2025 Fall Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 5-7
23 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 30 Sept 2025 to 14 Oct 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1989, and top seed was Jimmy Heiserman (🇺🇸 USA, 2152).
Stephen Parsons (🇺🇸 USA, 1769) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Elliott Winslow (3.0) and Cailen Melville (2.0). Parsons won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Stephen Parsons (1769) beat Christophe Bambou (1977), a +208-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 3.0/3. Parsons takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.5).
Stephen Parsons 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Elliott Winslow 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stephen Parsons | * | — | — | — |
| 2IMElliott Winslow | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3CMPranav Senthilkumar | — | — | * | — |
| 4Cailen Melville | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parsons, Stephen | 1769 | USA | +7B | +12B | +11N | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2682 | +39.0 |
| 2 | Winslow, ElliottIM | 1966 | USA | +19N | +20B | +3B | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2614 | +18.2 |
| 3 | Melville, Cailen | 1728 | USA | +9B | +10B | −2N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1986 | +20.4 |
| 4 | Coyne, Theodore | 2101 | USA | +15N | +8B | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2785 | +14.6 |
| 5 | Smith, Roger | 1808 | USA | +21N | +19B | −8N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 2090 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Senthilkumar, PranavCM | 2066 | USA | +22B | F | +15B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2693 | +11.2 |
| 7 | Lewis, Edward | 1853 | USA | −1N | +16B | =9N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1836 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Heiserman, Jimmy | 2152 | USA | =11N | −4N | +5B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1962 | -13.6 |
| 9 | Admassu, Yonathan | 1763 | USA | −3N | +17N | =7B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1776 | +1.0 |
| 10 | Walder, Michael | 1853 | USA | +13B | −3N | =16N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1843 | -0.8 |
| 11 | Bambou, Christophe | 1977 | FRA | =8B | =15N | −1B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1788 | -15.0 |
| 12 | Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector | 1815 | USA | +17B | −1N | −13N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1656 | -12.8 |
| 13 | Horowitz, Phineas F | 1825 | USA | −10N | F | +12B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1834 | +0.6 |
| 14 | Chernobilskiy, Mikhail A | 1929 | USA | +23N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2563 | +5.6 |
| 15 | Zavgorodniy, Andrew | 1817 | USA | −4B | =11B | −6N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1775 | -5.6 |
| 16 | Atkeson, Christopher Timothy | 1977 | USA | F | −7N | =10B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1660 | -16.8 |
| 17 | Perlov, Daniel | 1748 | USA | −12N | −9B | =18N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1503 | -17.8 |
| 18 | McCollum, Patrick M | 1749 | USA | F | F | =17B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1748 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Seshadri, Sudarshan | 1900 | USA | −2B | −5N | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1087 | -41.6 |
| 20 | Chan, Kyle | 1814 | USA | F | −2N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1166 | -6.0 |
| 21 | Rajaram, Raghu | 1843 | USA | −5B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1008 | -11.0 |
| 22 | Uyanga, ByambaaWFM | 1969 | MGL | −6N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1266 | -7.4 |
| 23 | Crompton, Robert | 1763 | ENG | −14B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1129 | -5.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Parsons, StephenUSA+39.03.0 pts · #1
- 2Smith, RogerUSA+21.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Melville, CailenUSA+20.42.0 pts · #4
- 1Seshadri, SudarshanUSA-41.60.0 pts · #21
- 2Perlov, DanielUSA-17.80.5 pts · #18
- 3Atkeson, Christopher TimothyUSA-16.80.5 pts · #15
- R3+208 Elo gap
- R2+125 Elo gap
- R2+124 Elo gap