2025 November CCC FIDE Saturdays - Top
Open SwissStandard
21 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 15 Nov 2025 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Alex Haoning Chu (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2102).
Andrew Wu (🇺🇸 USA, 2085) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Zubin Baliga (2.5) and Paul Jnr Olando (2.5). Wu broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sanchit Haripradeep (1705) beat P. Uthra (WFM, 1883), a +178-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
15 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 4
FM×1
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇰🇪Kenya×3
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsAndrew Wu led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
9
3
1
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
Andrew Wu held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Andrew Wu won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew Wu | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Zubin Baliga | — | * | — | — |
| 3Paul Jnr Olando | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMAlex Haoning Chu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu, Andrew | 2085 | USA | +6B | +5N | +4B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2730 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Baliga, Zubin | 1973 | USA | +14B | =9N | +10B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2111 | +10.4 |
| 3 | Olando, Paul Jnr | 1926 | KEN | =17N | +16B | +11N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 2016 | +14.0 |
| 4 | Chu, Alex HaoningFM | 2102 | USA | +7N | +15B | −1N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1955 | -14.4 |
| 5 | Kuka Kyle | 1987 | KEN | +19B | −1B | +9N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1924 | -5.6 |
| 6 | Heck, Nathan | 1703 | USA | −1N | +17B | +15N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1916 | +15.0 |
| 7 | Balamurugan, Diya | 1489 | USA | −4B | +19N | +20B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1085 | -3.2 |
| 8 | Atassi, CelineWCM | 1788 | USA | +12B | +20N | F | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2453 | +12.8 |
| 9 | Chen, CelineWCM | 1763 | USA | +21N | =2B | −5B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1899 | +20.8 |
| 10 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 2081 | USA | +13N | =11B | −2N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1815 | -36.8 |
| 11 | Williams, Christopher | 1763 | USA | +18B | =10N | −3B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1862 | +6.8 |
| 12 | Phadke, Viraj Sharad | 1653 | USA | −8N | =13B | +17N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1693 | +3.2 |
| 13 | Crawford, Jared | 1708 | USA | −10B | =12N | +19B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1674 | -3.6 |
| 14 | Zhang, Laura | 1669 | USA | −2N | +21B | =18N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1764 | +13.6 |
| 15 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1705 | USA | +16B | −4N | −6B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1771 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Uthra, P.WFM | 1883 | IND | −15N | −3N | +21B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1664 | -17.2 |
| 17 | Peela, Nischay Shyam | 1585 | USA | =3B | −6N | −12B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1487 | -14.4 |
| 18 | Kutikoff, Bruce | 1596 | USA | −11N | F | =14B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1523 | -5.6 |
| 19 | Huang, Paul | 0 | USA | −5N | −7B | −13N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 926 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Tetsworth, John Isaac | 0 | USA | F | −8B | −7N | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 837 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gikandi Bernice Wambui | 1734 | KEN | −9B | −14N | −16N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 972 | -55.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wu, AndrewUSA+38.83.0 pts · #1
- 2Chen, CelineWCMUSA+20.81.5 pts · #7
- 3Heck, NathanUSA+15.02.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Gikandi Bernice WambuiKEN-55.20.0 pts · #18
- 2Alappatt, Steve PaulUSA-36.81.5 pts · #10
- 3Uthra, P.WFMIND-17.21.0 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R1+178 Elo gap
- R3+108 Elo gap