2026 AGCA Summer Open - 1900 and Over

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 09 Jun 2026 in Austin, TX, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2092, and top seed was Guillermo Vazquez (🇵🇾 PAR, GM, 2545).

Rachael Li (🇺🇸 USA, WIM, 2286) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Guillermo Vazquez (8.0) and Rohit Gundam (6.5). Li shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jeevanth Jawaghar (1641) beat Isaac George (1891), a +250-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Austin, TX, United States

Dates

05 Jun 2026 → 09 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇾GMGuillermo Vazquez2545

Avg top 10

2,092

Participants

Titled players · 3

GM×1

CM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×30

🇮🇳India×3

🇵🇾Paraguay×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
WIMRachael Li
🇺🇸USA·2286
8.0pts·2378perf+18.2
🥈
GMGuillermo Vazquez
🇵🇾PAR·2545
8.0pts·2512perf-1.8
🥉
Rohit Gundam
🇺🇸USA·2134
6.5pts·2192perf+15.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Vazquez8Li8Gundam6.5Kaul5.5Padmanabhan5.5Maddipati5.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Li takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Guillermo Vazquez drew with WIM Rachael Li (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Guillermo Vazquez 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)WIM Rachael Li 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMGuillermo Vazquez	*	½	1	—
2WIMRachael Li	½	*	½	—
3Rohit Gundam	0	½	*	—
4Krrish Kaul	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Li, RachaelWIM	2286	USA	+35B	+5N	+16B	=3N	=2B	+13N	+8B	+4N	+7B	8.0	44.0	45.0	37.75	2378	+18.2
2	Vazquez, GuillermoGM	2545	PAR	=22N	+26B	+4B	+28N	=1N	+16B	+3B	+7N	+8B	8.0	40.0	42.0	36.25	2512	-1.8
3	Gundam, Rohit	2134	USA	+18N	+20B	=28N	=1B	=16N	+17B	−2N	+10B	+9N	6.5	42.0	44.0	29.00	2192	+15.6
4	Padmanabhan, Akshay	1914	USA	+34N	+7B	−2N	=11B	=23N	+25B	=5N	−1B	+13N	5.5	42.0	43.0	20.00	2009	+21.2
5	Maddipati, Srihas	1936	USA	+30N	−1B	+22N	+17B	−13N	+23B	=4B	−8N	+16B	5.5	38.0	40.0	19.75	1972	+21.6
6	Kaul, Krrish	1796	USA	+8N	=31B	=9B	−16N	−7B	+27N	+28B	+18N	=10B	5.5	32.5	34.5	19.50	1992	+93.2
7	Shah Moxit J	1974	IND	+25B	−4N	−17N	+24B	+6N	+20B	+11N	−2B	−1N	5.0	43.0	45.5	20.00	2017	+7.8
8	Zhang, Oscar Y	1965	USA	−6B	=32N	+26N	+25B	=11N	+9B	−1N	+5B	−2N	5.0	42.0	43.5	18.75	1949	-10.0
9	Lonie, Chase Rugby	1846	USA	=23N	+14B	=6N	=13B	=10B	−8N	+25N	+11B	−3B	5.0	39.5	42.0	21.25	1895	+10.8
10	Kaliyur, Rohith	1878	USA	=14N	=22B	=18N	+30B	=9N	=21B	+13B	−3N	=6N	5.0	37.5	39.5	19.75	1870	-1.8
11	Johnson, Emerson Aurelius	1907	USA	+27B	−16N	+19B	=4N	=8B	+28N	−7B	−9N	+17N	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.75	1951	+20.8
12	Chodniewicz, Asher	1818	USA	−31N	=30B	−14N	+34B	−22N	+26B	+24N	=17B	+19N	5.0	25.5	26.5	13.50	1837	+8.8
13	Santhosh, Pranav	1940	USA	=15B	=21N	+35B	=9N	+5B	−1B	−10N	+23N	−4B	4.5	41.0	42.0	16.75	1882	-30.0
14	Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay	1750	USA	=10B	−9N	+12B	=18B	−17N	F	=27N	+32B	+29N	4.5	29.0	29.0	14.25	1856	+46.8
15	Wang, Kai Yi	1797	USA	=13N	−17B	F	+29N	−19B	+32N	=22B	+25B	=18N	4.5	26.0	26.0	12.00	1843	+20.8
16	Khachatryan, David S.	1948	ARM	+24N	+11B	−1N	+6B	=3B	−2N	−21N	=20B	−5N	4.0	46.5	49.5	18.75	1975	+2.8
17	Vuyyuru, Shriyan	1939	USA	−19B	+15N	+7B	−5N	+14B	−3N	=18B	=12N	−11B	4.0	40.0	44.0	18.50	1828	-52.4
18	Seelam, Tanish	1736	USA	−3B	+27N	=10B	=14N	−25N	+22B	=17N	−6B	=15B	4.0	36.0	38.5	15.00	1795	+24.0
19	Williams, Michael R	1784	USA	+17N	−28B	−11N	=22B	+15N	+24B	=20N	F	−12B	4.0	31.0	31.0	15.25	1904	+25.2
20	Manchanda, AdvikCM	2027	USA	+32B	−3N	+21B	=23N	=28B	−7N	=19B	=16N	F	4.0	30.5	30.5	12.25	1889	-52.0
21	Masoumi, Shahin Cazares	1852	USA	F	=13B	−20N	+33N	+26B	=10N	+16B	F	F	4.0	21.5	21.5	12.75	2013	+26.0
22	Mysore, Abhinav	1831	USA	=2B	=10N	−5B	=19N	+12B	−18N	=15N	F	=23B	3.5	39.5	39.5	17.50	1810	-7.6
23	Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy	1647	IND	=9B	+29N	=31N	=20B	=4B	−5N	F	−13B	=22N	3.5	32.0	32.0	12.00	1874	+81.2
24	Vadher, Devaj M	1872	USA	−16B	−33N	+32B	−7N	+34B	−19N	−12B	+27B	−26N	3.0	26.0	27.0	5.00	1681	-90.8
25	Tang, Martin	1649	USA	−7N	F	+33B	−8N	+18B	−4N	−9B	−15N	=32N	2.5	32.0	32.0	6.25	1715	+21.6
26	Jawaghar, Jeevanth	1641	USA	+33B	−2N	−8B	F	−21N	−12N	=32B	−29N	+24B	2.5	30.0	30.0	5.25	1729	+28.4
27	Li, Alex	1764	USA	−11N	−18B	−34N	+32N	+29B	−6B	=14B	−24N	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	5.75	1645	-25.4
28	Rahul Mynala	2041	IND	F	+19N	=3B	−2B	=20N	−11B	−6N	F	F	2.0	33.0	33.0	9.25	1890	-50.8
29	Sommers, Sean K	1791	USA	F	−23B	−30N	−15B	−27N	+34N	F	+26B	−14B	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.50	1538	-47.6
30	Ni, Alan	1561	USA	−5B	=12N	+29B	−10N	=33B	F	F	F	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	5.25	1791	+50.8
31	Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana	2056	USA	+12B	=6N	=23B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	9.50	1882	-21.6
32	Vadher, Preash Mayank	1728	USA	−20N	=8B	−24N	−27B	F	−15B	=26N	−14N	=25B	1.5	28.5	28.5	5.00	1557	-68.4
33	George, Isaac	1891	USA	−26N	+24B	−25N	−21B	=30N	F	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	4.00	1566	-41.4
34	John, Austin	1710	USA	−4B	−35N	+27B	−12N	−24N	−29B	F	F	F	1.0	19.0	19.0	2.50	1550	-43.6
35	Thomas, Michael D	1781	USA	−1N	+34B	−13N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	1819	+1.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kaul, KrrishUSA
+93.2
5.5 pts · #4
2Sanepalli Guna Advik ReddyIND
+81.2
3.5 pts · #23
3Ni, AlanUSA
+50.8
2.0 pts · #31

Top rating losers

1Vadher, Devaj MUSA
-90.8
3.0 pts · #24
2Vadher, Preash MayankUSA
-68.4
1.5 pts · #32
3Vuyyuru, ShriyanUSA
-52.4
4.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R1+250 Elo gap
Jawaghar, Jeevanth1641 beat George, Isaac1891
R7+245 Elo gap
Kaul, Krrish1796 beat Rahul Mynala2041
R3+242 Elo gap
Tang, Martin1649 beat George, Isaac1891