2025 North Central Open
37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Madison, WI, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1944, and top seed was Anjaneya Sripathy Rao (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2207).
Anjaneya Sripathy Rao (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2207) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Artemii Khanbutaev (3.5) and David S. Khachatryan (3.5). Rao broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Jacob Tran (1712) beat Hiro Higuchi (1910), a +198-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Anjaneya Sripathy Rao led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
CM Anjaneya Sripathy Rao never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
CM Anjaneya Sripathy Rao won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMAnjaneya Sripathy Rao | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Aaron C Jing | — | * | — | — |
| 3David S. Khachatryan | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Artemii Khanbutaev | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCM | 2207 | USA | +25N | +14B | +13N | =2B | +10N | 4.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 10.75 | 2285 | +14.0 |
| 2 | Khanbutaev, Artemii | 2085 | USA | +37B | +6N | +3B | =1N | −7B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 2215 | +24.4 |
| 3 | Khachatryan, David S. | 1914 | ARM | +30N | +20B | −2N | +29B | =5N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 2001 | +12.4 |
| 4 | Jing, Aaron C | 1830 | USA | =26B | +33N | =18B | =12N | +11B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 1864 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Gabbara, Faris F | 1833 | USA | +34B | −27N | +31B | +18N | =3B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 2096 | +19.0 |
| 6 | Avanish Ram Amarnath | 1708 | IND | +28N | −2B | =17N | +26B | =8N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1920 | +18.8 |
| 7 | Gianos-Steinberg, Alex | 0 | USA | F | +8B | +27N | −10B | +2N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.00 | 2024 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Hogg, Alexander B | 0 | USA | +11B | −7N | +23B | =?N | =6B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1747 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sabarish, Shravan | 0 | USA | =18N | −25B | +35B | =19N | +26B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1734 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Rajendra, Anupama | 1962 | USA | F | =12B | +19N | +7N | −1B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 1909 | -4.4 |
| 11 | Ravuthu Shravanth Naidu | 1522 | IND | −8N | +16B | =20N | +25B | −4N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1753 | +33.6 |
| 12 | Tran, Jacob | 1712 | USA | +21B | =10N | =29N | =4B | −13N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1913 | +51.6 |
| 13 | Dmitriev, Andrey | 1914 | USA | F | +31N | −1B | =14N | +12B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1962 | +8.8 |
| 14 | Turba, Timur | 1829 | USA | +15N | −1N | +30B | =13B | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1928 | +12.4 |
| 15 | Hanson, Dylan | 0 | USA | −14B | −21N | +34B | +30N | =22B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 39999980 | 0 | — | F | −11N | +36B | +23N | =19B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1475 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Jain, Arnav | 0 | USA | F | +32N | =6B | −24N | +35N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Durost, Benjamin E | 1836 | USA | =9B | +26N | =4N | −5B | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1805 | -2.4 |
| 19 | Arond, Dean | 1808 | USA | F | +22N | −10B | =9B | =16N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1773 | -1.4 |
| 20 | Pennington-Cross, Nicholas Lee | 1727 | USA | F | −3N | =11B | =22N | +24B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.25 | 1550 | -28.4 |
| 21 | Higuchi, Hiro | 1910 | USA | −12N | +15B | =25N | =27B | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1514 | -20.6 |
| 22 | Gopal, Sri Krishav | 1580 | USA | F | −19B | +32N | =20B | =15N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1690 | +16.0 |
| 23 | Anthony Xavier, Clifford | 0 | USA | −31B | +34N | −8N | −16B | +30B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 566002460 | 0 | — | F | +28N | −?B | +17B | −20N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 1037 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Cai, Andrew | 1704 | USA | −1B | +9N | =21B | −11N | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1574 | -21.6 |
| 26 | Elisara, Travis | 1754 | USA | =4N | −18B | +33B | −6N | −9N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1693 | -14.4 |
| 27 | Sahoo, Ojas | 0 | USA | F | +5B | −7B | =21N | −?B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1896 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Jiang, William Minnan | 0 | USA | −6B | −24B | F | =33N | +32N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Stein, Josiah | 1952 | USA | F | +35N | =12B | −3N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1726 | -15.4 |
| 30 | Osborne, Keoni | 1664 | USA | −3B | +36N | −14N | −15B | −23N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1072 | -9.4 |
| 31 | Kailash, Vaibhav | 1719 | USA | +23N | −13B | −5N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1074 | -11.8 |
| 32 | Meng, Max | 1534 | USA | F | −17B | −22B | +36N | −28B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 783 | -17.2 |
| 33 | Ruiz, Emmanuel | 1745 | USA | F | −4B | −26N | =28B | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 992 | -17.4 |
| 34 | Derozier, Riley | 0 | USA | −5N | −23B | −15N | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1033 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Bhargava, Anay | 1475 | USA | F | −29B | −9N | F | −17B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1068 | -3.2 |
| 36 | Pranshu Andhari | 0 | IND | F | −30B | −16N | −32B | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Sundaram, Senthil K | 1659 | USA | −2N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1259 | -3.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tran, JacobUSA+51.62.5 pts · #9
- 2Ravuthu Shravanth NaiduIND+33.62.5 pts · #13
- 3Khanbutaev, ArtemiiUSA+24.43.5 pts · #4
- 1Pennington-Cross, Nicholas LeeUSA-28.42.0 pts · #25
- 2Cai, AndrewUSA-21.61.5 pts · #26
- 3Higuchi, HiroUSA-20.62.0 pts · #27
- R1+198 Elo gap
- R4+182 Elo gap