2025 AGCA Championship - Fall Edition
26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Austin, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1989, and top seed was Kamil Dragun (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2509).
Leonid Burd (🇺🇸 USA, 1930) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Kamil Dragun (4.0) and Emerson Aurelius Johnson (3.5). Burd shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Tanish Seelam (1725) beat Yangyang Shen (1901), a +176-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Burd takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).
GM Kamil Dragun won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burd, Leonid | 1930 | USA | +20N | =4B | =10N | +16B | +5N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 9.25 | 2059 | +30.8 |
| 2 | Dragun, KamilGM | 2509 | POL | F | +16B | +12N | +5B | +8N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 2909 | +3.2 |
| 3 | Johnson, Emerson Aurelius | 1817 | USA | F | +26N | +15B | =10N | +13B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.75 | 2068 | +36.4 |
| 4 | Seelam, Tanish | 1725 | USA | +7B | =1N | =11B | −6N | +16N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1955 | +61.6 |
| 5 | George, Isaac | 1881 | USA | +19B | +24N | +6B | −2N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1991 | +9.6 |
| 6 | Zhang, Oscar Y | 1952 | USA | F | +22B | −5N | +4B | +11N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1976 | +4.8 |
| 7 | Shen, Yangyang | 1901 | USA | −4N | +20B | =18N | =9B | +22B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1865 | -8.4 |
| 8 | Khachatryan, David S. | 1908 | ARM | =15B | =18N | +24B | +22N | −2B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1970 | +6.2 |
| 9 | Bates, Evan | 1847 | USA | F | =19N | +21B | =7N | +15B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.75 | 2092 | +35.2 |
| 10 | Lan, Kai Zhou | 1785 | USA | =23B | +21N | =1B | =3B | −12N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.75 | 1867 | +21.2 |
| 11 | Santhosh, Pranav | 1787 | USA | =21N | +23B | =4N | =12B | −6B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1853 | +16.4 |
| 12 | Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana | 2004 | USA | F | +25N | −2B | =11N | +10B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 2083 | +13.2 |
| 13 | Thomas, Michael D | 1758 | USA | F | =17B | +23N | +18B | −3N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1957 | +42.0 |
| 14 | Dumitru, Eric Alexander | 1798 | USA | =18B | =15N | −22N | +19B | =20N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1722 | -17.2 |
| 15 | Zhang, Ellery | 1841 | USA | =8N | =14B | −3N | +24B | −9N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.75 | 1762 | -22.0 |
| 16 | Joseph, Julian | 1848 | USA | +26B | −2N | +25B | −1N | −4B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1777 | -18.8 |
| 17 | Masoumi, Shahin Cazares | 1958 | USA | −25B | =13N | =19B | F | +18N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1846 | -18.0 |
| 18 | Williams, Michael R | 1804 | USA | =14N | =8B | =7B | −13N | −17B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1716 | -23.6 |
| 19 | Villanueva, Roy | 0 | USA | −5N | =9B | =17N | −14N | =21B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1691 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Zhang, Lawrence | 1854 | USA | −1B | −7N | F | +25N | =14B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1814 | -10.0 |
| 21 | Zolidis, Eric | 1717 | USA | =11B | −10B | −9N | =23N | =19N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1629 | -17.2 |
| 22 | Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S | 1737 | USA | F | −6N | +14B | −8B | −7N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1697 | -8.0 |
| 23 | Choi, Jay | 1867 | USA | =10N | −11N | −13B | =21B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1569 | -62.8 |
| 24 | Lonie, Chase Rugby | 1801 | USA | F | −5B | −8N | −15N | +25B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1709 | -9.0 |
| 25 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 1975 | USA | +17N | −12B | −16N | −20B | −24N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1653 | -53.3 |
| 26 | Shvets, Ilan | 0 | USA | −16N | −3B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1033 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Seelam, TanishUSA+61.63.0 pts · #6
- 2Thomas, Michael DUSA+42.02.5 pts · #12
- 3Johnson, Emerson AureliusUSA+36.43.5 pts · #9
- 1Choi, JayUSA-62.81.0 pts · #20
- 2Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA-53.31.0 pts · #24
- 3Williams, Michael RUSA-23.61.5 pts · #17
- R1+176 Elo gap
- R5+174 Elo gap
- R3+127 Elo gap