praveen Balakrishnan led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Balakrishnan takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul

GM Praveen Balakrishnan takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2–R6 · WIN STREAK

GM Praveen Balakrishnan won 5 in a row (R2–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMPraveen Balakrishnan*
1
2Hiro Higuchi*
½
3Gajanan Vijay Jayade
0
*
½
4FMPadhya Saumil
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balakrishnan, PraveenGM2494USAF+6N+8B+9N+2B+11N5.014.514.514.502910+4.5
2Gajanan Vijay Jayade1944IND+20N+15B=9B+8N1N=3B4.015.516.07.752136+23.4
3Padhya SaumilFM2204IND6B=4B+20N+10N+18B=2N4.014.515.08.002013-20.2
4Higuchi, Hiro1823USA=10B=3N=16B=17N+12B+7B4.013.014.09.502033+30.6
5Indusekar, Akshay1941USA+19B8N12B+13N+6B+15N4.011.012.07.501872-7.4
6Cancio, Zak2016USA+3N1B+17N14B5N+19B3.016.017.06.002092+16.0
7Mallela, Abhishek1913USA+16B9N+13B+12N11B4N3.013.014.55.501820-12.8
8Mao, Andrew1949USA+13N+5B1N2B=15N10B2.517.519.06.751895-7.6
9Arvind, C.J.FM2046IND+18N+7B=2N1BFF2.513.013.06.002101+2.0
10Storn, Justin2118USA=4N+21B14N3BF+8N2.513.013.05.002037-10.6
11Tsyganov, IgorFM2173USA=17BF+15NF+7N1B2.510.510.55.002067-7.2
12Thompson, Sean D1742USAFF+5N7B4N+17B2.012.012.05.001868+13.2
13Fleischman, Bryan Austin Wayne0USA8BF7N5B+17B+18N2.011.511.52.0017070.0
14Liang, AwonderGM2693USAFF+10B+6NFF2.05.55.55.503093+1.6
15Webb, Wheaton William0USAF2N11B+19N=8B5B1.514.014.02.2518080.0
16Chen, Megan1674USA7N+18B=4NFFF1.58.08.03.0016750.0
17Hamilton, Mark P1796USA=11NF6B=4B13N12N1.013.513.53.251746-6.8
18FIDE 3998645409B16NF+21B3N13B1.010.510.50.5011750.0
19Nudo, Zachary W1778USA5N=20B=21N15BF6N1.09.59.50.501638-9.6
20Milliern, David1777USA2B=19N3BFFF0.59.09.00.501693-14.4
21Bazyliev, Viacheslav0USAF10N=19B18NFF0.54.54.50.5017550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets