53rd Capps Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999
27 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1707, and top seed was Hovik Manvelyan (🇺🇸 USA, 1874).
Darsh Goel (🇺🇸 USA, 1675) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Hovik Manvelyan (3.5) and Michael Liu (3.5). Goel won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Matthew Wang (1490) beat Marco Rodriguez Labrador (1777), a +287-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. Goel takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
Michael Liu won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goel, Darsh | 1675 | USA | +12N | +19B | =7N | +6B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 1873 | +30.4 |
| 2 | Manvelyan, Hovik | 1874 | USA | +13N | +18B | =4N | +9B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.50 | 1954 | +5.2 |
| 3 | Liu, Michael | 0 | USA | +17N | +21B | +9N | =4B | 3.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.50 | 1720 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1710 | USA | +11N | +10B | =2B | =3N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 2018 | +45.2 |
| 5 | Yue, Clem Xi | 1640 | USA | =16B | =8N | +20B | +11N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 1786 | +29.2 |
| 6 | Chen, Felix Y | 1504 | USA | =8B | +27N | +12B | −1N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1622 | +19.2 |
| 7 | Wang, Ayden | 1500 | USA | F | +16N | =1B | +8N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 1906 | +61.2 |
| 8 | Sayiner, Necip | 1598 | USA | =6N | =5B | +17N | −7B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1538 | -13.6 |
| 9 | Dhanasekar, Rakshita | 1732 | USA | +20B | +23N | −3B | −2N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1853 | +19.6 |
| 10 | Rodriguez Labrador, Marco | 1777 | PUR | +24B | −4N | +14B | −15N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1488 | -22.8 |
| 11 | Hua, Joshua | 1582 | USA | −4B | +24N | +19N | −5B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1630 | +10.8 |
| 12 | Gu, Thomas | 1577 | USA | −1B | +26N | −6N | +17B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1567 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Montalvo, Raymond | 0 | USA | −2B | −14N | +24B | +22N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1720 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ramesh, Harshit | 0 | USA | −18N | +13B | −10N | +19B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wang, Matthew | 1490 | USA | F | F | +18N | +10B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2488 | +57.2 |
| 16 | Turaga, Varun Karthik | 1622 | USA | =5N | −7B | F | +20N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1571 | -8.0 |
| 17 | Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai | 1505 | USA | −3B | +25N | −8B | −12N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1437 | -10.8 |
| 18 | Andersen, Jeff | 1597 | USA | +14B | −2N | −15B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 897 | -31.2 |
| 19 | Miller, Theodore | 1556 | USA | +26B | −1N | −11B | −14N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1488 | -11.2 |
| 20 | DB, Pranav | 1572 | USA | −9N | +22B | −5N | −16B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1460 | -22.4 |
| 21 | Krezanoski, Paul | 1689 | USA | +25B | −3N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 2298 | +10.0 |
| 22 | Rapaka, Anish | 1613 | USA | −23N | −20N | +26B | −13B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1505 | -17.6 |
| 23 | Schaezlein, Charlie | 1737 | USA | +22B | −9B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1675 | -3.6 |
| 24 | Aher, Sandesh | 1609 | USA | −10N | −11B | −13N | =25B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1347 | -38.4 |
| 25 | Liu, Kaihan | 1498 | USA | −21N | −17B | F | =24N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1328 | -23.6 |
| 26 | Zhang, Jessica | 1579 | USA | −19N | −12B | −22N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 787 | -58.8 |
| 27 | FIDE 39997758 | 0 | — | F | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wang, AydenUSA+61.22.5 pts · #6
- 2Wang, MatthewUSA+57.22.0 pts · #11
- 3Krishnan, SreyshthaaUSA+45.23.0 pts · #4
- 1Zhang, JessicaUSA-58.80.0 pts · #26
- 2Aher, SandeshUSA-38.40.5 pts · #24
- 3Andersen, JeffUSA-31.21.0 pts · #25
- R4+287 Elo gap
- R2+122 Elo gap
- R3+107 Elo gap