Last Days of Summer Chess Classic 2025
Open SwissStandard
24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Nassau, Bahamas. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Franklyn Gibson (🇧🇸 BAH, 1921).
Philip Hanna Jr (🇧🇸 BAH, 1817) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Sohan Umesh (4.0) and Valentine Cox (4.0). Hanna Jr broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Sohan Umesh (1540) beat Avian Pride (1798), a +258-point gap.
Location
🇧🇸Nassau, Bahamas
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇧🇸Bahamas×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsPhilip Hanna Jr led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
12
5
2
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Philip Hanna Jr held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Philip Hanna Jr won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Philip Hanna Jr | * | — | — | — |
| 2Valentine Cox | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Sohan Umesh | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Franklyn Gibson | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanna Jr, Philip | 1817 | BAH | +15B | +6N | +8B | =4N | +10B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.25 | 2002 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Umesh, Sohan | 1540 | BAH | +14B | =3N | =6B | +8N | +4B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 12.25 | 1956 | +85.2 |
| 3 | Cox, Valentine | 1813 | BAH | +11N | =2B | +13N | =5B | +9N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.75 | 1881 | +10.4 |
| 4 | Pride, Avian | 1798 | BAH | +16B | +7N | +5B | =1B | −2N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 10.75 | 1806 | +3.6 |
| 5 | Gibson, Franklyn | 1921 | BAH | +18N | +9B | −4N | =3N | +7B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 10.00 | 1791 | -11.4 |
| 6 | Hawkins, Barrington | 1704 | BAH | +17N | −1B | =2N | +12B | +13N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.50 | 1693 | -1.2 |
| 7 | Pride, ChikaWCM | 1598 | BAH | +23N | −4B | +11N | +13B | −5N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1715 | +27.6 |
| 8 | Davis, William | 1742 | BAH | +22N | +19B | −1N | −2B | +17N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1468 | -40.8 |
| 9 | Knowles, Michael | 1608 | BAH | +24B | −5N | +15B | +14N | −3B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1067 | -15.2 |
| 10 | Turnquest, Caerwyn | 1434 | BAH | +20N | −13B | +16N | +19B | −1N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1531 | +10.4 |
| 11 | Nair, Bharath | 0 | BAH | −3B | +24N | −7B | +21N | +14B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 890 | -15.2 |
| 12 | Roberts, Austin | 0 | BAH | −13N | +18B | =19N | −6N | +16B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Leadon, Tito | 1727 | BAH | +12B | +10N | −3B | −7N | −6B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1434 | -58.8 |
| 14 | FIDE 10402640 | 0 | — | −2N | +22B | +18N | −9B | −11N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Nair, Abijith | 0 | BAH | −1N | +17B | −9N | −16B | +19N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Rolle, Danica | 0 | BAH | −4N | +20B | −10B | +15N | −12N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 17 | McGregor, Amaris | 0 | BAH | −6B | −15N | +20B | +22N | −8B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 921 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 10400982 | 0 | — | −5B | −12N | −14B | +23N | +22B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1121 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Lalwani, Darsh | 1429 | BAH | +21B | −8N | =12B | −10N | −15B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 783 | -25.6 |
| 20 | FIDE 10402527 | 0 | — | −10B | −16N | −17N | F | +21B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 10402616 | 0 | — | −19N | F | +23B | −11B | −20N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 10402179 | 0 | — | −8B | −14N | F | −17B | −18N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 940 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 10402110 | 0 | — | −7B | F | −21N | −18B | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 10402632 | 0 | — | −9N | −11B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Umesh, SohanBAH+85.24.0 pts · #3
- 2Pride, ChikaWCMBAH+27.63.0 pts · #6
- 3Hanna Jr, PhilipBAH+16.04.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Leadon, TitoBAH-58.82.0 pts · #11
- 2Davis, WilliamBAH-40.83.0 pts · #8
- 3Lalwani, DarshBAH-25.61.5 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R5+258 Elo gap
- R4+202 Elo gap
- R4+129 Elo gap