13th Annual WIM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Jul 2025 to 31 Jul 2025 in Middleton, WI, United States. 10 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1941, and top seed was Megan Althea Paragua (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2249).
Irene Jiao Fei (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 1847) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Megan Althea Paragua (5.0) and Omya Vidyarthi (5.0). Fei shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Olivia Ryerson (1536) beat Elizabeth R Braddy (1832), a +296-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Middleton, WI, United States
Dates
28 Jul 2025 → 31 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 10
FM×1
CM×2
WIM×1
WFM×1
WCM×5
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×38
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
🇵ðŸ‡Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCM Irene Jiao Fei led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
23
9
4
6
3
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
CM Irene Jiao Fei held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Irene Jiao Fei 3 wins (R1–R3)WIM Omya Vidyarthi 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Megan Althea Paragua 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMIrene Jiao Fei | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2WIMOmya Vidyarthi | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3FMMegan Althea Paragua | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Yangyang Shen | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fei, Irene JiaoCM | 1847 | USA | +35B | +12N | +7B | =5N | +4B | +25N | 5.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 19.25 | 2267 | +94.8 |
| 2 | Paragua, Megan AltheaFM | 2249 | USA | +30B | =6N | +19B | +7N | +5B | =3N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 18.50 | 2196 | -3.4 |
| 3 | Vidyarthi, OmyaWIM | 2069 | USA | +36B | +20N | +9B | =4N | +6B | =2B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 17.75 | 2116 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Shen, Yangyang | 1855 | USA | +22N | +10B | +17N | =3B | −1N | +13B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 16.50 | 1907 | +19.2 |
| 5 | Cortez, Rebecca | 1893 | USA | +45N | +13B | +8N | =1B | −2N | +14B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 15.25 | 1978 | +13.0 |
| 6 | Wadhwa, AnanyaWCM | 1804 | USA | +29N | =2B | +11N | +15B | −3N | =8B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 15.00 | 1985 | +52.0 |
| 7 | Jou, Esther | 2027 | USA | +26N | +14B | −1N | −2B | +22N | +20B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 1922 | -20.8 |
| 8 | Qiao, EvelynWCM | 1708 | USA | +23B | +33N | −5B | =12N | +34B | =6N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 11.75 | 1854 | +39.6 |
| 9 | Jiang, Caroline Q | 1800 | USA | +39N | +37B | −3N | +10B | −25N | +27B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.00 | 1761 | -7.2 |
| 10 | Kaur, JindCM | 1619 | USA | +41B | −4N | +38B | −9N | +23B | +21N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 10.00 | 1775 | +32.0 |
| 11 | Gao, LiliannaWCM | 1716 | USA | +32B | =31N | −6B | =35N | +24B | +19N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 10.75 | 1806 | +24.4 |
| 12 | Yan, Isabella | 1760 | USA | +42N | −1B | +27N | =8B | −14N | +30B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 1648 | -25.2 |
| 13 | Hoja, Sabrina | 1570 | USA | +40B | −5N | +23B | =21N | +33B | −4N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 9.00 | 1711 | +23.6 |
| 14 | Warekar, Aarna Nitin | 1738 | USA | +38B | −7N | =35B | +31N | +12B | −5N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1808 | +13.6 |
| 15 | Danduprolu, Ridhi VarmaWCM | 1827 | USA | +24B | −19N | +30B | −6N | +35B | =16N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 9.25 | 1685 | -37.2 |
| 16 | Zhang, Emma L | 1632 | USA | −37N | +43B | =22N | =18B | +26N | =15B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 9.50 | 1797 | +34.0 |
| 17 | Ryerson, Olivia | 1536 | USA | +47B | +21N | −4B | −34N | =32B | +31N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1733 | +46.8 |
| 18 | Arvind, Charithra C | 1824 | USA | −31B | =32N | +44B | =16N | =30B | +33N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1517 | -64.4 |
| 19 | Prabhu, Tanya G | 1724 | USA | +46N | +15B | −2N | −25B | +28N | −11B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.50 | 1716 | -5.6 |
| 20 | Bayrambeyli, Emel | 1678 | TUR | +44B | −3B | +28N | =33N | =21B | −7N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.25 | 1703 | +0.4 |
| 21 | Braddy, Elizabeth R | 1832 | USA | +28N | −17B | +36N | =13B | =20N | −10B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1529 | -77.6 |
| 22 | Shankaranand, Deeksha | 1642 | USA | −4B | +40N | =16B | =24N | −7B | +43N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 1591 | -14.4 |
| 23 | Adduri, Mansi | 1611 | USA | −8N | +48B | −13N | +37B | −10N | +36B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1432 | -37.2 |
| 24 | Ding, Olivia | 1620 | USA | −15N | +46B | =34N | =22B | −11N | +39B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 5.75 | 1563 | -11.6 |
| 25 | Ismayilova, KhanimWCM | 1971 | AZE | F | F | +31B | +19N | +9B | −1B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 1929 | -5.2 |
| 26 | Balamurugan, Diya | 1515 | USA | −7B | −38N | +40B | +39N | −16B | +32N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 6.50 | 1586 | +7.2 |
| 27 | FIDE 39988511 | 0 | — | −34B | +47N | −12B | +44N | +38B | −9N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1000 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Peter, Sarah E | 0 | USA | −21B | +41N | −20B | +43N | −19B | +37N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 945 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Buchireddy, Neeli | 1636 | USA | −6B | −36N | +48B | −30N | +40B | +35N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 885 | -52.4 |
| 30 | Liang, Candice | 1647 | USA | −2N | +39B | −15N | +29B | =18N | −12N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 6.75 | 1670 | +0.8 |
| 31 | Guo, Miah | 1550 | USA | +18N | =11B | −25N | −14B | +45N | −17B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1670 | +30.4 |
| 32 | Nagaraj, Avni Gauri | 1587 | USA | −11N | =18B | =43N | +36B | =17N | −26B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 6.25 | 1566 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Gurrola, Kyra | 0 | USA | +48N | −8B | +37N | =20B | −13N | −18B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Kaur, AradhWFM | 1840 | USA | +27N | F | =24B | +17B | −8N | F | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.00 | 1621 | -23.8 |
| 35 | Kumari, Khushi | 0 | USA | −1N | +42B | =14N | =11B | −15N | −29B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 5.75 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Ashok, Saadhanaa | 1603 | USA | −3N | +29B | −21B | −32N | +44B | −23N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1494 | -30.0 |
| 37 | Tefft, Molly | 0 | USA | +16B | −9N | −33B | −23N | +42B | −28B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Ren, Hannah | 0 | USA | −14N | +26B | −10N | =45B | −27N | =44B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Yuan, Katie | 0 | USA | −9B | −30N | +41B | −26B | +46N | −24N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 39988430 | 0 | — | −13N | −22B | −26N | +46B | −29N | +47B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 39961281 | 0 | — | −10N | −28B | −39N | +48N | −43B | +46B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 819 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 39988384 | 0 | — | −12B | −35N | −45N | +47B | −37N | +48B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Keefe, Grace | 0 | USA | F | −16N | =32B | −28B | +41N | −22B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 1347 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Galiza, Jewel | 0 | PHI | −20N | +45B | −18N | −27B | −36N | =38N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 2.50 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Devanshi, Chowdada | 1598 | USA | −5B | −44N | +42B | =38N | −31B | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 922 | -28.8 |
| 46 | FIDE 39988791 | 0 | — | −19B | −24N | +47B | −40N | −39B | −41N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 872 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 39988333 | 0 | — | −17N | −27B | −46N | −42N | +48B | −40N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 39988520 | 0 | — | −33B | −23N | −29N | −41B | −47N | −42N | 0.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 824 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fei, Irene JiaoCMUSA+94.85.5 pts · #5
- 2Wadhwa, AnanyaWCMUSA+52.04.0 pts · #7
- 3Ryerson, OliviaUSA+46.83.5 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Braddy, Elizabeth RUSA-77.63.0 pts · #16
- 2Arvind, Charithra CUSA-64.43.5 pts · #23
- 3Buchireddy, NeeliUSA-52.43.0 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R2+296 Elo gap
- R1+274 Elo gap
- R6+213 Elo gap