2025 Washington Winter Classic - Rudolph Open

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2117, and top seed was Stephen Willy (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2256).

Bertrand Wan (🇺🇸 USA, 2060) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ted Wang (4.0) and Vihaan Jammalamadaka (4.0). Wan shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Brian Lee (1853) beat Ryan W Porter (FM, 2216), a +363-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States

Dates

20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMStephen Willy2256

Avg top 10

2,117

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×3

CM×4

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×32

🇨🇦Canada×4

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

Top 3

🥇
Bertrand Wan
🇺🇸USA·2060
4.5pts·2363perf+31.8
🥈
FMTed Wang
🇺🇸USA·2216
4.0pts·2214perf+2.0
🥉
CMVihaan Jammalamadaka
🇺🇸USA·2129
4.0pts·2199perf+20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Bertrand Wan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Wan4.5Wang4Jammalamadaka4Saddi4Kona3.5Willy3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Bertrand Wan held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Bertrand Wan won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bertrand Wan	*	—	—	—
2FMTed Wang	—	*	½	—
3CMVihaan Jammalamadaka	—	½	*	—
4Neevan Reddy Saddi	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wan, Bertrand	2060	USA	=22N	+16B	+12N	+7B	+5B	4.5	12.5	14.5	13.50	2363	+31.8
2	Wang, TedFM	2216	USA	=16N	+22B	+15N	=3B	+6N	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.25	2214	+2.0
3	Jammalamadaka, VihaanCM	2129	USA	=17B	+29N	+9B	=2N	+11B	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.75	2199	+20.4
4	Saddi, Neevan Reddy	1927	USA	+19B	+36N	−5B	+13N	+10B	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.50	2110	+43.6
5	Willy, StephenFM	2256	USA	+14N	+11B	+4N	=6B	−1N	3.5	15.0	18.0	11.75	2151	-10.0
6	Chinni, RishabhCM	2120	USA	+40N	+13B	+10N	=5N	−2B	3.5	13.5	13.5	7.75	2140	+10.8
7	Kona, VidipCM	2080	USA	+31B	=9N	+21B	−1N	+24B	3.5	12.0	13.5	7.50	2076	0.0
8	Taylor, Tristan	1991	CAN	−9B	+19N	=23N	+28B	+21B	3.5	10.0	11.5	7.50	1963	-2.6
9	Pikh, Akim	1841	UKR	+8N	=7B	−3N	=15B	+25B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.50	2067	+58.8
10	Lee, Brian	1853	USA	+38N	+18B	−6B	+20N	−4N	3.0	12.5	13.0	5.50	2065	+26.4
11	Summerfield, William	2049	USA	+33B	−5N	+26B	+23N	−3N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	2035	0.0
12	Palathingal, RafaelCM	1976	USA	=30B	+17N	−1B	+29N	=18B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.00	2007	+9.6
13	Zhu, Jamie Zhongyun	1830	USA	+37B	−6N	+34N	−4B	+23B	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	1943	+29.6
14	Qian, Daniel	1819	USA	−5B	+33N	+25B	=24N	=20B	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.25	2041	+27.4
15	Taylor, Ashton	1948	CAN	+32N	=23B	−2B	=9N	=17B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.25	1883	-9.4
16	Wei, Jeffrey	1818	USA	=2B	−1N	+39B	−18N	+38B	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.00	1949	+16.8
17	Wang, Leonardo Xirui	1798	SGP	=3N	−12B	=27N	+34B	=15N	2.5	11.0	12.0	5.00	1945	+39.6
18	Porter, Ryan WFM	2216	USA	+26B	−10N	F	+16B	=12N	2.5	10.5	10.5	6.00	1970	-20.4
19	Gadde, Arnav	1685	USA	−4N	−8B	+38N	+39B	=22B	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.00	1769	+13.2
20	Gottumukkala, Ananth	2051	USA	=27N	+28B	=24N	−10B	=14N	2.5	9.5	11.0	4.75	1871	-23.2
21	Kuipers, Miles Yongkang	1934	USA	=35N	+27B	−7N	+37B	−8N	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.00	1907	-7.2
22	Lin, Michael	1853	USA	=1B	−2N	F	+30B	=19N	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1917	+10.4
23	Harwood, Paul	1783	USA	+25B	=15N	=8B	−11B	−13N	2.0	12.0	14.0	5.00	1856	+17.2
24	Gavrish, Leonid	1956	UKR	F	+30N	=20B	=14B	−7N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.25	1915	-3.8
25	Lu, Karson	1823	CAN	−23N	+35B	−14N	+36B	−9N	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	1724	-28.0
26	Karthik Bimod	1854	IND	−18N	+32B	−11N	=27B	=28N	2.0	8.5	10.0	3.00	1884	+3.6
27	Eksarevskiy, Albert Alex	1900	USA	=20B	−21N	=17B	=26N	−36N	1.5	9.5	10.5	3.50	1721	-48.4
28	Nallappa, Vijay	1826	USA	F	−20N	+31B	−8N	=26B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1848	+2.4
29	Verma, Darsh	1906	USA	=34N	−3B	+35N	−12B	F	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.50	1834	-17.2
30	Mohan, Vishnu	1708	USA	=12N	−24B	F	−22N	+34B	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.50	1802	+16.8
31	Wong-Godfrey, Emerson P	1843	USA	−7N	=38B	−28N	=35B	=33N	1.5	7.0	7.5	1.25	1683	-43.6
32	Bharathy Mohan, Aarav Sai	1790	USA	−15B	−26N	F	=33B	+39N	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1593	-27.6
33	Zhou, Yuchen	1795	USA	−11N	−14B	F	=32N	=31B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1682	-24.0
34	Pupols, Viktors	1771	USA	=29B	=39N	−13B	−17N	−30N	1.0	8.5	9.0	1.00	1485	-26.2
35	Yondon, Odbayar	1808	USA	=21B	−25N	−29B	=31N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1684	-25.2
36	Cheng, Selina	1727	USA	F	−4B	F	−25N	+27B	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.50	1759	+4.8
37	Wentz, Austin	1753	USA	−13N	+40B	F	−21N	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1729	-4.0
38	Lorenz, Martin	1650	CAN	−10B	=31N	−19B	F	−16N	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1478	-28.8
39	Braverman, Marc	0	USA	F	=34B	−16N	−19N	−32B	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	1444	0.0
40	Dhingra, Sangeeta	1797	USA	−6B	−37N	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1137	-13.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pikh, AkimUKR
+58.8
3.0 pts · #11
2Saddi, Neevan ReddyUSA
+43.6
4.0 pts · #4
3Wang, Leonardo XiruiSGP
+39.6
2.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Eksarevskiy, Albert AlexUSA
-48.4
1.5 pts · #30
2Wong-Godfrey, Emerson PUSA
-43.6
1.5 pts · #29
3Lorenz, MartinCAN
-28.8
0.5 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R2+363 Elo gap
Lee, Brian1853 beat FMPorter, Ryan W2216
R4+198 Elo gap
Lee, Brian1853 beat Gottumukkala, Ananth2051
R5+196 Elo gap
Wan, Bertrand2060 beat FMWilly, Stephen2256