60th American Open - Expert
Open SwissStandard
61 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 27 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Garden Grove, CA, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1966, and top seed was Brandon Xie (🇺🇸 USA, 2047).
Brandon Xie (🇺🇸 USA, 2047) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Santhosh Srinivasan (5.5) and Sivavishnu Srinivasan (5.5). Xie shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Robert D Whitaker (1440) beat Kevin Alejandro Reyes Melendez (1845), a +405-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Garden Grove, CA, United States
Dates
27 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 2
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×60
🇳🇵Nepal×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsBrandon Xie led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE29 Nov
Brandon Xie takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Brandon Xie 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Sivavishnu Srinivasan 3 wins (R2–R4)
R4 · FORMER LEADER FALL
Matthew Shuben held the sole lead at R4 but finished #18.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brandon Xie | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2George Huang | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Sivavishnu Srinivasan | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Seryozha Gasparyan | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xie, Brandon | 2047 | USA | +13B | +7N | +6B | −20N | +3B | +2B | +42N | =35N | 6.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 30.50 | 2083 | +11.4 |
| 2 | Srinivasan, Santhosh | 1656 | USA | +60N | +51B | =4N | =5B | +7B | −1N | =25B | +16N | 5.5 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 19.25 | 1926 | +108.8 |
| 3 | Srinivasan, Sivavishnu | 1877 | USA | =33N | +48B | +18N | +8B | −1N | +9B | =4N | =42B | 5.5 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 21.00 | 1962 | +32.0 |
| 4 | Huang, George | 1738 | USA | =38B | +47N | =2B | =13N | +18B | +25N | =3B | =5N | 5.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 21.25 | 1918 | +76.0 |
| 5 | Gasparyan, Seryozha | 1834 | USA | +29B | +23N | −20B | =2N | +12B | =35N | +19N | =4B | 5.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 22.50 | 1893 | +12.6 |
| 6 | Cancio, Zak | 2032 | USA | +56B | +30N | −1N | =15B | −9N | +18N | +24B | +27B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 17.25 | 1931 | -29.2 |
| 7 | Wang, Howard | 1785 | USA | +32N | −1B | +22N | +23B | −2N | +29B | +56N | =8B | 5.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 16.50 | 1906 | +45.6 |
| 8 | Chen, JocelynWFM | 1918 | USA | =26B | +38N | +10B | −3N | =13B | =24N | +15B | =7N | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 20.50 | 1853 | -25.6 |
| 9 | Xu, Pear | 1725 | USA | =49N | +33B | −25B | +32N | +6B | −3N | +14B | =41N | 5.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 18.00 | 1940 | +79.2 |
| 10 | Kailasam, Sabarish | 1821 | USA | +31N | =19B | −8N | =11B | +39N | −27B | +30N | +56B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 14.00 | 1833 | +5.6 |
| 11 | Zhu, Stephen | 1784 | USA | +16B | =25N | =14B | =10N | =19N | +60B | +54N | F | 5.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 15.00 | 1988 | +77.6 |
| 12 | He, Bonnie | 1720 | USA | =48N | =49B | =32N | +31B | −5N | +55B | +22N | =40B | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 12.25 | 1845 | +52.4 |
| 13 | Zhong, Andy | 1656 | USA | −1N | +34B | +49N | =4B | =8N | −21B | +59N | =17B | 4.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 13.00 | 1883 | +91.6 |
| 14 | Leung, Martin | 1865 | USA | +34N | =22B | =11N | +39B | −35N | =23B | −9N | +43B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 14.00 | 1795 | -27.2 |
| 15 | Dutoit, Ty Chen | 1753 | USA | −20B | +52N | +53B | =6N | −41B | +45N | −8N | +22B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 11.25 | 1924 | +63.6 |
| 16 | Zamojski, Chloe Melissandre | 1830 | USA | −11N | =57B | =48N | =22B | +50N | +31B | +23N | −2B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1737 | -36.8 |
| 17 | Suthar, Om | 1825 | USA | +52B | −20N | +30B | −29N | =45B | =26N | +58B | =13N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 10.50 | 1782 | -17.2 |
| 18 | Wang, Darren | 1911 | USA | =61B | +26N | −3B | +33N | −4N | −6B | =32N | +58B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 9.25 | 1785 | -51.2 |
| 19 | Fang, Jack Junrui | 1812 | USA | +50B | =10N | F | =24N | =11B | +58N | −5B | =54B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1831 | +8.8 |
| 20 | Shuben, Matthew | 2000 | USA | +15N | +17B | +5N | +1B | F | F | F | F | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.00 | 2665 | +26.2 |
| 21 | Wu, Zhuoyuan | 1946 | USA | =47B | =39N | −29B | +57N | +30B | +13N | −35B | F | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.75 | 1741 | -66.8 |
| 22 | Wang, Chase | 1788 | USA | +37B | =14N | −7B | =16N | +53B | =40N | −12B | −15N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 10.25 | 1743 | -20.4 |
| 23 | Maokhampio, Lucas | 1749 | USA | F | −5B | +27N | −7N | +37B | =14N | −16B | +60B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 9.25 | 1776 | +10.4 |
| 24 | Reyes Melendez, Kevin Alejandro | 1845 | USA | −51N | +60B | +46N | =19B | =40N | =8B | −6N | −28N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 8.25 | 1754 | -18.2 |
| 25 | Huang, Terry | 1949 | USA | +57N | =11B | +9N | F | =56B | −4B | =2N | F | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 11.75 | 1786 | -38.4 |
| 26 | Ganapathy, Aishwarya Lakshmi | 1671 | USA | =8N | −18B | −31N | +34N | +36B | =17B | =60N | F | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 11.00 | 1784 | +41.2 |
| 27 | Eisenberg, Linus Nguyen | 1733 | USA | F | F | −23B | +52N | +59B | +10N | =41B | −6N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1863 | +33.6 |
| 28 | Lew, Evan Jet | 1855 | USA | F | F | F | F | +38N | +39B | =43N | +24B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.75 | 2127 | +46.8 |
| 29 | Prabhu, Tanya G | 1756 | USA | −5N | +36B | +21N | +17B | −54N | −7N | −40B | F | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1794 | +13.2 |
| 30 | Zhang, Sean | 1796 | USA | +36N | −6B | −17N | +51B | −21N | +37B | −10B | F | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 7.50 | 1738 | -18.8 |
| 31 | Panikkath, Aditya | 1726 | USA | −10B | =50N | +26B | −12N | +32B | −16N | =34B | F | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 8.75 | 1676 | -20.0 |
| 32 | Kaushik, Siddharth | 1716 | USA | −7B | +56N | =12B | −9B | −31N | +57N | =18B | F | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 6.50 | 1630 | -27.6 |
| 33 | Jagan, Arjun | 1636 | USA | =3B | −9N | +50B | −18B | −55N | =44N | +53B | −36N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 7.00 | 1660 | +5.2 |
| 34 | Gudla, Gnana Vardhan | 1731 | USA | −14B | −13N | =36N | −26B | +48N | +50B | =31N | F | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1640 | -35.6 |
| 35 | Maheshwari, Darsh | 1580 | USA | F | F | F | F | +14B | =5B | +21N | =1B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 14.50 | 2100 | +98.8 |
| 36 | Hsiao, Oliver | 1724 | USA | −30B | −29N | =34B | F | −26N | +49B | =45N | +33B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 1675 | -19.6 |
| 37 | Ly, Terrence | 1728 | USA | −22N | F | =38B | +48B | −23N | −30N | =44B | +50B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1661 | -26.0 |
| 38 | Nemeth, Jake | 1656 | USA | =4N | −8B | =37N | −46B | −28B | =48N | +57B | −44N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 6.00 | 1615 | -18.8 |
| 39 | Beltran, Omar | 1718 | USA | F | =21B | +51N | −14N | −10B | −28N | +52B | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1701 | -3.0 |
| 40 | Subedi, Avinay | 1914 | NEP | F | F | F | F | =24B | =22B | +29N | =12N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 9.00 | 1872 | -4.6 |
| 41 | Prasad, Manu | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | +15N | =56B | =27N | =9B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.25 | 1757 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Yu, AveryWIM | 2001 | USA | F | F | F | F | +60N | +54B | −1B | =3N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1959 | -6.8 |
| 43 | Qazi, Rafeh | 1943 | USA | F | F | F | F | +51N | +46B | =28B | −14N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1847 | -8.2 |
| 44 | Li, Derek | 1809 | USA | F | F | F | F | =57B | =33B | =37N | +38B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1766 | -9.6 |
| 45 | Powers, Victor | 1703 | USA | F | F | F | F | =17N | −15B | =36B | +46N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.75 | 1762 | +13.2 |
| 46 | Bankhead, Benjamin | 1744 | USA | F | F | −24B | +38N | −58B | −43N | +49N | −45B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1649 | -15.2 |
| 47 | Yu, Benjamin | 1671 | USA | =21N | −4B | F | F | +52B | F | =55N | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1737 | +12.4 |
| 48 | Lee, Angelina | 1593 | USA | =12B | −3N | =16B | −37N | −34B | =38B | −50N | F | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 1504 | -29.2 |
| 49 | Ford, Clifton P | 1787 | USA | =9B | =12N | −13B | −53N | F | −36N | −46B | =51N | 1.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.75 | 1442 | -60.4 |
| 50 | Parikh, Vian Hemish | 1594 | USA | −19N | =31B | −33N | F | −16B | −34N | +48B | −37N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 3.00 | 1493 | -32.8 |
| 51 | Whitaker, Robert D | 1440 | USA | +24B | −2N | −39B | −30N | −43B | −52N | F | =49B | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.25 | 1521 | +9.4 |
| 52 | Xiao, Edira | 1620 | USA | −17N | −15B | F | −27B | −47N | +51B | −39N | =53N | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.25 | 1460 | -54.0 |
| 53 | Daftuar, Rohan | 1693 | USA | F | F | −15N | +49B | −22N | −59B | −33N | =52B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.25 | 1526 | -51.6 |
| 54 | Zargaryan, Marat | 1877 | USA | F | F | F | F | +29B | −42N | −11B | =19N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1751 | -28.4 |
| 55 | Li, Ethan | 1642 | USA | F | F | F | F | +33B | −12N | =47B | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1676 | +5.6 |
| 56 | Ju, Jason Jialong | 0 | USA | −6N | −32B | F | F | =25N | =41N | −7B | −10N | 1.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.00 | 1495 | -46.8 |
| 57 | Krishna, Sai | 1661 | USA | −25B | =16N | F | −21B | =44N | −32B | −38N | F | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 3.50 | 1545 | -33.6 |
| 58 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1710 | USA | F | F | F | F | +46N | −19B | −17N | −18N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 1630 | -16.4 |
| 59 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1730 | USA | F | F | F | F | −27N | +53N | −13B | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1569 | -26.0 |
| 60 | Chen, Renae | 1661 | USA | −2B | −24N | F | F | −42B | −11N | =26B | −23N | 0.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 1.75 | 1384 | -61.6 |
| 61 | Akopian, Robert | 1900 | USA | =18N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1911 | +0.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Srinivasan, SanthoshUSA+108.85.5 pts · #5
- 2Maheshwari, DarshUSA+98.83.0 pts · #27
- 3Zhong, AndyUSA+91.64.5 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Wu, ZhuoyuanUSA-66.84.0 pts · #21
- 2Chen, RenaeUSA-61.60.5 pts · #60
- 3Ford, Clifton PUSA-60.41.5 pts · #50
Biggest upsets
- R1+405 Elo gap
- R7+366 Elo gap
- R5+307 Elo gap