81st Texas State and Amateur Championship (In Memory of Luis Salinas)
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsGM 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.
GM Mikhail Al. Antipov takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
GM Mikhail Al. Antipov drew with GM Aleksey Sorokin (Black).
GM Mikhail Al. Antipov won 4 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMMikhail Al. Antipov | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2GMAleksey Sorokin | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Joshua Meng | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM | 2618 | USA | +10B | +11N | F | +15N | +4B | =2N | +5B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 21.50 | 2743 | +6.3 |
| 2 | Sorokin, AlekseyGM | 2518 | RUS | =8N | +6B | =5N | +12B | +9N | =1B | =4B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 21.00 | 2439 | -2.5 |
| 3 | Meng, Joshua | 2119 | USA | +21B | −4N | =16B | +10N | =7B | +20N | +18B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 14.75 | 2180 | +25.6 |
| 4 | Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM | 2472 | COL | +17N | +3B | F | +5B | −1N | +11B | =2N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 18.50 | 2508 | +5.0 |
| 5 | Vivekananthan, AnishIM | 2407 | USA | +18B | +13N | =2B | −4N | +22N | +9B | −1N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 14.50 | 2336 | -1.7 |
| 6 | Reyes, Oshrie Jhames | 1845 | PHI | =9B | −2N | +21B | +13N | =12B | =7N | +10B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 14.75 | 2135 | +102.4 |
| 7 | De La Colina, Nicolas | 2196 | USA | +29N | =12B | =8N | =22B | =3N | =6B | +11N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 13.25 | 2109 | -13.0 |
| 8 | Manchanda, AdvikCM | 1949 | USA | =2B | +25N | =7B | −9N | =10B | +16N | +15B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 2140 | +68.0 |
| 9 | Tran, Minh | 1984 | USA | =6N | +24B | =11N | +8B | −2B | −5N | =13B | 3.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 12.25 | 2079 | +13.0 |
| 10 | Kandikayala, Srikar | 2020 | USA | −1N | +26B | +14N | −3B | =8N | +24B | −6N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 9.25 | 1936 | -32.0 |
| 11 | Anandh, Vijay Srinivas | 2158 | USA | +14N | −1B | =9B | +18N | +16B | −4N | −7B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 11.25 | 2115 | -17.2 |
| 12 | Bist, Atharva | 1994 | USA | +23B | =7N | =15B | −2N | =6N | +17B | F | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 11.00 | 2030 | +5.2 |
| 13 | Elliott, Alexander | 2003 | USA | +30N | −5B | =20N | −6B | =14N | +21B | =9N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.75 | 1893 | -20.4 |
| 14 | Lan, Kai Zhou | 1799 | USA | −11B | +23N | −10B | +21N | =13B | =15N | =16B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.75 | 1914 | +30.8 |
| 15 | Gu, Samuel | 1955 | USA | +26N | =20B | =12N | −1B | =24N | =14B | −8N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 7.25 | 1843 | -40.8 |
| 16 | Ravishankar, Dhruvesh | 1905 | USA | −27N | +30B | =3N | +20B | −11N | −8B | =14N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.75 | 1911 | -4.4 |
| 17 | Walker, Locke Scovell | 1758 | USA | −4B | −21N | =19B | +25N | +23B | −12N | =20B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 6.25 | 1779 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Johnson, Emerson Aurelius | 1894 | USA | −5N | +29B | F | −11B | +26N | +22B | −3N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.50 | 2039 | +31.6 |
| 19 | Bupeshnath, Arjun | 1746 | USA | =28N | −22B | =17N | =26B | −20N | +29B | =23B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1882 | +29.6 |
| 20 | Kaliyur, Rohith | 1884 | USA | F | =15N | =13B | −16N | +19B | −3B | =17N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.75 | 1857 | -5.6 |
| 21 | Chipfurutse, Alois | 1786 | ZIM | −3N | +17B | −6N | −14B | +29N | −13N | −25B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.00 | 1753 | -8.2 |
| 22 | Zheng, Zhaoxing | 1987 | USA | =25B | +19N | F | =7N | −5B | −18N | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1944 | -8.4 |
| 23 | Ruppert, Thomas Joseph | 0 | USA | −12N | −14B | F | =24B | −17N | +25B | =19N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.00 | 1705 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mysore, Abhinav | 1828 | USA | F | −9N | +25B | =23N | =15B | −10N | F | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1867 | +3.4 |
| 25 | Chodniewicz, Asher | 1857 | USA | =22N | −8B | −24N | −17B | F | −23N | +21N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1713 | -38.8 |
| 26 | Gani, Neil | 0 | USA | −15B | −10N | +30B | =19N | −18B | F | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Fernandez, DanielGM | 2419 | USA | +16B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2819 | +0.8 |
| 28 | Sawyer, Bradley | 2172 | USA | =19B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1772 | -8.4 |
| 29 | Johnson, Chuck | 1997 | USA | −7B | −18N | F | F | −21B | −19N | F | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1106 | -49.2 |
| 30 | Wahsh, Mostafa | 0 | EGY | −13B | −16N | −26N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1154 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Reyes, Oshrie JhamesPHI+102.44.5 pts · #7
- 2Manchanda, AdvikCMUSA+68.04.5 pts · #5
- 3Johnson, Emerson AureliusUSA+31.63.0 pts · #17
- 1Johnson, ChuckUSA-49.20.0 pts · #29
- 2Gu, SamuelUSA-40.83.0 pts · #18
- 3Chodniewicz, AsherUSA-38.81.5 pts · #25
- R6+251 Elo gap
- R5+211 Elo gap
- R7+175 Elo gap