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2025 CFCC Autumn Open and Scholastic - Masters and Expert

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Orlando, FL, United States. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2062, and top seed was Jorge Leon Oquendo (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2372).

Zhihan (samuel) Xu (🇨🇦 CAN, CM, 1934) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Antony Gospodinov (3.0) and Abhiram Pothuri (3.0). Xu took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yi Sha (CM, 1881) beat Theodore Slade (2178), a +297-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Orlando, FL, United States
Dates
26 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺FMJorge Leon Oquendo2372
Avg top 10
2,062
Participants
32
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇨🇺Cuba×2
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Zhihan (samuel) Xu led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Xu takes lead
Xu3.5Gospodinov3Jimenez Leyva3Rea3Gospodinov3Pothuri3— ex-leaders:Pothuriled R3, #16
R4 · LEADER CHANGE28 Sept

CM Zhihan (samuel) Xu takes the sole lead (3.0/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Zhihan (samuel) Xu beat Antony Gospodinov (Black).

R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Abhiram Pothuri held the sole lead at R3 but finished #16.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMZhihan (samuel) Xu*
1
——
2Antony Gospodinov
0
*
½
—
3Diego Jimenez Leyva—
½
*—
4Andrew Rea———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM1934CAN+21B−3N+23B+2N=12B3.59.010.06.002082+34.9
2Gospodinov, Antony1999USA+32N=5B=7N−1B+16N3.011.011.04.751953-10.8
3Pothuri, Abhiram1971USA+20N+1B=12N−10B=7N3.010.512.07.252130+28.0
4Gospodinov, Lyubomir1965USA=6B=11N+24B=8N=13B3.010.011.06.001951-3.6
5Jimenez Leyva, Diego1922CUB+17B=2N−9B+21N=8B3.09.510.55.251942+7.2
6Rea, Andrew1910USA=4N−7B=17N+27B+22N3.08.09.04.251928+3.0
7Vuyyuru, Shriyan1975USAF+6N=2B=28N=3B2.59.59.56.252110+27.6
8Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM1945USAF+29B=14N=4B=5N2.58.58.54.502053+23.2
9Maddikonda, Ayush1928USAFF+5N+25B=10N2.56.56.55.252325+55.2
10Leon Oquendo, JorgeFM2372CUBFF+28B+3N=9B2.56.06.04.752314-0.9
11Sha, YiCM1881USAF=4B+22NF+28B2.54.54.53.002262+55.6
12Venkat, Raghav2238USAFF=3B+15N=1N2.08.58.55.252039-12.0
13Elvers, Tristan1821USA−18B=17NF+30B=4N2.06.06.02.251902+17.2
14Amaya, Brayan Angel1972USA+30B=18N=8BF−19N2.05.55.52.001943-3.4
15Wang, Stone1726USAFF+18B−12B+25N2.04.54.52.502128+58.4
16Muneepeerakul, Analaya1757USAFF+19N+31N−2B2.04.54.51.501993+36.4
17Sekar, Vignesh1726USA−5N=13B=6B=26N−24B1.59.010.03.001733+0.4
18Sattaru, Sritej Sai1978USA+13N=14B−15NFF1.56.06.03.001840-21.2
19Jani, Aakash1910USAFF−16B=23N+14B1.55.05.02.501812-14.8
20Kwong, Dave0USA−3BF=29NF+21B1.54.54.51.2518980.0
21Warekar, Aarna Nitin1752USA−1NF+26B−5B−20N1.09.09.01.001800+7.2
22Pharel, Pharoah1822USAFF−11B+24N−6B1.06.56.51.001751-11.2
23Meadors, Landon1704USAFF−1N=19B=26N1.06.06.01.251796+12.8
24Roy, Ayush1838USAFF−4N−22B+17N1.05.55.51.501713-20.0
25Vila, Brandon A1904USAFF+31B−9N−15B1.04.54.50.001658-19.4
26Yao, Jerry1919USAFF−21N=17B=23B1.03.53.51.251603-49.6
27Huang, Jolie1790USAFFF−6N+31B1.03.03.00.001803+1.2
28Slade, Theodore2178ENGFF−10N=7B−11N0.57.57.51.251803-27.2
29Seibel, F Matthew1971USAF−8N=20BFF0.54.04.00.751145-21.6
30Sahai, Neel1941USA−14NFF−13NF0.04.04.00.001097-44.4
31Mcdonald, Kevin1695USAFF−25N−16B−27N0.04.04.00.001018-40.4
32Mishra, Om1815USA−2BFFFF0.03.03.00.001199-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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