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53rd Capps Memorial Tournament - 2000 and Over

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23 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1933, and top seed was Theodore Biyiasas (🇺🇸 USA, 2032).

Reyansh Paragiri (🇺🇸 USA, 1968) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Theodore Biyiasas (3.0) and Zlata Mokeeva (3.0). Paragiri won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Beckett Spence (1735) beat Zee Chin (1861), a +126-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Theodore Biyiasas2032
Avg top 10
1,933
Participants
23
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
6
4
1
4
1234R1R2R3R4
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.0/4. Paragiri takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zlata Mokeeva drew with Reyansh Paragiri (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Theodore Biyiasas won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zlata Mokeeva*
½
2Reyansh Paragiri
½
*
1
3Theodore Biyiasas*
4Vivaan Pavuluri
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Paragiri, Reyansh1968USA+13B+4N=3B=9N3.08.09.57.002026+11.2
2Biyiasas, Theodore2032USA+7N+8B+10NF3.06.56.56.502684+18.6
3Mokeeva, Zlata1910RUS+17N+21B=1N=5B3.06.06.53.752013+22.4
4Pavuluri, Vivaan1844USA+16N1B+22N+8B3.05.55.52.502011+34.4
5Wu, Zhuoyuan1946USA=6B+23N=9B=3N2.57.57.53.751977+6.4
6Seidel, Eli1786USA=5N=7B=14N+19B2.56.06.53.501996+43.6
7Sevall, Daniel2007USA2B=6N+18B+16N2.56.06.52.251914-16.8
8Tia, Rudy Jr.1785PNG+11B2N+20B4N2.08.08.52.501845+6.0
9Qi, JennyWFM1826USAF+12B=5N=1B2.07.57.54.752008+28.8
10Chin, Zee1861USA+18B+19N2B11N2.05.56.01.001802-12.4
11Spence, Beckett1735IRL8NF+15B+10B2.05.05.03.001922+30.0
12Yi, Colin1733USAF9N+13B+17N2.04.04.02.001865+21.6
13Melville, Cailen1751USA1N=16B12N+20B1.55.56.00.751714-5.0
14Sanat Singhal1935INDF=20N=6BF1.03.03.01.501779-8.4
15Videna, Daniel T1744USAFF11N+22B1.02.02.00.001761+2.0
16Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1730USA4B=13NF7B0.57.07.00.751594-19.6
17Xu, Olivia1644USA3B=18NF12B0.55.55.50.251516-18.0
18Oza, Nikunj1725USA10N=17B7NF0.55.05.00.251564-11.8
19Harish, Vidyuth1716USAF10B=21N6N0.55.05.00.251517-28.0
20Rajaram, Raghu1771USAF=14B8N13N0.54.54.50.501551-15.8
21Katz, Stewart1720USAF3N=19BF0.53.53.50.251620-5.2
22Wang, Chase1788USAFF4B15N0.04.04.00.00994-39.2
23Silva, Javier2005USAF5BFF0.03.03.00.001147-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets