2025 San Diego Open - U2200
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15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in San Diego, CA, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1789, and top seed was Raffi Ghazaryan (🇦🇲 ARM, 2041).
Victor Yi (🇺🇸 USA, 1751) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Thomas A Gonda III (3.5) and Raffi Ghazaryan (3.5). Yi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇺🇸San Diego, CA, United States
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 100 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇦🇲Armenia×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE26 Oct
Raffi Ghazaryan takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 3.5/5. Yi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Matthew Shuben won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matthew Shuben | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2Thomas A Gonda III | — | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Raffi Ghazaryan | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Victor Yi | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yi, Victor | 1751 | USA | =2B | =4N | +8B | +6N | =5B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2119 | +54.4 |
| 2 | Gonda III, Thomas A | 0 | USA | =1N | +5B | +14N | −3B | +7N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 8.25 | 1846 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ghazaryan, Raffi | 2041 | ARM | +8B | =11N | +6B | +2N | −4B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.25 | 1910 | -11.8 |
| 4 | Shuben, Matthew | 1989 | USA | F | =1B | +11N | +9B | +3N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.75 | 2126 | +11.0 |
| 5 | Ju, Jason Jialong | 0 | USA | +7B | −2N | =10N | +15B | =1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1689 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Fang, Jack Junrui | 1803 | USA | +9N | +12B | −3N | −1B | +8N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1841 | +10.0 |
| 7 | Chen, Renae | 1719 | USA | −5N | =10B | +13N | +11B | −2B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1890 | +17.2 |
| 8 | Xu, Pear | 1746 | USA | −3N | +15B | −1N | +12B | −6B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1669 | -21.2 |
| 9 | Jagan, Arjun | 1643 | USA | −6B | +13B | +12N | −4N | −14B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1617 | -7.2 |
| 10 | Krishna, Sai | 1672 | USA | −12N | =7N | =5B | F | +15N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1610 | -9.2 |
| 11 | Beltran, Omar | 1721 | USA | +15N | =3B | −4B | −7N | −13B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1713 | -2.6 |
| 12 | Galstyan, David G | 1660 | RUS | +10B | −6N | −9B | −8N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1523 | -27.6 |
| 13 | Rivera, Elkaei | 0 | USA | F | −9N | −7B | F | +11N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bennett, Brent | 1790 | USA | F | F | −2B | F | +9N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 2444 | +6.0 |
| 15 | Whitaker, Robert D | 1452 | USA | −11B | −8N | F | −5N | −10B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 913 | -10.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yi, VictorUSA+54.43.5 pts · #6
- 2Chen, RenaeUSA+17.22.5 pts · #9
- 3Shuben, MatthewUSA+11.03.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Galstyan, David GRUS-27.61.0 pts · #12
- 2Xu, PearUSA-21.22.0 pts · #7
- 3Ghazaryan, RaffiARM-11.83.5 pts · #5