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 Under 1000:
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | ½ | Adhvik Ramasubramanian ( 854 6.0) | ½ | Gal Reichfeld ( 960 7.5) |
| 802 | 1 | Rohin Tiwari ( 987 7.0) | 0 | Rajasekar Thangaraj ( 922 6.0) |
| 803 | 1 | Josaph Vaikasas ( 974 6.5) | 0 | Alan Vladimiroff ( 616 6.0) |
| 804 | 1 | Michael Alexander Lerner ( 873 5.5) | 0 | Aanya Ritesh Tichkule ( 819 5.5) |
| 805 | 0 | Yashitha Ashwin ( 777 5.5) | 1 | Akhil Kapalavayi ( 955 5.0) |
| 806 | 1 | Bryan Martinez-hernandez ( 874 5.0) | 0 | Harshith Kaparthi ( 999 5.0) |
| 807 | 0 | Ivan Tveritin ( 829 5.0) | 1 | Avyukt Varma Thalluri ( 985 5.0) |
| 808 | 1 | Santosh Rajasekar ( 915 5.0) | 0 | Ridhan Venkatesan ( 873 5.0) |
| 809 | 1 | Khelankumar Tellamekala ( 887 5.0) | 0 | Marcus Shpigel ( 912 5.0) |
| 810 | 1 | Eric Yao ( 718 5.0) | 0 | Neha Reddy Pichipati ( 892 5.0) |
| 811 | 1 | Krishanya Kamalakannan ( 779 5.0) | 0 | Michael Suprun ( 999 4.5) |
| 812 | 1 | Riaan Gandhi ( 893 4.5) | 0 | Xin Huang ( 994 4.5) |
| 813 | 0 | Ethan Ozan Ozdek Vandivier ( 983 4.0) | 1 | Daniel Merkh ( 807 4.0) |
| 814 | 0 | Daniel Abarshalin ( 835 4.0) | 1 | Dakodah Mrkvicka ( 977 4.0) |
| 815 | 1 | Xavie Palathingal ( 828 4.0) | 0 | Ryan F Medizad ( 977 4.0) |
| 816 | 1 | Pratiti Kaarthick ( 967 4.0) | 0 | Ektoras Rankenburg ( 695 4.0) |
| 817 | 0 | Devesh Narasimhan Murugan ( 538 4.0) | 1 | Lohith Sri Krishna Enagalla ( 921 4.0) |
| 818 | 1 | Pavan Gupta Sivakoti ( 902 4.0) | 0 | Shervin N Medizad ( 684 4.0) |
| 819 | 1 | Jargalkhuu Erdembayar (unr. 4.0) | 0 | Ananya Acharya ( 882 4.0) |
| 820 | 1 | Jai Shah ( 869 4.0) | 0 | Lakshya Jha ( 658 4.0) |
| 821 | ½ | Sathvik Reddy Gaddam ( 824 3.5) | ½ | Satya Vunnam ( 946 3.5) |
| 822 | 0 | Sudiksha Kottha ( 896 3.5) | 1 | Vijwal Reddy Chintamani ( 708 3.5) |
| 823 | ½ | Ishaan Kannan ( 814 3.5) | ½ | Saule Vaikasaite ( 893 3.5) |
| 824 | ½ | Taras Drenkalo ( 962 3.0) | ½ | Darsen Namrov ( 639 3.0) |
| 825 | 1 | Nathan Huang ( 908 3.0) | 0 | Nila Saravanakumar ( 629 3.0) |
| 826 | 1 | Willie Hubbard ( 555 3.0) | 0 | Sanjith Selvakumar ( 871 3.0) |
| 827 | 1 | Diya Reddy Pichipati ( 684 3.0) | 0 | Kaavya Jha ( 619 3.0) |
| 828 | 0 | Ishaan Sai Naga ( 629 2.5) | 1 | John David Vaikasas ( 540 3.0) |
| 829 | 1 | Michael Allen ( 672 2.5) | 0 | Imaya Vikraman ( 428 2.5) |
| 830 | ½ | Theodore Vogan ( 536 2.5) | ½ | Amgalanbaatar Ariun-erdene (unr. 2.5) |
| 831 | 0 | David Cartagena ( 666 2.0) | 1 | Roman Kornat (unr. 2.0) |
| 832 | 0 | Ella Qi (unr. 1.0) | 1 | Michael Huang ( 660 2.0) |
| 999 | 1 | Thomas Nordeman ( 941 3.0) | 0 | Arinan Vikraman ( 340 3.5) |