2025 Harvey Lerman Florida State Championship - Open
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58 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Kissimmee, FL, United States. 15 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2263, and top seed was Julio Becerra Rivero (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2420).
Brejesh Chakrabarti (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2254) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Yunier Leyva Rivera (4.5) and Jean Marco Cruz Mendez (4.0). Chakrabarti won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vivan Prakash Mulay (FM, 2029) beat Matthew Herman (IM, 2387), a +358-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Kissimmee, FL, United States
Dates
29 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 15
GM×1
IM×2
FM×6
CM×5
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×50
🇨🇺Cuba×5
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE31 Aug
IM Yunier Leyva Rivera takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/6. Chakrabarti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Yunier Leyva Rivera 4 wins (R2–R5)FM Brejesh Chakrabarti 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMYunier Leyva Rivera | * | — | — | — |
| 2FMBrejesh Chakrabarti | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Vikram Srivastava | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Brayan Angel Amaya | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chakrabarti, BrejeshFM | 2254 | USA | +7N | =4B | −10N | +48B | +29N | +9B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 12.50 | 2175 | -8.2 |
| 2 | Leyva Rivera, YunierIM | 2311 | CUB | =16B | +53N | +18B | +3N | +37B | −13N | 4.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2243 | -2.8 |
| 3 | Cruz Mendez, Jean MarcoFM | 2229 | CUB | +12N | +25B | +19N | −2B | =4N | =7B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 13.00 | 2216 | -1.2 |
| 4 | Srivastava, Vikram | 2058 | USA | +47B | =1N | +16B | =37N | =3B | =5B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 11.00 | 2189 | +21.0 |
| 5 | Williams, Oscar | 2066 | ISR | +55N | −19B | +24N | =12B | +8B | =4N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 9.75 | 2072 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Amaya, Brayan Angel | 1965 | USA | +26N | =10B | =8N | +27B | +17B | −20N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 11.50 | 2077 | +17.2 |
| 7 | Sattaru, Sritej Sai | 1978 | USA | −1B | +26N | +44B | =32N | +45B | =3N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 7.50 | 2064 | +26.0 |
| 8 | Jimenez Leyva, Diego | 1804 | CUB | +21N | =11N | =6B | =9B | −5N | +40B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 2083 | +84.8 |
| 9 | Hernandez Perez, Pedro | 2095 | CUB | +53B | +14N | −13B | =8N | +32B | −1N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.25 | 2053 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Fonseca, Miguel | 2003 | USA | +51N | =6N | +1B | −20B | −12N | +45N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 2139 | +21.8 |
| 11 | Jasinski, Alexander | 2063 | USA | +24N | =8B | =17N | +38B | −15N | =22B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 8.75 | 1999 | -18.0 |
| 12 | Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM | 2015 | CAN | −3B | +47N | +42B | =5N | +10B | −31N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 2080 | +19.8 |
| 13 | Gao, MarvinCM | 2186 | USA | F | F | +9N | +30B | =20N | +2B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.50 | 2542 | +64.4 |
| 14 | Li, SophieWFM | 2021 | USA | +37N | −9B | −38N | +39B | =40N | +42B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1958 | -16.0 |
| 15 | Becerra Rivero, JulioGM | 2420 | USA | F | F | +41B | =31N | +11B | +30N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.00 | 2442 | +0.7 |
| 16 | Snow, Zachary | 1903 | USA | =2N | +22B | −4N | =40B | −35N | +44B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.00 | 1967 | +7.8 |
| 17 | Yang, MaxwellCM | 1940 | USA | F | +39N | =11B | +21B | −6N | =41B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2068 | +34.4 |
| 18 | Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM | 1955 | USA | F | +45B | −2N | =25N | +23B | =24N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 2053 | +24.0 |
| 19 | Mulay, Vivan PrakashFM | 2029 | USA | +58B | +5N | −3B | −29N | +46N | −35B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 2018 | -6.8 |
| 20 | Venkat, Raghav | 2238 | USA | F | F | =37B | +10N | =13B | +6B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 10.00 | 2251 | +2.0 |
| 21 | Goss, Mel | 2132 | USA | −8B | +55N | +46B | −17N | −24B | +34N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1822 | -39.6 |
| 22 | Sha, YiCM | 1867 | USA | F | −16N | =39B | +44N | +33B | =11N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1954 | +23.2 |
| 23 | Marian, Aaron | 1786 | USA | F | F | +49N | +56B | −18N | +50B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1940 | +31.2 |
| 24 | Price, Josh James | 1896 | USA | −11B | F | −5B | +54N | +21N | =18B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1982 | +22.4 |
| 25 | Valido Bouza, Cesar JoseFM | 2153 | CUB | +54N | −3N | −29B | =18B | +48N | −27N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1875 | -41.0 |
| 26 | Mishra, Om | 1815 | USA | −6B | −7B | −36N | +53N | +54B | =38N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.75 | 1783 | -12.0 |
| 27 | Jani, Aakash | 1910 | USA | F | F | +54B | −6N | =42N | +25B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 2004 | +19.6 |
| 28 | Markovic, Goran | 1961 | USA | F | F | −33N | +34N | +38B | =37N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1981 | +2.6 |
| 29 | Roy, Ayush | 1838 | USA | F | F | +25N | +19B | −1B | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 2265 | +61.2 |
| 30 | Acor, CoreyFM | 2180 | USA | F | F | +43B | −13N | +41B | −15B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 2155 | -3.0 |
| 31 | Slade, Theodore | 2160 | ENG | F | F | F | =15B | =43N | +12B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.00 | 2284 | +9.4 |
| 32 | Yang, Daniel Benji | 1772 | USA | F | F | +57B | =7B | −9N | =52N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1974 | +40.8 |
| 33 | Godlaveti, Pracheth | 1785 | USA | F | F | +28B | −41N | −22N | +46B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1808 | +1.6 |
| 34 | Dalal, Tyson Joel | 1951 | USA | F | F | +50N | −28B | +39N | −21B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1907 | -8.4 |
| 35 | Lopez, Aldo F | 1931 | USA | F | F | F | −43N | +16B | +19N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.00 | 2116 | +14.8 |
| 36 | Warekar, Aarna Nitin | 1738 | USA | F | F | +26B | −46B | +56N | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 2513 | +37.6 |
| 37 | Bynum, Jacorey | 2079 | USA | −14B | F | =20N | =4B | −2N | =28B | 1.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.75 | 1969 | -30.8 |
| 38 | Meadors, Landon | 1725 | USA | F | F | +14B | −11N | −28N | =26B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1878 | +25.6 |
| 39 | Rajamani, Sureshkumar | 1847 | USA | F | −17B | =22N | −14N | −34B | +54N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1746 | -13.4 |
| 40 | Huang, Jolie | 1833 | USA | F | F | =52B | =16N | =14B | −8N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1818 | -4.8 |
| 41 | Pothuri, Abhiram | 1971 | USA | F | F | −15N | +33B | −30N | =17N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1982 | -3.6 |
| 42 | Pharel, Pharoah | 1823 | USA | F | F | −12N | +57N | =27B | −14N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1882 | +10.8 |
| 43 | Rosenthal, Nicholas | 2041 | USA | F | F | −30N | +35B | =31B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 2090 | +4.0 |
| 44 | Manivannan, Prajit | 1809 | USA | F | F | −7N | −22B | +49N | −16N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1678 | -26.8 |
| 45 | Muneepeerakul, Analaya | 1757 | USA | F | −18N | +55B | F | −7N | −10B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1761 | -0.4 |
| 46 | Karpenko, Oskar | 0 | USA | F | F | −21N | +36N | −19B | −33N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Bigorra, Ricardo | 1855 | USA | −4N | −12B | −51N | −49B | F | +56N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1695 | -42.8 |
| 48 | Ricci, Nicholas M | 1906 | USA | F | F | +53B | −1N | −25B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1990 | +10.0 |
| 49 | Mastromarino, Nicholas A | 1736 | USA | F | F | −23B | +47N | −44B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1691 | -6.8 |
| 50 | Chelladorai, Joshua | 1688 | USA | F | F | −34B | +55B | F | −23N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1747 | +8.4 |
| 51 | Rodriguez, EricFM | 2262 | USA | −10B | F | +47B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1933 | -14.8 |
| 52 | Barnes, Maxwell | 1894 | USA | F | F | =40N | F | F | =32B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1802 | -5.0 |
| 53 | Sahai, Neel | 1941 | USA | −9N | −2B | −48N | −26B | F | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1232 | -64.4 |
| 54 | Mcdonald, Kevin | 1695 | USA | −25B | F | −27N | −24B | −26N | −39B | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1113 | -47.6 |
| 55 | Vila, Brandon A | 1879 | USA | −5B | −21B | −45N | −50N | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1111 | -37.2 |
| 56 | Laveti, Shravan Kumar | 1611 | USA | F | F | F | −23N | −36B | −47B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 993 | -32.0 |
| 57 | Maddikonda, Ayush | 1928 | USA | F | F | −32N | −42B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 997 | -54.0 |
| 58 | Herman, MatthewIM | 2387 | USA | −19N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1229 | -9.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jimenez Leyva, DiegoCUB+84.83.5 pts · #11
- 2Gao, MarvinCMUSA+64.43.5 pts · #8
- 3Roy, AyushUSA+61.22.0 pts · #32
Top rating losers
- 1Sahai, NeelUSA-64.40.0 pts · #55
- 2Maddikonda, AyushUSA-54.00.0 pts · #58
- 3Mcdonald, KevinUSA-47.60.0 pts · #57
Biggest upsets
- R1+358 Elo gap
- R1+328 Elo gap
- R3+315 Elo gap