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2025 AGCA Winter - Classic

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Austin, TX, United States. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2298, and top seed was Aleksander Mista (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2502).

Megan Lee (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2230) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Lucius Melillo (6.5) and Aleksander Mista (6.0). Lee won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Rohit Gundam (2055) beat Vladimir Belous (GM, 2494), a +439-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Austin, TX, United States
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱GMAleksander Mista2502
Avg top 10
2,298
Participants
10
Titled players · 8
GM×4
FM×4
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×5
🇮🇳India×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·2230
    6.5pts·2472perf+57.2
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·2260
    6.5pts·2468perf+49.8
  • 🥉
    🇵🇱POL·2502
    6.0pts·2407perf-8.3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

FM Lucius Melillo led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Lucius Melillo held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Lucius Melillo lost to FM Megan Lee (Black).

R5–R9 · UNBEATEN

FM Lucius Melillo went unbeaten across 5 games (R5–R9).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
2🇺🇸FMLee, Megan2230*1½½½½½1116.526.2538.5+57.22472
1🇺🇸FMMelillo, Lucius22600*½½½111116.524.0038.5+49.82468
3🇵🇱GMMista, Aleksander2502½½*½½½½1116.023.2539.0-8.32407
4🇷🇺GMBelous, Vladimir2494½½½*½½10115.522.0039.5-12.62362
5🇲🇰GMMitkov, Nikola2395½½½½*½½10½4.520.2540.5-11.62287
6🇮🇱GMPopilski, Gil2401½0½½½*½½½14.517.2540.5-12.62287
7🇮🇳Vijay, Keerthi K.2271½0½0½½*½½14.014.7541.0-3.22258
9🇺🇸Gundam, Rohit205500010½½*½13.512.0041.5+34.22235
8🇺🇸FMDas, Aditeya228700001½½½*13.511.0041.5-16.82219
10🇺🇸FMMulay, Vivan Prakash20850000½0000*0.52.2544.5-54.31875

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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