29th Annual Eastern Chess Congress - U2100

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109 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Princeton, NJ, United States. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1878, and top seed was Madeline Weber (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1931).

Tanay Parripati (🇺🇸 USA, 1767) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Pranav Reddy Marri (4.0) and Madeline Weber (4.0). Parripati won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Charlotte Tai-En Chang (1571) beat Christopher J O'Connor (1869), a +298-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

🇺🇸WCMMadeline Weber1931

Avg top 10

1,878

Participants

109

Titled players · 2

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×99

🇮🇳India×4

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇵🇪Peru×1

Top 3

🥇
Tanay Parripati
🇺🇸USA·1767
5.0pts·2517perf+86.8
🥈
Pranav Reddy Marri
🇺🇸USA·1773
4.0pts·1926perf+30.4
🥉
WCMMadeline Weber
🇺🇸USA·1931
4.0pts·2088perf+11.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tanay Parripati led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Parripati5Egelhof4Marri4Weber4Vaneswaran3.5Slive3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Tanay Parripati never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Tanay Parripati won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Thomas Egelhof was #12 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Parripati, Tanay	1767	USA	+62N	+11B	+48N	+6N	+61B	5.0	10.0	11.5	11.50	2517	+86.8
2	Marri, Pranav Reddy	1773	USA	+104B	+40N	=61B	+5B	=6N	4.0	10.5	10.5	8.00	1926	+30.4
3	Weber, MadelineWCM	1931	USA	+43B	=24N	+94B	+7N	=47B	4.0	10.0	10.5	8.25	2088	+11.6
4	Egelhof, Thomas	1638	USA	=13N	+93B	=65N	+84B	+45B	4.0	7.5	8.0	5.75	2049	+103.2
5	Slive, Alex	1699	USA	+15B	+82N	=7B	−2N	+12N	3.5	13.5	14.5	8.75	1886	+50.0
6	Griffin, Miles	1824	USA	+66N	+16B	+81N	−1B	=2B	3.5	13.5	14.5	7.50	1904	+10.4
7	Gao, Vincent	1754	USA	+78N	+27B	=5N	−3B	+25N	3.5	12.5	13.5	7.75	1825	+18.7
8	Vaneswaran, Anand	1743	USA	=12N	+71B	+25N	+10B	−19N	3.5	11.5	13.0	8.50	1991	+20.4
9	Sargsyan, Vahan	1744	USA	=26B	+49N	=80N	+68B	=17N	3.5	9.0	10.0	6.75	1887	+28.0
10	Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree	1699	USA	+14B	+22N	=46B	−8N	=73B	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.75	1896	+37.2
11	Hoffman, Jesse N	1672	USA	+42B	−1N	−34B	+64N	+43B	3.0	11.5	13.0	5.50	1756	+9.0
12	Sargsyan, Ani	1723	USA	=8B	+63N	+88B	=13N	−5B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.75	1785	+13.6
13	Surya	1861	IND	=4B	=36N	+85N	=12B	=67N	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.50	1732	-31.6
14	Loayza Rivera, Bryan James	1799	PER	−10N	+44B	+27N	+33B	−48N	3.0	10.0	12.0	7.00	1753	-12.4
15	Sathish, Yudesh	1716	USA	−5N	−21B	+78N	+102B	+41N	3.0	9.5	10.0	3.50	1617	-20.8
16	Zhang, Emma	1715	USA	+105B	−6N	=41B	=74N	+31B	3.0	9.5	9.5	4.25	1697	-4.0
17	Liang, Melanie	1772	USA	F	=26N	+43B	+83N	=9B	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	1922	+15.2
18	Prasanna, Pranav	1740	USA	+53N	=25B	=68N	+100B	−38N	3.0	8.5	9.0	4.50	1762	+7.2
19	Maddali, Krishna	0	USA	F	F	+30N	+28B	+8B	3.0	8.5	8.5	8.50	1837	0.0
20	Mallik, Shivam	1764	USA	=41B	+101N	+24B	−61N	=55B	3.0	8.0	8.5	5.00	1478	-30.4
21	Ghosh, Srijeet	1623	USA	−82B	+15N	+79B	−45N	+94B	3.0	7.0	7.5	4.50	1700	+17.2
22	Fugate, Lucas	1857	USA	+44N	−10B	+107N	+87B	F	3.0	6.0	6.0	3.00	1832	-2.0
23	Cheng, Liam	0	USA	F	F	+?B	+79N	+86B	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	1702	0.0
24	Wan, Yipei	0	USA	+98N	=3B	−20N	+42B	−37N	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.50	1837	0.0
25	Nallapareddygari, Premsai	1593	USA	+69B	=18N	−8B	+99N	−7B	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.50	1753	+42.8
26	Elhyani, Aidan Daniel	0	USA	=9N	=17B	−84N	+91B	=29N	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.50	1712	0.0
27	Soll, Alexander Hrithik	1631	USA	+32B	−7N	−14B	+97N	=80B	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.50	1475	-20.8
28	Zakharov, Sergei	1791	USA	+64B	+83N	=47B	−19N	−34B	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.50	1644	-15.2
29	Lukatsky, Ari	1850	USA	=46B	=89N	−32B	+72N	=26B	2.5	8.5	9.5	4.25	1887	+6.4
30	Moshkevich, Elizabeth	1796	USA	F	+72N	−19B	+40N	=54B	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.50	1925	+8.8
31	Li, Xiaoyao	0	CHN	=51N	+70B	−67N	+63B	−16N	2.5	8.0	9.5	4.00	1603	0.0
32	Bryans, Nathaniel	0	USA	−27N	+78B	+29N	=81B	−50N	2.5	8.0	9.0	4.00	1714	0.0
33	Reznikov, Samuel	1721	USA	+79B	−46N	+93B	−14N	=49B	2.5	8.0	8.5	2.50	1695	-6.8
34	Essig, Rouven	1817	USA	F	F	+11N	=50B	+28N	2.5	7.5	7.5	6.50	2012	+27.6
35	Chang, Charlotte Tai-En	1571	USA	=63B	−42N	+59B	+75N	F	2.5	7.0	7.0	4.25	1900	+50.4
36	Wang, Miles	1687	USA	F	=13B	=42N	+96B	=65N	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.75	1843	+32.8
37	Zilbermintz, Lev	1928	USA	F	F	=40B	+52N	+24B	2.5	6.5	6.5	5.50	1847	-2.8
38	Leong, Anson	1802	USA	F	F	=50B	+80N	+18B	2.5	6.0	6.0	5.00	2002	+27.6
39	Pratheek Madasu	1670	IND	F	F	+106N	+108B	=81N	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1994	+48.0
40	Ashok, Saadhanaa	1573	USA	+57N	−2B	=37N	−30B	=70N	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.00	1727	+35.6
41	Thandra, Samanyu	1618	USA	=20N	=95B	=16N	=51B	−15B	2.0	11.0	11.5	4.25	1656	+9.6
42	Karell, Leif	1734	USA	−11N	+35B	=36B	−24N	=52B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.75	1666	-7.2
43	Acharya, Saanvi	1708	USA	−3N	+98B	−17N	+95B	−11N	2.0	10.5	11.0	1.00	1719	+2.0
44	Abdurasulov, Nurmukhammad	1629	USA	−22B	−14N	+104B	−58N	+79B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1535	-19.6
45	Guduru, Rohan	1667	USA	F	F	+62N	+21B	−4N	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1758	+14.4
46	Chan, Matthew	1878	USA	=29N	+33B	=10N	F	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.25	1882	+0.4
47	Lin, Alexander	1858	USA	F	F	=28N	+67B	=3N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.75	1907	+8.8
48	Anushka Ayyappan	1728	IND	F	F	−1B	+109N	+14B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1903	+28.0
49	Keefe, Chris	1625	USA	F	−9B	+90N	=85B	=33N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.75	1636	+1.4
50	Cige, William	1754	USA	F	F	=38N	=34N	+32B	2.0	7.5	7.5	5.00	1809	+6.4
51	Anand, Anirudh	1693	USA	=31B	=76N	=69B	=41N	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.75	1771	+12.4
52	Rajeev, Pallavi	1734	FID	=93N	=99B	=57N	−37B	=42N	2.0	7.0	7.5	2.50	1723	-4.4
53	Nadiminti, Akhil	1555	USA	−18B	−69N	−58B	+105N	+97B	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	1519	-8.0
54	Xu, Noah	1770	USA	F	F	+86B	=73N	=30N	2.0	5.0	5.0	3.00	1899	+10.4
55	Sayers, Michael Shelhart	0	USA	F	F	+95N	=65B	=20N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.75	1814	0.0
56	Shen, Charles	1828	USA	F	F	=71N	=62B	+66N	2.0	4.5	4.5	3.00	1775	-7.6
57	Ku, Hunter	1774	USA	−40B	+104N	=52B	=94N	F	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.25	1653	-25.6
58	Akin, Doyle N	1645	USA	F	F	+53N	+44B	F	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2392	+34.4
59	Li, Harry	1722	USA	F	F	−35N	+90B	+96N	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.50	1642	-11.2
60	Chen, Winston Ruiying	1672	USA	F	F	−64B	+106N	+78B	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	2310	+22.8
61	Zhou, ElizabethWCM	1724	USA	F	F	=2N	+20B	−1N	1.5	12.0	12.0	5.00	1768	+6.8
62	Acharya, Kritarth	1639	USA	−1B	+105N	−45B	=56N	−75B	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.00	1606	-9.6
63	Patel, Shonak P	0	USA	=35N	−12B	=101B	−31N	=64B	1.5	9.5	10.0	2.25	1454	0.0
64	Qu, Mofei	0	USA	−28N	−66B	+60N	−11B	=63N	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	1518	0.0
65	Davidson, Ryan	1864	USA	F	F	=4B	=55N	=36B	1.5	8.5	8.5	4.25	1663	-20.4
66	Nunez, Benjamin	1710	IRL	−6B	+64N	=89B	−88N	−56B	1.5	8.0	9.0	2.00	1498	-35.6
67	Velampalli, Akhil	1625	USA	F	F	+31B	−47N	=13B	1.5	7.5	7.5	4.00	1666	+3.6
68	Rana, Shyla	1694	USA	F	F	=18B	−9N	+83B	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.50	1552	-14.0
69	Gold, Bruce	1819	USA	−25N	+53B	=51N	F	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	3.00	1613	-15.6
70	Lussie, Alexandra	1725	USA	F	−31N	−74B	+93N	=40B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1701	-3.6
71	Nigam, Myra	1605	USA	F	−8N	=56B	−86N	+107B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1596	-3.6
72	Birudavolu, Sathvik	1614	USA	F	−30B	=103N	−29B	+102N	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	1528	-10.8
73	Chinnambeti, Abhinav	1843	USA	F	F	=100N	=54B	=10N	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.75	1760	-6.6
74	Vinod, Rohith	1703	USA	F	F	+70N	=16B	F	1.5	4.5	4.5	3.00	1914	+22.0
75	O'Connor, Christopher J	1869	USA	F	F	=96N	−35B	+62N	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.75	1580	-40.8
76	Tao, Jeremy	1874	USA	F	=51B	+82N	F	F	1.5	3.0	3.0	2.00	1901	+2.4
77	Sadhu Venkata, Vahini	1732	USA	F	F	−87N	+107B	=85N	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.50	1619	-16.8
78	Thandra, Sarayu	1529	USA	−7B	−32N	−15B	+104N	−60N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1494	-7.2
79	Sells, Colin David	0	USA	−33N	+106B	−21N	−23B	−44N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1423	0.0
80	Weyman, Grant A	1700	USA	F	F	=9B	−38B	=27N	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1602	-14.4
81	Yang, Leah	1809	USA	F	F	−6B	=32N	=39B	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1554	-26.8
82	Bogin, Theodore	1724	USA	+21N	−5B	−76B	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1607	-9.4
83	Tejas Kunala	0	IND	F	−28B	+?N	−17B	−68N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1570	0.0
84	Motoc, Daniel	1826	USA	F	F	+26B	−4N	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	839	-29.6
85	Korra, Abhinav	1628	USA	F	F	−13B	=49N	=77B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.75	1614	-2.8
86	Xu, Kevin	1682	USA	F	F	−54N	+71B	−23N	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	1687	+0.4
87	Bafna, Mihir	1751	USA	F	F	+77B	−22N	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1795	+2.2
88	Radoslavov, Daniel Ray	1835	USA	F	F	−12N	+66B	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1717	-12.8
89	Abhilash, Alen K	1794	USA	F	=29B	=66N	F	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1780	-1.6
90	Bangaru, Sahishn Sai	1447	USA	F	F	−49B	−59N	+104B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1527	+10.8
91	FIDE 39996697	0	—	F	F	F	−26N	+106B	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1510	0.0
92	Ploch, Michael Victor	0	USA	F	F	+105B	−?N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1664	0.0
93	Cheng, Samuel	1826	USA	=52B	−4N	−33N	−70B	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.00	1383	-85.6
94	Huang, Matthew Huai-en	1693	USA	F	F	−3N	=57B	−21N	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	1503	-27.6
95	Adhyam, Agustya	1755	USA	F	=41N	−55B	−43N	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1470	-30.0
96	Nettem, Subhang	1532	USA	F	F	=75B	−36N	−59B	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	1486	-6.4
97	Shiraz, Farhan	0	USA	F	F	=98N	−27B	−53N	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.25	1398	0.0
98	Sharp, Dale Eugene	1828	USA	−24B	−43N	=97B	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.25	908	-13.2
99	Sathiesh, Kavin C	1716	USA	F	=52N	F	−25B	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	1471	-25.6
100	Lawson, Brian	1811	USA	F	F	=73B	−18N	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1599	-11.2
101	Sun, Gordon	0	USA	F	−20B	=63N	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	964	0.0
102	FIDE 39951812	0	—	F	F	=?B	−15N	−72B	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.00	865	0.0
103	Wu, Darren	1756	USA	F	F	=72B	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1614	-7.6
104	Cai, Harrison	1609	USA	−2N	−57B	−44N	−78B	−90N	0.0	9.0	10.0	0.00	830	-94.0
105	Vairavan, Kavin	1644	USA	−16N	−62B	−92N	−53B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	836	-61.2
106	Chandar, Sai Avantika	1490	USA	F	−79N	−39B	−60B	−91N	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	871	-20.8
107	Arunagiri, Sathiesh	1477	USA	F	F	−22B	−77N	−71N	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	931	-24.4
108	Pugh, Lawrence	1864	USA	F	F	F	−39N	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	870	-15.0
109	Johnson, Jeffery W	1767	USA	F	F	F	−48B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	928	-11.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Egelhof, ThomasUSA
+103.2
4.0 pts · #2
2Parripati, TanayUSA
+86.8
5.0 pts · #1
3Chang, Charlotte Tai-EnUSA
+50.4
2.5 pts · #37

Top rating losers

1Cai, HarrisonUSA
-94.0
0.0 pts · #106
2Cheng, SamuelUSA
-85.6
0.5 pts · #83
3Vairavan, KavinUSA
-61.2
0.0 pts · #107

Biggest upsets

R4+298 Elo gap
Chang, Charlotte Tai-En1571 beat O'Connor, Christopher J1869
R1+226 Elo gap
Nallapareddygari, Premsai1593 beat Gold, Bruce1819
R1+201 Elo gap
Ashok, Saadhanaa1573 beat Ku, Hunter1774