2025 Thad Rogers Memorial Georgia Class Championships - Master and Expert

SwissStandard

39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Dunwoody, GA, United States. 6 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2253, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2597).

Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2597) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stuart Rachels (4.0) and Andrew Jiang (4.0). Zhou won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vishruth Yelisetti (1503) beat Kagan Uz (2211), a +708-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Dunwoody, GA, United States

Dates

17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2597

Avg top 10

2,253

Participants

Titled players · 6

GM×1

IM×1

FM×2

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×33

🇮🇳India×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇨🇳China×1

🇨🇷Costa Rica×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJianchao Zhou
🇺🇸USA·2597
4.5pts·2614perf+1.2
🥈
IMStuart Rachels
🇺🇸USA·2451
4.0pts·2469perf+3.1
🥉
FMAndrew Jiang
🇺🇸USA·2297
4.0pts·2246perf-2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Jianchao Zhou led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Zhou4.5Rachels4Jiang4Wang3.5Singh3.5Uz3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Jianchao Zhou held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Jianchao Zhou drew with IM Stuart Rachels (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Jianchao Zhou won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJianchao Zhou	*	½	—	1
2IMStuart Rachels	½	*	—	—
3FMAndrew Jiang	—	—	*	—
4Aaron Wang	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhou, JianchaoGM	2597	USA	+16B	+5N	+7B	+4B	=2N	4.5	14.0	16.0	14.00	2614	+1.2
2	Rachels, StuartIM	2451	USA	+36N	=8B	+20N	+29B	=1B	4.0	11.0	11.0	7.25	2469	+3.1
3	Jiang, AndrewFM	2297	USA	=18B	+33N	=13N	+9B	+22B	4.0	9.5	10.5	8.25	2246	-2.8
4	Singh, HershFM	2180	USA	+27N	+9B	+17B	−1N	=5B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.25	2206	+5.2
5	Wang, Aaron	2051	USA	+32N	−1B	+16N	+15B	=4N	3.5	12.5	13.5	7.25	2204	+36.8
6	Uz, Kagan	2211	USA	+26B	−17N	+21B	=10N	+23B	3.5	9.0	10.5	7.00	2010	-34.8
7	Santosh, Saharsh	2032	USA	F	+12B	−1N	+13B	+17N	3.0	12.0	12.0	7.50	2180	+30.0
8	Ravi Krishna G	2122	IND	+21B	=2N	+14B	−22N	=11B	3.0	11.5	13.5	8.00	2141	+6.0
9	Li, SophieWFM	2057	USA	+24B	−4N	+32B	−3N	+16B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	2048	-1.8
10	Ni, Beiyang	1975	USA	=14N	+38B	=15N	=6B	=29N	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	2068	+23.2
11	Balakumar, Arush	1884	USA	=19B	−31N	+34B	+39B	=8N	3.0	7.5	7.5	3.50	2169	+57.6
12	Joseph, Alexander	1908	USA	+37B	−7N	−19B	+28N	+32N	3.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	2053	+39.6
13	Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM	1976	CAN	F	+34N	=3B	−7N	+18B	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	2090	+21.3
14	Wang, Wenxuan	1827	CHN	=10B	+37N	−8N	=20B	=26N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	2008	+46.4
15	Zhang, Andrew	1928	USA	F	+28N	=10B	−5N	+33B	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.00	1997	+14.8
16	Altucher, James	1867	USA	−1N	+26B	−5B	+27N	−9N	2.0	12.5	14.0	3.00	1946	+7.6
17	Yelisetti, Vishruth	1503	USA	F	+6B	−4N	+19N	−7B	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.50	1903	+67.2
18	Anand, Sanjeev	1846	USA	=3N	−20B	+35N	=31B	−13N	2.0	10.0	10.5	3.25	1916	+8.8
19	Studen, Damir	2084	USA	=11N	=30B	+12N	−17B	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	5.25	1859	-21.4
20	Decord, Aaron	2000	USA	=34B	+18N	−2B	=14N	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1970	-5.4
21	Vyas, Miransh Purven	1975	USA	−8N	+27B	−6N	−32B	+36B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1864	-19.2
22	Panda, Vedic	2203	USA	F	F	+39N	+8B	−3N	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	2229	+3.2
23	Christianson, Ryan	0	USA	F	F	+33B	+25N	−6N	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1916	0.0
24	Sceusi, Ryan	0	USA	−9N	+36B	+30N	F	F	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.50	1919	0.0
25	Meadors, Landon	1796	USA	F	F	+38N	−23B	+28N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	2595	+40.0
26	Rojas Cisneros, Kevin	1898	CRC	−6N	−16N	F	+30B	=14B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1879	-4.0
27	Wang, Eric	1817	USA	−4B	−21N	+36N	−16B	=30N	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1784	-12.4
28	Lathrop, Brad	1898	USA	=30N	−15B	+37N	−12B	−25B	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1778	-32.8
29	Sheehan, Ethan	2323	USA	F	F	+31B	−2N	=10B	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	2020	-14.4
30	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1958	USA	=28B	=19N	−24B	−26N	=27B	1.5	7.0	8.5	2.50	1837	-27.2
31	Friedman, Christian	0	USA	F	+11B	−29N	=18N	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	4.00	2019	0.0
32	Li, Thomas	1848	USA	−5B	F	−9N	+21N	−12B	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1805	-8.8
33	Sahiner, Firat	1679	TUR	F	−3B	−23N	+38B	−15N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1775	+9.6
34	Harris, Christopher A	1805	USA	=20N	−13B	−11N	=35B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.25	1721	-17.6
35	Schmuggerow, Tyler L	1759	USA	F	F	−18B	=34N	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.50	1633	-16.0
36	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1682	USA	−2B	−24N	−27B	F	−21N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1158	-22.0
37	Abdullah, Al-Saif	2043	BAN	−12N	−14B	−28B	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1078	-43.0
38	Morgan, Lakshmi M	1691	USA	F	−10N	−25B	−33N	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1018	-41.2
39	Zhang, Brian Qixuan	1894	USA	F	F	−22B	−11N	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1245	-26.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yelisetti, VishruthUSA
+67.2
2.0 pts · #21
2Balakumar, ArushUSA
+57.6
3.0 pts · #6
3Wang, WenxuanCHN
+46.4
2.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Abdullah, Al-SaifBAN
-43.0
0.0 pts · #39
2Morgan, Lakshmi MUSA
-41.2
0.0 pts · #38
3Uz, KaganUSA
-34.8
3.5 pts · #11

Biggest upsets

R2+708 Elo gap
Yelisetti, Vishruth1503 beat Uz, Kagan2211
R4+581 Elo gap
Yelisetti, Vishruth1503 beat Studen, Damir2084
R2+216 Elo gap
Wang, Wenxuan1827 beat Abdullah, Al-Saif2043