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2025 Universal Open

SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Allen, TX, United States. 12 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2351, and top seed was Jeffery Xiong (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2639).

Robby Kevlishvili (🇳🇱 NED, GM, 2543) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Brian Escalante Ramirez (5.5) and Jeffery Xiong (5.5). Kevlishvili took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Luc Hoffman (CM, 2185) beat Rahul Srivatshav P (GM, 2473), a +288-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Allen, TX, United States
Dates
12 Jun 2025 → 15 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJeffery Xiong2639
Avg top 10
2,351
Participants
28
Titled players · 12
GM×5
FM×5
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇮🇳India×4
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Robby Kevlishvili led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
12
5
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Escalante Ramirez takes leadKevlishvili takes lead
Kevlishvili6Escalante Ramirez5.5Xiong5.5Fang4.5Hoffman4.5Mynala4
R5 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jun

GM Brian Escalante Ramirez takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Robby Kevlishvili drew with GM Brian Escalante Ramirez (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Jeffery Xiong won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMRobby Kevlishvili*
½
½
1
2GMBrian Escalante Ramirez
½
*
0
—
3GMJeffery Xiong
½
1
*
1
4FMElbert Fang
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kevlishvili, RobbyGM2543NED+9N+5B=2N+11B=3B+4N+18N6.027.530.525.002600+5.8
2Escalante Ramirez, BrianGM2484PER+7B+4N=1B+10N+16B−3N+13B5.527.030.021.502588+10.7
3Xiong, JefferyGM2639USA+6B+12N+10BF=1N+2B+5N5.527.027.024.002771+6.8
4Hoffman, LucCM2185USA+26N−2B+20N+8B=12N−1B+10N4.525.026.513.252309+45.6
5Fang, ElbertFM2146USA+22B−1N+7B+28N=11N+12B−3B4.524.525.512.252323+60.0
6Rahul Mynala2068IND−3N+23B=17N+21B−10N+8B=11B4.022.024.011.752180+34.0
7Lopez II, Nelson M2037USA−2N+26B−5N+17B−8N+15B+23N4.022.023.59.502104+11.0
8Yanayt, EugeneFM2008USA+14B−10N+25B−4N+7B−6N+22B4.021.523.011.002099+15.2
9Zhang, Andrew2009USA−1B−22N=23N+27B=17N+19B+24B4.017.518.58.001982-11.6
10Rahul Srivatshav PGM2473IND+21N+8B−3N−2B+6B=13N−4B3.527.029.512.252235-17.5
11Gutla, AryanFM2295USA+19N+15B=16N−1N=5B−18B=6N3.523.526.011.252187-9.2
12Venkatesh, NarayanFM2168USA+23B−3B+15N+13N=4B−5NF3.523.023.010.752228+17.2
13Guo, EthanFM2118USA+20N=16B=28N−12B+19N=10B−2N3.520.521.58.752209+25.6
14Bhangale, Likhit1887USA−8N=21B=19N=15B=24N=20B+25N3.516.518.07.751922+12.4
15Wang, Kyle YiwenCM2097USA+27B−11N−12B=14N+22B−7N=21B3.019.020.06.001939-56.0
16Raja HarshitGM2462IND+24B=13N=11B+18B−2NFF3.017.517.58.502276-9.1
17Ravishankar, Dhruvesh1852USA=28B=25N=6B−7N=9B=24N=27N3.016.517.56.751889+10.8
18Meng, Joshua2032USAFF+22B−16N+28B+11N−1B3.015.515.56.502295+60.8
19Lad, Neil1960USA−11B=27N=14B+25N−13B−9N=20N2.518.519.55.001866-39.6
20Aarav Nambiar T1846IND−13B+24N−4B−22N=25B=14N=19B2.518.019.55.751851-4.0
21Barnes, Maxwell1906USA−10B=14N+27B−6N=23BF=15N2.517.017.05.251946+3.0
22Zafar, Faris1884USA−5N+9B−18N+20B−15NF−8N2.021.021.06.501898+3.2
23Warrier, Krishnan1913USA−12N−6N=9B+26B=21NF−7B2.019.519.54.751894-3.4
24Blomer, John1760USA−16N−20B+26NF=14B=17B−9N2.017.517.54.751821+14.8
25Arul, Sharvesh1876USAF=17B−8N−19B=20N=26N−14B1.517.017.03.501720-47.2
26Jaishankar, Sanjay1924USA−4B−7N−24B−23N+27N=25BF1.515.015.01.751727-62.8
27Vyas, Miransh Purven1747USA−15N=19B−21N−9N−26BF=17B1.016.516.52.751685-13.6
28Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana2073USA=17NF=13B−5B−18NFF1.014.014.03.251844-47.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets