The US Masters 2025 will take place from November 27 to November 30 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is a 9-round Swiss system with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the United States, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
More than 100 players will participate in the tournament, and the top-rated among them are GM Awonder Liang (2701), GM Jeffery Xiong (2649), GM Alexander Donchenko (2641), GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2601), GM Tuan Minh Le (2598), GM Jianchao Zhou (2591), GM Benjamin Bok (2588), GM Gleb Dudin (2585), GM Andrew Hong (2568), GM Francesco Sonis (2558), GM Viktor Gazik (2553), GM Guillermo Vazquez (2549), GM Bryce Tiglon (2549), GM Ruifeng Li (2545), GM Illya Nyzhnyk (2544), GM Aditya S Samant (2529). Scroll down for the full participants list.
US Masters archive: US Masters Chess Championship 2022 / 2024 US Masters
2025 US Masters Participants
#
Name
Fed.
FIDE Rating
1
GM AWONDER LIANG
USA
2701
2
GM JEFFERY XIONG
USA
2649
3
GM ALEXANDER DONCHENKO
GER
2641
4
GM OLEXANDR BORTNYK
UKR
2601
5
GM TUAN MINH LE
VIE
2598
6
GM JIANCHAO ZHOU
USA
2591
7
GM BENJAMIN BOK
NED
2588
8
GM GLEB DUDIN
HUN
2585
9
GM ANDREW HONG
USA
2568
10
GM FRANCESCO SONIS
ITA
2558
11
GM VIKTOR GAZIK
SVK
2553
12
GM BRYCE TIGLON
USA
2549
13
GM GUILLERMO VAZQUEZ
PAR
2549
14
GM RUIFENG LI
USA
2545
15
GM ILLIA NYZHNYK
UKR
2544
16
GM ADITYA SAMANT
IND
2529
17
GM JOSE GABRIEL CARDOSO
COL
2527
18
GM HARSHA BHARATHAKOTI
IND
2526
19
GM LUKA BUDISAVLJEVIC
SRB
2524
20
GM MAHEL BOYER
FRA
2523
21
GM SHAWN RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX
CAN
2521
22
GM DAVID BRODSKY
USA
2515
23
GM PRAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN
USA
2505
24
GM YAIR PARKHOV
ISR
2499
25
GM RAZVAN PREOTU
CAN
2485
26
IM LIAM PUTNAM
USA
2485
27
GM IVAN SCHITCO
MDA
2483
28
GM ALEXANDER SHABALOV
USA
2478
29
GM KOUSTAV CHATTERJEE
IND
2475
30
GM RAHUL SRIVATSHAV PEDDI
IND
2472
31
IM HARSHID KUNKA
USA
2472
32
GM SERGEY ERENBURG
USA
2466
33
IM TRAN GIA PHUC PHAM
VIE
2465
34
GM MACKENZIE MOLNER
USA
2463
35
IM BOHDAN BILOVIL
UKR
2463
36
GM BALAJI DAGGUPATI
USA
2459
37
IM CARISSA YIP
USA
2459
38
GM MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
IND
2451
39
IM ROBERT SHLYAKHTENKO
USA
2451
40
IM SAMRUG NARAYANAN
USA
2440
41
IM ANTHONY ATANASOV
CAN
2429
42
IM TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI
USA
2428
43
IM JAKUB FUS
POL
2426
44
IM ROMAN PYRIH
UKR
2419
45
GM JULIO BECERRA
USA
2418
46
IM GRAYSON RORRER
USA
2417
47
IM SANDEEP SETHURAMAN
USA
2417
48
IM MOHAMMAD FAHAD RAHMAN
BAN
2414
49
IM SAI KRISHNA G V
CAN
2412
50
IM ERICK ZHAO
USA
2408
51
IM GAURI SHANKAR
IND
2407
52
GM ALEXANDER FISHBEIN
USA
2398
53
GM DARCY LIMA
BRA
2396
54
IM MAXIMILLIAN LU
USA
2395
55
IM EDWARD SONG
USA
2391
56
IM ERIC LIU
USA
2390
57
IM JOSHUA POSTHUMA
USA
2390
58
IM ALMAS RAKHMATULLAEV
UZB
2390
59
FM DANIEL TABUENCA MENDATAURIGOITIA
ESP
2389
60
IM ROHAN TALUKDAR
CAN
2388
61
GM JESSE KRAAI
USA
2382
62
IM MATTHEW HERMAN
USA
2378
63
IM BENJAMIN DEFROMONT
FRA
2376
64
FM BRYAN LIN
USA
2374
65
IM AARON GRABINSKY
USA
2371
66
FM ZACHARY TANENBAUM
USA
2371
67
IM GULRUKHBEGIM TOKHIRJONOVA
UZB
2369
68
IM KOSTYA KAVUTSKIY
USA
2354
69
IM JOHN LUDWIG
USA
2354
70
FM RYAN SUN
USA
2353
71
FM DACHEY LIN
USA
2352
72
FM ROSE ATWELL
USA
2349
73
FM RYAN AMBURGY
USA
2346
74
IM TIANQI WANG
USA
2344
75
FM AVI KAPLAN
USA
2339
76
FM TAHSIN TAJWAR ZIA
BAN
2338
77
IM DEAN IPPOLITO
USA
2334
78
IM SAHIL SINHA
USA
2325
79
WIM RACHAEL LI
USA
2325
80
FM ETHAN GUO
USA
2318
81
FM DONALD JOHNSON
USA
2317
82
FM MATTHEW DIAO
USA
2310
83
ETHAN SHEEHAN
USA
2309
84
FM ANDREW JIANG
USA
2302
85
FM APAAR SAXENA
IND
2302
86
FM ANDREW JING
USA
2297
87
WGM JENNIFER YU
USA
2294
88
FM LUCIUS MELILLO
USA
2286
89
WIM SILA CAGLAR
TUR
2280
90
FM NITESH CHERUKURI
USA
2278
91
NAVEEN PRABHU
USA
2277
92
IM JUSTIN SARKAR
USA
2274
93
QI PANG
USA
2265
94
GM ALONSO ZAPATA
COL
2263
95
FM LINXI ZHU
USA
2261
96
IM TAMAS PETENYI
SVK
2260
97
SULLIVAN MCCONNELL
USA
2258
98
EVAN SAMMONS
USA
2258
99
SAM LUGER
USA
2248
100
FM MILIND MAITI
USA
2242
101
FM JAMES CHIRILOV
USA
2240
102
WGM GABRIELA ANTOVA
BUL
2237
103
CALEB KLENOFF
USA
2234
104
WGM DINA BELENKAYA
ISR
2230
105
FM VAIBHAV KALPAKA
IND
2230
106
WIM ANNMARIE MUETSCH
BEL
2225
107
FM PATRICK LIU
USA
2221
108
FM BENJAMIN MOON
USA
2220
109
SAUMIL PADHYA
IND
2220
110
FM SETH HOMA
USA
2219
111
CM LOGAN SHAFER
USA
2219
112
CM KENT SLATE
USA
2218
113
CM TARIQ YUE
USA
2218
114
GRAHAM HOROBETZ
USA
2218
115
NICHOLAS LADAN
USA
2217
116
FM GERGANA PEYCHEVA
BUL
2216
117
VIKRAM RAJMOHAN
ENG
2216
118
WIM TEA GUECI
ITA
2213
119
CM ANJANEYA RAO
USA
2207
120
CM PEDRO ESPINOSA
USA
2202
121
ELBERT FANG
USA
2200
122
MAAHIR PATEL
USA
2199
123
STEVE WONGSO
USA
2199
124
KIREN NASTA
USA
2197
125
CM JONATHAN WU
CAN
2192
126
CM JOSHUA ALTMAN
ENG
2190
127
IM ESHAAN HEBBAR
USA
2189
128
THOMAS KUNG
USA
2189
129
CM DANIEL YANG
USA
2188
130
MITCH FISHBEIN
USA
2183
131
KAGAN UZ
USA
2183
132
CM SHARATH RADHAKRISHNAN
USA
2181
133
WFM MARTYNA STAROSTA
POL
2181
134
FM DALTON PERRINE
USA
2180
135
ROMAN GAVRILIN
CAN
2169
136
MATIAS SHUNDI
USA
2169
137
JOHN ABRAHAM
USA
2164
138
IM OLADAPO ADU
NGR
2155
139
CM JAMES NGUYEN
USA
2148
140
CM KEVIN ZHAO
USA
2148
141
PRANAV SAIRAM
USA
2145
142
CM JASHITH KARTHI
USA
2142
143
JORDAN GROFF
USA
2140
144
BRIAN TINEO
DOM
2136
145
KYLE ZHUANG
USA
2134
146
LEV SHANGIN
USA
2132
147
CM TYSON BRADY
USA
2127
148
BENJAMIN AMRANY
USA
2121
149
RISHABH CHINNI
USA
2120
150
ROSHAN SETHURAMAN
USA
2120
151
ALEXANDER CRUMP
USA
2119
152
VIJAY ANANDH
USA
2118
153
BENSON SCHEXNAYDRE
USA
2118
154
JASON CIGAN
USA
2117
155
VARUN GADI
USA
2116
156
BRIAN TAY
USA
2116
157
HARSHIN REDDY JAGIRAPU
USA
2115
158
VISHNUSANKAR JONNALAGADDA
USA
2114
159
CM CHENXUAN LING
USA
2108
160
SAMUEL COPELAND
USA
2108
161
PRANAV SWAMINATHAN
USA
2108
162
JACOREY BYNUM
USA
2107
163
IVAN ZHOU
USA
2106
164
ROBERT RAMIREZ
USA
2104
165
FM ALEX CHU
USA
2102
166
ARTEMII KHANBUTAEV
USA
2099
167
VIHAAN SAXENA
USA
2098
168
RAVI KRISHNA GOVINDAVAJHALA
IND
2096
169
AIDAN BAKER
USA
2094
170
CM NEIL MOSES
CAN
2091
171
WFM JULIA SLOAN
USA
2087
172
AADIT BHATIA
IND
2085
173
Andrew Wu
USA
2085
174
CM VIHAAN JAIN
USA
2084
175
CM VIHAAN JAMMALAMADAKA
USA
2083
176
RAHUL MYNALA
IND
2082
177
STEVE ALAPPATT
USA
2081
178
FM GREGORY MARKZON
USA
2079
179
SUNAV ADHIKARI
USA
2078
180
CM VU ANH DUONG
VIE
2075
181
CM LUC HOFFMAN
USA
2074
182
BRODERICK BAUML
USA
2073
183
KAMRAN RAWSHANI
USA
2072
184
CM PRANAV SENTHILKUMAR
USA
2071
185
STEPHEN ADAMS
USA
2068
186
LUKE ANATOL
USA
2068
187
ELLIOTT GOODRICH
USA
2067
188
ALEXANDER ZHU
USA
2065
189
WIM ANNA GVANCELADZE
RUS
2063
190
SAHARSH SANTOSH
USA
2062
191
SEPEHR GOLSEFIDY
USA
2060
192
CM KYLE DONG
USA
2059
193
ZACHARY PAN
USA
2058
194
PAUL IINUMA
USA
2047
195
VEDANSH KUMBHARATHI
USA
2047
196
KYLE WANG
USA
2045
197
WIM CHLOE GAW
USA
2044
198
SRI VIBHAV BONDALAPATI
USA
2043
199
SUYUAN GUI
USA
2043
200
ERIK TKACHENKO
USA
2042
201
CM ADVIK PRASANNA
USA
2031
202
KISHAN KARTHIGEYAN
USA
2031
203
WCM KHANIM ISMAYILOVA
AZE
2025
204
VIGNESH ANAND
USA
2023
205
EKANSH MEHROTRA
USA
2023
206
CM AIDEN LI
USA
2021
207
BRYAN LEANO
USA
2017
208
CM ADVIK MANCHANDA
USA
2016
209
DOMINIQUE MYERS
USA
2016
210
CHARLES HUA
USA
2015
211
CM ZHIHAN XU
CAN
2012
212
COLIN ALBERT
USA
2010
213
ANSHUL SHETTY
USA
2007
214
SHRIYAN VUYYURU
USA
2006
215
WFM AIMEE YANG
USA
2004
216
CM LUKAS LEBAKKEN
USA
2003
217
WFM SOPHIE LI
USA
1999
218
CM MAXWELL YANG
USA
1998
219
BEIYANG NI
USA
1998
220
LIAM LIU
USA
1996
221
GRIFFIN MCCONNELL
USA
1995
222
ALEXANDER JASINSKI
USA
1991
223
ANTONY GOSPODINOV
USA
1988
224
OLIVER RANA
USA
1981
225
OSCAR ZHANG
USA
1981
226
OWEN LEVINE
USA
1980
227
FM VIVAN MULAY
USA
1978
228
ZUBIN BALIGA
USA
1973
229
WIM SAHANA ARAVINDAKSHAN
USA
1968
230
NATE ZIEGLER
USA
1968
231
DAMIAN KROTOV
FID
1967
232
LYUBOMIR GOSPODINOV
USA
1961
233
DANIEL LEE
CAN
1960
234
WFM RACHEL PALMERO MARTINEZ
CUB
1951
235
SAATHVIK DASARI
USA
1951
236
VIHAAN PENDSE
USA
1945
237
ROBERT SANCHEZ
USA
1942
238
NOAH VAN VUGT
USA
1940
239
LUKE HENGEN
USA
1938
240
AAYUSH WADHWA
USA
1938
241
WFM MANUELA HERNANDEZ BERMUDEZ
COL
1934
242
MATTHEW TIKHOMIROV
USA
1919
243
ROBERT FISCHER
USA
1907
244
JAMES ALTUCHER
USA
1875
245
ALAN KANTOR
USA
1864
246
GURUGRAHAN GURUMOORTHI
USA
1852
247
TOMMY KOZLEK
USA
1839
248
CELINE ATASSI
USA
1788
249
LEIF KARELL
USA
1709
250
VISHRUTH YELISETTI
USA
1570