2025 Charlotte Summer Open - Championship

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2069, and top seed was Vishnu Vanapalli (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2292).

Graham Horobetz (🇺🇸 USA, 2241) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Theodore Slade (4.0) and Aaron Wang (4.0). Horobetz broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Dhruva Ram Movva (1677) beat Lukas W LeBakken (CM, 1890), a +213-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

18 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMVishnu Vanapalli2292

Avg top 10

2,069

Participants

Titled players · 6

GM×1

FM×2

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×33

🇮🇳India×2

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Graham Horobetz
🇺🇸USA·2241
4.5pts·2386perf+15.0
🥈
Theodore Slade
🇬🇧ENG·2138
4.0pts·2291perf+20.0
🥉
Aaron Wang
🇺🇸USA·2023
4.0pts·2180perf+38.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Graham Horobetz led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Horobetz4.5Vanapalli4Slade4Wang4Zapata4Karthigeyan3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Graham Horobetz held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Graham Horobetz 3 wins (R1–R3)Theodore Slade 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Graham Horobetz	*	—	½	—
2FMVishnu Vanapalli	—	*	0	—
3Theodore Slade	½	1	*	½
4Aaron Wang	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Horobetz, Graham	2241	USA	+13B	+8N	+4B	=2N	+25B	4.5	14.0	15.5	13.50	2386	+15.0
2	Slade, Theodore	2138	ENG	+28B	+19N	+5B	=1B	=3N	4.0	14.5	15.5	11.25	2291	+20.0
3	Wang, Aaron	2023	USA	+23B	=6N	+14B	+24N	=2B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.75	2180	+38.4
4	Zapata, AlonsoGM	2260	COL	+33N	+11B	−1N	+19B	+7N	4.0	12.5	13.0	8.50	2182	-1.9
5	Vanapalli, VishnuFM	2292	USA	+37N	+7B	−2N	+15B	+9N	4.0	12.5	12.5	8.50	2200	-6.6
6	Karthigeyan, Kishan	1865	USA	+34N	=3B	−7N	+30B	+27N	3.5	9.0	9.5	4.50	1955	+24.8
7	McCartney, Patrick	1888	USA	+27B	−5N	+6B	+20N	−4B	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.50	2074	+21.2
8	Katta, Sriansh	1929	USA	+18N	−1B	+37N	=10B	=12N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.50	1967	+8.4
9	Pendse, Vihaan	1927	USA	+12N	=10B	=29N	+23B	−5B	3.0	12.0	13.0	7.00	1986	+12.8
10	Ballal, Ishan	1815	IND	+21B	=9N	=25B	=8N	=15N	3.0	10.5	12.0	7.00	1998	+25.2
11	Bellamy, Chase	1845	USA	+26B	−4N	+13B	−25N	+20B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.50	1995	+36.4
12	Rathi, Naitik	1748	USA	−9B	=21N	+26B	+22N	=8B	3.0	10.0	11.5	6.00	1898	+40.0
13	Vivek, Dhruv	1823	USA	−1N	+35B	−11N	+33B	+19N	3.0	10.0	10.5	3.00	1953	+30.8
14	Chu, Alex HaoningFM	1972	USA	+17N	+16B	−3N	+29B	F	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	2090	+23.6
15	Chen, Alan Zishun	1953	USA	F	+20N	+27B	−5N	=10B	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.50	2021	+12.4
16	Malireddy, Karthikeya Datta	1815	USA	+22B	−14N	−20B	=34N	+26B	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.75	1795	-5.6
17	Sharma, Arya	1875	USA	−14B	=22N	−21B	+36N	+34B	2.5	7.5	8.0	2.00	1806	-18.4
18	Austin, Freya	1800	USA	−8B	+37B	=35N	+28B	F	2.5	4.5	4.5	1.25	1940	+29.6
19	Malik, Arjun	1832	USA	+35N	−2B	+28N	−4N	−13B	2.0	12.0	12.5	1.50	1882	+6.4
20	Cohen-Solal, Lennie	1918	FRA	+38N	−15B	+16N	−7B	−11N	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.50	1818	-13.8
21	LeBakken, Lukas WCM	1890	USA	−10N	=12B	+17N	−27B	=29N	2.0	9.5	10.5	4.50	1726	-44.0
22	Joseph, Alexander	1684	USA	−16N	=17B	+33N	−12B	=32N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1717	+7.6
23	Naushad, Musa	1839	USA	−3N	+38B	+31N	−9N	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1945	+22.4
24	Uthra, P.WFM	1888	IND	F	+31B	+30N	−3B	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	2004	+9.4
25	Baliga, Zubin	1931	USA	F	F	=10N	+11B	−1N	1.5	10.5	10.5	4.50	1967	+1.6
26	Khariouk, Andrew	1698	USA	−11N	=33B	−12N	+32B	−16N	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.25	1634	-16.8
27	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1677	USA	−7N	F	−15N	+21N	−6B	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1706	+4.4
28	Padron, Antonio	1868	USA	−2N	+34B	−19B	−18N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	1675	-20.6
29	Alappatt, Steve Paul	1873	USA	F	F	=9B	−14N	=21B	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1805	-10.4
30	Nguyen, John L	1735	USA	F	F	−24B	−6N	+31B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1752	+2.4
31	Ammasani, Smayan	1878	USA	F	−24N	−23B	+35B	−30N	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.50	1601	-58.0
32	Meadors, Landon	1708	USA	F	F	=36B	−26N	=22B	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.25	1597	-18.0
33	Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM	1795	USA	−4B	=26N	−22B	−13N	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	1528	-52.8
34	Vinodh Kumar, Trishona	1703	USA	−6B	−28N	F	=16B	−17N	0.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	1534	-27.6
35	Purohit, Vihaan	1711	USA	−19B	−13N	=18B	−31N	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1511	-34.0
36	Williams, Christopher	1783	USA	F	F	=32N	−17B	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.50	1599	-9.4
37	Garg, Arjun Narayan	1870	USA	−5B	−18N	−8B	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1200	-44.0
38	Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore	1950	USA	−20B	−23N	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1079	-47.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rathi, NaitikUSA
+40.0
3.0 pts · #14
2Wang, AaronUSA
+38.4
4.0 pts · #4
3Bellamy, ChaseUSA
+36.4
3.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Ammasani, SmayanUSA
-58.0
1.0 pts · #31
2Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCMUSA
-52.8
0.5 pts · #33
3Rallabandi, Krishna KishoreUSA
-47.6
0.0 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R4+213 Elo gap
Movva, Dhruva Ram1677 beat CMLeBakken, Lukas W1890
R3+154 Elo gap
Slade, Theodore2138 beat FMVanapalli, Vishnu2292
R5+143 Elo gap
Nguyen, John L1735 beat Ammasani, Smayan1878