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2025 Universal Open - 2000-2199

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Allen, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1972, and top seed was Nikhil C. Joshi (🇮🇳 IND, 2088).

Nikhil C. Joshi (🇮🇳 IND, 2088) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mubassar Uddin (4.5) and Luke Leon Robin Anatol (4.5). Joshi won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Vidhun Ganesan (1561) beat Joseph Cheung (1687), a +126-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
🇮🇳Nikhil C. Joshi2088
Avg top 10
1,972
Participants
22
Titled players · 2
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×20
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Nikhil C. Joshi led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
2
4
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Joshi5.5Munkhzul4.5Uddin4.5Anatol4.5Mao4Sanchez4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Nikhil C. Joshi never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikhil C. Joshi beat WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul (White).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Nikhil C. Joshi went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikhil C. Joshi*
1
½
½
2WIMDavaakhuu Munkhzul
0
*
1
—
3Mubassar Uddin
½
0
*
1
4Luke Leon Robin Anatol
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Joshi, Nikhil C.2088IND+22N+17B=2N+7B=6N+4B=3B5.523.523.517.002136+9.2
2Uddin, Mubassar1966USA+18N+3N=1B=6N−4B+5B=8N4.526.528.517.252043+16.0
3Anatol, Luke Leon Robin2052USA+9N−2B+10B=5N+8B=6B=1N4.526.029.518.252062+4.8
4Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM2042MGL+8BF=5N+9B+2N−1N+7B4.526.026.018.502147+15.8
5Sanchez, Robert1937USA+11B=6N=4B=3B=7N−2N+14N4.025.028.015.001959+5.2
6Zheng, Zhaoxing1903USA+12N=5B+16N=2B=1B=3NF4.024.524.515.252049+23.4
7Elliott, Alexander1908USA+14B=10N+15B−1N=5B+16N−4N4.023.526.012.251975+13.2
8Kolli, Rishi1861USA−4N+21B=13N+15B−3N+19B=2B4.022.023.010.001887+13.6
9Mao, Andrew1965USA−3B+18N+14B−4N=19B=11N+16B4.020.022.010.251858-15.6
10Gao, Wilson1997USA+21N=7B−3N=13B=16N=14B=11N3.521.022.09.251807-63.6
11Beltran, Omar1703USA−5N+12B=17N−16B+18N=9B=10B3.519.521.510.251840+24.0
12Dumitru, Eric Alexander1713USA−6B−11N+21B=19N+20N+15B−13N3.517.518.56.501710-1.2
13Shen, Yangyang1811USAFF=8B=10N=14B+17N+12B3.516.016.010.751977+44.4
14Kaur, AradhWFM1790USA−7N+22B−9N+18B=13N=10N−5B3.021.021.05.501808+4.0
15Borse, Prasanna1834USAF+19B−7N−8N+17B−12N+22B3.015.515.54.001755-12.0
16Santhosh, Pranav1789USAF+20N−6B+11N=10B−7B−9N2.520.520.56.751783-3.6
17Xiong, Gabriel1781USA=20B−1N=11BF−15N−13B+18N2.019.019.04.501658-41.2
18Chandra, Maurya1701USA−2B−9B+22N−14N−11B+21N−17B2.018.018.01.001623-32.8
19Goldstein, Doug1578USAF−15N+20B=12B=9N−8NF2.016.016.05.251715+14.4
20Ganesan, Vidhun1561USA=17N−16B−19NF−12B+22NF1.510.010.01.001561-1.6
21Ganesan, Vikash1576USA−10B−8N−12NF+22B−18BF1.013.013.00.001548-9.6
22Cheung, Joseph1687USA−1B−14N−18BF−21N−20B−15N0.016.016.00.00958-101.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets