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3rd Gulf Coast October Open - Premier

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Estero, FL, United States. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2151, and top seed was Julio Becerra Rivero (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2420).

Vikram Srivastava (🇺🇸 USA, 2081) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Sophie Li (3.0) and Brejesh Chakrabarti (3.0). Srivastava won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Yi Sha (CM, 1881) beat Jean Marco Cruz Mendez (FM, 2227), a +346-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Estero, FL, United States
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJulio Becerra Rivero2420
Avg top 10
2,151
Participants
19
Titled players · 9
GM×2
FM×3
CM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇨🇺Cuba×3
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Vikram Srivastava led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Vikram Srivastava held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vikram Srivastava beat WFM Sophie Li (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vikram Srivastava 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Brejesh Chakrabarti 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vikram Srivastava*
1
2WFMSophie Li
0
*
3FMBrejesh Chakrabarti*
4CMYi Sha*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Srivastava, Vikram2081USA+9N+6B+2N7B=8B3.59.011.08.002364+35.2
2Li, SophieWFM2057USA=15N+19B1B+16N=10B3.07.58.03.001988-14.0
3Chakrabarti, BrejeshFM2246USAFF+19B+17N+4B3.04.04.04.002718+7.8
4Yang, MaxwellCM2010USA6N+15B=16B+13N3N2.57.58.53.001965-11.2
5Sha, YiCM1881USAF13N+15B=11B+6N2.56.56.54.002282+44.4
6Cruz Mendez, Jean MarcoFM2227CUB+4B1N+13B8N5B2.010.512.04.001923-31.2
7Becerra Rivero, JulioGM2420USAFF=8B+1N=12B2.07.57.55.502326-2.7
8Mitkov, NikolaGM2395MKDFF=7N+6B=1N2.07.57.54.752368-0.4
9Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM1976CAN1BF12N+18B+17N2.07.57.52.001957-3.4
10Yao, Jerry1869USAFF+14N=12B=2N2.06.56.54.002158+44.8
11Jimenez Leyva, Diego1804CUB=13B=16N17B=5N=19N2.06.06.52.751804-45.2
12Morella Cabrera, Julio AntonioFM2127CUBFF+9B=10N=7N2.06.06.04.002213+6.6
13Sloan, Jakob0USA=11N+5B6N4B14N1.59.010.53.5018790.0
14Brovman, Daniel1915USAFF10B=15N+13B1.54.54.52.001635-29.2
15Huang, Jolie1786USA=2B4N5N=14B18N1.09.510.52.251728-13.6
16Seibel, F Matthew1971USAF=11B=4N2BF1.07.57.52.251902-7.2
17Qian, Evan Zeyu1736USAFF+11N3B9B1.07.07.02.001918+22.0
18Roy, Ayush1879USAFFF9N+15B1.03.03.01.0018810.0
19Catlin, Andrew1892USAF2N3NF=11B0.58.08.01.001833-4.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets