4th Falconer Memorial Tournament - Under 1600
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1111, and top seed was Sumanth Pavuluri (🇺🇸 USA, 1690).
Sawyer Stults (🇺🇸 USA, 1666) won with 4.0/4. Stults won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Albert Starr (1580) beat Sumanth Pavuluri (1690), a +110-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsSawyer Stults led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R4 · LEAD HELD
Sawyer Stults never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Sawyer Stults won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sawyer Stults | * | — | — | — |
| 2FIDE 39971058 | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Albert Starr | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Sandesh Aher | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stults, Sawyer | 1666 | USA | +7N | +8B | +6N | +5B | 4.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 2420 | +17.4 |
| 2 | FIDE 39971058 | 0 | — | +?N | =5B | =3N | +7B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.75 | 1585 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Starr, Albert | 1580 | USA | =10B | +13N | =2B | +6B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 2490 | +13.0 |
| 4 | Aher, Sandesh | 1549 | USA | −9B | +11N | +12B | +8N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.50 | 2448 | +25.2 |
| 5 | Yenamandra, Srikar | 0 | USA | +?B | =2N | +10B | −1N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 865 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pavuluri, Sumanth | 1690 | USA | +14N | +9B | −1B | −3N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1432 | -40.0 |
| 7 | Ma, Keller | 1550 | USA | −1B | +14N | +11B | −2N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1546 | -0.4 |
| 8 | Yadav, Jai | 0 | USA | +12N | −1N | +13B | −4B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Shafi Ibrahim, Ammar Mahi | 0 | USA | +4N | −6N | F | +?B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1685 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Donahue, Gerard Lawrence | 0 | USA | =3N | +?B | −5N | −?B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nair, Rishaan | 0 | USA | =?N | −4B | −7N | +14B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Priyadarshi, Rohan | 1648 | USA | −8B | F | −4N | +13B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 750 | -25.2 |
| 13 | FIDE 566008212 | 0 | — | F | −3B | −8N | −12N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Otterbach, Renate | 1427 | USA | −6B | −7B | F | −11N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 820 | -10.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Aher, SandeshUSA+25.23.0 pts · #9
- 2Stults, SawyerUSA+17.44.0 pts · #1
- 3Starr, AlbertUSA+13.03.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Pavuluri, SumanthUSA-40.02.0 pts · #8
- 2Priyadarshi, RohanUSA-25.21.0 pts · #11
- 3Otterbach, RenateUSA-10.20.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R4+110 Elo gap