2025 July ICA FIDE Championship
Open SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Glen Rock, NJ, United States. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2005, and top seed was Qi Pang (🇺🇸 USA, 2247).
Qi Pang (🇺🇸 USA, 2247) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Bobby Qian (3.5) and Siddharth Manikandan (3.5). Pang shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ido Alkin (1725) beat Joel Anthony Pena (2032), a +307-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Glen Rock, NJ, United States
Dates
12 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×42
🇮🇳India×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
5
2
3
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.5/4. Pang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Qi Pang drew with CM Bobby Qian (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Qi Pang 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Bobby Qian 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Qi Pang | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2CMBobby Qian | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Siddharth Manikandan | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMKevin Zhao | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pang, Qi | 2247 | USA | +31N | +19B | +5N | =2B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 8.25 | 2253 | +1.2 |
| 2 | Qian, BobbyCM | 2012 | USA | +28B | +12N | +18B | =1N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 7.75 | 2244 | +32.3 |
| 3 | Siddharth Manikandan | 1794 | IND | +37N | =24B | +17N | +9B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.25 | 2132 | +50.8 |
| 4 | Treger, Yefim | 1969 | USA | =10N | +20B | +14N | =7B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 1967 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Lopez de Turiso Sanchez, Jose Angel | 1963 | ESP | +21B | +33N | −1B | +8N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 2082 | +11.8 |
| 6 | Zhao, KevinFM | 2090 | USA | =22B | =8N | +21B | +18N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 1950 | -19.4 |
| 7 | Kogan, Mark Leo | 1807 | USA | +47N | =17B | +24N | =4N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 2015 | +43.6 |
| 8 | Alkin, Ido | 1725 | ISR | +11N | =6B | +43N | −5B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 2092 | +71.6 |
| 9 | Wang, Connor Junda | 1851 | USA | =26B | +36N | +16B | −3N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1735 | -18.4 |
| 10 | Vinayak, Vedh | 1745 | ENG | =4B | =23N | +46B | =13N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1991 | +24.4 |
| 11 | Zhu, Ryan | 1902 | USA | −8B | +25B | +29N | =14B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1794 | -19.4 |
| 12 | Wong, Wyatt | 1851 | USA | +27N | −2B | =34N | +30B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1874 | +4.8 |
| 13 | Koganov, Lev | 1827 | USA | =36B | +26N | =15N | =10B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1798 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Cheng, Samuel | 1778 | USA | +38B | +42N | −4B | =11N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1914 | +29.6 |
| 15 | Farberov, Maxim | 1956 | USA | +29N | F | =13B | +19B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 2562 | +10.0 |
| 16 | Zhang, David | 1780 | USA | =25N | +44B | −9N | +27B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 1798 | +4.0 |
| 17 | Bhoopathi, Rishith | 1868 | USA | +30B | =7N | −3B | =20N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1771 | -19.8 |
| 18 | Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna | 1788 | USA | +32B | +41N | −2N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1882 | +14.0 |
| 19 | Xiang, GraysonCM | 1796 | USA | +48B | −1N | +32B | −15N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1779 | -6.8 |
| 20 | Ma, Julian | 1767 | USA | =23B | −4N | +36B | =17B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1825 | +8.4 |
| 21 | Diao, Sujia | 1745 | USA | −5N | +39B | −6N | +37N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1767 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Prasanna, Pranav | 1770 | USA | =6N | =43B | −38N | +25B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.25 | 1808 | +5.6 |
| 23 | Slatin, David W | 2013 | USA | =20N | =10B | F | +38B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.25 | 1833 | -11.2 |
| 24 | Peyton, Nathan | 1857 | USA | +40B | =3N | −7B | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1608 | -23.1 |
| 25 | Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree | 1565 | USA | =16B | −11N | +40B | −22N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1544 | -3.6 |
| 26 | Andrei, Bryan | 1632 | USA | =9N | −13B | =31N | =28N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1790 | +24.8 |
| 27 | Sengupta, Nevan | 1667 | USA | −12B | +28N | =33B | −16N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1717 | +9.2 |
| 28 | Marri, Pranav Reddy | 1755 | USA | −2N | −27B | +39N | =26B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1647 | -23.2 |
| 29 | Liang, Melanie | 1729 | USA | −15B | +47N | −11B | =32N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1666 | -15.2 |
| 30 | Gao, LiliannaWCM | 1716 | USA | −17N | +37B | =35N | −12N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1573 | -19.2 |
| 31 | Milstein, David Wolf | 1774 | USA | −1B | =40N | =26B | =44N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1719 | -13.6 |
| 32 | Birudavolu, Sathvik | 1559 | USA | −18N | +45B | −19N | =29B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1660 | +18.8 |
| 33 | Kennedy, Aiden | 1837 | USA | +39N | −5B | =27N | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1751 | -13.2 |
| 34 | Shevelenko, Leon | 1723 | USA | −41B | +48N | =12B | −35B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1573 | -20.4 |
| 35 | Tanaka, Takki | 1820 | USA | F | F | =30B | +34N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1912 | +9.2 |
| 36 | Sathish, Yudesh | 1622 | USA | =13N | −9B | −20N | =45B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Vaisali Garnepudi | 1572 | IND | −3B | −30N | +45N | −21B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Kim, Liam H | 1543 | USA | −14N | F | +22B | −23N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1705 | +20.4 |
| 39 | Wong, Zoe | 1623 | USA | −33B | −21N | −28B | +49B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 976 | -35.6 |
| 40 | Zhou, Zihan Brendon | 1671 | USA | −24N | =31B | −25N | =46N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Mummidi, Aaryan | 1869 | USA | +34N | −18B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1756 | -12.0 |
| 42 | Boyer-Olson, Jack | 1863 | USA | +45N | −14B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1727 | -14.4 |
| 43 | Pena, Joel Anthony | 2032 | USA | F | =22N | −8B | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1555 | -23.6 |
| 44 | Paas, Leo | 1726 | USA | F | −16N | F | =31B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1584 | -14.0 |
| 45 | Lim, Ayden | 1676 | USA | −42B | −32N | −37B | =36N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 911 | -36.8 |
| 46 | Darack, Adam Samuel | 1506 | USA | F | F | −10N | =40B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 945 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Nallapareddygari, Premsai | 1595 | USA | −7B | −29B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 968 | -22.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 39941930 | 1572 | — | −19N | −34B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 960 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 39975800 | 1380 | — | F | F | F | −39N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Alkin, IdoISR+71.62.5 pts · #10
- 2Siddharth ManikandanIND+50.83.5 pts · #11
- 3Kogan, Mark LeoUSA+43.63.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Lim, AydenUSA-36.80.5 pts · #46
- 2Wong, ZoeUSA-35.61.0 pts · #44
- 3Pena, Joel AnthonyUSA-23.60.5 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R3+307 Elo gap
- R3+227 Elo gap
- R1+177 Elo gap