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2025 Brennan's Open

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 5 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2187, and top seed was Illya Nyzhnyk (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2545).

Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2513) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Tianqi Wang (4.5) and Illya Nyzhnyk (4.0). Bharathakoti won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Yejun Kim (1849) beat Oliver Rana (2027), a +178-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States
Dates
03 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦GMIllya Nyzhnyk2545
Avg top 10
2,187
Participants
34
Titled players · 5
GM×2
IM×2
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
🇰🇷South Korea×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
6
3
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Bharathakoti4.5Wang4.5Nyzhnyk4Kelley4Yang3Maringanti3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Bharathakoti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Harsha Bharathakoti 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Tianqi Wang 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Illya Nyzhnyk 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMHarsha Bharathakoti*—
½
1
2IMTianqi Wang—*
½
—
3GMIllya Nyzhnyk
½
½
*—
4Deshawn Kelley
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Harsha BharathakotiGM2513IND+30N+6B+4N=3B+5N4.514.014.512.502565+3.6
2Wang, TianqiIM2337USA+20N+10B+11N+12B=3N4.511.513.511.502511+10.5
3Nyzhnyk, IllyaGM2545UKR+21B+14N+5B=1N=2B4.014.516.512.002497-0.7
4Kelley, Deshawn2027USA+17B+9N−1B+15N+6B4.013.015.511.002151+11.4
5Tkachenko, Erik2033USA+19N+16B−3N+7B−1B3.014.016.58.002162+9.4
6Maringanti, Mohit Anirudh Prasad1832USA+25B−1N+21B+11B−4N3.013.014.56.001932+22.8
7Yang, Forrest1943USA=22B+28N+8B−5N=14N3.010.511.56.251962+6.0
8Pikus, Matthew1889USA+34N=12B−7N+10B=13N3.010.510.55.002009+7.4
9Gao, Sean1800USA+26N−4BF+18N+24N3.09.59.55.501916+12.0
10Meadors, Landon1796USA+18B−2N+23B−8N=16B2.512.514.55.751820-0.4
11Shi, Albert1694USA+31N+24B−2B−6N=23B2.511.512.03.501795+22.8
12Sargsyan, Anna M.IM2369USA+23B=8N+22B−2NF2.511.511.55.502156-8.0
13Gadi, Soham0USAF=15N=16B+21N=8B2.510.010.06.0018300.0
14Kamesh, Vidyuth1968USA+27N−3BF+22N=7B2.510.010.04.502055+15.6
15Ohly, Oliver1772USAF=13B+19N−4B+31N2.59.59.54.251784+0.8
16Suddala, Anish1837USA+29B−5N=13N=31B=10N2.58.59.03.251665-26.4
17Roach, Calvin0USA−4N−26B=20N+29B+25N2.58.59.03.0017740.0
18Wonsidler, Paul0USA−10N=20B+30N−9B+27N2.58.59.02.5017470.0
19Ladi, Krish M0USA−5B+29N−15B=23N+26B2.58.59.02.5015640.0
20Jin, Evan Y1692USA−2B=18N=17B=25N=22B2.011.513.04.251723+0.4
21Stinson, Marcus1742USA−3N+27B−6N−13B+29N2.010.511.01.501759-1.0
22Kim, Yejun1849KOR=7N+32B−12N−14B=20N2.010.010.53.001904+9.2
23Crasta, Sean1705USA−12N+34B−10N=19B=11N2.010.010.02.501592-19.2
24Gu, Hardy1806USAF−11N+28B+26N−9B2.07.57.52.001610-31.6
25Pagliarini, Finn1603USA−6N=30B=32N=20B−17B1.58.08.51.501737+22.0
26FIDE 399341790—−9B+17NF−24B−19N1.010.010.02.5010030.0
27Goddard, Paul J1678USA−14B−21N=29B=28N−18B1.08.08.50.751534-10.4
28Sondag, Henry1712USA=33N−7B−24N=27BF1.06.56.50.751690-8.4
29Sena, Ethan0USA−16N−19B=27N−17N−21B0.59.510.50.5014790.0
30Elam, CJ1770USA−1B=25N−18BFF0.58.58.50.751694-6.0
31Buell, Joseph Lawrence1540USA−11BFF=16N−15B0.57.57.51.251495-6.0
32Rana, Oliver2027USAF−22N=25BFF0.53.53.50.751546-46.0
33Eckert, DougFM2107USA=28BFFFF0.51.01.00.501712-8.4
34Salem, Samir P0USA−8B−23NFFF0.05.05.00.009970.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets