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2025 Fall CCC GM Norm Invitational (36) - B

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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 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2382, and top seed was Lazaro Bruzon Batista (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2550).

Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2526) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Lazaro Bruzon Batista (6.5) and Emilio Cordova (6.0). Bharathakoti won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Andrew Jing (FM, 2297) beat Emilio Cordova (GM, 2488), a +191-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
21 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMLazaro Bruzon Batista2550
Avg top 10
2,382
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×3
IM×2
FM×5
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×6
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

GM Harsha Bharathakoti led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Bharathakoti takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE24 Nov

GM Harsha Bharathakoti takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Harsha Bharathakoti drew with GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (Black).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

GM Harsha Bharathakoti won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇳GMHarsha Bharathakoti2526*½½½1111117.528.5037.5+11.42638
2🇺🇸GMBruzon Batista, Lazaro2550½*½1½1½11½6.526.2538.5-1.22529
3🇵🇪GMCordova, Emilio2488½½*0½11½116.022.5039.0+1.22495
4🇺🇸FMJing, Andrew2297½01*101½1½5.523.5039.5+42.22471
5🇺🇸IMWang, Tianqi23440½½0*111½15.519.0039.5+14.62466
7🇺🇸IMLudwig, John235400010*1½½½3.512.5041.5-6.42305
6🇨🇦FMLatorre, Vincent23010½0000*1113.510.2541.5+0.42310
9🇨🇦FMYang, Jingyun (ryan)235200½½0½0*½½2.59.7542.5-32.62219
8🇺🇸FMGuo, Ethan23180000½½0½*12.57.7542.5-23.42223
10🇺🇸FMMelillo, Lucius22860½0½0½0½0*2.09.0043.0-25.82172

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets