2025 Charlotte Winter Classic - U1700

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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 1690, and top seed was Santhosh Krishna Manikandan (🇺🇸 USA, 1817).

Cedar Shawn Cline (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Atticus Kresge (4.0) and Shaurya Nannapaneni (4.0). Cline took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Siddharth Ramkumar (1536) beat Michael Matson (1661), a +125-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

🇺🇸Santhosh Krishna Manikandan1817

Avg top 10

1,690

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×43

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
Cedar Shawn Cline
🇺🇸USA
4.5pts·1729perf0.0
🥈
Atticus Kresge
🇺🇸USA
4.0pts·1601perf0.0
🥉
Shaurya Nannapaneni
🇺🇸USA·1631
4.0pts·1781perf+25.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Cedar Shawn Cline led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Cline4.5Rastogi4Nannapaneni4Kresge4Stevens3.5Ketan Shah3.5— ex-leaders:Nannapaneniled R3, #7

R4 · LEADER CHANGE28 Dec

Cedar Shawn Cline takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Advikk Rastogi 4 wins (R1–R5)Shaurya Nannapaneni 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cline, Cedar Shawn	0	USA	+22N	+14B	=10B	+20N	+9B	4.5	11.5	14.0	12.50	1729	0.0
2	Kresge, Atticus	0	USA	+8B	=20N	+?B	=9N	+10B	4.0	12.0	12.0	9.25	1601	0.0
3	Nannapaneni, Shaurya	1631	USA	+28N	+34B	+23N	−33B	+13N	4.0	9.0	10.5	9.00	1781	+25.6
4	Rastogi, Advikk	1664	USA	+32N	F	+26B	+19N	+33B	4.0	7.5	7.5	7.50	2430	+54.4
5	Stevens, Dane	0	USA	=19B	+25N	−?N	+21B	+41N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.75	1676	0.0
6	Jayabarath, Johann	1576	USA	−42B	+37N	+46N	=11B	+18N	3.5	8.0	9.0	6.50	1863	+30.4
7	Lee, Emerson	0	USA	+35N	−?B	=12N	+44B	+27N	3.5	7.5	7.5	6.00	772	0.0
8	Ketan Shah, Rohan	0	USA	−2N	+36N	+29B	+?B	=?N	3.5	7.5	7.5	3.50	1623	0.0
9	Jaikumar, Nishita	1603	USA	+18N	+11B	=33N	=2B	−1N	3.0	14.0	15.5	8.25	1908	+32.4
10	Dong, Charles	0	USA	+43N	+38B	=1N	=13B	−2N	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.25	1647	0.0
11	Durai Murugan, Thirukkumaran	1679	USA	+17B	−9N	+49B	=6N	=12B	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.25	1396	-30.0
12	Agrawal, Jay N	0	USA	=21N	=26N	=7B	+42B	=11N	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.50	1643	0.0
13	Rish-Brown, Jacob	1669	USA	+46B	=27N	+30B	=10N	−3B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	822	-22.8
14	Singleton, Spencer	1591	USA	+45B	−1N	+34B	F	+19N	3.0	9.5	9.5	5.00	2387	+10.0
15	Kollipara, Arun Karthik	0	USA	−?N	+16B	+35N	−31B	+?B	3.0	6.5	6.5	4.50	844	0.0
16	Butler, Kaiden	0	USA	−26B	−15N	+36B	+49N	+?B	3.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	1558	0.0
17	Cates, Zachary	0	USA	−11N	+43B	+?N	−?B	+?N	3.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1606	0.0
18	Gundala, Sai	0	USA	−9B	+39N	+22N	=23B	−6B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.25	1539	0.0
19	Li, Grace	1587	CAN	=5N	+44B	+50N	−4B	−14B	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.75	827	-35.6
20	FIDE 566002559	0	—	+37N	=2B	+42N	−1B	−?N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.50	1681	0.0
21	Reddy Pittu, Jayaditya	1698	USA	=12B	−31N	+24B	−5N	+50B	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1626	-7.6
22	Manikandan, Santhosh Krishna	1817	USA	−1B	+45N	−18B	=26N	+42N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.00	1552	-12.8
23	FIDE 39998690	0	—	+24B	+?N	−3B	=18N	F	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1579	0.0
24	Ramkumar, Siddharth	1536	USA	−23N	=32B	−21N	+37B	+44N	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.25	1680	+15.2
25	Crosby, Connor	1624	USA	=36B	−5B	−32N	+47N	+34B	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.25	1563	-3.2
26	Yan, Grace Lingxin	1524	USA	+16N	=12B	−4N	=22B	−29N	2.0	12.5	14.5	5.75	1425	-17.6
27	FIDE 566001927	0	—	+39N	=13B	F	=40N	−7B	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1669	0.0
28	Watwe, Arnav	1550	USA	−3B	−35B	=48N	=45B	+43N	2.0	7.5	8.0	1.75	1596	+5.2
29	Boone, Spencer	1614	USA	F	F	−8N	+35B	+26B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	2352	+16.4
30	Arunkumar, Mukhil	0	USA	F	F	−13N	+32B	+40N	2.0	6.0	6.0	3.00	869	0.0
31	Bradley, Avery	1709	USA	F	+21B	F	+15N	F	2.0	5.5	5.5	5.50	2498	+9.6
32	Moore, Brandon	0	USA	−4B	=24N	+25B	−30N	−46B	1.5	11.0	12.0	3.75	1608	0.0
33	Allu, Sanjay	1751	USA	F	F	=9B	+3N	−4N	1.5	11.0	11.0	5.50	1629	-19.6
34	Sandvi, Henley	0	USA	+?B	−3N	−14N	=38B	−25N	1.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	1455	0.0
35	Thokur, Dhruv	0	USA	−7B	+28N	−15B	−29N	=39B	1.5	10.5	12.0	2.75	1582	0.0
36	Rish-Brown, Jackson	1563	USA	=25N	−8B	−16N	F	+38B	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.75	1796	+24.4
37	Matson, Michael	1661	USA	−20B	−6B	=43N	−24N	+49B	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.50	1288	-56.4
38	Balamurugan, Druv	1586	USA	+41B	−10N	−40B	=34N	−36N	1.5	7.5	9.0	2.25	763	-21.2
39	Singh, Agastya	0	USA	−27B	−18B	=45N	=43B	=35N	1.5	7.0	8.0	1.75	1570	0.0
40	Centrelli, Kieran	0	USA	F	F	+38N	=27B	−30B	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.50	1602	0.0
41	Sewell, Sheldon S	0	USA	−38N	F	=?B	+50N	−5B	1.5	5.0	5.0	0.00	782	0.0
42	Carrion, Anthony John	0	USA	+6N	F	−20B	−12N	−22B	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.50	1696	0.0
43	Billi, Dominic	1571	USA	−10B	−17N	=37B	=39N	−28B	1.0	9.5	11.0	1.50	1412	-16.4
44	Kuo, Olivia Jade	0	USA	F	−19N	+47B	−7N	−24B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	762	0.0
45	Meadors, Christian	0	USA	−14N	−22B	=39B	=28N	−47B	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.75	1379	0.0
46	FIDE 566002524	0	—	−13N	F	−6B	−?B	+32N	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	823	0.0
47	FIDE 39916197	0	—	F	F	−44N	−25B	+45N	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	824	0.0
48	Smith, Walker Joseph	0	USA	F	F	=28B	F	F	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.00	1549	0.0
49	FIDE 566002150	0	—	F	F	−11N	−16B	−37N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	870	0.0
50	Bowe, Asher Scott	0	USA	F	F	−19B	−41B	−21N	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	843	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rastogi, AdvikkUSA
+54.4
4.0 pts · #1
2Jaikumar, NishitaUSA
+32.4
3.0 pts · #9
3Jayabarath, JohannUSA
+30.4
3.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Matson, MichaelUSA
-56.4
1.5 pts · #33
2Li, GraceCAN
-35.6
2.5 pts · #42
3Durai Murugan, ThirukkumaranUSA
-30.0
3.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R4+125 Elo gap
Ramkumar, Siddharth1536 beat Matson, Michael1661