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2025 Washington Class Championships - Carlsen (2200 and over)

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 7 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2175, and top seed was Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2495).

Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2495) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Ted Wang (4.0) and Miles Yongkang Kuipers (3.5). Belous won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Hayul Lim (1918) beat Ted Wang (FM, 2224), a +306-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMVladimir Belous2495
Avg top 10
2,175
Participants
21
Titled players · 7
GM×1
FM×5
CM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇰🇷South Korea×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇬Uganda×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Vladimir Belous led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

GM Vladimir Belous never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

GM Vladimir Belous won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMVladimir Belous*
2FMTed Wang*
0
3Miles Yongkang Kuipers*
4Hayul Lim
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Belous, VladimirGM2495RUS+12B+11N+9B+5N+6N+16B6.013.514.514.502976+8.5
2Wang, TedFM2224USA4N+20B=5N=9B+15N+11B4.013.513.57.252108-13.0
3Kuipers, Miles Yongkang1934USA8N+15B=7N+13B=9N=5B3.514.016.08.752034+31.2
4Lim, Hayul1918KOR+2B+12N6B17N=10B+20N3.513.013.07.752131+63.6
5Willy, StephenFM2269USA+19B+10N=2B1BF=3N3.016.516.56.752186-7.0
6Degenbaev, AzizFM2302KGZ+15N+7B+4NF1BF3.014.514.58.5022470.0
7Pupols, Viktors1771USA+13B6N=3B10N+19N=9B3.014.014.56.001979+30.4
8Kona, VidipCM2053USA+3B9N+10BF18N+14N3.011.511.58.002015-9.2
9Saddi, Neevan Reddy1927USAF+8B1N=2N=3B=7N2.519.519.58.252062+29.6
10Gottumukkala, Ananth2046USA+14N5B8N+7B=4N13B2.515.017.06.751914-21.6
11Liu, Austin2073USA+20N1B=13NF+14B2N2.514.514.53.252067-4.8
12Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian1913CAN1N4B=14NF+21B+19N2.512.012.01.501968+9.2
13Razmov, Gabriel1953USA7NF=11B3N+20B+10N2.511.511.53.751929-6.4
14Karthik Bimod1862IND10B=19N=12B+20N11N8B2.011.011.01.501834-10.4
15Yin, Aiden1888CAN6B3N+19B+21N2BF2.011.011.00.501966+12.8
16Porter, Ryan WFM2200USAFFFF+17B1N1.07.07.01.002315+5.2
17Yanayt, EugeneFM2134USAFFF+4B16NF1.04.54.53.502059-3.8
18Karthikeyan, Harishkumar1948USAFFFF+8BF1.03.03.03.002853+25.6
19Xu, Owen1843USA5N=14B15NF7B12B0.512.512.51.001570-59.6
20Yin, Andrew1822CAN11B2NF14B13N4B0.014.514.50.001206-56.0
21Mukumbya, Benjamin1902UGAFFF15B12NF0.04.54.50.001102-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets