53rd Capps Memorial Tournament - Under 1600
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 791, and top seed was Calvin Django Dees (🇺🇸 USA, 1819).
Jack March Soloway (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Albert Starr (3.0) and Vikram Scherfke (3.0). Soloway broke clear in the final round.
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
Avg top 10
791
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsJack March Soloway led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
5
2
1
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD
Jack March Soloway never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Jack March Soloway beat Vikram Scherfke (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Jack March Soloway 4 wins (R1–R4)Albert Starr 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jack March Soloway | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Vikram Scherfke | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Albert Starr | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Anushka Patil | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soloway, Jack March | 0 | USA | +?N | +7B | +3N | +2B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 1615 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Starr, Albert | 1595 | USA | +14B | +6N | +8B | −1N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2373 | +9.4 |
| 3 | Scherfke, Vikram | 0 | USA | +4B | +12N | −1B | +?N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1839 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Srinivasan, Neev | 0 | USA | −3N | =?B | +9N | =5B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1632 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Kumar, Vihaan | 1735 | USA | −6B | +14N | =10B | =4N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1536 | -10.4 |
| 6 | Stuck, Maxime | 0 | USA | +5N | −2B | −?N | +14B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Patil, Anushka | 0 | USA | +?B | −1N | +11B | −?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1686 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Turner, Robert | 1573 | USA | +15N | +10B | −2N | F | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1566 | -0.8 |
| 9 | FIDE 39997723 | 0 | — | +?N | −?N | −4B | +11N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Morris, Daniel | 1536 | USA | +11B | −8N | =5N | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1594 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Dai, Jonathan | 1473 | USA | −10N | +15B | −7N | −9B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 736 | -16.4 |
| 12 | FIDE 39928519 | 0 | — | +?N | −3B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 39997740 | 0 | — | −?B | =?B | F | F | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Huang, Aiden | 0 | USA | −2N | −5B | F | −6N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 39997774 | 0 | — | −8B | −11N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 723 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Starr, AlbertUSA+9.43.0 pts · #7
- 2Morris, DanielUSA+8.81.5 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 399285190.01.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Dai, JonathanUSA-16.41.0 pts · #13
- 2Kumar, VihaanUSA-10.42.0 pts · #11
- 3Turner, RobertUSA-0.82.0 pts · #9