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81st Texas State and Amateur Championship (In Memory of Luis Salinas)

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. 6 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2310, and top seed was Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2618).

Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2618) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Aleksey Sorokin (5.0) and Joshua Meng (5.0). Antipov shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Arjun Bupeshnath (1746) beat Chuck Johnson (1997), a +251-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMMikhail Al. Antipov2618
Avg top 10
2,310
Participants
30
Titled players · 6
GM×4
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
4
2
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Antipov takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov drew with GM Aleksey Sorokin (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov won 4 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM2618USA+10B+11NF+15N+4B=2N+5B5.524.024.021.502743+6.3
2Sorokin, AlekseyGM2518RUS=8N+6B=5N+12B+9N=1B=4B5.027.030.521.002439-2.5
3Meng, Joshua2119USA+21B4N=16B+10N=7B+20N+18B5.021.023.014.752180+25.6
4Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM2472COL+17N+3BF+5B1N+11B=2N4.526.526.518.502508+5.0
5Vivekananthan, AnishIM2407USA+18B+13N=2B4N+22N+9B1N4.525.027.014.502336-1.7
6Reyes, Oshrie Jhames1845PHI=9B2N+21B+13N=12B=7N+10B4.523.525.514.752135+102.4
7De La Colina, Nicolas2196USA+29N=12B=8N=22B=3N=6B+11N4.523.023.013.252109-13.0
8Manchanda, AdvikCM1949USA=2B+25N=7B9N=10B+16N+15B4.522.524.014.002140+68.0
9Tran, Minh1984USA=6N+24B=11N+8B2B5N=13B3.525.527.512.252079+13.0
10Kandikayala, Srikar2020USA1N+26B+14N3B=8N+24B6N3.525.026.59.251936-32.0
11Anandh, Vijay Srinivas2158USA+14N1B=9B+18N+16B4N7B3.524.527.511.252115-17.2
12Bist, Atharva1994USA+23B=7N=15B2N=6N+17BF3.522.022.011.002030+5.2
13Elliott, Alexander2003USA+30N5B=20N6B=14N+21B=9N3.520.520.56.751893-20.4
14Lan, Kai Zhou1799USA11B+23N10B+21N=13B=15N=16B3.518.520.58.751914+30.8
15Gu, Samuel1955USA+26N=20B=12N1B=24N=14B8N3.021.523.07.251843-40.8
16Ravishankar, Dhruvesh1905USA27N+30B=3N+20B11N8B=14N3.020.020.06.751911-4.4
17Walker, Locke Scovell1758USA4B21N=19B+25N+23B12N=20B3.017.519.06.251779+2.0
18Johnson, Emerson Aurelius1894USA5N+29BF11B+26N+22B3N3.016.516.53.502039+31.6
19Bupeshnath, Arjun1746USA=28N22B=17N=26B20N+29B=23B3.011.511.53.501882+29.6
20Kaliyur, Rohith1884USAF=15N=13B16N+19B3B=17N2.520.520.57.751857-5.6
21Chipfurutse, Alois1786ZIM3N+17B6N14B+29N13N25B2.021.021.03.001753-8.2
22Zheng, Zhaoxing1987USA=25B+19NF=7N5B18NF2.016.516.56.001944-8.4
23Ruppert, Thomas Joseph0USA12N14BF=24B17N+25B=19N2.016.516.54.0017050.0
24Mysore, Abhinav1828USAF9N+25B=23N=15B10NF2.013.513.54.001867+3.4
25Chodniewicz, Asher1857USA=22N8B24N17BF23N+21N1.515.515.53.001713-38.8
26Gani, Neil0USA15B10N+30B=19N18BFF1.512.512.51.5015820.0
27Fernandez, DanielGM2419USA+16BFFFFFF1.03.03.03.002819+0.8
28Sawyer, Bradley2172USA=19BFFFFFF0.53.03.01.501772-8.4
29Johnson, Chuck1997USA7B18NFF21B19NF0.012.512.50.001106-49.2
30Wahsh, Mostafa0EGY13B16N26NFFFF0.08.08.00.0011540.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets