4th Annual World Open Amateur
30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 Jun 2025 to 01 Jul 2025 in Philadelphia, PA, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1891, and top seed was Maxim Farberov (🇺🇸 USA, 1979).
Ravdanlkhumbuu Amgalanbaatar (🇲🇳 MGL, 1905) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Javier Silva (5.0) and Maxim Farberov (5.0). Amgalanbaatar shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri (1635) beat Jacob M Chen (1794), a +159-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Amgalanbaatar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).
Javier Silva 3 wins (R4–R6)Maxim Farberov 3 wins (R1–R3)Ravdanlkhumbuu Amgalanbaatar 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Javier Silva | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Maxim Farberov | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Ravdanlkhumbuu Amgalanbaatar | 0 | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Vidyuth Kamesh | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amgalanbaatar, Ravdanlkhumbuu | 1905 | MGL | +24B | +14N | +7B | +3N | +4B | −2N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 18.00 | 2125 | +27.4 |
| 2 | Silva, Javier | 1963 | USA | +17B | =8N | =10B | +6N | +7B | +1B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 19.25 | 2096 | +36.0 |
| 3 | Farberov, Maxim | 1979 | USA | +16N | +6B | +11N | −1B | +8N | +5B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 2091 | +15.2 |
| 4 | Kamesh, Vidyuth | 1925 | USA | +13N | +5B | +9N | =8B | −1N | +11B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 15.25 | 2010 | +26.0 |
| 5 | Naba, Karim | 1804 | USA | +12B | −4N | +18B | +11B | +9N | −3N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1937 | +18.0 |
| 6 | Sankar, Arjun | 1806 | USA | +18B | −3N | +23B | −2B | +15N | +12N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.50 | 1923 | +16.0 |
| 7 | Wang, Eric | 1763 | USA | +21N | +29B | −1N | +13B | −2N | +10B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 8.50 | 1892 | +26.1 |
| 8 | Kaur, AradhWFM | 1789 | USA | +27N | =2B | +15N | =4N | −3B | =9B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1913 | +20.5 |
| 9 | Joseph, Julian | 1789 | USA | +14B | +24N | −4B | +10N | −5B | =8N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1843 | +12.6 |
| 10 | Konistis, Loukas | 1903 | GRE | =26N | +19B | =2N | −9B | +13N | −7N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1770 | -17.0 |
| 11 | Chen, Alan Zishun | 1921 | USA | +22N | +25B | −3B | −5N | +19B | −4N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.50 | 1644 | -56.4 |
| 12 | Kitchiner Valentine, Levi Horace | 1710 | USA | −5N | +22B | −13N | +21B | +16N | −6B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1652 | -16.0 |
| 13 | Rana, Shyla | 1691 | USA | −4B | +27N | +12B | −7N | −10B | +25N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1632 | -12.8 |
| 14 | Sadhu Venkata, Vahini | 0 | USA | −9N | −1B | =22N | =26B | +18N | +28B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 5.00 | 1586 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Vuyyuru, Shriyan | 1908 | USA | =19B | +28N | −8B | +25N | −6B | =17N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.75 | 1632 | -49.9 |
| 16 | Lan, Kai Zhou | 1682 | USA | −3B | −18N | +26N | +27B | −12B | +21N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1650 | -7.2 |
| 17 | Chu, Leon | 1776 | USA | −2N | +21B | −25N | =18B | +29N | =15B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1835 | +6.4 |
| 18 | Nettem, Subhang | 0 | USA | −6N | +16B | −5N | =17N | −14B | +29B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kaur, JindCM | 1641 | USA | =15N | −10N | +28B | +29B | −11N | −20B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1615 | -6.8 |
| 20 | Chitta, Adithya | 1649 | USA | F | F | =29N | +23B | F | +19N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.75 | 2469 | +42.4 |
| 21 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1635 | USA | −7B | −17N | +24B | −12N | +26B | −16B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 1505 | -30.4 |
| 22 | Tower, Zachary Mark | 0 | USA | −11B | −12N | =14B | =24N | −27B | +30N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Ciarliero, Frank | 1697 | AUS | F | +26B | −6N | −20N | +25B | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 927 | -36.8 |
| 24 | Chen, Jacob M | 1794 | USA | −1N | −9B | −21N | =22B | F | +27N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 977 | -62.8 |
| 25 | Monir, Amir | 0 | USA | F | −11N | +17B | −15B | −23N | −13B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Godkar, Yash | 0 | USA | =10B | −23N | −16B | =14N | −21N | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2067340 | 0 | — | −8B | −13B | F | −16N | +22N | −24B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 940 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bangaru, Sahishn Sai | 1438 | USA | F | −15B | −19N | F | +30B | −14N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 940 | -12.8 |
| 29 | Wong Okyere, Darwin C | 0 | USA | F | −7N | =20B | −19N | −17B | −18N | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.25 | 1385 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Chai, Ben A | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −28N | −22B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 638 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Chitta, AdithyaUSA+42.42.5 pts · #13
- 2Silva, JavierUSA+36.05.0 pts · #1
- 3Amgalanbaatar, RavdanlkhumbuuMGL+27.45.0 pts · #4
- 1Chen, Jacob MUSA-62.81.5 pts · #26
- 2Chen, Alan ZishunUSA-56.43.0 pts · #20
- 3Vuyyuru, ShriyanUSA-49.93.0 pts · #12
- R3+159 Elo gap
- R6+140 Elo gap
- R3+119 Elo gap