4th Skyline Open - U2000
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1687, and top seed was Josh Hiban (🇺🇸 USA, 1817).
Nathan Eric Ehrenberg (🇺🇸 USA, 1671) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Anirudh P Ghodgaonkar (5.5) and Shreyas Krishnan (4.5). Ehrenberg won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Kanav Shah (1587) beat Josh Hiban (1817), a +230-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsNathan Eric Ehrenberg led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Nathan Eric Ehrenberg held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.
Nathan Eric Ehrenberg lost to Anirudh P Ghodgaonkar (Black).
Nathan Eric Ehrenberg 4 wins (R1–R4)Anirudh P Ghodgaonkar 5 wins (R3–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nathan Eric Ehrenberg | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Anirudh P Ghodgaonkar | 1 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Luke D Everett | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Shreyas Krishnan | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric | 1671 | USA | +23B | +21N | +10B | +26N | −2N | +9B | +3N | 6.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 14.50 | 1907 | +58.8 |
| 2 | Ghodgaonkar, Anirudh P | 1681 | USA | F | =4N | +7B | +13N | +1B | +5B | +9N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 22.75 | 2010 | +69.2 |
| 3 | Krishnan, Shreyas | 1495 | USA | =15N | =27B | =17N | +11B | +8B | +4N | −1B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 14.00 | 1594 | +6.8 |
| 4 | Pu, Hugo | 1658 | USA | +13N | =2B | =24B | +25N | =22N | −3B | +11B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 10.50 | 1548 | -13.6 |
| 5 | Everett, Luke D | 1660 | USA | =27N | +16B | +19B | −10N | +26B | −2N | +7B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1716 | +6.0 |
| 6 | Jupally, Vedh | 0 | USA | =18N | −9B | +16N | =15B | =13B | +24N | +22N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 7.75 | 1686 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Xu, Jason N | 1669 | USA | −10B | +14N | −2N | +23B | +15N | +22B | −5N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.00 | 1634 | -9.6 |
| 8 | Marino, Charles Stover | 0 | USA | F | F | +21B | +17B | −3N | +18B | +19N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Shah, Kanav | 1587 | USA | =17B | +6N | F | +24N | +10B | −1N | −2B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1575 | -4.4 |
| 10 | Hiban, Josh | 1817 | USA | +7N | +20B | −1N | +5B | −9N | F | F | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.50 | 1719 | -12.4 |
| 11 | Tammineni, Tarun Ram | 0 | USA | F | F | +28B | −3N | +16B | +25B | −4N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 794 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Murarka, Darsh | 1413 | USA | F | F | −13B | −14N | +17N | +15B | +16N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1532 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Wagh, Sidhaant Prasad | 0 | USA | −4B | F | +12N | −2B | =6N | −19B | +21N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 858 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Chintalacheruvu, Aarush | 1588 | USA | −20N | −7B | +29N | +12B | =18N | F | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 858 | -32.4 |
| 15 | Hoy, Scott | 0 | USA | =3B | +23N | −22B | =6N | −7B | −12N | F | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Nikolich, Yonatan | 0 | USA | F | −5N | −6B | +21N | −11N | +23B | −12B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Arunagiri, Sathiesh | 1477 | USA | =9N | F | =3B | −8N | −12B | F | +28B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1570 | +10.0 |
| 18 | Peng, Ellen Jia-Ning | 0 | USA | =6B | F | F | =19N | =14B | −8N | =24B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Sharma, Vishnu | 0 | USA | F | F | −5N | =18B | =25N | +13N | −8B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Clark, Everitt R | 1646 | USA | +14B | −10N | +27B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1702 | +5.6 |
| 21 | Bakhish, Ughur | 0 | USA | F | −1B | −8N | −16B | =29N | +28N | −13B | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 871 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Musselman, Charles D, Jr | 1785 | USA | F | F | +15N | F | =4B | −7N | −6B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1459 | -17.2 |
| 23 | Huber, Frank | 0 | USA | −1N | −15B | F | −7N | =28B | −16N | =25B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 39943887 | 0 | — | F | F | =4N | −9B | F | −6B | =18N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.25 | 1417 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Sankay, Aran | 0 | USA | F | F | −26N | −4B | =19B | −11N | =23N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Herrera, Alex | 1695 | USA | F | F | +25B | −1B | −5N | F | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 866 | -21.6 |
| 27 | Bhattacharjee, Bhaswar | 0 | USA | =5B | =3N | −20N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Wang, Ella Enhan | 0 | USA | F | F | −11N | =29B | =23N | −21B | −17N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 39969550 | 0 | — | F | F | −14B | =28N | =21B | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 787 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ghodgaonkar, Anirudh PUSA+69.25.5 pts · #1
- 2Ehrenberg, Nathan EricUSA+58.86.0 pts · #2
- 3Arunagiri, SathieshUSA+10.02.0 pts · #12
- 1Chintalacheruvu, AarushUSA-32.42.5 pts · #19
- 2Herrera, AlexUSA-21.61.0 pts · #29
- 3Musselman, Charles D, JrUSA-17.21.5 pts · #16
- R5+230 Elo gap
- R6+163 Elo gap
- R3+146 Elo gap