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2025 Southern California Open

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32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Glendale, CA, United States. 17 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2452, and top seed was Tigran L. Petrosian (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2551).

Viktor Matviishen (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2516) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Sebastian Lukas Kostolansky (5.0) and Oleksii Bilych (4.5). Matviishen won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ridhi Varma Danduprolu (WCM, 1827) beat Reynaldo Del Pilar (2077), a +250-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Glendale, CA, United States
Dates
29 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇲GMTigran L. Petrosian2551
Avg top 10
2,452
Participants
32
Titled players · 17
GM×4
IM×5
FM×4
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×21
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇦🇲Armenia×3
🇫🇮Finland×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Viktor Matviishen led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

GM Viktor Matviishen held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Viktor Matviishen beat IM Sebastian Lukas Kostolansky (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Viktor Matviishen 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Sebastian Lukas Kostolansky 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Matviishen, ViktorGM2516UKR+32B+2N+7B=26N+3B+4N5.518.018.017.502825+18.9
2Kostolansky, Sebastian LukasIM2434SVK+15N1B+14N+13B+18N+5B5.017.019.013.502515+7.7
3Bilych, OleksiiIM2433UKR+22B+4N=26B+7N1N+30B4.515.516.510.502556+11.5
4Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM2535USA+19N3B+15N+8B+11N1B4.019.021.011.002431-5.4
5Mikaelyan, ArmanGM2492ARM=13N+31B+10N=11B+26B2N4.015.015.57.752442-1.7
6Moor, Nathaniel Philip2206USA+28B7N+23B30N+13B+11B4.011.512.58.002263+10.2
7Bilovil, BogdanIM2477UKR+8N+6B1N3B=12N+16B3.520.523.011.502328-9.4
8Gasparyan, David2194USA7B+22N+28B4N+20B=9N3.514.515.56.252206+8.8
9Rostomyan, MikayelFM2274ARM=17N13B=31N+15B+14N=8B3.513.514.08.252090-24.8
10Guo, EthanFM2311USA=24N+17B5B+29N=16N=25B3.512.013.06.252205-11.4
11Pyrih, RomanIM2425UKR=14B+27N+29B=5N4B6N3.015.516.55.252228-12.7
12Golsefidy, Sepehr2112USAFF=17N+27B=7B+23N3.08.58.55.502274+30.0
13Chinni, RishabhCM2063USA=5B+9N=18B2N6N=14B2.519.021.07.752230+42.4
14Zhu, Alexander2063USA=11N=16B2B+28N9B=13N2.516.517.55.002144+17.2
15Bagdasarian, Ararat1934USA2B+32N4B9N=22N+24B2.515.515.52.252088+35.6
16Zhou, Ruoyu2163USAF=14N+20B=18N=10B7N2.513.513.56.002192+8.0
17Karthikeyan, Harishkumar1927USA=9B10N=12B19B=27N+32N2.513.013.03.752080+40.0
18Virtanen, TeemuFM2284FINFF=13N=16B2B+21N2.012.012.04.502223-6.2
19Casella, MichaelFM2079USA4B28N+22B+17NFF2.09.09.04.002046-5.4
20Danduprolu, Ridhi VarmaWCM1827USAFF16N+32B8N+27B2.07.07.01.002101+51.2
21Carreto Nieto, GiovanniCM2233MEXFF=27B=23N+29B18B2.05.55.52.252062-16.6
22Gartland, James1932USA3N8B19NF=15B+29N1.513.513.52.251968+2.0
23Xia, Joshua1949USAFF6N=21B+24N12B1.510.510.52.502030+13.6
24Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh1917USA=10B29N+32B25N23B15N1.510.010.01.751913-8.8
25Abrahamyan, TatevIM2343USAFFF+24BF=10N1.55.05.03.252320+0.4
26Petrosian, Tigran L.GM2551ARMFF=3N=1B5NF1.014.014.05.002355-7.9
27Liang, Ethan Y1970USAF11B=21N12N=17B20N1.012.512.52.251854-32.8
28Chidipudi, Kishan1846USA6N+19B8N14BFF1.012.012.02.001943+14.4
29Zhou, Ivan2045USAF+24B11N10B21N22B1.011.511.51.501924-34.4
30Joel Paul GantaCM2067INDFFF+6BF3N1.08.58.54.002320+11.8
31Bhatta, Rohit2016USAF5N=9BFFF0.57.57.51.752152+4.8
32Del Pilar, Reynaldo2077USA1N15B24N20NF17B0.014.014.00.001216-59.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets