8th Annual Queen City of the Prairie Open - Intermediate U1800
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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.
Yugan Muthiah held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Muthiah takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Yugan Muthiah 3 wins (R1–R3)Roshan Valentine 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yugan Muthiah | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Roshan Valentine | — | * | — | — |
| 3Tanav Balaji | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Trevor Tang | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muthiah, Yugan | 1576 | USA | +20N | +9B | +14N | =3B | =4N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1898 | +56.4 |
| 2 | Valentine, Roshan | 1541 | USA | =32B | +30N | +27B | +29N | =7B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 1890 | +36.0 |
| 3 | Balaji, Tanav | 1607 | USA | =30B | +32N | +28B | =1N | =5B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1699 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Williamson, Ian Robert | 0 | USA | +21B | =28N | =29B | +17N | =1B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 1622 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Rajesh, Ednit | 1598 | USA | −27N | +16B | +39N | +13B | =3N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.75 | 1777 | +18.4 |
| 6 | Tang, Trevor | 0 | USA | F | =18N | +22B | +15N | +12B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.25 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ishrath Amina Taj | 1798 | IND | F | +38B | +31N | +23B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1725 | -3.0 |
| 8 | Ramey, Alexander | 1731 | USA | +39B | −23N | +37B | =19N | +10B | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1350 | -39.6 |
| 9 | Paleja, Jax | 1521 | USA | +11B | −1N | +18B | −12N | +33N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1607 | +18.8 |
| 10 | Jadhav, Saj Ajaykumar | 0 | USA | −12N | +20B | +33N | +14B | −8N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Ganesh, Kaira Ananya | 1573 | USA | −9N | =22N | +36B | =31B | +20N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1609 | +5.6 |
| 12 | Ramey, John | 1644 | USA | +10B | =13N | F | +9B | −6N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1734 | +8.4 |
| 13 | Tanpure, Arnav Mahesh | 1560 | IND | +25N | =12B | =15B | −5N | =21B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1629 | +14.8 |
| 14 | Banerjee, Evan | 1605 | CAN | +34N | +35B | −1B | −10N | =17B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1387 | -22.8 |
| 15 | Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan | 1552 | USA | +16N | =27B | =13N | −6B | =31N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1560 | +0.4 |
| 16 | Calhoun, Cody Lee | 0 | USA | −15B | −5N | =21B | +38N | +28N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ambil, Keshav | 1584 | USA | =22B | =36N | +35B | −4B | =14N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1511 | -7.6 |
| 18 | Kishan Bathibabu Doddi | 1633 | IND | F | =6B | −9N | +37N | +25B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1621 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Phillips, Noah R | 1563 | USA | F | +40B | +24N | =8B | F | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.75 | 1731 | +8.8 |
| 20 | Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1513 | USA | −1B | −10N | +34B | +36N | −11B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1397 | -18.4 |
| 21 | Kendrick, John Wesley | 0 | USA | −4N | −24B | =16N | +32B | =13N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Sathish, Skanda | 0 | USA | =17N | =11B | −6N | −33B | +40N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Puppala, Aekaay | 1523 | CAN | F | +8B | F | −7N | +29B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1765 | +24.0 |
| 24 | Upadrasta, Atharv | 0 | USA | −28B | +21N | −19B | −25N | +36B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1394 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Samson, Anna Rao. T | 1720 | IND | −13B | F | +32N | +24B | −18N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 797 | -26.6 |
| 26 | Somaya, Deven | 1565 | USA | F | F | F | +27N | +30B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2396 | +21.6 |
| 27 | Crane, Thomas E | 0 | USA | +5B | =15N | −2N | −26B | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ortiz Bermudez, Victor Francisco | 1647 | NCA | +24N | =4B | −3N | F | −16B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 807 | -11.2 |
| 29 | FIDE 39986543 | 0 | — | F | +33B | =4N | −2B | −23N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Karry, Tapasya | 1596 | USA | =3N | −2B | +38N | F | −26N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1298 | -44.0 |
| 31 | Wang, Yixin | 0 | USA | F | =37N | −7B | =11N | =15B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Vinayagaram, Tarun | 0 | USA | =2N | −3B | −25B | −21N | =38B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 30975565 | 0 | — | F | −29N | −10B | +22N | −9B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Joseph, Asher | 0 | USA | −14B | F | −20N | F | +37B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Sivaraju, Sai Karthik | 0 | USA | F | −14N | −17N | +40B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Krishnamurthy, Adhitya | 1417 | USA | F | =17B | −11N | −20B | −24N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1284 | -8.8 |
| 37 | FIDE 39987728 | 0 | — | F | =31B | −8N | −18B | −34N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 882 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 39986535 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −30B | −16B | =32N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 897 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 39932354 | 0 | — | −8N | F | −5B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 39986527 | 0 | — | F | −19N | F | −35N | −22B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 763 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Muthiah, YuganUSA+56.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Valentine, RoshanUSA+36.04.0 pts · #9
- 3Puppala, AekaayCAN+24.02.0 pts · #22
- 1Karry, TapasyaUSA-44.01.5 pts · #29
- 2Ramey, AlexanderUSA-39.63.5 pts · #28
- 3Samson, Anna Rao. TIND-26.62.0 pts · #40
- R2+208 Elo gap
- R1+160 Elo gap
- R3+112 Elo gap