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2025 Beckstead Family Open

Open SwissStandard

38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 5 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2187, and top seed was Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2561).

Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2561) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Anna M. Sargsyan (4.0) and Padhya Saumil (4.0). Sonis clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Anish Suddala (1827) beat Shelev Oberoi (2174), a +347-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States
Dates
19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹GMFrancesco Sonis2561
Avg top 10
2,187
Participants
38
Titled players · 5
GM×2
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×34
🇮🇳India×2
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Francesco Sonis led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
7
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Sonis takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Sept

GM Francesco Sonis takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Padhya Saumil 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Anna M. Sargsyan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMFrancesco Sonis*
1
2FMPadhya Saumil*
0
3IMAnna M. Sargsyan
0
1
*
4Shelev Oberoi*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sonis, FrancescoGM2561ITA+8B+7N=5B+16N+2N4.513.516.014.252548-0.1
2Sargsyan, Anna M.IM2366USA+21B+30N+18B+3N1B4.013.014.510.002370+2.6
3Padhya SaumilFM2189IND+11N+22B+20N2B+9N4.012.014.010.002202+5.2
4Oberoi, Shelev2174USA+10B15N+21B+8N+7B4.011.513.511.002033-9.6
5Eckert, DougFM2101USA+17N+19B=1N=9B=6N3.513.516.010.502139+6.2
6Tkachenko, Erik2038USA20B+34N+10B+15N=5B3.511.011.57.751972-4.8
7He, Alvin1985USA+33N1B+11N+17B4N3.014.015.06.502005+6.4
8Kaklauskas, Levi1754USA1N+23B+32N4B+20N3.012.513.55.0019750.0
9Yang, Forrest1928USA=16B+36N+15B=5N3B3.012.513.06.001980+15.2
10Maiti, Vedant1774USA4N+37B6N+32B+22N3.010.510.53.001925+27.2
11Soyka, Benjamin Evans1732USA3B+28N7B+37N+26B3.010.010.03.001879+12.8
12Pikus, Matthew1919USA=27N=25B+29N+20B14B3.08.09.55.001767-12.0
13Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan1931USA+34B=31N16B=26N+25B3.07.07.53.501864-15.2
14Gu, Hardy1759USAF20N+36B+27B+12N3.07.07.05.001958+36.0
15Suddala, Anish1827USA+38N+4B9N6B=17N2.513.013.05.251866+9.6
16Kim, Yejun1802KOR=9N+27B+13N1BF2.512.012.06.002046+47.2
17Jin, Evan Y1686USA5B+35N+24B7N=15B2.511.011.53.751815+28.4
18Vadderaju, Sudeep1963USA+23N+32B2N=19BF2.59.59.54.251951-1.6
19Gao, Sean1784USA+35B5N+38B=18NF2.56.56.51.751859+16.4
20Kerns, William1776USA+6N+14B3B12N8B2.013.516.56.501979+37.6
21Elam, CJ1765USA2N+33B4N+29BF2.010.510.52.501882+4.8
22Logozar, Elijah1937USA+28B3N=26B=25N10B2.010.011.53.001753-20.2
23Sondag, Henry1713USA18B8N+28B+38N24N2.09.09.01.501713-0.8
24Shi, Albert1686USA31BF17N+35N+23B2.06.56.52.501744+8.4
25Gadi, Soham1171USAF=12N=30B=22B13N1.59.59.53.2518230.0
26Crasta, Sean1700USAF=29B=22N=13B11N1.59.59.53.251742+5.2
27Silva, Asha1742USA=12B16N+34B14NF1.59.09.02.001694-11.6
28Goddard, Paul J1698USA22N11B23N=34N+35B1.57.58.00.751550-20.2
29Wonsidler, Paul1515USAF=26N12B21N+33B1.57.57.51.7516820.0
30Nesham, William1851USA+37N2B=25NFF1.55.55.50.751451-1.6
31Akobian, VaruzhanGM2552USA+24N=13BFFF1.55.05.03.502345-3.4
32Bharadwaj,N S N1549INDF18N8B10N+36B1.09.09.00.501657+12.0
33Zhang, Angella1690USA7B21N=35B=36N29N1.07.07.50.501523-36.0
34Pagliarini, Finn1621USA13N6B27N=28BF0.59.59.50.751526-18.0
35Bomjan, Neerav1490USA19N17B=33N24B28N0.58.59.50.501343-24.8
36Iyer, Krish J1622USAF9B14N=33B32N0.58.08.00.501416-37.6
37Buell, Joseph Lawrence1522USA30B10NF11BF0.07.57.50.009860.0
38Goldschmidt, Steven1503USA15BF19N23BF0.07.07.00.00975-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets