2nd Annual ACA Thanksgiving Open - U2000
14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Dulles, VA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1661, and top seed was Chloe Wang (🇺🇸 USA, WFM, 1966).
Vedh Jupally (🇺🇸 USA, 1235) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Atharva Amit Haldankar (3.0) and Jason N Xu (2.5). Jupally broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Vedh Jupally (1235) beat Albert Anderson (1594), a +359-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsVedh Jupally led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Vedh Jupally held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
Vedh Jupally drew with Atharva Amit Haldankar (Black).
Vedh Jupally went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vedh Jupally | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Atharva Amit Haldankar | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3WFMChloe Wang | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Jason N Xu | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupally, Vedh | 1235 | USA | =6B | +10N | =7B | =2N | +8B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1671 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Haldankar, Atharva Amit | 1640 | USA | =3B | +8N | =12N | =1B | =4N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1850 | +20.8 |
| 3 | Xu, Jason N | 1669 | USA | =2N | =5B | −11B | +13N | =6N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1634 | -5.6 |
| 4 | Wang, ChloeWFM | 1966 | USA | F | F | +9B | +12N | =2B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1947 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sukkal, Nirav | 1593 | USA | F | =3N | =8B | +14N | =12B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1684 | +14.0 |
| 6 | Song, Jeffrey | 1667 | USA | =1N | F | +13B | −9N | =3B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1437 | -12.2 |
| 7 | Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree | 1699 | USA | F | F | =1N | +11N | =9B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1591 | -6.0 |
| 8 | Anderson, Albert | 1594 | USA | F | −2B | =5N | +10B | −1N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1424 | -17.2 |
| 9 | Huang, Lucia | 1590 | USA | F | F | −4N | +6B | =7N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1777 | +26.4 |
| 10 | Nikolich, Yonatan | 1331 | USA | F | −1B | +?N | −8N | =11B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 794 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Tsybovsky, Anthony | 1402 | USA | F | F | +3N | −7B | =10N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.25 | 1684 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Boshkin, Anatoly | 1791 | USA | F | F | =2B | −4B | =5N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1608 | -28.8 |
| 13 | FIDE 39967573 | 1061 | — | F | F | −6N | −3B | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Tammineni, Tarun Ram | 0 | USA | F | F | F | −5B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 793 | -15.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Huang, LuciaUSA+26.41.5 pts · #6
- 2Haldankar, Atharva AmitUSA+20.83.0 pts · #1
- 3Sukkal, NiravUSA+14.02.5 pts · #5
- 1Boshkin, AnatolyUSA-28.81.0 pts · #8
- 2Anderson, AlbertUSA-17.21.5 pts · #11
- 3Tammineni, Tarun RamUSA-15.60.0 pts · #13
- R5+359 Elo gap
- R3+267 Elo gap