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4th Falconer Memorial Tournament - Under 1600

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Sumanth Pavuluri1690
Avg top 10
1,111
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Sawyer Stults led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
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
Player1234
1Sawyer Stults*
2FIDE 39971058*
½
3Albert Starr
½
*
4Sandesh Aher*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stults, Sawyer1666USA+7N+8B+6N+5B4.06.58.58.502420+17.4
2FIDE 399710580+?N=5B=3N+7B3.07.57.54.7515850.0
3Starr, Albert1580USA=10B+13N=2B+6B3.06.56.54.252490+13.0
4Aher, Sandesh1549USA9B+11N+12B+8N3.05.56.54.502448+25.2
5Yenamandra, Srikar0USA+?B=2N+10B1N2.58.58.53.008650.0
6Pavuluri, Sumanth1690USA+14N+9B1B3N2.09.09.02.001432-40.0
7Ma, Keller1550USA1B+14N+11B2N2.08.58.51.501546-0.4
8Yadav, Jai0USA+12N1N+13B4B2.08.08.01.0014960.0
9Shafi Ibrahim, Ammar Mahi0USA+4N6NF+?B2.05.05.03.001685-2.0
10Donahue, Gerard Lawrence0USA=3N+?B5N?B1.55.55.51.5015300.0
11Nair, Rishaan0USA=?N4B7N+14B1.55.05.00.0014050.0
12Priyadarshi, Rohan1648USA8BF4N+13B1.05.05.00.00750-25.2
13FIDE 5660082120F3B8N12N0.06.06.00.008140.0
14Otterbach, Renate1427USA6B7BF11N0.05.55.50.00820-10.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets