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
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSam Schenk led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
2
4
1
1
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sam Schenk | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Brandon Joseph Chen | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Architsai Ramnath | — | — | * | — |
| 4Grant Peed | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schenk, Sam | 1989 | USA | +13B | +18N | =7N | +12B | =5N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 10.25 | 2094 | +13.2 |
| 2 | Martin, Sam B | 1929 | USA | +8N | =3B | +16N | −5B | +7N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.75 | 1971 | +8.0 |
| 3 | Thimmasamudram, Sandeep | 1903 | USA | +9B | =2N | =26B | +17N | =4B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.25 | 2006 | +28.0 |
| 4 | Ramnath, Architsai | 1885 | USA | +28N | =23B | +19N | =7B | =3N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 2038 | +41.2 |
| 5 | Chen, Brandon Joseph | 1833 | USA | F | +27B | +23N | +2N | =1B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.50 | 2285 | +84.0 |
| 6 | Peed, Grant | 1818 | USA | −21N | +13B | +25N | =10B | +16N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 1820 | +1.2 |
| 7 | Lowinger, Daniel | 2086 | USA | +11B | +12N | =1B | =4N | −2B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 9.25 | 1953 | -15.2 |
| 8 | Dokka, Tanush | 1539 | USA | −2B | =9N | +15B | =14N | +17B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 1828 | +70.4 |
| 9 | Rajeev, Ameya | 1700 | USA | −3N | =8B | +27N | +22B | =10N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1772 | +19.6 |
| 10 | Motaharinezhad, Parsa | 1636 | USA | =29B | =17N | +18B | =6N | =9B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1899 | +68.0 |
| 11 | Fang, Kevin | 1708 | USA | −7N | +28B | −12B | +30N | +25B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1912 | +50.8 |
| 12 | Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan | 1893 | USA | +20B | −7B | +11N | −1N | =13B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1821 | -17.6 |
| 13 | Doppalapudi, Adith | 1658 | USA | −1N | −6N | +28B | +24B | =12N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1825 | +41.2 |
| 14 | Li, Ella Xinyi | 1585 | USA | =27N | −16B | +24N | =8B | =18N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1722 | +34.0 |
| 15 | Iyer, Vedanth | 1680 | USA | −23N | =22B | −8N | +27B | +21N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1737 | +11.2 |
| 16 | Kollur, Anshul | 1750 | USA | F | +14N | −2B | +19N | −6B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1754 | +0.4 |
| 17 | Zheng, Kelvin | 1881 | USA | =25N | =10B | +21N | −3B | −8N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1606 | -68.8 |
| 18 | Jiang, Caroline Q | 1799 | USA | +22N | −1B | −10N | =21B | =14B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1625 | -46.8 |
| 19 | Song, Jeffrey | 1678 | USA | +24N | F | −4B | −16B | +22N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1737 | +12.4 |
| 20 | Fitzsimmons, Daniela | 1662 | USA | −12N | =24B | −22N | =28N | +27B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1676 | +2.0 |
| 21 | Kashyap, Manish B | 1663 | USA | +6B | −26N | −17B | =18N | −15B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1665 | -0.8 |
| 22 | Uriona Huaman, Sebastian Lucio | 1608 | USA | −18B | =15N | +20B | −9N | −19B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1555 | -13.6 |
| 23 | Ghobrial, Ameer | 2061 | USA | +15B | =4N | −5B | F | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1799 | -37.2 |
| 24 | Zhou, ElizabethWCM | 1706 | USA | −19B | =20N | −14B | −13N | +28B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1513 | -52.4 |
| 25 | Kashyap, Mahati B | 1650 | USA | =17B | +29N | −6B | F | −11N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1749 | +17.2 |
| 26 | Mariappan, Anish | 1890 | USA | F | +21B | =3N | F | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 1976 | +4.6 |
| 27 | Allen, Warren Jackson | 1815 | USA | =14B | −5N | −9B | −15N | −20N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 1.25 | 1327 | -111.6 |
| 28 | Yu, Max | 1718 | USA | −4B | −11N | −13N | =20B | −24N | 0.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1358 | -78.8 |
| 29 | Hyland, Mark | 1936 | USA | =10N | −25B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1450 | -23.8 |
| 30 | Hamilton, Timothy | 1851 | USA | F | F | F | −11B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 908 | -13.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chen, Brandon JosephUSA+84.03.5 pts · #2
- 2Dokka, TanushUSA+70.43.0 pts · #7
- 3Motaharinezhad, ParsaUSA+68.03.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Allen, Warren JacksonUSA-111.60.5 pts · #27
- 2Yu, MaxUSA-78.80.5 pts · #29
- 3Zheng, KelvinUSA-68.82.0 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R5+342 Elo gap
- R2+286 Elo gap
- R3+228 Elo gap