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Chess for Cure SOCAL Open

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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Monrovia, CA, United States. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2210, and top seed was Bryan Xie (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2353).

Mikayel Rostomyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2274) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Rose Atwell (3.5) and Ike S Miller (3.5). Rostomyan shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Evan Jet Lew (1815) beat Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez (FM, 2217), a +402-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Monrovia, CA, United States
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMBryan Xie2353
Avg top 10
2,210
Participants
38
Titled players · 7
IM×2
FM×4
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×33
🇦🇲Armenia×2
🇵🇸Palestine×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇲ARM·2274
    3.5pts·2423perf+14.6
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·2284
    3.5pts·2468perf+15.0
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1960
    3.5pts·2070perf+8.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
39
15
5
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Mikayel Rostomyan held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Rostomyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Mikayel Rostomyan won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rostomyan, MikayelFM2274ARMF+16N+12B+6B=4N3.59.59.58.002423+14.6
2Atwell, RoseFM2284USAF+28B=4N+9B+13N3.58.58.57.002468+15.0
3Miller, Ike S1960USAF+17B+23N=10B+12B3.58.08.06.752070+8.0
4Xie, BryanIM2353USAF+14N=2B+34N=1B3.010.010.06.502426+3.9
5Shuben, Matthew1949USAF+19N+26B−13N+18B3.07.07.05.002075+12.0
6Sam, Gabriel2246USAF+24B+13B−1N=7N2.59.59.54.752261+3.8
7Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM2217MEXF−12N+8B+16N=6B2.59.09.05.752025-28.4
8Lin, Ashley1748USAF+11B−7N+23B=9N2.59.09.05.252106+52.0
9Webster, Wilton0ENGF+32N+?B−2N=8B2.57.07.02.2519000.0
10Huang, George1627USAF=33N+37B=3N=14B2.56.56.53.252010+73.2
11Moussa, AlaaeddineCM1971PLEF−8N=21B+27N+29N2.56.56.53.001874-9.8
12Lew, Evan Jet1815USAF+7B−1N+22B−3N2.011.511.54.502107+52.4
13Wen, TommyFM2325USAF+15B−6N+5B−2B2.011.011.05.002119-9.6
14Ghazaryan, Raffi2058ARMF−4B=20N+24B=10N2.09.09.03.751859-16.8
15Bagdasarian, Ararat1995USAF−13N=18B=20N+21B2.08.08.04.001903-19.2
16Sherwood, Forest J1838USAF−1B+28N−7B+31N2.08.08.02.002032+32.8
17Scamehorn, Jackson1672USAF−3N=19B=26N+30B2.07.57.52.501756+16.0
18Zamojski, Chloe Melissandre1816USAF+30B=15N=29B−5N2.07.07.02.501865+10.0
19Ly, Terrence1730USAF−5B=17N+35B=26B2.06.56.52.001739+0.8
20Yu, Kaiwen1694USAF+38N=14B=15B−22N2.06.06.02.001915+38.4
21Yang, Andersen1775USAF=35B=11N+36B−15N2.05.55.52.001756-4.4
22Muller, Axel2037USAFF+27B−12N+20B2.05.05.03.001878-20.0
23Fang, Jack Junrui1820USAF+31B−3B−8N=27B1.58.08.01.501719-23.6
24Komatineni, Tanush S1730USAF−6N=33B−14N+37B1.55.55.50.501878+23.2
25He, Bonnie1716USAFFF=32N+28B1.52.02.01.501987+28.0
26Nemeth, Jake1657USAFF−5N=17B=19N1.07.07.02.001659-1.2
27Bronshtein, Marc1750USAF=29B−22N−11B=23N1.07.07.01.251725-6.4
28Senthil, Girish1906USAF−2N−16B+37N−25N1.07.07.00.001721-42.0
29Kailasam, Sabarish1840USAF=27NF=18N−11B1.05.55.51.501721-18.8
30Tjipto, Gavin1674USAF−18N+35N−31B−17N1.05.55.50.501539-27.6
31Xu, Pear1765USAF−23NF+30N−16B1.04.54.51.001653-17.6
32Krishna, Sai1680USAF−9B=36N=25BF1.04.54.51.001716+2.0
33Akopian, Robert1858USAF=10B=24NFF1.04.04.02.001679-9.2
34Colville, JulianIM2314USAF+37NF−4BF1.03.03.00.002134-7.4
35Srinivasan, Santhosh1674USAF=21N−30B−19NF0.55.05.01.001454-31.2
36He, William Z0USAF−?N=32B−21NF0.53.03.00.5014810.0
37Daftuar, Rohan1815USAF−34B−10N−28B−24N0.06.06.00.001070-72.8
38Margalit, Ryder Sebastian1533USAF−20BFFF0.02.02.00.00894-13.2

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