2025 DKC Heart of the Carolinas FIDE Summer Classic - U2000
12 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 687, and top seed was Nathanael J Leclercq (🇺🇸 USA, 1821).
Gavin Preston Yichen Song (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Garret Allen (3.0) and Emilyn Chiu Doan (2.5). Song shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Emilyn Chiu Doan (1677) beat Nathanael J Leclercq (1821), a +144-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGavin Preston Yichen Song led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Gavin Preston Yichen Song never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Gavin Preston Yichen Song beat Garret Allen (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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| 1Gavin Preston Yichen Song | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Garret Allen | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Simon Kubrynski | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Shiva Srinivas Karthik | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song, Gavin Preston Yichen | 0 | USA | +3B | +2B | −?N | +?N | +9B | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 1747 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Allen, Garret | 1757 | USA | +5B | −1N | +9B | +4N | −6B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 2419 | +6.2 |
| 3 | Doan, Emilyn Chiu | 1677 | USA | −1N | =10B | =8N | +11N | =4B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 2621 | +27.6 |
| 4 | Kubrynski, Simon | 0 | USA | +?B | −?B | +10N | −2B | =3N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Shiva Srinivas Karthik | 0 | USA | −2N | −?N | +11B | +12B | =?N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nichols, Joshua A | 0 | USA | F | F | +?N | −?B | +2N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 1737 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kunduru, Tejas | 0 | USA | F | F | +?B | +?B | −?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 39981606 | 0 | — | F | F | =3B | +?N | −?B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Arun, Pranav | 1619 | USA | F | F | −2N | +10B | −1N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 957 | -12.4 |
| 10 | Trogdon, Timothy M | 0 | USA | F | =3N | −4B | −9N | −?B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Leclercq, Nathanael J | 1821 | USA | F | F | −5N | −3B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 877 | -27.6 |
| 12 | FIDE 39972020 | 0 | — | −?N | F | −?B | −5N | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 825 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Doan, Emilyn ChiuUSA+27.62.5 pts · #6
- 2Allen, GarretUSA+6.23.0 pts · #7
- 3Shiva Srinivas KarthikUSA0.02.5 pts · #4
- 1Leclercq, Nathanael JUSA-27.60.0 pts · #10
- 2Arun, PranavUSA-12.41.0 pts · #12
- 3Shiva Srinivas KarthikUSA0.02.5 pts · #4
- R4+144 Elo gap