33rd Annual Midwest Class Championship - Premier
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56 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Wheeling, IL, United States. 14 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2380, and top seed was Gergely Kantor (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2559).
Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2513) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Sharvesh Deviprasath (4.5) and Gergely Kantor (3.5). Bharathakoti shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Lukas W LeBakken (CM, 1914) beat Dalton Perrine (FM, 2198), a +284-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Wheeling, IL, United States
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 14
GM×3
IM×4
FM×4
CM×3
Federations · 7 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×48
🇮🇳India×3
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
9
3
2
3
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bharathakoti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Sharvesh Deviprasath drew with GM Harsha Bharathakoti (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
FM Sharvesh Deviprasath 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Harsha Bharathakoti 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMSharvesh Deviprasath | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2GMHarsha Bharathakoti | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3GMDmitry Gurevich | — | — | * | — |
| 4Sho Glashausser | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harsha BharathakotiGM | 2513 | IND | +24N | +8B | +33N | =2B | +3N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 12.25 | 2680 | +8.9 |
| 2 | Deviprasath, SharveshFM | 2425 | USA | +44B | +21N | +25B | =1N | +45B | 4.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 8.25 | 2607 | +10.0 |
| 3 | Kantor, GergelyGM | 2559 | HUN | +10B | =4N | +9B | +18N | −1B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 2379 | -7.4 |
| 4 | Glashausser, Sho | 2016 | USA | +23N | =3B | −5N | +36B | +14N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 2260 | +30.2 |
| 5 | Kogen, Jonathan | 2228 | USA | =32B | +20N | +4B | =13N | =33N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 8.25 | 2258 | +6.8 |
| 6 | LeBakken, Lukas WCM | 1914 | USA | +40B | =7N | −18N | +22B | +38N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 2296 | +96.0 |
| 7 | Gurevich, DmitryGM | 2325 | USA | +55N | =6B | +22N | F | +35B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 2293 | -0.9 |
| 8 | Adhikari, Sunav | 2056 | USA | +43B | −1N | +41B | +19N | −13B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2153 | +21.6 |
| 9 | Khanbutaev, Artemii | 2076 | USA | +34N | +27B | −3N | −21B | +37B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 2078 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Zagar, Dane | 1968 | USA | −3N | +23B | +53N | −20B | +39B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 2057 | +9.8 |
| 11 | Tripathi, Amogh | 1916 | USA | F | +36B | −35N | +34B | +12N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.50 | 2130 | +45.2 |
| 12 | Iwu, Okechukwu | 1977 | USA | =19B | +39N | −13B | +32N | −11B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 2007 | +2.0 |
| 13 | Kaplan, Avi HarrisonFM | 2337 | USA | F | F | +12N | =5B | +8N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 2360 | +2.2 |
| 14 | Duncan, Jason | 2152 | USA | =52B | +32N | +15B | −45N | −4B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 2046 | -13.6 |
| 15 | Zhou, Ivan | 2011 | USA | F | +56B | −14N | =38B | +19N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 2141 | +26.8 |
| 16 | Hengen, Luke O | 1883 | USA | F | F | =26N | +40B | +18B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 2256 | +54.8 |
| 17 | Tugstumur, YesuntumurIM | 2418 | MGL | F | F | +47N | =35B | +20N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2291 | -2.6 |
| 18 | Baker, Aidan | 2085 | USA | F | +29N | +6B | −3B | −16N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 2057 | -10.4 |
| 19 | Li, Brian Borui | 1946 | USA | =12N | =28B | +48N | −8B | −15B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1928 | -5.2 |
| 20 | Lim, Alex H | 1927 | USA | F | −5B | +49N | +10N | −17B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 2112 | +33.2 |
| 21 | Murali, Rishi | 1840 | USA | F | −2B | +54N | +9N | −25B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 2135 | +52.8 |
| 22 | Rajendra, Avinash | 2042 | USA | F | +46N | −7B | −6N | +32B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 2014 | -3.8 |
| 23 | Kolli, Rishi | 1826 | USA | −4B | −10N | =30B | =43N | +54N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1871 | +11.2 |
| 24 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 2076 | USA | −1B | =43N | =39B | −41N | +51B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1975 | -30.8 |
| 25 | Campos Jimenez, Augusto CesarIM | 2277 | CUB | F | F | −2N | +27B | +21N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 2204 | -1.0 |
| 26 | Pittala, Ashvath Reddy | 1769 | USA | F | =37N | =16B | =42N | =30B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1895 | +26.0 |
| 27 | Gao, Wilson | 1935 | USA | +42B | −9N | +50B | −25N | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 2112 | +17.4 |
| 28 | Wen, Yili | 2006 | CHN | F | =19N | −37B | +49B | =41N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1868 | -14.2 |
| 29 | Menon, Rohan | 1944 | USA | =50N | −18B | −38N | =46B | +53N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1957 | +1.6 |
| 30 | Vadderaju, Sudeep | 1928 | USA | F | F | =23N | +53B | =26N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1949 | +3.2 |
| 31 | Mehrotra, Ekansh | 2016 | USA | F | F | −34N | +44B | +47N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 2062 | +7.2 |
| 32 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 1908 | USA | =5N | −14B | +56N | −12B | −22N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1908 | -3.2 |
| 33 | Ludwig, JohnIM | 2358 | USA | F | F | −1B | +37N | =5B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 2233 | -3.9 |
| 34 | Vuyyuru, Shriyan | 2032 | USA | −9B | =42N | +31B | −11N | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1919 | -25.6 |
| 35 | Gu, Hardy | 1806 | USA | F | F | +11B | =17N | −7N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 2108 | +39.6 |
| 36 | Higuchi, Hiro | 1933 | USA | F | −11N | +43B | −4N | =40N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1874 | -7.4 |
| 37 | Zhou, Ryan | 1750 | USA | F | =26B | +28N | −33B | −9N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1913 | +25.2 |
| 38 | Perrine, DaltonFM | 2198 | USA | F | F | +29B | =15N | −6B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1957 | -17.8 |
| 39 | Zhang, Andrew | 1928 | USA | F | −12B | =24N | +54B | −10N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1914 | -3.4 |
| 40 | Shetty, Anshul | 2096 | USA | −6N | +55B | F | −16N | =36B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1829 | -57.2 |
| 41 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1845 | USA | F | F | −8N | +24B | =28B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 2046 | +30.8 |
| 42 | Yu, MatthewCM | 2018 | USA | −27N | =34B | =51N | =26B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1888 | -28.4 |
| 43 | Aaryn Rudrapati | 1819 | IND | −8N | =24B | −36N | =23B | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1780 | -8.4 |
| 44 | Skorobogatykh, Andrey | 1942 | RUS | −2N | −48B | +46B | −31N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1861 | -10.4 |
| 45 | Velikanov, AlexanderIM | 2364 | USA | F | F | F | +14B | −2N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 2289 | -1.9 |
| 46 | Shrigadi, Aryan | 1909 | USA | F | −22B | −44N | =29N | =49B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1771 | -28.0 |
| 47 | Li, Tanqi | 1837 | USA | F | F | −17B | +48N | −31B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1942 | +12.8 |
| 48 | Marciano, Orry M | 1950 | USA | F | +44N | −19B | −47B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1783 | -13.6 |
| 49 | Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin | 1926 | USA | F | F | −20B | −28N | =46N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1674 | -36.4 |
| 50 | Arvind, C.J.FM | 2077 | IND | =29B | F | −27N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1747 | -17.4 |
| 51 | Tillman, Langston | 2162 | USA | F | F | =42B | F | −24N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1854 | -32.4 |
| 52 | Akintonde, Jimi | 1927 | USA | =14N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 2152 | +5.6 |
| 53 | Feng, Jay | 1879 | USA | F | F | −10B | −30N | −29B | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1147 | -48.8 |
| 54 | Joseph, Bennett | 1984 | USA | F | F | −21B | −39N | −23B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1065 | -39.6 |
| 55 | Tikhomirov, Matthew | 1934 | USA | −7B | −40N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1410 | -15.2 |
| 56 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1886 | USA | F | −15N | −32B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1160 | -32.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1LeBakken, Lukas WCMUSA+96.03.5 pts · #6
- 2Hengen, Luke OUSA+54.82.5 pts · #12
- 3Murali, RishiUSA+52.82.0 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Shetty, AnshulUSA-57.21.5 pts · #33
- 2Feng, JayUSA-48.80.0 pts · #56
- 3Joseph, BennettUSA-39.60.0 pts · #55
Biggest upsets
- R5+284 Elo gap
- R3+256 Elo gap
- R4+236 Elo gap