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3rd Annual DMV Open

Open SwissStandard

30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Oak Grove, VA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1945, and top seed was Daniel Lowinger (🇺🇸 USA, 2086).

Sam Schenk (🇺🇸 USA, 1989) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Sam B Martin (3.5) and Sandeep Thimmasamudram (3.5). Schenk won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Tanush Dokka (1539) beat Kelvin Zheng (1881), a +342-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Oak Grove, VA, United States
Dates
11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Daniel Lowinger2086
Avg top 10
1,945
Participants
30
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·1989
    4.0pts·2094perf+13.2
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1929
    3.5pts·1971perf+8.0
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1903
    3.5pts·2006perf+28.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sam Schenk led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
2
4
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Sam Schenk held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sam Schenk drew with Brandon Joseph Chen (Black).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Brandon Joseph Chen won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sam Schenk*
½
——
2Brandon Joseph Chen
½
*——
3Architsai Ramnath——*—
4Grant Peed———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Schenk, Sam1989USA+13B+18N=7N+12B=5N4.011.513.510.252094+13.2
2Martin, Sam B1929USA+8N=3B+16N−5B+7N3.513.015.09.751971+8.0
3Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1903USA+9B=2N=26B+17N=4B3.512.013.59.252006+28.0
4Ramnath, Architsai1885USA+28N=23B+19N=7B=3N3.510.010.56.502038+41.2
5Chen, Brandon Joseph1833USAF+27B+23N+2N=1B3.59.59.57.502285+84.0
6Peed, Grant1818USA−21N+13B+25N=10B+16N3.59.010.57.501820+1.2
7Lowinger, Daniel2086USA+11B+12N=1B=4N−2B3.014.016.59.251953-15.2
8Dokka, Tanush1539USA−2B=9N+15B=14N+17B3.011.513.57.251828+70.4
9Rajeev, Ameya1700USA−3N=8B+27N+22B=10N3.011.011.55.001772+19.6
10Motaharinezhad, Parsa1636USA=29B=17N+18B=6N=9B3.010.511.06.501899+68.0
11Fang, Kevin1708USA−7N+28B−12B+30N+25B3.07.57.52.001912+50.8
12Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1893USA+20B−7B+11N−1N=13B2.512.514.56.251821-17.6
13Doppalapudi, Adith1658USA−1N−6N+28B+24B=12N2.511.512.03.251825+41.2
14Li, Ella Xinyi1585USA=27N−16B+24N=8B=18N2.58.59.04.251722+34.0
15Iyer, Vedanth1680USA−23N=22B−8N+27B+21N2.57.58.02.751737+11.2
16Kollur, Anshul1750USAF+14N−2B+19N−6B2.011.511.54.501754+0.4
17Zheng, Kelvin1881USA=25N=10B+21N−3B−8N2.011.012.53.751606-68.8
18Jiang, Caroline Q1799USA+22N−1B−10N=21B=14B2.011.012.53.501625-46.8
19Song, Jeffrey1678USA+24NF−4B−16B+22N2.08.58.53.001737+12.4
20Fitzsimmons, Daniela1662USA−12N=24B−22N=28N+27B2.06.06.51.501676+2.0
21Kashyap, Manish B1663USA+6B−26N−17B=18N−15B1.510.011.54.501665-0.8
22Uriona Huaman, Sebastian Lucio1608USA−18B=15N+20B−9N−19B1.59.511.53.251555-13.6
23Ghobrial, Ameer2061USA+15B=4N−5BFF1.59.59.54.251799-37.2
24Zhou, ElizabethWCM1706USA−19B=20N−14B−13N+28B1.59.09.51.501513-52.4
25Kashyap, Mahati B1650USA=17B+29N−6BF−11N1.59.09.01.501749+17.2
26Mariappan, Anish1890USAF+21B=3NFF1.55.05.03.251976+4.6
27Allen, Warren Jackson1815USA=14B−5N−9B−15N−20N0.511.513.51.251327-111.6
28Yu, Max1718USA−4B−11N−13N=20B−24N0.511.012.51.001358-78.8
29Hyland, Mark1936USA=10N−25BFFF0.54.54.51.501450-23.8
30Hamilton, Timothy1851USAFFF−11BF0.03.03.00.00908-13.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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