34th Annual King's Island Open - U2100
Open SwissStandard
64 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Blue Ash, OH, United States. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Daniel Joshua Lee (🇨🇦 CAN, 1960).
Daniel Joshua Lee (🇨🇦 CAN, 1960) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nick Failon (4.5) and Johnson Moore (4.0). Lee shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Aarush Papineni (1691) beat Abhinav Pullabhotla (1916), a +225-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Blue Ash, OH, United States
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×56
🇮🇳India×2
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
14
7
3
1
2
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Daniel Joshua Lee held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Lee takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Daniel Joshua Lee won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Joshua Lee | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Nick Failon | — | * | — | — |
| 3Johnson Moore | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Pratham Sai Goud Jegga | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee, Daniel Joshua | 1960 | CAN | +9N | +10B | +3N | +34B | =20N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 13.25 | 2145 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Failon, Nick | 1838 | USA | +19B | +13N | =40B | +56N | +15B | 4.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.75 | 2058 | +17.6 |
| 3 | Moore, Johnson | 1830 | USA | +23B | +42N | −1B | +28N | +7B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1920 | +9.4 |
| 4 | Jegga, Pratham Sai Goud | 1714 | USA | +14B | +21N | +41B | −20N | =24B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1977 | +70.4 |
| 5 | Miller, John | 1912 | USA | +39N | +7B | −15N | +62B | =25N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.75 | 2013 | +6.6 |
| 6 | Cano, Roman | 0 | USA | +30B | +29N | =56B | +40N | F | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.75 | 1804 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Papineni, Aarush | 1691 | USA | +41B | −5N | +14B | +29N | −3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1909 | +58.0 |
| 8 | Kumar, Yuvaan | 0 | USA | =11N | +43B | =12N | −25B | +31B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 1722 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Stinson, Marcus | 1741 | USA | −1B | =19N | =44B | +58N | +28B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1698 | -4.8 |
| 10 | Schommer, Alexander J | 1735 | USA | +35B | −1N | +60B | −24N | +44B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1661 | -12.0 |
| 11 | Spand Bharat Mehta | 0 | IND | =8B | +52N | =28B | +13N | −34N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1724 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Johnson, Jacob | 0 | USA | =28B | +50N | =8B | +30N | −17B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1704 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Liu, Boaz | 1656 | USA | +61N | −2B | +63N | −11B | +36N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1769 | +18.0 |
| 14 | Rohlfing, David P | 1801 | USA | −4N | +58B | −7N | +59B | +32N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1522 | -43.6 |
| 15 | Kelsch, Gallagher | 0 | USA | +57B | +60N | +5B | F | −2N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1875 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chancey III, Daniel R | 0 | USA | F | F | +22B | +48N | +19B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Casden, Alan | 1835 | USA | +48B | F | +51N | F | +12N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2532 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Stavropoulos, Georgios S | 0 | GRE | F | F | +47B | +?N | +29B | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 1774 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Anand, Anirudh | 1666 | USA | −2N | =9B | +57N | +49B | −16N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1793 | +20.4 |
| 20 | Rucker, Damon | 1724 | USA | F | F | +48N | +4B | =1B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 2061 | +49.6 |
| 21 | Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred | 1869 | MAS | +32N | −4B | =33N | +39B | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1653 | -16.0 |
| 22 | Bhargava, Anay | 1459 | USA | =31B | −37N | −16N | +42B | +39N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1745 | +14.0 |
| 23 | Kodkani, Arnav | 1654 | USA | −3N | =39B | +43N | +51B | −40B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1745 | +19.2 |
| 24 | Nudo, Zachary W | 1829 | USA | F | F | +53N | +10B | =4N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.75 | 1936 | +7.4 |
| 25 | Stappenbeck, Andrew | 1796 | USA | F | F | +64B | +8N | =5B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 2011 | +22.4 |
| 26 | Friedman, David | 1839 | USA | F | F | =27B | +45N | +30B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 2392 | +8.2 |
| 27 | Roach, Calvin | 0 | USA | F | F | =26N | +?B | +62N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1807 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya | 1600 | USA | =12N | +49B | =11N | −3B | −9N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1666 | +9.6 |
| 29 | Sureshkumar, Sidharth | 1728 | USA | +36N | −6B | +54N | −7B | −18N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1640 | -9.6 |
| 30 | Akin, Doyle N | 1679 | USA | −6N | +61B | +55N | −12B | −26N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1847 | +26.8 |
| 31 | Xia, ElizabethWCM | 1745 | USA | =22N | =45B | =59N | =33B | −8N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1554 | -28.0 |
| 32 | Panciu, Olivia | 1536 | USA | −21B | =35N | =50B | +60N | −14B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1036 | -12.0 |
| 33 | Ponugupati, Tejas | 1709 | USA | −42N | +36B | =21B | =31N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1860 | +24.0 |
| 34 | Kosak, Whitman | 1866 | USA | F | F | +62N | −1N | +11B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1850 | -1.6 |
| 35 | Yuan, Ethan Yuming | 0 | USA | −10N | =32B | −39N | =57B | +58B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Davila Hernandez, Nicolas Francisco | 1597 | USA | −29B | −33N | +61B | +64N | −13B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Durai Murugan, Thirukkumaran | 0 | USA | F | +22B | =38N | =46N | −?B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 1645 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Zhu, Andrew J | 1650 | USA | F | F | =37B | =41N | +56B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 2031 | +38.8 |
| 39 | Buffie, Edward F | 0 | USA | −5B | =23N | +35B | −21N | −22B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Perez, Osvaldo | 1807 | USA | F | F | =2N | −6B | +23N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1939 | +6.8 |
| 41 | Pullabhotla, Abhinav | 1916 | USA | −7N | F | −4N | =38B | +46N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1605 | -64.8 |
| 42 | Ryterski, Brian A | 0 | USA | +33B | −3B | −?N | −22N | =?B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Durai Murugan, Kavinvel | 1566 | USA | F | −8N | −23B | +52N | =47N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1675 | +12.0 |
| 44 | Meng, Max | 1564 | USA | F | F | =9N | +63B | −10N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1545 | -2.0 |
| 45 | Ramdas, Ronav | 1504 | USA | F | =31N | −46B | −26B | +63N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1493 | -2.0 |
| 46 | Strobehn, Alexander | 1714 | USA | F | F | +45N | =37B | −41B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1710 | -0.4 |
| 47 | FIDE 39998568 | 0 | — | F | F | −18N | +61N | =43B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Zhu, Magnolia | 1684 | USA | −17N | F | −20B | −16B | +49N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1662 | -3.6 |
| 49 | Bayless, Anthony | 1801 | USA | F | −28N | +52B | −19N | −48B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1468 | -34.8 |
| 50 | Todi, Ayaan | 0 | USA | F | −12B | =32N | −53B | =?N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Park, Colin | 1778 | USA | F | F | −17B | −23N | +59N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 945 | -43.6 |
| 52 | Pugh, Stacia M | 1696 | USA | F | −11B | −49N | −43B | +60B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 883 | -41.6 |
| 53 | Pranav, Eswar J | 1541 | IND | F | F | −24B | +50N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1029 | -6.4 |
| 54 | Palla, Shashank | 0 | USA | F | F | −29B | −55B | +57N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 976 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Hunt, Thomas Warren | 1823 | USA | F | F | −30B | +54N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 879 | -27.6 |
| 56 | Thompson, Sean D | 1760 | USA | F | F | =6N | −2B | −38N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 944 | -20.8 |
| 57 | Hong, Hunter | 0 | USA | −15N | F | −19B | =35N | −54B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Bandaru, Vanshika | 0 | USA | F | −14N | =?B | −9B | −35N | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Nayak, Samraj S | 0 | USA | F | F | =31B | −14N | −51B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 39990788 | 0 | — | F | −15B | −10N | −32B | −52N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 855 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Yuan, Katie | 1506 | USA | −13B | −30N | −36N | −47B | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 841 | -38.0 |
| 62 | Brown, Madison | 1734 | USA | F | F | −34B | −5N | −27B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1089 | -23.6 |
| 63 | FIDE 39988970 | 0 | — | F | F | −13B | −44N | −45B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Tsai, Teddy | 1723 | USA | F | F | −25N | −36B | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 893 | -43.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jegga, Pratham Sai GoudUSA+70.43.5 pts · #2
- 2Papineni, AarushUSA+58.03.0 pts · #5
- 3Rucker, DamonUSA+49.62.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Pullabhotla, AbhinavUSA-64.81.5 pts · #24
- 2Rohlfing, David PUSA-43.63.0 pts · #35
- 3Park, ColinUSA-43.61.0 pts · #61
Biggest upsets
- R1+225 Elo gap
- R3+202 Elo gap
- R2+201 Elo gap