25th Addison Memorial Tournament - 2000 and Over
23 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1940, and top seed was Christopher Woojin Yoo (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2607).
Christopher Woojin Yoo (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2607) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Theodore Biyiasas (3.5) and Reyansh Paragiri (3.0). Yoo shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Tapas Aarav Natraj (1769) beat Jed L. De Varo (2100), a +331-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Yoo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMChristopher Woojin Yoo | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Theodore Biyiasas | — | * | — | — |
| 3Reyansh Paragiri | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoo, Christopher WoojinGM | 2607 | USA | +15N | +11B | =3N | +5B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.50 | 2543 | -1.8 |
| 2 | Biyiasas, Theodore | 2000 | USA | +18N | +13B | =5N | +7B | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.75 | 2104 | +7.0 |
| 3 | Paragiri, Reyansh | 1975 | USA | +20B | +10N | =1B | =6N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 2097 | +22.4 |
| 4 | Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir | 1777 | USA | +19B | −5N | +22B | +10N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1917 | +14.2 |
| 5 | Chin, Zee | 1850 | USA | +12N | +4B | =2B | −1N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 2037 | +34.8 |
| 6 | Natraj, Tapas Aarav | 1769 | USA | =7N | +14B | =11N | =3B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 5.25 | 1986 | +42.8 |
| 7 | DB, Pranav | 1712 | USA | =6B | +15N | +17B | −2N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1924 | +43.6 |
| 8 | Indukuri, Suhas | 1727 | USA | =14N | =21B | +13N | =12B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1927 | +38.4 |
| 9 | Yu, Andrew | 1588 | USA | −10B | =20N | +18N | +16B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 1832 | +52.0 |
| 10 | Spence, Beckett | 1735 | IRL | +9N | −3B | +21N | −4B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1771 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1776 | USA | +16B | −1N | =6B | =22N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1823 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Raghav, Surya | 1742 | USA | −5B | +19N | =14B | =8N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1839 | +17.6 |
| 13 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1743 | USA | +23B | −2N | −8B | =14N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1800 | +6.4 |
| 14 | De Varo, Jed L. | 2100 | USA | =8B | −6N | =12N | =13B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1658 | -82.8 |
| 15 | Melville, Cailen | 1764 | USA | −1B | −7B | =19N | +18B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1743 | -5.4 |
| 16 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1711 | USA | −11N | F | +23B | −9N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1569 | -22.8 |
| 17 | Yi, Colin | 1781 | USA | F | F | −7N | +21B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1728 | -6.0 |
| 18 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1767 | USA | −2B | =23N | −9B | −15N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 1446 | -60.4 |
| 19 | Chakrabarty, Preron | 1677 | USA | −4N | −12B | =15B | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1488 | -26.0 |
| 20 | Zhang, Matthew | 1736 | USA | −3N | =9B | F | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1589 | -16.0 |
| 21 | Perlov, Daniel | 1744 | USA | F | =8N | −10B | −17N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1475 | -19.6 |
| 22 | Long, Youting | 1634 | USA | F | F | −4N | =11B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1584 | -4.8 |
| 23 | Oza, Nikunj | 1719 | USA | −13N | =18B | −16N | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1467 | -18.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yu, AndrewUSA+52.02.5 pts · #6
- 2DB, PranavUSA+43.62.5 pts · #7
- 3Natraj, Tapas AaravUSA+42.82.5 pts · #8
- 1De Varo, Jed L.USA-82.81.5 pts · #14
- 2Yenamandra, SrinadhUSA-60.40.5 pts · #21
- 3Chakrabarty, PreronUSA-26.00.5 pts · #19
- R2+331 Elo gap
- R3+179 Elo gap
- R4+123 Elo gap