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4th Annual Beltway Open

Open SwissStandard

36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Sterling, VA, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2067, and top seed was Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2432).

Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2432) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Vaibhav Kalpaka (4.0) and Sam B Martin (3.5). Baron won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Vincent Augustine Lanave (1747) beat Vaibhav Kalpaka (FM, 2317), a +570-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Sterling, VA, United States
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMTal Baron2432
Avg top 10
2,067
Participants
36
Titled players · 3
GM×1
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×34
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Tal Baron led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Tal Baron never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Tal Baron 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Vaibhav Kalpaka 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMTal Baron*
1
2FMVaibhav Kalpaka*
3CMKent Slate
0
*
4Sam Schenk*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baron, TalGM2432ISR+11B+10N+9B+3N+4B5.013.016.016.002852+4.6
2Vaibhav KalpakaFM2317IND14N+20N+36B+28B+8N4.09.09.06.502157-12.0
3Martin, Sam B2040USA+24N+15B=5N1B+13N3.513.515.58.752139+12.4
4Slate, KentCM2124USA+12B=21N+18B+17N1N3.513.015.09.002131+6.0
5Balakrishnan, Naveen1889USA+31B+36N=3B=13N=6B3.510.510.55.752007+34.0
6Schenk, Sam1972USA+34N=8B=28N+22B=5N3.510.010.56.501932-2.6
7Peed, Grant1900USA21B=25N+29B+31N+16B3.58.09.06.001922+2.4
8Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna1861USA+32B=6N=15B+9N2B3.013.014.07.001993+30.6
9Amrany, Benjamin1942USA+27N+14B1N8B+30N3.012.013.55.501955+1.2
10Demirel, Esat Omer1880USA+33N1B=24N+27B=17B3.011.012.04.751932+12.0
11Gilbert, Walker W1733USA1N+34B22N+20B+23N3.011.011.54.501849+26.8
12Muthu, Kamatchi1781USA4N=27B=20N+36B+28N3.08.58.53.251861+19.2
13Thimmasamudram, Sandeep2019USA=23N+30B=19N=5B3B2.511.513.05.501892-25.4
14Lanave, Vincent Augustine1747USA+2B9N16B=33N+21B2.511.512.56.501864+26.4
15Tyrrell, Benjamin1891USA+25B3N=8N=23B=22N2.510.512.55.501759-14.4
16Zhou, Alexander Zheng1804USAF=22B+14N+19B7N2.510.510.56.001898+19.0
17Ben Jemaa, Munir1964USAF+26N+21B4B=10N2.510.510.55.502016+5.0
18Chen, Brandon Joseph1939USAF+23B4N+24B=19N2.510.010.05.251998+12.0
19Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram1925USA=20B+29N=13B16N=18B2.59.511.05.001811-26.2
20Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1636USA=19N2B=12B11N+32B2.012.513.53.751731+16.2
21Dokka, Tanush1793USA+7N=4B17N=30B14N2.012.013.56.001828+6.1
22Gao, Pinhang1641USAF=16N+11B6N=15B2.011.511.55.501850+41.6
23Cumming, Gabriel1840USA=13B18N+25B=15N11B2.010.512.54.501703-28.4
24Rajeev, Ameya1720USA3B+32N=10B18N=33B2.010.011.03.0017340.0
25Chaudhari, Badrish1760USA15N=7B23N=34B+36N2.08.58.52.0017000.0
26Chipkin, Leonard1887USAF17B27N+32N+31B2.06.06.02.001716-16.0
27Song, Jeffrey1703USA9B=12N+26B10N29B1.511.012.53.501680-7.6
28Chang, Leonhard1891USAF+35N=6B2N12B1.511.011.02.251832-14.5
29Chu, Leon1655USAF19B7N=35B+27N1.58.08.01.751703+6.8
30Schiminger, Will1764USAF13N+35B=21N9B1.58.08.01.501759-4.0
31Everett, Luke D1663USA5N+33BF7B26N1.010.010.01.001635-3.4
32Wang, Charles1536USA8N24B+34N26B20N1.09.09.50.501508-9.2
33Zhang, Laura1637USA10B31NF=14B=24N1.08.58.52.251560-15.6
34Li, Ella Xinyi1632USA6B11N32B=25NF0.59.59.51.00947-44.4
35Goldstein, Doug1630USAF28B30N=29NF0.54.54.50.751497-9.4
36Uriona Huaman, Sebastian Lucio1594USAF5B2N12N25B0.012.512.50.001088-19.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets