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4th Falconer Memorial Tournament - 2000 and Over

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29 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1972, and top seed was Thomas Allard (🇫🇷 FRA, 2098).

Laurie Qiu (🇺🇸 USA, WIM, 2043) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Neil Chalissery (3.5) and Reyansh Paragiri (3.0). Qiu broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko (1773) beat Jimmy Heiserman (2092), a +319-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Thomas Allard2098
Avg top 10
1,972
Participants
29
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

WIM Laurie Qiu led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1234R1R2R3R4
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

WIM Laurie Qiu held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Laurie Qiu 4 wins (R1–R4)Neil Chalissery 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMLaurie Qiu*
1
1
2Neil Chalissery*
3Reyansh Paragiri
0
*
4Abhishek Mallela
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Qiu, LaurieWIM2043USA+8N+20B+3N+4B4.08.09.09.002661+44.0
2Chalissery, Neil1925USA=15N+10B+17N+7B3.56.07.56.752117+14.8
3Paragiri, Reyansh2003USA+11B+14N1B+21N3.08.09.05.001988+1.4
4Mallela, Abhishek1933USA+27N+9B+21B1N3.07.07.03.001999+7.4
5Biyiasas, Theodore2036USA=16B+22N=7B+12N3.06.07.05.001971-5.0
6Heiserman, Jimmy2092USA20N+8B+25N+24B3.04.05.04.001947-10.4
7Videna, Daniel T1787USA+28N+23B=5N2N2.57.57.52.502040+50.8
8Indukuri, Suhas1737USA1B6N+27B+20B2.08.08.01.001904+30.4
9Rajaram, Adit1783USA+12B4N=18B=11N2.07.08.53.751840+12.4
10Bhosale, Arnav1723USA=18B2N+16B=13B2.07.08.53.251848+26.8
11Yenamandra, Srinadh1748USA3N+29B=13N=9B2.07.07.02.001842+19.2
12Weiss, Roi1847USA9N+27B+15N5B2.06.56.51.501821-6.8
13Pavuluri, Vivaan1846USA+26B21N=11B=10N2.05.05.52.501760-18.4
14Zhang, Matthew1700USA+29N3B+20NF2.04.04.01.001963+40.0
15Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1756USA=2B=18N12B=19N1.57.08.53.251750-2.4
16Rigel, Marlon1786USA=5N17B10N+22B1.56.57.52.501740-6.2
17Malayappan, Rahul Ramesh1857USA=22B+16N2BF1.56.06.02.001800-9.2
18Malhotra, Rehaan1833USA=10N=15B=9NF1.55.55.52.751754-13.2
19Nalakonda, Anish1741USA23N=26B=22N=15B1.53.54.01.501769+1.6
20Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir1773USA+6B1N14B8N1.09.011.03.001700-9.0
21Dill, Jesse N1689USAF+13B4N3B1.08.08.02.001802+14.8
22Pu, Hugo1689USA=17N5B=19B16N1.06.07.51.501662-7.6
23Allard, Thomas2098FRA+19B7NFF1.04.04.01.501764-15.2
24Wang, Chase1751USAFF+28B6N1.03.03.00.001907+13.6
25Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya1756USAFF6B+28N1.03.03.00.001907+13.2
26Dees, Calvin Django1881USA13N=19NFF0.53.53.50.751600-29.6
27Panikkath, Aditya1710USA4B12N8NF0.07.07.00.001039-19.8
28Seidel, Eli1720USA7BF24N25B0.04.54.50.00965-52.8
29Suthar, Om1738USA14B11NFF0.04.04.00.00924-41.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets