New Providence Open 2025
Open SwissStandard
9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Nassau, Bahamas. Top 10 Elo average was 1065, and top seed was Avian Pride (🇧🇸 BAH, 1814).
Curtis Pride (🇧🇸 BAH, 1620) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Avian Pride (3.5) and William Davis (3.0). Pride shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Curtis Pride (1620) beat Avian Pride (1814), a +194-point gap.
Location
🇧🇸Nassau, Bahamas
Dates
23 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇸Bahamas×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R2; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE24 Aug
Curtis Pride takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Pride takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Avian Pride lost to Curtis Pride (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Avian Pride | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Curtis Pride | 1 | * | ½ | 0 |
| 3William Davis | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Bharath Nair | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pride, Curtis | 1620 | BAH | +7B | =3N | +6B | +2B | −4N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1717 | +10.6 |
| 2 | Pride, Avian | 1814 | BAH | +4B | +6N | =3B | −1N | +5B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1701 | -20.4 |
| 3 | Davis, William | 1742 | BAH | F | =1B | =2N | +5B | +6N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1788 | +11.6 |
| 4 | Nair, Bharath | 1450 | BAH | −2N | +5B | +8N | F | +1B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1756 | +45.6 |
| 5 | Nair, Abijith | 1466 | BAH | +8B | −4N | +7B | −3N | −2N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Trotman, James | 1492 | BAH | +9N | −2B | −1N | +8B | −3B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 923 | -26.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 10402608 | 0 | — | −1N | +9B | −5N | F | +8B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 10402594 | 0 | — | −5N | F | −4B | −6N | −7N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 10402241 | 0 | — | −6B | −7N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nair, BharathBAH+45.63.0 pts · #4
- 2Davis, WilliamBAH+11.63.0 pts · #2
- 3Pride, CurtisBAH+10.63.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Trotman, JamesBAH-26.02.0 pts · #6
- 2Pride, AvianBAH-20.43.5 pts · #1
- 3FIDE 104022410.00.0 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R4+194 Elo gap
- R5+170 Elo gap