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2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas FIDE Summer Classic - Championship

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9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Winston-Salem, NC, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Emmanuel Carter (🇺🇸 USA, 2064).

Thomas Fang (🇺🇸 USA, 2022) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Allen Li (3.5) and Emmanuel Carter (2.5). Fang clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location
🇺🇸Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 100 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Emmanuel Carter2064
Avg top 10
1,628
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Thomas Fang led from R1; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
1
2
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Li takes leadFang takes lead
Fang4Li3.5Carter2.5Sakharkar2Murthy1.5Odom1
R4 · LEADER CHANGE10 Aug

Allen Li takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Allen Li won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Thomas Fang*—
½
1
2Allen Li—*
0
—
3Emmanuel Carter
½
1
*—
4Shreyas Rajendra Sakharkar
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fang, Thomas2022USA+8N=7B+4N=3B+5B4.06.57.05.502075+7.4
2Li, Allen1734USA=5N+8B+7N+9B−3N3.55.05.52.251926+38.4
3Carter, Emmanuel2064USAFF+5B=1N+2B2.59.09.07.002125+4.8
4Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra1852USAFF−1B+6N+8B2.05.55.51.501965+8.8
5Murthy, Ayush1799USA=2BF−3N+7B−1N1.510.510.52.251790-5.6
6Odom, William Curry1725USAFFF−4B+7N1.02.52.50.501769+4.8
7Vinodh Kumar, Trishona1686USAF=1N−2B−5N−6B0.510.010.02.001498-34.0
8Bueltmann-Prok, Lenny A1774USA−1B−2N=9BF−4N0.510.010.00.251069-45.6
9Mcinnis, Scott0USAFF=8N−2NF0.54.04.00.2515610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers