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18th Annual Philadelphia International

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120 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Jun 2025 to 30 Jun 2025 in Philadelphia, PA, United States. 70 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2531, and top seed was Awonder Liang (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2693).

Liam Putnam (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2462) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Eric Liu (6.5) and Robby Kevlishvili (6.5).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Rafael Palathingal (CM, 1874) beat Andrew Wu (2178), a +304-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Philadelphia, PA, United States
Dates
26 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMAwonder Liang2693
Avg top 10
2,531
Participants
120
Titled players · 70
GM×10
IM×22
FM×19
CM×15
WIM×1
WFM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×92
🇨🇦Canada×7
🇮🇳India×4
🇵🇪Peru×2
🇳🇬Nigeria×2
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇪🇬Egypt×2
🇬🇧England×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R6; 11 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
48
17
4
1
2
1
1
1
11
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Sun takes leadPutnam takes leadHilby takes lead
Sun6.5Huston6.5Bharath Subramaniyam6.5Bartell6.5Putnam6.5Cardoso Cardoso6.5— ex-leaders:Hilbyled R8, #9Sammonsled R4, #25
R6 · LEADER CHANGE29 Jun

FM Ryan Sun takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

11 players finish on 6.5/9. Putnam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Ryan Sun 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Bharath Subramaniyam H 3 wins (R7–R9)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Putnam, LiamIM2462USA+32B+33N=13B=4N+60B+35N+6N10B=3B6.547.552.036.002530+9.0
2Liu, EricIM2344USA+81N+40B=7N+21B6N+38B=8N+15B=14N6.547.051.035.002509+41.0
3Kevlishvili, RobbyGM2543NED+63N=34B=23N=31B+52N=17B+18N+13B=1N6.545.049.535.252430-9.0
4Huston, GusIM2315USA+113N+82B=14N=1B=15N+29B+12B28N+24B6.544.546.031.252504+24.1
5Hilby, CraigIM2413USA+70B=83N=58B+33N+51B=19N+16B+6N10N6.543.046.533.252500+11.3
6Sun, RyanFM2346USA+116B+102N+60B=19N+2B+20N1B5B+21N6.543.044.528.752482+34.6
7Bharath Subramaniyam HGM2558IND+39B+51N=2B=27N13B=33N+76B+49N+25B6.542.546.532.002454-8.8
8Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM2516COL+77B=43N22B+46N+34B+49N=2B+35N=28B6.542.046.032.002472-2.6
9Bartell, ThomasIM2325USA+65B+84N19B=55N+48B=21B+23N=14B+29N6.541.545.031.502414+12.4
10Liang, AwonderGM2693USAFF+39B+58N+22B=12N+24B+1N+5B6.539.539.536.502791+4.5
11Adewumi, TanitoluwaIM2362USA102B+88B=52N48N+107B+61N+74B+34N+19B6.534.036.026.752314-4.6
12Stearman, JosiahIM2448USA+44N+62B20N+42B+18N=10B4N+37B=17N6.045.550.031.752413-2.8
13Deng, HenryFM2327USA+75N+112B=1N=15B+7N=28B=19B3N+36B6.045.547.028.752486+40.2
14Atanasov, AnthonyIM2417CAN+56B+55N=4B22N+41B=50N+51B=9N=2B6.043.548.030.502351-6.1
15Chasin, NicoGM2452USA=48B+78N+43B=13N=4B+57N=20B2N+53B6.043.047.029.252355-9.1
16Cruz, CristhianGM2488PER+68N+42B+18N20B=57N+54B5N=26B+47N6.042.547.030.002380-10.5
17George, KevinIM2327EGY=78B+48N+41B28N+61B=3N+50B=19N=12B6.042.046.029.502410+21.6
18Zhu, LinxiFM2312USA+95B+91N16B+36N12B+83N3B+77N+46B6.039.042.023.502353+12.4
19Cordova, EmilioGM2516PER+115N+76B+9N=6B=20N=5B=13N=17B11N5.547.549.027.252377-14.3
20Sammons, Evan2196USA+96B+35N+12B+16N=19B6B=15N24N=22B5.546.049.028.502439+56.6
21Hardaway, BrewingtonGM2502USA+46B=58N+104B2N+74B=9N+22B=25N6B5.544.046.525.252356-15.2
22Jing, AndrewFM2292USA=108N+92B+8N+14B10N=27B21N+31B=20N5.544.046.027.502399+33.0
23Melillo, LuciusFM2170USA+101B+30N=3B=25N=27B=60N9B=51N+49B5.543.046.026.252370+49.2
24Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM2383USA+38N=53B=64N+47B=72N+37B10N+20B4N5.542.546.527.002335-4.9
25Wang, IsaacIM2364USA+71N=64B+50N=23B=37N=72B+47N=21B7N5.541.045.026.252316-3.9
26Vanapalli, VishnuFM2287USA+59B28N+77B+83N35B=36N+41B=16N=32B5.540.544.025.252333+11.4
27Lin, Bryan EnmingIM2343USA+98B+86N=28B=7B=23N=22N=34B53N+55B5.540.543.525.002331-0.4
28Zhou, JianchaoGM2581USA+69N+26B=27N+17BF=13NF+4B=8N5.540.540.531.502558-1.0
29Shmeliov, DenisIM2365UKR+80B=61N=83B=74N+55B4N+33B+60N9B5.539.543.024.002296-7.4
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31Chirilov, James AFM2218USA91B+75N+86B=3N=100B=56N+30B22N+50B5.537.040.024.502266+12.2
32Moses, NeilCM2129CAN1N+107B72N+103B82N+117B+92N+54B=26N5.531.532.515.752164+16.2
33Ho, CarterCM2208USA+119N1B+45N5B+75N=7B29N=52B+79N5.042.542.518.502257+18.4
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36Wu, Andrew2178USA82N+85B+120N18B+45N=26B=54N+44B13N5.039.039.018.502156-4.3
37Rama, TejasIM2234USA84B+79N+80B+87N=25B24N+56B12N=41B5.038.041.521.252214-8.4
38Sethuraman, Roshan2074USA24B+114N+30B+104N=49B2N60B=62B+72N5.037.539.018.002291+61.8
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40Venkatesh, NarayanFM2168USA+117B2N+97B51N+73B34N+48B=50N=57N5.036.537.517.002136-8.4
41Cherukuri, NiteshFM2170USA=88N+103B17N+95B14N+94B26N+85B=37N5.035.538.016.252155-3.8
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47Pressman, LeifFM2184USA=97B=106N+91B24N+102B+100N25B+59N16B5.033.035.015.502213+7.0
48ADU, OladapoIM2118NGR=15N17B+92N+11B9N=66B40N+82B=54N4.542.545.520.502222+23.6
49Mendes Aaron ReeveIM2335CAN+79N=50B=53N+64B=38N8B+63N7B23N4.541.545.520.002206-28.2
50Chakravarty, Aritro1979USA+72N=49N25B+115B+42N=14B17N=40B31N4.541.543.018.252267+120.4
51Sivakumar, ShaakethFM2279USA+110N7B+71N+40B5N+44B14N=23BF4.541.041.019.252279+1.4
52Klenoff, Caleb2089USA35B+96N=11B+43N3B74N+86B=33N=61B4.540.043.019.502219+34.0
53Su, Jasmine ZhixinFM2177USAF=24N=49B60N+87B=30N+57B+27B15N4.539.539.521.252352+48.4
54Das, AditeyaFM2266USA86B+81N=46B+65N+59B16N=36B32N=48B4.539.042.520.252124-32.2
55Hoffman, LucCM2185USA+89N14B+112N=9B29N=92B=67N+65B27N4.539.040.516.502150-6.3
56Schexnaydre, Benson2103USA14N+119B+66N72B+62N=31B37N=43B=64N4.539.039.016.502211+25.2
57Gutla, AryanFM2295USA=87B+99N+61B=100N=16B15B53N=39N=40B4.537.540.518.752232-6.9
58Shafer, Logan CCM2217USA+105N=21B=5N10B44N=85B=99N+93B=67N4.537.540.017.002188-13.3
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61Shangin, Lev2169USA+109N=29B57N+108B17N11B+94N=66B=52N4.536.538.514.252156-0.8
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