Reverse Angle 152
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22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 09 May 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2060, and top seed was Vishnu Vanapalli (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2314).
Vishnu Vanapalli (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2314) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Vihaan Pendse (2.5) and Andrew Wu (2.5). Vanapalli shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Joshua Chelladorai (1726) beat Brian Qixuan Zhang (1891), a +165-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
09 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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2
4
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.5/3. Vanapalli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew Wu | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Vihaan Pendse | — | * | — | — |
| 3FMVishnu Vanapalli | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Zubin Baliga | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanapalli, VishnuFM | 2314 | USA | +8N | +5B | =3N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 5.25 | 2287 | -0.2 |
| 2 | Pendse, Vihaan | 2083 | USA | +9N | =10B | +11N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2136 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Wu, Andrew | 2163 | USA | +17N | +13B | =1B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2308 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Baliga, Zubin | 2076 | USA | =18B | +16N | +12B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 2099 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Karthigeyan, Kishan | 1948 | USA | +21B | −1N | +10N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 2048 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Sanghani, Tanay | 1951 | USA | +15N | =11B | =7N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 2093 | +23.2 |
| 7 | Chirilov, James AFM | 2197 | USA | =12B | +18N | =6B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 2008 | -11.8 |
| 8 | Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore | 1931 | USA | −1B | +19N | +14B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 2133 | +28.0 |
| 9 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1848 | USA | −2B | +20N | +13N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 2042 | +28.5 |
| 10 | Chelladorai, Joshua | 1726 | USA | +14B | =2N | −5B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1974 | +35.6 |
| 11 | Duren, Andrew | 2014 | USA | +19B | =6N | −2B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1951 | -4.8 |
| 12 | McCartney, Patrick | 1892 | USA | =7N | +22B | −4N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1978 | +6.2 |
| 13 | Quintans, Ruben Yanmi | 1921 | USA | +20B | −3N | −9B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1794 | -21.2 |
| 14 | Zhang, Brian Qixuan | 1891 | USA | −10N | +15B | −8N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1658 | -36.8 |
| 15 | Vinodh Kumar, Trishona | 1693 | USA | −6B | −14N | +19B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1762 | +10.0 |
| 16 | Bale, Shawn | 1780 | USA | F | −4B | +22N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1868 | +3.8 |
| 17 | Rathi, Naitik | 1870 | USA | −3B | +21N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1947 | +6.4 |
| 18 | Modaresi-Beal, Kai Ali | 1805 | USA | =4N | −7B | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1944 | +10.0 |
| 19 | Basavaraju, Siddharth Sriram | 1818 | USA | −11N | −8B | −15N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1079 | -50.8 |
| 20 | Yang, Grace Siqi | 1746 | USA | −13N | −9B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1085 | -25.2 |
| 21 | Roy, Tamaghna | 1730 | USA | −5N | −17B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1109 | -21.2 |
| 22 | Balamurugan, Diya | 1660 | USA | F | −12N | −16B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1036 | -19.3 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chelladorai, JoshuaUSA+35.61.5 pts · #10
- 2Haripradeep, SanchitUSA+28.52.0 pts · #9
- 3Rallabandi, Krishna KishoreUSA+28.02.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Basavaraju, Siddharth SriramUSA-50.80.0 pts · #21
- 2Zhang, Brian QixuanUSA-36.81.0 pts · #13
- 3Yang, Grace SiqiUSA-25.20.0 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R1+165 Elo gap
- R3+125 Elo gap