9th Frank K. Berry FIDE Open Championship
37 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Oklahoma City, OK, United States. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2107, and top seed was Ryan Amburgy (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2325).
Luke Leon Robin Anatol (🇺🇸 USA, 2004) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ryan Amburgy (4.0) and Logan C Shafer (3.5). Anatol won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Thomas Nguyen (1570) beat Mark Hulsey (2007), a +437-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLuke Leon Robin Anatol led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Luke Leon Robin Anatol held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
Luke Leon Robin Anatol beat FM Ryan Amburgy (White).
Luke Leon Robin Anatol 4 wins (R1–R4)Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luke Leon Robin Anatol | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2FMRyan Amburgy | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti | — | — | * | — |
| 4Veronique Joseph | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatol, Luke Leon Robin | 2004 | USA | +26B | +25N | +2B | +11N | =7B | 4.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 11.00 | 2303 | +64.8 |
| 2 | Amburgy, RyanFM | 2325 | USA | +14N | +6B | −1N | +22B | +3N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 11.50 | 2271 | -3.0 |
| 3 | Shafer, Logan CCM | 2236 | USA | +17B | +18N | +27B | =7N | −2B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 2220 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Chetlapalli, Vishnu | 1918 | USA | −19N | +35B | +32N | +8B | =10N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 2101 | +26.4 |
| 5 | Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana | 1976 | USA | F | +17N | +21N | +23B | =9N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.50 | 2140 | +26.0 |
| 6 | Joseph, Veronique | 1751 | USA | +36B | −2N | +30B | =27N | +12B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 2056 | +54.7 |
| 7 | Li, RachaelWIM | 2316 | USA | F | +32B | +20N | =3B | =1N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 2211 | -6.2 |
| 8 | Banerjee, Evan | 1650 | CAN | =12B | =13N | +34B | −4N | +16B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1726 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Luscomb, David A | 1865 | USA | F | =16N | +18B | +13N | =5B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 2141 | +14.6 |
| 10 | Manchanda, AdvikCM | 1957 | USA | −25B | +26N | =16B | +29N | =4B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 5.25 | 1757 | -28.8 |
| 11 | Balaji, Tanav | 1691 | USA | +22N | =21B | +28N | −1B | −15N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1933 | +58.0 |
| 12 | Petty, Kirk D | 1700 | USA | =8N | −28B | +33N | +20B | −6N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Kolli, Rishi | 1920 | USA | F | =8B | +19N | −9B | +20N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1700 | -31.6 |
| 14 | Chandra, Maurya | 1727 | USA | −2B | −30N | +36B | =25N | +23N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1868 | +31.6 |
| 15 | Zhang, Oscar Y | 1927 | USA | F | =29N | =31B | =16N | +11B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 2491 | +8.0 |
| 16 | Chen, Lafayette | 1673 | USA | =28N | =9B | =10N | =15B | −8N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1769 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Roy Choudhury, Arya | 1628 | USA | −3N | −5B | +24N | =18B | =19N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1765 | +14.4 |
| 18 | Nguyen, Thomas | 1570 | USA | +30B | −3B | −9N | =17N | =24B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1808 | 0.0 |
| 19 | LaSala, Michael | 1663 | USA | +4B | −27N | −13B | =26N | =17B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1759 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Praveen, Aayush | 1586 | USA | +34B | +31N | −7B | −12N | −13B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1153 | -8.0 |
| 21 | Haskin, Zachary | 1864 | USA | +24B | =11N | −5B | =31N | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1777 | -6.8 |
| 22 | Rana, Oliver | 2063 | USA | −11B | +36N | +25B | −2N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1841 | -36.4 |
| 23 | Lin, William | 1857 | USA | F | +37N | +29B | −5N | −14B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1821 | -7.6 |
| 24 | Inglett, Parker | 1665 | USA | −21N | =34N | −17B | +35B | =18N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 946 | -31.6 |
| 25 | Singh, Viraj | 1683 | USA | +10N | −1B | −22N | =14B | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1851 | +26.8 |
| 26 | Suresh, Kawin Sayi | 1668 | USA | −1N | −10B | =35N | =19B | =29N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1180 | -11.2 |
| 27 | Alexander, Joshua | 2021 | USA | F | +19B | −3N | =6B | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1801 | -22.4 |
| 28 | Shams Ud Duha | 1806 | BAN | =16B | +12N | −11B | F | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 891 | -13.2 |
| 29 | Perry, Edward | 1656 | USA | F | =15B | −23N | −10B | =26B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1659 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Hulsey, Mark | 2007 | USA | −18N | +14B | −6N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1739 | -13.0 |
| 31 | Melvin, Miles | 1887 | USA | F | −20B | =15N | =21B | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Veal, Joe | 1878 | USA | +37B | −7N | −4B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1985 | +5.8 |
| 33 | Williams III, John William | 1574 | USA | F | −?N | −12B | +36N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1703 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Turin, Joshua | 1988 | USA | −20N | =24B | −8N | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Miller, Julien | 1614 | USA | F | −4N | =26B | −24N | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Karthik, Raghav Vedant | 1664 | USA | −6N | −22B | −14N | −33B | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1047 | -34.8 |
| 37 | Braunlich, Tom | 2134 | USA | −32N | −23B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1068 | -32.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Anatol, Luke Leon RobinUSA+64.84.5 pts · #1
- 2Balaji, TanavUSA+58.02.5 pts · #8
- 3Joseph, VeroniqueUSA+54.73.5 pts · #5
- 1Rana, OliverUSA-36.42.0 pts · #11
- 2Karthik, Raghav VedantUSA-34.80.0 pts · #33
- 3Braunlich, TomUSA-32.80.0 pts · #35
- R1+437 Elo gap
- R1+402 Elo gap
- R1+372 Elo gap