2025 Cornerstone Chess Labor Day Invitational - GM
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in San Jose, CA, United States. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2392, and top seed was Dambasuren Batsuren (🇲🇳 MGL, GM, 2520).
Joshua Sheng (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2480) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Varun Krishnan (5.5) and Dambasuren Batsuren (4.5). Sheng won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexandre Kretchetov (FM, 2134) beat Henry Deng (FM, 2327), a +193-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Joshua Sheng led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
GM Joshua Sheng never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
GM Joshua Sheng beat IM Varun Krishnan (White).
GM Joshua Sheng went unbeaten across 8 games (R1–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇸GMSheng, Joshua | 2480 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.5 | 24.50 | 31.0 | +15.9 | 2640 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸IMKrishnan, Varun | 2370 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5.5 | 19.00 | 32.0 | +37.6 | 2544 |
| 3 | 🇲🇳GMBatsuren, Dambasuren | 2520 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 16.75 | 33.5 | -16.2 | 2378 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸IMGriffith, Kyron | 2413 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | 4.5 | 17.50 | 33.0 | +3.7 | 2440 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸IMVidyarthi, Vyom | 2410 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4.0 | 14.75 | 33.5 | -1.0 | 2398 |
| 5 | 🇨🇦IMGedajlovic, Max | 2390 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | 4.0 | 14.00 | 33.5 | +1.4 | 2400 |
| 6 | 🇬🇪GMKacharava, Nikolozi | 2519 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | — | 4.0 | 13.75 | 33.5 | -13.4 | 2384 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸IMXie, Bryan | 2355 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | — | 2.5 | 9.50 | 35.0 | -9.4 | 2264 |
| 9 | 🇷🇺FMKretchetov, Alexandre | 2134 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 36.0 | +10.4 | 2200 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸FMDeng, Henry | 2327 | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | * | 0.5 | 2.25 | 6.5 | -10.0 | 2134 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Krishnan, VarunIMUSA+37.65.5 pts · #2
- 2Sheng, JoshuaGMUSA+15.96.5 pts · #1
- 3Kretchetov, AlexandreFMRUS+10.42.0 pts · #9
- 1Batsuren, DambasurenGMMGL-16.24.5 pts · #3
- 2Kacharava, NikoloziGMGEO-13.44.0 pts · #6
- 3Deng, HenryFMUSA-10.00.5 pts · #10
- R1+193 Elo gap
- R9+149 Elo gap