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2025 November CCC FIDE Saturdays - Top

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸FMAlex Haoning Chu2102
Avg top 10
1,935
Participants
21
Titled players · 4
FM×1
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇰🇪Kenya×3
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Andrew Wu led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
11.52.53R1R2R3
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
Player1234
1Andrew Wu*
1
2Zubin Baliga*
3Paul Jnr Olando*
4FMAlex Haoning Chu
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wu, Andrew2085USA+6B+5N+4B3.04.06.06.002730+38.8
2Baliga, Zubin1973USA+14B=9N+10B2.53.04.53.752111+10.4
3Olando, Paul Jnr1926KEN=17N+16B+11N2.52.53.02.752016+14.0
4Chu, Alex HaoningFM2102USA+7N+15B1N2.05.06.03.001955-14.4
5Kuka Kyle1987KEN+19B1B+9N2.04.54.51.501924-5.6
6Heck, Nathan1703USA1N+17B+15N2.04.04.51.501916+15.0
7Balamurugan, Diya1489USA4B+19N+20B2.02.02.00.001085-3.2
8Atassi, CelineWCM1788USA+12B+20NF2.01.51.51.502453+12.8
9Chen, CelineWCM1763USA+21N=2B5B1.54.54.51.251899+20.8
10Alappatt, Steve Paul2081USA+13N=11B2N1.54.05.52.251815-36.8
11Williams, Christopher1763USA+18B=10N3B1.54.04.51.251862+6.8
12Phadke, Viraj Sharad1653USA8N=13B+17N1.53.54.01.251693+3.2
13Crawford, Jared1708USA10B=12N+19B1.53.03.00.751674-3.6
14Zhang, Laura1669USA2N+21B=18N1.53.03.00.251764+13.6
15Haripradeep, Sanchit1705USA+16B4N6B1.04.05.01.001771+6.0
16Uthra, P.WFM1883IND15N3N+21B1.03.53.50.001664-17.2
17Peela, Nischay Shyam1585USA=3B6N12B0.54.56.01.251487-14.4
18Kutikoff, Bruce1596USA11NF=14B0.53.03.00.751523-5.6
19Huang, Paul0USA5N7B13N0.04.05.50.009260.0
20Tetsworth, John Isaac0USAF8B7N0.04.04.00.008370.0
21Gikandi Bernice Wambui1734KEN9B14N16N0.03.04.00.00972-55.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets