2025 AGCA Winter - Open
Open SwissStandard
40 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Austin, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Mladen Vucic (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2294).
Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti (🇺🇸 USA, 1982) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Dhanush Bharadwaj (6.5) and Eric Alexander Dumitru (6.5). Polisetti shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy (1680) beat Mladen Vucic (IM, 2294), a +614-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
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×34
🇮🇳India×5
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsLohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE30 Dec
Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti drew with FM Dhanush Bharadwaj (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti 3 wins (R1–R3)T.r. Shanmuganathan 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti | * | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 2FMDhanush Bharadwaj | ½ | * | ½ | 0 |
| 3T.r. Shanmuganathan | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Eric Alexander Dumitru | 1 | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana | 1982 | USA | +22B | +23N | +10B | −3N | +6B | +7N | =4B | +8N | =2B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 37.00 | 2041 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Dhanush BharadwajFM | 2249 | IND | +16N | +12B | −3N | +15B | +9B | =8N | +7B | =4N | =1N | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 35.00 | 2059 | -29.8 |
| 3 | Dumitru, Eric Alexander | 1793 | USA | +25B | +24N | +2B | +1B | +7N | −4N | −8B | +9N | =6B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 35.50 | 2009 | +90.0 |
| 4 | Shanmuganathan, T.r. | 2051 | IND | =32N | +21B | =18N | +12B | +10N | +3B | =1N | =2B | =9B | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 34.00 | 2011 | -3.4 |
| 5 | Joseph, Julian | 1829 | USA | +20N | =11B | +17N | −7B | +29B | −9N | +18B | +16N | +8B | 6.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 28.50 | 1812 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Lonie, Chase Rugby | 1792 | USA | +34N | =17B | =31N | +20B | −1N | =16B | +21B | +19N | =3N | 6.0 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 24.25 | 1770 | -2.2 |
| 7 | Ikkurthi, Ishaan | 1753 | USA | +26B | +33N | +8B | +5N | −3B | −1B | −2N | +12B | =13N | 5.5 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 26.00 | 1903 | +44.0 |
| 8 | Bates, Evan | 1882 | USA | +28N | +15B | −7N | +16B | +24N | =2B | +3N | −1B | −5N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 26.75 | 1842 | -12.8 |
| 9 | Maddipati, Srihas | 1874 | USA | F | +32B | +11N | +18B | −2N | +5B | +13N | −3B | =4N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 26.75 | 1945 | +24.8 |
| 10 | Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy | 1680 | IND | +13N | +39B | −1N | +11B | −4B | =14N | −19B | +17N | +16B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 22.50 | 1793 | +39.6 |
| 11 | Arun, Anish | 1534 | USA | +29B | =5N | −9B | −10N | =26B | +27N | =17B | +21N | =14B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1660 | +32.8 |
| 12 | Spelman, Ronan P | 1780 | USA | +35B | −2N | +19B | −4N | −13B | +37N | +22B | −7N | +20B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 17.00 | 1765 | -7.6 |
| 13 | Johnson, Sarah Gabrielle | 1406 | USA | −10B | +25N | =14B | F | +12N | +31B | −9B | +18N | =7B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 21.75 | 1771 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Badrinarayanan, Ashwath | 1647 | USA | =30N | =31B | =13N | =17B | +20N | =10B | −16N | +15B | =11N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 22.00 | 1623 | -7.2 |
| 15 | Arjun Bharadwaj | 1621 | IND | +36B | −8N | +22B | −2N | +33B | −18N | +25B | −14N | +19B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 1623 | -4.8 |
| 16 | Ratheesh, Nived | 1686 | USA | −2B | +35N | +33B | −8N | +27B | =6N | +14B | −5B | −10N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 16.50 | 1664 | -14.0 |
| 17 | Sivaraju, Subbu | 1469 | USA | +40B | =6N | −5B | =14N | −18N | +30B | =11N | −10B | +28B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 14.50 | 1621 | +44.0 |
| 18 | Sommers, Sean K | 1776 | USA | F | +37N | =4B | −9N | +17B | +15B | −5N | −13B | +29N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 17.75 | 1769 | -0.8 |
| 19 | Ni, Alan | 1554 | USA | −39N | +30B | −12N | =34B | +23N | +29B | +10N | −6B | −15N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 16.75 | 1609 | +12.0 |
| 20 | Kadher Sulaimon, Muhammad Abdur Rahman | 1420 | USA | −5B | +36N | +23B | −6N | −14B | −22N | +33N | +32B | −12N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 11.00 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Thota, Taran | 1804 | USA | F | −4N | +26B | −29N | +34B | +24B | −6N | −11B | +22N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 14.50 | 1607 | -48.4 |
| 22 | Chen, Yiheng Ethan | 1605 | USA | −1N | +34B | −15N | +38B | −31N | +20B | −12N | +36B | −21B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 9.50 | 988 | -55.2 |
| 23 | Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1574 | USA | +27B | −1B | −20N | =26N | −19B | −28N | =34B | +37N | +30B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 11.75 | 964 | -24.4 |
| 24 | Madirawalage, Usara Evin | 1428 | USA | +38N | −3B | =29N | +30B | −8B | −21N | =26B | −25N | +36N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 9.50 | 1004 | -10.4 |
| 25 | Sahasra Vijay | 1406 | IND | −3N | −13B | =28N | +32B | =30N | +33B | −15N | +24B | F | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 12.25 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Berumen, Joshua Manuel | 0 | USA | −7N | +38B | −21N | =23B | =11N | =36B | =24N | =29B | =27N | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 11.75 | 1467 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Joseph, Asher | 1444 | USA | −23N | =28B | +32N | =31B | −16N | −11B | =35N | =30N | =26B | 3.5 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 10.50 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Bejawada, Surya | 1482 | USA | −8B | =27N | =25B | −33N | =36N | +23B | −29N | +35B | −17N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 11.25 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Gopu, Akhil | 0 | USA | −11N | F | =24B | +21B | −5N | −19N | +28B | =26N | −18B | 3.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 11.50 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Abrol, Riaan | 0 | USA | =14B | −19N | +37B | −24N | =25B | −17N | =32N | =27B | −23N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 9.50 | 1281 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Seelam, Tanish | 1751 | USA | =37B | =14N | =6B | =27N | +22B | −13N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 12.25 | 1806 | +8.8 |
| 32 | Davis, Charles R | 1666 | USA | =4B | −9N | −27B | −25N | =35N | F | =30B | −20N | +34B | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 8.50 | 1666 | -4.0 |
| 33 | Peng, Grace | 0 | USA | F | −7B | −16N | +28B | −15N | −25N | −20B | =34N | +35N | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.25 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Mohan Kumar, Nishanth | 1441 | USA | −6B | −22N | +36B | =19N | −21N | −35B | =23N | =33B | −32N | 2.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 7.50 | 1326 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Pratheep Kumar, Amudha | 1449 | USA | −12N | −16B | −38N | =37N | =32B | +34N | =27B | −28N | −33B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 6.50 | 1437 | -1.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 566002192 | 0 | — | −15N | −20B | −34N | F | =28B | =26N | +37B | −22N | −24B | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 5.75 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Indrakanti, Samvik | 0 | USA | =31N | −18B | −30N | =35B | +38N | −12B | −36N | −23B | F | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.75 | 1426 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Huang, James Hetu | 0 | USA | −24B | −26N | +35B | −22N | −37B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.50 | 1364 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Vucic, MladenIM | 2294 | USA | +19B | −10N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1894 | -8.4 |
| 40 | Thomas, Michael D | 1800 | USA | −17N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 669 | -35.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dumitru, Eric AlexanderUSA+90.06.5 pts · #4
- 2Ikkurthi, IshaanUSA+44.05.5 pts · #12
- 3Sivaraju, SubbuUSA+44.04.5 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Chen, Yiheng EthanUSA-55.24.0 pts · #39
- 2Thota, TaranUSA-48.44.0 pts · #20
- 3Thomas, Michael DUSA-35.20.0 pts · #40
Biggest upsets
- R2+614 Elo gap
- R3+456 Elo gap
- R5+374 Elo gap