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35th Annual North American Open - U2300

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192 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Las Vegas, NV, United States. 19 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2148, and top seed was Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez (🇲🇽 MEX, FM, 2222).

Bengt Largo (🇵🇭 PHI, 2066) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Krish Bhandari (6.0) and Davaakhuu Munkhzul (6.0). Largo took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Derek Li (1788) beat Ruben Ondangan (2106), a +318-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Las Vegas, NV, United States
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 90 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,148
Participants
192
Titled players · 19
IM×1
FM×7
CM×5
WIM×2
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×168
🇨🇦Canada×10
🇲🇽Mexico×3
🇮🇳India×2
🇵🇭Philippines×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Bengt Largo led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
61
25
11
4
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Largo takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE29 Dec

Bengt Largo takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Bengt Largo 4 wins (R4–R7)Samuel He 4 wins (R4–R7)WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul 4 wins (R2–R5)

R4 · LATE SURGE

Samuel He was #11 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Largo, Bengt2066PHI+143N+125B=34N+102B+25N+11B+62N6.522.524.522.502400+89.2
2Bhandari, KrishCM1978USA+108N+41B+26N+60B+9N62B+22N6.025.028.024.502304+53.0
3Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM2040MGL=68N+66B+124N+34B+65N=10B+9N6.024.527.022.752255+32.6
4He, Samuel2162USA+97N+45B60N+50B+186N+12B+10N6.024.525.522.002247+11.6
5Heath, Derek Xu2013USA+82N+84B+38N+92B137N=23B+27N5.523.025.520.752164+54.4
6Nandhakumar, VaseegaranFM2067USA+79B=96N=126B+36N+91B+35N=8B5.523.025.520.002114+7.4
7Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM2005CAN+164N+69B9N+95B=24N+127B+23N5.523.025.017.752212+71.2
8Montgomery, Eamon2000ESP140N+157B+142N+96B+37N+20B=6N5.521.023.018.252154+26.0
9Hiwale, Ronak2065USA+123B+71N+7B+19N2B+21N3B5.030.032.520.502116+20.0
10Tkachenko, Erik2041USA+67N+78B+37N+18B=62B=3N4B5.028.031.520.752167+24.2
11Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM2222MEX+40B=46N=149B+17N+60B1N+19B5.027.529.520.002122-13.8
12Tran, Quan1943USA+107B=91N+28B+144N=35B4N+36B5.024.526.517.002069+46.8
13Liang, Ethan Y1943USA+154B=22N=39B+99N21B+163N+44B5.022.024.015.252120+56.8
14Shen, Yangyang1910USA+182B=159N=21B+47B20N+103N+42B5.022.023.015.252148+90.4
15Damaraju, Arjun1913USA+86B+135N=144B=61N=19B=139N+35B5.020.022.016.002004+34.0
16Tran, Minh1909USA+73B19N+184B139N+117B+91N+46B5.019.520.514.001988+15.2
17Vuyyuru, Shriyan2021USA=121B+64N=145B11B+152N+63B+139N5.018.520.513.251954-14.4
18Paragiri, Reyansh1972USA+147B+140N+117B10N=139B+64N=101B5.018.020.012.502018+19.8
19Santhosh, Pranav1882USA+39N+16B+20N9B=15N+65B11N4.528.532.019.502138+94.0
20Prasanna, AdvikCM2031USA+30B+29N19B+156N+14B8N=28B4.528.530.518.252015-4.4
21Tu, Liam1976CAN=66N+68B=14N+38B+13N9B=26N4.527.030.519.002019+17.2
22Fogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani AlexanderFM2190MEX+110N=13B+31N177B+34N+70B2B4.526.027.517.502036-47.2
23Verdun, Xavier John2174PHI=61B=94N+140B+149N+46B=5N7B4.523.525.514.002015-23.4
24Wang, Andrew1971USA63B+119N+123B+72N=7B+40N53B4.523.025.515.252067+30.4
25Manchanda, AdvikCM1940USA+130B+118N+101B=65N1B39N+61B4.523.025.513.252033+38.4
26Zheng, Zhaoxing1939USA+98B+174N2B+172N=44B=42N=21B4.523.024.512.252057+23.2
27Zagar, Dane1978USA+88B+36N92B+76N+126B=177N5B4.522.023.514.251995+4.4
28Lee, Justin A1900USA=129N+141B12N+52B=43N+175B=20N4.522.023.513.002008+42.4
29Farzaneh-Far, Marcus1885USA+179N20B=58N=93B+95N=37B+70N4.522.023.013.001960+33.6
30Martin, Drew1847USA20N+153B=70N75B+129N+78B+71N4.521.023.013.251967+23.4
31Chetlapalli, Vishnu2009USA=122B+121N22B64N+130B+83N+73B4.520.022.513.251916-19.5
32Mishra, SoumyaranjanFM2083IND+145B+104N+139B62N=61B+73N39B4.519.521.512.251998-10.8
33Wang, Chase1747USA=80B61N=107B+119N+156B+76N=127B4.518.520.512.501981+84.0
34Menon, Rohan1953USA+171B+51N=1B3N22B+121N=49N4.027.529.013.251988+18.0
35James, Matthew1788USA+150N+49B+43N=137B=12N6B15N4.026.028.013.752009+80.8
36Cui, Young Cheung1930USA+93N27B+120N6B+118N+85B12N4.024.026.511.501890-6.0
37Peraino, Andrew2025USA+133N+168B10B+117N8B=29N=40B4.024.025.510.751921-16.4
38Mummidi, Aaryan1861USA+99B+81N5B21N+182B+60N48B4.024.025.011.002007+56.4
39Meng, Joshua2097USA19BF=13N=71B+162N+25B+32N4.024.024.015.252076-6.0
40Saddi, Neevan Reddy1927USA11N+106B+192N=53B+75N24B=37N4.024.024.010.502025+35.6
41Xu, Owen1843USA+74B2N+134B101N+105B=43B=47N4.023.526.013.001918+28.4
42Schwartz, Raphael D2002USA+119B+63N62B+87N=127N=26B14N4.022.525.013.001941-17.6
43Gopalakrishnan, Kritin1988USA+87B+54N35B=162N=28B=41N=124B4.022.524.514.001909-28.0
44Yao, Lucas Mason Pin QianFM1915CAN77N+146B+100N+63B=26N=92B13N4.022.524.512.251822-28.0
45Matsunaga, Toma2021JPN+83B4N=147B73N=57B+115N+131B4.022.524.512.001886-43.6
46Lad, Neil1952USA+151N=11B+158N=127B23N+67B16N4.022.524.511.252068+41.6
47Wang, Leo Q1994USA117B+57N+79B14N=145B+104N=41B4.022.024.013.501867-44.0
48Kumar, Sanjay1926USA69NF=52N+68B=67N+97B+38N4.021.521.514.251978+8.0
49Herman, Daniel1920USA+55B35N=94B=180N+87B=124N=34B4.021.022.012.751873-8.2
50Wang, Leonardo Xirui1785SGP=72B+128N+159B4N+144B58N=126B4.020.522.59.502013+79.6
51Kodihalli, Kaustubh2061USA+100N34B=67N=110B63N+119B+94N4.020.022.511.751913-36.0
52Wei, Jeffrey1818USA65B+170N=48B28N+173B+183N=56B4.019.020.08.001825+3.2
53Wang, Yuqi1893USAFF=91B=40N+54B+61N+24N4.019.019.015.502161+34.0
54Lee, Justin1937USA+161N43B=180N+160B53N=111B+109N4.018.019.09.001853-26.4
55Wang, Howard1813USA49N=98B=141N=151B=120N+93B+99B4.017.519.510.751865+22.4
56Zhang, Michael1822USA168N+164B=69N=118B=111N+145B=52N4.017.018.510.501834+5.2
57Reyes Melendez, Kevin Alejandro1845USA70N47B=167N+171B=45N+176B+185N4.016.017.06.751923+15.6
58Osmonbekov, Talaibek2129USAFF=29B=176N+136B+50B+92N4.015.515.512.502102-1.8
59Xiao, Marina1736USAFF173B+170N+169B+128N+91B4.010.010.08.501974+59.2
60Mashkov, David Alexander1968USA+146N+77B+4B2N11N38B=68N3.528.030.013.251926-14.8
61Nigatu, Jason1858USA=23N+33B+75N=15B=32N53B25N3.527.030.515.001942+28.8
62Yanayt, EugeneFM2145USAFF+42N+32B=10N+2N1B3.526.026.017.002183+5.0
63Bernstein, Theodore0USA+24N42B+182B44N+51B17N=74B3.525.026.011.251947+6.0
64Dutoit, Ty Chen1753USA=75N17B+179N+31B+78N18B112N3.524.525.510.751924+58.0
65Porat, ToriWCM2016USA+52N+142B+95N=25B3B19NF3.524.024.011.251935-22.8
66Gupta, Reyansh1837USA=21B3N+113B103N+122B=72N=76B3.523.526.011.251856+8.0
67Zhu, Jamie Zhongyun1829USA10B+114N=51B+174N=48B46N=81B3.523.525.010.251919+32.4
68Han, Shuyi1866USA=3B21N+154B48N+167B=81N=60B3.523.525.010.001889+8.4
69Venkat, Varun1875USA+48B7N=56B+80N=103B=126N102N3.523.025.512.251927+20.4
70Lukinykh, Slava1898CAN+57B117N=30B+155N+104B22N29B3.523.025.011.251883-7.2
71Zhang, Glenn1965USA+114B9B+109N=39N+94B101N30B3.522.525.511.001929-12.4
72Yang, Jon1889USA=50N=148B+77N24B=89N=66B=87N3.522.524.511.751807-30.0
73Kaul, Krrish1767USA16N=179B+188N+45B+102N32B31N3.522.022.07.501895+43.2
74Krishnan, Anish1693USA41N=143B=82N+77B=84N=96B=63N3.521.023.011.251797+32.8
75Mangudi, Amudan1841USA=64B+122N61B+30N40B+100NF3.521.021.011.751872+5.8
76Ahsan, Nair1761USA118N+133B+165N27B+93N33B=66N3.520.522.59.251683-26.4
77Ly, Terrence1736USA+44B60N72B74N=98B+167N+136B3.520.021.59.501848+40.8
78Yin, Aiden1890CAN+167B10N=118B+147N64B30N+148N3.519.521.06.751793-34.8
79Lin, Ashley1788USA6N+150B47N=120B+141N=185B=85N3.519.520.57.501901+39.2
80Wu, Zhuoyuan1953USA=33N=120B=93N69B=109N+118B=117N3.519.021.510.251727-75.6
81Arul, Sharvesh1796USA+109N38B=163N=152B=100N=68B=67N3.519.021.010.001811+5.6
82Chen, Renae1627USA5B=169N=74B=173N=113B=105N+122N3.519.020.58.751735+33.6
83Patankar, Shubham1759USA45N110B+157N=142B+125N31B+123N3.518.520.58.001872+40.4
84Riaz, Rayhan1858USA+170B5N172B+131N=74B=112B=134N3.518.520.08.501824-12.4
85Xie, Brandon2047USA=94B+155N102B=148N+176B36N=79B3.517.519.07.751840-35.8
86Vishal, Vyas1810USA15N93B151N+181B=106N+141B+120N3.517.518.57.001772-12.4
87Talayko, Edgar1810USA43N+181B+191N42B49N+180B=72B3.517.517.53.751915+18.4
88Ni, Leo1756USA27N+167B178N=141B=151N+95B=158N3.515.016.57.501877+44.0
89Samayamantri, Hemanth1844USAFF+122B=159N=72B+149N=144B3.512.012.08.252050+55.6
90Bandatmakuru, Navyan Reddy1605USAFF111N=150N+179B+132N+138B3.511.011.07.001864+69.2
91Ramesh, Rahul1914USA+153N=12B=53N+175B6N16B59N3.025.527.08.001842-27.2
92Calvary, Louis1941MEX+132BF+27N5N=101B=44N58B3.023.523.510.501967+4.4
93Li, Leon1509USA36B+86N=80B=29N76B55N+143N3.023.025.09.501794+85.2
94Yang, Vian1838USA=85N=23B=49N+112B71N=158B51B3.022.524.510.001974+44.8
95Zhang, Miller1766USA+156B+103N65B7N29B88N+146B3.022.024.07.001841+24.0
96Wang, Jacob S1885USA+105B=6B=175N8N=121B=74NF3.021.521.59.501858-7.6
97Bupeshnath, Arjun1867USA4B=132N=131B+98N+99B48NF3.021.021.08.501899+8.4
98Zhu, AliciaWCM1848USA26N=55N=128B97B=77N+184B=108N3.020.521.57.501765-32.4
99Malek, Omid2059CAN38N+188B+125N13B97N+160B55N3.020.520.54.501776-49.8
100Jeyaraj, Joel Ethan1713USA51B+171N44B+166N=81B75B=106N3.020.021.56.751716-2.8
101Smail, Benedict2085USAFF25N+41B=92N+71B=18N3.020.020.011.502004-10.0
102Mehta, Hursh1945USAFF+85N1N73B+107N+69B3.020.020.010.001982+5.4
103Gartland, James1953USA+106N95B=148N+66B=69N14BF3.020.020.09.251814-21.6
104Malhotra, Rehaan1827USA+189N32B=112N+158B70N47B=165N3.019.019.04.501846+2.8
105Harish, Vidyuth1688USA96N=108B+143N=135B41N=82B=172N3.018.019.57.251794+35.6
106Nallappa, Vijay1826USA103B40N+170B128N=86B+153N=100B3.018.019.56.751730-36.0
107Aaryn Rudrapati1795IND12N=161B=33N+168B=178N102B=160N3.018.019.56.501783-6.0
108Fang, Jack Junrui1810USA2B=105N+169B=185N=183B144N=98B3.016.517.55.501781-11.6
109Lu, Aiden Hao-Ting1862CAN81B+190N71B=187N=80B+172N54B3.016.516.53.501816-14.8
110Huang, George1721USA22B+83N=174B=51N+172BFF3.015.015.07.752054+79.6
111Komatineni, Tanush S1746USAFF+90B+123N=56B=54NF3.014.014.010.001998+52.4
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113Maheshwari, Darsh1580USAFF66N+146B=82N=148B+155N3.013.013.06.751802+58.0
114Mohan, Vishnu1708USA71N67B=146N+188B=142N+152BF3.013.013.04.001776+20.8
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117Wu, Zekai B1736USA+47N+70B18N37B16NF=80B2.525.025.09.251901+46.8
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119Scamehorn, Jackson1672USA42N24B+116N33B+168N51N=129B2.522.524.05.751784+30.8
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121He, Bonnie1685USA=17N31B+161N=124B=96N34BF2.521.021.07.251828+37.2
122Sharma, Aarav1792USA=31N75B89N+143B66N+147N82B2.520.522.56.251726-26.4
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124Peters, Epiphany M1841USAFF3B=121N+115B=49B=43N2.519.519.58.251884+11.6
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127Nilsson, Martin2168SWEFF+183B=46N=42B7N=33N2.519.019.07.251845-32.6
128Quercia, Dylan1784USA=141N50B=98N+106B163N59B=118N2.518.520.56.751714-12.0
129Yang, Leah1753USA=28B149N155B+132N30B=146N=119N2.518.020.07.001689-25.6
130Prabhu, Tanya G1750USA25N156N+153B=125B31N161B+171B2.517.519.04.751702-21.2
131Nero, Matteo1716USAFF=97N84B+116N+142B45N2.515.515.56.501891+44.4
132Marmer, Daniel1681USA92N=97B152N129B+188N90B+169N2.515.515.53.001646-7.8
133Xu, Pear1727USA37B76N=171B=169N166B=150N+173B2.514.516.04.001704-11.6
134Thakkar, Namish1648USAFF41N+140B=135N=162B=84B2.514.014.06.001856+52.4
135Qi, JennyWFM1893USA+181B15B=160N=105N=134BFF2.513.513.54.751770-31.2
136Kong, Alexander1835USAFF+190B+138N58N=120B77N2.512.512.53.751762-20.4
137Xu, GordonCM2090USAFF+186B=35N+5BFF2.510.510.58.502187+13.6
138Powers, Victor1703USAFF+189B136B+140N=123B90N2.510.510.53.251685-4.8
139Wang, Eric1805USAFF32N+16B=18N=15B17B2.024.524.510.001907+24.4
140Jin, David1791USA+8B18B23N134N138B+187N116B2.023.023.56.001624-50.4
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144Sarangi, Shreyan1884USAFF=15N12B50N+108B=89N2.020.520.57.251787-27.2
145Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1771USA32NF=17N186B=47N56N+183B2.019.519.55.501732-10.4
146Zhong, Andy1656USA60B44N=114B113N+171N=129B95N2.019.020.54.251599-25.6
147Yang, Daniel Benji1812USA18N+189B=45N78B158N122B=154N2.019.019.03.001613-56.8
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149Kennedy, Aiden1931USA=120N+129B=11N23BF89BF2.018.018.06.251861-20.8
150Zhou, Yuchen1794USA35B79N164N=90B=143N=133B=184N2.017.518.54.501604-72.4
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152Yu, Nicole Q1736USA174B=154N+132B=81N17B114NF2.017.517.55.251690-17.2
153Nalakonda, Anish1682USA91B30N130N+157B=165N106B=141N2.017.019.04.001637-13.6
154Margale, Vedant Pravin1733USA13N=152B68N=161B=184N155B=147B2.016.517.53.501637-37.2
155Lin, Michael1853USAF85B+129N70B160N+154N113B2.016.516.54.501680-54.8
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157Toledo, Aaron1850USA159B8N83B153N=170B=169N+187B2.016.016.52.001515-49.4
158Sherwood, Forest J1911USAFF46B104N+147B=94N=88B2.015.515.55.251765-40.4
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160Krishnan, Sreyshthaa1818USAFF=135B54N+155B99N=107B2.014.514.54.751835+3.2
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163Kanis, Paul Michael0USAFF=81B=183N+128B13BF2.012.012.04.7518410.0
164Rajaram, AnikaWCM1853USA7B56N+150B+192BFFF2.011.511.52.001917+13.2
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167Thomas, Damarcus1786USA78N88N=57B+179B68N77BF1.519.019.03.001597-29.4
168Chakraborty, Ritam1781USA+56B37N162B107N119B116N=170N1.518.520.04.751582-34.4
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