2025 December Irvine FIDE Master - Top (1800 and Over)
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Irvine, CA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1928, and top seed was Kirk Ghazarian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2533).
Kirk Ghazarian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2533) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Jacob S Wang (3.5) and Ike S Miller (2.5). Ghazarian won solo starting round 3.
Location
🇺🇸Irvine, CA, United States
Dates
19 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
GM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsGM Kirk Ghazarian led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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2
1
1
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
GM Kirk Ghazarian never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Kirk Ghazarian beat Jacob S Wang (Black).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
GM Kirk Ghazarian won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMKirk Ghazarian | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Jacob S Wang | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Derek Li | — | — | * | — |
| 4Ike S Miller | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghazarian, KirkGM | 2533 | USA | +7B | +2N | +3B | +4N | +5B | 5.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2933 | +4.0 |
| 2 | Wang, Jacob S | 1885 | USA | +12N | −1B | =8N | +10B | +3N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 2064 | +43.2 |
| 3 | Miller, Ike S | 1953 | USA | +11B | +4N | −1N | =5B | −2B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1978 | +1.0 |
| 4 | Wang, Leo Q | 1994 | USA | +5N | −3B | +6N | −1B | =8N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.75 | 1950 | -14.8 |
| 5 | Akopian, Robert | 1875 | USA | −4B | +11N | +10B | =3N | −1N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.25 | 1969 | +10.2 |
| 6 | Li, Derek | 1788 | USA | F | =10N | −4B | +12N | +7B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1962 | +36.4 |
| 7 | Joseph, Veronique | 1875 | USA | −1N | +12B | =11N | =8B | −6N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1796 | -26.8 |
| 8 | Yang, Andersen | 1740 | USA | F | F | =2B | =7N | =4B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1918 | +27.6 |
| 9 | Boyle, Gary | 1670 | USA | F | F | F | F | +12B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2557 | +24.8 |
| 10 | Taylor, Michael | 1841 | USA | F | =6B | −5N | −2N | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1577 | -19.2 |
| 11 | Yi, Victor | 1779 | USA | −3N | −5B | =7B | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1628 | -20.4 |
| 12 | Kaushik, Siddharth | 1759 | USA | −2B | −7N | F | −6B | −9N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | -70.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, Jacob SUSA+43.23.5 pts · #2
- 2Li, DerekUSA+36.42.5 pts · #3
- 3Yang, AndersenUSA+27.61.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Kaushik, SiddharthUSA-70.00.0 pts · #12
- 2Joseph, VeroniqueUSA-26.82.0 pts · #7
- 3Yi, VictorUSA-20.40.5 pts · #11