2025 October CCC FIDE Saturdays - Championship
Open SwissStandard
22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 18 Oct 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1953, and top seed was Chris Mabe (🇺🇸 USA, 2117).
Steve Paul Alappatt (🇺🇸 USA, 2033) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Andrew Wu (3.0) and Kishan Karthigeyan (3.0). Alappatt shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sanchit Haripradeep (1669) beat Ruben Yanmi Quintans (1976), a +307-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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3
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.0/3. Alappatt takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Steve Paul Alappatt 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrew Wu 3 wins (R1–R3)Kishan Karthigeyan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve Paul Alappatt | * | — | — | — |
| 2Andrew Wu | — | * | — | — |
| 3Kishan Karthigeyan | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Chris Mabe | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 2033 | USA | +12N | +8B | +5N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2594 | +26.4 |
| 2 | Wu, Andrew | 2067 | USA | +9N | +16B | +4N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 2654 | +18.4 |
| 3 | Karthigeyan, Kishan | 1982 | USA | +20N | +19B | +6N | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2738 | +36.0 |
| 4 | Marshal, Jason | 1854 | USA | +13B | +10N | −2B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1926 | +6.8 |
| 5 | Pendse, Vihaan | 1954 | USA | +21B | +11N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1855 | -8.8 |
| 6 | Mabe, Chris | 2117 | USA | +14B | +15N | −3B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 2016 | -6.8 |
| 7 | Quintans, Ruben Yanmi | 1976 | USA | −8N | +20B | +19N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1714 | -25.6 |
| 8 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1669 | USA | +7B | −1N | =10B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1931 | +36.8 |
| 9 | Welt, Stephen | 0 | USA | −2B | +21N | =11B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1872 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kothapalli, Eshwar | 1784 | USA | +18N | −4B | =8N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1720 | -10.4 |
| 11 | Boddupally, Adhvik | 0 | USA | +?N | −5B | =9N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1938 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Williams, Christopher | 1759 | USA | −1B | +22N | =18B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1743 | -1.8 |
| 13 | Roy, Tamaghna | 0 | USA | −4N | =?B | +21N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1817 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Rigby, Dale | 1810 | USA | −6N | +17B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1906 | +8.0 |
| 15 | McCartney, Patrick | 1881 | USA | +17N | −6B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1906 | +1.2 |
| 16 | Rathi, Naitik | 1854 | USA | +22B | −2N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1812 | -3.2 |
| 17 | Kaushik, Shlok | 1694 | USA | −15B | −14N | +22B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1624 | -11.6 |
| 18 | Nannapaneni, Shaurya | 1638 | USA | −10B | F | =12N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1579 | -5.6 |
| 19 | Thokur, Dhruv | 0 | USA | F | −3N | −7B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1179 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Saha, Aaryav | 1759 | USA | −3B | −7N | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1179 | -17.6 |
| 21 | Zhang, Laura | 1676 | USA | −5N | −9B | −13B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1154 | -6.8 |
| 22 | Gutgutia, Siddhant | 1557 | USA | −16N | −12B | −17N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 969 | -28.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Haripradeep, SanchitUSA+36.81.5 pts · #6
- 2Karthigeyan, KishanUSA+36.03.0 pts · #4
- 3Alappatt, Steve PaulUSA+26.43.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Gutgutia, SiddhantUSA-28.00.0 pts · #21
- 2Quintans, Ruben YanmiUSA-25.62.0 pts · #11
- 3Saha, AaryavUSA-17.60.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R1+307 Elo gap
- R3+135 Elo gap