2025 Southeastern FIDE - Championship

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42 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 11 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2273, and top seed was Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2504).

Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2504) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Matthew Guo Diao (4.0) and Razvan Preotu (4.0). Erenburg won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Namish Kondabathini (1787) beat Andrew Wu (2113), a +326-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

30 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMSergey Erenburg2504

Avg top 10

2,273

Participants

Titled players · 11

GM×3

FM×2

CM×3

WGM×1

WIM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×38

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
GMSergey Erenburg
🇺🇸USA·2504
5.0pts·3005perf+7.7
🥈
FMMatthew Guo Diao
🇺🇸USA·2233
4.0pts·2399perf+40.8
🥉
GMRazvan Preotu
🇨🇦CAN·2478
4.0pts·2360perf-4.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Sergey Erenburg led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Erenburg5Zapata4Diao4Preotu4Panda3.5Jiang3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Sergey Erenburg never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Sergey Erenburg 5 wins (R1–R5)GM Alonso Zapata 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMSergey Erenburg	*	—	1	—
2GMAlonso Zapata	—	*	—	—
3FMMatthew Guo Diao	0	—	*	—
4GMRazvan Preotu	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Erenburg, SergeyGM	2504	USA	+35B	+15N	+2B	+8N	+5B	5.0	13.0	14.0	14.00	3005	+7.7
2	Diao, Matthew GuoFM	2233	USA	+36N	+10B	−1N	+9B	+19B	4.0	13.5	14.5	9.50	2399	+40.8
3	Preotu, RazvanGM	2478	CAN	+24N	=7B	=9N	+11B	+10N	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.25	2360	-4.9
4	Zapata, AlonsoGM	2258	COL	+33B	−6N	+35B	+14N	+8B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.00	2333	+5.1
5	Jiang, AndrewFM	2301	USA	+23N	=9B	+16N	+7B	−1N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	2278	+1.4
6	Panda, Vedic	2199	USA	+30N	+4B	−8B	=31N	+14B	3.5	11.5	13.0	9.25	2247	+8.0
7	Sammons, Evan	2216	USA	+27B	=3N	+34B	−5N	+31B	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.00	2290	+10.8
8	Belenkaya, DinaWGM	2246	ISR	+42N	+11B	+6N	−1B	−4N	3.0	15.5	15.5	6.50	2256	+3.0
9	Zhuang, Kyle	2121	USA	+22B	=5N	=3B	−2N	+23B	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.75	2229	+27.6
10	Gadi, Varun	2092	USA	+21B	−2N	+29B	+15N	−3B	3.0	13.0	15.0	7.00	2190	+24.4
11	Uz, Kagan	2068	USA	+41B	−8N	+22B	−3N	+26B	3.0	11.0	11.5	4.50	2168	+22.8
12	Santosh, Saharsh	2075	USA	−16N	+27B	=17N	=18B	+22N	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.50	1948	-30.4
13	Michelle Catherina, PWIM	2122	IND	F	=38B	=18N	+25B	+17N	3.0	8.0	8.0	6.25	2050	-5.4
14	Schexnaydre, Benson	2129	USA	=17N	+37B	+19N	−4B	−6N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.75	2025	-10.0
15	Mishra, PrateekCM	2140	USA	+26B	−1B	+36N	−10B	=16N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.25	2072	-9.8
16	Remhoff, Brian	1852	USA	+12B	=32N	−5B	=20N	=15B	2.5	11.5	13.0	6.25	2118	+62.8
17	Kondabathini, Namish	1787	USA	=14B	=20N	=12B	+32N	−13B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.50	2090	+70.0
18	Pendse, Vihaan	1919	USA	=32B	=29N	=13B	=12N	=20B	2.5	10.5	12.0	6.00	2040	+31.6
19	Brady, TysonCM	2150	USA	+28B	=34N	−14B	+33B	−2N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.25	2059	-12.0
20	Myers, Dominique	2012	USA	=37N	=17B	=25N	=16B	=18N	2.5	9.5	10.5	5.25	1820	-24.0
21	Vuyyuru, Shriyan	1852	USA	−10N	+42B	−31N	+36B	=28N	2.5	7.5	7.5	2.00	1962	+29.2
22	Alappatt, Steve Paul	1879	USA	−9N	+23B	−11N	+35N	−12B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	1945	+15.6
23	Tisserand, Miles	1887	USA	−5B	−22N	+24N	+37B	−9N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1913	+0.6
24	Ni, Beiyang	1950	USA	−3B	=26N	−23B	=27N	+37B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1898	-18.0
25	Rathi, Naitik	1855	USA	−34B	+28N	=20B	−13N	=30B	2.0	9.5	11.0	4.25	1932	+18.0
26	Katta, Sriansh	1984	USA	−15N	=24B	=37N	+29B	−11N	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.50	1873	-28.8
27	Creighton, Sasha	1944	USA	−7N	−12N	=39B	=24B	+36N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.50	1919	-4.2
28	Kumar, Sanjay	1952	USA	−19N	−25B	+41N	=30N	=21B	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.75	1861	-25.6
29	Joseph, Alexander	1879	USA	=38N	=18B	−10N	−26N	+35B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.75	1888	+1.2
30	Chen, Alan Zishun	1909	USA	−6B	−35N	+42N	=28B	=25N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1895	-6.4
31	Prasanna, AdvikCM	1948	USA	F	F	+21B	=6B	−7N	1.5	9.5	9.5	4.25	2089	+20.4
32	Wu, Andrew	2113	USA	=18N	=16B	=33N	−17B	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1792	-66.0
33	Bellamy, Chase	1957	USA	−4N	+41B	=32B	−19N	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	2018	+9.2
34	Bondalapati, Sri Vibhav	2025	USA	+25N	=19B	−7N	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	2074	+8.0
35	Baliga, Zubin	1934	USA	−1N	+30B	−4N	−22B	−29N	1.0	13.0	15.0	2.00	1812	-18.2
36	Cooke, Grayson	1927	USA	−2B	+39N	−15B	−21N	−27B	1.0	11.0	12.0	1.00	1751	-45.6
37	Arun, Raghav	1686	USA	=20B	−14N	=26B	−23N	−24N	1.0	9.0	11.0	2.25	1744	+8.8
38	Harris, Neal	1867	USA	=29B	=13N	F	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	2001	+6.6
39	Malik, Arjun	1786	USA	−40N	−36B	=27N	=41B	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.25	1763	-4.4
40	Wang, Aaron	2054	USA	+39B	F	F	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2586	+6.8
41	Atassi, CelineWCM	1900	USA	−11N	−33N	−28B	=39N	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	1619	-51.6
42	Tyrrell, Benjamin	1891	USA	−8B	−21N	−30B	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1202	-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kondabathini, NamishUSA
+70.0
2.5 pts · #21
2Remhoff, BrianUSA
+62.8
2.5 pts · #19
3Diao, Matthew GuoFMUSA
+40.8
4.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Wu, AndrewUSA
-66.0
1.5 pts · #32
2Atassi, CelineWCMUSA
-51.6
0.5 pts · #41
3Cooke, GraysonUSA
-45.6
1.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R4+326 Elo gap
Kondabathini, Namish1787 beat Wu, Andrew2113
R1+223 Elo gap
Remhoff, Brian1852 beat Santosh, Saharsh2075