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33rd Annual Southern Open - U2100

Open SwissStandard

36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 25 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025 in Kissimmee, FL, United States. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1882, and top seed was Leandro Blanco Milhet (🇨🇺 CUB, 1993).

Pharoah Pharel (🇺🇸 USA, 1812) won with 4.0/5, ahead of William K Hardison (3.5) and Stephen Zabbia (3.5). Pharel clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Facundo Barthe (1655) beat Leandro Blanco Milhet (1993), a +338-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Kissimmee, FL, United States
Dates
25 Jul 2025 → 27 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,882
Participants
36
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Pharoah Pharel led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
4
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Pharel takes lead
Pharel4Zabbia3.5Hardison3.5Barthe3Bello Diaz3Durand3— ex-leaders:Pharelled R5, #9
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jul

Pharoah Pharel takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Stephen Zabbia won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Pharoah Pharel*
2Stephen Zabbia*
3William K Hardison*
½
4Facundo Barthe
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pharel, Pharoah1812USA+24B+30N12B+28N+27N4.05.56.54.001877+10.4
2Hardison, William K1811USA+11N+16B=4N13B+31N3.510.010.56.501738-11.6
3Zabbia, Stephen1784USA=21B+34N+35B+9N10N3.56.56.53.251850+13.6
4Barthe, Facundo1655USA+14B+17N=2B10B=19N3.010.512.57.251891+60.8
5Firestone, Jack1776USA=17B=21N=19N=14B+29B3.08.09.05.001784+2.4
6Durand, Phillip1988USAFF+21B+18N+7B3.06.56.56.502497+6.8
7Bello Diaz, Juan Jose1791VEN+34B9N+24B+33N6N3.06.56.51.001763-3.4
8Shanubhogue, Shubham Anatha0USAFF+?B+25B+16N3.03.03.03.0016010.0
9Sivaji, Hariharan1732FID+22N+7B=10N3BF2.510.510.55.751828+10.2
10Bee, Karstein1750USAFF=9B+4N+3B2.59.09.07.751997+35.6
11Uhlig, Michael1603USA2B+26N15B=24N+21B2.58.59.53.001650+7.6
12Fernandez, Kenneth1854USAFF+1N+27B=13N2.57.57.56.252077+11.6
13Markovic, Goran1955USAFF+33B+2N=12B2.57.07.04.752036+5.8
14Blanco Milhet, Leandro1993CUB4NF+25B=5N+33B2.57.07.02.501683-21.2
15Bee, Leonel1826USAFF+11N=31B+23B2.54.54.54.252403+8.8
16FIDE 399867560+26B2N=23B=17N8B2.010.011.02.7515550.0
17Mahesh, Kanishk1683USA=5N4B+36N=16B18B2.010.010.02.501692+1.6
18Goins, John Lucian0USAFF+20B6B+17N2.07.07.04.0017930.0
19Manivannan, Prajit1856USAFF=5B+29N=4B2.07.07.04.001712-15.2
20Wang, Stone1648USAFF18N+22B+28B2.04.54.52.502405+17.6
21Deng, Jesse1603USA=3N=5B6N=26B11N1.512.013.03.751593-5.2
22Joseph, Alisa1605USA9B25N+34B20N=32N1.56.06.00.251432-23.6
23Parizianu, Philip0USAFF=16N+32B15N1.55.05.01.5017810.0
24Saha, Tanisha1707USA1NF7N=11B=26N1.010.510.51.751463-35.2
25Sofizade, Murad0USA30B+22B14N8N?B1.08.08.01.5015260.0
26Laveti, Shravan Kumar0USA16N11BF=21N=24B1.07.07.01.2515130.0
27Lynch, Ethan0ENGFF+31N12N1B1.07.07.00.5010340.0
28Toth, Joseph Daniel0USAFF+32N1B20N1.06.56.50.5016070.0
29Valcourt, Fritz0USAFF+30B19B5N1.06.06.01.0016490.0
30Cote, Gary1695USA+25N1B29NFF1.06.06.01.001013-6.8
31Tregde, Brandon Nicholas0USAFF27B=15N2B0.57.07.01.2516260.0
32McCormick, Richard Patrick1736USAFF28B23N=22B0.54.04.00.751605-7.2
33Tisminezky, Tavi1634USAFF13N7B14N0.08.08.00.001113-20.0
34FIDE 3991386407N3B22N?NF0.08.08.00.008900.0
35Harrison, Joshua1936USAFF3NFF0.03.53.50.00984-14.0
36Vudutala, Saketh K1652USAFF17BFF0.02.02.00.00883-18.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets