2026 Charlotte Open - U1700

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49 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was Ayan Chandra (🇺🇸 USA, 1826).

Aditya Raj (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Johann Jayabarath (4.5) and Zachary Cates (4.5). Raj won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Hanwen Lu (1513) beat Sanjay Allu (1745), a +232-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

17 Jan 2026 → 19 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 100 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Ayan Chandra1826

Avg top 10

1,712

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×45

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Aditya Raj
🇺🇸USA
6.0pts·1649perf0.0
🥈
Johann Jayabarath
🇺🇸USA·1578
4.5pts·1795perf+45.6
🥉
Zachary Cates
🇺🇸USA
4.5pts·1621perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Aditya Raj led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Raj6Jayabarath4.5Cates4.5Lovello4Matson4Reddy Pittu4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Aditya Raj never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

Aditya Raj won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Raj, Aditya	0	USA	+32B	+17N	+9B	+12N	+10B	+43N	6.0	15.0	16.0	16.00	1649	0.0
2	Jayabarath, Johann	1578	USA	+28B	−4N	+21B	+9N	=11B	+10N	4.5	17.0	19.0	13.25	1795	+45.6
3	Cates, Zachary	0	USA	+20B	=14N	+22B	=11N	=27B	+?B	4.5	14.0	14.0	9.50	1621	0.0
4	Matson, Michael	1605	USA	+38N	+2B	=5N	=6B	=42N	=25B	4.0	16.5	18.0	12.00	1761	+31.6
5	Bhakta, Aayansh Amit	1487	USA	+19B	=6N	=4B	=17N	+40B	=11N	4.0	16.5	18.0	11.00	1707	+35.6
6	Lovello, Vincent Anthony	0	USA	+39B	=5B	+16N	=4N	+7B	F	4.0	16.5	16.5	12.50	1560	0.0
7	Crosby, Connor	1541	USA	+18B	−9N	+15B	+44N	−6N	+31B	4.0	15.0	16.0	8.50	2323	+19.2
8	Reddy Pittu, Jayaditya	1639	USA	=47B	+13N	−10B	=46N	+28B	+44N	4.0	10.5	11.0	7.00	1733	+19.2
9	Butler, Kaiden	0	USA	+37N	+7B	−1N	−2B	=15B	+20N	3.5	20.0	21.5	9.50	1603	0.0
10	Lu, Hanwen	1513	USA	=27N	+29B	+8N	+43B	−1N	−2B	3.5	18.5	19.5	8.00	1738	+47.6
11	Xu, Nicole	0	USA	F	+27B	+14N	=3B	=2N	=5B	3.5	18.5	18.5	12.00	1602	0.0
12	Raby Jr., Earl Lee	0	USA	+31N	=23B	+24N	−1B	−26N	+18B	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.25	1647	0.0
13	Reddy, Samvit Pathakota	1589	USA	=24N	−8B	=19B	=18N	+21B	+17N	3.5	14.0	16.5	8.75	1660	+24.8
14	Rallabandi, Sahasra Krishna	1574	USA	+33N	=3B	−11B	−40N	+49B	+19N	3.5	14.0	14.0	6.75	2376	+40.4
15	FIDE 39998703	0	—	−23N	+31B	−7N	+34B	=9N	=30B	3.0	14.0	16.0	6.75	1490	0.0
16	Austin, Hazel	1450	USA	+21B	=22N	−6B	−20N	+37N	=40B	3.0	13.0	14.5	6.00	1601	+23.6
17	Ammasani, Samanyu	1509	USA	+45N	−1B	+37N	=5B	−25N	−13B	2.5	17.5	18.0	4.00	1555	+7.6
18	Rhodes, Brian Joseph	1523	USA	−7N	=39B	+33N	=13B	=23N	−12N	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.75	1548	+4.0
19	Vishwakarma Yashraj	1634	IND	−5N	+45B	=13N	−25B	+29N	−14B	2.5	15.5	16.0	4.25	1472	-18.2
20	Birsan, Ilgin	1636	USA	−3N	=33B	+30N	+16B	−43N	−9B	2.5	15.0	16.0	6.00	1729	+10.2
21	Gummi, Nandhan	1668	USA	−16N	+41B	−2N	=29B	−13N	+37B	2.5	14.5	16.0	4.00	1356	-64.4
22	Sekar, Jayashree	1512	USA	+41N	=16B	−3N	−24B	−30N	+38B	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.50	1637	+16.2
23	Amradi, Ikshu	0	USA	+15B	=12N	=26B	−27N	=18B	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	7.25	1489	0.0
24	Rogers, Demon	1652	USA	=13B	+47N	−12B	+22N	F	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	1914	+38.0
25	Wu, William	0	USA	F	F	F	+19N	+17B	=4N	2.5	9.0	9.0	7.00	1622	0.0
26	Bradley, Avery	1711	USA	+30B	F	=23N	F	+12B	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	6.75	2625	+13.2
27	Thokur, Dhruv	1613	USA	=10B	−11N	F	+23B	=3N	−42B	2.0	15.5	15.5	6.50	1328	-30.4
28	Sahu, Aarush	1627	USA	−2N	=38B	=29N	+36B	−8N	−35N	2.0	14.5	16.0	3.75	1569	-13.2
29	Wasserbauer, Gerard	0	USA	=34B	−10N	=28B	=21N	−19B	=32N	2.0	12.5	14.5	4.25	1416	0.0
30	Chandra, Ayan	1826	USA	−26N	=32N	−20B	F	+22B	=15N	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1491	-51.2
31	Bowe, Asher Scott	0	USA	−12B	−15N	F	+38B	+46N	−7N	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1610	0.0
32	Dubey, Atharv Kumar	0	USA	−1N	=30B	−39N	=48B	=45N	=29B	2.0	12.0	12.5	2.50	1676	0.0
33	Zhang, Allison J	1515	USA	−14B	=20N	−18B	=41N	+48B	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1511	-1.6
34	Kumar, Amresh	0	USA	=29N	−37B	=38N	−15N	F	+46B	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.25	1680	0.0
35	Muhammad, Khabir	0	USA	F	F	F	=37B	=38N	+28B	2.0	5.0	5.0	3.50	1673	0.0
36	Gonzalez, Giovani	1735	USA	F	F	F	−28N	+41B	+39B	2.0	5.0	5.0	3.00	1602	-13.6
37	FIDE 39922383	0	—	−9B	+34N	−17B	=35N	−16B	−21N	1.5	13.5	15.5	3.00	741	0.0
38	Gummi, Nilai	1682	USA	−4B	=28N	=34B	−31N	=35B	−22N	1.5	12.5	14.5	3.00	1307	-56.4
39	FIDE 566002150	0	—	−6N	=18N	+32B	F	−44B	−36N	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.25	1434	0.0
40	Panda, Aarush	0	USA	F	F	F	+14B	−5N	=16N	1.5	10.5	10.5	5.00	1503	0.0
41	Singleton, Spencer	1579	USA	−22B	−21N	F	=33B	−36N	+45B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.50	1453	-16.8
42	Restelli, Otto	1528	USA	F	F	F	F	=4B	+27N	1.5	6.0	6.0	4.00	1802	+29.2
43	Allu, Sanjay	1745	USA	F	F	F	−10N	+20B	−1B	1.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1572	-18.0
44	Malhotra, Neev	0	USA	F	F	F	−7B	+39N	−8B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	789	0.0
45	Meadors, Christian	1591	USA	−17B	−19N	F	F	=32B	−41N	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	773	-62.8
46	Arunkumar, Mukhil	0	USA	F	F	F	=8B	−31B	−34N	0.5	8.0	8.0	2.00	1637	0.0
47	Kolluri, Varun	1825	USA	=8N	−24B	F	F	F	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	2.00	1452	-38.8
48	Ramnath, Prathyun	1612	USA	F	F	F	=32N	−33N	F	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	717	-25.2
49	Chen, Ethan Jiaen	0	USA	F	F	F	−?B	−14N	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	772	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lu, HanwenUSA
+47.6
3.5 pts · #9
2Jayabarath, JohannUSA
+45.6
4.5 pts · #3
3Rallabandi, Sahasra KrishnaUSA
+40.4
3.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Gummi, NandhanUSA
-64.4
2.5 pts · #37
2Meadors, ChristianUSA
-62.8
0.5 pts · #45
3Gummi, NilaiUSA
-56.4
1.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R4+232 Elo gap
Lu, Hanwen1513 beat Allu, Sanjay1745
R1+218 Elo gap
Austin, Hazel1450 beat Gummi, Nandhan1668
R3+190 Elo gap
Birsan, Ilgin1636 beat Chandra, Ayan1826