2025 US Cadet Championship
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Schaumburg, IL, United States. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2291, and top seed was Tanitoluwa Adewumi (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2362).
Tanitoluwa Adewumi (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2362) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Andrew Jiang (5.0) and Rose Atwell (4.5). Adewumi won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Andrew Jiang (FM, 2242) beat Bryan Enming Lin (IM, 2343), a +101-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsIM Tanitoluwa Adewumi led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Andrew Jiang); the title is out of reach before R7.
IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi beat FM Andrew Jiang (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇸IMAdewumi, Tanitoluwa | 2362 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0 | 18.75 | 22.0 | +34.6 | 2590 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸FMJiang, Andrew | 2242 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.00 | 23.0 | +41.0 | 2456 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸FMAtwell, Rose | 2257 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.75 | 23.5 | +27.6 | 2398 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸FMDeng, Henry | 2327 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 11.50 | 24.5 | -8.0 | 2286 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸FMZhu, Linxi | 2312 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.75 | 24.5 | -4.8 | 2288 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸IMColville, Julian | 2268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 6.00 | 25.5 | -30.4 | 2192 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸IMLin, Bryan Enming | 2343 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 2.0 | 7.00 | 26.0 | -41.2 | 2125 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸CMRao, Anjaneya Sripathy | 2217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0 | 2.25 | 27.0 | -68.0 | 1992 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Jiang, AndrewFMUSA+41.05.0 pts · #2
- 2Adewumi, TanitoluwaIMUSA+34.66.0 pts · #1
- 3Atwell, RoseFMUSA+27.64.5 pts · #3
- 1Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCMUSA-68.01.0 pts · #8
- 2Lin, Bryan EnmingIMUSA-41.22.0 pts · #7
- 3Colville, JulianIMUSA-30.42.5 pts · #6
- R2+101 Elo gap