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2025 FMCA Fall Championship

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Ashland, MA, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2025, and top seed was Alexander Ivanov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2379).

Alexander Ivanov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2379) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Denis Shmeliov (4.5) and Joaquin Carlson (4.5). Ivanov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Joaquin Carlson (2032) beat Denis Shmeliov (IM, 2354), a +322-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Ashland, MA, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMAlexander Ivanov2379
Avg top 10
2,025
Participants
23
Titled players · 2
GM×1
IM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×20
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Alexander Ivanov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
1
2
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Ivanov takes lead
Ivanov5Shmeliov4.5Carlson4.5Kilari4Times3.5Carlson3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE30 Nov

GM Alexander Ivanov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Alexander Ivanov drew with IM Denis Shmeliov (Black).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Alexander Ivanov won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAlexander Ivanov*
½
1
—
2IMDenis Shmeliov
½
*
0
1
3Joaquin Carlson
0
1
*—
4Dattasai Kilari—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ivanov, AlexanderGM2379USA=20B+5N+15B+23N+3B=2N5.015.015.012.502329-0.8
2Shmeliov, DenisIM2354UKR+14N+7B−3N+22B+4N=1B4.518.518.511.502236-5.0
3Carlson, Joaquin2032USA+11B=8N+2B+9N−1N+10B4.518.020.514.002205+21.2
4Kilari, Dattasai1985USA−5B+20N+12B+6N−2B+7N4.016.517.09.002041+16.0
5Carlson, Jericho D1774USA+4N−1B+14N=7B−10N+22B3.516.516.57.502033+64.4
6Times, Lawyer1985USA=12N+16B−7N−4B+13N+11B3.513.515.57.501852-18.0
7Huang, Charles1837USA+10B−2N+6B=5N=8B−4B3.018.521.09.251907+13.2
8Uwakwe, Michael1913USA+13N=3BFF=7N+15B3.011.511.57.752068+16.0
9Cheng, Eric1777USA=16N=12B+13N−3B+22NF3.010.510.54.001819+10.4
10Li, Alexander Xu0USA−7NF=17B+16N+5B−3N2.515.015.06.5018240.0
11Qian, Jack Letian1855USA−3N−13B+18N+21B=12N−6N2.513.514.03.001754-34.0
12Wu, Felix1690USA=6B=9N−4N=13B=11B−17N2.015.017.05.501798+24.8
13Vellanki, Devansh1752USA−8B+11N−9B=12N−6B=18N2.014.015.54.251700-16.8
14Klempf, Nathan1813USA−2B+18N−5B=17N=16B−19N2.013.515.03.501651-48.0
15Sage, J Timothy1882USA+18BF−1NF+17B−8N2.011.511.53.501849-5.0
16Klempf, Maxim1655USA=9B−6NF−10B=14N+21B2.011.511.53.001814+32.0
17Garcia, Agustin P0PHIFF=10N=14B−15N+12B2.08.58.54.2517950.0
18Marzoratti, Leo James1727USA−15N−14B−11B=19N=21N=13B1.510.010.52.001576-46.4
19Banerjee, Evan1632CANFFF=18BF+14B1.53.53.52.751963+34.8
20Zhou, Arthur1854USA=1N−4BFFFF0.59.09.02.501927+4.0
21Shi, Evan1682USAFFF−11N=18B−16N0.56.06.00.751472-30.0
22Nguyen, Christine1611USAFFF−2N−9B−5N0.011.011.00.001054-25.6
23Das, Rohan2012USAFFF−1BFF0.05.05.00.001579-4.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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