2025 June North Texas FIDE - U1800
23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Irving, TX, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1611, and top seed was Joseph Cheung (🇺🇸 USA, 1687).
Evan Banerjee (🇨🇦 CAN, 1540) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Shravan Balaji (4.0) and Akshay Jaishankar (3.5). Banerjee shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Aekaay Puppala (1467) beat Khan Md Zayan (1660), a +193-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Evan Banerjee held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Banerjee takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).
Shravan Balaji won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Evan Banerjee | * | — | — | — |
| 2Shravan Balaji | — | * | — | — |
| 3Akshay Jaishankar | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Tapasya Karry | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banerjee, Evan | 1540 | CAN | +20B | +15N | =6B | +8N | =5B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.75 | 1798 | +64.8 |
| 2 | Balaji, Shravan | 0 | USA | −8B | +20N | +18N | +9B | +6B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.50 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Jaishankar, Akshay | 1558 | USA | =7B | +4N | =8B | =6N | +12B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 10.25 | 1699 | +29.2 |
| 4 | Karry, Tapasya | 1570 | USA | =9N | −3B | +17N | +10B | +7B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1730 | +25.6 |
| 5 | Cheung, Joseph | 1687 | USA | =22N | +10B | =14N | +11B | =1N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.50 | 1747 | +9.2 |
| 6 | Puppala, Aekaay | 1467 | CAN | +19B | +21N | =1N | =3B | −2N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 6.25 | 1738 | +56.4 |
| 7 | Eckrote VII, Ethan David | 0 | USA | =3N | =22B | +16N | +14B | −4N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.25 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay | 1570 | USA | +2N | =14B | =3N | −1B | =11N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1356 | -22.4 |
| 9 | Priya, Ishan | 0 | USA | =4B | =11N | =15B | −2N | +21N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kishan Bathibabu Doddi | 1679 | IND | +13B | −5N | =12B | −4N | +23N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1467 | -45.6 |
| 11 | Kuchun Rajan, Sreevarshan | 0 | USA | =17N | =9B | +23N | −5N | =8B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Prabakar, Anish Karthick | 1416 | USA | =16N | =17B | =10N | +21B | −3N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1563 | +37.6 |
| 13 | Kundurthi, Surya Prakash | 1544 | USA | −10N | =16B | =20N | +23B | =19B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1537 | -1.2 |
| 14 | Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan | 0 | USA | +23B | =8N | =5B | −7N | −15B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Li, Chengkai | 1485 | USA | F | −1B | =9N | =16B | +14N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1366 | -11.6 |
| 16 | Tanpure, Arnav Mahesh | 1577 | IND | =12B | =13N | −7B | =15N | =18B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1501 | -16.8 |
| 17 | Newell, Logan | 1577 | USA | =11B | =12N | −4B | −19N | +20B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1470 | -24.4 |
| 18 | Ganesh, Advaith | 1559 | USA | −21B | +19N | −2B | =20B | =16N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1560 | +0.8 |
| 19 | Md Zayan, Khan | 1660 | BAN | −6N | −18B | F | +17B | =13N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1450 | -46.4 |
| 20 | Kelleher, Thomas Patrick | 1580 | USA | −1N | −2B | =13B | =18N | −17N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 2.25 | 1362 | -45.6 |
| 21 | Krishnamurthy, Adhitya | 1422 | USA | +18N | −6B | F | −12N | −9B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1356 | -5.4 |
| 22 | Franco, Sigifredo | 1647 | USA | =5B | =7N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 1687 | +1.2 |
| 23 | Akula, Praneel | 0 | USA | −14N | F | −11B | −13N | −10B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 812 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Banerjee, EvanCAN+64.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Puppala, AekaayCAN+56.43.0 pts · #3
- 3Prabakar, Anish KarthickUSA+37.62.5 pts · #5
- 1Md Zayan, KhanBAN-46.41.5 pts · #14
- 2Kelleher, Thomas PatrickUSA-45.61.0 pts · #17
- 3Kishan Bathibabu DoddiIND-45.62.5 pts · #13
- R1+193 Elo gap
- R1+137 Elo gap
- R4+109 Elo gap