2025 Saint Louis Thanksgiving Open
SwissStandard
54 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2229, and top seed was Benjamin Bok (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2588).
Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2527) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Francesco Sonis (4.0) and Illya Nyzhnyk (4.0). Bharathakoti broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Evan Y Jin (1692) beat Edward Shen (1961), a +269-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 7
GM×4
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×43
🇮🇳India×3
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇨🇱Chile×1
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGM Harsha Bharathakoti led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
17
6
3
4
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
GM Harsha Bharathakoti held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Harsha Bharathakoti drew with GM Francesco Sonis (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
GM Harsha Bharathakoti 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Francesco Sonis 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMHarsha Bharathakoti | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2GMFrancesco Sonis | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3GMIllya Nyzhnyk | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Sean Gao | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harsha BharathakotiGM | 2527 | IND | +49N | +8B | +20N | =2B | +5N | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.00 | 2578 | +3.6 |
| 2 | Sonis, FrancescoGM | 2558 | ITA | +12B | +13N | +17B | =1N | =3B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 12.75 | 2549 | +1.8 |
| 3 | Nyzhnyk, IllyaGM | 2544 | UKR | +19B | =6N | +29N | +18B | =2N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.75 | 2467 | -1.6 |
| 4 | Gao, Sean | 1812 | USA | +39N | −5N | +40B | +34B | +11N | 4.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 2170 | +73.6 |
| 5 | Toshali, VWFM | 2045 | IND | +42N | +4B | +27N | =11B | −1B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.50 | 2120 | +10.0 |
| 6 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 1912 | USA | +47N | =3B | −11N | +32B | +20N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2075 | +43.2 |
| 7 | Chinodakufa, Tapiwa Amion | 0 | USA | −27B | +35B | +12N | +36N | =9B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 7.75 | 1824 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Pikus, Matthew | 1908 | USA | +50B | −1N | +39B | =17N | +30B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1977 | +7.2 |
| 9 | Herman, Sara | 1901 | USA | +33N | −27B | +28N | +26B | =7N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.25 | 1951 | +5.2 |
| 10 | Zagar, Dane | 1978 | USA | =26N | +32B | −18N | +21B | +29N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1967 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dhyana PatelWFM | 2035 | IND | =21B | +44N | +6B | =5N | −4B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 7.50 | 1940 | -11.0 |
| 12 | Marmer, Daniel | 1681 | USA | −2N | +33B | −7B | +39N | +19B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1978 | +21.6 |
| 13 | Logozar, Elijah | 1911 | USA | +48N | −2B | +41N | −16B | +26N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1979 | +1.2 |
| 14 | He, Alvin | 1991 | USA | −40B | +25N | =19B | =15N | +35B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 1808 | -35.6 |
| 15 | Bruna Poblete, Emilio | 1938 | CHI | −46N | +47B | =24N | =14B | +28N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 5.25 | 1904 | -4.0 |
| 16 | Bok, BenjaminGM | 2588 | NED | F | F | +43B | +13N | +23N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2988 | +2.4 |
| 17 | Maringanti, Mohit Anirudh Prasad | 1855 | USA | +25B | +43N | −2N | =8B | F | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 2019 | +21.6 |
| 18 | Rana, Oliver | 1981 | USA | +51B | =22N | +10B | −3N | F | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 5.25 | 2075 | +19.2 |
| 19 | Suddala, Anish | 1811 | USA | −3N | +48B | =14N | +31B | −12N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1804 | -7.6 |
| 20 | Yang, Forrest | 1949 | USA | +37B | +40N | −1B | =30N | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1907 | -15.2 |
| 21 | Risko, Nicholas | 1841 | USA | =11N | −23B | +52B | −10N | +37B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1711 | -17.6 |
| 22 | Mattson, Dane | 1976 | USA | +28N | =18B | =26N | −23B | =24N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1858 | -14.8 |
| 23 | Wadhwa, Aayush | 1938 | USA | F | +21N | =36B | +22N | −16B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 2097 | +28.8 |
| 24 | Thain, Jack | 1867 | USA | =41B | −38N | =15B | +47N | =22B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1873 | +4.0 |
| 25 | Hadman, Harold L | 0 | USA | −17N | −14B | =48N | +51B | +33N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1745 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jin, Evan Y | 1692 | USA | =10B | +53N | =22B | −9N | −13B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1874 | +42.4 |
| 27 | Fee, Kenneth | 1859 | USA | +7N | +9N | −5B | F | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1973 | +6.0 |
| 28 | Kerns, William | 1814 | USA | −22B | +50N | −9B | +45N | −15B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1708 | -26.0 |
| 29 | Ohly, Oliver | 1774 | USA | F | +52N | −3B | +44N | −10B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1835 | +4.8 |
| 30 | Wadhwa, AnanyaWCM | 1856 | USA | F | +45B | =34N | =20B | −8N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1855 | +1.2 |
| 31 | Marin Rivera, Stefan | 1682 | PUR | F | −34B | +49N | −19N | +42B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1800 | +23.6 |
| 32 | Maiti, Vedant | 1801 | USA | =38B | −10N | +37B | −6N | −36B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1624 | -30.0 |
| 33 | Goddard, Paul J | 1668 | USA | −9B | −12N | +50B | =42N | −25B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1608 | -7.4 |
| 34 | Ramesh, Nehanraj | 1968 | USA | F | +31N | =30B | −4N | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1783 | -28.0 |
| 35 | Pagliarini, Finn | 1625 | USA | =53B | −7N | F | +41B | −14N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1784 | +11.2 |
| 36 | Seetharaman, Rakshith | 1853 | USA | F | F | =23N | −7B | +32N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 2063 | +22.0 |
| 37 | Fang, Andrew | 0 | USA | −20N | =49B | −32N | +48B | −21N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Tkachenko, Erik | 2042 | USA | =32N | +24B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2027 | -0.6 |
| 39 | Kamesh, Varun | 0 | USA | −4B | F | −8N | −12B | +51N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Kim, Yejun | 1858 | KOR | +14N | −20B | −4N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1792 | -10.4 |
| 41 | Etuk, Emmanuel | 0 | USA | =24N | F | −13B | −35N | =47B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Sondag, Henry | 1704 | USA | −5B | =51N | F | =33B | −31N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1522 | -40.0 |
| 43 | Wolf, Alexander P | 1893 | USA | +54N | −17B | −16N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1274 | -12.6 |
| 44 | Silva, Asha | 1730 | USA | F | −11B | +51N | −29B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1633 | -16.0 |
| 45 | Sena, Ethan | 1593 | USA | F | −30N | F | −28B | +52N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1035 | -16.0 |
| 46 | Gao, Wilson | 1952 | USA | +15B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2738 | +9.6 |
| 47 | Buell, Joseph Lawrence | 1534 | USA | −6B | −15N | F | −24B | =41N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 1104 | -11.6 |
| 48 | FIDE 39934179 | 0 | — | −13B | −19N | =25B | −37N | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1061 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Shi, Albert | 1717 | USA | −1B | =37N | −31B | F | F | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1100 | -25.2 |
| 50 | Goldschmidt, Steven | 1493 | USA | −8N | −28B | −33N | =52B | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.25 | 992 | -9.6 |
| 51 | Bomjan, Neerav | 1465 | USA | −18N | =42B | −44B | −25N | −39B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1493 | +1.6 |
| 52 | Bezawada, Aryan | 0 | USA | F | −29B | −21N | =50N | −45B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 1353 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Shen, Edward | 1961 | USA | =35N | −26B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1465 | -48.4 |
| 54 | FIDE 39998789 | 0 | — | −43B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1093 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gao, SeanUSA+73.64.0 pts · #8
- 2Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA+43.23.5 pts · #4
- 3Jin, Evan YUSA+42.42.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Shen, EdwardUSA-48.40.5 pts · #46
- 2Sondag, HenryUSA-40.01.0 pts · #37
- 3He, AlvinUSA-35.63.0 pts · #20
Biggest upsets
- R2+269 Elo gap
- R5+223 Elo gap
- R4+156 Elo gap