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2nd Annual Capital Open

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Oak Grove, VA, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2034, and top seed was Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2438).

Vaibhav Kalpaka (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2258) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Kent Slate (4.0) and Kevin Wang (3.5). Kalpaka won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Pinhang Gao (1592) beat Benjamin Evans Soyka (1792), a +200-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Oak Grove, VA, United States
Dates
20 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMTal Baron2438
Avg top 10
2,034
Participants
28
Titled players · 3
GM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×26
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Kalpaka4.5Slate4Wang3.5Thimmasamudram3.5Srinivasan3.5Baron3.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka beat CM Kent Slate (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka 4 wins (R1–R4)Kevin Wang 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVaibhav Kalpaka*
1
½
—
2CMKent Slate
0
*——
3Kevin Wang
½
—*—
4Sandeep Thimmasamudram———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vaibhav KalpakaFM2258IND+17N+12B+2N+4B=3N4.513.515.513.752336+7.4
2Slate, KentCM2082USA+11B+8N−1B+7N+10B4.012.515.010.502157+20.0
3Wang, Kevin2131USAF+15N+7B+9N=1B3.512.012.09.752235+20.0
4Srinivasan, Arjun1900USA+22N=27B+19N−1N+15B3.59.09.54.751989+21.6
5Baron, TalGM2438ISRF=24B+21N+14B+8N3.56.56.56.002374-1.8
6Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1862USAF+23B=24N+19B+9N3.56.06.05.502113+41.6
7Wang, William J1801USA+23N+21B−3N−2B+13N3.010.511.54.001973+21.8
8Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1861USA+16N−2B=13N+22B−5B2.511.512.54.001938+16.4
9Abhilash, Alen K1805USA+13N=14B+27N−3B−6B2.511.011.53.501895+21.6
10Debmisra, Ariv1889USAF+20B=14N+12B−2N2.510.010.05.001963+15.2
11Chu, Leon1775USA−2N=16B+26N=13B=19N2.59.510.53.751829+12.0
12Demirel, Esat Omer1881USA+26B−1N=28B−10N+25B2.59.09.52.251885-1.2
13Martin, Sam B1963USA−9B+25N=8B=11N−7B2.010.511.53.501696-34.2
14Chen, Brandon Joseph1819USA+18B=9N=10B−5NF2.010.510.54.501904+13.6
15Aayansh Pramanik1687USAF−3B+16N+27B−4N2.09.59.52.501820+23.2
16Gao, Pinhang1592USA−8B=11N−15B=18N+22N2.09.010.03.251692+24.4
17Sathiesh, Kavin C1763USA−1B=18NF=21B+27N2.08.08.02.001789+0.8
18Iyer, Vedanth1704USA−14N=17B=20N=16B=21N2.07.58.53.251618-23.6
19Su, Milo1763USAF+28N−4B−6N=11B1.510.010.01.751780+2.0
20Gao, Vincent1688USAF−10N=18B=25N=23B1.56.56.52.001646-10.8
21Li, Ella Xinyi1609USAF−7N−5B=17N=18B1.010.510.52.001621+3.2
22Soyka, Benjamin Evans1792USA−4B=26N=25B−8N−16B1.09.010.01.001500-36.4
23Fang, Kevin1741USA−7B−6NF=26B=20N1.09.09.01.251581-32.8
24Shupe, Thomas1800USAF=5N=6BFF1.07.07.03.502030+10.2
25Nadiminti, Akhil1593USAF−13B=22N=20B−12N1.07.07.01.251638+4.4
26Yu, Max1747USA−12N=22B−11B=23NF1.07.07.01.001604-29.2
27Doppalapudi, Adith1699USAF=4N−9B−15N−17B0.510.010.01.751467-41.2
28Li, Mason J1932USAF−19B=12NFF0.54.04.01.251629-31.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets