29th Annual Eastern Chess Congress - Premier

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105 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Princeton, NJ, United States. 33 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2368, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2597).

Josiah Stearman (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2469) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nico Chasin (4.5) and Bryan Enming Lin (4.0). Stearman won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Lukas W LeBakken (CM, 1914) beat Eshaan Hebbar (IM, 2268), a +354-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Princeton, NJ, United States

Dates

24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2597

Avg top 10

2,368

Participants

105

Titled players · 33

GM×2

IM×5

FM×7

CM×13

WIM×2

WFM×2

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×91

🇮🇳India×4

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

Top 3

🥇
IMJosiah Stearman
🇺🇸USA·2469
4.5pts·2623perf+8.4
🥈
GMNico Chasin
🇺🇸USA·2504
4.5pts·2639perf+7.3
🥉
IMBryan Enming Lin
🇺🇸USA·2377
4.0pts·2326perf-3.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Chasin4.5Stearman4.5Girsh4Groff4Shah4Lin4

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Nico Chasin held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Stearman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Nico Chasin 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Josiah Stearman 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stearman, JosiahIM	2469	USA	+99N	+14B	+6N	=4N	+52B	4.5	13.5	13.5	11.50	2623	+8.4
2	Chasin, NicoGM	2504	USA	+31B	+47N	+80B	+13N	=4B	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.00	2639	+7.3
3	Lin, Bryan EnmingIM	2377	USA	+34B	=18N	+26B	+23N	=11B	4.0	13.0	15.5	12.00	2326	-3.2
4	Zhou, JianchaoGM	2597	USA	+30N	+63B	+95N	=1B	=2N	4.0	13.0	13.5	9.00	2557	-0.5
5	Ansh M Shah	2222	IND	+65B	+35N	=17B	+15N	=13B	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.75	2301	+10.6
6	Luger, Sam	2213	USA	+49B	+21N	−1B	+67N	+17B	4.0	12.5	14.0	9.50	2360	+35.2
7	Miller, RachelCM	1928	JAM	=10N	+36B	=18B	+55N	+50B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.00	2341	+51.4
8	Girsh, DanielFM	2205	USA	+44B	=22N	+84B	=17N	+25B	4.0	11.0	12.0	9.00	2281	+8.8
9	Venkatesh, NarayanFM	2204	USA	+91B	+29N	−13B	+85N	+19B	4.0	10.0	10.5	7.00	2225	+10.4
10	Groff, Jordan	2122	USA	=7B	=66N	+102B	+64N	+20N	4.0	10.0	10.0	7.25	2259	+17.4
11	Das, AditeyaFM	2248	USA	=42N	+92B	+103N	+57B	=3N	4.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2322	+11.0
12	Rawshani, Kamran	2027	USA	−29B	+91N	+44B	+37N	+80B	4.0	8.0	8.5	6.00	2205	+42.8
13	George, KevinIM	2337	EGY	+68N	+48B	+9N	−2B	=5N	3.5	14.5	16.0	9.50	2323	+1.8
14	Pan, Zachary	2012	USA	+19B	−1N	+66B	=16B	+45N	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.25	2175	+39.2
15	Goodrich, Elliott	2083	USA	=46N	+90B	+86N	−5B	+30N	3.5	9.5	10.5	5.50	2093	+5.2
16	Hebbar, EshaanIM	2268	USA	−62N	+94B	+45B	=14N	+33B	3.5	9.5	10.0	6.75	2087	-33.6
17	Rychkov, Roman	2065	USA	+56B	+51N	=5N	=8B	−6N	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.00	2135	+10.8
18	Mujumdar, Sameer	2009	USA	+70N	=3B	=7N	−19B	+64B	3.0	12.5	14.0	7.00	2041	+3.0
19	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1813	USA	−14N	+68B	+104B	+18N	−9N	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	2042	+51.1
20	Zhu, LinxiFM	2306	USA	+43B	+33N	+24B	−52N	−10B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.50	2183	-13.0
21	Saxena, Vihaan	2097	USA	+98N	−6B	+51B	=24N	=38B	3.0	11.5	11.5	4.75	2074	+0.8
22	Ravi Krishna G	2122	IND	+71B	=8B	−50N	+53N	=27B	3.0	11.0	12.5	7.00	2134	+6.4
23	Yue, TariqCM	2180	USA	F	+42B	+32N	−3B	+35N	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	2259	+18.0
24	Slade, Theodore	2156	ENG	+76N	+62B	−20N	=21B	=32N	3.0	10.0	11.5	5.75	2122	-3.2
25	Gaw, ChloeWIM	2020	USA	=28B	+93N	+39B	=95N	−8N	3.0	10.0	10.5	4.75	2133	+30.8
26	Yakubov, Mardon	2017	UZB	F	+69B	−3N	+43B	+34N	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	2192	+17.0
27	Shangin, Lev	2151	USA	=37N	=81B	=43N	+42B	=22N	3.0	9.5	10.5	6.25	2047	-24.0
28	Zhang, David	1836	USA	=25N	−32B	=83N	+60B	+67B	3.0	9.0	10.0	5.50	2062	+60.0
29	Holder, Thomas	1931	USA	+12N	−9B	=79N	+48B	−36N	2.5	12.5	14.0	6.75	2068	+34.0
30	Aahan Sharma	1816	IND	−4B	+56N	+88B	=38N	−15B	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.25	2026	+47.6
31	Zhang, Oscar Y	1952	USA	−2N	+59B	+92N	=40B	−57N	2.5	11.0	11.5	3.75	2061	+24.4
32	Shen, Leo Xiaohang	2021	USA	F	+28N	−23B	+49N	=24B	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.50	2120	+20.8
33	Xu, ShawnCM	2031	USA	+58N	−20B	=82N	+46B	−16N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.50	2046	+2.0
34	Marzouq, Chowdhury	1969	BAN	−3N	=70B	+94N	+63B	−26B	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	2019	+9.2
35	Debmisra, Ariv	1891	USA	+100N	−5B	=46N	+82B	−23B	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.00	2018	+30.0
36	Ling, ChenxuanCM	2193	USA	F	−7N	+75B	=77N	+29B	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	2023	-29.6
37	Chang, Leonhard	1850	USA	=27B	+96N	F	−12B	+85N	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	2158	+62.0
38	Qian, BobbyCM	2140	USA	F	=82B	+62N	=30B	=21N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.75	2022	-21.6
39	Ho, CarterCM	2202	USA	=81N	+83B	−25N	+74B	F	2.5	6.5	6.5	3.00	2081	-23.6
40	Kao, Jamison EdrichCM	2155	USA	F	F	+65B	=31N	+84B	2.5	5.0	5.0	3.75	2255	+13.2
41	Jain, VihaanCM	2076	USA	F	F	=69N	+101B	+54N	2.5	3.5	3.5	2.75	2121	+6.8
42	Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM	1976	CAN	=11B	−23N	+71B	−27N	=53B	2.0	12.0	13.5	4.50	1988	+0.4
43	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan	1908	USA	−20N	+58B	=27B	−26N	=69N	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.25	1944	+3.6
44	Xin, StellaCM	1935	USA	−8N	+100B	−12N	+89B	−55B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1904	-10.4
45	Ma, Julian	1750	USA	F	+78B	−16N	+47N	−14B	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	2041	+54.4
46	Mc Dermott, Brian	1910	USA	=15B	=67N	=35B	−33N	=83B	2.0	10.0	11.0	4.25	1922	+2.4
47	Ayyappan, Santhosh	2029	USA	+59N	−2B	−64N	−45B	+92N	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.50	1870	-45.2
48	Aravindakshan, SahanaWIM	1996	USA	+73B	−13N	=53B	−29N	=97B	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.75	1905	-28.4
49	Zhang, Andrew	1928	USA	−6N	+98B	=63N	−32B	=74N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1922	-3.0
50	Castaneda, NelsonFM	2234	USA	+54N	F	+22B	F	−7N	2.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	2096	-8.2
51	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1778	USA	+72B	−17B	−21N	+65N	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	2036	+49.6
52	Bartell, ThomasIM	2337	USA	F	F	+87N	+20B	−1N	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.00	2365	+2.3
53	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1846	USA	−63N	+99B	=48N	−22B	=42N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1930	+12.7
54	Wang, LaceyWFM	1863	USA	−50B	+72N	−55B	+88N	−41B	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.50	1949	+14.5
55	Kis, Lorand Bela	1947	USA	F	F	+54N	−7B	+44N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2034	+6.6
56	Shin, Luke	1899	USA	−17N	−30B	−61N	+100B	+94N	2.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	1810	-25.2
57	Farberov, Maxim	2120	USA	F	F	+97B	−11N	+31B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	2163	+3.8
58	Aayansh Pramanik	1866	USA	−33B	−43N	+99N	+62B	−87N	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1864	-0.8
59	Safarian, Alek	1920	AUS	−47B	−31N	−72B	+98N	+96B	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	1902	-2.8
60	Wang, Connor Junda	1940	USA	F	F	+98B	−28N	+93B	2.0	3.5	3.5	0.50	1925	-2.0
61	Yang, Lucas	1834	USA	F	F	+56B	+93N	F	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2671	+44.0
62	LeBakken, Lukas WCM	1914	USA	+16B	−24N	−38B	−58N	=73B	1.5	11.0	12.5	4.25	1908	-6.8
63	Dehmelt, KarlFM	2034	USA	+53B	−4N	=49B	−34N	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.00	1957	-11.0
64	Kurup, Siddharth	1851	USA	F	=75N	+47B	−10B	−18N	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.75	1879	+2.8
65	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1928	USA	−5N	+73B	−40N	−51B	=71N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.25	1828	-29.6
66	Boyer-Olson, Jack	1887	USA	F	=10B	−14N	−78B	+89N	1.5	10.0	10.0	3.00	1891	-1.2
67	Wang, Kevin	2042	USA	F	=46B	+81N	−6B	−28N	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.00	1907	-29.6
68	Kozlek, Tommy	1945	USA	−13B	−19N	=73N	=71B	=70N	1.5	9.5	11.0	2.25	1802	-43.6
69	Shevelenko, Leon	1740	USA	F	−26N	=41B	=72N	=43B	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.00	1927	+31.6
70	Mummidi, Aaryan	1875	USA	−18B	=34N	−77B	=73N	=68B	1.5	8.5	10.0	2.75	1819	-15.2
71	Diao, Sujia	1875	USA	−22N	=76B	−42N	=68N	=65B	1.5	8.0	9.5	2.25	1827	-12.8
72	Schwartz, Maxwell	2053	USA	−51N	−54B	+59N	=69B	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.75	1738	-32.4
73	Alkin, Ido	1855	ISR	−48N	−65N	=68B	=70B	=62N	1.5	6.5	8.0	2.25	1783	-19.2
74	Gartenlaub, Corin	1980	USA	F	−86B	+105N	−39N	=49B	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1868	-26.0
75	Bai, Jason	1705	USA	F	=64B	−36N	+81B	F	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.75	1991	+39.2
76	Kennedy, Aiden	1913	USA	−24B	=71N	+96B	F	F	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.25	2048	+20.4
77	Shankar, Pranav	2059	USA	F	F	+70N	=36B	F	1.5	4.0	4.0	2.75	2227	+17.6
78	Zhu, Ryan	1974	USA	F	−45N	=93B	+66N	F	1.5	4.0	4.0	1.75	1826	-22.8
79	Nitz, James J	1918	USA	F	F	=29B	+97N	F	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.75	2116	+20.4
80	Graif, WilliamFM	2222	CAN	F	F	−2N	+87B	−12N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	2034	-14.8
81	Kogan, Mark Leo	2018	USA	=39B	=27N	−67B	−75N	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.75	1832	-34.6
82	Deng, Michael	1881	USA	F	=38N	=33B	−35N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1895	+1.2
83	Li, Mason J	1925	USA	F	−39N	=28B	F	=46N	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1858	-12.4
84	Kumbharathi, Vedansh	2065	USA	F	F	−8N	+86B	−40N	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1946	-18.4
85	Tran, Quan	1959	USA	F	F	+101N	−9B	−37B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1873	-14.4
86	Fang, ArabellaWCM	1855	USA	F	+74N	−15B	−84N	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.50	1918	+9.2
87	Chakka, Pardhav	1946	USA	F	F	−52B	−80N	+58B	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	2016	+2.6
88	Han, Leqi	1794	USA	F	F	−30N	−54B	+101N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1748	-6.8
89	Pragyan Sriram	1805	IND	F	F	+91B	−44N	−66B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.50	1778	-4.0
90	Pakh, Alex	1916	USA	F	−15N	F	+105B	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1960	+2.2
91	Kampel, Guido	1886	ARG	−9N	−12B	−89N	=94B	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.25	1637	-23.4
92	Xiang, GraysonCM	1761	USA	F	−11N	−31B	=96N	−47B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	1742	-4.4
93	Kang, Michael	1844	USA	F	−25B	=78N	−61B	−60N	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1620	-39.2
94	Su, Milo	1799	USA	F	−16N	−34B	=91N	−56B	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.25	1666	-22.8
95	Slate, KentCM	2220	USA	F	F	−4B	=25B	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	2116	-14.0
96	Yang, AimeeWFM	2115	USA	F	−37B	−76N	=92B	−59N	0.5	6.5	6.5	0.25	1539	-108.8
97	Milstein, David Wolf	1914	USA	F	F	−57N	−79B	=48N	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1738	-24.8
98	Wu, Felix	1723	USA	−21B	−49N	−60N	−59B	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1171	-31.6
99	Marri, Anvith Reddy	1883	USA	−1B	−53N	−58B	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1198	-40.3
100	Zhou, AbigailWCM	1896	USA	−35B	−44N	F	−56N	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1108	-54.7
101	Yang, Yuxing Jack	1941	USA	F	F	−85B	−41N	−88B	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1142	-60.0
102	Castaneda, Andres	2123	USA	F	F	−10N	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1322	-10.0
103	Hu, Merric	2091	USA	F	F	−11B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1448	-5.8
104	Aepli, William	1678	USA	F	F	−19N	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1013	-12.8
105	Hill, Leroy	1836	USA	F	F	−74B	−90N	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1148	-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chang, LeonhardUSA
+62.0
2.5 pts · #29
2Zhang, DavidUSA
+60.0
3.0 pts · #27
3Ma, JulianUSA
+54.4
2.0 pts · #59

Top rating losers

1Yang, AimeeWFMUSA
-108.8
0.5 pts · #93
2Yang, Yuxing JackUSA
-60.0
0.0 pts · #101
3Zhou, AbigailWCMUSA
-54.7
0.0 pts · #105

Biggest upsets

R1+354 Elo gap
CMLeBakken, Lukas W1914 beat IMHebbar, Eshaan2268
R4+313 Elo gap
Bai, Jason1705 beat Kogan, Mark Leo2018
R5+306 Elo gap
CMMiller, Rachel1928 beat FMCastaneda, Nelson2234