2025 Washington Challenger's Cup - Gukesh 1700 and over

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58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2180, and top seed was Aziz Degenbaev (🇰🇬 KGZ, FM, 2310).

Vinesh Ravuri (🇺🇸 USA, 2187) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Vihaan Jammalamadaka (4.0) and Ananth Gottumukkala (4.0). Ravuri clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Sambuddha Sekhar Das (1565) beat Rafael Palathingal (CM, 2083), a +518-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States

Dates

11 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇬FMAziz Degenbaev2310

Avg top 10

2,180

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×3

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×46

🇮🇳India×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇺🇬Uganda×1

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

🇰🇷South Korea×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
Vinesh Ravuri
🇺🇸USA·2187
4.5pts·2232perf+4.6
🥈
CMVihaan Jammalamadaka
🇺🇸USA·2017
4.0pts·2270perf+62.8
🥉
Ananth Gottumukkala
🇺🇸USA·2032
4.0pts·2177perf+20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Vinesh Ravuri led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ravuri4.5Gottumukkala4Cigan4Jammalamadaka4Gupta3.5Wang3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct

Vinesh Ravuri takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Vinesh Ravuri won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vinesh Ravuri	*	—	—	1
2Ananth Gottumukkala	—	*	½	—
3Jason Cigan	—	½	*	—
4CMVihaan Jammalamadaka	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ravuri, Vinesh	2187	USA	=27N	+34B	+48B	+29N	+2B	4.5	10.0	11.0	10.00	2232	+4.6
2	Jammalamadaka, VihaanCM	2017	USA	+23N	+15B	+38N	+5B	−1N	4.0	13.5	15.5	11.00	2270	+62.8
3	Gottumukkala, Ananth	2032	USA	+30B	+50N	=4B	=6N	+13B	4.0	12.5	13.5	9.75	2177	+20.4
4	Cigan, Jason	2119	USA	+46N	+10B	=3N	+28B	=24N	4.0	12.0	13.5	10.25	2207	+11.2
5	Kona, VidipCM	2063	USA	+21B	+13N	+6B	−2N	=7B	3.5	14.0	16.5	10.75	2123	+18.0
6	Siddarth, M	2265	IND	+19N	+37B	−5N	=3B	+29B	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.00	2123	-13.8
7	Lim, Hayul	1858	KOR	+41N	=12B	=16N	+15B	=5N	3.5	12.5	14.0	9.25	2097	+60.0
8	Gupta, Saahil	1816	USA	=42B	+32N	=9B	=14N	+36B	3.5	10.5	12.0	8.00	2078	+64.8
9	Wang, TedFM	2262	USA	+17N	−29B	=8N	+48B	+28N	3.5	10.5	11.5	7.75	2033	-20.6
10	Kuipers, Miles Yongkang	1907	USA	+51B	−4N	+44B	+27N	=12B	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.00	2044	+26.8
11	Palathingal, RafaelCM	2083	USA	+56B	−48N	+20B	+33N	=18B	3.5	8.5	9.0	6.50	1926	-29.6
12	Porter, Ryan WFM	2209	USA	+20B	=7N	F	+16B	=10N	3.0	12.5	12.5	9.00	2062	-10.4
13	Razmov, Gabriel	1952	USA	+45N	−5B	+41N	+17B	−3N	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.00	1953	+2.0
14	Deshpande, Aaryan	2019	USA	+31N	−24B	+22N	=8B	=26B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.50	1892	-12.6
15	Wei, Jeffrey	1817	USA	+43B	−2N	+47B	−7N	+30B	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.00	1815	+2.4
16	Saddi, Neevan Reddy	1900	USA	=32B	+42N	=7B	−12N	+27B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.25	1915	+4.4
17	Han, Shuyi	1809	USA	−9B	+55N	+43B	−13N	+33B	3.0	10.0	10.5	4.00	1924	+28.0
18	Yin, Aiden	1807	CAN	F	=54N	+39B	+37B	=11N	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.25	2217	+82.8
19	Patankar, Vijay	1835	USA	−6B	−44N	+49N	+55B	+48N	3.0	7.0	7.5	2.50	1778	-15.2
20	Vega, Isaac	1788	USA	−12N	+31B	−11N	+41B	=35N	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.50	1884	+9.8
21	Bharathy Mohan, Aarav Sai	1776	USA	−5N	−41B	=31N	+49B	+51N	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.00	1543	-35.6
22	Mohan, Vishnu	1658	USA	−36B	+57N	−14B	=43N	+45B	2.5	8.0	8.5	2.75	1845	+41.6
23	Razmov, Valentin N	1775	USA	−2B	−43N	+57B	=42N	+58B	2.5	7.5	8.0	1.75	1703	-8.8
24	Arjun C Krishnamachari	2187	IND	+57B	+14N	F	F	=4B	2.5	7.5	7.5	5.50	2269	+6.2
25	Wang, Leonardo Xirui	1849	SGP	=49N	−28B	+52N	=35B	=32N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	1775	-16.4
26	Yin, Andrew	1803	CAN	F	+52B	−28N	+51B	=14N	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.50	1871	+10.4
27	Karthik Bimod	1796	IND	=1B	=35N	+58N	−10B	−16N	2.0	13.0	13.5	3.75	1777	-8.0
28	Rozenfeld, Yevgeniy	1892	USA	F	+25N	+26B	−4N	−9B	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	2008	+10.2
29	Gavrish, Leonid	1942	UKR	+55B	+9N	F	−1B	−6N	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	2089	+13.8
30	Wirkkala, Zane	1719	USA	−3N	−45B	+46N	+47B	−15N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.00	1725	-1.2
31	Gadde, Arnav	1636	USA	−14B	−20N	=21B	+56N	=40N	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.75	1748	+25.2
32	Wentz, Austin	1742	USA	=16N	−8B	F	+50N	=25B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.75	1791	+10.8
33	Pikh, Akim	1907	UKR	=47N	=58B	+45N	−11B	−17N	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.50	1672	-56.4
34	Zhou, Yuchen	1786	USA	=35B	−1N	F	=45B	+42N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.25	1828	+4.4
35	Pupols, Viktors	1764	USA	=34N	=27B	F	=25N	=20B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.50	1805	+4.4
36	Lampman, BeccaWCM	2057	USA	+22N	−38B	F	+53B	−8N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1803	-18.2
37	Karthikeyan, Harishkumar	1967	USA	+44B	−6N	+50B	−18N	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.50	1835	-24.4
38	Degenbaev, AzizFM	2310	KGZ	+53B	+36N	−2B	F	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	2037	-13.2
39	Mukumbya, Benjamin	1931	UGA	−50B	+49B	−18N	F	+43N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	1526	-29.2
40	Ramkumar, Nikhil	1813	USA	F	=56N	=42B	=44N	=31B	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.75	1656	-33.2
41	Meng, Miranda	1749	USA	−7B	+21N	−13B	−20N	=52B	1.5	11.5	12.5	3.00	1666	-22.8
42	Pai, Vihaan	1612	USA	=8N	−16B	=40N	=23B	−34B	1.5	11.0	13.0	4.00	1669	+12.4
43	He, Oliver Lang	1551	USA	−15N	+23B	−17N	=22B	−39B	1.5	11.0	13.0	3.75	1649	+19.2
44	Frederick, Benjamin	1671	USA	−37N	+19B	−10N	=40B	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1794	+22.4
45	Nam, Jinmo	1749	USA	−13B	+30N	−33B	=34N	−22N	1.5	9.5	11.5	3.00	1656	-25.6
46	Li, Shawn	1818	USA	−4B	−51N	−30B	+57N	=55N	1.5	7.5	8.0	0.75	1746	-19.2
47	Maharaja, Imai Subramonia	1571	USA	=33B	F	−15N	−30N	+56B	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.50	1700	+22.8
48	Das, Sambuddha Sekhar	1565	USA	F	+11B	−1N	−9N	−19B	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1740	+23.6
49	Gilbert, Christopher	0	USA	=25B	−39N	−19B	−21N	=57B	1.0	10.0	10.5	1.50	1608	0.0
50	Hanson, Roger Oscar	1598	USA	+39N	−3B	−37N	−32B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1717	+15.6
51	Chen, William	0	ENG	−10N	+46B	F	−26N	−21B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1633	0.0
52	Gao, Ziqian	1701	USA	=54B	−26N	−25B	F	=41N	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.25	1683	-6.8
53	Jiang, Stephen	0	USA	−38N	F	+56B	−36N	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.50	1899	0.0
54	Tessiore, Luca G	2114	USA	=52N	=18B	F	F	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1759	-31.2
55	Patton, Lorenzo	1642	USA	−29N	−17B	F	−19N	=46B	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1529	-9.0
56	Jones, Davey	1704	USA	−11N	=40B	−53N	−31B	−47N	0.5	9.0	10.0	1.00	1454	-24.4
57	Yondon, Odbayar	1850	USA	−24N	−22B	−23N	−46B	=49N	0.5	9.0	10.0	0.50	1060	-80.4
58	Sankrithi, Sarang Athreya	1488	USA	F	=33N	−27B	F	−23N	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1546	+4.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yin, AidenCAN
+82.8
3.0 pts · #15
2Gupta, SaahilUSA
+64.8
3.5 pts · #5
3Jammalamadaka, VihaanCMUSA
+62.8
4.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Yondon, OdbayarUSA
-80.4
0.5 pts · #58
2Pikh, AkimUKR
-56.4
2.0 pts · #30
3Bharathy Mohan, Aarav SaiUSA
-35.6
2.5 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R2+518 Elo gap
Das, Sambuddha Sekhar1565 beat CMPalathingal, Rafael2083
R1+333 Elo gap
Hanson, Roger Oscar1598 beat Mukumbya, Benjamin1931
R2+320 Elo gap
Gavrish, Leonid1942 beat FMWang, Ted2262