2025 Georgia Open and Amateur Championship

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58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Dunwoody, GA, United States. 5 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2095, and top seed was Andrew Jiang (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2302).

Andrew Jiang (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2302) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Saharsh Santosh (4.0) and Todd Andrews (4.0). Jiang clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Lakshmi M Morgan (1650) beat Advik Manchanda (CM, 2016), a +366-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Dunwoody, GA, United States

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMAndrew Jiang2302

Avg top 10

2,095

Participants

Titled players · 5

GM×1

FM×2

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×51

FIDE (no federation)×2

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAndrew Jiang
🇺🇸USA·2302
4.5pts·2349perf+4.2
🥈
Saharsh Santosh
🇺🇸USA·2062
4.0pts·2244perf+37.6
🥉
FMTodd Andrews
🇺🇸USA·2097
4.0pts·2273perf+22.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Andrew Jiang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Jiang4.5Andrews4Zapata4Uz4Santosh4Morgan3.5— ex-leaders:Santoshled R4, #7

R5 · LEADER CHANGE23 Nov

FM Andrew Jiang takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Andrew Jiang beat FM Todd Andrews (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Andrew Jiang 3 wins (R3–R5)FM Todd Andrews 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAndrew Jiang	*	1	—	—
2FMTodd Andrews	0	*	1	—
3GMAlonso Zapata	—	0	*	—
4Kagan Uz	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jiang, AndrewFM	2302	USA	+19B	=7N	+8B	+3B	+2N	4.5	14.0	16.5	15.00	2349	+4.2
2	Santosh, Saharsh	2062	USA	+41N	+10B	+35N	+4B	−1B	4.0	13.5	15.0	10.50	2244	+37.6
3	Andrews, ToddFM	2097	USA	+22B	+29N	+5B	−1N	+31B	4.0	13.0	15.0	10.50	2273	+22.6
4	Uz, Kagan	2183	USA	+48B	+12N	+34B	−2N	+8B	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.00	2146	-3.6
5	Zapata, AlonsoGM	2263	COL	+58N	+9B	−3N	+30N	+32B	4.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	2150	-4.0
6	Morgan, Lakshmi M	1650	USA	=17B	+44N	=7B	+43N	=18B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.00	1964	+77.2
7	Joseph, Alexander	1909	USA	+13N	=1B	=6N	−15B	+33N	3.0	14.0	16.0	9.00	2043	+24.8
8	Chaudhury, Anmay Kumar	1942	USA	+26N	+23B	−1N	+49B	−4N	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	1995	+8.0
9	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1660	USA	+14B	−5N	+50B	+38N	−11B	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.00	1878	+37.6
10	Altucher, James	1875	USA	+25B	−2N	+28B	−18N	+40B	3.0	11.0	13.0	6.50	1878	+0.2
11	Jonnalagadda, Vishnusankar	2114	USA	F	=30N	=21B	+20B	+9N	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.75	2049	-9.2
12	Sceusi, Ryan	1800	USA	+55N	−4B	F	+17N	+25B	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	1887	+5.6
13	Steed, Adam C	1733	USA	−7B	+56N	=42B	+44N	=21B	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1732	+0.4
14	Zapata Sanchez, Matias	0	USA	−9N	+57B	+24N	−35B	+49N	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1684	0.0
15	Klarman, Brian	0	USA	F	=?N	+16B	+7N	=30B	3.0	8.0	8.0	7.00	1923	0.0
16	Pfeifer, Dylan Liu	1824	USA	F	+55B	−15N	+52B	+43B	3.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	2816	+30.0
17	Karthik, Nikhil	1586	USA	=6N	=28B	+36N	−12B	=19N	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.00	1670	+14.0
18	Krotov, Damian	1967	FID	F	=31B	=20N	+10B	=6N	2.5	11.0	11.0	7.00	1929	-6.8
19	Basavaraju, Siddharth Sriram	1869	USA	−1N	−27B	+56N	+42N	=17B	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1790	-12.8
20	Brookshear, Timothy	1938	USA	=28N	+37B	=18B	−11N	=22B	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.50	1865	-9.4
21	Neumann, Elijah	1915	USA	F	+45B	=11N	=23B	=13N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.75	1940	+5.2
22	Devarsh Kinra	1784	IND	−3N	+52B	+51N	−32B	=20N	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.75	1595	-28.0
23	Bang, Aditya	1834	USA	F	−8N	+33B	=21N	+37N	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.25	1926	+19.6
24	Sivakumar, Nirvan	1550	USA	−29B	+40N	−14B	=28N	+48B	2.5	9.0	10.0	4.00	1871	+63.2
25	Grattan-Smith, Robert	0	USA	−10N	=41B	+46N	+50B	−12N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.25	1668	0.0
26	Santosh, Siddharth	1663	USA	−8B	−33N	=39B	+46B	+42N	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.00	1611	-13.6
27	Polavarapu, Lalith Chetan	0	USA	F	+19N	=29B	−37B	+41N	2.5	8.0	8.0	5.00	1855	0.0
28	Sahiner, Firat	1708	TUR	=20B	=17N	−10N	=24B	=39B	2.0	10.5	12.5	4.75	1643	-19.2
29	Balakumar, Arush	1945	USA	+24N	−3B	=27N	=45B	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1782	-21.2
30	Anand, Sanjeev	1855	USA	F	=11B	+54N	−5B	=15N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	2123	+37.2
31	Meadors, Landon	1871	USA	F	=18N	=43B	+34N	−3N	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	2005	+28.0
32	Yelisetti, Vishruth	1570	USA	F	=50N	=38B	+22N	−5N	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	1786	+41.2
33	Barani, Hrushikesan	1713	USA	F	+26B	−23N	+48N	−7B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.50	1770	+11.6
34	Qiao, Caden	1939	USA	F	+49B	−4N	−31B	+36N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1227	-31.6
35	Zhang, Brian Qixuan	1842	USA	F	+42N	−2B	+14N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1786	-4.0
36	Katz, David A	0	USA	F	+39N	−17B	+47N	−34B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.50	1689	0.0
37	Remick, William	1752	USA	F	−20N	+53B	+27N	−23B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1652	-16.0
38	Mahesh, Kanishk	1686	USA	F	=54B	=32N	−9B	+45N	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.75	1732	+7.2
39	Peter, Sarah E	1624	USA	F	−36B	=26N	+56B	=28N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.25	1685	+6.8
40	Gao, Jonathan	1773	USA	F	−24B	+57N	+51B	−10N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1577	-30.8
41	Sadayappan, Rengenath Veera	0	USA	−2B	=25N	−44B	+53N	−27B	1.5	10.5	11.0	1.75	1614	0.0
42	Joseph, Alisa	1508	USA	+57N	−35B	=13N	−19B	−26B	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1609	+19.6
43	Manchanda, AdvikCM	2016	USA	F	+51B	=31N	−6B	−16N	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.00	1509	-73.6
44	Shrivastava, Aayush	1596	USA	F	−6B	+41N	−13B	=50N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1423	-23.6
45	Bellamy, Carlos V	1698	USA	F	−21N	+58B	=29N	−38B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1766	+11.6
46	Das, Bhaavik	0	FID	F	=53B	−25B	−26N	+55B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1418	0.0
47	Chintamani, Prajwal Reddy	1685	USA	F	+48N	−49N	−36B	=52N	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.25	2476	+24.0
48	Desai, Jairaj	1676	USA	−4N	−47B	+55N	−33B	−24N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	935	-72.0
49	Shapiro, Daniel	0	USA	F	−34N	+47B	−8N	−14B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1704	0.0
50	Gao, Mark	1718	USA	F	=32B	−9N	−25N	=44B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.75	1484	-35.6
51	Swindle, Mark Ryan	0	USA	F	−43N	−22B	−40N	+53B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	1590	0.0
52	Devarakonda, Rushil G	0	USA	F	−22N	F	−16N	=47B	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1463	0.0
53	Xi, Lucas Yiwen	1560	USA	F	=46N	−37N	−41B	−51N	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	952	-10.0
54	Li, SophieWFM	1999	USA	F	=38N	−30B	F	F	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	1578	-42.0
55	FIDE 39999068	0	—	−12B	−16N	−48B	F	−46N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	967	0.0
56	FIDE 39999084	0	—	F	−13B	−19B	−39N	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	942	0.0
57	Marmer, Daniel	1681	USA	−42B	−14N	−40B	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	842	-22.0
58	Lathrop, Brad	1865	USA	−5B	F	−45N	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1181	-32.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Morgan, Lakshmi MUSA
+77.2
3.5 pts · #5
2Sivakumar, NirvanUSA
+63.2
2.5 pts · #10
3Yelisetti, VishruthUSA
+41.2
2.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Manchanda, AdvikCMUSA
-73.6
1.5 pts · #47
2Desai, JairajUSA
-72.0
1.0 pts · #53
3Li, SophieWFMUSA
-42.0
0.5 pts · #49

Biggest upsets

R4+366 Elo gap
Morgan, Lakshmi M1650 beat CMManchanda, Advik2016
R2+223 Elo gap
Sivakumar, Nirvan1550 beat Gao, Jonathan1773
R4+214 Elo gap
Yelisetti, Vishruth1570 beat Devarsh Kinra1784