2025 Summer Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 1-3
33 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 22 Jul 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Aryan Achuthan (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2243).
Alex Shrauger (🇺🇸 USA, 2032) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Elliott Winslow (2.5) and Jeremy David Cawthon (2.5). Shrauger shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Adam Mercado (1809) beat Aryan Achuthan (CM, 2243), a +434-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
4 players finish on 2.5/3. Shrauger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Alex Shrauger drew with IM Elliott Winslow (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alex Shrauger | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2IMElliott Winslow | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3FMAndy Lee | — | — | * | — |
| 4Jeremy David Cawthon | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrauger, Alex | 2032 | USA | +14N | +7B | =2N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 2169 | +9.2 |
| 2 | Winslow, ElliottIM | 1968 | USA | +21B | +8N | =1B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 2156 | +13.4 |
| 3 | Cawthon, Jeremy David | 1866 | USA | +33N | =11B | +5N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2093 | +16.4 |
| 4 | Lee, AndyFM | 2190 | USA | =26B | +19N | +12B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.75 | 2092 | -4.2 |
| 5 | Mercado, Adam | 1809 | USA | +6B | +20N | −3B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 2152 | +25.0 |
| 6 | Achuthan, AryanCM | 2243 | USA | −5N | +24B | +11N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 2012 | -26.4 |
| 7 | Walder, Michael | 1893 | USA | +27B | −1N | +19B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1968 | +6.2 |
| 8 | Chen, Qinhong | 1849 | USA | +32N | −2B | +26N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1974 | +10.0 |
| 9 | Gnana Hari Sekar, Easwar | 1766 | USA | =22B | =23N | +31B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2012 | +38.8 |
| 10 | McCollum, Patrick M | 1775 | USA | −19B | +30N | +20B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1969 | +30.4 |
| 11 | Bambou, Christophe | 1976 | FRA | +30B | =3N | −6B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1981 | -0.4 |
| 12 | Horowitz, Phineas F | 1814 | USA | =17N | +13B | −4N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 2051 | +16.6 |
| 13 | Diller, Bradley R | 1904 | USA | =15B | −12N | +27B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1748 | -12.0 |
| 14 | Lewis, Edward | 1827 | USA | −1B | =27N | +30B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1890 | +4.8 |
| 15 | Kulkarni, Neil | 1625 | USA | =13N | =25B | =22N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1898 | +39.6 |
| 16 | Tsodikova, NataliaWFM | 2155 | USA | F | =28N | +21B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1993 | -5.6 |
| 17 | Hao, Max | 2058 | USA | =12B | +31N | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1964 | -7.2 |
| 18 | Heiserman, Jimmy | 2163 | USA | F | =29N | +28B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 2040 | -4.6 |
| 19 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1694 | USA | +10N | −4B | −7N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1795 | +11.6 |
| 20 | Uyanga, ByambaaWFM | 2006 | MGL | +24N | −5B | −10N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1681 | -25.4 |
| 21 | Santos Jr, Catalino | 1769 | USA | −2N | +32B | −16N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1825 | +4.4 |
| 22 | Nguyen, Darian | 1955 | USA | =9N | F | =15B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1696 | -12.6 |
| 23 | Atkeson, Christopher Timothy | 1979 | USA | F | =9B | =25N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1800 | -9.2 |
| 24 | Rajaram, Raghu | 1835 | USA | −20B | −6N | +32B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1864 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Sankar, Arjun | 1835 | USA | F | =15N | =23B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1802 | -1.6 |
| 26 | Gaffagan, Steven | 1854 | USA | =4N | F | −8B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1827 | -2.6 |
| 27 | Smith, Roger | 1805 | USA | −7N | =14B | −13N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1602 | -14.2 |
| 28 | Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector | 1831 | USA | F | =16B | −18N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1966 | +5.0 |
| 29 | Clemens, Kristian | 1863 | USA | F | =18B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2163 | +7.0 |
| 30 | Parsons, Stephen | 1832 | USA | −11N | −10B | −14N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1059 | -28.0 |
| 31 | Ni, Leo | 1727 | USA | F | −17B | −9N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1112 | -22.8 |
| 32 | Tomar, Kshitij | 1726 | USA | −8B | −21N | −24N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1018 | -44.8 |
| 33 | Peterson, Jared E | 1675 | USA | −3B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1066 | -10.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kulkarni, NeilUSA+39.61.5 pts · #11
- 2Gnana Hari Sekar, EaswarUSA+38.82.0 pts · #7
- 3McCollum, Patrick MUSA+30.42.0 pts · #10
- 1Tomar, KshitijUSA-44.80.0 pts · #33
- 2Parsons, StephenUSA-28.00.0 pts · #30
- 3Achuthan, AryanCMUSA-26.42.0 pts · #8
- R1+434 Elo gap
- R3+231 Elo gap
- R2+197 Elo gap