2025 December DFW Winter FIDE - U1800
32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Irving, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1624, and top seed was Kaarthi Kotha (🇺🇸 USA, 1757).
Keshav Ambil (🇺🇸 USA, 1612) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Shreyansh Alsisaria (4.0) and Isaac Ying (4.0). Ambil shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Tapasya Karry (1561) beat Abel Taji (1732), a +171-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.
Isaac Ying held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
5 players finish on 4.0/5. Ambil takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
Isaac Ying won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Isaac Ying | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Saket Nagavarapu | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Shreyansh Alsisaria | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Tapasya Karry | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambil, Keshav | 1612 | USA | +12B | =5N | +23B | +9N | =3B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 12.00 | 2535 | +26.8 |
| 2 | Shreyansh Alsisaria | 1640 | IND | =15N | +16B | +10N | =3N | +8B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 11.75 | 2339 | +44.0 |
| 3 | Ying, Isaac | 0 | USA | +28B | +8N | +?N | =2B | =1N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Karry, Tapasya | 1561 | USA | +22N | =10B | +29N | +18B | =5N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.50 | 1875 | +33.2 |
| 5 | Nagavarapu, Saket | 0 | USA | +32N | =1B | +?N | +?B | =4B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1646 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Rajesh, Ednit | 1632 | USA | =16N | =15B | +14B | +12N | =7B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 10.25 | 1589 | -4.8 |
| 7 | Jadhav, Saj Ajaykumar | 1642 | USA | +24N | −18B | +20N | +21B | =6N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 7.75 | 1489 | -15.6 |
| 8 | Singh, Sejal | 1448 | USA | +20N | −3B | +22N | +13B | −2N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1524 | +7.6 |
| 9 | Maddipati, Srijani Sai | 1735 | USA | +11N | +21B | =18N | −1B | =10N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1534 | -32.4 |
| 10 | Alagarsamy, Aadharsh | 1629 | USA | +31B | =4N | −2B | +27N | =9B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1520 | -18.0 |
| 11 | Desu, Srihaas K | 0 | USA | −9B | =19N | +30B | +23N | =15B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 935 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Gupta, Avyukt | 0 | USA | −1N | +32B | +?N | −6B | +21N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Upadrasta, Atharv | 1407 | USA | =19B | =27N | +25B | −8N | +20B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 648 | -17.6 |
| 14 | Akula, Praneel | 0 | USA | +26N | =?B | −6N | +29B | =18N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Balamurali, Mahith | 0 | USA | =2B | =6N | +19B | F | =11N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.25 | 1636 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Newell, Logan | 1536 | USA | =6B | −2N | =17B | =25N | +28B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1596 | +9.6 |
| 17 | Mittapalli, Anish | 0 | USA | −?N | +?B | =16N | =?B | =?N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Abel Taji | 1732 | KEN | F | +7N | =9B | −4N | =14B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1646 | -14.0 |
| 19 | Shrivastava, Abhyuday | 0 | USA | =13N | =11B | −15N | +22B | −?N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1257 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Black, Nathan Dee | 0 | USA | −8B | +?N | −7B | +28N | −13N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1456 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Werther, Oliver | 0 | USA | +?B | −9N | +27B | −7N | −12B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Shathishkumar, Vyshnav | 0 | USA | −4B | +31N | −8B | −19N | +?B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 566000823 | 0 | — | +?N | =?B | −1N | −11B | =30N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.50 | 1365 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Chen, Nathan Mao | 0 | USA | −7B | F | +?N | −?B | +27N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Desai, Shaurya Sagar | 0 | USA | F | −?B | −13N | =16B | +26N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1206 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 39991628 | 0 | — | −14B | =30N | −?B | +32N | −25B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 828 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Meadors, Christian | 0 | USA | =?N | =13B | −21N | −10B | −24B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1389 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Chinnapareddy, Shaurya | 1516 | USA | −3N | −29B | +32N | −20B | −16N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 736 | -18.8 |
| 29 | Subramanian, Amogh Krish | 0 | USA | F | +28N | −4B | −14N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mehta, Nakshwin | 0 | USA | −?N | =26B | −11N | F | =23B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 957 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Paritala, Kavin S | 0 | USA | −10N | −22B | F | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1547 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Jennings, Elijah | 0 | USA | −5B | −12N | −28B | −26B | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Shreyansh AlsisariaIND+44.04.0 pts · #3
- 2Karry, TapasyaUSA+33.24.0 pts · #5
- 3Ambil, KeshavUSA+26.84.0 pts · #18
- 1Maddipati, Srijani SaiUSA-32.43.0 pts · #10
- 2Chinnapareddy, ShauryaUSA-18.81.0 pts · #28
- 3Alagarsamy, AadharshUSA-18.03.0 pts · #16
- R4+171 Elo gap
- R4+123 Elo gap