20th Annual Indianapolis Open - Major
Open SwissStandard
50 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Indianapolis, IN, United States. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2123, and top seed was Semen Khanin ( FID, GM, 2595).
Sharath Radhakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2188) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Padhya Saumil (4.0) and Aidan Baker (4.0). Radhakrishnan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Muthu Avaneesh Prem (1792) beat Chris Ping Liu (2036), a +244-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Indianapolis, IN, United States
Dates
22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 4
GM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×43
🇮🇳India×2
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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3
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE24 Aug
FM Padhya Saumil takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Radhakrishnan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Sharath Radhakrishnan 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Padhya Saumil 3 wins (R2–R4)Aidan Baker 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMSharath Radhakrishnan | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2FMPadhya Saumil | — | * | — | — |
| 3Aidan Baker | — | — | * | — |
| 4Debarghya Das | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radhakrishnan, SharathCM | 2188 | USA | +12B | +13N | +4B | −18B | +25N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 11.50 | 2309 | +27.6 |
| 2 | Padhya SaumilFM | 2197 | IND | =24N | +28B | +15N | +9B | =18N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 9.25 | 2298 | +12.2 |
| 3 | Baker, Aidan | 2104 | USA | −14N | +35B | +29B | +41N | +37B | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 2135 | +7.6 |
| 4 | Das, Debarghya | 1913 | USA | +27N | +19B | −1N | =6B | +14N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 2104 | +49.6 |
| 5 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 1875 | USA | +6N | =10B | −8N | +34B | +30N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 2085 | +44.4 |
| 6 | Lopez Romero, Mauro Alberto | 2067 | MEX | −5B | +49N | +38B | =4N | +15B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1989 | -7.8 |
| 7 | Adhikari, Sunav | 2018 | USA | +35N | =14B | =16N | +24B | =20N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 2027 | +2.0 |
| 8 | David, Kazuma | 2000 | USA | +26B | =9N | +5B | −25N | =12B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin | 1891 | USA | +47B | =8B | +14N | −2N | =32B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 2040 | +38.8 |
| 10 | Sharma, Vishruth | 1898 | CAN | +49B | =5N | −25B | +26N | =11B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1907 | +2.0 |
| 11 | Zhang, Andrew | 1883 | USA | =17N | =21B | +33N | =30B | =10N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 2020 | +37.2 |
| 12 | He, Alvin | 1997 | USA | −1N | =31B | +46N | +40B | =8N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 2011 | +5.2 |
| 13 | Skorobogatykh, Andrey | 1920 | RUS | +46N | −1B | −42N | +35B | +28N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1953 | +4.4 |
| 14 | Koehl, Evan | 1881 | USA | +3B | =7N | −9B | +38N | −4B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 1944 | +15.6 |
| 15 | Kamesh, Vidyuth | 1994 | USA | +31B | +36N | −2B | =23N | −6N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1963 | -8.4 |
| 16 | Murugan, Nikhil | 0 | USA | F | +22N | =7B | =32N | =17B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 2012 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Wang, Rocky | 1986 | USA | =11B | =29N | −20B | +39N | =16N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1817 | -32.3 |
| 18 | Khanin, SemenGM | 2595 | FID | F | F | +37B | +1N | =2B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 2469 | -2.6 |
| 19 | Carr, Jay | 1820 | USA | +23B | −4N | −30B | =36N | +48B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1865 | +5.8 |
| 20 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1792 | USA | F | F | +17N | +21B | =7B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 2286 | +73.6 |
| 21 | Liu, Chris Ping | 2036 | USA | F | =11N | +36B | −20N | +29B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1930 | -20.8 |
| 22 | Lee, Justin | 1936 | USA | F | −16B | +31N | =28B | +24N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.25 | 2157 | +31.6 |
| 23 | Marciano, Orry M | 1946 | USA | −19N | +27B | +47N | =15B | F | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1937 | -0.8 |
| 24 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 1860 | USA | =2B | +40N | =32B | −7N | −22B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1950 | +20.0 |
| 25 | Vadderaju, Sudeep | 1928 | USA | F | F | +10N | +8B | −1B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 2154 | +35.2 |
| 26 | Criss, Nathaniel | 1941 | USA | −8N | =46B | +44N | −10B | =36B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1780 | -21.8 |
| 27 | Nadathur, Hari Rangan | 1821 | USA | −4B | −23N | +49B | −33N | +50N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1677 | -29.2 |
| 28 | Shen, Edward | 1951 | USA | F | −2N | +43B | =22N | −13B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1858 | -21.2 |
| 29 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1897 | USA | F | =17B | −3N | +47B | −21N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.75 | 1877 | -6.0 |
| 30 | Mokashi, Archit | 1996 | IND | F | F | +19N | =11N | −5B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1860 | -10.8 |
| 31 | Higuchi, Hiro | 1840 | USA | −15N | =12N | −22B | +46B | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1830 | -1.8 |
| 32 | Hanke, Harvey | 2028 | USA | F | F | =24N | =16B | =9N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1876 | -16.0 |
| 33 | Jha, Keya | 1820 | USA | F | =39N | −11B | +27B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1800 | -3.6 |
| 34 | Dashti, Pasha | 0 | USA | F | F | =39B | −5N | +43B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1766 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Elshazly, Mohamed | 1803 | USA | −7B | −3N | +50B | −13N | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 1766 | -9.2 |
| 36 | Karthik, Aarav | 1766 | USA | F | −15B | −21N | =19B | =26N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1755 | -2.8 |
| 37 | Huang, Ayden | 1941 | USA | F | F | −18N | +42B | −3N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1931 | -5.2 |
| 38 | Ramaswamy, Rohit | 1794 | USA | F | F | −6N | −14B | +39B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1756 | -7.6 |
| 39 | Zhu, Andrew J | 1695 | USA | F | =33B | =34N | −17B | −38N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1594 | -14.0 |
| 40 | Mills, James | 1929 | USA | F | −24B | +45N | −12N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1776 | -12.4 |
| 41 | Rockhill, Nathaniel | 1953 | USA | F | F | +48N | −3B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1903 | -4.4 |
| 42 | Ramkumar, Gautham | 1725 | USA | F | F | +13B | −37N | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1930 | +20.8 |
| 43 | Mukherjee, Sathvik | 1727 | USA | F | F | −28N | +45B | −34N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1898 | +17.6 |
| 44 | Fan, Evan Qianyuan | 1857 | USA | F | F | −26B | =48N | =47N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1667 | -30.4 |
| 45 | Lavanur, Mahendra | 1845 | USA | F | F | −40B | −43N | +46B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1674 | -27.2 |
| 46 | Wu, Mason | 1740 | USA | −13B | =26N | −12B | −31N | −45N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1543 | -36.0 |
| 47 | McCrea, Ryan A | 1732 | USA | −9N | F | −23B | −29N | =44B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1576 | -12.6 |
| 48 | Turba, Timur | 1701 | USA | F | F | −41B | =44B | −19N | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1604 | -12.8 |
| 49 | FIDE 39990842 | 0 | — | −10N | −6B | −27N | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1129 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Pittala, Ashvath Reddy | 1796 | USA | F | F | −35N | F | −27B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1012 | -38.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Prem, Muthu AvaneeshUSA+73.62.5 pts · #18
- 2Das, DebarghyaUSA+49.63.5 pts · #4
- 3Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA+44.43.5 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Pittala, Ashvath ReddyUSA-38.40.0 pts · #49
- 2Wu, MasonUSA-36.00.5 pts · #48
- 3Wang, RockyUSA-32.32.5 pts · #23
Biggest upsets
- R4+244 Elo gap
- R1+223 Elo gap
- R3+195 Elo gap