9th Annual Gulf Coast New Years Open - Premier
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39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Estero, FL, United States. 14 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2260, and top seed was G. Petar Arnaudov (🇧🇬 BUL, GM, 2416).
Yans Richard Girones Barrios (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2385) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Vikram Srivastava (4.0) and Brejesh Chakrabarti (4.0). Girones Barrios shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: David A Katz (1796) beat Daniel Melamed (FM, 2116), a +320-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Estero, FL, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 14
GM×3
IM×1
FM×6
CM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
🇨🇺Cuba×4
🇲🇰North Macedonia×2
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇧🇬Bulgaria×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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4
1
1
3
Chakrabarti4Srivastava4Girones Barrios4Sattaru3.5De La Colina3Williams3— ex-leaders:Girones Barriosled R3–R4, #14
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Girones Barrios takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
FM Yans Richard Girones Barrios won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMBrejesh Chakrabarti | * | — | — | — |
| 2Vikram Srivastava | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMYans Richard Girones Barrios | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Sritej Sai Sattaru | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girones Barrios, Yans RichardFM | 2385 | CUB | +10B | +30N | +6B | =2N | =21B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 2339 | -0.8 |
| 2 | Srivastava, Vikram | 2097 | USA | +19N | =8B | +37N | =1B | +5N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.50 | 2298 | +24.6 |
| 3 | Chakrabarti, BrejeshFM | 2258 | USA | +36N | +15B | −22N | +8B | +7N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.50 | 2369 | +13.6 |
| 4 | Sattaru, Sritej Sai | 1998 | USA | =5N | =7B | +20N | =12B | +28N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 2223 | +60.4 |
| 5 | De La Colina, Nicolas | 2172 | USA | =4B | +27N | =16B | +10N | −2B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 2082 | -11.0 |
| 6 | Mulay, Vivan PrakashFM | 2110 | USA | +32N | +14B | −1N | =15B | =13N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 2104 | +0.4 |
| 7 | Williams, Oscar | 2086 | ISR | =9B | =4N | +24B | +33N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.25 | 2051 | -6.0 |
| 8 | Pothuri, Abhiram | 1995 | USA | +35B | =2N | =23B | −3N | +33B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2146 | +37.2 |
| 9 | Li, SophieWFM | 1958 | USA | =7N | +17B | −28N | +19B | =12N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2138 | +48.0 |
| 10 | Marian, Aaron | 1959 | USA | −1N | +31B | +35N | −5B | +15N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 2152 | +47.2 |
| 11 | Cruz Mendez, Jean MarcoFM | 2195 | CUB | =13N | +20B | +39B | −23N | =16B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 2067 | -12.4 |
| 12 | Jasinski, Alexander | 2188 | USA | +31B | +38N | −21B | =4N | =9B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 2102 | -18.4 |
| 13 | Jimenez Leyva, Diego | 2019 | CUB | =11B | −16N | +32B | +39N | =6B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2065 | +12.8 |
| 14 | Le-Tran, Leo | 1843 | USA | +26B | −6N | −17N | +38B | +29N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 2067 | +58.4 |
| 15 | Zlotnikov, MikhailIM | 2057 | USA | +24B | −3N | +34B | =6N | −10B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 2000 | -3.5 |
| 16 | Gospodinov, Antony | 1977 | USA | −30B | +13B | =5N | =28B | =11N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 2226 | +26.0 |
| 17 | Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM | 2071 | USA | F | −9N | +14B | =25B | +19N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1955 | -22.4 |
| 18 | Melamed, DanielFM | 2116 | AUS | −20N | −19B | +36N | +37B | =25N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1880 | -28.2 |
| 19 | Gabbara, Faris F | 1852 | USA | −2B | +18N | +30B | −9N | −17B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1868 | +0.8 |
| 20 | Katz, David A | 1796 | USA | +18B | −11N | −4B | −24N | +35N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1948 | +35.2 |
| 21 | Mitkov, NikolaGM | 2390 | MKD | F | F | +12N | =22B | =1N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 2455 | +2.7 |
| 22 | Arnaudov, G. PetarGM | 2416 | BUL | F | F | +3B | =21N | =23B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 2458 | +1.6 |
| 23 | Georgiev, VladimirGM | 2350 | MKD | F | F | =8N | +11B | =22N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 2327 | -0.1 |
| 24 | Seibel, F Matthew | 1907 | USA | −15N | +36B | −7N | +20B | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 2005 | +10.2 |
| 25 | Wang, Stone | 1769 | USA | F | F | +27B | =17N | =18B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 2194 | +30.4 |
| 26 | Gospodinov, Lyubomir | 2022 | USA | −14N | F | =29N | =35B | +34N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1847 | -18.2 |
| 27 | Sha, YiCM | 2019 | USA | F | −5B | −25N | +36B | +37N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1984 | -7.6 |
| 28 | Morella Cabrera, Julio AntonioFM | 2134 | CUB | F | F | +9B | =16N | −4B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1978 | -12.4 |
| 29 | Brovman, Daniel | 1882 | USA | F | F | =26B | +30N | −14B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1740 | -14.4 |
| 30 | Brown, Christopher | 0 | USA | +16N | −1B | −19N | −29B | −31N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1763 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Lopez, Aldo F | 1917 | USA | −12N | −10N | F | −34B | +30B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1171 | -26.2 |
| 32 | Zhang, Royce | 1854 | USA | −6B | F | −13N | F | +36B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1948 | +12.8 |
| 33 | Karpenko, Oskar | 1772 | USA | F | F | +38B | −7B | −8N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1865 | +12.0 |
| 34 | Qian, Evan Zeyu | 1765 | USA | F | F | −15N | +31N | −26B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1874 | +14.0 |
| 35 | Burrus, Tony | 1894 | USA | −8N | F | −10B | =26N | −20B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1619 | -25.0 |
| 36 | Yang, MaxwellCM | 2088 | USA | −3B | −24N | −18B | −27N | −32N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 1231 | -114.4 |
| 37 | Meadors, Landon | 1888 | USA | F | F | −2B | −18N | −27B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1278 | -30.4 |
| 38 | Murphy, Liam | 1889 | USA | F | −12B | −33N | −14N | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1134 | -54.8 |
| 39 | Sahai, Neel | 1830 | USA | F | F | −11N | −13B | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1308 | -7.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sattaru, Sritej SaiUSA+60.43.5 pts · #3
- 2Le-Tran, LeoUSA+58.43.0 pts · #8
- 3Li, SophieWFMUSA+48.03.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Yang, MaxwellCMUSA-114.40.0 pts · #38
- 2Murphy, LiamUSA-54.80.0 pts · #35
- 3Meadors, LandonUSA-30.40.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R1+320 Elo gap
- R2+264 Elo gap
- R3+250 Elo gap