2025 Virginia Senior Open
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Fredericksburg, VA, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1978, and top seed was Oladapo ADU (🇳🇬 NGR, IM, 2118).
Ameer Ghobrial (🇺🇸 USA, 2035) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Michael Carey (4.0) and Daniel Miller (4.0). Ghobrial won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Gianluca Montalti (1698) beat Daniel Miller (2093), a +395-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Fredericksburg, VA, United States
Dates
30 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAmeer Ghobrial led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
17
8
3
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Ameer Ghobrial held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Ameer Ghobrial 4 wins (R1–R4)Michael Carey 3 wins (R1–R3)Daniel Miller 3 wins (R3–R5)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghobrial, Ameer | 2035 | USA | +30N | +21B | +17N | +4B | =6N | 4.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 11.75 | 2191 | +25.6 |
| 2 | Carey, Michael | 1892 | USA | +25N | +23B | +22N | =5B | =4N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 1988 | +9.4 |
| 3 | Miller, Daniel | 2093 | USA | +20B | −15N | +10N | +24B | +16N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 10.00 | 1899 | -11.8 |
| 4 | Fischer, Robert J | 1778 | USA | +26B | +13N | +11B | −1N | =2B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 10.00 | 1863 | +10.0 |
| 5 | Sudharsan, Krishnan | 1931 | DEN | +37B | +12N | =15B | =2N | =9B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1880 | -5.2 |
| 6 | ADU, OladapoIM | 2118 | NGR | F | +31N | +7B | +15N | =1B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.75 | 2234 | +10.0 |
| 7 | Shibut, MaconFM | 2056 | USA | +39N | =10B | −6N | +19B | +17N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 1948 | -8.6 |
| 8 | Larkins, Larry RCM | 1988 | USA | +32B | −11N | +12B | =18N | +15B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.75 | 1867 | -11.2 |
| 9 | Molodtsov, Konstantin | 1775 | USA | −23N | +27B | +29N | +22B | =5N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.25 | 2075 | +27.0 |
| 10 | McCartney, Patrick | 1855 | USA | +34B | =7N | −3B | +11N | =18B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1941 | +8.6 |
| 11 | Kunder, Steven | 1706 | USA | +36N | +8B | −4N | −10B | +26N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1765 | +6.2 |
| 12 | Keogh, Bill | 1775 | USA | +33N | −5B | −8N | +23B | +28N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1667 | -15.6 |
| 13 | Fontaine, John | 0 | USA | +24N | −4B | −16N | +25B | +22N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1755 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Rosario, Salvador | 1908 | USA | +29N | −22B | +25N | −16B | +27N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1775 | -15.2 |
| 15 | Montalti, Gianluca | 1698 | USA | +19N | +3B | =5N | −6B | −8N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 8.25 | 1941 | +19.4 |
| 16 | Musselman, Charles D, Jr | 1770 | USA | F | =18N | +13B | +14N | −3B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.25 | 1969 | +14.8 |
| 17 | Karell, Leif | 1698 | USA | +27N | +35B | −1B | =21N | −7B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.25 | 1767 | +3.8 |
| 18 | Farrell, John | 1907 | USA | F | =16B | +23N | =8B | =10N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1871 | -2.8 |
| 19 | Shabanov, Georgiy | 0 | RUS | −15B | =20N | +34B | −7N | +32B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1077 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 30959438 | 0 | — | −3N | =19B | −30N | +36B | +29N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1929 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Barruel, Ian | 1827 | USA | +28B | −1N | +35N | =17B | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1730 | -12.0 |
| 22 | Snow, Peter | 1761 | USA | +38B | +14N | −2B | −9N | −13B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1733 | -2.0 |
| 23 | Aarons, Stephen D | 0 | USA | +9B | −2N | −18B | −12N | +33B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Campillo, Anthony | 0 | USA | −13B | +26N | +32B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1766 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Paper, Timothy Sean | 1710 | USA | −2B | +38N | −14B | −13N | +35B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1100 | -20.0 |
| 26 | Karell, Mira | 1438 | USA | −4N | −24B | +36N | +33B | −11B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 942 | -11.6 |
| 27 | Covey, Theodore | 1499 | USA | −17B | −9N | +38B | +35N | −14B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 991 | -19.6 |
| 28 | Chitnis, Shirish | 1457 | USA | −21N | −29B | +37B | +32N | −12B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 989 | -7.4 |
| 29 | Williams, James | 1765 | USA | −14B | +28N | −9B | =31N | −20B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 2.75 | 1644 | -25.2 |
| 30 | FIDE 39982696 | 0 | — | −1B | =34N | +20B | F | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1235 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Spain, Patrick | 1783 | USA | F | −6B | +33N | =29B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1749 | -3.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 39982297 | 0 | — | −8N | +36B | −24N | −28B | −19N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 923 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 39982289 | 0 | — | −12B | +37N | −31B | −26N | −23N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Getty, Robert | 0 | USA | −10N | =30B | −19N | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1055 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 39953890 | 0 | — | F | −17N | −21B | −27B | −25N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 884 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 39969908 | 0 | — | −11B | −32N | −26B | −20N | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 772 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 39907562 | 0 | — | −5N | −33B | −28N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 894 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 39982742 | 0 | — | −22N | −25B | −27N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Holcomb, David D | 1742 | USA | −7B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1256 | -5.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Molodtsov, KonstantinUSA+27.03.5 pts · #1
- 2Ghobrial, AmeerUSA+25.64.5 pts · #3
- 3Montalti, GianlucaUSA+19.42.5 pts · #19
Top rating losers
- 1Williams, JamesUSA-25.21.5 pts · #17
- 2Paper, Timothy SeanUSA-20.02.0 pts · #30
- 3Covey, TheodoreUSA-19.62.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R2+395 Elo gap
- R2+282 Elo gap
- R2+147 Elo gap