17th Annual Southwest Class Championship - Class A

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79 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Irving, TX, United States. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1827, and top seed was Kushal Rohith Rambhapuri (🇺🇸 USA, 1931).

Sebastian Lee (🇺🇸 USA, 1783) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Serena Liu (6.0) and Advait Upadrasta (5.5). Lee shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Alisa Joseph (1548) beat Kushal Rohith Rambhapuri (1931), a +383-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States

Dates

13 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Kushal Rohith Rambhapuri1931

Avg top 10

1,827

Participants

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×73

🇮🇳India×2

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇯🇵Japan×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

Top 3

🥇
Sebastian Lee
🇺🇸USA·1783
6.0pts·2021perf+36.6
🥈
Serena Liu
🇺🇸USA·1749
6.0pts·1995perf+71.2
🥉
Advait Upadrasta
🇺🇸USA·1701
5.5pts·1978perf+98.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lee6Liu6Zolidis5.5Upadrasta5.5Mohan5Vinod5

R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Sebastian Lee held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Lee takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sebastian Lee 5 wins (R2–R6)Serena Liu 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sebastian Lee	*	—	½	—
2Serena Liu	—	*	—	—
3Eric Zolidis	½	—	*	1
4Advait Upadrasta	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lee, Sebastian	1783	USA	=77N	+40B	+19N	+13B	+7N	+12B	=4N	6.0	25.5	26.0	23.00	2021	+36.6
2	Liu, Serena	1749	USA	+78B	−31N	+32B	+23N	+52B	+6B	+50N	6.0	19.5	19.5	16.50	1995	+71.2
3	Upadrasta, Advait	1701	USA	+49B	+34N	+11B	=12N	+5B	−4N	+61B	5.5	25.0	27.5	19.75	1978	+98.4
4	Zolidis, Eric	1705	USA	=17N	+77B	+51N	=6B	+60N	+3B	=1B	5.5	25.0	25.5	18.25	1943	+83.6
5	Mohan, Vishnu	1807	USA	=70B	+33N	+39N	+9B	−3N	+22B	=7N	5.0	25.0	26.5	17.75	1802	+2.4
6	Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan	1629	USA	+59B	=20N	+57B	=4N	+13B	−2N	+51B	5.0	24.0	26.5	16.00	1825	+62.4
7	Vinod, Rohan	1739	USA	+53B	+35N	+18B	=67N	−1B	+42N	=5B	5.0	23.0	25.0	15.50	1871	+49.6
8	Vinayagaram, Nethra	1735	USA	=21N	+55B	+71N	+50B	−12B	+20N	=11B	5.0	21.0	22.5	14.00	1878	+54.8
9	Karthik, Raghav Vedant	1629	USA	+75N	+54B	=50N	−5N	+33B	=11B	+52N	5.0	20.0	21.5	13.00	1853	+70.4
10	Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay	1653	USA	−48B	=47N	+74B	=17N	+70B	+18N	+14B	5.0	17.5	19.0	13.50	1932	+81.6
11	Angeles Vera, Mario Alberto	1876	MEX	+24N	+22B	−3N	+63B	=67B	=9N	=8N	4.5	25.0	27.0	15.50	1798	-25.6
12	Banda, Vishnu	1792	USA	+47N	+48B	+36N	=3B	+8N	−1N	F	4.5	24.5	24.5	15.75	1844	+14.0
13	Borse, Tanvi	1594	USA	+65B	+32N	+31B	−1N	−6N	−60B	+36N	4.0	22.5	24.5	11.00	1754	+61.2
14	Ganesan, Vikash	1676	USA	+41N	−19B	=37N	+71B	=51N	+34B	−10N	4.0	20.0	21.5	10.25	1697	+9.6
15	Mazumdar, Viraj	1599	USA	−35B	+53N	=17B	−39N	+48B	=30N	+59B	4.0	18.0	20.5	11.00	1681	+26.0
16	Sajish Pavithran, Kiara	1700	USA	=55N	−71B	+47B	−33N	=68N	+70B	+41N	4.0	14.5	16.0	9.25	1658	-14.8
17	He, Julian	1703	USA	=4B	=23N	=15N	=10B	=32B	=29N	=19B	3.5	25.0	28.0	14.00	1658	-17.6
18	Myers, Parker	1671	USA	+58N	+29B	−7N	=22B	+25N	−10B	F	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.25	1718	+15.6
19	Madireddy, Krivi R	1691	USA	+43B	+14N	−1B	=31N	=46B	−51B	=17N	3.5	22.5	25.0	11.75	1682	-3.2
20	Nagavarapu, Saket	1712	USA	+73N	=6B	=52N	+26B	=61N	−8B	−27N	3.5	22.0	23.5	10.00	1657	-20.4
21	Vuyyuru, Aryan	1581	USA	=8B	+76N	=60N	=25B	−22N	+24B	−26N	3.5	21.5	22.5	10.00	1698	+50.0
22	Friske, Thomas	1724	USA	+64B	−11N	+49B	=18N	+21B	−5N	F	3.5	21.0	21.0	9.75	1725	+1.2
23	Baksi, Antariksh	1660	USA	=71N	=17B	+48N	−2B	=36N	+47B	−39N	3.5	20.5	22.0	9.00	1577	-31.2
24	Miller, Theodore	1693	USA	−11B	+79N	−34B	+28N	=49B	−21N	+56N	3.5	19.5	19.5	7.25	1633	-21.6
25	Kuchun Rajan, Sreevarshan	1577	USA	=44B	=70N	+56B	=21N	−18B	=33N	=30B	3.5	19.0	20.5	9.75	1600	+8.4
26	Xue, Jack	1687	USA	F	F	+35B	−20N	=30B	+49N	+21B	3.5	16.0	16.0	10.75	1793	+27.6
27	Venkatesh, Advit	1513	USA	−38N	F	=54N	+68B	+64B	−61N	+20B	3.5	15.5	15.5	8.75	1678	+55.2
28	Ganesh, Advaith	1625	USA	F	F	+66B	−24B	=40N	+58B	+47N	3.5	13.5	13.5	8.50	1866	+62.8
29	Muthiah, Yugan	1582	USA	+79B	−18N	F	+35N	F	=17B	+34N	3.5	13.0	13.0	7.75	1824	+64.0
30	Choi, Jay	1686	USA	F	F	+79B	+72B	=26N	=15B	=25N	3.5	12.5	12.5	7.00	1777	+25.6
31	Jegga, Pratham Sai Goud	1760	USA	+37N	+2B	−13N	=19B	−42N	=36B	F	3.0	22.5	22.5	12.25	1653	-34.8
32	Santosh, Siddharth	1700	USA	+56N	−13B	−2N	+54B	=17N	−39B	=37N	3.0	22.0	24.5	8.25	1559	-55.6
33	Jawaghar, Jeevanth	1578	USA	F	−5B	+73N	+16B	−9N	=25B	=38N	3.0	22.0	22.0	8.75	1656	+26.8
34	Rothe-Kushel, William PI	1813	USA	+66N	−3B	+24N	−60B	+65B	−14N	−29B	3.0	21.0	23.0	7.50	1664	-56.4
35	Mettler, Mark	1719	USA	+15N	−7B	−26N	−29B	=56N	=66N	+65B	3.0	20.5	22.5	8.25	1634	-16.8
36	Arellano, Santiago	1631	USA	+72N	+38B	−12B	−52N	=23B	=31N	−13B	3.0	20.5	22.0	7.75	1666	+11.2
37	Koner, Archisman	1570	USA	−31B	+78N	=14B	−46N	=38N	=62B	=32B	3.0	18.5	18.5	6.25	1523	-12.4
38	Das, Abhinav	1641	USA	+27B	−36N	−42B	=48N	=37B	=53N	=33B	3.0	18.0	20.5	9.00	1542	-34.0
39	Ni, Alan	1550	USA	F	F	−5B	+15B	−50N	+32N	+23B	3.0	18.0	18.0	10.50	1792	+62.8
40	Smalls, Jay D	1647	USA	F	−1N	−69B	=53N	=28B	+71N	+49B	3.0	18.0	18.0	7.00	1646	-0.2
41	Nishida, Eito	1622	JPN	−14B	=65N	+78B	=62N	=45B	=63N	−16B	3.0	18.0	18.0	5.00	1486	-35.6
42	Tang, Martin	1681	USA	F	F	+38N	=64N	+31B	−7B	=57N	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.25	1767	+18.0
43	Gradijan, Stephen	1630	USA	−19N	+75B	−64N	+55B	−57N	−68B	+74N	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.50	1573	-16.0
44	Chen, Yiheng Ethan	1570	USA	=25N	−72B	−45N	−58B	=73N	+77B	+66N	3.0	14.0	14.5	5.00	1639	+19.6
45	Ndengang, Aviel Alanyengi	1411	USA	F	F	+44B	=57B	=41N	=64B	=54N	3.0	13.0	13.0	8.00	1667	+53.6
46	Kandi, Pranav	1586	USA	F	F	+77N	+37B	=19N	=57B	F	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1967	+57.2
47	Chelladorai, Isabelle	1627	USA	−12B	=10B	−16N	+74N	+71B	−23N	−28B	2.5	22.0	23.5	5.50	1565	-24.8
48	Chai, Tse Wei	0	MAS	+10N	−12N	−23B	=38B	−15N	+69B	F	2.5	22.0	22.0	8.50	1628	0.0
49	Sivaraju, Subbu	1544	USA	−3N	+58B	−22N	+73B	=24N	−26B	−40N	2.5	21.5	23.0	5.75	1573	+10.0
50	Flournoy, Donald W	1825	USA	F	F	=9B	−8N	+39B	+67N	−2B	2.5	21.0	21.0	7.50	1673	-38.8
51	Iyer, Aarush G	1637	USA	F	F	−4B	+69N	=14B	+19N	−6N	2.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1691	+14.8
52	Vadher, Devaj M	1744	USA	F	F	=20B	+36B	−2N	+59N	−9B	2.5	20.0	20.0	7.25	1705	-10.4
53	Rajesh, Ednit	1627	USA	−7N	−15B	=58N	=40B	+79N	=38B	−62N	2.5	20.0	20.0	4.25	1573	-18.8
54	Indrakanti, Samvik	1546	USA	F	−9N	=27B	−32N	=72B	+65N	=45B	2.5	18.0	18.0	6.00	1571	+4.8
55	Balaji, Tanav	1726	USA	=16B	−8N	=65B	−43N	=66B	=74N	=70N	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.50	1608	-47.2
56	Joseph, Alisa	1548	USA	−32B	+66B	−25N	−65N	=35B	+72N	−24B	2.5	17.0	18.5	5.00	1631	+24.0
57	Agarwal, Saatvik	0	USA	F	F	−6N	=45N	+43B	=46N	=42B	2.5	17.0	17.0	7.50	1587	0.0
58	Kvakovszky, George	1690	USA	−18B	−49N	=53B	+44N	F	−28N	+72B	2.5	16.5	16.5	5.75	1585	-18.0
59	Johnson, Sarah Gabrielle	1808	USA	−6N	=73B	+76B	F	+62N	−52B	−15N	2.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1511	-77.2
60	Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S	1719	USA	F	F	=21B	+34N	−4B	+13N	F	2.5	16.0	16.0	8.75	1764	+9.2
61	Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy	1709	IND	F	F	−67B	+70N	=20B	+27B	−3N	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.75	1643	-16.8
62	Vemuri, Surya	0	USA	F	F	=68N	=41B	−59B	=37N	+53B	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.50	1640	0.0
63	Mattson, Daniel	1690	USA	F	F	+72N	−11N	F	=41B	+64N	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.00	1809	+24.8
64	Ramdas, Ronav	1548	USA	−22N	F	+43B	=42B	−27N	=45N	−63B	2.0	18.5	18.5	6.00	1483	-20.8
65	Vibhuvan Vemula	1700	IND	−13N	=41B	=55N	+56B	−34N	−54B	−35N	2.0	18.0	20.5	5.25	1495	-77.6
66	Rambhapuri, Kushal Rohith	1931	USA	−34B	−56N	−28N	+78B	=55N	=35B	−44B	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.75	1394	-154.4
67	Sunagatullin, Mark	1699	USA	F	F	+61N	=7B	=11N	−50B	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	7.25	1787	+18.8
68	Pramod, Pranavi	1575	USA	F	F	=62B	−27N	=16B	+43N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	6.25	1613	+6.4
69	Tang, Trevor	1757	USA	F	F	+40N	−51B	F	−48N	+73B	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	1747	-1.6
70	Praveen, Aayush	1591	USA	=5N	=25B	F	−61B	−10N	−16N	=55B	1.5	22.5	22.5	5.50	1501	-26.8
71	Timmons, Aiden	1542	USA	=23B	+16N	−8B	−14N	−47N	−40B	F	1.5	22.0	22.0	5.75	1482	-17.2
72	Heyer, Gabriel	1811	USA	−36B	+44N	−63B	−30N	=54N	−56B	−58N	1.5	17.0	19.5	4.25	1393	-146.8
73	Rodenstein, Alan	1581	USA	−20B	=59N	−33B	−49N	=44B	=75N	−69N	1.5	16.5	18.0	3.50	1386	-28.4
74	Badrinarayanan, Ashwath	1695	USA	F	F	−10N	−47B	+77N	=55B	−43B	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.75	1542	-38.4
75	Vaddadi, Anay	0	USA	−9B	−43N	F	F	F	=73B	+78N	1.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	1341	0.0
76	Davis, Charles	1747	USA	F	−21B	−59N	+77B	F	F	F	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	1605	-22.4
77	Rozenblat, Zachary	1820	USA	=1B	−4N	−46B	−76N	−74B	−44N	F	0.5	20.0	20.0	3.00	1278	-144.0
78	FIDE 566006090	0	—	−2N	−37B	−41N	−66N	F	F	−75B	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	918	0.0
79	Paleja, Jax	1464	USA	−29N	−24B	−30N	F	−53B	F	F	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	846	-42.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Upadrasta, AdvaitUSA
+98.4
5.5 pts · #3
2Zolidis, EricUSA
+83.6
5.5 pts · #2
3Rajagopalan, Aadhya JayUSA
+81.6
5.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Rambhapuri, Kushal RohithUSA
-154.4
2.0 pts · #75
2Heyer, GabrielUSA
-146.8
1.5 pts · #70
3Rozenblat, ZacharyUSA
-144.0
0.5 pts · #76

Biggest upsets

R2+383 Elo gap
Joseph, Alisa1548 beat Rambhapuri, Kushal Rohith1931
R7+361 Elo gap
Chen, Yiheng Ethan1570 beat Rambhapuri, Kushal Rohith1931
R3+306 Elo gap
Ganesh, Advaith1625 beat Rambhapuri, Kushal Rohith1931