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23rd Annual Southern Class Championship - Class A

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Kissimmee, FL, United States. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1834, and top seed was Zoe Zelner (🇺🇸 USA, 1907).

Jesse N Hoffman (🇺🇸 USA, 1726) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nicholas Tadros (3.5) and Ridhaan Dande (3.0). Hoffman won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Quintin Tico Tanksley (1595) beat Yonney Dominguez Fundora (1893), a +298-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Kissimmee, FL, United States
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Zoe Zelner1907
Avg top 10
1,834
Participants
31
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jesse N Hoffman led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jesse N Hoffman never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jesse N Hoffman 4 wins (R1–R4)Zoe Zelner 3 wins (R3–R5)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hoffman, Jesse N1726USA+31B+7N+12N+21B=8N4.58.08.06.752562+43.8
2Tadros, Nicholas1709USA+11B6N=3B+22N+27B3.58.59.05.001833+26.0
3Dande, Ridhaan1644USA14B+30B=2N=11N+19B3.09.09.04.251870+60.4
4Zelner, Zoe1907USAFF+11B+6N+15B3.06.56.56.502599+21.0
5Gao, Mark1695USAFF+23N+16B+21N3.04.04.04.002497+62.0
6Barthe, Facundo1773USA+13N+2B21N4B=7N2.511.012.06.751754-2.0
7Tadros, Guirguiss1719USA+30N1B+18N17N=6B2.511.011.03.251885+35.6
8FIDE 399484630FF+15B+27N=1B2.57.07.04.7517980.0
9Chelladorai, Isabelle1602USA+28N+14N=27B12BF2.55.05.02.751919+49.2
10McCormick, Richard Patrick1729USAFF=28N+30B+29N2.51.01.00.752055+34.4
11Zabbia, Stephen1798USA2N+19B4N=3B=13N2.011.513.04.001701-26.4
12Bershanskiy, Vladimir1855USAFF1B+9N+17B2.09.09.04.501664-19.2
13Mason, Donald M1717USA6B+28B16N=24N=11B2.07.58.02.001714-1.2
14Chelladorai, Joshua1697USA+3N9B=29N=20BF2.07.57.54.001669-4.4
15Sha, Rui1830USAF+22B8N+29B4N2.07.07.01.5018270.0
16Von Hoff, Christopher Daniel1745USAFF+13B5N+20N2.06.56.53.501848+8.2
17Chai, Ben A0USAFF+31N+7B12N2.04.54.52.5017950.0
18Gale, Liam Storm1773USAFF7B+26N+25B2.04.54.52.001657-12.4
19Mason, Mike W1893USAF11N=24B+23B3N1.57.07.01.501625-28.2
20Ganesh, Rishab1766CANFF+25B=14N16B1.55.05.02.001528-25.2
21Toth, Joseph Daniel1720USAFF+6B1N5B1.010.010.02.501602-18.8
22Dominguez, Juan1747USAF15NF2B+24N1.06.56.51.001650-7.6
23Tisminezky, Tavi1630USAFF5B19N+28B1.05.05.00.501678+6.8
24Liu, Richard1786USAFF=19N=13B22B1.04.54.51.751661-20.8
25Temiraliev, Umar0KGZFF20N+28B18N1.04.04.00.5016650.0
26Tanksley, Quintin Tico1595USAFF+30N18BF1.02.02.00.001833+23.2
27FIDE 20324810FF=9N8B2N0.58.58.51.2514620.0
28Han, Andrew Brian1830KOR9B13N=10B25N23N0.58.09.01.251346-93.6
29Baumstark, Addison0USAFF=14B15N10B0.56.56.51.0014780.0
30Dominguez Fundora,Yonney1893PUR7B3N26B10NF0.09.09.00.00871-124.4
31Venkatasubba, Krishna1752USA1NF17BFF0.06.56.50.00926-21.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets