North American Open 2025
December 26, 2025 - December 30, 2025
View Live Games: https://www.chess.com/events/35th-annual-north-american-open/games
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Open:
Pairings for Round 9. CCA_NAO25: OP-5
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ½ | IM Amilal Munkhdalai (2455 6.0) | ½ | GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2561 6.0) |
| 2 | ½ | GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami (2427 6.0) | ½ | GM Aditya Sachin Samant (2529 6.0) |
| 3 | ½ | IM Eytan Rozen (2515 6.0) | ½ | IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov (2354 6.0) |
| 4 | ½ | GM Koustav Chatterjee (2475 6.0) | ½ | IM Alexander Ross Katz (2358 6.0) |
| 5 | 0 | GM Mahel Boyer (2527 5.5) | 1 | GM Jianchao Zhou (2592 5.5) |
| 6 | ½ | GM Francesco Sonis (2560 5.5) | ½ | GM Emilio Cordova Daza (2489 5.5) |
| 7 | 0 | WIM Rachael Li (2325 5.5) | 1 | GM Santiago Avila Pavas (2519 5.5) |
| 8 | ½ | IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (2433 5.5) | ½ | IM Lokumannage Susal Thew De Silva (2405 5.5) |
| 9 | ½ | IM Sandeep Sethuraman (2417 5.5) | ½ | IM Saidakbar Saydaliev (2457 5.0) |
| 10 | ½ | GM Joseph Girel (2503 5.0) | ½ | FM Omid Khaledi (2300 5.0) |
| 11 | 1 | GM Arman Mikaelyan (2493 5.0) | 0 | FM Linxi Zhu (2289 5.0) |
| 12 | ½ | IM Sam A Schmakel (2439 5.0) | ½ | IM Simon Lamaze (2466 5.0) |
| 13 | 1 | Eric Z Feng (2134 5.0) | 0 | GM Artem Omelja (2395 5.0) |
| 14 | 1 | IM Eric Chang Liu (2390 5.0) | 0 | FM Jasmine Zhixin Su (2299 5.0) |
| 15 | 1 | Siddharth Singh (2362 5.0) | 0 | IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe (2288 5.0) |
| 16 | 1 | FM Gabriel Nicholas Petesch (2333 5.0) | 0 | FM Derek Wu (2226 5.0) |
| 17 | 1 | GM Victor Mikhalevski (2520 4.5) | 0 | FM Ted Wang (2216 4.5) |
| 18 | ½ | Elbert Fang (2200 4.5) | ½ | GM Yair Parkhov (2499 4.5) |
| 19 | ½ | CM Kevin Zhao (2177 4.5) | ½ | IM Anish Vivekananthan (2412 4.5) |
| 20 | ½ | Maahir M Patel (2121 4.5) | ½ | GM Richard Balansag Bitoon (2354 4.5) |
| 21 | ½ | FM Ryan Yang (2319 4.5) | ½ | Harshin Reddy Jagirapu (2115 4.5) |
| 22 | 1 | FM Ethan Guo (2295 4.5) | 0 | Dex Webster (2112 4.5) |
| 23 | 0 | Kyle Yiwen Wang (2014 4.5) | 1 | FM Joshua Colas (2271 4.5) |
| 24 | ½ | IM Tamas Petenyi (2260 4.5) | ½ | Anshul P Shetty (2007 4.5) |
| 25 | 1 | GM Gergely Kantor (2555 4.0) | 0 | WIM Annmarie Muetsch (2225 4.0) |
| 26 | ½ | CM Tariq Yue (2218 4.0) | ½ | FM Tymur Keleberda (2385 4.0) |
| 27 | ½ | Saumil Padhya (2208 4.0) | ½ | FM Tommy Wen (2315 4.0) |
| 28 | ½ | GM Enrico Sevillano (2287 4.0) | ½ | CM Logan C Shafer (2206 4.0) |
| 29 | 0 | Jacorey Bynum (2131 4.0) | 1 | WIM Sila Caglar (2280 4.0) |
| 30 | 0 | FM Teddie Wen (2260 4.0) | 1 | FM Pedram Atoufi (2092 4.0) |
| 31 | ½ | FM Ethan Song (2250 4.0) | ½ | Vishva Nanugonda (2067 4.0) |
| 32 | 1 | WGM Gabriela Antova (2237 4.0) | 0 | Ivan Zhou (2086 4.0) |
| 33 | ½ | Felix Guo (2111 4.0) | ½ | FM Patrick Peijun Liu (2211 3.5) |
| 34 | 0 | GM Petro Golubka (2377 3.5) | 1 | Jason Cigan (2117 3.5) |
| 35 | 1 | Vidip Kumar Kona (2080 3.5) | 0 | IM Tianqi Wang (2359 3.5) |
| 36 | 1 | FM Mikayel Rostomyan (2273 3.5) | 0 | Rahul Mynala (2082 3.5) |
| 37 | ½ | FM Gunnar Andersen (2265 3.5) | ½ | Nicholas Bartochowski (2050 3.5) |
| 38 | ½ | Roshan Sethuraman (2120 3.5) | ½ | Qi Pang (2265 3.5) |
| 39 | 0 | Akshaj Pulijala (1830 3.5) | 1 | CM Jonathan Wu (2160 3.5) |
| 40 | ½ | Zachary Pan (2051 3.5) | ½ | CM Daniel Yang (2149 3.5) |
| 41 | 0 | Suyuan Gui (2043 3.5) | 1 | WIM Chloe Gaw (2138 3.0) |
| 42 | ½ | WFM Aimee Yang (2004 3.0) | ½ | Varun Gadi (2116 3.0) |
| 43 | 0 | Chenxuan Ling (2099 3.0) | 1 | Brian Borui Li (1941 3.0) |
| 44 | 0 | Luke O Hengen (1938 3.0) | 1 | Sepehr Golsefidy (2060 3.0) |
| 45 | 1 | Zachary Hankun Liu (2017 3.0) | 0 | Tarun Sankar (1871 3.0) |
| 46 | ½ | Matthew Miller Coy (1813 2.5) | ½ | CM Rafael Palathingal (1976 2.5) |
| 47 | 1 | Isaac Vega (1795 2.5) | 0 | Artin Atoufi (1894 2.0) |
| 48 | 0 | Om Suthar (1825 1.5) | 1 | Miransh Purven Vyas (1966 2.0) |
| 1 | Veronique Joseph (1875 1.5) | Please wait | ||
| ½ | Ashwin Damaraju (2168 4.0) | BYE | ||
| 0 | FM Eugene Yanayt (2145 1.5) | BYE | ||
| 0 | Aidan Baker (2097 2.5) | BYE | ||
| 0 | Paul Yuu Iinuma (2067 2.0) | BYE |