2025 Chicago Fall Open - U2100
33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Schaumburg, IL, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1903, and top seed was Glen Gratz (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2005).
Avanish Ram Amarnath (🇮🇳 IND, 1421) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Daniel Lee (3.5) and Mark P Hamilton (3.0). Amarnath broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Avanish Ram Amarnath (1421) beat Glen Gratz (CM, 2005), a +584-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAvanish Ram Amarnath led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Avanish Ram Amarnath never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Avanish Ram Amarnath drew with Daniel Lee (White).
Avanish Ram Amarnath 3 wins (R1–R3)Daniel Lee 3 wins (R1–R3)Jimi Akintonde 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Avanish Ram Amarnath | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Daniel Lee | ½ | * | 0 | — |
| 3Jimi Akintonde | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4Bosko Borjanovic | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avanish Ram Amarnath | 1421 | IND | +3B | +14N | +28N | =2B | +17N | 4.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 9.25 | 2178 | +163.2 |
| 2 | Lee, Daniel | 1920 | USA | +22B | +8N | +21B | =1N | −6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1774 | -11.6 |
| 3 | Hamilton, Mark P | 1781 | USA | −1N | F | +13N | +9B | +23N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1836 | +5.8 |
| 4 | Pennington-Cross, Nicholas Lee | 1750 | USA | −8B | +29N | −7B | +22N | +13B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1645 | -23.2 |
| 5 | Borjanovic, Bosko | 0 | USA | =13N | =9B | +11B | −21N | +28B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1919 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Akintonde, Jimi | 1927 | USA | F | F | +15N | +23B | +2N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2697 | +27.4 |
| 7 | Wang, Gaofei | 1632 | USA | F | F | +4N | +14N | +21B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2605 | +58.4 |
| 8 | Praveen, Aayush | 1578 | USA | +4N | −2B | +20B | =28N | −16B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1864 | +66.4 |
| 9 | Sax, Robert | 1746 | USA | =29B | =5N | +25B | −3N | =18N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1583 | -13.0 |
| 10 | Tang, Emily Jiaying | 1716 | USA | F | +31N | −16B | +19B | =12N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.75 | 1860 | +30.4 |
| 11 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1886 | USA | F | =24B | −5N | +30N | +25B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1782 | -6.8 |
| 12 | Hanninen, Carter James | 1681 | USA | F | F | +33B | +15B | =10B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2028 | +52.4 |
| 13 | Kota, Arjun | 0 | USA | =5B | =20N | −3B | +29N | −4N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Murray, William | 1859 | USA | +26N | −1B | +24N | −7B | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1607 | -24.0 |
| 15 | Nudo, Zachary W | 1804 | USA | +18B | =30N | −6B | −12N | =20B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1632 | -22.0 |
| 16 | Chenault, Robert | 1874 | USA | F | F | +10N | −17B | +8N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1886 | +4.0 |
| 17 | Ntende, Edgar | 1989 | UGA | F | F | +30B | +16N | −1B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1809 | -10.0 |
| 18 | Davenport, Alan Lee | 1658 | USA | −15N | =26B | +32N | F | =9B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1691 | +7.2 |
| 19 | Ramkumar, Gautham | 1520 | USA | F | F | +29B | −10N | +30B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1742 | +3.2 |
| 20 | Craigmile, Charles | 1800 | USA | F | =13B | −8N | =27B | =15N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1601 | -15.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 2032244 | 0 | — | F | F | −2N | +5B | −7N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 974 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Chen, Megan | 1688 | USA | −2N | F | −23B | −4B | +32N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1607 | -9.2 |
| 23 | Heinichen R., John DerekCM | 1966 | PAR | F | F | +22N | −6N | −3B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1674 | -22.4 |
| 24 | Anand, Anirudh | 1693 | USA | =31B | =11N | −14B | −25N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1715 | +3.2 |
| 25 | Simpson, Matthew | 0 | USA | F | F | −9N | +24B | −11N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Smalls, Jay D | 1650 | USA | −14B | =18N | =27N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1646 | -0.4 |
| 27 | Benedek, Roy | 1796 | USA | F | F | =26B | =20N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1725 | -3.8 |
| 28 | Gratz, GlenCM | 2005 | USA | F | F | −1B | =8B | −5N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1412 | -26.8 |
| 29 | Zhu, Magnolia | 1683 | USA | =9N | −4B | −19N | −13B | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1469 | -30.8 |
| 30 | Bhargava, Anay | 1459 | USA | F | =15B | −17N | −11B | −19N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1487 | +2.8 |
| 31 | Blomer, John | 1773 | USA | =24N | −10B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1511 | -27.6 |
| 32 | Meng, Max | 1564 | USA | F | F | −18B | F | −22B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 873 | -28.0 |
| 33 | Luster, Shakira | 1598 | USA | F | F | −12N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 881 | -11.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Avanish Ram AmarnathIND+163.24.5 pts · #1
- 2Praveen, AayushUSA+66.42.5 pts · #5
- 3Wang, GaofeiUSA+58.43.0 pts · #11
- 1Zhu, MagnoliaUSA-30.80.5 pts · #28
- 2Meng, MaxUSA-28.00.0 pts · #33
- 3Blomer, JohnUSA-27.60.5 pts · #30
- R3+584 Elo gap
- R5+568 Elo gap
- R2+438 Elo gap