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Cayman Chess Classic 2025 OPEN SECTION

Open SwissStandard

22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 10 Nov 2025 in George Town, Cayman Islands. 10 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2144, and top seed was Aryan Tari (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2631).

Aryan Tari (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2631) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Vladimir Georgiev (5.0) and Michael Song (4.5). Tari shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sastry Dookhy (1542) beat Quentin Mot (1804), a +262-point gap.

Location
🇰🇾George Town, Cayman Islands
Dates
08 Nov 2025 → 10 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴GMAryan Tari2631
Avg top 10
2,144
Participants
22
Titled players · 10
GM×2
IM×2
FM×1
CM×4
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇰🇾Cayman Islands×11
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇺🇸United States of America×3
🇯🇲Jamaica×2
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
4
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Tari5Georgiev5Song4.5Brown4Senthil3.5Chinake3.5
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Tari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Aryan Tari 5 wins (R1–R6)GM Vladimir Georgiev 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Michael Song 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAryan Tari*—
1
1
2GMVladimir Georgiev—*
0
—
3IMMichael Song
0
1
*
1
4CMAkeem Brown
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tari, AryanGM2631NOR+9N+7BF+6N+3B+4N5.019.019.019.003089+6.1
2Georgiev, VladimirGM2347MKD+8B+17N+10B−3B+5N+11N5.018.020.015.502294-0.4
3Song, MichaelIM2388CAN+12B+11N+4B+2N−1N=7B4.520.523.516.752375+1.7
4Brown, AkeemCM2087JAM+14N+18B−3N+9B+10N−1B4.019.521.512.002135+8.4
5Kudakwashe ChinakeCM1926CAY+16B=6N=11B+12N−2B=8N3.518.020.010.002033+14.4
6Perunovic, MiodragIM2363SRB+15N=5B=7N−1B+18N=10B3.518.020.09.752146-12.1
7Shaw, JadenFM2052JAM+20B−1N=6B+16N=11B=3N3.518.018.07.502149+29.6
8Shaw, CliffordCM1804CAY−2N+13B+18N−10N+17B=5B3.517.019.08.751862+9.6
9Eisenhauer, Stephen1850USA−1B+20N+17B−4N=12B+15N3.516.516.56.001947+14.6
10Senthil, Girish1864USA+19B+21N−2N+8B−4B=6N3.516.016.05.252019+43.2
11Blackwood, Ryan1933CAY+13N−3B=5N+15B=7N−2B3.019.522.09.002036+12.0
12McDonald, Mike1850CAY−3N+22B+14N−5B=9N=13B3.017.517.56.251850-1.4
13Pottinger, Carl1748CAN−11B−8N+20B+19N=16B=12N3.011.511.52.501752+0.8
14Kantor, Sam1774CAN−4B+19N−12B−17N+21B+16N3.011.011.02.001745-13.2
15Young, ChristopherCM1825CAY−6B=16N+21B−11N+19B−9B2.512.012.01.001772-10.6
16Majid, ZaraWCM1614CAY−5N=15B+22N−7B=13N−14B2.015.515.52.751682+14.0
17Macatuggal, Edilberto1567CAYF−2B−9N+14B−8N+19B2.015.015.03.001719+32.0
18Dookhy, Sastry1542CAYF−4N−8B+21N−6B+20N2.011.011.00.001772+52.4
19Powell, Malcolm1547CAY−10N−14BF−13B−15N−17N0.014.014.00.00958-24.2
20Cannon, Timothy Alexander1762USA−7N−9B−13NFF−18B0.012.012.00.00994-74.4
21Mot, Quentin1804CAYF−10B−15N−18B−14NF0.011.011.00.00950-90.4
22Dimitrov, Lyubomir1540CAYF−12N−16BFFF0.05.05.00.00933-21.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets