50th annual Eastern Open - Premier

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87 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Arlington, VA, United States. 17 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2202, and top seed was Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2594).

Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2594) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Kagan Uz (6.0) and Daniel Girsh (6.0). Antipov shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ryan (Zhuoyuan) Xu (1871) beat Brian Tay (2116), a +245-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Arlington, VA, United States

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMMikhail Al. Antipov2594

Avg top 10

2,202

Participants

Titled players · 17

GM×1

FM×5

CM×6

WFM×2

WCM×3

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×86

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
GMMikhail Al. Antipov
🇺🇸USA·2594
7.0pts·2536perf-3.3
🥈
Kagan Uz
🇺🇸USA·2179
6.0pts·2261perf+31.6
🥉
FMDaniel Girsh
🇺🇸USA·2244
6.0pts·2303perf+12.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Antipov7Girsh6Uz6Zlodorev6Andrews5.5Li5.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE28 Dec

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov beat FM Daniel Girsh (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Mikhail Al. Antipov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)FM Daniel Girsh 4 wins (R1–R4)Kagan Uz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMMikhail Al. Antipov	*	1	½	—
2FMDaniel Girsh	0	*	—	—
3Kagan Uz	½	—	*	½
4Alexander Zlodorev	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM	2594	USA	+26N	+36B	+68N	=2B	+3B	+11N	+10B	=8N	7.0	36.0	38.5	32.75	2536	-3.3
2	Uz, Kagan	2179	USA	+29B	+14N	+6B	=1N	−11B	=4B	+25N	+5B	6.0	38.5	42.5	31.00	2261	+31.6
3	Girsh, DanielFM	2244	USA	+87N	+18B	+10N	+13B	−1N	+25B	−5N	+16B	6.0	37.0	37.0	24.50	2303	+12.2
4	Zlodorev, Alexander	2019	USA	=57B	+60N	=64B	+27N	+33B	=2N	=16B	+12N	6.0	30.5	33.0	24.75	2152	+54.4
5	Martin, Sam B	2066	USA	+67B	−23N	+66B	+6N	+17B	=10N	+3B	−2N	5.5	34.5	37.0	24.00	2154	+18.8
6	Li, SophieWFM	1922	USA	+20N	+31B	−2N	−5B	+40N	=51B	+45N	+23B	5.5	33.0	36.5	23.25	2078	+57.1
7	Andrews, ToddFM	2131	USA	−32B	+38N	+29B	+64N	=23B	+50N	−8B	+24N	5.5	30.0	32.5	20.75	2076	-10.0
8	Liu, StevenCM	2053	USA	+76N	=30B	=46N	+51B	F	+45B	+7N	=1B	5.5	29.5	29.5	22.25	2207	+49.6
9	Xu, ShawnCM	2057	USA	=56N	+83B	=30N	+46B	=50N	+23B	+11N	F	5.5	24.5	24.5	19.25	2159	+32.8
10	Nguyen, TrungFM	2052	USA	+48B	+32N	−3B	+15N	+24B	=5B	−1N	=20B	5.0	37.0	40.5	22.25	2130	+14.0
11	Zhuang, Kyle	2131	USA	+61B	+54N	=23B	+12N	+2N	−1B	−9B	=18N	5.0	36.5	39.5	22.25	2171	+13.2
12	Shankar, Pranav	2055	USA	+69B	+34B	=19N	−11B	=13N	+58N	+17B	−4B	5.0	33.0	35.5	19.50	2149	+39.6
13	Groff, Jordan	2140	USA	=79N	+51B	+15B	−3N	=12B	=47N	=26N	+33B	5.0	31.5	33.5	20.00	2058	-14.4
14	Tunc, Skyler	1926	USA	+74N	−2B	=31N	+42B	=28B	=34N	=30B	+38N	5.0	30.5	33.0	18.75	2050	+24.4
15	Wang, LaceyWFM	1933	USA	+70B	+21B	−13N	−10B	+36N	−17N	+52B	+62N	5.0	30.5	33.0	18.00	2078	+57.0
16	Ni, Beiyang	1988	USA	+84B	=42N	+82B	−25N	+37B	+19B	=4N	−3N	5.0	30.5	31.5	16.00	2046	+23.2
17	Yehamandram Sridhar, Yogeshwar	2005	USA	=59B	+57N	+56B	=23N	−5N	+15B	−12N	+30B	5.0	30.0	33.0	18.75	2054	+19.6
18	Lane, Thomas	1991	USA	+41B	−3N	−27B	=65N	+57B	+37N	+48B	=11B	5.0	30.0	32.5	18.25	2054	+12.6
19	Srivastava, Vikram	2116	USA	+77N	+33B	=12B	+47N	−25B	−16N	=29B	+43N	5.0	30.0	32.0	18.00	2044	-14.4
20	Kurup, Siddharth	1915	USA	−6B	=39N	+67B	=44N	=52B	+66N	+47B	=10N	5.0	28.0	30.5	16.75	2020	+44.4
21	Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM	2028	USA	+58B	−15N	+65B	=34B	=30N	+56B	=24N	=32N	5.0	27.5	30.0	16.75	2035	+2.0
22	Yang, MaxwellCM	1986	USA	=46N	−56B	=57N	+77B	=48B	+49N	=38B	+29N	5.0	24.5	26.5	16.50	1989	-0.8
23	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1957	USA	+80B	+5B	=11N	=17B	=7N	−9N	+31B	−6N	4.5	36.0	37.5	18.75	2025	+28.8
24	Yue, Andy	1891	USA	=27B	+37N	=35B	+53B	−10N	+28N	=21B	−7B	4.5	32.5	36.0	18.75	2070	+75.2
25	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1940	USA	+81B	=35N	+28B	+16B	+19N	−3N	−2B	F	4.5	32.0	32.0	18.00	2159	+73.4
26	Lin, Benjamin	1951	USA	−1B	=69N	+80B	=32N	=27B	+41N	=13B	=28N	4.5	31.5	33.0	15.75	2001	+19.6
27	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1849	USA	=24N	=50B	+18N	−4B	=26N	−29N	+65B	+48N	4.5	31.0	33.5	17.25	1985	+50.2
28	Samuelson, AndrewFM	2029	USA	+72N	=64B	−25N	+82B	=14N	−24B	+40N	=26B	4.5	27.5	28.5	13.50	1942	-17.2
29	Gu, Samuel	1964	USA	−2N	+41B	−7N	+78B	=31N	+27B	=19N	−22B	4.0	34.0	36.0	15.00	1960	-2.4
30	Xin, StellaCM	1885	USA	+86B	=8N	=9B	=75N	=21B	=53B	=14N	−17N	4.0	32.0	32.0	13.50	2054	+66.5
31	Huang, Charles	1837	USA	+44B	−6N	=14B	=52N	=29B	+39N	−23N	=63B	4.0	30.5	33.5	15.75	1896	+25.6
32	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1897	USA	+7N	−10B	=36N	=26B	=68N	F	+35B	=21B	4.0	30.5	30.5	17.50	2078	+50.7
33	Schenk, Sam	1896	USA	+63B	−19N	+62B	+68B	−4N	=35N	=34B	−13N	4.0	30.0	32.5	12.50	2030	+26.4
34	Venkat, Raghav	2235	USA	+43B	−12N	+71B	=21N	=47B	=14B	=33N	F	4.0	29.0	29.0	15.25	2000	-36.8
35	Rychkov, Roman	2119	USA	+40N	=25B	=24N	−50B	+71N	=33B	−32N	=37B	4.0	28.5	31.0	15.00	1896	-44.6
36	Mariappan, Anish	1929	USA	+49B	−1N	=32B	=48N	−15B	+77N	+58B	F	4.0	28.0	28.0	12.25	2003	+12.2
37	Ravishankar, Dhruvesh	1874	USA	=50N	−24B	+79N	+60B	−16N	−18B	+67B	=35N	4.0	27.5	29.5	11.25	1948	+31.2
38	Srinivasan, Arjun	1889	USA	−68N	−7B	=41N	+69B	+82N	+71B	=22N	−14B	4.0	27.0	28.0	10.50	1912	+9.6
39	Marri, Anvith Reddy	1972	USA	−42N	=20B	=59N	+63B	=46N	−31B	+60N	=45B	4.0	26.5	29.5	13.75	1848	-36.4
40	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1912	USA	−35B	=80N	+69B	=56N	−6B	+44N	−28B	+58N	4.0	26.5	28.0	11.75	1914	+0.8
41	Bajaj, Arjun	1829	USA	−18N	−29N	=38B	+83B	+60N	−26B	+66N	=47B	4.0	26.5	27.5	10.25	1916	+18.6
42	Ma, Jin	1787	USA	+39B	=16B	−47N	−14N	+65B	=43N	+70B	F	4.0	26.5	26.5	13.50	1994	+78.8
43	Stancil, Kimani	1924	USA	−34N	+74B	−53N	=49B	+76N	=42B	+46N	−19B	4.0	26.0	28.0	11.75	1960	+5.8
44	Srinivasan, Sivavishnu	1877	USA	−31N	+58B	=48N	=20B	−56N	−40B	+69B	+61N	4.0	25.5	28.0	12.75	1893	+5.6
45	Joseph, Alexander	1882	USA	−54B	=67N	+86B	+62N	+81B	−8N	−6B	=39N	4.0	25.5	25.5	7.75	1936	+23.2
46	Kolli, Rishi	1870	USA	=22B	+55N	=8B	−9N	=39B	=52N	−43B	=73N	3.5	31.0	33.5	13.75	1918	+16.9
47	Kamesh, Vidyuth	1984	USA	F	+59N	+42B	−19B	=34N	=13B	−20N	=41N	3.5	30.0	30.0	13.50	1993	+2.4
48	Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan	1879	USA	−10N	+86N	=44B	=36B	=22N	+68B	−18N	−27B	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.00	1930	+20.0
49	Yu, Yang	1870	USA	−36N	−66N	+61B	=43N	+55B	−22B	−54N	+76B	3.5	25.5	27.5	10.50	1875	+0.8
50	Rice, Cole A	1956	USA	=37B	=27N	+85B	+35N	=9B	−7B	F	F	3.5	24.0	24.0	11.50	2027	+24.4
51	Li, Wan QinWCM	1748	USA	+66B	−13N	+73B	−8N	+70B	=6N	F	F	3.5	23.5	23.5	10.25	2024	+82.8
52	Thimmasamudram, Sandeep	1850	USA	−82N	=84B	+83N	=31B	=20N	=46B	−15N	=57B	3.5	22.5	23.5	9.25	1832	-9.2
53	Farberov, Maxim	2133	USA	−65B	+61N	+43B	−24N	+64B	=30N	F	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	11.50	1958	-24.8
54	Yang, Lucas	1891	USA	+45N	−11B	+78N	F	−58B	=64N	+49B	F	3.5	20.0	20.0	10.75	1962	+23.6
55	Samanta, Aayansh	1941	USA	=78N	−46B	=76N	=59B	−49N	−57B	+85N	+65B	3.5	19.5	20.0	6.50	1825	-51.2
56	Tyrrell, Benjamin	1866	USA	=9B	+22N	−17N	=40B	+44B	−21N	−62N	F	3.0	31.5	31.5	13.75	1920	+9.6
57	Kogan, Mark Leo	1974	USA	=4N	−17B	=22B	F	−18N	+55N	=73B	=52N	3.0	30.5	30.5	12.00	1906	-27.2
58	Chen, Derek Li	1924	USA	−21N	−44N	+81B	+73B	+54N	−12B	−36N	−40B	3.0	28.0	29.5	7.50	1828	-22.0
59	Aayansh Pramanik	1932	USA	=17N	−47B	=39B	=55N	−66B	−73N	=76N	+82B	3.0	23.0	24.0	8.25	1825	-48.8
60	Wang, William J	1862	USA	F	−4B	+84N	−37N	−41B	+85N	−39B	+67N	3.0	22.0	22.0	4.00	1841	-4.6
61	Yang, Andre	1947	USA	−11N	−53B	−49N	+80N	=85B	+82B	=71N	−44B	3.0	21.0	21.5	4.00	1798	-66.4
62	Rogers, NormanFM	1928	USA	F	F	−33N	−45B	+72N	+79N	+56B	−15B	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.50	1901	-4.6
63	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1698	USA	−33N	F	−70B	−39N	=83N	+72B	+64B	=31N	3.0	20.5	20.5	7.50	1847	+51.6
64	Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)	1871	CAN	+75B	=28N	=4N	−7B	−53N	=54B	−63N	F	2.5	28.5	28.5	9.50	1900	+6.0
65	Milstein, David Wolf	1889	USA	+53N	−68B	−21N	=18B	−42N	+78B	−27N	−55N	2.5	28.0	30.0	8.00	1792	-42.0
66	Zhou, Arthur	1854	USA	−51N	+49B	−5N	=76B	+59N	−20B	−41B	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	7.50	1788	-26.8
67	Chong, Hanford	1887	USA	−5N	=45B	−20N	=84B	=78N	+76B	−37N	−60B	2.5	25.5	26.5	5.50	1744	-61.6
68	Su, Kevin	1988	USA	+38B	+65N	−1B	−33N	=32B	−48N	F	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	8.50	1916	-30.4
69	Jani, Aakash	1864	USA	−12N	=26B	−40N	−38N	=80B	+83B	−44N	=81N	2.5	24.5	25.5	4.75	1728	-58.0
70	Sherman, David	1928	USA	−15N	=76B	+63N	−71B	−51N	+74B	−42N	F	2.5	22.5	22.5	6.50	1704	-42.4
71	Xiang, GraysonCM	1805	USA	F	+79B	−34N	+70N	−35B	−38N	=61B	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	6.00	1940	+34.8
72	Demirel, Esat Omer	1937	USA	−28B	−75N	−74B	+81N	−62B	−63N	=78N	+85B	2.5	19.0	19.5	3.00	1713	-94.4
73	Winters, Lance	1902	USA	F	=78B	−51N	−58N	F	+59B	=57N	=46B	2.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1809	-15.4
74	Kaiser, Marshall Philip	1799	USA	−14B	−43N	+72N	F	=79B	−70N	+77B	F	2.5	18.0	18.0	5.50	1851	+7.8
75	Tay, Brian	2116	USA	−64N	+72B	+77N	=30B	F	F	F	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.50	1978	-26.0
76	Yu, Vincent Zhiwen	1868	USA	−8B	=70N	=55B	=66N	−43B	−67N	=59B	−49N	2.0	24.5	27.0	5.75	1731	-42.0
77	Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya	1840	USA	−19B	+81N	−75B	−22N	+84N	−36B	−74N	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	2.50	1776	-27.6
78	Drucker, Ari Sejoon	1749	USA	=55B	=73N	−54B	−29N	=67B	−65N	=72B	F	2.0	21.0	21.0	5.50	1758	+1.2
79	Atassi, CelineWCM	1892	USA	=13B	−71N	−37B	+85N	=74N	−62B	F	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.25	1764	-42.4
80	Karell, Leif	1709	USA	−23N	=40B	−26N	−61B	=69N	−81B	=83N	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	3.75	1655	-8.6
81	Krishnan, Ashvath	1727	USA	−25N	−77B	−58N	−72B	−45N	+80N	F	=69B	1.5	20.0	20.0	2.75	1641	-25.5
82	Malhotra, Rishan	1765	USA	+52B	F	−16N	−28N	−38B	−61N	F	−59N	1.0	23.0	23.0	3.50	1666	-26.0
83	Gilbert, Walker W	1839	USA	F	−9N	−52B	−41N	=63B	−69N	=80B	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	2.25	1561	-81.2
84	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1866	USA	−16N	=52N	−60B	=67N	−77B	F	F	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	3.00	1645	-54.8
85	Godlaveti, Pracheth	1787	USA	F	F	−50N	−79B	=61N	−60B	−55B	−72N	0.5	17.5	17.5	1.50	1522	-28.6
86	Amrany, Benjamin	2112	USA	−30N	−48B	−45N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1082	-94.8
87	Maymin, Zakhar	2112	USA	−3B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1444	-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Li, Wan QinWCMUSA
+82.8
3.5 pts · #46
2Ma, JinUSA
+78.8
4.0 pts · #38
3Yue, AndyUSA
+75.2
4.5 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Amrany, BenjaminUSA
-94.8
0.0 pts · #87
2Demirel, Esat OmerUSA
-94.4
2.5 pts · #64
3Gilbert, Walker WUSA
-81.2
1.0 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R1+245 Elo gap
Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)1871 beat Tay, Brian2116
R1+244 Elo gap
Milstein, David Wolf1889 beat Farberov, Maxim2133
R4+242 Elo gap
Yue, Andy1891 beat Farberov, Maxim2133