2025 Charlotte Fall Open - U2000
Open SwissStandard
52 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1793, and top seed was Leo Poppante (🇺🇸 USA, 1862).
Kai Ali Modaresi-Beal (🇺🇸 USA, 1814) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Arsh Amit Sharda (4.0) and Bradley Marts (4.0). Modaresi-Beal won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Viraj Sharad Phadke (1615) beat Bradley Marts (1795), a +180-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×49
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE28 Sept
Lennie Cohen-Solal takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Modaresi-Beal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Bradley Marts 4 wins (R2–R5)Kai Ali Modaresi-Beal 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arsh Amit Sharda | * | — | — | — |
| 2Bradley Marts | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Kai Ali Modaresi-Beal | — | — | * | — |
| 4Viraj Sharad Phadke | — | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modaresi-Beal, Kai Ali | 1814 | USA | +7N | +6B | +21N | −9N | +29B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 1850 | +7.2 |
| 2 | Sharda, Arsh Amit | 1703 | USA | +33B | +14N | =36B | =16N | +11B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 9.00 | 2011 | +53.6 |
| 3 | Marts, Bradley | 1795 | USA | −5N | +33B | +22N | +21B | +31N | 4.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1837 | +8.0 |
| 4 | Cohen-Solal, Lennie | 1826 | FRA | +46B | =5N | +34B | +10N | −9B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1729 | -9.6 |
| 5 | Phadke, Viraj Sharad | 1615 | USA | +3B | =4B | +35N | −36N | +42B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 8.75 | 2064 | +41.8 |
| 6 | Losada Navas, Benito Raul | 1574 | VEN | +27B | −1N | =15B | =8N | +23B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1792 | +28.8 |
| 7 | Mayank, Reyansh | 1601 | USA | −1B | −27N | +44N | +48B | +41N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1825 | +60.0 |
| 8 | Allen, Garret | 1763 | USA | =25N | −22B | +51N | =6B | +21N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 1878 | +8.0 |
| 9 | Yan, Isabella | 1729 | USA | F | F | +40N | +1B | +4N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2576 | +67.6 |
| 10 | Zhang, Laura | 1646 | USA | +52B | =34N | +25B | −4B | =35N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1738 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1603 | USA | −37N | +52B | +50N | +24B | −2N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1663 | +6.8 |
| 12 | Thompson, Ali | 1593 | USA | −21N | −23N | +46B | +51B | +32N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1605 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Pineda-Bermudez, Mario | 1661 | USA | =39B | =15N | =26B | +22N | −18B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1574 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Crawford, Jared | 1686 | USA | +35B | −2B | =37N | +26N | −40B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1686 | -0.2 |
| 15 | Naushad, Ibraheem | 1662 | USA | =22N | =13B | =6N | +37B | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.25 | 1618 | -4.8 |
| 16 | Keskar, Raghav | 1769 | USA | F | F | +24N | =2B | +36B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.50 | 1703 | -3.6 |
| 17 | Poppante, Leo | 1862 | USA | F | −25B | =28N | +34B | +47N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1901 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Muhammad, Mustafa | 0 | USA | F | F | +23N | =40B | +13N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.25 | 1701 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Aadhav N R | 1777 | IND | F | F | +39B | =42N | +24B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 1693 | -6.4 |
| 20 | Channad, Rishaank R | 1615 | USA | F | F | +33N | =50B | +38B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.25 | 2424 | +40.8 |
| 21 | Kumari, Khushi | 1721 | USA | +12B | +26N | −1B | −3N | −8B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1638 | -22.4 |
| 22 | Nannapaneni, Shaurya | 0 | USA | =15B | +8N | −3B | −13B | =28N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1630 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Neema, Mukund | 1634 | USA | −34N | +12B | −18B | +52N | −6N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1722 | +13.6 |
| 24 | Koka, Saharsh | 0 | USA | +49B | +38N | −16B | −11N | −19N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Basavaraju, Siddharth Sriram | 0 | USA | =8B | +17N | −10N | =47B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1765 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gutgutia, Siddhant | 1585 | USA | +28N | −21B | =13N | −14B | =30N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1611 | +6.4 |
| 27 | Cameron, Kyle Stephen J | 1727 | USA | −6N | +7B | F | −31B | +50N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1467 | -41.6 |
| 28 | Purohit, Vihaan | 1628 | USA | −26B | =49N | =17B | =38N | =22B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1560 | -12.0 |
| 29 | Xia, Benjamin | 0 | USA | F | F | +30N | +41B | −1N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1787 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Phadke, Anvay | 1719 | USA | −38B | +46N | −29B | =43N | =26B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1584 | -28.8 |
| 31 | Dutta, Sattwik | 1601 | USA | F | F | +48N | +27N | −3B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1887 | +45.2 |
| 32 | Schoonveld, Adam | 0 | USA | F | F | +49B | +39N | −12B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Hmimda, Harith | 1640 | USA | −2N | −3N | −20B | +49N | =39B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 1.25 | 1325 | -58.0 |
| 34 | Fryziuk, Yurii | 0 | USA | +23B | =10B | −4N | −17N | −43B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1564 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Garrison, Jay | 1767 | USA | −14N | F | −5B | +45N | =10B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1567 | -22.0 |
| 36 | Song, Gavin Preston Yichen | 0 | USA | F | F | =2N | +5B | −16N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1696 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Peela, Nischay Shyam | 0 | USA | +11B | −?N | =14B | −15N | −45B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Arun, Pranav | 1607 | USA | +30N | −24B | −42N | =28B | −20N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1535 | -16.8 |
| 39 | Cromartie, Julius | 1476 | USA | =13N | =41B | −19N | −32B | =33N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1625 | +13.2 |
| 40 | Santosh, Siddharth | 1687 | USA | F | F | −9B | =18N | +14N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1708 | +2.4 |
| 41 | Gao, Jonathan | 1769 | USA | F | =39N | +43B | −29N | −7B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1558 | -32.0 |
| 42 | Xi, Lucas Yiwen | 1524 | USA | F | F | +38B | =19B | −5N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1666 | +21.6 |
| 43 | Mani, Anirudh Subhav | 1598 | USA | F | F | −41N | =30B | +34N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1551 | -4.4 |
| 44 | Jaikumar, Nishita | 1694 | USA | F | F | −7B | =46N | +49B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1381 | -33.2 |
| 45 | Zetshi, Adit | 1670 | USA | F | F | =47N | −35B | +37N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1585 | -8.4 |
| 46 | Jayabarath, Johann | 1546 | USA | −4N | −30B | −12N | =44B | =51N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1431 | -27.6 |
| 47 | Bridges, Dalton | 1788 | USA | F | F | =45B | =25N | −17B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1573 | -22.4 |
| 48 | Muhammad. Shavkat | 1763 | USA | F | F | −31B | −7N | +52N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1483 | -44.4 |
| 49 | Hoagland Jr., Jason King | 0 | USA | −24N | =28B | −32N | −33B | −44N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1381 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Raja, Arjun | 0 | USA | F | F | −11B | =20N | −27B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Balamurugan, Diya | 1521 | USA | F | F | −8B | −12N | =46B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1361 | -22.8 |
| 52 | Saravanakumar, Jayanth | 1622 | USA | −10N | −11N | F | −23B | −48B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 862 | -71.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yan, IsabellaUSA+67.63.0 pts · #3
- 2Mayank, ReyanshUSA+60.03.0 pts · #7
- 3Sharda, Arsh AmitUSA+53.64.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Saravanakumar, JayanthUSA-71.60.0 pts · #52
- 2Hmimda, HarithUSA-58.01.5 pts · #47
- 3Muhammad. ShavkatUSA-44.41.0 pts · #40
Biggest upsets
- R1+180 Elo gap
- R5+168 Elo gap
- R4+162 Elo gap