14th Annual Boston Chess Congress - U2100
Open SwissStandard
81 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Boston, MA, United States. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1895, and top seed was Alan Price (🇺🇸 USA, 1951).
Jayden Li (🇺🇸 USA, 1710) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ayush Kumar (4.5) and Frederick K Pearson (4.0). Li broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Anay Bhargava (1454) beat Freddie Huckle (1842), a +388-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Boston, MA, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×68
🇫🇷France×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇯🇵Japan×1
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJayden Li led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
23
9
6
3
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Jayden Li held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Jayden Li 5 wins (R1–R5)Ayush Kumar 4 wins (R1–R4)Roland Gabriel Ekstrom 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jayden Li | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Ayush Kumar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Roland Gabriel Ekstrom | — | — | * | — |
| 4Frederick K Pearson | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li, Jayden | 1710 | USA | +23N | +57B | +50N | +15B | +3B | 5.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 2465 | +94.4 |
| 2 | Kumar, Ayush | 0 | USA | +72B | +41B | +67N | +18N | =29B | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 7.25 | 1907 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Pearson, Frederick K | 1811 | USA | +75B | +9N | +25B | +10B | −1N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 1930 | +27.6 |
| 4 | Griffin, Miles | 1830 | USA | +7B | =30N | +12B | +22N | =8B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 12.00 | 1956 | +13.4 |
| 5 | Ekstrom, Roland Gabriel | 0 | USA | =6B | =36N | +74B | +13B | +33N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.75 | 1765 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Price, Alan | 1951 | USA | =5N | +69B | +24N | −37B | +9N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 1866 | -6.0 |
| 7 | Varanasi, Ruthwik S | 1569 | USA | −4N | +59B | =55N | +26B | +21B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1792 | +33.2 |
| 8 | Brandzen, Samuel Francis | 1836 | USA | =47B | +73N | +33B | =11N | =4N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 6.75 | 1817 | -1.6 |
| 9 | Bhargava, Anay | 1454 | USA | +37B | −3B | +28N | +34N | −6B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1791 | +60.8 |
| 10 | Coffman, Charles | 1892 | USA | +17B | +19N | +34B | −3N | F | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 1926 | +2.6 |
| 11 | Kaprielian, Mark | 1609 | USA | =21B | +31N | +16N | =8B | F | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.50 | 2053 | +66.8 |
| 12 | Anatra, Owen C | 0 | USA | +38N | =24B | −4N | =?B | +40N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1766 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Schiminger, Will | 1747 | USA | +49B | −33N | +53B | −5N | +46B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1924 | +36.8 |
| 14 | Cavallo, Michael | 1901 | USA | +44B | −15N | +63B | =52N | =19B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1684 | -32.8 |
| 15 | Egelhof, Thomas | 1633 | USA | +77N | +14B | +70B | −1N | F | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1944 | +42.8 |
| 16 | Dong, Albert | 1730 | USA | F | +47N | −11B | +35N | +52B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1803 | +11.6 |
| 17 | Elizalde, Guillem | 0 | USA | −10N | +68B | −27N | +57B | +59N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1745 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2058472 | 0 | — | +40N | +?B | +60N | −2B | F | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1740 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Liu, Jianda | 1751 | USA | +58N | −10B | +76N | =67B | =14N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1807 | +12.4 |
| 20 | Adhyam, Agustya | 1707 | USA | −22B | +75N | +43B | −45N | +78B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1127 | -8.8 |
| 21 | Commisso, Michael | 0 | USA | =11N | +54B | =30N | =32B | −7N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Padmanabhan, Akshay | 1927 | USA | +20N | +28B | =51N | −4B | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1760 | -13.0 |
| 23 | Shi, Evan | 1652 | USA | −1B | =35N | +47B | −39N | +69B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1709 | +15.2 |
| 24 | Klempf, Nathan | 1764 | USA | +48B | =12N | −6B | +54N | −42B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1782 | +3.2 |
| 25 | Gueler, Sebastian | 1924 | GER | +61N | +26B | −3N | =50B | −51N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1680 | -29.0 |
| 26 | Li, Alexander Xu | 1711 | USA | +71B | −25N | =36B | −7N | +49B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1629 | -20.8 |
| 27 | Scherfke, Vikram | 0 | USA | +39B | −34N | +17B | −42N | =35B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Johnson, Jacob | 0 | USA | +43B | −22N | −9B | +62N | =53B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Russell, Hanon W | 1801 | USA | F | F | +39B | +51B | =2N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.75 | 2532 | +16.2 |
| 30 | Pascetta, Michael | 1718 | USA | +74N | =4B | =21B | =70N | F | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1851 | +14.4 |
| 31 | Frieden, Ken | 1774 | USA | F | −11B | =56N | +48N | +64B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1762 | -2.0 |
| 32 | Wang, William Heting | 1734 | USA | F | F | +79B | =21N | +34B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 2631 | +50.8 |
| 33 | Tower, Zachary Mark | 1759 | USA | F | +13B | −8N | +60B | −5B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1890 | +21.2 |
| 34 | Huckle, Freddie | 1842 | FRA | +68N | +27B | −10N | −9B | −32N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1495 | -34.4 |
| 35 | Jain, Parinya | 1756 | USA | −41N | =23B | +80N | −16B | =27N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1650 | -29.6 |
| 36 | Bangaru, Sahishn Sai | 1469 | USA | F | =5B | =26N | −66B | +47N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 1872 | +43.6 |
| 37 | Lou, Alvin | 1711 | USA | −9N | F | +42B | +6N | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1863 | +30.4 |
| 38 | Vellanki, Devansh | 1729 | USA | −12B | =48N | −49B | =44N | +62B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1663 | -15.2 |
| 39 | Chu, Leon | 1714 | USA | −27N | F | −29N | +23B | +67N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1899 | +28.8 |
| 40 | Ivanov, Matvey | 0 | USA | −18B | =72N | =48B | +81N | −12B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Rueda, Libardo | 1931 | USA | +35B | −2N | +64B | F | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 2514 | +9.2 |
| 42 | Ravn, William E | 1815 | USA | F | F | −37N | +27B | +24N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1714 | -10.8 |
| 43 | Shaw, Stephanie | 0 | USA | −28N | +61B | −20N | +73B | −?N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1622 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Saravanan, Anish | 1627 | USA | −14N | −58B | =68N | =38B | +76N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1719 | +18.0 |
| 45 | Ellinor, Zach | 0 | USA | F | F | +57N | +20B | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 1696 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Herve-Mignucci, Calliste | 1672 | AUS | F | F | +71N | +74B | −13N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1615 | -6.0 |
| 47 | Neale, Mark | 1646 | USA | =8N | −16B | −23N | +68B | −36B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1519 | -33.6 |
| 48 | Singh, Karanbir | 1654 | USA | −24N | =38B | =40N | −31B | =65N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1484 | -23.2 |
| 49 | Nulu, Avaneesh | 1676 | USA | −13N | =71B | +38N | −55B | −26N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1553 | -45.2 |
| 50 | Nguyen, Christine | 1585 | USA | F | F | −1B | =25N | +70B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1827 | +34.4 |
| 51 | Li, Harry | 1704 | USA | F | F | =22B | −29N | +25B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1884 | +22.4 |
| 52 | Kaushik Nagaraj | 0 | IND | F | F | +58N | =14B | −16N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Nandurbarkar, Ansh S | 1768 | USA | F | F | −13N | +58B | =28N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 947 | -21.2 |
| 54 | Kasiviswanathan, Rohan | 1706 | USA | F | −21N | +77B | −24B | =56N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 964 | -16.8 |
| 55 | Nepravishta, Gary | 1833 | USA | F | F | =7B | +49N | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 1842 | +1.2 |
| 56 | Cheng, Liam | 1665 | USA | F | F | =31B | =69N | =54B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1731 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Lou, Aileen | 1603 | USA | +67B | −1N | −45B | −17N | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 1777 | +17.2 |
| 58 | Warren, Julian | 0 | USA | −19B | +44N | −52B | −53N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Khachaturyan, Vladlen | 0 | USA | −?N | −7N | F | +?B | −17B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Strobehn, Alexander | 1714 | USA | F | F | −18B | −33N | +63B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 958 | -17.6 |
| 61 | Acharya, Kritarth | 1562 | USA | −25B | −43N | −62B | +71N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1559 | -2.0 |
| 62 | Camy, Garry | 1646 | USA | F | F | +61N | −28B | −38N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1641 | -0.4 |
| 63 | Kenisro Princeton Viyani | 0 | IND | F | F | −14N | +65B | −60N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1007 | 0.0 |
| 64 | Huang, Matthew Huai-en | 1647 | USA | F | F | −41N | +76B | −31N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1631 | -4.0 |
| 65 | Kirubakaran, Gautham | 0 | USA | F | F | =73B | −63N | =48B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 66 | Eldridge, Ross | 0 | USA | F | F | F | +36N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Chua, Zachary McDonald | 1870 | CAN | −57N | F | −2B | =19N | −39B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1419 | -67.2 |
| 68 | Duval, George Wilfred | 1677 | USA | −34B | −17N | =44B | −47N | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1432 | -35.6 |
| 69 | Mishkin, Paul | 1714 | USA | F | −6N | F | =56B | −23N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1002 | -31.6 |
| 70 | Friedman, Max | 1872 | USA | F | F | −15N | =30B | −50N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1386 | -72.4 |
| 71 | Smits, Kaiya | 1483 | USA | −26N | =49N | −46B | −61B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1343 | -22.8 |
| 72 | Birchwood, Dumiso | 0 | FRA | −2N | =40B | −?N | F | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 935 | 0.0 |
| 73 | Dai, Brian | 1527 | USA | F | −8B | =65N | −43N | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1036 | -4.8 |
| 74 | FIDE 39997588 | 0 | — | −30B | F | −5N | −46N | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 896 | 0.0 |
| 75 | FIDE 30997330 | 0 | — | −3N | −20B | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 937 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Chaudhary, Chandrakant Prasad | 1564 | USA | F | F | −19B | −64N | −44B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 875 | -42.4 |
| 77 | Guerra, Justin Ralph Baldovino | 0 | USA | −15B | F | −54N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Rivera, Mariano | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −20N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 907 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Shakya, Amrit | 1819 | NEP | F | F | −32N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 934 | -12.4 |
| 80 | Endo van Dooijeweert, Sebastian | 1635 | JPN | F | F | −35B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 980 | -12.0 |
| 81 | FIDE 566000220 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | −40B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 886 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Li, JaydenUSA+94.45.0 pts · #1
- 2Kaprielian, MarkUSA+66.83.0 pts · #11
- 3Bhargava, AnayUSA+60.83.0 pts · #28
Top rating losers
- 1Friedman, MaxUSA-72.40.5 pts · #62
- 2Chua, Zachary McDonaldCAN-67.20.5 pts · #59
- 3Nulu, AvaneeshUSA-45.21.5 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R4+388 Elo gap
- R5+287 Elo gap
- R2+268 Elo gap