2025 October Super Sunday FIDE Tournament #2
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 12 Oct 2025 in Piscataway, NJ, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1794, and top seed was James J Nitz (🇺🇸 USA, 1918).
James J Nitz (🇺🇸 USA, 1918) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Abigail Zhou (2.0) and Ananya Ananth (2.0). Nitz shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Levi Horace Kitchiner Valentine (1582) beat Takki Tanaka (1826), a +244-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Piscataway, NJ, United States
Dates
12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 2
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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3
4
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/3. Nitz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitz, James J | 1918 | USA | +7N | +6B | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2597 | +27.2 |
| 2 | Zhou, AbigailWCM | 1896 | USA | +5B | +8N | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2564 | +24.7 |
| 3 | Ananth, AnanyaWFM | 1883 | USA | +9N | +10B | F | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2541 | +25.2 |
| 4 | Kitchiner Valentine, Levi Horace | 1582 | USA | F | +12N | +8B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2535 | +55.6 |
| 5 | Yu, Nicole Q | 1701 | USA | −2N | +9B | =6N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1801 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Hrop, Stephen | 1827 | USA | +11B | −1N | =5B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1617 | -11.0 |
| 7 | Kashyap, Manish B | 1767 | USA | −1B | =11N | +12B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1781 | +1.2 |
| 8 | Tanaka, Takki | 1826 | USA | +13N | −2B | −4N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1565 | -39.6 |
| 9 | Xu, Kevin | 1682 | USA | −3B | −5N | +11B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 992 | -28.4 |
| 10 | Loayza Rivera, Bryan James | 1799 | PER | F | −3N | +13B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1738 | -6.4 |
| 11 | Gadge, Raj Ravindra | 1609 | USA | −6N | =7B | −9N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Vairavan, Kavin | 1644 | USA | F | −4B | −7N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 875 | -36.8 |
| 13 | Nallapareddygari, Premsai | 1593 | USA | −8B | F | −10N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1013 | -17.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kitchiner Valentine, Levi HoraceUSA+55.62.0 pts · #3
- 2Nitz, James JUSA+27.22.0 pts · #2
- 3Ananth, AnanyaWFMUSA+25.22.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Tanaka, TakkiUSA-39.61.0 pts · #8
- 2Vairavan, KavinUSA-36.80.0 pts · #13
- 3Xu, KevinUSA-28.41.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R3+244 Elo gap