23rd Konig Memorial Tournament - Under 1600
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1001, and top seed was Pranav Khandelwal (🇺🇸 USA, 1758).
Sawyer Stults (🇺🇸 USA, 1671) won with 3.5/4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ahaan Jain (1606) beat Pranav Khandelwal (1758), a +152-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsSawyer Stults led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
9
2
1
1
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD
Sawyer Stults held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
FIDE 39990214 won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sawyer Stults | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2FIDE 39990214 | — | * | — | — |
| 3Sumanth Pavuluri | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Srikar Yenamandra | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stults, Sawyer | 1671 | USA | +3B | =5N | +8B | +7N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 7.75 | 1899 | +16.4 |
| 2 | FIDE 39990214 | 0 | — | −4N | +13B | +?N | +6B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Yenamandra, Srikar | 0 | USA | −1N | +6B | +?N | =4B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Khandelwal, Pranav | 1758 | USA | +2B | +9N | −7B | =3N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 806 | -28.0 |
| 5 | Pavuluri, Sumanth | 1690 | USA | +13N | =1B | −10B | +11N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1879 | +19.6 |
| 6 | FIDE 566006899 | 0 | — | +11B | −3N | +9B | −2N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Jain, Ahaan | 1606 | USA | +15B | F | +4N | −1B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1714 | +11.6 |
| 8 | Turner, Robert | 1582 | USA | +14N | +12B | −1N | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 870 | -7.6 |
| 9 | Donahue, Gerard Lawrence | 0 | USA | +?N | −4B | −6N | +13B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 39993159 | 0 | — | +?B | F | +5N | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1710 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Ahmed, Shoaib | 1701 | USA | −6N | +14B | =12N | −5B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 890 | -20.8 |
| 12 | Shafi Ibrahim, Ammar Mahi | 0 | USA | +?B | −8N | =11B | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1626 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ben Cherif, Rachid | 0 | USA | −5B | −2N | +15B | −9N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nair, Rishaan | 0 | USA | −8B | −11N | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1414 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 566005639 | 0 | — | −7N | −?B | −13N | −?B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pavuluri, SumanthUSA+19.62.5 pts · #3
- 2Stults, SawyerUSA+16.43.5 pts · #1
- 3Jain, AhaanUSA+11.62.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Khandelwal, PranavUSA-28.02.5 pts · #11
- 2Ahmed, ShoaibUSA-20.81.5 pts · #12
- 3Turner, RobertUSA-7.62.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R3+152 Elo gap