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14th Annual World Open Women's Championship

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jun 2025 to 01 Jul 2025 in Philadelphia, PA, United States. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1774, and top seed was Toritsemuwa Ofowino (🇳🇬 NGR, WCM, 2073).

Davaakhuu Munkhzul (🇲🇳 MGL, WIM, 2042) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Natasha Morales Santos (4.0) and Veronique Joseph (3.5). Munkhzul broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Veronique Joseph (1645) beat Toritsemuwa Ofowino (WCM, 2073), a +428-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Philadelphia, PA, United States
Dates
30 Jun 2025 → 01 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 90 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇬WCMToritsemuwa Ofowino2073
Avg top 10
1,774
Participants
16
Titled players · 5
WIM×2
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×6
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇦🇱Albania×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul drew with WIM Natasha Morales Santos (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul 3 wins (R1–R3)WIM Natasha Morales Santos 3 wins (R1–R3)Veronique Joseph 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMDavaakhuu Munkhzul*
½
1
1
2WIMNatasha Morales Santos
½
*
½
1
3Veronique Joseph
0
½
*—
4Tanya G Prabhu
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM2042MGL+3B+7N+4B=2N+5B4.513.516.014.002188+15.4
2Morales Santos, NatashaWIM1957PUR+14B+5N+8B=1B=3N4.013.514.510.501996+7.8
3Joseph, Veronique1645USA−1N+11B+7B+4N=2B3.514.016.09.502054+75.6
4Ofowino, ToritsemuwaWCM2073NGR+12N+6B−1N−3B+10N3.013.015.07.001766-26.0
5Prabhu, Tanya G1632USA+15N−2B+13B+6N−1N3.013.014.05.501787+26.0
6Sreekumar, GauriWCM1663CAN+16B−4N+14B−5B+13N3.08.58.52.501680-0.8
7Papanek, Ella1791USA+11B−1B−3N+16N=8B2.512.512.53.251590-14.6
8Nicolas, Nika JurisWCM1902PHI=9N+10B−2N=13B=7N2.511.012.55.251625-39.6
9Lin, Olivia0USA=8B−13N−10N+15B+14B2.57.08.03.2516430.0
10Bezhani, Ilirjana0ALBF−8N+9B+12N−4B2.010.010.04.5017030.0
11Gao, Gillian0USA−7N−3N+15B+14N−12B2.09.010.02.0014250.0
12Sreekumar, Gayathri1507CAN−4B+16NF−10B+11N2.07.07.02.001107-3.2
13Kaul, Anika Shambhavi1497USAF+9B−5N=8N−6B1.511.011.03.751457-7.2
14Sasmita G1529IND−2N+15B−6N−11B−9N1.011.512.51.00996-16.0
15FIDE 3740966490—−5B−14N−11N−9N+16B1.08.58.50.007800.0
16FIDE 399859620—−6N−12BF−7B−15N0.08.58.50.008540.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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