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 1400:
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 652 | 20 | Gerardo Lameda (1368 6.5) | 12 | Bharat Reddy* Seethagari (1382 7.0) | ||
| 653 | 70 | Sujay Uppalapati (1207 7.0) | 26 | Kal Nguy (1351 6.5) | ||
| 654 | 2 | Sameer Mohammad (1393 6.0) | 90 | Sahas Muthinti (1168 6.5) | ||
| 655 | 14 | Danny Kharaev (1377 6.0) | 3 | Rohan Shah (1393 6.0) | ||
| 656 | 4 | Juan T Fernandez (1392 6.0) | 17 | Joseph Zhang (1373 6.0) | ||
| 657 | 5 | Valen Li (1386 6.0) | 33 | Gabriel Suvaca (1327 6.0) | ||
| 658 | 57 | Elmer R Haban (1256 6.0) | 7 | Tayon Brown (1383 6.0) | ||
| 659 | 72 | Kevin Liang (1203 5.5) | 29 | Adam Scott Rosenberg (1346 5.5) | ||
| 660 | 93 | Anthony Owen Yang (1156 5.5) | 52 | Jerry Zhao (1274 5.5) | ||
| 661 | 99 | Even Ni (1127 5.5) | 54 | Noah* Horner (1265 5.5) | ||
| 662 | 66 | Joey Nepravishta (1217 5.5) | 140 | David Kiknadze (unr. 5.5) | ||
| 663 | 13 | Utsav Agarwal (1377 5.0) | 56 | Damien Nguyen (1263 5.0) | ||
| 664 | 76 | Kenan Nariman Babashov (1196 5.0) | 18 | Atharva Sheernally (1372 5.0) | ||
| 665 | 67 | Lenon C Murray (1216 5.0) | 19 | Luke Zhu (1372 5.0) | ||
| 666 | 91 | Xavier Chen (1161 5.0) | 25 | Geordany Solomon (1354 5.0) | ||
| 667 | 28 | Michael De Jesus Santos (1350 5.0) | 73 | Charles Chengyu Hu (1200 5.0) | ||
| 668 | 46 | Amudhan Ashok (1290 5.0) | 87 | Alex Glashausser (1175 5.0) | ||
| 669 | 47 | Oguz Kurt (1287 5.0) | 133 | Philli Mc Keachie ( 699 5.0) | ||
| 670 | 95 | Aaron Chawynn Piao (1151 5.0) | 50 | Tabia Davis (1285 5.0) | ||
| 671 | 9 | Dennis* Kercher (1383 4.5) | 60 | Viaan Chaudhary (1241 4.5) | ||
| 672 | 15 | Derek W Leyrer (1375 4.5) | 51 | Robert John Dewitt Campbell (1277 4.5) | ||
| 673 | 55 | Gavin Situ (1264 4.5) | 23 | Rafael Tushman (1359 4.5) | ||
| 674 | 27 | David Michael Vo (1351 4.5) | 79 | Zachary Pepsin (1190 4.5) | ||
| 675 | 81 | Samuel Montgomery (1187 4.5) | 36 | Viraaj Jairath (1317 4.5) | ||
| 676 | 96 | Vamsi R Jandhyala (1149 4.5) | 37 | Ilirjana Bezhani (1302 4.5) | ||
| 677 | 44 | James M* Weisz (1300 4.5) | 92 | Shivani Sathiesh (1157 4.5) | ||
| 678 | 82 | Sidharth Somaya (1187 4.0) | 1 | Jeffrey Andrew Gessner (1398 4.0) | ||
| 679 | 94 | Robin Hao (1155 4.0) | 22 | Jadden Alexandre (1360 4.0) | ||
| 680 | 24 | Mr. Yong Chang (1356 4.0) | 77 | Santiago Nunez (1191 4.0) | ||
| 681 | 35 | Aum Ganesh Desai (1319 4.0) | 75 | David Lee Zhang (1199 4.0) | ||
| 682 | 40 | Ralph Alexander Hill (1300 4.0) | 78 | Sanav Chandra Chakraborty (1190 4.0) | ||
| 683 | 88 | Ethan Sena (1174 4.0) | 58 | Josh Anderson (1253 4.0) | ||
| 684 | 61 | Viaan Ishan Ghosh (1231 4.0) | 80 | Aaron Paul Kantner (1189 4.0) | ||
| 685 | 63 | Alexander Chen (1225 4.0) | 84 | Phil Hanna (1186 4.0) | ||
| 686 | 128 | Mengkun Chen ( 794 4.0) | 71 | Michael Ge (1206 4.0) | ||
| 687 | 6 | Jack Jiang (1384 3.5) | 106 | Yashvi Natarajan (1013 4.0) | ||
| 688 | 39 | William Jere Green (1300 3.5) | 109 | Ethan Curry ( 976 3.5) | ||
| 689 | 74 | Bennie Porter Jr (1200 3.5) | 105 | Bianca Maria Gonzalez (1022 3.5) | ||
| 690 | 111 | Robert Allen ( 964 3.5) | 104 | Avni Sharma (1053 3.5) | ||
| 691 | 32 | Henry James Wolfe (1333 3.0) | 135 | Alfred Andrew Fry ( 667 3.5) | ||
| 692 | 116 | Lorelai X Martinez-villar ( 938 3.0) | 65 | Christian Meadors (1218 3.0) | ||
| 693 | 132 | Alyson Daley ( 752 3.0) | 120 | Adrian Alexander Roberts ( 915 3.0) | ||
| 694 | 123 | Ulugbek Khasanov ( 871 3.0) | 10 | Matthew Saunders (1383 2.5) | ||
| 695 | 42 | Gregory Murray (1300 2.5) | 117 | Jargalkhuu Erdembayar ( 937 2.5) | ||
| 696 | 97 | Aarav Chinara (1147 2.5) | 137 | Amgalanbaatar Ariun-Erdene ( 511 2.5) | ||
| 697 | 110 | Reiney Lin ( 974 2.5) | 100 | Bruce Hill (1118 2.5) | ||
| 698 | 126 | Dhruv Kurudi ( 835 2.5) | 107 | Suraj Jani (1003 2.5) | ||
| 699 | 134 | Mary A Hanna ( 684 2.0) | 125 | Reyansh Sharma ( 867 2.0) | ||
| 700 | 136 | Thomas Allen Fleischman ( 617 2.0) | 127 | Arko Mandal ( 816 2.0) | ||
| 701 | 121 | Antonio Craig ( 894 1.5) | 129 | Raymand Amouei Torkmahalleh ( 792 1.5) | ||
| 999 | 112 | Thomas Nordeman ( 959 3.0) | 131 | Anthony* Kercher ( 756 3.0) | ||
| 62 | ½ | Parv Jain (1227 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 64 | ½ | Joseph A Simon (1224 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 68 | 0 | Jayadev Acharya (1212 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 69 | ½ | Leo Cao (1208 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 101 | ½ | Nathaniel Rundle (1118 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 114 | ½ | Rachata* Muneepeerakul ( 951 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 139 | ½ | Armaan Walia ( 391 2.0) | BYE |