2025 September Super Sunday FIDE Tournament #2
Open SwissStandard
22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 21 Sept 2025 in Piscataway, NJ, United States. 2 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1919, and top seed was Tariq Yue (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2190).
Bobby Qian (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2123) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Vaisali Garnepudi (2.5) and Bryan James Loayza Rivera (2.5). Qian broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vaisali Garnepudi (1605) beat Takki Tanaka (1825), a +220-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Piscataway, NJ, United States
Dates
21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇮🇳India×2
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsCM Bobby Qian led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
8
3
1
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
CM Bobby Qian held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
CM Bobby Qian won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMBobby Qian | * | — | — | — |
| 2Vaisali Garnepudi | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Bryan James Loayza Rivera | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Luke Shin | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qian, BobbyCM | 2123 | USA | +12B | +19N | +5B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2665 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Vaisali Garnepudi | 1605 | IND | +14B | =3N | +18B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1864 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Loayza Rivera, Bryan James | 1860 | PER | +20N | =2B | +17B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2502 | +23.2 |
| 4 | Shin, Luke | 1872 | USA | +15B | +13N | =10B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2124 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Zhu, Ryan | 1972 | USA | +16N | +6B | −1N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1951 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nunez, Benjamin | 1656 | IRL | +7B | −5N | +14B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 2012 | +54.4 |
| 7 | Alkin, Ido | 1864 | ISR | −6N | +11N | +19B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1797 | -9.2 |
| 8 | Chang, Leonhard | 1846 | USA | +21B | −10N | +13B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1904 | +3.6 |
| 9 | Su, Milo | 1859 | USA | −13B | +15N | +12B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2471 | +10.0 |
| 10 | Yue, TariqCM | 2190 | USA | F | +8B | =4N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2053 | -10.0 |
| 11 | Velampalli, Akhil | 1603 | USA | =18N | −7B | +21N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1755 | +23.2 |
| 12 | Lukatsky, Ari | 1710 | USA | −1N | +20B | −9N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1750 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Srinivasan, Pranav | 1653 | USA | +9N | −4B | −8N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1735 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tanaka, Takki | 1825 | USA | −2N | +16B | −6N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1678 | -15.6 |
| 15 | Pratheek Madasu | 1672 | IND | −4N | −9B | +20N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1666 | -1.2 |
| 16 | Xu, Kevin | 1699 | USA | −5B | −14N | +22N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1698 | -1.6 |
| 17 | Paas, Leo | 1762 | USA | F | +22B | −3N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1768 | +0.8 |
| 18 | Marri, Pranav Reddy | 1783 | USA | =11B | F | −2N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1602 | -9.6 |
| 19 | Liang, Melanie | 1759 | USA | F | −1B | −7N | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1194 | -18.4 |
| 20 | Sengupta, Nevan | 1639 | USA | −3B | −12N | −15B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 967 | -27.2 |
| 21 | Nigam, Myra | 1617 | USA | −8N | F | −11B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 924 | -29.2 |
| 22 | Nguyen, Sarah | 1670 | USA | F | −17N | −16B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 931 | -33.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nunez, BenjaminIRL+54.42.0 pts · #3
- 2Shin, LukeUSA+24.42.5 pts · #7
- 3Velampalli, AkhilUSA+23.21.5 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Nguyen, SarahUSA-33.60.0 pts · #22
- 2Nigam, MyraUSA-29.20.0 pts · #20
- 3Sengupta, NevanUSA-27.20.0 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R1+220 Elo gap
- R1+208 Elo gap
- R1+206 Elo gap