2026 Florida State Women's Chess Championship

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Boca Raton, FL, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1403, and top seed was Sophie Li (🇺🇸 USA, WFM, 1944).

Sophie Li (🇺🇸 USA, WFM, 1944) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Aarna Nitin Warekar (4.0). Li won solo starting round 4.

Location

🇺🇸Boca Raton, FL, United States

Dates

18 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸WFMSophie Li1944

Avg top 10

1,403

Participants

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×6

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

Top 3

🥇
WFMSophie Li
🇺🇸USA·1944
5.0pts·2659perf+30.8
🥈
Aarna Nitin Warekar
🇺🇸USA·1879
4.0pts·1144perf-16.4
🥉
FIDE 566011663
—
3.5pts·1834perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

WFM Sophie Li led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Li5Warekar43.5Rivadeneira Ayala3.5Saha3.5Avalo3

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

WFM Sophie Li never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Sophie Li beat Aarna Nitin Warekar (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Sophie Li 5 wins (R1–R5)FIDE 566011663 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WFMSophie Li	*	1	1	—
2Aarna Nitin Warekar	0	*	—	—
3FIDE 566011663	0	—	*	1
4Maria Belen Rivadeneira Ayala	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Li, SophieWFM	1944	USA	+7N	+8B	+2N	+3B	+6N	5.0	13.5	16.5	16.50	2659	+30.8
2	Warekar, Aarna Nitin	1879	USA	+11B	+10N	−1B	+7N	+8B	4.0	14.0	17.0	12.00	1144	-16.4
3	FIDE 566011663	0	—	+14N	+6B	+5N	−1N	=4B	3.5	15.0	17.0	10.25	1834	0.0
4	Saha, Tanisha	1608	USA	+18N	=13B	+9N	=12B	=3N	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.25	1809	+21.2
5	Rivadeneira Ayala, Maria Belen	1865	ECU	+17N	=9B	−3B	+13N	+12N	3.5	11.5	13.5	8.50	1809	-2.4
6	Cabrera, Varinia F	1838	USA	+16B	−3N	+19B	+10N	−1B	3.0	13.5	15.0	6.50	1144	-7.2
7	FIDE 115105398	0	—	−1B	+20N	+15B	−2B	+16N	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1705	0.0
8	Nurmanbetov, Adele	0	USA	+20B	−1N	+21B	+11N	−2N	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1112	0.0
9	Avalo, Adriana	1648	DOM	+15B	=5N	−4B	=19N	+14B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.50	1713	+10.0
10	FIDE 39955524	0	—	+?N	−2B	+18N	−6B	+17N	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1059	0.0
11	FIDE 566011680	0	—	−2N	+?B	+14N	−8B	+19B	3.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1079	0.0
12	Gopinath, Thanisha	1584	USA	F	+21N	+13B	=4N	−5B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1544	-5.2
13	FIDE 566011701	0	—	+?B	=4N	−12N	−5B	+?N	2.5	9.5	9.5	1.75	1413	0.0
14	FIDE 566009251	0	—	−3B	+16N	−11B	+18B	−9N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.00	848	0.0
15	Naranjo Nunez, Emily Dariana	1666	VEN	−9N	+17B	−7N	−16N	+20B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	848	-10.6
16	FIDE 51680815	0	—	−6N	−14B	+?N	+15B	−7B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1752	0.0
17	FIDE 566007569	0	—	−5B	−15N	+?B	+20N	−10B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	966	0.0
18	FIDE 566010896	0	—	−4B	+?N	−10B	−14N	+?B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	808	0.0
19	FIDE 566011671	0	—	F	+?B	−6N	=9B	−11N	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.50	1550	0.0
20	FIDE 566010411	0	—	−8N	−7B	+?N	−17B	−15N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	866	0.0
21	FIDE 566011647	0	—	F	−12B	−8N	−?B	+?N	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	784	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Li, SophieWFMUSA
+30.8
5.0 pts · #2
2Saha, TanishaUSA
+21.2
3.5 pts · #5
3Avalo, AdrianaDOM
+10.0
3.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Warekar, Aarna NitinUSA
-16.4
4.0 pts · #17
2Naranjo Nunez, Emily DarianaVEN
-10.6
2.0 pts · #20
3Cabrera, Varinia FUSA
-7.2
3.0 pts · #11