2026 Tim Just Winter Open XLII - Major
Open SwissStandard
43 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Schaumburg, IL, United States. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2168, and top seed was Yesuntumur Tugstumur (🇲🇳 MGL, IM, 2414).
Jesse Ren (🇺🇸 USA, 2108) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Aswath Bommannan (3.5) and Aktilek Teiitbaev (3.5). Ren shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Carter James Hanninen (1727) beat Artemii Khanbutaev (2176), a +449-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Schaumburg, IL, United States
Dates
09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 8
IM×1
FM×2
CM×3
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×39
🇲🇳Mongolia×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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2
4
1
3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Jesse Ren held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.5/5. Ren takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Aktilek Teiitbaev won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jesse Ren | * | — | — | — |
| 2Aktilek Teiitbaev | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Aswath Bommannan | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Artemii Khanbutaev | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren, Jesse | 2108 | USA | +38B | +15N | =18B | +21N | −14N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 2217 | +30.8 |
| 2 | Bommannan, Aswath | 2002 | USA | =32N | +33B | +27N | =20B | =3N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 2058 | +8.2 |
| 3 | Teiitbaev, Aktilek | 2106 | KGZ | −15B | +34N | +36B | +41N | =2B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 2022 | -8.4 |
| 4 | Khanbutaev, Artemii | 2176 | USA | =33N | +35B | +11N | −17B | =7N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1977 | -41.2 |
| 5 | Tikhomirov, Matthew | 2020 | USA | F | +28B | −17N | +9B | +10N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.50 | 2029 | +2.8 |
| 6 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 2059 | USA | −9N | =10B | =28N | +27B | +36N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1942 | -28.8 |
| 7 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 2071 | USA | +37B | −9N | =16B | +39N | =4B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 2010 | -11.6 |
| 8 | Baker, Aidan | 2115 | USA | F | =16N | +42B | =31B | +11N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 2169 | +10.4 |
| 9 | Xia, ElizabethWCM | 1800 | USA | +6B | +7B | −12N | −5N | =23B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2049 | +59.6 |
| 10 | Yang, Andre | 1881 | USA | −12B | =6N | +30B | +16N | −5B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1994 | +28.0 |
| 11 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 2040 | USA | =27B | +30N | −4B | +35N | −8B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1930 | -26.4 |
| 12 | Singh, HershFM | 2185 | USA | +10N | =19B | +9B | F | F | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.00 | 2127 | -2.6 |
| 13 | Rivedal, Andrew | 1954 | USA | F | F | +15B | +22B | =20N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 2243 | +21.0 |
| 14 | Ochirbat, LkhagvajamtsFM | 2300 | MGL | F | F | +41B | =18N | +1B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.50 | 2414 | +9.8 |
| 15 | Avanish Ram Amarnath | 1774 | IND | +3N | −1B | −13N | =25B | =37N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 4.75 | 1888 | +24.8 |
| 16 | Seetharaman, Rakshith | 1934 | USA | F | =8B | =7N | −10B | +27N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1976 | +9.2 |
| 17 | Hanninen, Carter James | 1727 | USA | F | F | +5B | +4N | −18B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 2216 | +67.6 |
| 18 | Tugstumur, YesuntumurIM | 2414 | MGL | F | F | =1N | =14B | +17N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 2266 | -4.4 |
| 19 | Shrigadi, Aryan | 1881 | USA | +22B | =12N | −21B | =29N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2038 | +15.2 |
| 20 | Yu, MatthewCM | 1993 | USA | F | F | +29B | =2N | =13B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 2047 | +8.8 |
| 21 | Platnick, Elijah | 2016 | USA | F | F | +19N | −1B | +31N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 2109 | +7.6 |
| 22 | Duncan, Jason | 2142 | USA | −19N | F | +43B | −13N | +29B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1868 | -26.0 |
| 23 | Suganraj, Brian | 1908 | USA | F | F | +40N | =28B | =9N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 2016 | +8.6 |
| 24 | Menon, Rohan | 1979 | USA | =34B | −27N | =33B | =38N | =39B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1792 | -50.4 |
| 25 | Li, Tanqi | 1839 | USA | F | F | =32B | =15N | +38B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1912 | +11.2 |
| 26 | Dmitriev, Andrey | 1923 | USA | F | F | F | +32N | +41B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2620 | +28.8 |
| 27 | Brock, William | 1837 | USA | =11N | +24B | −2B | −6N | −16B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1854 | +1.6 |
| 28 | Stein, Josiah | 1937 | USA | F | −5N | =6B | =23N | =30B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1853 | -9.6 |
| 29 | Zhou, Ryan | 1810 | USA | F | +32B | −20N | =19B | −22N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1855 | +5.6 |
| 30 | Pittala, Ashvath Reddy | 1771 | USA | F | −11B | −10N | +37B | =28N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1826 | +9.2 |
| 31 | Akintonde, Jimi | 1963 | USA | F | F | +37N | =8N | −21B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1975 | +1.0 |
| 32 | Karthik, Aarav | 1751 | USA | =2B | −29N | =25N | −26B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1701 | -10.4 |
| 33 | Kaur, AradhWFM | 1859 | USA | =4B | −2N | =24N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1928 | +4.4 |
| 34 | Aaron, Michael | 1805 | USA | =24N | −3B | −35N | =40B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1749 | -6.4 |
| 35 | Parthasarathy, Siddharth | 1747 | USA | F | −4N | +34B | −11B | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1872 | +14.0 |
| 36 | Murali, Rishi | 1893 | USA | F | F | −3N | +42B | −6B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1919 | +1.8 |
| 37 | Zhang, Ryan | 1794 | USA | −7N | F | −31B | −30N | =15B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1573 | -40.4 |
| 38 | Turba, Timur | 1834 | USA | −1N | F | F | =24B | −25N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1702 | -18.8 |
| 39 | Gratz, GlenCM | 1986 | USA | F | F | F | −7B | =24N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1832 | -7.8 |
| 40 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1936 | USA | F | F | −23B | =34N | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1664 | -28.8 |
| 41 | Meadors, Landon | 1888 | USA | F | F | −14N | −3B | −26N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1306 | -30.0 |
| 42 | Becker, Allen | 1968 | USA | F | F | −8N | −36N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1205 | -18.0 |
| 43 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1827 | USA | F | F | −22N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1342 | -5.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hanninen, Carter JamesUSA+67.62.0 pts · #19
- 2Xia, ElizabethWCMUSA+59.62.5 pts · #13
- 3Ren, JesseUSA+30.83.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Menon, RohanUSA-50.42.0 pts · #21
- 2Khanbutaev, ArtemiiUSA-41.23.0 pts · #4
- 3Zhang, RyanUSA-40.40.5 pts · #38
Biggest upsets
- R4+449 Elo gap
- R1+332 Elo gap
- R3+293 Elo gap