2025 Charlotte Winter Classic - U2000

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50 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1791, and top seed was Harshil Jagga (🇺🇸 USA, 1885).

Matthew Khariouk (🇺🇸 USA, 1780) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Reyansh Mayank (3.5) and Siddharth Santosh (3.5). Khariouk won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Namish Mayank (1559) beat Thiru Moorthy Gopal (1800), a +241-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Harshil Jagga1885

Avg top 10

1,791

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×49

🇲🇽Mexico×1

Top 3

🥇
Matthew Khariouk
🇺🇸USA·1780
4.5pts·1992perf+34.4
🥈
Reyansh Mayank
🇺🇸USA·1600
3.5pts·1820perf+58.4
🥉
Siddharth Santosh
🇺🇸USA·1649
3.5pts·1819perf+46.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Matthew Khariouk led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Khariouk4.5Mayank3.5Phadke3.5Yang3.5Santosh3.5Haripradeep3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Matthew Khariouk never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matthew Khariouk beat Reyansh Mayank (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Matthew Khariouk won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Matthew Khariouk	*	1	—	—
2Reyansh Mayank	0	*	—	½
3Anvay Phadke	—	—	*	—
4Grace Siqi Yang	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Khariouk, Matthew	1780	USA	+43N	+28B	+2N	+9N	=23B	4.5	11.0	12.0	10.75	1992	+34.4
2	Mayank, Reyansh	1600	USA	+21N	+33B	−1B	+28N	=5B	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.75	1820	+58.4
3	Santosh, Siddharth	1649	USA	−16B	+42N	+18B	+12N	=4B	3.5	11.5	12.5	8.25	1819	+46.4
4	Daddario, Aayush	1747	USA	+46N	+20B	−10N	+22B	=3N	3.5	11.5	12.0	7.25	1780	+6.0
5	Yang, Grace Siqi	1666	USA	−9N	+47B	+33N	+19B	=2N	3.5	10.5	11.0	6.25	2024	+64.4
6	Haripradeep, Sanchit	1700	USA	−33N	+21B	+41N	+17B	=7N	3.5	10.0	11.5	8.25	1722	+4.4
7	Phadke, Anvay	1705	USA	+42B	+18N	−9B	+44N	=6B	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.25	2006	+52.4
8	Gao, Jonathan	1742	USA	−27N	=29B	+46N	+20B	+17N	3.5	9.0	9.5	6.50	1671	-11.6
9	Lin, Abigail	0	USA	+5B	+14N	+7N	−1B	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	10.00	1782	0.0
10	Modaresi-Beal, Kai Ali	1818	USA	+34B	+12N	+4B	−23N	−15N	3.0	12.0	13.5	8.00	1822	+0.8
11	Song, Gavin Preston Yichen	1728	USA	+19N	=17B	−15N	+27B	=13N	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.25	1864	+29.2
12	Zhang, Laura	1733	USA	+47N	−10B	+30N	−3B	+27N	3.0	10.5	11.0	4.50	1743	+2.0
13	Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony	1748	USA	=48B	+24N	−16B	+34N	=11B	3.0	9.5	10.0	5.75	1700	-11.6
14	Anantharaman, Aashish	1817	USA	F	−9B	+29N	+40N	+16B	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	2458	+35.2
15	Jagga, Harshil	1885	USA	F	F	+11B	+16N	+10B	3.0	8.5	8.5	8.50	2514	+34.0
16	Arun, Pranav	1592	USA	+3N	=22B	+13N	−15B	−14N	2.5	12.5	15.0	7.75	1750	+40.0
17	Gopi, Roshan	0	USA	+30B	=11N	+36B	−6N	−8B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.00	1644	0.0
18	Kaushik, Shlok	1695	USA	+25N	−7B	−3N	+42B	=22N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.75	1675	-6.0
19	Saha, Aaryav	1741	USA	−11B	+35N	+38B	−5N	=24B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.25	1524	-46.8
20	MacNair, Ian	0	USA	+31B	−4N	=37B	−8N	+35B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.25	945	0.0
21	Wang, Grace Ofia Nuoyi	1612	USA	−2B	−6N	+31B	+39N	=44B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.00	1535	-17.2
22	Mani, Anirudh Subhav	1652	USA	+37B	=16N	=44B	−4N	=18B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.50	1598	-12.8
23	Mogal, Aaban Baig	1775	USA	F	F	+27N	+10B	=1N	2.5	9.5	9.5	7.25	2041	+39.2
24	Ramdas, Ronav	1502	USA	=39N	−13B	+49N	=36B	=19N	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.25	1686	+46.0
25	Allen, Garret	1789	USA	−18B	+31N	−28B	=35N	+34B	2.5	8.0	9.5	4.25	1539	-20.2
26	Jagga, Rohit	1721	USA	F	F	=40B	+37N	+36N	2.5	4.5	4.5	3.75	1913	+10.0
27	Gomez Carbajal, Daniel	1702	MEX	+8B	+38N	−23B	−11N	−12B	2.0	12.0	13.5	5.00	1633	-9.4
28	Phadke, Viraj Sharad	1689	USA	+35B	−1N	+25N	−2B	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1599	-7.2
29	Dhiman, Shrehit Rajesh	1699	USA	−38B	=8N	−14B	+48N	=30B	2.0	10.0	10.5	3.25	1618	-18.4
30	Kelsch, Gallagher	0	USA	−17N	+48N	−12B	=41B	=29N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.25	1681	0.0
31	Siliveri, Sree Harsha	0	USA	−20N	−25B	−21N	+49B	+42N	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.50	1672	0.0
32	Kindy, Joel	1631	USA	F	F	−42N	+46B	+43N	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.50	1710	+12.4
33	Nallu, Yashwin Reddy	1611	USA	+6B	−2N	−5B	=38N	−40B	1.5	12.0	13.5	4.25	1491	-31.2
34	Li, Ella Xinyi	1608	USA	−10N	=46B	+39N	−13B	−25N	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.75	1542	-18.0
35	Bandaru, Arhan	0	USA	−28N	−19B	+43N	=25B	−20N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.25	1607	0.0
36	Johnson, Roger D	1754	USA	F	+39B	−17N	=24N	−26B	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.75	1568	-27.6
37	Halliday, Robert	0	USA	−22N	+43B	=20N	−26B	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.25	1519	0.0
38	Xi, Lucas Yiwen	1550	USA	+29N	−27B	−19N	=33B	−41N	1.5	8.0	9.5	2.75	1517	-8.8
39	Balamurugan, Diya	1486	USA	=24B	−36N	−34B	−21B	+46N	1.5	8.0	8.5	1.75	1469	-4.8
40	Channad, Rishaank R	1686	USA	F	F	=26N	−14B	+33N	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.75	1715	+4.8
41	Karki, Shreyas	1583	USA	F	F	−6B	=30N	+38B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1625	+4.4
42	Durai Murugan, Kavinvel	1582	USA	−7N	−3B	+32B	−18N	−31B	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.00	1477	-20.4
43	Mayank, Namish	1559	USA	−1B	−37N	−35B	+47N	−32B	1.0	9.5	10.0	0.50	1612	+7.2
44	Singh, Arnav	1703	USA	F	F	=22N	−7B	=21N	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1531	-28.0
45	Pineda-Bermudez, Mario	1646	USA	+50N	F	F	F	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2462	+10.4
46	Bhakta, Aayansh Amit	1615	USA	−4B	=34N	−8B	−32N	−39B	0.5	10.5	12.0	0.75	1276	-72.8
47	Gopal, Thiru Moorthy	1800	USA	−12B	−5N	F	−43B	=49N	0.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	1344	-88.0
48	Turner, Jason	1713	USA	=13N	−30B	F	−29B	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1530	-9.4
49	Schoonveld, Adam	1705	USA	F	F	−24B	−31N	=47B	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.25	1458	-25.2
50	Menon, Aum	1662	USA	−45B	F	F	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	846	-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yang, Grace SiqiUSA
+64.4
3.5 pts · #4
2Mayank, ReyanshUSA
+58.4
3.5 pts · #2
3Phadke, AnvayUSA
+52.4
3.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Gopal, Thiru MoorthyUSA
-88.0
0.5 pts · #46
2Bhakta, Aayansh AmitUSA
-72.8
0.5 pts · #47
3Saha, AaryavUSA
-46.8
2.5 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R4+241 Elo gap
Mayank, Namish1559 beat Gopal, Thiru Moorthy1800
R3+203 Elo gap
Ramdas, Ronav1502 beat Schoonveld, Adam1705
R3+156 Elo gap
Arun, Pranav1592 beat Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony1748