2025 Fall CCC GM Norm Invitational (36) - A
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2392, and top seed was Viktor Matviishen (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2542).
Tanguy Ringoir (🇧🇪 BEL, GM, 2525) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Harshid Kunka (5.5) and Sai Krishna G V (5.0). Ringoir won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Linxi Zhu (FM, 2261) beat Viktor Matviishen (GM, 2542), a +281-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Tanguy Ringoir led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
GM Tanguy Ringoir never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
GM Tanguy Ringoir drew with IM Harshid Kunka (White).
FM Linxi Zhu won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇧🇪GMRingoir, Tanguy | 2525 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 27.50 | 38.5 | +3.7 | 2543 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸IMKunka, Harshid | 2472 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 23.00 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 2463 |
| 4 | 🇨🇦IMSai Krishna G V | 2412 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 21.50 | 40.0 | +2.5 | 2433 |
| 5 | 🇺🇦GMMatviishen, Viktor | 2542 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 20.75 | 40.0 | -13.4 | 2418 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸FMZhu, Linxi | 2261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.00 | 40.0 | +42.8 | 2450 |
| 6 | 🇷🇸GMBudisavljevic, Luka | 2524 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 19.50 | 40.5 | -16.2 | 2377 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳IMGauri, Shankar | 2407 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 18.25 | 41.0 | -6.8 | 2347 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸FMAtwell, Rose | 2349 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 13.50 | 41.5 | -8.6 | 2317 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸IMHebbar, Eshaan | 2189 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3.0 | 14.00 | 42.0 | +37.2 | 2290 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸FMChirilov, James A | 2240 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 3.0 | 13.00 | 42.0 | +7.6 | 2284 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zhu, LinxiFMUSA+42.85.0 pts · #3
- 2Hebbar, EshaanIMUSA+37.23.0 pts · #10
- 3Chirilov, James AFMUSA+7.63.0 pts · #9
- 1Budisavljevic, LukaGMSRB-16.24.5 pts · #6
- 2Matviishen, ViktorGMUKR-13.45.0 pts · #5
- 3Atwell, RoseFMUSA-8.63.5 pts · #8
- R5+281 Elo gap
- R3+263 Elo gap
- R9+175 Elo gap