2025 AGCA IM Invitational - Summer Edition
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Austin, TX, United States. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2235, and top seed was Dimitri Komarov (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2407).
David Berczes (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2397) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Dimitri Komarov (6.5) and Tamas Petenyi (6.0). Berczes won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Justin Trey (1906) beat James Le Nguyen (CM, 2259), a +353-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM David Berczes led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
GM David Berczes held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.
GM David Berczes drew with GM Dimitri Komarov (Black).
GM David Berczes won 3 in a row (R6–R8).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇭🇺GMBerczes, David | 2397 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 | 27.75 | 38.0 | +6.0 | 2448 |
| 2 | 🇺🇦GMKomarov, Dimitri | 2407 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 25.25 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 2394 |
| 3 | 🇸🇰IMPetenyi, Tamas | 2252 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 24.25 | 39.0 | +13.5 | 2359 |
| 4 | 🇨🇦IMKeleberda, Tymur | 2332 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 22.75 | 39.0 | +7.2 | 2353 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸FMMelillo, Lucius | 2170 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 15.00 | 40.5 | +17.6 | 2243 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸WIMLi, Rachael | 2220 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 15.50 | 41.0 | -7.8 | 2194 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸FMLee, Megan | 2215 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 15.00 | 41.5 | -13.6 | 2158 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Trey, Justin | 1906 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 12.75 | 41.5 | +48.4 | 2168 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸CMWidjaja, Luke | 2196 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 2.0 | 8.00 | 43.0 | -77.6 | 2020 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸CMNguyen, James Le | 2259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 2.0 | 6.75 | 43.0 | -109.2 | 2013 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Trey, JustinUSA+48.43.5 pts · #7
- 2Melillo, LuciusFMUSA+17.64.5 pts · #5
- 3Petenyi, TamasIMSVK+13.56.0 pts · #3
- 1Nguyen, James LeCMUSA-109.22.0 pts · #10
- 2Widjaja, LukeCMUSA-77.62.0 pts · #9
- 3Lee, MeganFMUSA-13.63.5 pts · #8
- R6+353 Elo gap
- R7+314 Elo gap
- R5+309 Elo gap