4th Skyline Open

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85 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. 19 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2287, and top seed was Praveen Balakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2499).

Praveen Balakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2499) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Daniel Girsh (5.5) and Roman Rychkov (5.5). Balakrishnan shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Charles Wang (1536) beat Macon Shibut (FM, 2031), a +495-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Dulles, VA, United States

Dates

10 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMPraveen Balakrishnan2499

Avg top 10

2,287

Participants

Titled players · 19

GM×2

IM×2

FM×7

CM×2

WIM×1

WFM×1

WCM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×78

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMPraveen Balakrishnan
🇺🇸USA·2499
6.0pts·2488perf+0.1
🥈
FMDaniel Girsh
🇺🇸USA·2205
5.5pts·2335perf+23.2
🥉
Roman Rychkov
🇺🇸USA·2065
5.5pts·2316perf+42.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Praveen Balakrishnan led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Balakrishnan6Girsh5.5Rychkov5.5Diao5Kalpaka5Zhuang5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE13 Oct

GM Praveen Balakrishnan takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Praveen Balakrishnan drew with FM Daniel Girsh (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Praveen Balakrishnan 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Daniel Girsh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMPraveen Balakrishnan	*	½	—	—
2FMDaniel Girsh	½	*	—	—
3Roman Rychkov	—	—	*	—
4FMMatthew Guo Diao	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Balakrishnan, PraveenGM	2499	USA	+28N	+14B	+4N	=2B	=19N	+24B	+8N	6.0	27.5	31.0	26.25	2488	+0.1
2	Girsh, DanielFM	2205	USA	+40B	+35N	+61B	=1N	+26B	=19B	=7N	5.5	24.5	26.5	19.00	2335	+23.2
3	Rychkov, Roman	2065	USA	+45B	+39N	=9N	+47B	=8N	=5B	+18B	5.5	24.0	27.0	20.00	2316	+42.6
4	Zhuang, Kyle	2098	USA	+29B	+22N	−1B	+37N	+10B	−6N	+23B	5.0	27.0	30.0	19.00	2194	+36.8
5	Vaibhav KalpakaFM	2255	IND	+73B	+10N	−47B	+61N	+18B	=3N	=12B	5.0	23.5	25.0	17.00	2154	-13.2
6	Diao, Matthew GuoFM	2322	USA	+13N	+32B	−49N	+36B	+48N	+4B	−19N	5.0	23.0	26.0	19.00	2215	-11.6
7	Quirke, Jeffrey	2092	USA	+53N	=27B	=30B	=78N	+38B	+26N	=2B	5.0	21.5	22.5	15.75	2047	-3.2
8	Sriniaiyer, SudarshanFM	2217	USA	+20N	=48B	+56B	+25N	=3B	=12N	−1B	4.5	27.0	29.5	17.00	2159	-6.6
9	Erenburg, SergeyGM	2485	USA	+46B	+21N	=3B	−18N	+22B	−11N	+26B	4.5	25.5	28.5	17.25	2187	-19.4
10	Rawshani, Kamran	2027	USA	+71N	−5B	+42N	+29B	−4N	+28B	=13N	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.25	2018	+2.4
11	Swaminathan, Pranav	2062	USA	+44N	+43B	−19N	+28B	=15N	+9B	−24N	4.5	23.5	26.5	16.25	2192	+46.4
12	Zhao, KevinFM	2114	USA	F	=52B	+13N	+27B	+68N	=8B	=5N	4.5	22.0	22.0	16.00	2186	+26.4
13	Marri, Anvith Reddy	1883	USA	−6B	+76N	−12B	+74N	+50B	+35N	=10B	4.5	21.5	22.5	10.75	2003	+39.2
14	Wang, Kevin	2042	USA	+65B	−1N	=34B	=57N	=64B	+38N	+37B	4.5	20.0	22.0	12.00	1982	-18.4
15	Slade, Theodore	2156	ENG	+55B	−47N	+73B	+64N	=11B	−18N	+27B	4.5	19.5	21.0	11.75	2019	-20.2
16	Yang, AimeeWFM	2115	USA	+42N	=36B	+38B	−26N	+56B	+25N	F	4.5	19.0	19.0	14.00	2096	-2.4
17	Farberov, Maxim	2120	USA	F	F	=59N	+43B	+20N	+39B	+22B	4.5	16.5	16.5	15.25	2235	+9.4
18	Moorhouse, Will	2034	USA	F	+57B	+52N	+9B	−5N	+15B	−3N	4.0	24.5	24.5	14.00	2198	+50.4
19	De Silva, L M S TIM	2395	SRI	F	F	+11B	+49N	=1B	=2N	+6B	4.0	24.0	24.0	18.25	2467	+5.2
20	Yu, Yang	1849	USA	−8B	+75N	+21B	−31N	−17B	+45N	+63B	4.0	21.5	23.0	10.50	2054	+69.6
21	Samuelson, AndrewFM	2044	USA	+58N	−9B	−20N	+42B	+78B	−23N	+40B	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.50	1956	-15.6
22	Levine, Owen	1952	USA	+85N	−4B	+62N	+44B	−9N	+63B	−17N	4.0	21.0	21.0	7.00	2026	+27.6
23	Jackson, Cayden	1900	USA	+54N	−49B	−50N	+76B	+44N	+21B	−4N	4.0	20.5	21.5	10.50	1864	-8.4
24	ADU, OladapoIM	2137	NGR	F	F	+55B	+30N	+31B	−1N	+11B	4.0	20.0	20.0	14.00	2278	+17.8
25	Gaw, ChloeWIM	2020	USA	F	+79B	+33N	−8B	+41N	−16B	+54N	4.0	19.0	19.0	10.00	1973	-6.4
26	Ismayilova, KhanimWCM	2001	AZE	=62N	+59B	+63N	+16B	−2N	−7B	−9N	3.5	24.0	26.0	10.00	2072	+24.0
27	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1904	USA	+77B	=7N	=84B	−12N	+30B	=31N	−15N	3.5	22.0	22.5	9.00	1919	+7.2
28	Debmisra, Ariv	1891	USA	−1B	+65N	+80B	−11N	+84B	−10N	=29B	3.5	21.5	22.0	5.25	1906	+0.8
29	Marri, Pranav Reddy	1773	USA	−4N	+66B	+35B	−10N	=61B	=40N	=28N	3.5	21.0	23.0	9.25	1906	+38.3
30	Zhou, Yifei	1788	USA	F	+51B	=7N	−24B	−27N	+66N	+36B	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.50	1982	+59.6
31	Yehamandram Sridhar, Yogeshwar	2034	USA	−52N	+58B	+43N	+20B	−24N	=27B	F	3.5	19.5	19.5	11.25	1925	-28.8
32	Yakubov, Mardon	2017	UZB	+76B	−6N	−64B	=53N	+60B	−37N	+74B	3.5	16.5	17.5	6.25	1825	-32.2
33	Dokka, Tanush	1723	USA	+81N	F	−25B	=34N	=46B	=61N	+55B	3.5	16.0	16.0	7.75	1967	+76.0
34	Su, Milo	1799	USA	F	=62B	=14N	=33B	+36N	+68B	F	3.5	15.0	15.0	10.00	2021	+55.5
35	Fedorov, Svetoslav	1989	RUS	+41N	−2B	−29N	=59B	+58N	−13B	=64N	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.75	1786	-73.2
36	Samanta, Aayansh	1928	USA	+69B	=16N	=78B	−6N	−34B	+53N	−30N	3.0	21.0	22.0	7.25	1825	-42.0
37	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1778	USA	F	+70B	=48N	−4B	=51N	+32B	−14N	3.0	21.0	21.0	8.50	1989	+63.2
38	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1806	USA	F	+67B	−16N	+52B	−7N	−14B	+53N	3.0	21.0	21.0	7.00	1909	+27.6
39	Jani, Aakash	1915	USA	+66N	−3B	−41N	+45B	+57B	−17N	F	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.50	1828	-24.8
40	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1846	USA	−2N	−41B	+85N	=54B	+67N	=29B	−21N	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1777	-17.2
41	Krishnan, Ashvath	1658	USA	−35B	+40N	+39B	=46N	−25B	=56N	−61B	3.0	18.5	20.5	8.75	1868	+68.0
42	Demirel, Esat Omer	1803	USA	−16B	+74N	−10B	−21N	−62B	+85N	+69B	3.0	18.5	18.5	3.50	1768	-17.6
43	Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan	1836	USA	+63B	−11N	−31B	−17N	−65B	+76N	+83B	3.0	17.5	18.5	4.00	1891	+12.4
44	Gao, Vincent	1754	USA	−11B	+77N	+72B	−22N	−23B	+70N	F	3.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1883	+36.0
45	Motaharinezhad, Parsa	1755	USA	−3N	+54B	−68N	−39N	+85B	−20B	+84N	3.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	1726	-12.4
46	Srinivasan, Arjun	1887	USA	−9N	F	+82B	=41B	=33N	−54B	+52N	3.0	17.0	17.0	6.75	1904	+1.6
47	Manchanda, AdvikCM	1961	USA	+74B	+15B	+5N	−3N	F	F	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	11.00	2224	+55.2
48	Liu, StevenCM	1995	USA	+75B	=8N	=37B	+84N	−6B	F	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	5.75	2006	+5.6
49	Amrany, Benjamin	2046	USA	+80B	+23N	+6B	−19B	F	F	F	3.0	14.0	14.0	10.00	2285	+46.8
50	Wang, Charles	1536	USA	F	F	+23B	−68B	−13N	+81N	+56B	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.50	1975	+100.0
51	Yu, Vincent Zhiwen	1906	USA	F	−30N	=53B	+80N	=37B	+64N	F	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.75	1848	-15.2
52	Karell, Leif	1734	USA	+31B	=12N	−18B	−38N	=72B	=55N	−46B	2.5	20.5	22.5	8.00	1846	+15.8
53	Chen, CelineWCM	1765	USA	−7B	=69N	=51N	=32B	+79N	−36B	−38B	2.5	19.5	20.5	5.25	1773	-2.4
54	Shiva Srinivas Karthik	1733	USA	−23B	−45N	F	=40N	+73B	+46N	−25B	2.5	18.5	18.5	6.00	1819	0.0
55	Joseph, Veronique	1808	USA	−15N	+85B	−24N	−63B	+76N	=52B	−33N	2.5	17.5	17.5	2.25	1794	-17.2
56	Bupeshnath, Arjun	1859	USA	F	+82B	−8N	+79B	−16N	=41B	−50N	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.50	1789	-26.4
57	Zhou, Alexander Zheng	1793	USA	F	−18N	+67B	=14B	−39N	+65N	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	6.25	1889	+23.6
58	Baim, Emin	1745	USA	−21B	−31N	F	+77N	−35B	=69N	+62B	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.00	1760	-1.6
59	Yu, AllysonWCM	1788	USA	F	−26N	=17B	=35N	=66B	+62N	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	6.75	1877	+20.8
60	Rhines, Grayson	1756	USA	F	F	+75B	=72N	−32N	+67B	−70B	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.50	1843	+21.6
61	Rea, Andrew	1913	USA	F	F	−2N	−5B	=29N	=33B	+41N	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1851	-10.4
62	Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree	1699	USA	=26B	=34N	−22B	−70N	+42N	−59B	−58N	2.0	19.0	21.0	6.50	1695	-4.2
63	Bauml, Broderick Kenneth	2199	USA	−43N	F	−26B	+55N	+70B	−22N	−20N	2.0	19.0	19.0	4.50	1763	-125.6
64	Meadors, Landon	1796	USA	F	F	+32N	−15B	=14N	−51B	=35B	2.0	18.5	18.5	7.25	1950	+35.6
65	Verma, Angelina	1745	USA	−14N	−28B	−66N	+83B	+43N	−57B	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.00	1685	-10.2
66	Naylor, Carla	1579	USA	−39B	−29N	+65B	=73N	=59N	−30B	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	1686	+14.4
67	Gao, Pinhang	1708	USA	F	−38N	−57N	+71B	−40B	−60N	+75N	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1637	-22.0
68	Clancy, Daniel	1967	USA	F	F	+45B	+50N	−12B	−34N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	1809	-14.2
69	Shankar, Aashritha	1582	USA	−36N	=53B	−79N	=82N	=77B	=58B	−42N	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.50	1606	+3.6
70	Chong, Hanford	1879	USA	F	−37N	F	+62B	−63N	−44B	+60N	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	1764	-33.6
71	Jackson, Maddox	1710	USA	−10B	−73N	=77B	−67N	=75B	−83N	+76B	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.25	1589	-48.4
72	Schenk, Sam	1953	USA	F	F	−44N	=60B	=52N	+84B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1733	-22.2
73	Kurup, Siddharth	1851	USA	−5N	+71B	−15N	=66B	−54N	F	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.00	1837	-9.6
74	Li, Ella Xinyi	1646	USA	−47N	−42B	+83N	−13B	=82N	F	−32N	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.50	1664	+0.8
75	Ryerson, Olivia	1661	USA	−48N	−20B	−60N	−81B	=71N	+77N	−67B	1.5	14.5	15.5	2.00	1570	-34.0
76	Acharya, Saanvi	1708	USA	−32N	−13B	+81N	−23N	−55B	−43B	−71N	1.0	19.5	20.5	1.00	1575	-39.2
77	Nadiminti, Akhil	1555	USA	−27N	−44B	=71N	−58B	=69N	−75B	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1452	-28.8
78	Gilbert, Walker W	1753	USA	F	F	=36N	=7B	−21N	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1897	+18.4
79	Boshkin, Anatoly	1791	USA	F	−25N	+69B	−56N	−53B	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1614	-36.4
80	Litzenberger-Brunetti, Joaquin	1750	USA	−49N	+81B	−28N	−51B	F	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1776	+1.8
81	Shibut, MaconFM	2031	USA	−33B	−80N	−76B	+75N	F	−50B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1455	-67.8
82	Wu, Darren	1756	USA	F	−56N	−46N	=69B	=74B	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.75	1551	-42.8
83	Go, Jordan Alexander	1717	USA	F	F	−74B	−65N	F	+71B	−43N	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1542	-36.4
84	Twilley, Jackson Clyde	1693	USA	F	F	=27N	−48B	−28N	−72N	−45B	0.5	15.0	15.0	1.75	1533	-28.4
85	Birudavolu, Sathvik	1614	USA	−22B	−55N	−40B	F	−45N	−42B	F	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1033	-45.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wang, CharlesUSA
+100.0
3.0 pts · #48
2Dokka, TanushUSA
+76.0
3.5 pts · #30
3Yu, YangUSA
+69.6
4.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Bauml, Broderick KennethUSA
-125.6
2.0 pts · #72
2Fedorov, SvetoslavRUS
-73.2
3.0 pts · #33
3Shibut, MaconFMUSA
-67.8
1.0 pts · #78

Biggest upsets

R6+495 Elo gap
Wang, Charles1536 beat FMShibut, Macon2031
R4+451 Elo gap
Moorhouse, Will2034 beat GMErenburg, Sergey2485
R6+423 Elo gap
Swaminathan, Pranav2062 beat GMErenburg, Sergey2485