22nd St Amant Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999
27 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1734, and top seed was Hovik Manvelyan (🇺🇸 USA, 1915).
Hovik Manvelyan (🇺🇸 USA, 1915) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Theodore Miller (3.0) and Eli Seidel (3.0). Manvelyan shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Eli Seidel (1625) beat Matthew Zhang (1845), a +220-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 4 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 3.0/4. Manvelyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
Rakshita Dhanasekar won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rakshita Dhanasekar | * | — | — | — |
| 2Hovik Manvelyan | — | * | — | — |
| 3Eli Seidel | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Theodore Miller | — | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manvelyan, Hovik | 1915 | USA | =10N | +15B | +5B | =6N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 1806 | -7.6 |
| 2 | Miller, Theodore | 1608 | USA | +19N | +3B | F | +8N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2427 | +21.2 |
| 3 | Seidel, Eli | 1625 | USA | +12B | −2N | +14B | +13N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1840 | +33.6 |
| 4 | Dhanasekar, Rakshita | 1669 | USA | +16N | F | +11B | +7N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2497 | +64.4 |
| 5 | Hua, Joshua | 1552 | USA | +18N | +6B | −1N | =20B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1759 | +29.6 |
| 6 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1743 | USA | +23B | −5N | +12B | =1B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1783 | +8.0 |
| 7 | Rodriguez Labrador, Marco | 1846 | PUR | +26N | =9B | +17N | −4B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1688 | -14.0 |
| 8 | Petty, Samuel Joseph | 0 | USA | +25N | =?B | +9N | −2B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Liao, Aiden | 1462 | USA | +21N | =7N | −8B | =10B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1844 | +56.4 |
| 10 | Jin, Jayden | 1639 | USA | =1B | =13N | =19B | =9N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1741 | +14.4 |
| 11 | Goel, Darsh | 1665 | USA | +24B | F | −4N | +17B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1740 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Yue, Clem Xi | 1691 | USA | −3N | +18B | −6N | =15B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1351 | -50.8 |
| 13 | Zhang, Matthew | 1845 | USA | =17N | =10B | =16N | −3B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1539 | -64.0 |
| 14 | Banerjee, Aneesh | 0 | USA | =15N | =21B | −3N | =18B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Lee, Shan Ramesh | 1500 | USA | =14B | −1N | =22B | =12N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1603 | +6.8 |
| 16 | Liu, Scott Yixuan | 1579 | USA | −4B | +24N | =13B | −22N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1677 | +14.0 |
| 17 | Jonnalagada, Navaneet Vishnusai | 1657 | USA | =13B | +27N | −7B | −11N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1654 | -3.2 |
| 18 | Lee, Angelina R | 0 | USA | −5B | −12N | +24B | =14N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Vayntrub, David | 0 | USA | −2B | F | =10N | +27B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Chen, Felix Y | 1617 | USA | F | F | +23B | =5N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1764 | +14.8 |
| 21 | Pang, Elena Hingyip | 1670 | USA | −9B | =14N | +25B | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1512 | -16.8 |
| 22 | Cisse, Ousman A | 0 | USA | −?B | F | =15N | +16B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1574 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sayiner, Necip | 1588 | USA | −6N | +26B | −20N | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1523 | -10.4 |
| 24 | Wang, Matthew | 1480 | USA | −11N | −16B | −18N | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 823 | -28.4 |
| 25 | Ni, Tao | 1562 | USA | −8B | F | −21N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 871 | -7.0 |
| 26 | Agdamag, Samuel | 1582 | USA | −7B | −23N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 918 | -13.4 |
| 27 | Gu, Thomas | 1593 | USA | F | −17B | F | −19N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 858 | -17.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Dhanasekar, RakshitaUSA+64.43.0 pts · #1
- 2Liao, AidenUSA+56.42.0 pts · #6
- 3Seidel, EliUSA+33.63.0 pts · #8
- 1Zhang, MatthewUSA-64.01.5 pts · #13
- 2Yue, Clem XiUSA-50.81.5 pts · #23
- 3Wang, MatthewUSA-28.40.0 pts · #25
- R4+220 Elo gap
- R1+208 Elo gap
- R2+191 Elo gap