2025 August CCC FIDE Saturdays - Championship
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 09 Aug 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1911, and top seed was Aaron Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 2053).
Chase Bellamy (🇺🇸 USA, 1957) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Steve Paul Alappatt (2.5) and Alex Haoning Chu (2.0). Bellamy won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Brian Qixuan Zhang (1817) beat Aaron Wang (2053), a +236-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
09 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.5/3. Bellamy takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chase Bellamy | * | — | — | — |
| 2Steve Paul Alappatt | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Yang Yu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Zubin Baliga | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bellamy, Chase | 1957 | USA | =5N | +10B | +3N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 2189 | +33.2 |
| 2 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 1879 | USA | +11B | =4N | +7B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 2098 | +31.2 |
| 3 | Chu, Alex HaoningFM | 2035 | USA | +9B | +6N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1977 | -7.6 |
| 4 | Baliga, Zubin | 1934 | USA | +13N | =2B | =8N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2053 | +9.4 |
| 5 | Williams, Christopher | 1825 | USA | =1B | =7N | +12B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1945 | +9.6 |
| 6 | Yu, Yang | 1871 | USA | +12N | −3B | +9N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1941 | +11.6 |
| 7 | Zhang, Brian Qixuan | 1817 | USA | +8N | =5B | −2N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1919 | +16.0 |
| 8 | Wang, Aaron | 2053 | USA | −7B | +11N | =4B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1825 | -33.6 |
| 9 | Bock, Dan | 1727 | USA | −3N | +13B | −6B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1794 | +4.4 |
| 10 | Tisserand, Miles | 1887 | USA | F | −1N | +11B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1840 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Kaushik, Shlok | 1721 | USA | −2N | −8B | −10N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1140 | -27.6 |
| 12 | Hmimda, Harith | 1685 | USA | −6B | F | −5N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1048 | -22.8 |
| 13 | Rigby, Dale | 1852 | USA | −4B | −9N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1031 | -42.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bellamy, ChaseUSA+33.22.5 pts · #1
- 2Alappatt, Steve PaulUSA+31.22.5 pts · #2
- 3Zhang, Brian QixuanUSA+16.01.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Rigby, DaleUSA-42.40.0 pts · #12
- 2Wang, AaronUSA-33.61.5 pts · #7
- 3Kaushik, ShlokUSA-27.60.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R1+236 Elo gap
- R2+125 Elo gap