2025 North Carolina Open - Championship

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67 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2010, and top seed was Daniil Kozyrev (🇷🇺 RUS, 2117).

Emmanuel Carter (🇺🇸 USA, 2067) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Alan Zishun Chen (5.0) and Daniil Kozyrev (4.5). Carter won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Arav Srivastava (1831) beat Chris Mabe (2110), a +279-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 100 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Daniil Kozyrev2117

Avg top 10

2,010

Participants

Titled players · 4

WFM×1

WCM×3

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×62

🇰🇪Kenya×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Emmanuel Carter
🇺🇸USA·2067
5.5pts·2311perf+25.2
🥈
Alan Zishun Chen
🇺🇸USA·1920
5.0pts·2160perf+68.8
🥉
Daniil Kozyrev
🇷🇺RUS·2117
4.5pts·2067perf-5.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Emmanuel Carter led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Carter5.5Chen5Kozyrev4.5Zhang4.5Jani4Katta4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Emmanuel Carter held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Emmanuel Carter 3 wins (R1–R3)Alan Zishun Chen 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Carter, Emmanuel	2067	USA	+39N	+7B	+20N	=40B	+5N	+8B	5.5	18.0	20.5	19.25	2311	+25.2
2	Chen, Alan Zishun	1920	USA	=17N	+27B	+36N	+25B	=18N	+11B	5.0	17.0	19.5	16.00	2160	+68.8
3	Kozyrev, Daniil	2117	RUS	+44B	+30N	=12B	+6N	−40N	+21B	4.5	17.0	19.5	15.00	2067	-5.8
4	Zhang, Brian Qixuan	1842	USA	=22N	+60B	=49N	+47B	=13N	+18B	4.5	15.0	16.0	11.25	2014	+52.4
5	Quintans, Ruben Yanmi	1928	USA	+45B	=26N	+34B	+12N	−1B	=6N	4.0	19.5	22.0	13.00	2008	+26.4
6	Vivek, Dhruv	1882	USA	+57N	+11B	=18N	−3B	+25N	=5B	4.0	19.0	20.0	11.75	2038	+49.6
7	Jani, Aakash	1891	USA	+48B	−1N	+38B	=19N	+26B	=9N	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.25	1990	+31.2
8	Katta, Sriansh	1893	USA	+29N	=36B	=13N	+64B	+17B	−1N	4.0	18.5	19.0	10.25	2025	+42.0
9	Ma, Cuihan	1855	USA	−10N	+65N	+23B	+28B	=12N	=7B	4.0	18.5	18.5	10.50	1969	+36.8
10	Chaudhury, Anmay Kumar	1942	USA	+9B	=25N	+26B	=17N	−15B	+31N	4.0	17.5	20.5	13.25	2010	+20.8
11	Snodgrass, Benjamin	2052	USA	+38B	−6N	+48B	+32N	+29B	−2N	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.50	1959	-12.8
12	Malik, Arjun	1919	USA	+67N	+47B	=3N	−5B	=9B	+27N	4.0	17.5	17.5	9.25	1992	+23.6
13	Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM	1929	USA	+66B	=15N	=8B	+35N	=4B	=56N	4.0	16.5	16.5	9.50	1982	+16.8
14	Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore	1858	USA	=27N	−17B	+41N	+36B	=19N	+29B	4.0	15.5	18.0	11.25	1962	+32.8
15	Duren, Andrew	2016	USA	+64N	=13B	=31N	+49B	+10N	−40B	4.0	15.5	16.0	10.00	2017	0.0
16	Uthra, P.WFM	1883	IND	−35N	+37B	−47N	+57B	+64N	+28B	4.0	11.0	11.5	7.00	1882	+0.2
17	Wadhwa, AnanyaWCM	1856	USA	=2B	+14N	+21B	=10B	−8N	=23N	3.5	20.5	24.0	13.75	1922	+23.6
18	Bellamy, Chase	1948	USA	+42B	=21N	=6B	+31N	=2B	−4N	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.75	1943	-0.8
19	Bartlett, Aiden Emerson	1864	USA	=33N	+24B	=28N	=7B	=14B	=26N	3.5	17.5	20.5	12.00	1895	+11.6
20	Kuka Kyle	1987	KEN	+61N	+46B	−1B	−29N	+32B	=24N	3.5	17.5	18.5	8.25	1920	-18.8
21	Joseph, Alexander	1909	USA	+53B	=18B	−17N	+34N	+42B	−3N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.75	1959	+17.6
22	Deering, Ryan	1817	USA	=4B	=32N	=30B	−23N	+65B	+39B	3.5	16.5	16.5	7.75	1877	+10.6
23	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1660	USA	−47N	+67B	−9N	+22B	+49N	=17B	3.5	15.0	15.0	7.25	1862	+65.6
24	Le-Tran, Leo	1826	USA	=51B	−19N	+52B	+53N	=27B	=20B	3.5	13.0	14.5	7.00	1892	+22.4
25	Li, Allen	1783	USA	+65B	=10B	+33N	−2N	−6B	=30B	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	1876	+30.4
26	Altucher, James	1875	USA	+54N	=5B	−10N	+43B	−7N	=19B	3.0	18.0	19.5	7.75	1890	+2.4
27	Maddipati, Srihas	1836	USA	=14B	−2N	+51B	+65N	=24N	−12B	3.0	18.0	18.0	5.25	1850	+3.6
28	Kondabathini, Namish	1799	USA	+37B	=35N	=19B	−9N	+48B	−16N	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1820	+6.4
29	Meadors, Landon	1871	USA	−8B	+66N	+58B	+20B	−11N	−14N	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1890	+4.9
30	Laureano, Dereck	1884	USA	+41N	−3B	=22N	=59B	=35B	=25N	3.0	16.0	17.0	7.50	1884	-0.8
31	Olando, Paul Jnr	1926	KEN	=52B	+55N	=15B	−18B	+47N	−10B	3.0	15.0	16.5	6.25	1844	-24.4
32	Murthy, Ayush	1801	USA	=59N	=22B	+57N	−11B	−20N	+47B	3.0	14.0	15.0	5.25	1888	+24.4
33	Gentry, Daniel Williams	1774	USA	=19B	+51N	−25B	−42N	=37B	+48N	3.0	13.5	15.0	6.50	1799	+7.6
34	Srivastava, Arav	1831	USA	F	+59B	−5N	−21B	+58N	+35B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1959	+33.6
35	Garrison, Jay	1730	USA	+16B	=28B	=43N	−13B	=30N	−34N	2.5	17.0	19.5	8.25	1819	+13.2
36	Senthil Kumar, Athiyan	1844	USA	+58B	=8N	−2B	−14N	+53B	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.50	1852	+2.0
37	Padron, Antonio	1819	USA	−28N	−16N	+44B	=39B	=33N	=43B	2.5	15.0	17.5	6.50	1781	-7.0
38	Williams, Christopher	1763	USA	−11N	+54B	−7N	=50B	=43N	=41B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.00	1794	+3.2
39	Roy, Ayush	1879	USA	−1B	−48N	+67B	=37N	+51B	−22N	2.5	15.0	15.0	2.75	1768	-38.0
40	Fletcher, Andrew James	1886	USA	F	F	F	=1N	+3B	+15N	2.5	14.0	14.0	11.25	2340	+68.4
41	Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony	1748	USA	−30B	=42N	−14B	+52N	=63B	=38N	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.50	1768	+5.2
42	Naushad, Musa	1835	USA	−18N	=41B	+60N	+33B	−21N	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.25	1814	-5.2
43	Marshal, Jason	1926	USA	−46N	+45B	=35B	−26N	=38B	=37N	2.5	13.0	15.5	6.25	1728	-64.8
44	Chen, CelineWCM	1763	USA	−3N	−57B	−37N	+66B	=50N	+51B	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	1743	-11.2
45	Krishnan, Ashvath	1727	USA	−5N	−43N	+54B	=63N	−62B	+52N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.50	1766	+10.3
46	Sceusi, Ryan	1800	USA	+43B	−20N	=53B	+62N	−56B	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.25	1859	+16.0
47	Harit, Neil	1708	USA	+23B	−12N	+16B	−4N	−31B	−32N	2.0	19.0	22.0	7.50	1714	0.0
48	Kaul, Krrish	1767	USA	−7N	+39B	−11N	+61B	−28N	−33B	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.50	1743	-8.8
49	Rathi, Naitik	1833	USA	=55B	+52N	=4B	−15N	−23B	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1721	-30.8
50	Pallapothu, Sri Pradyumn	1703	USA	F	F	F	=38N	=44B	+65N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	1917	+34.4
51	Vinodh Kumar, Trishona	1726	USA	=24N	−33B	−27N	+55B	−39N	−44N	1.5	14.5	16.0	3.25	1600	-38.4
52	Aadhav N R	1769	IND	=31N	−49B	−24N	−41B	+55N	−45B	1.5	13.5	15.0	3.00	1596	-53.6
53	Tumuluri, Vasishta	1826	USA	−21N	+64B	=46N	−24B	−36N	−60B	1.5	13.0	13.5	1.75	1624	-31.4
54	Harris, Christopher A	1787	USA	−26B	−38N	−45N	F	+57B	=64B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	1621	-44.0
55	Desai, Jairaj	1676	USA	=49N	−31B	F	−51N	−52B	+66N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1659	-5.2
56	Tisserand, Miles	1869	USA	F	F	F	F	+46N	=13B	1.5	6.5	6.5	4.50	2058	+9.6
57	Morgan, Lakshmi M	1650	USA	−6B	+44N	−32B	−16N	−54N	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1583	-15.6
58	Miller, Braden	1760	USA	−36N	+61B	−29N	F	−34B	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1647	-22.4
59	Mabe, Chris	2110	USA	=32B	−34N	F	=30N	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1714	-29.8
60	Smith, Richard D	1691	USA	F	−4N	−42B	F	F	+53N	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.50	1710	+3.2
61	Nguyen, John L	1812	USA	−20B	−58N	+66B	−48N	F	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1632	-37.6
62	Arun, Raghav	1688	USA	F	F	F	−46B	+45N	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	1763	+8.0
63	Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra	1841	USA	F	F	F	=45B	=41N	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	1737	-5.8
64	Kothapalli, Eshwar	1834	USA	−15B	−53N	F	−8N	−16B	=54N	0.5	15.0	15.0	0.75	1515	-67.6
65	McCartney, Patrick	1848	USA	−25N	−9B	F	−27B	−22N	−50B	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	999	-56.6
66	Sharda, Arsh Amit	1784	USA	−13N	−29B	−61N	−44N	F	−55B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1010	-93.2
67	Austin, Freya	1756	USA	−12B	−23N	−39N	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1019	-50.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, Alan ZishunUSA
+68.8
5.0 pts · #2
2Fletcher, Andrew JamesUSA
+68.4
2.5 pts · #40
3Movva, Dhruva RamUSA
+65.6
3.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Sharda, Arsh AmitUSA
-93.2
0.0 pts · #65
2Kothapalli, EshwarUSA
-67.6
0.5 pts · #64
3Marshal, JasonUSA
-64.8
2.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R2+279 Elo gap
Srivastava, Arav1831 beat Mabe, Chris2110
R5+231 Elo gap
Fletcher, Andrew James1886 beat Kozyrev, Daniil2117
R3+175 Elo gap
Harit, Neil1708 beat WFMUthra, P.1883