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2nd Annual Old Dominion Open

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23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Oak Grove, VA, United States. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2110, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2585).

Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2585) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Hersh Singh (4.0) and Kyle Zhuang (4.0). Zhou won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ella Xinyi Li (1602) beat Sandeep Thimmasamudram (1867), a +265-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Oak Grove, VA, United States
Dates
09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2585
Avg top 10
2,110
Participants
23
Titled players · 4
GM×1
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Jianchao Zhou led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Zhou4.5Zhuang4Singh4Diao3ONeill3Bhoopathi3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Jianchao Zhou held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Jianchao Zhou 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Hersh Singh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJianchao Zhou*—
1
½
2Kyle Zhuang—*—
½
3FMHersh Singh
0
—*—
4FMMatthew Guo Diao
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhou, JianchaoGM2585USA+14N+13B+4N+2B=5N4.512.014.012.502572-0.3
2Singh, HershFM2187USA+7N+9B+17N−1N+6B4.013.014.510.002238+8.2
3Zhuang, Kyle2144USA=15N+19B+13N=5B+4N4.010.011.08.502196+18.6
4Sarkar, JustinIM2286USA+11B+21N−1B+10N−3B3.013.514.56.002126-6.8
5Diao, Matthew GuoFM2115USA+16B+20NF=3N=1B3.011.511.57.252232+26.4
6Bhoopathi, Rishith1927USA−19N+16B+15N+11B−2N3.010.511.56.501954+5.6
7ONeill, Noah Thomas1855USA−2B+23N−10B+20B+17N3.09.09.02.502086+23.0
8Wang, Kevin2073USAF=15B=9N+21B+14N3.07.57.55.252054-3.2
9Samanta, Aayansh1835USA+23B−2N=8B+18N−12B2.511.011.03.001989+36.8
10Laney, Brexton0USA−13N+14B+7N−4B=11N2.510.512.56.2519080.0
11Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna1809USA−4N+22B+19N−6N=10B2.59.510.02.751887+12.0
12Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1867USA−20BF+22N=17B+9N2.55.55.53.751812-10.8
13Fedorov, Svetoslav1747RUS+10B−1N−3B=15N=18B2.013.014.54.251802+3.8
14Hamilton, Timothy1841USA−1B−10N+16N+19B−8B2.012.013.03.001961+10.2
15Zhou, Alexander Zheng1881USA=3B=8N−6B=13B=22N2.012.012.54.751839-12.5
16Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam1781USA−5N−6N−14B+22B+19N2.09.09.51.501787-1.6
17Wang, Miles1751USAF+18N−2B=12N−7B1.511.011.02.751832+12.0
18Srivastava, Arav1806USAF−17B+20N−9B=13N1.57.07.02.001651-34.4
19Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric1740USA+6B−3N−11B−14N−16B1.011.513.53.001661-24.4
20Li, Ella Xinyi1602USA+12N−5B−18B−7NF1.010.010.02.501693+10.8
21Ananiadis, Constantine1885USA+22N−4BF−8NF1.06.56.50.501882-4.8
22Collier, Philip1663USA−21B−11N−12B−16N=15B0.59.010.01.001478-16.4
23Amrany, Benjamin2014USA−9N−7BFFF0.05.55.50.001045-57.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets