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1st Annual Oak Grove Open

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Oak Grove, VA, United States. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2078, and top seed was Praveen Balakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2507).

Praveen Balakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2507) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Daniel Girsh (4.5) and Esat Omer Demirel (3.0). Balakrishnan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anirudh P Ghodgaonkar (1862) beat Vaibhav Kalpaka (FM, 2224), a +362-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Oak Grove, VA, United States
Dates
12 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMPraveen Balakrishnan2507
Avg top 10
2,078
Participants
24
Titled players · 6
GM×1
FM×3
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
3
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Girsh4.5Balakrishnan4.5Obregon3Dokka3Liu3Demirel3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Balakrishnan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Daniel Girsh drew with GM Praveen Balakrishnan (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Deodato Obregon won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDaniel Girsh*
½
——
2GMPraveen Balakrishnan
½
*
1
—
3Deodato Obregon—
0
*—
4Tanush Dokka———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balakrishnan, PraveenGM2507USA+4N+7B=2N+10B+3B4.513.015.513.2525000.0
2Girsh, DanielFM2244USA+16B+3N=1B+12N+9B4.512.013.511.252372+14.6
3Demirel, Esat Omer1937USA+19B−2B+11N+20B−1N3.012.013.04.001962+7.6
4Obregon, Deodato1938USA−1B−11N+19N+8B+20N3.010.011.04.501885-11.2
5Liu, StevenCM2053USA+22N=8B=17NF+14B3.06.56.54.502011-3.2
6Dokka, Tanush1727USA−17N+24B−7N+23B+11N3.06.06.02.001861+32.8
7Li, Aiden LinyuanCM2044USA+11B−1N+6B=14NF2.511.511.56.001975-9.4
8Ghodgaonkar, Anirudh P1862USA+18B=5N−12B−4N+16B2.59.511.04.501938+16.8
9Schenk, Sam1896USA−13N=22B+23N+16B−2N2.58.58.51.751794-13.4
10Kurup, Siddharth1915USA+24N+17B=14B−1NF2.58.08.02.502011+18.0
11Fang, Kevin1667USA−7N+4B−3B+24N−6B2.011.511.53.001785+24.4
12Sathiesh, Kavin C1690USAF+13B+8N−2BF2.09.09.04.501996+44.4
13Song, Jeffrey1661USA+9B−12NF+17B−15N2.08.08.04.001824+15.4
14Gao, Pinhang1684USAF+23B=10N=7B−5N2.08.08.02.501897+37.6
15Chen, Megan1688USAF−20N+21BF+13B2.04.04.03.001627-3.4
16Godlaveti, Pracheth1787USA−2N+19B=18B−9N−8N1.511.012.01.751799-3.0
17Dehmelt, KarlFM2023USA+6B−10N=5B−13NF1.510.510.54.501752-27.2
18Vaibhav KalpakaFM2224IND−8N+21B=16NFF1.55.05.01.751650-26.4
19Li, Ella Xinyi1608USA−3N−16N−4B+21NF1.08.58.51.001088-20.0
20Wang, Charles1593USAF+15BF−3N−4B1.08.08.02.001729+16.0
21Liu, Caden0USAF−18N−15N−19B+23N1.04.54.50.0015810.0
22Rajeev, Ameya1703USA−5B=9NFFF0.55.55.51.251782+5.6
23Bhattacharyya, Rishik1576USAF−14N−9B−6N−21B0.08.58.50.00969-31.2
24Xu, Jason N1641USA−10B−6NF−11BF0.07.57.50.00969-40.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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