8th Annual Queen City of the Prairie Open and Fort Worth Championship

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Fort Worth, TX, United States. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1990, and top seed was Zurab Javakhadze (🇬🇪 GEO, IM, 2418).

Zurab Javakhadze (🇬🇪 GEO, IM, 2418) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez (3.5) and Zelin Fang (3.5). Javakhadze shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nethra Vinayagaram (1594) beat Vishnu Chetlapalli (1922), a +328-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Fort Worth, TX, United States

Dates

18 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇪IMZurab Javakhadze2418

Avg top 10

1,990

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×1

CM×2

WIM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×34

🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMZurab Javakhadze
🇬🇪GEO·2418
3.5pts·2391perf-0.7
🥈
Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez
🇩🇴DOM·2164
3.5pts·2098perf-3.8
🥉
Zelin Fang
🇺🇸USA·1722
3.5pts·2071perf+91.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 6 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Javakhadze3.5Vyas3.5Bupeshnath3.5Tineo Rodriguez3.5Kolli3.5Fang3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 3.5/5. Javakhadze takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Zurab Javakhadze won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Miransh Purven Vyas was #11 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMZurab Javakhadze	*	—	—	1
2Miransh Purven Vyas	—	*	—	½
3Arjun Bupeshnath	—	—	*	—
4Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Javakhadze, ZurabIM	2418	GEO	F	+18B	+5N	+2B	=9N	3.5	12.5	12.5	11.00	2391	-0.7
2	Tineo Rodriguez, Brian Jeremiah	2164	DOM	+17B	=4N	+32B	−1N	+14B	3.5	12.0	13.0	7.75	2098	-3.8
3	Fang, Zelin	1722	USA	+16B	+28N	=13B	=8N	=7B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.25	2071	+91.2
4	Vyas, Miransh Purven	1818	USA	+34N	=2B	−9N	+26B	+16B	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	2010	+49.6
5	Kolli, Rishi	1875	USA	+36B	+19N	−1B	=14N	+15B	3.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	1993	+28.8
6	Bupeshnath, Arjun	1845	USA	+26B	=33N	+15B	=7N	=13B	3.5	9.5	10.0	7.00	1888	+15.2
7	Manchanda, AdvikCM	1923	USA	F	+23N	+12B	=6B	=3N	3.0	12.0	12.0	8.50	1956	+5.2
8	Lad, Neil	1932	USA	−15B	+22N	+33B	=3B	=11N	3.0	11.0	11.5	5.75	1754	-39.2
9	Jaishankar, Sanjay	1908	USA	F	+30N	+4B	=13N	=1B	3.0	11.0	11.0	8.00	2117	+39.6
10	Vinayagaram, Nethra	1594	USA	+14B	−13N	+19B	=31N	=17B	3.0	9.5	10.5	6.25	1886	+73.2
11	Dhanekula, Rithul	1829	USA	F	=26N	+21N	+20B	=8B	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.25	1875	+11.6
12	Steiner, TimCM	1839	USA	F	+27B	−7N	+32B	+31B	3.0	6.5	6.5	3.50	2008	+17.6
13	Bhangale, Likhit	1899	USA	F	+10B	=3N	=9B	=6N	2.5	13.0	13.0	8.00	1862	-6.4
14	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1922	USA	−10N	+25B	+17N	=5B	−2N	2.5	12.5	14.5	6.25	1814	-23.1
15	Fukuchi, Curtis K	1724	USA	+8N	=31B	−6N	+18B	−5N	2.5	12.5	13.5	6.00	1862	+18.2
16	Bayyarapu, Mohit	1947	USA	−3N	+24B	=20N	+33B	−4N	2.5	11.0	11.5	3.50	1691	-61.2
17	Zhang, Lawrence	1702	USA	−2N	+34B	−14B	+25N	=10N	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.50	1818	+25.6
18	Zhang, Ellery	1782	USA	+35B	−1N	=28B	−15N	+19B	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1823	+6.4
19	Kurra, Suhaas	1673	USA	+21N	−5B	−10N	+35B	−18N	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1617	-16.4
20	Ikkurthi, Ishaan	1687	USA	−28B	+35N	=16B	−11N	=29N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1699	+0.4
21	Shankar, Aashritha	1563	USA	−19B	+36N	−11B	=23N	=30N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.75	1617	+12.8
22	Jawaghar, Jeevanth	1465	USA	F	−8B	=29N	=24B	+26N	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.25	1645	+33.6
23	Ganesan, Vikash	1646	USA	F	−7B	=27N	=21B	+33N	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.25	1682	+5.6
24	Jaishankar, Akshay	1626	USA	F	−16N	+34B	=22N	=27B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.75	1698	+13.2
25	Ratheesh, Nived	1734	USA	F	−14N	+36B	−17B	+35N	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1720	-3.2
26	Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay	1548	USA	−6N	=11B	+30B	−4N	−22B	1.5	12.0	13.5	3.00	1576	+2.8
27	Grandhi, Aditya	1641	USA	F	−12N	=23B	=29B	=24N	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1576	-15.6
28	Barnes, Maxwell	1909	USA	+20N	−3B	=18N	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	1730	-13.8
29	Ganesan, Vidhun	1539	USA	F	−32N	=22B	=27N	=20B	1.5	6.5	6.5	2.75	1566	+3.2
30	Roy Choudhury, Arya	1668	USA	F	−9B	−26N	+34N	=21B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1602	-16.0
31	Root, AlexeyWIM	1876	USA	F	=15N	F	=10B	−12N	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.75	1594	-21.8
32	Kaul, Krrish	1818	USA	F	+29B	−2N	−12N	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1723	-16.8
33	Praveen, Aayush	1601	USA	F	=6B	−8N	−16N	−23B	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.75	1521	-14.8
34	Upadrasta, Advait	1738	USA	−4B	−17N	−24N	−30B	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	904	-87.6
35	Sajish Pavithran, Kiara	1629	USA	−18N	−20B	F	−19N	−25B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	919	-60.8
36	Arizpe, Frank	1628	USA	−5N	−21B	−25N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	924	-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fang, ZelinUSA
+91.2
3.5 pts · #6
2Vinayagaram, NethraUSA
+73.2
3.0 pts · #12
3Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA
+49.6
3.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Upadrasta, AdvaitUSA
-87.6
0.0 pts · #36
2Bayyarapu, MohitUSA
-61.2
2.5 pts · #14
3Sajish Pavithran, KiaraUSA
-60.8
0.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R1+328 Elo gap
Vinayagaram, Nethra1594 beat Chetlapalli, Vishnu1922
R1+225 Elo gap
Fang, Zelin1722 beat Bayyarapu, Mohit1947
R1+208 Elo gap
Fukuchi, Curtis K1724 beat Lad, Neil1932