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2nd Piedmont Open

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Glen Allen, VA, United States. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1991, and top seed was Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2466).

Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2466) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ashvath Krishnan (3.5) and Kavin C Sathiesh (3.5). Erenburg shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kavin C Sathiesh (1690) beat William J Barrow (1935), a +245-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Glen Allen, VA, United States
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMSergey Erenburg2466
Avg top 10
1,991
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
GM×1
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Sergey Erenburg led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Erenburg takes lead
Erenburg4.5Quirke3.5ONeill3.5Krishnan3.5Shetty3.5Sathiesh3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec

GM Sergey Erenburg takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Sergey Erenburg 3 wins (R3–R5)Noah Thomas ONeill 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMSergey Erenburg*—
1
1
2Jeffrey Quirke—*—
½
3Noah Thomas ONeill
0
—*—
4Ashvath Krishnan
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Erenburg, SergeyGM2466USA+3N=19B+8N+5N+2B4.513.014.513.752432-1.0
2Krishnan, Ashvath1727USA+26N=6N+16B+7B−1N3.513.013.57.252091+85.9
3Sathiesh, Kavin C1690USA−1B+25N=4B+15N+16B3.512.012.56.251966+53.6
4Shetty, Saharsh Darsh1799USA=9N+27B=3N+10B=5B3.512.012.07.251891+26.0
5ONeill, Noah Thomas1890USA+25N+22B+14N−1B=4N3.511.011.55.252011+14.8
6Quirke, Jeffrey2061USA+18N=2B=10N+14B=8N3.510.512.07.751983-6.8
7Haldankar, Ameya1826USAF+9B+21N−2N+11B3.010.010.06.501934+22.8
8Gilbert, Walker W1839USAF+20N−1B+13N=6B2.512.012.05.752008+30.8
9Krishnan, Shreyas1537USA=4B−7N=20B+24N=17B2.510.011.04.501702+35.6
10Larkins, Larry RCM1989USAF+24N=6B−4N+25B2.58.58.53.251873-8.8
11Jackson, Maddox1648USA−14N=12B+27N+22B−7N2.58.58.52.251743+23.6
12Chen, CelineWCM1744USA−15B=11N=17B=18N+27B2.58.08.03.001727-4.0
13Yambem, Siddhant1643USA−19N+18B=22N−8B+23N2.56.57.53.001786+35.2
14Fischer, Robert J1928USA+11B+15N−5B−6NF2.011.511.54.501741-14.2
15Hayden, Nathaniel0USA+12N−14B=23N−3B=26N2.09.09.53.2517200.0
16Barrow, William J1935USAF+23B−2N+26B−3N2.08.58.51.501754-18.8
17Shah, Kanav1610USAF−21B=12N+23B=9N2.07.57.53.501788+32.8
18Phadke, Viraj Sharad1689USA−6B−13N+24B=12BF1.59.59.52.251668-4.8
19Chen, Alan Zishun1931USA+13B=1NFFF1.57.07.04.752182+23.2
20Phadke, Anvay1705USA=21N−8B=9N=25BF1.57.07.02.251685-8.0
21Phillips, Jeff2030USA=20B+17N−7BFF1.56.56.52.751720-21.0
22Southerland III, Tripp1631USAF−5N=13B−11N=24B1.09.59.51.751495-28.8
23Cumming, Gabriel1840USA=24B−16N=15B−17N−13B1.08.59.51.501368-89.6
24Patil, Aaradhya Nitin1570USA=23N−10B−18N−9B=22N1.07.58.51.001498-20.8
25Song, Jeffrey1661USA−5B−3BF=20N−10N0.511.011.00.751496-14.8
26Green, Charles1761USA−2BFF−16N=15B0.57.57.51.001031-32.8
27Moore, Andrew Charles1585USAF−4N−11BF−12N0.08.58.50.00930-37.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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