2025 Joe Yun Memorial - Elite
Open SwissStandard
25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Akron, Ohio, United States. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2145, and top seed was Bryan Smith (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2371).
Keya Jha (🇺🇸 USA, 1820) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Daniel Joshua Lee (3.0) and Sharath Radhakrishnan (3.0). Jha took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Keya Jha (1820) beat Bryan Smith (GM, 2371), a +551-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Akron, Ohio, United States
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 5
GM×1
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
🇨🇳China×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsKeya Jha led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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5
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Keya Jha never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R2–R5 · WIN STREAK
Keya Jha won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keya Jha | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2CMSharath Radhakrishnan | — | * | — | — |
| 3Daniel Joshua Lee | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4FMDalton Perrine | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jha, Keya | 1820 | USA | F | +18B | +6N | +2B | +11N | 4.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 2808 | +115.2 |
| 2 | Lee, Daniel Joshua | 1969 | CAN | +17B | =5N | +20B | −1N | =8B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1997 | +8.0 |
| 3 | Radhakrishnan, SharathCM | 2188 | USA | −5B | +10N | =17B | +23N | =15B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 2009 | -34.4 |
| 4 | Perrine, DaltonFM | 2162 | USA | F | F | +9B | +16N | +5B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2646 | +8.2 |
| 5 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 1875 | USA | +3N | =2B | +7N | −11B | −4N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2117 | +56.4 |
| 6 | Wang, Rocky | 1986 | USA | =10B | +13N | −1B | =9N | =16B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1827 | -39.5 |
| 7 | Lin, Benjamin | 1989 | USA | +25B | =9N | −5B | =14N | =19B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1956 | -10.8 |
| 8 | Tan, Ralph | 2043 | USA | F | F | +19N | +21B | =2N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 2160 | +8.0 |
| 9 | Zhang, Jiemin | 1859 | CHN | +19N | =7B | −4N | =6B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 2016 | +34.6 |
| 10 | Samanta, Aayansh | 1807 | USA | =6N | −3B | =12N | +24B | −20N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1894 | +18.0 |
| 11 | Smith, BryanGM | 2371 | USA | F | F | +15B | +5N | −1B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2217 | -3.9 |
| 12 | Van Zandweghe, Henri | 1861 | USA | F | F | =10B | +18N | =14B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1970 | +16.8 |
| 13 | Bize, Nicholas Tim | 1845 | USA | F | −6B | −21N | +17N | +24B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1840 | -1.2 |
| 14 | Soni, Arjun | 1871 | USA | −18N | F | =23B | =7B | =12N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1794 | -18.0 |
| 15 | Petesch, GabrielFM | 2333 | USA | F | F | −11N | +22B | =3N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 2211 | -9.2 |
| 16 | Sathyajeeth, Varun | 1827 | USA | F | F | +24N | −4B | =6N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1969 | +20.0 |
| 17 | Tripathi, Amogh | 1853 | USA | −2N | =19B | =3N | −13B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1790 | -14.4 |
| 18 | Sheaf, Michael A | 1856 | USA | +14B | −1N | −22N | −12B | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1715 | -14.8 |
| 19 | Wang, Freyr | 1929 | USA | −9B | =17N | −8B | F | =7N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1737 | -40.0 |
| 20 | Hart, Braeden | 2033 | USA | F | F | −2N | F | +10B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1888 | -7.6 |
| 21 | Gu, Minghao | 1763 | USA | F | F | +13B | −8N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1944 | +18.0 |
| 22 | Storn, Justin | 2075 | USA | F | F | +18B | −15N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 2095 | +0.8 |
| 23 | Pendurti, Pranav | 1816 | USA | F | F | =14N | −3B | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1837 | -0.8 |
| 24 | Marshall, Calvin | 1761 | USA | F | F | −16B | −10N | −13N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1026 | -24.6 |
| 25 | Adury, AnantFM | 2268 | USA | −7N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1189 | -33.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jha, KeyaUSA+115.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA+56.42.5 pts · #6
- 3Zhang, JieminCHN+34.62.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, FreyrUSA-40.01.0 pts · #18
- 2Wang, RockyUSA-39.52.5 pts · #5
- 3Radhakrishnan, SharathCMUSA-34.43.0 pts · #2
Biggest upsets
- R5+551 Elo gap
- R1+313 Elo gap
- R1+279 Elo gap