World Open 2025
June 26, 2025 - July 06, 2025
Congratulations to 17-year-old GM Bharath Sbramaniyam H for finishing Clear First in the Open Section, winning the $20,500 prize-- one of the youngest players ever to win this event!
The World Open was also a FIDE "Super Swiss" International tournament. Four players apparently earned FIDE title norms in this event (norms are subject to confirmation by US Chess and FIDE).
1. Tanitoluwa Adewumi IM Norm
2. Rose Atwell WIM Norm
3. Sharvesh Deviprasath IM Norm
4. Gabriel Petesch IM Norm
Congratulations to the above players for their excellent results!
Explanation of how colors due for next round are shown on the Open Section pairing sheet, and of Float Symbols In FIDE Dutch Pairing System: https://www.chesstour.com/DutchSystemFloatSymbols.htm
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Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Game/10 Open:
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 628 | 1 | GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami (2574 w 3.5) | 0 | Santhosh Ayyappan (2211 w 3.5) |
| 629 | 1 | Erick Gumersindo Garcia (2339 b 3.5) | 0 | FM Daniel Yeager (2354 b 3.5) |
| 630 | 0 | Epiphany M Peters (2119 b 3.0) | 1 | FM Contreras Henry Contreras Henry (2202 b 3.0) |
| 631 | 0 | FM Corey Bryan Acor (2351 w 2.5) | 1 | Sam Schenk (2131 BB 2.5) |
| 632 | 1 | Aaron Marian (2115 w 2.5) | 0 | Bryan A Weisz (2236 b 2.5) |
| 633 | 0 | Joshua Alan Harrison (2063 w 2.5) | 1 | Ernest P Colding (2200 b 2.5) |
| 634 | 1 | Asish Panda (2197 W 2.5) | 0 | Jorge Salej Higgins (2050 w 2.5) |
| 635 | ½ | Andrey Kozitsky (2263 w 2.0) | ½ | Lev Zilbermintz (1900 b 2.5) |
| 636 | 1 | Bryan B Leano (2201 w 2.0) | 0 | Matt Chan (1952 w 2.0) |
| 637 | 0 | Jonathan Gottehrer (2095 w 1.5) | 1 | William Yen (2182 b 1.5) |
| 638 | 1 | Mr. Tommy Kozlek (1997 w 1.5) | 0 | Shami Abdullayev (2156 BB 1.5) |
| 639 | 0 | Jasmin Zulic (1917 WW 1.5) | 1 | Mauricio Camejo (2020 b 1.5) |
| 640 | 1 | Mason Jeffery Welch (1822 b 1.5) | 0 | Ariel S Levi (2044 b 1.0) |
| 641 | 0 | Ilias Bennani (1802 WW 1.0) | 1 | Kai Tabor (2023 BB 1.0) |
| 642 | 0 | Raymand Amouei Torkmahalleh ( 792 WW 1.0) | 1 | Arjun Sankar (1971 b 1.0) |
| ½ | Aleksey Michael Sergeev (2124 w 2.0) | BYE |