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2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship

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140 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in Oak Brook, IL, United States. 83 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2588, and top seed was Awonder Liang (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2713).

Aldiyar Zhandaulet (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1788) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (5.0) and Isik Can (5.0). Zhandaulet shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aldiyar Zhandaulet (1788) beat Saksham Rautela (IM, 2311), a +523-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Oak Brook, IL, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMAwonder Liang2713
Avg top 10
2,588
Participants
140
Titled players · 83
GM×25
IM×22
FM×17
CM×2
WGM×3
WIM×7
WFM×5
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×71
🇮🇳India×14
🇨🇦Canada×10
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇹🇷Turkiye×3
🇭🇺Hungary×3
🇨🇴Colombia×3
🇨🇺Cuba×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Aldiyar Zhandaulet led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
56
13
4
9
3
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Aldiyar Zhandaulet held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Aldiyar Zhandaulet 4 wins (R3–R6)IM Karolis Juksta 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhandaulet, Aldiyar1788KAZ+94N=45B+105N+120B+138N+60B5.511.011.09.252308+66.2
2Rodrigue-Lemieux, ShawnGM2525CAN+47B+34N=22N+94B=26B+17N5.018.520.516.752598+5.8
3Can, IsikGM2552TUR+81B+130N+6B=93N+55B=15N5.016.517.013.752692+10.3
4Juksta, KarolisIM2393LTU+68N+108B+76N=16B+29B=119N5.014.515.513.002562+13.0
5Aryan ChopraGM2626IND+46B+97N=9B=31N+77B=27B4.517.519.513.752678+4.6
6Gazik, ViktorGM2536SVK+95N+103B3N+14B+28N=69N4.517.519.012.502519+0.8
7Kacharava, NikoloziGM2499GEO+80B=23N+119B=30N+37B=33B4.517.018.012.502493+1.5
8Koustav ChatterjeeGM2488IND+122B+79N=33B+35N=17B=44B4.517.018.012.502412-2.4
9Tari, AryanGM2637NOR+99N+98B=5N=27B=36N+54B4.516.518.512.752694+5.1
10Budisavljevic, LukaGM2494SRB+62B+41N+58B26N+88B=94N4.515.517.513.002541+4.4
11Liang, JasonIM2448USA27N+70B+104N+43B=54N+77N4.515.517.012.002542+8.1
12Caglar, SilaWIM2215TUR+119B=123N+106B+90N=96N=20B4.511.012.08.502326+18.6
13Thomforde-Toates, Noah2128USA+134B102N+122B+60N=58B+105N4.510.511.07.502275+22.8
14Noritsyn, SergeyFM2268CAN+49B+18N+20B6N+24B56N4.020.023.015.502463+31.8
15Daggupati, BalajiGM2457USA+66B+21N=18B82N+63N=3B4.019.021.514.502457+1.5
16Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM2520COL=59N+48B+71B=4N=33N=76B4.018.020.513.502507-0.6
17Shen, ChristopherFM2338USA=84N+44B+94N+117B=8N2B4.017.519.010.502369+7.8
18Nakada, AkiraIM2415USA+39N14B=15N+103B+56N=82B4.017.018.511.252448+4.1
19Tiglon, BryceGM2548USA+87B=31N=54B+97N=57B=61N4.015.017.010.752567+1.8
20Frank, AdamIM2344CZE+110N=119N14N+34N+108B=12N4.015.016.09.252352+3.2
21Marjanovic, AnnamariaWGM2236HUN+114N15B+74N28B+130B+66N4.015.015.58.002276+8.4
22Pyrih, RomanIM2398UKR+64N+96B=2B+32BF=118B4.015.015.011.752470+5.4
23Chumpitaz, AnnWIM2240PER+106N=7B+109N+76B=65N55N4.014.516.09.252331+17.6
24Luo, TerryIM2289USA+132N=56B+59N=55B14N+112B4.014.515.08.002348+12.8
25Wen, Yili2014CHN+78B=136N=42B41N+84B+120N4.013.013.58.002125+16.0
26Harsha BharathakotiGM2539IND+29B=37NF+10B=2N=58B3.519.519.513.752497-0.9
27Liang, AwonderGM2713USA+11BF=57B=9N+61B=5N3.519.519.513.502717+0.7
28Prabhu, Naveen2261USA+124B33N+75B+21N6B=63N3.518.019.09.502328+12.2
29Singh, HershFM2185USA26N+139B+68N+64B4N=37N3.518.018.07.752187+2.6
30Mao, Fengxi2213CAN=92N=76B=41N=7B=32N+38B3.517.520.011.752385+26.8
31Vettese, NicholasIM2406CAN=72N=19B+98N=5B67N+57B3.517.519.510.752521+9.7
32Pan, KevinFM2323USA+73B38N+47B22N=30B+107N3.517.519.09.752238-8.4
33Sonis, FrancescoGM2557ITAF+28B=8N+119N=16B=7N3.517.517.511.002607+3.7
34Li, YunshanWIM2237CAN+107N2B=64N20B+109N+80B3.516.017.57.002118-11.6
35Guha, Rohit2130USA+85N=88B+120N8B=62N=42B3.516.017.08.002153+3.6
36Matviishen, ViktorGM2528UKRF+40B61N+67B=9B+97N3.516.016.010.752632+7.2
37Kung, Thomas2169USA+139N=26B=65N+108B7N=29B3.516.016.06.502289+19.2
38Kantor, GergelyGM2555HUN=65N+32B=69N+96B=76N30N3.515.517.59.752363-12.4
39Tunc, Skyler1950USA18B+49N=103N=59B=48N+111B3.515.517.09.002212+37.4
40Vidyarthi, VyomIM2401USA+121B36N=46B=57N+99B=43N3.515.516.58.002388+0.6
41Marek, MatyasIM2319CZE+135B10B=30B+25BF+62B3.515.515.59.252282-0.4
42Pikus, Matthew1902USA88N+85B=25N=105B+78B=35N3.515.016.59.502024+17.8
43Ladan, Nicholas2224USA55B+121N+86B11N+113N=40B3.515.016.06.752304+15.0
44Zhang, Samuel2115CAN+131B17N+126B58N+79B=8N3.515.015.56.252253+16.4
45D`souza, CarinaWCM1863CAN60B=1N78B+140N+53N+131B3.515.015.06.751775-10.2
46Narayanan, SamrugIM2428USA5N+133B=40N+104B+89BF3.514.515.06.252465+3.7
47Bruha, Nicholas2033USA2N+107B32N+109B=80N+106B3.514.015.55.752064+3.6
48Adury, AnantFM2296USA+112B16N+83B+130N=39B95N3.513.514.06.252202-10.6
49Palmero Martinez, RachelWFM1948CUB14N39B+132N=51B+124B+114N3.513.514.04.752027+12.2
50Sivakumar, ShaashwathFM2200USA=111N+71B+95N=56B81N=83B3.513.014.58.502242+7.4
51Krishnan, Ajay1905USA103N+95B+81B=49N+111N59B3.512.514.07.752143+71.6
52Sargsyan, Anna M.IM2377USA+116B=54N+127B77N98N+104B3.510.511.55.502275-4.9
53Zheng, Samuel1842CAN79B+122N+131B=78N45B+138B3.510.010.02.751797-12.0
54Rahul Srivatshav PGM2466IND+104N=52B=19N=61B=11B9N3.019.521.09.002447-0.4
55Bilych, OleksiiIM2449UKR+43NF=82B=24N3N+23B3.019.019.010.752437-0.2
56Parkhov, YairGM2499ISR+75B=24N93B=50N18B+14B3.018.521.010.752323-12.9
57Samant Aditya SGM2535IND+100N=67B=27N=40B=19N31N3.017.519.59.002469-5.1
58Wang, TianqiIM2369USAF+118B10N+44B=13N=26N3.017.517.59.002352-0.2
59Maiti, MilindFM2279USA=16B+112N24B=39N95B+51N3.017.018.58.752109-23.0
60Toshali, VWFM2058IND+45N=94B=110N13B+126B1N3.017.018.06.252014-5.6
61Dudin, GlebGM2596HUN+89BF+36B=54N27N=19B3.016.516.59.502593+0.2
62Dhyana PatelWFM2024IND10N=110B+101N+85B=35B41N3.016.017.57.002025-0.6
63Morshedi, AliFM2211USA69B+124N=66B+83N15B=28B3.016.017.06.752192-2.4
64Rambha, Hemachandra1983USA22B+90N=34B29N+107N=96B3.015.517.06.752120+18.6
65Altman, JoshuaCM2222ENG=38B+73N=37B=110N=23BF3.015.515.59.252222+2.0
66Dubnoff, Micah S1944USA15N=114B=63N+95B+123N21B3.014.515.55.252125+25.4
67Shlyakhtenko, RobertIM2461USA+115B=57N89B36N+31B=113N3.014.015.57.252335-8.4
68Katsman, David1913USA4B+125N29B80N+110B+108N3.014.015.04.002019+13.4
69Quesada Perez, YasserGM2555CUB+63NF=38BF+82N=6B3.013.513.59.502648+5.3
70Moor, Nathaniel Philip2210USA77B11N+121B+116N+72BF3.012.512.55.502253+7.2
71Kostolansky, Sebastian LukasIM2429SVK+83B50N16NF+119B+117N3.012.512.55.002353-3.2
72Starosta, MartynaWIM2212POL=31B=87N+115BF70N+116B3.012.012.56.002276+9.4
73Wang, Bingfei1966CAN32N65B+92N=107B+125N=135N3.011.512.04.501994+2.6
74Gao, Wilson1962USA+130N+81N21B100B104N+115B3.011.512.04.502208+35.6
75Doraszelski, Alexander2223GER56N+132B28N+123B+103NF3.09.59.53.002235+2.8
76Wang, WesleyFM2338USA+109B=30N4B23N=38B=16N2.520.021.57.002253-12.4
77Tian, EddyIM2406USA+70N93B=100N+52B5N11B2.518.020.07.502358-4.3
78Anderson, Louis1686USA25N+91B+45N=53B42N79N2.517.019.57.751853+46.0
79Beh, Ryan M1822USA+53N8B=91N88B44N+78B2.516.519.07.251960+15.8
80Augustine, Alexander D1815USA7N+106B96N+68B=47B34N2.516.518.06.252017+50.0
81Antova, GabrielaFM2189BUL3N74B51N+111B+50B=130N2.516.517.05.252081-17.6
82Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM2519COLF=86N=55N+15B69B=18N2.516.516.58.752448-4.9
83Tan, Ralph2077USA71N+111B48N63B+112B=50N2.514.516.04.752102+1.6
84Rubenstein, Oliver Dusk1825USA=17B+131N117N+91B25N85B2.514.515.05.001890+5.6
85Anantharaman, Aashish1852USA35B42N+137B62N=101B+84N2.514.515.04.001817-7.2
86Chandran, KapilIM2360USA+113N=82B43N98B+87NF2.514.015.55.252287-3.7
87Vanapalli, VishnuFM2329USA19N=72B=97B=89N86B+121N2.514.015.04.752230-14.8
88Bilovil, BogdanIM2453UKR+42B=35NF+79N10NF2.514.014.07.752278-6.5
89Lin, DacheyFM2352USA61N+113B+67N=87B46NF2.513.514.05.752353+2.0
90Anand, Sanjeev1891USA+96N64B=134N12B=106N=109B2.512.513.03.7519110.0
91Platnick, Elijah2016USA128B78N=79B84N+120B+101N2.510.511.54.251823-31.2
92Hernandez Bermudez, ManuelaWFM1931COL=30B109N73B106N+134N+125B2.510.511.03.251857-13.4
93Bruzon Batista, LazaroGM2543USAF+77N+56N=3BFF2.510.510.58.002759+7.5
94Saksham RautelaIM2311IND1B=60N17B2N+105N=10B2.022.023.55.252081-16.0
95Schabert, David2044USA6B51N50B66N+59N+48B2.018.021.06.502053-4.0
96Gokhale Rishabh Chandrashekhar2180IND90B22N+80B38N=12B=64N2.017.520.06.252018-25.0
97Ouellet, Maili-JadeWGM2322CAN=133N5B=87N19B+100N36B2.016.517.03.502281-8.0
98De Silva, L M S TIM2404SRIF9N31B+86N+52B99N2.016.016.06.002338-4.9
99Cervantes Landeiro, ThaliaFM2271USA9B127N+133B121N40N+98B2.012.012.52.502109-24.4
100Lee, JustinFM2282USA57B=115N=77B+74N97BF2.012.012.05.002199-10.8
101McCloskey, Ryan1680USA=117N120B62B+131N=85N91B2.010.511.02.501725+5.6
102Cordova, EmilioGM2489PER+105N+13BFFFF2.06.06.06.002909+1.8
103Peycheva, GerganaFM2182BUL+51B6N=39B18N75BF1.518.518.55.252057-17.6
104Tarini GoyalWIM2077IND54B=116N11B46N+74B52N1.517.519.03.752079-5.6
105Lutsenko, Aleksandr1818RUS102B+140N1B=42N94B13B1.517.517.51.751766-23.6
106Zdral, Ryan D1886USA23B80N12N+92B=90B47N1.517.019.53.751828-22.4
107Karthik, Dhruv1841USA34B47N+125B=73N64B32B1.516.517.52.5018630.0
108Bommini Mounika AkshayaWIM2178IND+125B4N=123B37N20N68B1.516.517.51.501918-39.2
109Powell, Austin1742USA76N+92B23B47N34B=90N1.516.018.53.751854+22.4
110Nozaki, Mao1747USA20B=62N=60B=65B68NF1.516.016.04.501909+15.0
111Wang, Wenxuan1873CHN=50B83N+139B81N51B39N1.515.515.51.751813-22.4
112Nguyen, Darian1944USA48N59B=114N+132B83N24N1.514.515.01.251937-4.4
113Asish Panda1935IND86B89N=116B=115N43B=67B1.513.014.53.002025+7.4
114Matus, NastassjaWFM1943USA21B=66N=112B124N=132N49B1.513.013.52.501778-26.4
115Woltery, Nicolai2128ENG67N=100B72N=113B=116N74N1.512.514.02.501941-29.8
116Xu, Jonathan1949USA52N=104B=113N70B=115B72N1.512.514.02.251959-1.2
117Paramzina, AnastasyaWGM2089FID=101BF+84B17NF71B1.511.511.53.501983-11.0
118Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM2124MGLF58NFF+122B=22N1.58.08.03.002240+8.0
119Boyer, MahelGM2520FRA12N=20B7N33B71N=4B1.021.524.54.502133-28.6
120Khurana, Garv1852USA129B+101N35B1N91N25B1.017.518.52.001692-48.0
121Nareddy, Vineeth1891USA40N43B70N+99BF87B1.014.515.02.002017+20.0
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123Beck, Alec1974USAF=12B=108N75N66BF1.012.512.53.001947-3.4
124Moore, Michael1858USA28N63BF+114B49NF1.011.511.51.501897+1.0
125Petrov, Oscar1875USA108N68B107N+139B73B92N1.011.511.50.001651-33.0
126Dhanush BharadwajFM2249IND+138NF44NF60NF1.06.56.50.001882-27.0
127Troutman, Charles1947USAF+99B52NFFF1.05.55.52.002309+15.8
128Ozenir, Ekin BarisIM2433TUR+91NFFFFF1.02.52.52.502833+0.8
129Oberoi, Shelev2164USA+120NFFFFF1.01.01.01.002652+2.8
130Johnson, DonaldFM2337USA74B3BF48B21N=81B0.518.018.01.251881-50.8
131Tovias, Lauren0USA44N84B53N101B=137B45N0.515.015.50.2514340.0
132Klein, Jack1898USA24B75N49B112N=114BF0.513.514.50.751703-20.6
133Bhavik AhujaCM2122IND=97B46N99NFFF0.513.014.01.002067-3.6
134Pitso RefilweWCM1804BOT13NF=90BF92BF0.59.59.51.251711-6.8
135Gazula, Sidarth1771USA41NFFFF=73B0.56.56.51.501875+3.4
136Fus, JakubIM2422POLF=25BFFFF0.54.04.02.002022-4.2
137Nguyen, Minh Trong1683USAFF85NF=131NF0.53.03.00.251052-11.2
138Wang, Eric1660USA126BFF122N1B53N0.011.011.00.001111-32.8
139Gurovich, Aaron1717USA37B29N111N125NFF0.09.59.50.001196-29.6
140Jemio, Daniel1501HONF105BF45BFF0.05.05.00.001041-9.2

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