2025 November Super Sunday FIDE Tournament #2
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 16 Nov 2025 in Piscataway, NJ, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1820, and top seed was Pranav Shankar (🇺🇸 USA, 2091).
Luke Shin (🇺🇸 USA, 1891) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Pranav Prasanna (2.5) and Stephen Hrop (2.0). Shin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Pranav Prasanna (1734) beat Pranav Shankar (2091), a +357-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Piscataway, NJ, United States
Dates
16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.5/3. Shin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Pranav Prasanna drew with Luke Shin (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pranav Prasanna | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Luke Shin | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Liam Siu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Stephen Hrop | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shin, Luke | 1891 | USA | +12N | =2B | +5N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1985 | +12.0 |
| 2 | Prasanna, Pranav | 1734 | USA | +13B | =1N | +9B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.75 | 2203 | +68.4 |
| 3 | Hrop, Stephen | 1791 | USA | −5N | +10B | +8N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1679 | -6.0 |
| 4 | Siu, Liam | 1783 | USA | =8B | =6N | +12B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1911 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Chu, Leon | 1694 | USA | +3B | =9N | −1B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1830 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Zhou, Zihan Brendon | 1726 | USA | =11N | =4B | =7B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1817 | +14.4 |
| 7 | Leiggi, Louis M | 1740 | USA | =10N | =8B | =6N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1695 | -5.2 |
| 8 | Ohlssen, David | 1680 | USA | =4N | =7N | −3B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Tanaka, Takki | 1806 | USA | F | =5B | −2N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1521 | -30.0 |
| 10 | Nulu, Avaneesh | 1663 | USA | =7B | −3N | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1573 | -8.8 |
| 11 | Chang, Leonhard | 1930 | USA | =6B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1727 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Sadhu Venkata, Vahini | 1709 | USA | −1B | F | −4N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1037 | -26.4 |
| 13 | Shankar, Pranav | 2091 | USA | −2N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 933 | -36.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Prasanna, PranavUSA+68.42.5 pts · #1
- 2Chu, LeonUSA+21.21.5 pts · #4
- 3Zhou, Zihan BrendonUSA+14.41.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Shankar, PranavUSA-36.00.0 pts · #12
- 2Tanaka, TakkiUSA-30.00.5 pts · #10
- 3Sadhu Venkata, VahiniUSA-26.40.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R1+357 Elo gap