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2025 December DFW Winter FIDE - U1800

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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.

Location
🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,624
Participants
32
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇮🇳India×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
13
3
1
4
5
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Isaac Ying held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/5. Ambil takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Isaac Ying won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Isaac Ying*
½
2Saket Nagavarapu*
½
3Shreyansh Alsisaria
½
*
4Tapasya Karry
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ambil, Keshav1612USA+12B=5N+23B+9N=3B4.014.016.012.002535+26.8
2Shreyansh Alsisaria1640IND=15N+16B+10N=3N+8B4.012.515.011.752339+44.0
3Ying, Isaac0USA+28B+8N+?N=2B=1N4.012.012.08.0016020.0
4Karry, Tapasya1561USA+22N=10B+29N+18B=5N4.011.012.08.501875+33.2
5Nagavarapu, Saket0USA+32N=1B+?N+?B=4B4.08.08.04.0016460.0
6Rajesh, Ednit1632USA=16N=15B+14B+12N=7B3.512.014.510.251589-4.8
7Jadhav, Saj Ajaykumar1642USA+24N18B+20N+21B=6N3.59.511.57.751489-15.6
8Singh, Sejal1448USA+20N3B+22N+13B2N3.013.015.07.001524+7.6
9Maddipati, Srijani Sai1735USA+11N+21B=18N1B=10N3.012.014.07.501534-32.4
10Alagarsamy, Aadharsh1629USA+31B=4N2B+27N=9B3.012.013.05.501520-18.0
11Desu, Srihaas K0USA9B=19N+30B+23N=15B3.09.510.55.259350.0
12Gupta, Avyukt0USA1N+32B+?N6B+21N3.09.59.52.0014570.0
13Upadrasta, Atharv1407USA=19B=27N+25B8N+20B3.08.59.55.00648-17.6
14Akula, Praneel0USA+26N=?B6N+29B=18N3.08.08.03.5015820.0
15Balamurali, Mahith0USA=2B=6N+19BF=11N2.512.512.57.2516360.0
16Newell, Logan1536USA=6B2N=17B=25N+28B2.511.512.54.751596+9.6
17Mittapalli, Anish0USA?N+?B=16N=?B=?N2.52.52.51.2514850.0
18Abel Taji1732KENF+7N=9B4N=14B2.013.513.56.501646-14.0
19Shrivastava, Abhyuday0USA=13N=11B15N+22B?N2.010.510.55.0012570.0
20Black, Nathan Dee0USA8B+?N7B+28N13N2.010.510.51.0014560.0
21Werther, Oliver0USA+?B9N+27B7N12B2.010.510.51.0015430.0
22Shathishkumar, Vyshnav0USA4B+31N8B19N+?B2.010.010.01.0014210.0
23FIDE 5660008230+?N=?B1N11B=30N2.08.08.00.5013650.0
24Chen, Nathan Mao0USA7BF+?N?B+27N2.04.54.51.007730.0
25Desai, Shaurya Sagar0USAF?B13N=16B+26N1.57.07.02.7512060.0
26FIDE 39991628014B=30N?B+32N25B1.55.55.50.508280.0
27Meadors, Christian0USA=?N=13B21N10B24B1.010.010.01.5013890.0
28Chinnapareddy, Shaurya1516USA3N29B+32N20B16N1.09.59.50.00736-18.8
29Subramanian, Amogh Krish0USAF+28N4B14NF1.08.08.01.0015390.0
30Mehta, Nakshwin0USA?N=26B11NF=23B1.06.56.51.759570.0
31Paritala, Kavin S0USA10N22BF+?N?B1.05.05.00.0015470.0
32Jennings, Elijah0USA5B12N28B26BF0.09.59.50.007160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets