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
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×51
🇮🇳India×4
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNathan Brown led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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+93.25.0 pts · #1
- 2Cai, BenjaminUSA+64.84.0 pts · #3
- 3Larionov, DmitriiUSA+55.23.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Dotson, John BUSA-64.40.5 pts · #54
- 2Borse, TanviUSA-53.60.5 pts · #50
- 3Ramey, JohnUSA-52.81.0 pts · #57
Biggest upsets
- R5+166 Elo gap
- R2+166 Elo gap
- R3+155 Elo gap