15th Annual Central California Open - U2100
Open SwissStandard
61 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Fresno, CA, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1850, and top seed was Matthew Zhang (🇺🇸 USA, 1923).
Shengjie Fan (🇺🇸 USA, 1758) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Angela Zixi Wang (4.0) and Varun Venkat (4.0). Fan won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri (1567) beat Matthew Zhang (1923), a +356-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Fresno, CA, United States
Dates
22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×57
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsShengjie Fan led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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5
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Shengjie Fan held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Shengjie Fan won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shengjie Fan | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Varun Venkat | — | * | — | — |
| 3Angela Zixi Wang | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Hayes Alexander Marvin | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fan, Shengjie | 1758 | USA | +55B | +35N | +2B | +34N | =12N | 4.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.25 | 2113 | +76.8 |
| 2 | Wang, Angela Zixi | 1632 | USA | +31B | +17N | −1N | +10B | +30B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1943 | +79.2 |
| 3 | Venkat, Varun | 1717 | USA | +11B | +19N | =48B | =6N | +24B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.75 | 1964 | +61.2 |
| 4 | Marvin, Hayes Alexander | 1883 | USA | F | +56N | +51B | +32N | +22B | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2393 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Turner, Jesse A | 1859 | USA | +18N | +10B | +59N | −12B | =14N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1828 | -3.0 |
| 6 | Huang, Si Hao | 1649 | USA | F | +23B | +41N | =3B | +48N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.50 | 1985 | +49.6 |
| 7 | Fifield, Allan H | 0 | USA | =20N | +49B | F | +36N | +42B | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1737 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Scarda, Nicholas L | 0 | USA | +33B | +32N | =34B | =30N | F | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 1741 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dixit, Raajas Kunal | 1688 | USA | F | +50B | =39N | =42N | +43B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1793 | +16.8 |
| 10 | Sundaram, Deepak | 1699 | USA | +21B | −5N | =54B | −2N | +33B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1652 | -9.6 |
| 11 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1639 | USA | −3N | =38B | =40N | +18B | =27N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1653 | +3.6 |
| 12 | Patankar, Shubham | 1769 | USA | F | F | +52B | +5N | =1B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 2039 | +39.2 |
| 13 | Helmy, Leo | 0 | USA | F | =25N | =21B | +33N | =41B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Khurana, Viyaan | 1564 | USA | F | F | +17B | +52N | =5B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 2040 | +70.4 |
| 15 | Vuluvala, Ritvik | 1566 | FID | −17B | =31N | +57B | −35N | +37B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1599 | -2.4 |
| 16 | Porlares, Teodoro | 1844 | USA | F | =20B | +60N | +19N | F | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 2492 | +13.6 |
| 17 | Wang, Chase | 1754 | USA | +15N | −2B | −14N | +55B | −26N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1612 | -21.8 |
| 18 | Gu, Thomas | 1654 | USA | −5B | −21N | +29B | −11N | +58B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 854 | -64.4 |
| 19 | Legvold, Douglas E | 1903 | USA | +38N | −3B | +45N | −16B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1661 | -44.4 |
| 20 | Aetukuri, Gautam Chowdary | 0 | USA | =7B | =16N | −22B | −40N | +55N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1709 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Wang, Yulan | 1467 | USA | −10N | +18B | =13N | =27B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1697 | +34.8 |
| 22 | Dang, Kien | 0 | USA | F | F | +20N | +25B | −4N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1779 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Gupta, Shanaya | 1553 | USA | =37B | −6N | −36B | +57N | =31B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1407 | -30.0 |
| 24 | Miller, Theodore | 1562 | USA | F | F | +26N | +39B | −3N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1641 | +8.8 |
| 25 | Pramod, Pranavi | 1676 | USA | F | =13B | +55N | −22N | =32B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1797 | +12.0 |
| 26 | Galpert, Larry | 0 | USA | F | F | −24B | +51N | +17B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Harish, Vidyuth | 1708 | USA | F | F | +56B | =21N | =11B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1552 | -15.6 |
| 28 | Zhang, Matthew | 1923 | USA | F | F | +58N | +49B | −39N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1645 | -25.6 |
| 29 | Korde, Varad Y | 1473 | USA | F | F | −18N | +56B | +57B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Dhanasekar, Rakshita | 1682 | USA | F | +36N | F | =8B | −2N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1583 | -10.8 |
| 31 | Overton, Owen R | 1619 | USA | −2N | =15B | −33N | =47B | =23N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1417 | -21.0 |
| 32 | Nishtala, Vasisht | 1558 | USA | F | −8B | +49N | −4B | =25N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1761 | +30.0 |
| 33 | Pang, Elena Hingyip | 1653 | USA | −8N | =53N | +31B | −13B | −10N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1673 | +4.0 |
| 34 | Gongora Zermeno, Rogelio Aram | 1914 | MEX | F | F | =8N | −1B | +46N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1685 | -11.4 |
| 35 | Trimbach, Daniel | 1768 | USA | F | −1B | =43N | +15B | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1681 | -9.2 |
| 36 | Pu, Hugo | 1570 | USA | F | −30B | +23N | −7B | =44N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1616 | +9.2 |
| 37 | Bugnosen, Raul G | 1598 | USA | =23N | +40B | −46N | −43B | −15N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1513 | -19.2 |
| 38 | Hoffman, Gary E | 1524 | USA | −19B | =11N | =44B | =50N | −47N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1611 | +10.4 |
| 39 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1567 | USA | F | F | =9B | −24N | +28B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1722 | +22.0 |
| 40 | Guan, Marcus | 1624 | USA | F | −37N | =11B | +20B | −52N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1367 | -38.8 |
| 41 | Lien, Isaac | 0 | USA | F | F | −6B | +54N | =13N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Bhosale, Arnav | 1772 | USA | F | F | +61N | =9B | −7N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1688 | -4.8 |
| 43 | Sinha, Ishaan | 0 | USA | F | F | =35B | +37N | −9N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1685 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Jonnalagada, Navaneet Vishnusai | 0 | USA | F | F | =38N | =45B | =36B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Bharadwaj, Samarth Ram | 1560 | USA | F | F | −19B | =44N | +50B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1785 | +21.2 |
| 46 | Rangamreddy, Aashvi Sri | 1615 | USA | F | F | +37B | =48N | −34B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1793 | +26.0 |
| 47 | Liu, Kaihan | 0 | USA | F | F | F | =31N | +38B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Ograin, Arjun | 1867 | USA | F | F | =3N | =46B | −6B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1534 | -51.6 |
| 49 | Kayal, Rishan | 1662 | USA | +53B | −7N | −32B | −28N | −51B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1509 | -45.2 |
| 50 | Chen, Felix Y | 1660 | USA | F | −9N | =53B | =38B | −45N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1425 | -50.4 |
| 51 | Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai | 1628 | USA | F | F | −4N | −26B | +49N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1804 | +17.6 |
| 52 | Xu, Olivia | 1683 | USA | F | F | −12N | −14B | +40B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1530 | -22.0 |
| 53 | Yang, Liwei | 1701 | CHN | −49N | =33B | =50N | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1556 | -11.8 |
| 54 | Nelakurthy, Vihaan | 0 | USA | F | F | =10N | −41B | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1698 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Bogi, Yudhin | 1647 | USA | −1N | F | −25B | −17N | −20B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 931 | -46.4 |
| 56 | FIDE 39925587 | 0 | — | F | −4B | −27N | −29N | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 995 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Macharla, Vasisht | 0 | USA | F | F | −15N | −23B | −29N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Yu, Andrew | 0 | USA | F | F | −28B | F | −18N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1003 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Yu, Shuugo | 1679 | USA | F | F | −5B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1059 | -10.4 |
| 60 | Lee, Shan Ramesh | 1483 | USA | F | F | −16B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1044 | -4.0 |
| 61 | Lee, Angelina R | 0 | USA | F | F | −42B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 972 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, Angela ZixiUSA+79.24.0 pts · #3
- 2Fan, ShengjieUSA+76.84.5 pts · #1
- 3Khurana, ViyaanUSA+70.42.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Gu, ThomasUSA-64.42.0 pts · #53
- 2Ograin, ArjunUSA-51.61.0 pts · #36
- 3Chen, Felix YUSA-50.41.0 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R5+356 Elo gap
- R5+218 Elo gap
- R3+190 Elo gap