9th Annual Sevan Memorial Tournament
Open SwissStandard
96 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Schaumburg, IL, United States. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2149, and top seed was Sam Schmakel (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2439).
Rohan Menon (🇺🇸 USA, 1946) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Dmitry Gurevich (4.0) and Justin Lee (4.0). Menon won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Avanish Ram Amarnath (1503) beat Said Elferachi (1878), a +375-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Schaumburg, IL, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×2
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×80
🇲🇳Mongolia×3
🇮🇳India×3
🇨🇳China×2
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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7
3
1
3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Menon takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Justin Lee 3 wins (R3–R5)GM Dmitry Gurevich 3 wins (R1–R3)Rohan Menon 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menon, Rohan | 1946 | USA | +69N | +5B | +91N | −20B | +12N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.50 | 2077 | +26.4 |
| 2 | Gurevich, DmitryGM | 2324 | USA | +35B | +23N | +68B | −22N | +32B | 4.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.50 | 2292 | +0.7 |
| 3 | Lee, Justin | 1937 | USA | +29B | −64N | +73B | +80N | +41B | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.50 | 2570 | +45.6 |
| 4 | Sax, Robert | 1780 | USA | +65N | =13B | =10N | =19B | +25N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.75 | 1823 | +5.4 |
| 5 | Hamilton, Mark P | 1814 | USA | +46B | −1N | +75B | =6N | +71B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1937 | +13.0 |
| 6 | Shen, Edward | 1961 | USA | +92N | +25B | −20N | =5B | +56N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.75 | 2029 | +17.2 |
| 7 | Seetharaman, Rakshith | 1853 | USA | +33N | +19B | =48N | +77B | F | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.25 | 2184 | +58.4 |
| 8 | Kailash, Vaibhav | 1732 | USA | =66N | +70B | +49N | −48B | +39N | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1764 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Szpisjak, Steven | 1874 | USA | +21N | +12B | −78N | +36B | −17N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.50 | 1889 | +2.2 |
| 10 | Avanish Ram Amarnath | 1503 | IND | =50B | +83N | =4B | +52N | −14B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1772 | +47.6 |
| 11 | Higuchi, Hiro | 1926 | USA | +30B | +67N | −22B | −27N | +45B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1896 | -5.2 |
| 12 | Nudo, Zachary W | 1829 | USA | +74B | −9N | +84B | +64N | −1B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1666 | -12.2 |
| 13 | Arond, Dean | 1821 | USA | +82B | =4N | =52B | −68N | +51B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 4.50 | 1742 | -7.8 |
| 14 | Lee, Daniel | 1913 | USA | F | F | +21N | +37B | +10N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2453 | +8.4 |
| 15 | Kamesh, Vidyuth | 1984 | USA | +24B | +72N | +80B | −16N | F | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 2059 | +16.4 |
| 16 | Ochirbat, LkhagvajamtsFM | 2292 | MGL | F | F | +34N | +15B | +48N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2768 | +8.0 |
| 17 | Cedeno, Louis | 1853 | USA | F | F | +67B | +51N | +9B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 2551 | +22.8 |
| 18 | Pennington-Cross, Nicholas Lee | 1750 | USA | −31N | =65B | +69N | =55B | +91N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1753 | +1.6 |
| 19 | Tang, Emily Jiaying | 1733 | USA | +54B | −7N | +93B | =4N | −28B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1715 | -6.0 |
| 20 | Tugstumur, YesuntumurIM | 2415 | MGL | F | F | +6B | +1N | =22B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.75 | 2429 | +1.9 |
| 21 | Baumgartner, Christopher | 1792 | USA | −9B | +46N | −14B | =53N | +50B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1721 | -8.2 |
| 22 | Schmakel, SamIM | 2439 | USA | F | F | +11N | +2B | =20N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.25 | 2532 | +3.9 |
| 23 | Chen, Megan | 1697 | USA | +53N | −2B | =26N | +49B | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1805 | +3.6 |
| 24 | Friske, Thomas | 1705 | USA | −15N | +33B | =57N | +58B | −36N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.25 | 1854 | +19.2 |
| 25 | Abbott, James | 1850 | USA | +85B | −6N | =87B | +70N | −4B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1071 | -19.0 |
| 26 | Kamesh, Varun | 0 | USA | −72B | +29N | =23B | +38N | F | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.25 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Xia, ElizabethWCM | 1745 | USA | =81B | F | +31N | +11B | −34N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.25 | 1907 | +17.2 |
| 28 | Thompson, Sean D | 1760 | USA | F | F | +76B | =59B | +19N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2044 | +20.6 |
| 29 | Osborne, Keoni | 1664 | USA | −3N | −26B | +96N | −31B | +66N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1854 | +14.6 |
| 30 | Gupta, Palash | 0 | USA | −11N | +53B | +40N | −34B | −37N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1833 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Jackson, Jordan A | 0 | USA | +18B | −52N | −27B | +29N | −?B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1662 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Hanke, Harvey | 2050 | USA | F | F | +38N | +43B | −2N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2134 | +13.6 |
| 33 | Korampally, Nirvan | 1771 | USA | −7B | −24N | F | +82N | +54B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 979 | -39.2 |
| 34 | Elgat, Adam | 1888 | USA | F | F | −16B | +30N | +27B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 2017 | +9.2 |
| 35 | Davenport, Alan Lee | 1658 | USA | −2N | F | =88B | =46N | +70B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1748 | +10.0 |
| 36 | Silvestre, Lucas | 1765 | USA | F | F | +71B | −9N | +24B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1790 | +2.8 |
| 37 | Sahoo, Ojas | 0 | USA | F | F | +54B | −14N | +30B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1113 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Spiegel, Evan | 1759 | USA | F | +81N | −32B | −26B | +49N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1250 | -3.0 |
| 39 | Hanninen, Carter James | 1681 | USA | F | F | +83B | +50N | −8B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1629 | -5.6 |
| 40 | Gratz, GlenCM | 2005 | USA | F | F | −30B | +67N | +44B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 2550 | +7.6 |
| 41 | Drucker, Jack | 1866 | USA | F | F | +66N | +91B | −3N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1760 | -4.8 |
| 42 | Walls, Christian J | 1793 | USA | F | F | =55N | =62B | +73N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1911 | +5.8 |
| 43 | Joseph, Bennett | 1944 | USA | F | F | +64B | −32N | +68B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1898 | -2.4 |
| 44 | Mills-Wren, Maximilian | 1685 | USA | F | F | +74B | +66B | −40N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1794 | +9.2 |
| 45 | Bao, Ronny | 1701 | USA | F | F | +92N | +75B | −11N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1867 | +26.0 |
| 46 | Qiu, Hanwen | 1779 | CHN | F | F | +81B | −71N | +84B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1617 | -17.6 |
| 47 | Cheng, Gary | 1751 | USA | F | F | −61N | +92B | +95N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1575 | -18.0 |
| 48 | Oh, James Y | 2029 | USA | F | F | =7B | +8N | −16B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1959 | -10.4 |
| 49 | Todi, Ayaan | 0 | USA | =60B | +?N | −8B | −23N | −38B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1586 | -8.4 |
| 50 | Parameswaran, Vivaan | 1525 | USA | =10N | =66B | =56N | −39B | −21N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1514 | -5.2 |
| 51 | Durai Murugan, Kavinvel | 1566 | USA | F | =60N | +63B | −17B | −13N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1037 | -14.0 |
| 52 | Elferachi, Said | 1878 | USA | F | +31B | =13N | −10B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1469 | -19.8 |
| 53 | Rakshaanth Premkumar | 1512 | IND | −23B | −30N | F | =21B | +86N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1706 | +29.6 |
| 54 | Litwiller, Joseph Harvey | 0 | USA | −19N | +92B | −37N | =65B | −33N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Robertson, Luke | 1668 | USA | F | F | =42B | =18N | =80B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1775 | +17.6 |
| 56 | Von Hoff, Christopher Daniel | 1756 | USA | F | F | =50B | +85N | −6B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1551 | -10.6 |
| 57 | Pikus, Matthew | 1908 | USA | −67B | +74N | =24B | F | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1567 | -17.8 |
| 58 | Samayamantri, Hemanth | 1844 | USA | F | F | =89B | −24N | +64B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 905 | -27.6 |
| 59 | Wen, Yili | 1992 | CHN | F | F | +72B | =28N | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1915 | -3.0 |
| 60 | Borjanovic, Bosko | 0 | USA | =49N | =51B | =85N | F | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1565 | -14.4 |
| 61 | Huang, Yueze | 1530 | USA | F | F | +47B | =84N | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1844 | +32.4 |
| 62 | Govind, Agastya | 0 | AUS | F | F | +82B | =42N | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1793 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Simpson, Matthew | 0 | USA | F | F | −51N | =86B | +81N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1405 | -37.6 |
| 64 | Sabarish, Shashwath | 0 | USA | F | +3B | −43N | −12B | −58N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1696 | 0.0 |
| 65 | Kota, Arjun | 0 | USA | −4B | =18N | F | =54N | −46B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1497 | -12.4 |
| 66 | Gopal, Sri Krishav | 1580 | USA | =8B | =50N | −41B | −44N | −29B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1455 | -31.6 |
| 67 | Whitecotton, Liam | 1815 | USA | +57N | −11B | −17N | −40B | −76N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1615 | -48.4 |
| 68 | Thakkar, Aayush | 1746 | USA | F | F | −2N | +13B | −43N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1845 | +11.2 |
| 69 | Bhargava, Anay | 1459 | USA | −1B | =82N | −18B | =83N | −75N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 960 | -17.6 |
| 70 | Ajoykumar, Aarud | 0 | USA | F | −8N | +?B | −25B | −35N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1599 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Pranshu Andhari | 0 | IND | F | F | −36N | +46B | −5N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Girish, Adarsh | 1684 | USA | +26N | −15B | −59N | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1188 | -11.6 |
| 73 | Oyunsuvd, Bat-Erdene | 1767 | MGL | F | F | −3N | +76B | −42B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1645 | -19.2 |
| 74 | Saran, Angad | 0 | USA | −12N | −57B | −44N | F | +83B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1007 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Bazyliev, Viacheslav | 1679 | USA | F | F | −5N | −45N | +69B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1530 | -23.2 |
| 76 | Munkhsuld, Bishrelt | 1582 | USA | F | F | −28N | −73N | +67B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1655 | +10.4 |
| 77 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1855 | USA | F | F | +79B | −7N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1053 | -20.0 |
| 78 | Panner, Gabriel | 1845 | USA | F | F | +9B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2674 | +21.6 |
| 79 | FIDE 39941086 | 0 | — | F | +90B | −77N | F | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1054 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Kabakov, Robert | 1782 | USA | F | F | −15N | −3B | =55N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1590 | -27.6 |
| 81 | Sabarish, Shravan | 0 | USA | =27N | −38B | −46N | F | −63B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Biswas, Avidha | 0 | USA | −13N | =69B | −62N | −33B | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1408 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Durai Murugan, Thirukkumaran | 0 | USA | F | −10B | −39N | =69B | −74N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1272 | -60.8 |
| 84 | Jadhav, Prajwal | 1553 | USA | F | F | −12N | =61B | −46N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1440 | -16.4 |
| 85 | FIDE 39999980 | 0 | — | −25N | F | =60B | −56B | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1003 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Annapragada, Srivastav | 1630 | USA | F | F | F | =63N | −53B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 712 | -26.4 |
| 87 | Advani, Sanjay | 0 | USA | F | F | =25N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1850 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Turba, Timur | 1782 | USA | F | F | =35N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1658 | -6.8 |
| 89 | FIDE 39999866 | 0 | — | F | F | =58N | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1844 | 0.0 |
| 90 | FIDE 39960757 | 0 | — | =?B | −79N | −?B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 91 | FIDE 39934446 | 0 | — | F | F | −1B | −41N | −18B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1054 | 0.0 |
| 92 | Veeder, Cole | 1620 | USA | −6B | −54N | −45B | −47N | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1004 | -33.6 |
| 93 | Gu, Hardy | 1813 | USA | F | F | −19N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 939 | -24.0 |
| 94 | FIDE 39944840 | — | — | F | F | −46B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 979 | 0.0 |
| 95 | FIDE 566000017 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −?N | −47B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 892 | 0.0 |
| 96 | Li, David | 1668 | USA | F | F | −29B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 864 | -20.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Seetharaman, RakshithUSA+58.43.5 pts · #4
- 2Avanish Ram AmarnathIND+47.63.0 pts · #27
- 3Lee, JustinUSA+45.64.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Durai Murugan, ThirukkumaranUSA-60.80.5 pts · #75
- 2Whitecotton, LiamUSA-48.41.0 pts · #39
- 3Korampally, NirvanUSA-39.22.0 pts · #91
Biggest upsets
- R4+375 Elo gap
- R5+233 Elo gap
- R3+221 Elo gap