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Luis Salinas 80th Annual Texas State and Amateur - Championship

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34 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Lewisville, TX, United States. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2301, and top seed was Jeffery Xiong (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2636).

Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2584) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jeffery Xiong (5.5) and Elbert Fang (5.0). Antipov broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Likhit Bhangale (1809) beat Atharva Bist (2115), a +306-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Lewisville, TX, United States
Dates
23 May 2025 → 26 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJeffery Xiong2636
Avg top 10
2,301
Participants
34
Titled players · 7
GM×3
IM×1
FM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×1
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov drew with GM Jeffery Xiong (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Jeffery Xiong 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Elbert Fang 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMMikhail Al. Antipov*
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1
2GMJeffery Xiong
½
*
½
3FMElbert Fang*
4GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM2584USA+16B+4N+7B=2N+5B=9N+6B6.027.531.026.252633+5.1
2Xiong, JefferyGM2636USA+22N+11B+6N=1B=9N+8B=5N5.527.030.022.752574-2.5
3Fang, ElbertFM2159USA+34B18N+13B4N+12B+20N+8N5.022.022.515.002109-13.2
4Tineo Rodriguez, Brian Jeremiah2048DOM+27N1B+12N+3B8B+13N=7N4.527.029.016.752167+20.4
5Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM2469COL=15N+28B+10N=9B1N+17B=2B4.526.528.516.002375-3.8
6Li, RachaelWIM2197USA+23B+13N2B=25N+11B+19N1N4.524.527.014.252261+22.8
7Meng, Joshua2056USA+29N+21B1N+18B=19B=14N=4B4.523.024.513.002102+18.0
8Albert, Colin B2030USA+30N=19B+17N=14B+4N2N3B4.025.026.512.752115+14.6
9Javakhadze, ZurabIM2412GEOF+25N+18B=5N=2B=1B=14N4.025.025.015.252465+5.7
10Rahul Mynala2075IND=14B+33N5B=15N=16B+21N=11B4.022.022.510.752052-7.2
11Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana2064USA+32B2N=27B+23N6N+18B=10N4.021.522.09.002095+9.2
12Mao, Andrew1951USA25B+32N4B+29N3N+27B+18N4.018.519.07.002027+14.4
13Sanchez, Robert1931USA+20N6B3N+21N+27B4B=16N3.523.525.59.751968+5.8
14Melillo, LuciusFM2180USA=10N+15B=19N=8NF=7B=9B3.523.023.013.252088-10.4
15Zafar, Faris1806USA=5B14N+26B=10B17N=24N+28B3.520.522.510.002044+78.0
16Bayyarapu, Mohit1924USA1N=20B=29N+30B=10N=26B=13B3.520.522.08.751998+22.4
17Lad, Neil1960USA=33B+26N8B=27N+15B5N=19B3.519.520.08.7519720.0
18Gu, Samuel1897USA+31N+3B9N7N+24B11N12B3.024.025.59.002032+43.2
19Bhangale, Likhit1809USAF=8N=14B+31B=7N6B=17N3.021.521.59.252090+78.4
20Kolli, Rishi1822USA13B=16N=30B+22NF3B+24N3.019.019.08.001950+38.8
21Shen, Yangyang1745USA+24N7NF13B+28N10B+23B3.019.019.07.001970+66.4
22Calvary, Louis1885MEX2B27N=34B20B=32N+33N+29B3.013.013.52.501877-4.8
23Jaishankar, Sanjay1971USA6N=29B+28N11B26N+32B21N2.517.518.03.251850-47.2
24Burd, Leonid1932USA21B+34N25B+32N18N=15B20B2.515.516.02.751790-55.6
25Dokuchaev, Andrey2157RUS+12N9B+24N=6BFFF2.515.015.08.752218+13.2
26Hung, Daniel2104TPEF17B15N+34N+23B=16NF2.513.513.54.751928-44.8
27Nigudkar, Rusheel1875USA4B+22B=11N=17B13N12NF2.022.522.56.751849-8.4
28Zhang, Sunny1854USAF5N23B+33N21B+29B15N2.015.515.52.001786-26.8
29Hakim, Navid1864USA7B=23N=16B12B=30N28N22N1.519.521.03.751699-27.6
30Zhou, Brian Xing1864USA8B=31B=20N16N=29BFF1.513.513.53.001802-18.0
31Bist, Atharva2115USA18B=30N+33B19NFFF1.58.08.01.251761-72.0
32Deering, Ryan1838USA11N12BF24B=22B23NF0.516.016.01.501595-23.6
33Zhang, Ellery1823USA=17N10B31N28BF22BF0.514.014.01.751612-41.2
34Lank, James A1979USA3N24B=22N26BFFF0.513.013.01.501698-51.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets