2025 San Diego Open - Elite
SwissStandard
42 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in San Diego, CA, United States. 14 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2277, and top seed was Samy Shoker (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2435).
Samy Shoker (🇪🇬 EGY, GM, 2435) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Mikayel Rostomyan (4.0) and Melikset Khachiyan (3.5). Shoker shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sarthak Gattani (1980) beat Dionisio Aldama Degurnay (IM, 2356), a +376-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸San Diego, CA, United States
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 100 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 14
GM×2
IM×2
FM×7
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
🇲🇽Mexico×3
🇷🇺Russia×2
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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5
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Shoker takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
GM Samy Shoker won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMMikayel Rostomyan | * | — | — | — |
| 2GMSamy Shoker | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMEthan Guo | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4FMAayansh Guntaka | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoker, SamyGM | 2435 | EGY | +16B | +7N | +5B | =3N | =6B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 13.00 | 2477 | +3.2 |
| 2 | Rostomyan, MikayelFM | 2264 | ARM | +20B | +32N | =3B | =4N | +12B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 2316 | +8.6 |
| 3 | Khachiyan, MeliksetGM | 2390 | USA | +8N | +9B | =2N | =1B | =4N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 18.5 | 12.75 | 2364 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM | 2138 | MEX | +31N | =6B | +24N | =2B | =3B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 2310 | +41.0 |
| 5 | Virtanen, TeemuFM | 2278 | FIN | +22N | +26B | −1N | +14B | =10N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 9.25 | 2240 | -1.8 |
| 6 | Guo, EthanFM | 2319 | USA | +34B | =4N | +19B | =12N | =1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 2258 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Damaraju, Ashwin | 2162 | USA | +11B | −1B | +27N | =17N | +16B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 2197 | +11.2 |
| 8 | Guntaka, AayanshFM | 2107 | USA | −3B | =11N | +25B | +32N | +15B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 2129 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Yanayt, EugeneFM | 2129 | USA | +35B | −3N | +21B | =15N | +17B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 2190 | +8.2 |
| 10 | Gattani, Sarthak | 1980 | USA | =38B | +36N | =15B | +18N | =5B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 6.75 | 2204 | +54.0 |
| 11 | Porat, ToriWCM | 1970 | USA | −7N | =8B | =23N | +29B | +24N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2102 | +35.2 |
| 12 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 1975 | USA | +37B | +33N | =18B | =6B | −2N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 2290 | +49.1 |
| 13 | Kiewra, KeatonIM | 2282 | USA | F | +25N | =17B | =16N | +19B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.00 | 2175 | -3.9 |
| 14 | Foerster-Yialamas, LucasCM | 2094 | GER | +41B | −18N | +37B | −5N | +33B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 2215 | +31.6 |
| 15 | Mokeeva, Zlata | 1923 | RUS | =17N | +40B | =10N | =9B | −8N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 2046 | +32.4 |
| 16 | Zhou, Ivan | 2011 | USA | −1N | +31B | +26N | =13B | −7N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 2159 | +33.2 |
| 17 | Leano, Bryan | 1992 | USA | =15B | +38N | =13N | =7B | −9N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 2078 | +10.2 |
| 18 | Aldama Degurnay, DionisioIM | 2356 | MEX | F | +14B | =12N | −10B | +22N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 2102 | -10.5 |
| 19 | Rosenstock, Ephraim M | 2040 | USA | =24N | +23B | −6N | +20B | −13N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 2073 | +6.8 |
| 20 | Bagdasarian, Ararat | 2011 | USA | −2N | +29B | =33B | −19N | +34B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 2106 | +24.4 |
| 21 | Wang, Leo Q | 1951 | USA | F | =30B | −9N | +27B | +28N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 2157 | +42.8 |
| 22 | Xia, Joshua | 1977 | USA | −5B | =37N | +36B | +33N | −18B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 2121 | +32.4 |
| 23 | Subedi, Avinay | 1893 | NEP | F | −19N | =11B | +37N | +35B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 2087 | +21.0 |
| 24 | Akopian, Robert | 1861 | USA | =19B | +39N | −4B | =28N | −11B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1994 | +15.6 |
| 25 | Arul, Sharvesh | 1752 | USA | =30N | −13B | −8N | +36B | =26N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1967 | +44.4 |
| 26 | Zhang, Glenn | 1971 | USA | +28B | −5N | −16B | =34N | =25B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1956 | -6.4 |
| 27 | Vichare, Ruhan Yogesh | 1832 | USA | −33B | +41N | −7B | −21N | +32B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1938 | +22.8 |
| 28 | Aadit Bhatia | 2141 | IND | −26N | +34B | =35N | =24B | −21B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1866 | -36.0 |
| 29 | Kryazhev, Arseniy | 2125 | USA | −32B | −20N | +38B | −11N | +39B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1884 | -32.0 |
| 30 | Kretchetov, AlexandreFM | 2144 | RUS | =25B | =21N | =32B | =35N | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1879 | -25.2 |
| 31 | Liu, Liam | 1969 | USA | −4B | −16N | +41B | +39N | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 2030 | +13.2 |
| 32 | Zargaryan, Marat | 1863 | USA | +29N | −2B | =30N | −8B | −27N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1945 | +13.6 |
| 33 | Golsefidy, Sepehr | 2142 | USA | +27N | −12B | =20N | −22B | −14N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1829 | -82.0 |
| 34 | Karkainen, Hayden | 1956 | USA | −6N | −28N | +42B | =26B | −20N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1851 | -13.6 |
| 35 | Mehta, Hursh | 1949 | USA | −9N | F | =28B | =30B | −23N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1884 | -6.8 |
| 36 | Chang, Kyle | 1821 | USA | F | −10B | −22N | −25N | +37B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1736 | -8.8 |
| 37 | Damaraju, Arjun | 2007 | USA | −12N | =22B | −14N | −23B | −36N | 0.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.25 | 1586 | -94.4 |
| 38 | Sun, Charlie | 1896 | USA | =10N | −17B | −29N | F | F | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1760 | -18.4 |
| 39 | De Dios Suarez, Jorge Emiliano | 2039 | MEX | F | −24B | =40N | −31B | −29N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1672 | -34.8 |
| 40 | Bhatta, Rohit | 2020 | USA | F | −15N | =39B | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1788 | -12.0 |
| 41 | Moussa, AlaaeddineCM | 1930 | PLE | −14N | −27B | −31N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1165 | -27.2 |
| 42 | Whitaker, Robert D | 1452 | USA | F | F | −34N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1052 | -1.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gattani, SarthakUSA+54.03.5 pts · #5
- 2Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA+49.13.0 pts · #12
- 3Arul, SharveshUSA+44.42.0 pts · #30
Top rating losers
- 1Damaraju, ArjunUSA-94.40.5 pts · #39
- 2Golsefidy, SepehrUSA-82.01.5 pts · #34
- 3Aadit BhatiaIND-36.02.0 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R4+376 Elo gap
- R1+262 Elo gap
- R5+190 Elo gap