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CCC Sunday Afternoon Classical 29 - Top

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20 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1720, and top seed was Chase Bellamy (🇺🇸 USA, 1957).

Santhosh Krishna Manikandan (🇺🇸 USA, 1810) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Shlok Kaushik (2.0) and Shamak Sapkota (1.5). Manikandan broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Arjun Raja (1559) beat Shaurya Nannapaneni (1675), a +116-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Chase Bellamy1957
Avg top 10
1,720
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Santhosh Krishna Manikandan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
11.52.53R1R2R3
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD

Santhosh Krishna Manikandan held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Santhosh Krishna Manikandan*
2Shlok Kaushik*
3Shamak Sapkota*
½
4Yashwin Reddy Nallu
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Manikandan, Santhosh Krishna1810USA+15B+7N=6B2.52.02.01.501800-0.4
2Kaushik, Shlok1689USA+17B+13BF2.00.50.50.502487+40.0
3Sapkota, Shamak0USA=4N+8BF1.52.52.51.7516000.0
4Nallu, Yashwin Reddy1603USA=3B+15NF1.51.51.50.752412+20.8
5Bradley, Avery1711USA=6N+18BF1.51.01.00.501602-2.8
6Collins, Moses1605USA=5BF=1N1.04.04.02.001758+16.0
7Dubey, Atharv Kumar0USA+?B1BF1.02.52.50.0017040.0
8Raja, Arjun1559USA+16N3NF1.01.51.50.002473+26.4
9Michaels, Mario1705USAF+19BF1.00.00.00.002340+11.6
10Boddupally, Adhvik0USA+?N?BF1.00.00.00.0015650.0
11Wilson, Aaron1642USAF+16BF1.00.00.00.002473+21.6
12Ta, Louis1637USA+20BFF1.00.00.00.002401+18.0
13Haripradeep, Sanchit1700USA=14B2NF0.52.52.50.251629-8.0
14Bellamy, Chase1957USA=13NFF0.50.50.50.251699-12.8
15Thokur, Dhruv1613USA1N4BF0.04.04.00.00905-30.8
16Nannapaneni, Shaurya1675USA8B11NF0.02.02.00.00800-48.0
17Arun, Pranav1676USA2NFF0.02.02.00.00888-19.2
18Geda, Ayaan0USAF5NF0.01.51.50.009070.0
19Crosby, Connor1541USAF9NF0.01.01.00.00899-11.6
20Billi, Dominic1602USA12NFF0.01.01.00.00837-18.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets