2025 Ohio Chess Congress
SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Newark, OH, United States. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2245, and top seed was Alexander Shabalov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2475).
Maggie Feng (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2148) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Zane Eisen (4.0) and Broderick Kenneth Bauml (3.5). Feng shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Deshawn Kelley (2018) beat Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (FM, 2422), a +404-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Newark, OH, United States
Dates
29 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×2
FM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×46
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
7
3
1
3
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Feng takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Zane Eisen beat FM Maggie Feng (Black).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
FM Maggie Feng won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Zane Eisen | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2FMMaggie Feng | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Broderick Kenneth Bauml | — | — | * | — |
| 4Deshawn Kelley | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feng, MaggieFM | 2148 | USA | +24N | −2B | +21N | +16B | +11N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 2106 | -4.0 |
| 2 | Eisen, Zane | 1899 | USA | +25B | +1N | −36N | +37B | +4B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.50 | 2287 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Bauml, Broderick Kenneth | 2107 | USA | +18N | =9B | +8B | −26N | +28B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 2178 | +16.4 |
| 4 | Kelley, Deshawn | 2018 | USA | +19B | +38N | +26B | −10B | −2N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 2100 | +9.4 |
| 5 | Tripathi, Amogh | 1852 | USA | +17B | +16N | −10N | −11B | +23N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1997 | +34.8 |
| 6 | Modlin, Trey | 1958 | USA | =20N | =29B | =17N | +22B | =8B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1936 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Perrine, DaltonFM | 2162 | USA | F | F | +9N | +40B | +36N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 3112 | +28.0 |
| 8 | Shen, Edward | 1951 | USA | F | +12B | −3N | +9B | =6N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2021 | +11.6 |
| 9 | Van Fossen, Trevor | 0 | USA | +46B | =3N | −7B | −8N | +24B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zhao, ErickIM | 2406 | USA | F | F | +5B | +4N | =14B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.25 | 2439 | +2.7 |
| 11 | Bize, Nicholas Tim | 1845 | USA | F | =27N | +48B | +5N | −1B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1969 | +24.0 |
| 12 | Wright, William | 1998 | USA | =27B | −8N | +19B | =30N | =31B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1812 | -19.0 |
| 13 | Hanke, Harvey | 2028 | USA | F | F | +18N | +31B | =26B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2248 | +30.4 |
| 14 | Shabalov, AlexanderGM | 2475 | USA | F | F | +37N | +36B | =10N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2556 | +3.4 |
| 15 | Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin | 1891 | USA | F | F | +47B | =28N | +30B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1827 | -3.6 |
| 16 | Winters, Lance | 1876 | USA | +45N | −5B | +20N | −1N | −37B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1748 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Basalla, Robert | 1891 | USA | −5N | +45B | =6B | −33N | =19B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1706 | -19.2 |
| 18 | Wu, Mason | 1740 | USA | −3B | +25N | −13B | −29N | +39N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1861 | +20.4 |
| 19 | Patel, Het | 1798 | USA | −4N | =24B | −12N | +49B | =17N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1748 | -10.0 |
| 20 | Yilanli, Mehmet | 1685 | USA | =6B | =46N | −16B | −32N | +48B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1800 | +27.2 |
| 21 | Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred | 1853 | MAS | F | F | −1B | +48N | +32B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 2059 | +15.6 |
| 22 | Friedman, David | 1833 | USA | F | F | +46B | −6N | +25B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1966 | +10.6 |
| 23 | Marshall, Calvin | 1761 | USA | F | F | +45B | +47N | −5B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1052 | -7.6 |
| 24 | Sheaf, Michael A | 1856 | USA | −1B | =19N | +49N | −42B | −9N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1689 | -12.2 |
| 25 | Zhu, Andrew J | 1695 | USA | −2N | −18B | =44N | +41B | −22N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1512 | -30.8 |
| 26 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM | 2422 | ESP | F | F | −4N | +3B | =13N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 2052 | -12.0 |
| 27 | Chung, Maxwell | 1736 | USA | =12N | =11B | −34B | −38N | =47B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1582 | -31.6 |
| 28 | Sathyajeeth, Varun | 1827 | USA | F | F | +29N | =15B | −3N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1806 | -1.4 |
| 29 | Fleischman, Bryan Austin Wayne | 0 | USA | F | =6N | −28B | +18B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1842 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Srinivasan, Shiv Karthik | 0 | USA | F | F | +42N | =12B | −15N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1943 | +16.8 |
| 31 | Xiong, Gabriel | 1762 | USA | F | F | +38B | −13N | =12N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1840 | +11.6 |
| 32 | Kowalysko, Roman | 1895 | USA | F | F | =39N | +20B | −21N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1719 | -13.4 |
| 33 | Lin, Benjamin | 1989 | USA | F | F | −40N | +17B | =43N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1979 | -2.8 |
| 34 | Gu, Minghao | 1763 | USA | F | F | +27N | =43B | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.00 | 1957 | +20.0 |
| 35 | Van Zandweghe, Henri | 1861 | USA | F | F | +41N | =39B | F | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1614 | -12.4 |
| 36 | Ludwig, JohnIM | 2369 | USA | F | F | +2B | −14N | −7B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2077 | -10.5 |
| 37 | Storn, Justin | 2075 | USA | F | F | −14B | −2N | +16N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1958 | -11.4 |
| 38 | Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya | 1496 | USA | F | −4B | −31N | +27B | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1672 | +22.0 |
| 39 | Nikhil, Nirav | 1614 | USA | F | F | =32B | =35N | −18B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1707 | +12.8 |
| 40 | Griggs, Walker | 2255 | USA | F | F | +33B | −7N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 2076 | -9.0 |
| 41 | Papineni, Aarush | 0 | USA | F | F | −35B | −25N | +45B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 978 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Huang, Ayden | 1941 | USA | F | F | −30B | +24N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 2656 | +15.2 |
| 43 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1793 | USA | F | F | F | =34N | =33B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1876 | +8.8 |
| 44 | Zhang, Louis | 1864 | USA | F | F | =25B | =45N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1695 | -8.8 |
| 45 | Peace, James Alva | 0 | USA | −16B | −17N | −23N | =44B | −41N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Soni, Arjun | 1871 | USA | −9N | =20B | −22N | F | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1568 | -31.6 |
| 47 | Spand Bharat Mehta | 0 | IND | F | F | −15N | −23B | =27N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Jegga, Pratham Sai Goud | 1758 | USA | F | F | −11N | −21B | −20N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 996 | -54.0 |
| 49 | Roach, Calvin | 0 | USA | F | F | −24B | −19N | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1027 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Eisen, ZaneUSA+47.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Tripathi, AmoghUSA+34.83.0 pts · #4
- 3Hanke, HarveyUSA+30.42.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Jegga, Pratham Sai GoudUSA-54.00.0 pts · #48
- 2Chung, MaxwellUSA-31.61.5 pts · #35
- 3Soni, ArjunUSA-31.60.5 pts · #44
Biggest upsets
- R3+404 Elo gap
- R2+249 Elo gap
- R4+240 Elo gap