2025 Northern Virginia Open - U1800
Open SwissStandard
24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 457, and top seed was Charles D Musselman (🇺🇸 USA, 1785).
Robert D Beckford (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5. Beckford won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇺🇸Dulles, VA, United States
Dates
21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
457
Participants
24
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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6
1
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4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE23 Nov
Daniel Xiao takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Beckford takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Robert D Beckford beat FIDE 30999766 (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Robert D Beckford | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2FIDE 30999766 | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Anthony Tsybovsky | — | — | * | — |
| 4Daniel Xiao | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckford, Robert D | 0 | USA | F | +18B | +?N | +2B | +4N | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 2 | FIDE 30999766 | 0 | — | +21B | +?N | +?B | −1N | +?B | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tsybovsky, Anthony | 0 | USA | −11B | +24N | +19B | +?N | +?B | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Xiao, Daniel | 1575 | USA | +7N | +6B | =5N | +9B | −1B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 10.00 | 2309 | +16.4 |
| 5 | Jupally, Vedh | 0 | USA | +16B | +?N | =4B | −?N | =14N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Lin, Danny | 0 | USA | +?B | −4N | +22B | −?N | +9N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Singh, Tanish | 0 | USA | −4B | −12N | +24B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Uceda, Christian | 0 | USA | −?B | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Traynor, Zach | 1511 | CAN | +10B | +19N | =11B | −4N | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1511 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Bakhish, Ughur | 0 | USA | −9N | =20B | +17N | =13B | =18N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 39999505 | 0 | — | +3N | +?B | =9N | F | −?B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.25 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 39998924 | 0 | — | −?N | +7B | −?N | +20B | =16N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 968 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 39942864 | 0 | — | −?B | +21N | =?B | =10N | =?B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 39999491 | 0 | — | =?N | =?B | +?N | F | =5B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Pope, Noah Joseph | 0 | USA | +?B | =?N | =?B | =?N | F | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Peng, Ellen Jia-Ning | 0 | USA | −5N | F | =23B | +19N | =12B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sankay, Aran | 0 | USA | F | −?N | −10B | +?N | +22B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 39912981 | 0 | — | =?B | −1N | =20N | F | =10B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kaiyrberli, Kaisar | 1486 | KAZ | +20N | −9B | −3N | −16B | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 709 | -16.8 |
| 20 | Pariti, Madhav Subrahmanyam | 0 | USA | −19B | =10N | =18B | −12N | −21N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 39971821 | 0 | — | −2N | −13B | F | −?N | +20B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Wang, Ella Enhan | 0 | USA | F | =?B | −6N | =?B | −17N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1479 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Gopal, Thiru Moorthy | 0 | USA | −?B | =?N | =16N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1765 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 39998916 | 0 | — | −?B | −3B | −7N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Xiao, DanielUSA+16.43.5 pts · #10
- 2Traynor, ZachCAN+0.42.5 pts · #12
- 3FIDE 309997660.04.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Kaiyrberli, KaisarKAZ-16.81.0 pts · #21
- 2FIDE 309997660.04.0 pts · #6
- 3Tsybovsky, AnthonyUSA0.04.0 pts · #8