59th Stamer Memorial Tournament - U1600
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 943, and top seed was Sungwon Byun (🇰🇷 KOR, WCM, 1738).
Vik Markova-Raina (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Daniel Lin (3.0) and Joylin Li (3.0). Markova-Raina won solo starting round 3.
Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Avg top 10
943
Participants
16
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×15
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsVik Markova-Raina led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
8
2
1
1
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD
Vik Markova-Raina held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vik Markova-Raina drew with Daniel Lin (White).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Vik Markova-Raina won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vik Markova-Raina | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Daniel Lin | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Siva Sankrithi | — | — | * | — |
| 4Joylin Li | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markova-Raina, Vik | 0 | USA | +12B | +8N | +7N | =2B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.50 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Lin, Daniel | 0 | USA | +11B | =?N | +5B | =1N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.75 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Li, Joylin | 0 | USA | =5N | =6B | +10N | +11B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sankrithi, Siva | 1639 | USA | +10N | −7B | +12N | +8N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 1614 | -2.8 |
| 5 | Elster, Benjamin | 0 | USA | =3B | +9N | −2N | +16B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Banerjee, Aneesh | 0 | USA | +?B | =3N | F | +7B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hack, Richard | 1640 | USA | +15B | +4N | −1B | −6N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 2365 | +16.0 |
| 8 | Starr, Albert | 1588 | USA | +13N | −1B | +16N | −4B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1604 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Fu, James | 0 | CAN | −?N | −5B | +14N | +12B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 938 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Hu, Felix | 0 | USA | −4B | +15N | −3B | =13N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1565 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sankrithi, Vivaan Krishna | 1504 | USA | −2N | =14B | +15N | −3N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 2291 | +19.2 |
| 12 | Obrien, James | 0 | USA | −1N | +13B | −4B | −9N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 839 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Long, Teresa | 0 | USA | −8B | −12N | F | =10B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Gupta, Shanaya | 0 | USA | −?B | =11N | −9B | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Dai, Jonathan | 1492 | USA | −7N | −10B | −11B | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 772 | -31.2 |
| 16 | Sankar, Swaminathan | 1568 | USA | F | F | −8B | −5N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 788 | -18.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sankrithi, Vivaan KrishnaUSA+19.21.5 pts · #7
- 2Hack, RichardUSA+16.02.0 pts · #2
- 3Starr, AlbertUSA+0.82.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Dai, JonathanUSA-31.20.0 pts · #16
- 2Sankar, SwaminathanUSA-18.80.0 pts · #12
- 3Sankrithi, SivaUSA-2.83.0 pts · #6