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26th Annual Pittsburgh Open - Major

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30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2115, and top seed was Erick Zhao (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2404).

Keya Jha (🇺🇸 USA, 1719) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Aayansh Samanta (3.5) and Gabriel Petesch (3.0). Jha took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Keya Jha (1719) beat Aaron Balleisen (2230), a +511-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Dates
18 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMErick Zhao2404
Avg top 10
2,115
Participants
30
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×26
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·1719
    3.5pts·2144perf+100.8
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1841
    3.5pts·2013perf+41.8
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·2291
    3.0pts·2262perf+0.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Jha takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jul

Keya Jha takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Jha takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Keya Jha won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jha, Keya1719USA=22B+15N+29B+17N−6B3.58.08.04.752144+100.8
2Samanta, Aayansh1841USA+26N=13B=19N=8B+21B3.57.58.05.002013+41.8
3Petesch, GabrielFM2291USA+14NF+5B=6N=11B3.09.59.57.002262+0.4
4Quirke, Jeffrey2058USA−18B+27N=26B=20N+13B3.05.56.03.501885-20.0
5Lin, Benjamin1962USA=16N+7B−3N+14B−8N2.510.012.05.501981+2.9
6Zhao, ErickIM2404USAFF+9N=3B+1N2.59.09.07.502443+1.9
7Corbellini, Nicola1951ITA=15B−5N+16B+18N−19B2.58.09.54.501873-10.4
8Feliachi, Nabil1941USAFF+20B=2N+5B2.57.57.55.752164+15.8
9Radhakrishnan, SharathCM2216USA+27B+18N−6B=21NF2.56.06.02.752071-19.6
10Joseph, Jonath1989CAN−13N−14B=27N+28B+18N2.56.06.01.751753-51.2
11Pan, Yongfei1976CHNFF+24N+19B=3N2.55.55.54.002270+41.6
12Winters, Lance1879USAFF=15B+26N+24B2.53.53.52.502068+13.2
13Deng, Michael1802USA+10B=2N−17B=23N−4N2.011.012.55.001901+21.7
14Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan1937USA−3B+10N=18B−5N=16B2.010.011.54.251890-16.8
15Laney, Brexton1877USA=7N−1B=12N−24B+26B2.09.510.03.001740-38.0
16Zeigler, Nathan1785USA=5B−22N−7N+27B=14N2.08.59.02.751823+4.6
17Eidemiller, Mark2062USAF+25B+13N−1BF2.06.56.53.001902-10.2
18Zhang, Andrew1781USA+4N−9B=14N−7B−10B1.510.512.54.001874+14.0
19Modlin, Trey1961USAFF=2B−11N+7N1.58.58.54.251923-3.0
20Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya1873USAFF−8N=4B+23B1.57.07.03.001971+16.0
21Van Zandweghe, Henri1848USAFF+25N=9B−2N1.57.07.02.251955+13.2
22Sathiesh, Kavin C1789USA=1N+16BFFF1.55.55.53.751947+16.0
23Eisen, Zane1913USAFF+28N=13B−20N1.53.53.51.001644-14.2
24Aayansh Pramanik1739USAFF−11B+15N−12N1.07.07.02.001786+7.2
25Kogan, Mark Leo1807USAF−17N−21B+30NF1.03.53.50.001826+2.0
26Prasanna, Pranav1770USA−2BF=4N−12B−15N0.511.011.01.501592-30.4
27Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam1838USA−9N−4B=10B−16NF0.510.010.01.251690-20.4
28FIDE 309975420—FF−23B−10NF0.04.04.00.0011510.0
29Balleisen, Aaron2230USAFF−1NFF0.03.53.50.001030-18.4
30Modi, Ethan1943USAFFF−25BF0.01.01.00.001007-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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