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53rd Capps Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999

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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.

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
🇺🇸Hovik Manvelyan1874
Avg top 10
1,707
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
3
1234R1R2R3R4
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/4. Goel takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Michael Liu won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Goel, Darsh1675USA+12N+19B=7N+6B3.57.08.06.751873+30.4
2Manvelyan, Hovik1874USA+13N+18B=4N+9B3.57.08.06.501954+5.2
3Liu, Michael0USA+17N+21B+9N=4B3.56.07.05.5017200.0
4Krishnan, Sreyshthaa1710USA+11N+10B=2B=3N3.09.011.07.502018+45.2
5Yue, Clem Xi1640USA=16B=8N+20B+11N3.05.56.54.751786+29.2
6Chen, Felix Y1504USA=8B+27N+12B1N2.57.57.53.001622+19.2
7Wang, Ayden1500USAF+16N=1B+8N2.57.07.05.251906+61.2
8Sayiner, Necip1598USA=6N=5B+17N7B2.08.09.03.751538-13.6
9Dhanasekar, Rakshita1732USA+20B+23N3B2N2.08.09.02.001853+19.6
10Rodriguez Labrador, Marco1777PUR+24B4N+14B15N2.07.07.52.501488-22.8
11Hua, Joshua1582USA4B+24N+19N5B2.07.07.51.501630+10.8
12Gu, Thomas1577USA1B+26N6N+17B2.07.07.01.001567-4.8
13Montalvo, Raymond0USA2B14N+24B+22N2.06.57.01.5017200.0
14Ramesh, Harshit0USA18N+13B10N+19B2.05.06.03.0015190.0
15Wang, Matthew1490USAFF+18N+10B2.03.03.03.002488+57.2
16Turaga, Varun Karthik1622USA=5N7BF+20N1.56.56.52.501571-8.0
17Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai1505USA3B+25N8B12N1.07.58.00.501437-10.8
18Andersen, Jeff1597USA+14B2N15BF1.07.57.52.00897-31.2
19Miller, Theodore1556USA+26B1N11B14N1.07.57.50.001488-11.2
20DB, Pranav1572USA9N+22B5N16B1.06.57.51.001460-22.4
21Krezanoski, Paul1689USA+25B3NFF1.04.04.00.502298+10.0
22Rapaka, Anish1613USA23N20N+26B13B1.04.04.00.001505-17.6
23Schaezlein, Charlie1737USA+22B9BFF1.03.03.01.001675-3.6
24Aher, Sandesh1609USA10N11B13N=25B0.56.06.50.251347-38.4
25Liu, Kaihan1498USA21N17BF=24N0.52.52.50.251328-23.6
26Zhang, Jessica1579USA19N12B22NF0.04.04.00.00787-58.8
27FIDE 399977580F6BFF0.04.04.00.007040.0

Key insights

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