2025 Austin Summer Open - Reserve

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58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Austin, TX, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1799, and top seed was Siddharth Patel (🇮🇳 IND, 1854).

Nathan Brown (🇺🇸 USA, 1741) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Dang Minh Nguyen (4.0) and Alexandre Blangy (4.0). Brown won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Rishi Attaluri (1474) beat Ruthvik Kamireddy (1640), a +166-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Austin, TX, United States

Dates

15 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Siddharth Patel1854

Avg top 10

1,799

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×51

🇮🇳India×4

Top 3

🥇
Nathan Brown
🇺🇸USA·1741
5.0pts·2512perf+93.2
🥈
Dang Minh Nguyen
🇺🇸USA·1850
4.0pts·1922perf+5.6
🥉
Alexandre Blangy
🇺🇸USA·1785
4.0pts·1884perf+22.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nathan Brown led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Brown5Blangy4Cai4Nguyen4Vinayagaram3.5Hamill3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Nathan Brown never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nathan Brown 5 wins (R1–R5)Benjamin Cai 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nathan Brown	*	—	—	1
2Alexandre Blangy	—	*	—	—
3Benjamin Cai	—	—	*	—
4Dang Minh Nguyen	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Brown, Nathan	1741	USA	+32B	+46N	+2B	+10B	+9N	5.0	12.0	13.0	13.00	2512	+93.2
2	Nguyen, Dang Minh	1850	USA	+24N	+30B	−1N	+37B	+14N	4.0	12.5	14.0	9.00	1922	+5.6
3	Blangy, Alexandre	1785	USA	+38B	=23N	+8N	=31B	+29N	4.0	9.5	11.0	8.75	1884	+22.8
4	Cai, Benjamin	1708	USA	F	+53B	+47B	+36N	+8N	4.0	6.5	6.5	6.50	2438	+64.8
5	Hamill, William C	0	USA	+53N	+13B	−29N	+24B	=22N	3.5	10.0	10.5	7.25	1674	0.0
6	Vinayagaram, Nethra	1660	USA	+49N	=31B	=33N	=30B	+25N	3.5	8.5	9.5	6.50	1828	+34.4
7	Williams, Michael R	1798	USA	F	+55B	=21N	+41B	+28N	3.5	7.0	7.0	5.75	1858	+6.0
8	Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay	1524	USA	+16B	+40N	−3B	+11N	−4B	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.50	1649	+25.6
9	Brown, Lawson	1553	USA	F	+12B	+22N	+29B	−1B	3.0	12.5	12.5	7.50	1684	+13.6
10	Pirani, Shams	1789	USA	F	+21N	+37B	−1N	+19B	3.0	12.0	12.0	7.00	1900	+22.4
11	Attaluri, Rishi	1474	USA	+26N	−22B	+12N	−8B	+35N	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.50	1582	+11.6
12	Gu, Ethan	0	USA	+15B	−9N	−11B	+38N	+34B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.50	1648	0.0
13	Larionov, Dmitrii	1576	USA	+48B	−5N	=15B	=16N	+41N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.50	1841	+55.2
14	Patel, Siddharth	1854	IND	+55B	+47N	=17B	=19N	−2B	3.0	11.0	11.5	4.50	1705	-15.4
15	Stubbins, Isabella	1777	USA	−12N	+32B	=13N	=35B	+23N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.00	1844	+13.2
16	Ganesan, Vikash	1631	USA	−8N	=18B	+39N	=13B	+48N	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.50	1621	-2.4
17	Badrinarayanan, Ashwath	1715	USA	+58N	+27B	=14N	−22B	=30N	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	1995	+41.2
18	Ansari, Arhaan Khan	1668	USA	−21B	=16N	+56B	=34N	+42B	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.50	1691	+4.8
19	Jaishankar, Akshay	1664	USA	+57N	=54B	+35N	=14B	−10N	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.75	1777	+30.8
20	Ikkurthi, Ishaan	1735	USA	F	−29B	+44N	+21B	+31N	3.0	8.0	8.0	6.00	1823	+18.4
21	Yao, Annie	1628	USA	+18N	−10B	=7B	−20N	+54B	2.5	12.5	13.0	5.25	1729	+26.8
22	Villanueva, Roy	0	USA	F	+11N	−9B	+17N	=5B	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.75	1600	0.0
23	Vaidya Omatharv	1670	IND	+39B	=3B	=41N	=33N	−15B	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.25	1664	-0.6
24	Kolts, John H	0	USA	−2B	+51N	+40B	−5N	=43N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	1610	0.0
25	Roy Choudhury, Arya	1626	USA	F	=44B	+45B	+42N	−6B	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	1636	+2.0
26	Bates, Dallin	0	USA	−11B	+58N	=34B	=40N	=37N	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.50	1639	0.0
27	Zolidis, Eric	1707	USA	F	−17N	=42B	+54N	+33B	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.25	1769	+9.6
28	Rudrapatna, Nagaprasad	0	USA	−46B	=39N	+57B	+52N	−7B	2.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1546	0.0
29	Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy	1629	IND	F	+20N	+5B	−9N	−3B	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.50	1566	-9.6
30	Shvets, Ilan	0	USA	F	−2N	+46B	=6N	=17B	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.25	1719	0.0
31	He, Julian	1745	USA	F	=6N	+54B	=3N	−20B	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.25	1709	-8.0
32	Ramey, Alexander	1716	USA	−1N	−15N	−38B	+53B	+51N	2.0	10.5	11.0	1.50	1541	-36.4
33	Hosur, Sanmita	1560	USA	F	+45N	=6B	=23B	−27N	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.50	1691	+28.4
34	Balaji, Tanav	1682	USA	F	+48B	=26N	=18B	−12N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1768	+8.8
35	Kamireddy, Ruthvik	1640	USA	=56B	+57N	−19B	=15N	−11B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.75	1593	-14.0
36	Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S	1675	USA	F	+50B	+43N	−4B	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	1821	+23.6
37	Ishrath Amina Taj	1795	IND	F	+43B	−10N	−2N	=26B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1673	-9.8
38	Karthik, Raghav Vedant	1655	USA	−3N	−52B	+32N	−12B	=50N	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.50	1709	+8.8
39	Ganesan, Vidhun	1498	USA	−23N	=28B	−16B	+55N	−40B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.75	851	-23.6
40	FIDE 30929520	0	—	F	−8B	−24N	=26B	+39N	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1511	0.0
41	Ratheesh, Nived	1702	USA	F	+56N	=23B	−7N	−13B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.75	1630	-16.8
42	Sridhar, Tharun	0	USA	F	+49B	=27N	−25B	−18N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.25	1565	0.0
43	Brown, Walker Blake	1755	USA	F	−37N	−36B	+46N	=24B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1582	-27.6
44	Arun, Anish	1521	USA	F	=25N	−20B	=49N	=53B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.00	1595	+13.2
45	Abdullah, Umar	1726	USA	F	−33B	−25N	=50N	+49B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1518	-46.4
46	Ramey, John	1651	USA	+28N	−1B	−30N	−43B	−47N	1.0	11.0	12.0	2.50	896	-52.8
47	Vuyyuru, Aryan	1592	USA	F	−14B	−4N	−48N	+46B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1481	-23.6
48	Cromartie, Julius	1481	USA	−13N	−34N	F	+47B	−16B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1427	-5.2
49	Rudra, Abhik	1608	USA	−6B	−42N	=55N	=44B	−45N	1.0	8.0	8.5	1.00	1363	-35.6
50	Grandhi, Aditya	1625	USA	F	−36N	F	=45B	=38B	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1560	-10.0
51	FIDE 39990486	0	—	F	−24B	+53N	F	−32B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.50	1739	0.0
52	FIDE 39990494	0	—	F	+38N	F	−28B	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.50	1675	0.0
53	Donovan, Michael	1761	USA	−5B	−4N	−51B	−32N	=44N	0.5	11.0	12.0	0.75	1375	-28.6
54	Borse, Tanvi	1658	USA	F	=19N	−31N	−27B	−21N	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1364	-53.6
55	Richmond II, Scott Ray	0	USA	−14N	−7N	=49B	−39B	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	1368	0.0
56	Dotson, John B	1823	USA	=35N	−41B	−18N	F	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1397	-64.4
57	Ni, Alan	1586	USA	−19B	−35B	−28N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	852	-32.4
58	Rodenstein, Alan	1606	USA	−17B	−26B	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	915	-7.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Brown, NathanUSA
+93.2
5.0 pts · #1
2Cai, BenjaminUSA
+64.8
4.0 pts · #3
3Larionov, DmitriiUSA
+55.2
3.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Dotson, John BUSA
-64.4
0.5 pts · #54
2Borse, TanviUSA
-53.6
0.5 pts · #50
3Ramey, JohnUSA
-52.8
1.0 pts · #57

Biggest upsets

R5+166 Elo gap
Attaluri, Rishi1474 beat Kamireddy, Ruthvik1640
R2+166 Elo gap
Hosur, Sanmita1560 beat Abdullah, Umar1726
R3+155 Elo gap
Ansari, Arhaan Khan1668 beat Dotson, John B1823