2025 Chicago Fall Open - Major

SwissStandard

51 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Schaumburg, IL, United States. 10 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2260, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2597).

Artemii Khanbutaev (🇺🇸 USA, 2076) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Ravi Krishna G (3.5) and Andre Yang (3.0). Khanbutaev won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Arjun C Krishnamachari (2187) beat Giorgi Margvelashvili (GM, 2531), a +344-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Schaumburg, IL, United States

Dates

31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2597

Avg top 10

2,260

Participants

Titled players · 10

GM×2

IM×2

FM×2

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×41

🇮🇳India×3

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
Artemii Khanbutaev
🇺🇸USA·2076
3.5pts·2014perf-11.6
🥈
Ravi Krishna G
🇮🇳IND·2096
3.5pts·2135perf+6.4
🥉
Andre Yang
🇺🇸USA·1921
3.0pts·1991perf+14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Ravi Krishna3.5Khanbutaev3.5Saumil3Yu3Xu3Tikhomirov3

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Khanbutaev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Khanbutaev, Artemii	2076	USA	=3N	=6B	=39N	+14B	+23N	3.5	10.5	11.5	8.00	2014	-11.6
2	Ravi Krishna G	2096	IND	+46N	+13B	−34B	+12N	=6N	3.5	9.5	9.5	6.50	2135	+6.4
3	Yang, Andre	1921	USA	=1B	=7N	−16B	+36N	+31B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.75	1991	+14.8
4	Padhya SaumilFM	2220	IND	+47B	=11N	+15B	=8N	−17N	3.0	10.5	10.5	5.25	2104	-12.0
5	Santosh, Saharsh	2032	USA	F	+14N	=11B	+25N	=16B	3.0	9.5	9.5	7.00	2173	+28.4
6	Tikhomirov, Matthew	1934	USA	F	=1N	+38B	+37N	=2B	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.00	2127	+40.0
7	Yu, MatthewCM	2018	USA	F	=3B	+40N	+23B	=19N	3.0	8.5	8.5	5.75	2032	+3.2
8	Zhao, KevinFM	2114	USA	+45B	+22N	=21B	=4B	F	3.0	8.0	8.0	5.25	2311	+28.8
9	Marciano, Orry M	1950	USA	=24B	=35N	=22B	+32N	=26B	3.0	7.5	9.0	5.25	1950	0.0
10	Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM	1976	CAN	−32N	+46B	+41N	=20B	=12N	3.0	7.5	7.5	3.50	1944	-5.3
11	Ramesh, Nehanraj	1968	USA	+33B	=4B	=5N	−16N	=13B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.75	1975	+2.4
12	Laishevkin, Mykhailo	1958	UKR	+29B	+48N	−17N	−2B	=10B	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1931	-8.4
13	Brock, William	1826	USA	+25B	−2N	−19B	+48N	=11N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.25	1914	+11.0
14	Menon, Rohan	1944	USA	=36N	−5B	+42N	−1N	+32B	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.25	1873	-17.6
15	Lee, Daniel Joshua	1895	CAN	+38N	=32B	−4N	+22B	−18N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.75	1886	-6.4
16	Li, Aiden LinyuanCM	2076	USA	F	F	+3N	+11B	=5N	2.5	8.5	8.5	7.00	2247	+23.2
17	Campos Jimenez, Augusto CesarIM	2277	CUB	F	F	+12B	=34N	+4B	2.5	7.0	7.0	6.25	2472	+7.4
18	Baker, Aidan	2085	USA	F	F	=26B	+24N	+15B	2.5	6.5	6.5	5.50	2186	+13.2
19	Prem, Muthu Avaneesh	1845	USA	F	F	+13N	+39B	=7B	2.5	6.5	6.5	5.00	2146	+43.6
20	Gu, Hardy	1806	USA	F	F	+35B	=10N	+27B	2.5	6.5	6.5	5.00	2111	+44.8
21	Zhou, JianchaoGM	2597	USA	F	F	=8N	+44N	+34B	2.5	5.5	5.5	4.00	2544	-0.7
22	Cimino, Vincent Joseph	0	USA	+28N	−8B	=9N	−15N	=24B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.50	1872	0.0
23	Zhou, Ryan	1750	USA	F	+24N	+32B	−7N	−1B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1929	+34.8
24	Cedeno, Louis	1853	USA	=9N	−23B	+50N	−18B	=22N	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	1844	-2.0
25	Higuchi, Hiro	1933	USA	−13N	+33B	+29N	−5B	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1735	-15.6
26	He, Alvin	1991	USA	F	F	=18N	+33B	=9N	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.25	2044	+9.6
27	Turba, Timur	1730	USA	F	F	+28N	+30B	−20N	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.00	2038	+47.2
28	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan	1908	USA	−22B	=45N	−27B	+47N	=33N	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1797	-23.2
29	Nordahl, David	0	USA	−12N	+47N	−25B	−40B	+45N	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.50	1820	0.0
30	Platnick, Elijah	2026	USA	F	F	+48B	−27N	+38B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1873	-9.8
31	Sardaryan, Vahan	0	USA	F	F	+49B	+46N	−3N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1839	0.0
32	Pittala, Ashvath Reddy	1769	USA	+10B	=15N	−23N	−9B	−14N	1.5	11.0	13.0	4.25	1754	-5.2
33	Xia, ElizabethWCM	1723	USA	−11N	−25N	+45B	−26N	=28B	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.50	1776	+11.2
34	Tugstumur, YesuntumurIM	2418	MGL	F	F	+2N	=17B	−21N	1.5	8.5	8.5	4.75	2332	-3.1
35	Joseph, Veronique	1808	USA	F	=9B	−20N	+41B	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	2.50	1929	+18.8
36	Meadors, Landon	1761	USA	=14B	F	+47B	−3B	F	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.25	1924	+20.8
37	Parthasarathy, Siddharth	1721	USA	F	F	+43N	−6B	=39N	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.50	1887	+25.6
38	Aaron, Michael	1817	USA	−15B	F	−6N	+43B	−30N	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1759	-5.6
39	Blomer, John	1773	USA	F	F	=1B	−19N	=37B	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1756	-5.2
40	Li, Tanqi	1837	USA	F	F	−7B	+29N	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1218	-10.4
41	Malladi, Sadkrith	2033	USA	F	F	−10B	−35N	+49N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1717	-48.0
42	Misra, Shubh	1692	USA	F	F	−14B	+45N	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.50	1885	+19.6
43	Cengiz, Anil	1952	TUR	F	F	−37B	−38N	+46B	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1652	-23.6
44	Arjun C Krishnamachari	2187	IND	F	F	+51N	−21B	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	2559	+16.0
45	Karthik, Aarav	1825	USA	−8N	=28B	−33N	−42B	−29B	0.5	8.5	9.5	1.00	1537	-54.8
46	Walls, Christian J	1793	USA	−2B	−10N	F	−31B	−43N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1216	-26.8
47	Joseph, Alexander	1908	USA	−4N	−29B	−36N	−28B	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1175	-51.6
48	Kailash, Vaibhav	1698	USA	F	−12B	−30N	−13B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1137	-12.8
49	Ilyasov, Ahmed	1743	USA	F	F	−31N	F	−41B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1233	-6.4
50	Dmitriev, Andrey	1939	USA	F	F	−24B	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1053	-24.8
51	Margvelashvili, GiorgiGM	2531	GEO	F	F	−44B	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1387	-8.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Turba, TimurUSA
+47.2
2.0 pts · #22
2Gu, HardyUSA
+44.8
2.5 pts · #15
3Prem, Muthu AvaneeshUSA
+43.6
2.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Karthik, AaravUSA
-54.8
0.5 pts · #44
2Joseph, AlexanderUSA
-51.6
0.0 pts · #45
3Malladi, SadkrithUSA
-48.0
1.0 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R3+344 Elo gap
Arjun C Krishnamachari2187 beat GMMargvelashvili, Giorgi2531
R4+296 Elo gap
Turba, Timur1730 beat Platnick, Elijah2026
R3+231 Elo gap
Parthasarathy, Siddharth1721 beat Cengiz, Anil1952