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8th Annual Queen City of the Prairie Open - Intermediate U1800

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Fort Worth, TX, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1658, and top seed was Ishrath Amina Taj (🇮🇳 IND, 1798).

Yugan Muthiah (🇺🇸 USA, 1576) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Roshan Valentine (4.0) and Tanav Balaji (3.5). Muthiah shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aekaay Puppala (1523) beat Alexander Ramey (1731), a +208-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
🇮🇳Ishrath Amina Taj1798
Avg top 10
1,658
Participants
40
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇮🇳India×4
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇳🇮Nicaragua×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
2
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Yugan Muthiah held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Muthiah takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yugan Muthiah 3 wins (R1–R3)Roshan Valentine 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yugan Muthiah*
½
2Roshan Valentine*
3Tanav Balaji
½
*
4Trevor Tang*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Muthiah, Yugan1576USA+20N+9B+14N=3B=4N4.012.514.511.001898+56.4
2Valentine, Roshan1541USA=32B+30N+27B+29N=7B4.08.09.06.751890+36.0
3Balaji, Tanav1607USA=30B+32N+28B=1N=5B3.510.511.57.001699+19.6
4Williamson, Ian Robert0USA+21B=28N=29B+17N=1B3.510.011.58.0016220.0
5Rajesh, Ednit1598USA27N+16B+39N+13B=3N3.510.010.06.751777+18.4
6Tang, Trevor0USAF=18N+22B+15N+12B3.59.59.58.2516500.0
7Ishrath Amina Taj1798INDF+38B+31N+23B=2N3.58.08.06.001725-3.0
8Ramey, Alexander1731USA+39B23N+37B=19N+10B3.58.08.04.751350-39.6
9Paleja, Jax1521USA+11B1N+18B12N+33N3.012.013.06.501607+18.8
10Jadhav, Saj Ajaykumar0USA12N+20B+33N+14B8N3.010.511.55.5016230.0
11Ganesh, Kaira Ananya1573USA9N=22N+36B=31B+20N3.08.59.04.251609+5.6
12Ramey, John1644USA+10B=13NF+9B6N2.512.012.07.251734+8.4
13Tanpure, Arnav Mahesh1560IND+25N=12B=15B5N=21B2.510.512.55.501629+14.8
14Banerjee, Evan1605CAN+34N+35B1B10N=17B2.510.511.53.251387-22.8
15Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan1552USA+16N=27B=13N6B=31N2.510.011.55.251560+0.4
16Calhoun, Cody Lee0USA15B5N=21B+38N+28N2.59.510.03.0014740.0
17Ambil, Keshav1584USA=22B=36N+35B4B=14N2.59.09.53.501511-7.6
18Kishan Bathibabu Doddi1633INDF=6B9N+37N+25B2.59.09.04.251621-1.2
19Phillips, Noah R1563USAF+40B+24N=8BF2.55.55.53.751731+8.8
20Kaul, Anika Shambhavi1513USA1B10N+34B+36N11B2.011.011.51.501397-18.4
21Kendrick, John Wesley0USA4N24B=16N+32B=13N2.010.511.53.5015600.0
22Sathish, Skanda0USA=17N=11B6N33B+40N2.010.010.02.7515790.0
23Puppala, Aekaay1523CANF+8BF7N+29B2.08.58.55.001765+24.0
24Upadrasta, Atharv0USA28B+21N19B25N+36B2.08.08.52.5013940.0
25Samson, Anna Rao. T1720IND13BF+32N+24B18N2.08.08.03.00797-26.6
26Somaya, Deven1565USAFFF+27N+30B2.03.03.03.002396+21.6
27Crane, Thomas E0USA+5B=15N2N26BF1.512.012.04.7514770.0
28Ortiz Bermudez, Victor Francisco1647NCA+24N=4B3NF16B1.511.511.53.75807-11.2
29FIDE 399865430F+33B=4N2B23N1.510.510.52.757320.0
30Karry, Tapasya1596USA=3N2B+38NF26N1.510.010.02.251298-44.0
31Wang, Yixin0USAF=37N7B=11N=15B1.59.59.53.0015160.0
32Vinayagaram, Tarun0USA=2N3B25B21N=38B1.011.512.02.2513500.0
33FIDE 309755650F29N10B+22N9B1.09.59.52.007210.0
34Joseph, Asher0USA14BF20NF+37B1.05.05.00.507590.0
35Sivaraju, Sai Karthik0USAF14N17N+40BF1.05.05.00.007950.0
36Krishnamurthy, Adhitya1417USAF=17B11N20B24N0.59.59.51.251284-8.8
37FIDE 399877280F=31B8N18B34N0.58.58.50.758820.0
38FIDE 399865350F7N30B16B=32N0.58.58.50.508970.0
39FIDE 3993235408NF5BFF0.07.07.00.008650.0
40FIDE 399865270F19NF35N22B0.05.55.50.007630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets