2nd Koltanowski Memorial Tournament - 2000 and Over
33 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Luke Widjaja (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2069).
Pranav Sairam (🇺🇸 USA, 2014) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Dmitry Vayntrub (3.5) and Sanat Singhal (3.5). Sairam shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Kshitij Tomar (1686) beat Reyansh Gupta (1856), a +170-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 3.5/4. Sairam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
Dmitry Vayntrub 3 wins (R1–R3)Sanat Singhal 3 wins (R2–R4)Pranav Sairam 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dmitry Vayntrub | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Sanat Singhal | — | * | — | — |
| 3Pranav Sairam | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Kshitij Tomar | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sairam, Pranav | 2014 | USA | +33B | +15N | +4B | =2N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 2697 | +42.4 |
| 2 | Vayntrub, Dmitry | 0 | USA | +22N | +10B | +16N | =1B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 1948 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sanat Singhal | 1905 | IND | =24N | +28B | +12N | +11B | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.00 | 2136 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Widjaja, LukeCM | 2069 | USA | +23N | +13B | −1N | +10B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 2089 | +4.4 |
| 5 | Biyiasas, Theodore | 2031 | USA | =6B | +25N | +26B | =7N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 2029 | +1.2 |
| 6 | Tomar, Kshitij | 1686 | USA | =5N | =17B | +31N | +14B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 2072 | +78.0 |
| 7 | Paragiri, Reyansh | 2018 | USA | =28N | +24B | +11N | =5B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 2060 | +10.4 |
| 8 | Jain, Kanishk | 1797 | USA | +18N | =12B | −14N | +22B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1901 | +22.0 |
| 9 | Wu, Zhuoyuan | 1900 | USA | −13N | =18B | +30N | +17B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1910 | +1.5 |
| 10 | Gnana Hari Sekar, Easwar | 1811 | USA | +31B | −2N | +20B | −4N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 2007 | +30.0 |
| 11 | Kane, Kevin | 1948 | USA | +20B | +32N | −7B | −3N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1844 | -10.2 |
| 12 | Shi, Evan | 1762 | USA | +29B | =8N | −3B | =15N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1830 | +14.8 |
| 13 | Ng, Alexander PN | 1916 | JPN | +9B | −4N | =15B | =21N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1879 | -7.2 |
| 14 | Gupta, Reyansh | 1856 | USA | −19B | +27N | +8B | −6N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1747 | -23.2 |
| 15 | Chin, Zee | 1840 | USA | +30N | −1B | =13N | =12B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1864 | +4.8 |
| 16 | Jin, Austin | 1880 | USA | +27B | +19N | −2B | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 2553 | +26.0 |
| 17 | Pavuluri, Vivaan | 1823 | USA | =25B | =6N | +32B | −9N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1757 | -14.0 |
| 18 | Wang, Chase | 1754 | USA | −8B | =9N | +29B | =24N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1804 | +7.0 |
| 19 | Suthar, Om | 1752 | USA | +14N | −16B | −22N | +32B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1816 | +15.2 |
| 20 | Yi, Colin | 1772 | USA | −11N | +23B | −10N | +31B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1853 | +17.6 |
| 21 | Harish, Vidyuth | 1708 | USA | −26N | =22B | +28N | =13B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1847 | +30.0 |
| 22 | Lee, Noah T | 1846 | USA | −2B | =21N | +19B | −8N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1750 | -16.0 |
| 23 | Rajaram, Raghu | 1845 | USA | −4B | −20N | =25B | +29N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1758 | -10.6 |
| 24 | Chen, Leo H | 1742 | USA | =3B | −7N | F | =18B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1769 | +2.8 |
| 25 | Brongersma, Hayden Scott | 1759 | USA | =17N | −5B | =23N | −27B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1671 | -18.4 |
| 26 | Srinivasan, Sivavishnu | 1878 | USA | +21B | F | −5N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1869 | -1.2 |
| 27 | Suresh, Sudeep | 1758 | USA | −16N | −14B | F | +25N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1707 | -8.0 |
| 28 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1750 | PNG | =7B | −3N | −21B | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1604 | -10.4 |
| 29 | Natraj, Tapas Aarav | 1779 | USA | −12N | =30B | −18N | −23B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 1461 | -59.2 |
| 30 | Perlov, Daniel | 1764 | USA | −15B | =29N | −9B | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.25 | 1566 | -14.0 |
| 31 | Hakobyan, Sos | 1806 | USA | −10N | F | −6B | −20N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 956 | -34.0 |
| 32 | Xu, Olivia | 1683 | USA | F | −11B | −17N | −19N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1039 | -32.4 |
| 33 | Silvestre, Romulo | 1780 | USA | −1N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1214 | -8.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tomar, KshitijUSA+78.03.0 pts · #3
- 2Sairam, PranavUSA+42.43.5 pts · #4
- 3Gnana Hari Sekar, EaswarUSA+30.02.0 pts · #18
- 1Natraj, Tapas AaravUSA-59.20.5 pts · #29
- 2Hakobyan, SosUSA-34.00.0 pts · #31
- 3Xu, OliviaUSA-32.40.0 pts · #32
- R4+170 Elo gap
- R3+120 Elo gap
- R1+104 Elo gap