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2025 Labor Day CCC GM Norm Invitational (35) - A

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2398, and top seed was Luka Budisavljevic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2499).

Luka Budisavljevic (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2499) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Emilio Cordova (6.0) and Shankar Gauri (5.0). Budisavljevic shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Donald Johnson (FM, 2290) beat Emilio Cordova (GM, 2485), a +195-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
28 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸GMLuka Budisavljevic2499
Avg top 10
2,398
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×3
IM×5
FM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×5
🇵🇪Peru×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMLuka Budisavljevic
    🇷🇸SRB·2499
    7.0pts·2607perf+11.6
  • 🥈
    GMEmilio Cordova
    🇵🇪PER·2485
    6.0pts·2513perf+3.4
  • 🥉
    IMShankar Gauri
    🇮🇳IND·2397
    5.0pts·2441perf+10.4

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

3 leader changes shaped the tournament; Budisavljevic pulled away in R8.

Co-leaders
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1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Johnson takes leadCordova takes leadBudisavljevic takes lead
Budisavljevic#1Cordova#2Gauri#3Cruz#4Rorrer#5Panjwani#6Vanapalli#7Johnson#8Wang#9Wang#10
R3 · LEADER CHANGE29 Aug

FM Donald Johnson takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Luka Budisavljevic drew with GM Emilio Cordova (White).

R6–R9 · WIN STREAK

GM Luka Budisavljevic won 4 in a row (R6–R9).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇸GMBudisavljevic, Luka2499*½1½1111½½7.029.5038.0+11.62607
2🇵🇪GMCordova, Emilio2485½*1½0½111½6.025.7539.0+3.42513
3🇮🇳IMGauri, Shankar239700*11½½½1½5.019.5040.0+10.42441
4🇵🇪GMCruz, Cristhian2448½½0*½½1½½½4.519.7540.5-6.72393
8🇺🇸FMJohnson, Donald2290010½*1001½4.017.2541.0+19.02367
6🇨🇦IMPanjwani, Raja24230½½½0*½½½14.016.5041.0-8.62352
5🇺🇸IMRorrer, Grayson242600½01½*1½½4.015.7541.0-8.72352
7🇺🇸FMVanapalli, Vishnu230900½½1½0*½14.015.5041.0+14.02365
9🇺🇸IMWang, Isaac2374½00½0½½½*13.514.7541.5-6.82321
10🇺🇸IMWang, Tianqi2330½½½½½0½00*3.015.2542.0-5.92281

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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