20th Annual Indianapolis Open - U2100
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Indianapolis, IN, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1838, and top seed was Drew Hollinberger (🇺🇸 USA, 1973).
Aarya Sivakumar (🇺🇸 USA, 1848) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Anirudh Anand (3.5) and Dominic Xavier Bobay (3.5). Sivakumar won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Magnolia Zhu (1630) beat Drew Hollinberger (1973), a +343-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Indianapolis, IN, 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×36
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
10
3
1
2
4
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 3.5/5. Sivakumar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Anirudh Anand won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sivakumar, Aarya | 1848 | USA | F | +19B | =5N | +17B | +15B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.50 | 1988 | +18.8 |
| 2 | Anand, Anirudh | 1673 | USA | +29B | +36N | +10B | −12N | =6B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1941 | +26.0 |
| 3 | Bobay, Dominic Xavier | 0 | USA | +35N | +27B | =12B | −15N | +16B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1775 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Bourne, Darrel | 0 | USA | +?B | −11N | +22B | +34N | =?B | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1743 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Zhu, Magnolia | 1630 | USA | +10N | =13B | =1B | −6N | +32B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1901 | +52.8 |
| 6 | Stewart, William C | 0 | USA | F | =?B | +27N | +5B | =2N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Friedman, David | 1833 | USA | F | F | +11B | +18N | =12B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 2072 | +17.2 |
| 8 | Kleban, Joseph W | 1834 | USA | F | F | +40B | =16N | +37B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1842 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Chouturi, Krishna | 0 | USA | F | F | +?B | =40B | +?N | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Hollinberger, Drew | 1973 | USA | −5B | F | −2N | +19B | +11B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1688 | -26.8 |
| 11 | Marin Rivera, Stefan | 1730 | PUR | F | +4B | −7N | +14B | −10N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1767 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Burns, Randas L | 1908 | USA | F | F | =3N | +2B | =7N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1946 | +2.0 |
| 13 | Pranav, Eswar J | 1524 | IND | +21B | =5N | =16B | −20N | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1687 | +17.2 |
| 14 | Drucker, Jack | 1869 | USA | +41B | −17N | +23B | −11N | −24B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1836 | -2.6 |
| 15 | Cheng, Emma | 1794 | USA | F | F | +37B | +3B | −1N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1048 | -16.8 |
| 16 | Sureshkumar, Sidharth | 1742 | USA | F | +42B | =13N | =8B | −3N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1679 | -6.0 |
| 17 | Slosson, Michael | 0 | USA | +42N | +14B | −18B | −1N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1701 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jayam, Srikar | 1761 | USA | F | F | +17N | −7B | +20N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1033 | -16.0 |
| 19 | Phillips, Rebecca | 1719 | USA | +43B | −1N | +38B | −10N | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1681 | -7.2 |
| 20 | Shekhovtsov, Vladisvav | 0 | USA | F | F | +28N | +13B | −18B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1714 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Jeeju, Anirudh Sai | 0 | USA | −13N | +33B | −?N | =30N | =38B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Jegga, Pratham Sai Goud | 1758 | USA | F | F | −4N | +33B | +40N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 2356 | +9.6 |
| 23 | Jin, Evan Y | 1695 | USA | F | F | −14N | +35N | +34B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1070 | -10.8 |
| 24 | Papineni, Aarush | 0 | USA | F | F | +36B | −?N | +14N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 1890 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Nikhil, Pranav | 0 | USA | F | F | +41B | =32N | =28N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.75 | 1685 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jadhav, Prajwal | 1582 | USA | F | F | +44B | −28B | +33N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 998 | -8.8 |
| 27 | Escobar Lopez, Laura Alejandra | 1575 | MEX | +33B | −3N | −6B | =29N | −30B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 828 | -17.2 |
| 28 | Patel, Het | 1799 | USA | F | F | −20B | +26N | =25B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 2378 | +8.8 |
| 29 | FIDE 39988970 | 0 | — | −2N | =?N | =?B | =27B | −?N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1297 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Akin, Doyle N | 1628 | USA | F | F | −34N | =21B | +27N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 2376 | +17.2 |
| 31 | Murray, Sean P | 0 | USA | F | F | =32B | −37N | +?B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Ramdas, Ronav | 1485 | USA | −36B | F | =31N | =25B | −5N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 832 | -12.4 |
| 33 | Kladden, Parker | 0 | USA | −27N | −21N | +?B | −22N | −26B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Yuan, Katie | 0 | USA | F | F | +30B | −4B | −23N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Ryterski, Brian A | 0 | USA | −3B | =41N | =39N | −23B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 39990834 | 0 | — | +32N | −2B | −24N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1580 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 39990982 | 0 | — | F | F | −15N | +31B | −8N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1014 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Kannan, Vijay | 1598 | USA | F | F | −19N | =39B | =21N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 919 | -13.6 |
| 39 | Kodkani, Arnav | 0 | USA | F | F | =35B | =38N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Bhargava, Anay | 1573 | USA | F | F | −8N | =9N | −22B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 996 | -16.4 |
| 41 | Friske, Thomas | 1711 | USA | −14N | =35B | −25N | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1070 | -5.8 |
| 42 | FIDE 39990788 | 0 | — | −17B | −16N | F | −?N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 942 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Brown, Madison | 0 | USA | −19N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 919 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 39990800 | 0 | — | F | F | −26N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhu, MagnoliaUSA+52.83.0 pts · #1
- 2Anand, AnirudhUSA+26.03.5 pts · #12
- 3Sivakumar, AaryaUSA+18.83.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Hollinberger, DrewUSA-26.82.0 pts · #9
- 2Escobar Lopez, Laura AlejandraMEX-17.21.5 pts · #40
- 3Cheng, EmmaUSA-16.82.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R1+343 Elo gap
- R3+300 Elo gap
- R4+139 Elo gap