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3rd Gulf Coast October Open - U2050

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Estero, FL, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1818, and top seed was Mike Lucente (🇺🇸 USA, 1960).

Kevin J Beal (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 3.5/5, ahead of William K Hardison (3.5) and Rui Sha (3.0). Beal won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Conrad P Rustek (1531) beat Oscar Sergio Gonzalez Mota (1796), a +265-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Estero, FL, United States
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Mike Lucente1960
Avg top 10
1,818
Participants
21
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

William K Hardison held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Beal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

William K Hardison drew with Kevin J Beal (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1William K Hardison*
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2Kevin J Beal
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*
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3Rui Sha
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*
4Nicholas Weisberger*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Beal, Kevin J0USA+9N=2B=?N+6B=3N3.511.011.07.7518180.0
2Hardison, William K1760USA+12B=1N+15B+16N10B3.58.09.05.251999+50.4
3Sha, Rui1757USAF+8B=6N+7N=1B3.011.011.08.001998+28.4
4Weisberger, Nicholas0USAFF+20B+21N+15B3.01.51.51.5017770.0
5Hernandez-Meilan, Orlando1808USA7N+19B=13N+8B6N2.59.09.53.751596-22.0
6Toth, Joseph Daniel1734USAF+21N=3B1N+5B2.59.09.04.002000+28.0
7Burrus, Tony1909USA+5B=15N=17N3B=12N2.58.09.04.251763-15.4
8Rustek, Conrad P1531USA+18B3N=14B5N+19B2.58.08.52.251733+34.4
9Liu, Richard0USA1B+12N16B=15N=20B2.07.07.52.2517540.0
10Lucente, Mike1960USAFFF+17B+2N2.04.54.54.502554+4.8
11Falana, Emmanuel Ndabezinhle Esiayo0USAFF=19N+13B=17N2.03.03.02.2515760.0
12Todhunter, James W1681USA2N9BF+19N=7B1.58.58.51.751639-4.4
13Chintamani, Prajwal Reddy1647USAFF=5B11N+16B1.55.55.52.252009+45.6
14Sokhanvari, Sam1869USAFF=8N+18BF1.53.53.52.251857+0.4
15Martin, Andy D1757USAF=7B2N=9B4N1.011.011.02.251639-12.0
16Burtov, Yakov1825USAFF+9N2B13N1.07.07.02.00855-57.2
17Waghmode, Hrehaan0USAFF=7B10N=11B1.06.56.52.2517420.0
18Gonzalez Mota, Oscar Sergio1796CUB8NF+21B14NF1.04.04.00.00900-24.4
19Lin, Amy0USAF5N=11B12B8N0.58.58.51.008730.0
20Matcha, Hemanyu0USAF?B4NF=9N0.55.05.01.0010930.0
21FIDE 1501097000F6B18N4BF0.06.56.50.009660.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets