2025 ICA FIDE Championship
Open SwissStandard
23 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Glen Rock, NJ, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1965, and top seed was Qi Pang (🇺🇸 USA, 2213).
Qi Pang (🇺🇸 USA, 2213) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Mark Leo Kogan (3.0) and Yefim Treger (3.0). Pang broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Sathvik Birudavolu (1614) beat Ido Alkin (1855), a +241-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Glen Rock, NJ, United States
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsQi Pang led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
3
4
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Qi Pang held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Qi Pang | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Yefim Treger | — | * | — | — |
| 3Mark Leo Kogan | ½ | — | * | ½ |
| 4CMBobby Qian | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pang, Qi | 2213 | USA | +9N | +19B | =2N | +5B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 2225 | +2.4 |
| 2 | Kogan, Mark Leo | 2018 | USA | +8B | +7N | =1B | =4B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 7.75 | 2148 | +29.6 |
| 3 | Treger, Yefim | 1964 | USA | +14N | =5B | =6N | +8B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 6.00 | 1872 | -6.6 |
| 4 | Qian, BobbyCM | 2140 | USA | +22B | +13N | =16B | =2N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.75 | 2109 | -4.0 |
| 5 | Ma, Julian | 1750 | USA | +18B | =3N | +12B | −1N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1864 | +7.6 |
| 6 | Shevelenko, Leon | 1740 | USA | +11N | =21B | =3B | =7N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1859 | +18.4 |
| 7 | Lukatsky, Ari | 1850 | USA | +23N | −2B | +11N | =6B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1686 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Birudavolu, Sathvik | 1614 | USA | −2N | +23B | +15N | −3N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1819 | +24.4 |
| 9 | Xu, Kevin | 1682 | USA | −1B | −12N | +20B | +17N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1874 | +26.0 |
| 10 | Nallapareddygari, Premsai | 1593 | USA | −13B | +22N | +17B | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1718 | +12.0 |
| 11 | Mutukulloju, Varun Shankar | 1508 | USA | −6B | +20N | −7B | =14B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1615 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Chen, Hao | 1718 | USA | F | +9B | −5N | =15B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 1762 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Diao, Sujia | 1875 | USA | +10N | −4B | =18N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1867 | -0.8 |
| 14 | Sengupta, Nevan | 1612 | USA | −3B | −17N | +22B | =11N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 963 | -27.2 |
| 15 | Alkin, Ido | 1855 | ISR | +17B | −16N | −8B | =12N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1620 | -35.6 |
| 16 | Shankar, Pranav | 2059 | USA | F | +15B | =4N | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 2191 | +14.0 |
| 17 | Xu, Mark | 1562 | USA | −15N | +14B | −10N | −9B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1493 | -15.2 |
| 18 | Nulu, Avaneesh | 1513 | USA | −5N | F | =13B | =21N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1670 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kennedy, Aiden | 1913 | USA | +20B | −1N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1908 | -0.4 |
| 20 | Jiang, Shawn | 1603 | USA | −19N | −11B | −9N | +22N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 997 | -21.2 |
| 21 | Paas, Leo | 1762 | USA | F | =6N | F | =18B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1740 | -1.2 |
| 22 | Li, David | 1632 | USA | −4N | −10B | −14N | −20B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 937 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Lin, Lawrence | 1518 | USA | −7B | −8N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 932 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kogan, Mark LeoUSA+29.63.0 pts · #3
- 2Xu, KevinUSA+26.02.0 pts · #5
- 3Birudavolu, SathvikUSA+24.42.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Alkin, IdoISR-35.61.5 pts · #10
- 2Sengupta, NevanUSA-27.21.5 pts · #21
- 3Jiang, ShawnUSA-21.21.0 pts · #20
Biggest upsets
- R3+241 Elo gap