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2nd Annual Blue Ridge Open

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. 5 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2425).

Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2425) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Aiden Linyuan Li (3.5) and Pranav Swaminathan (3.5). Baron won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alexander Zheng Zhou (1775) beat Siddharth Kurup (1900), a +125-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Dulles, VA, United States
Dates
19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMTal Baron2425
Avg top 10
2,077
Participants
28
Titled players · 5
GM×1
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Tal Baron led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Baron4Swaminathan3.5Kalpaka3.5Li3.5Quirke3.5Liu3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Tal Baron held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Tal Baron won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMTal Baron*—
½
½
2Pranav Swaminathan—*
½
½
3FMVaibhav Kalpaka
½
½
*—
4CMAiden Linyuan Li
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baron, TalGM2425ISR+12N+7B+5N=4B=2N4.013.516.012.502322-3.7
2Li, Aiden LinyuanCM1938USA+13B=11N=3B+17N=1B3.512.514.59.502186+62.4
3Swaminathan, Pranav2057USA+14B=8N=2N+19B=4N3.512.014.09.252068+6.4
4Vaibhav KalpakaFM2253IND+18B=17N+8B=1N=3B3.512.014.09.252178-4.2
5Quirke, Jeffrey2085USA+28N+6B−1B=22N+20B3.511.011.06.002130+6.6
6Liu, StevenCM1983USA+9B−5N+14BF+10N3.011.011.07.502035+12.4
7Clancy, Daniel1966USA+24B−1N=9B=18N+22B3.010.511.55.251981+0.8
8Samanta, Aayansh1824USA+23N=3B−4N−10B+19N2.511.512.54.751921+20.4
9Iyer, Vedanth1675USA−6N+28B=7N=12B=13N2.511.011.04.001852+44.0
10Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1806USA−11B+13N=15B+8N−6B2.510.513.06.251930+31.6
11Zhuang, Kyle2085USA+10N=2BF=20N=15B2.510.510.56.502010-15.2
12Haldankar, Ameya1844USA−1B=24N=21B=9N+26N2.59.510.53.751839-5.6
13Jiang, Caroline Q1756USA−2N−10B+28N+23N=9B2.59.59.52.251776+7.6
14Bhoopathi, Rishith1802USA−3N+23B−6N=26B+27N2.58.59.02.001846+10.0
15Ismayilova, KhanimWCM2013AZEF=19B=10N+27B=11N2.57.57.54.001944-12.0
16Zhou, Alexander Zheng1775USA−17B−18N+23B+25N=21N2.57.08.03.001844+18.0
17Levine, Owen1960USA+16N=4B=19N−2BF2.011.511.55.251936-6.4
18Wang, William J1852USA−4N+16B=20N=7BF2.011.011.05.001974+11.0
19Demirel, Esat Omer1779USA+25B=15N=17B−3N−8B2.010.511.53.251879+23.2
20Fischer, Robert J1902USAF+21N=18B=11B−5N2.010.010.04.251947+4.6
21Srivastava, Arav1768USAF−20B=12N+24N=16B2.08.08.03.501826+12.4
22Deng, Michael1871USAF=27N+25B=5B−7N2.08.08.03.001919+9.6
23Fitzsimmons, Daniela1742USA−8B−14N−16N−13B+28B1.010.010.00.001534-51.2
24Gilbert, Walker W1784USA−7N=12B=26N−21BF1.08.58.51.751633-31.2
25Kurup, Siddharth1900USA−19N+26B−22N−16BF1.07.57.51.001595-64.0
26Anand, Anirudh1726USAF−25N=24B=14N−12B1.07.07.01.751640-16.8
27Sathiesh, Kavin C1724USAF=22BF−15N−14B0.57.07.01.001623-14.0
28Krishnan, Ashvath1722USA−5B−9N−13BF−23N0.09.59.50.001012-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets