Chess for Cure SOCAL Open - U2000
39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Monrovia, CA, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1721, and top seed was Sophia Z Rosenholtz (🇺🇸 USA, 1881).
Xingchen Lin (🇺🇸 USA, 1733) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Randall Hough (3.5) and Victor Powers (3.5). Lin shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Garik Yegoryan (1458) beat Wesley Kwan (1683), a +225-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 5 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.
5 players finish on 3.5/5. Lin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
Xingchen Lin 3 wins (R2–R4)Sophia Z Rosenholtz 3 wins (R2–R4)Randall Hough 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Xingchen Lin | * | — | — | — |
| 2Sophia Z Rosenholtz | — | * | — | — |
| 3Randall Hough | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Victor Powers | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lin, Xingchen | 1733 | USA | F | +15N | +13B | +23N | =4B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 1930 | +27.2 |
| 2 | Hough, Randall | 1805 | USA | F | +34B | +32B | +7N | =3B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 1867 | +3.0 |
| 3 | Powers, Victor | 1676 | USA | F | +38N | +6N | +28B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 1936 | +27.2 |
| 4 | Abadesco, Jon Cristoff | 1632 | USA | F | +29B | +22N | +33B | =1N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 1733 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Rosenholtz, Sophia Z | 1881 | USA | F | +14B | +27N | +24B | =10N | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.25 | 2432 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Ye, Brian | 1682 | USA | F | +16N | −3B | +15N | +13B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1839 | +32.4 |
| 7 | Choe, Matthew Hajoon | 1672 | KOR | F | +39B | +8N | −2B | +26N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1725 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Labaznikova, Kseniya | 1645 | RUS | F | +21N | −7B | +38N | +25B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 871 | -18.4 |
| 9 | FIDE 39994279 | 0 | — | F | −23B | +?N | +20B | +17N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ali, Aryan Mijwad | 0 | USA | F | +19B | F | +?B | =5B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.75 | 1832 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 39994228 | 0 | — | F | +25N | −?B | =16N | +33N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 39994317 | 0 | — | F | +?N | =?B | −13N | +32B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 905 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Wang, Aurora | 1706 | USA | F | +26B | −1N | +12B | −6N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 907 | -39.6 |
| 14 | Lu, Ryan | 1572 | USA | F | −5N | =16B | =30N | +21N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1531 | -6.0 |
| 15 | Daftuar, Leya | 1634 | USA | F | −1B | +31N | −6B | +34N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 907 | -32.0 |
| 16 | Avagyan, David | 1567 | ARM | F | −6B | =14N | =11B | +36B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1433 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Zoghlami, Amin | 1682 | USA | F | F | +36B | +18N | −9B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 2258 | +8.8 |
| 18 | Yegoryan, Garik | 1458 | USA | F | +37N | +35B | −17B | −20N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1683 | +22.4 |
| 19 | FIDE 39961761 | 0 | — | F | −10N | +?B | =27N | =24N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1691 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 39994287 | 0 | — | F | +?B | F | −9N | +18B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 39994341 | 0 | — | F | −8B | +39N | +?N | −14B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 809 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Helmy, Leo | 0 | USA | F | +?N | −4B | +32N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Park, Lucas | 0 | USA | F | +9N | =28N | −1B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 933 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Eisenberg, Linus Nguyen | 1691 | USA | F | +36N | F | −5N | =19B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1081 | -10.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 39994309 | 0 | — | F | −11B | +34N | =?B | −8N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Chairunas, Mason | 0 | USA | F | −13N | +?B | =35N | −7B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 39994295 | 0 | — | F | +?N | −5B | =19B | −?N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1012 | 0.0 |
| 28 | McCloskey, Ryan | 0 | USA | F | +?N | =23B | −3N | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 39994325 | 0 | — | F | −4N | +?B | −?N | =35B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Gao, Kayden | 0 | USA | F | −?N | +?N | =14B | −?N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 39936341 | 0 | — | F | =?N | −15B | =?N | =?N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 834 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 39946274 | 0 | — | F | +?B | −2N | −22B | −12N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 39991792 | 0 | — | F | +35N | F | −4N | −11B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 39989011 | 0 | — | F | −2N | −25B | +?N | −15B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 920 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Kwan, Wesley | 1683 | USA | F | −33B | −18N | =26B | =29N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 658 | -31.2 |
| 36 | Wang, Albert Hao | 0 | USA | F | −24B | −17N | +?B | −16N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 2655861 | 0 | — | F | −18B | +?N | −?B | −?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 39994350 | 0 | — | F | −3B | F | −8B | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 39994392 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −21B | −?B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 871 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ye, BrianUSA+32.43.0 pts · #1
- 2Powers, VictorUSA+27.23.5 pts · #6
- 3Lin, XingchenUSA+27.23.5 pts · #2
- 1Wang, AuroraUSA-39.62.0 pts · #28
- 2Daftuar, LeyaUSA-32.02.0 pts · #32
- 3Kwan, WesleyUSA-31.21.0 pts · #36
- R3+225 Elo gap