2026 Cincinnati Open - FIDE Elite
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Blue Ash, OH, United States. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2047, and top seed was Joshua Posthuma (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2380).
Srihas Maddipati (🇺🇸 USA, 1879) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi (3.5) and Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar (3.5). Maddipati won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Nirav Nikhil (1584) beat Christian Thornton (1803), a +219-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R1; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
3 players finish on 3.5/5. Maddipati takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi | * | — | — | — |
| 2Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Srihas Maddipati | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Muthu Avaneesh Prem | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddipati, Srihas | 1879 | USA | =4N | +17B | =18N | =8B | +22B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.25 | 2085 | +55.6 |
| 2 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 2005 | USA | +19N | +27B | −16N | =7B | +21N | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 2083 | +21.2 |
| 3 | Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin | 1971 | USA | =34B | +26N | +9B | −20N | +7B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 6.25 | 2036 | +18.4 |
| 4 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1986 | USA | =1B | +34N | =21B | +28N | −11N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 2025 | +7.6 |
| 5 | Soni, Arjun | 1873 | USA | =14N | +23B | =7N | +13B | F | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 2008 | +27.2 |
| 6 | Lee, Justin | 1971 | USA | F | F | +35N | +14N | +20B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2656 | +42.0 |
| 7 | Yang, Andre | 1940 | USA | =15B | +22N | =5B | =2N | −3N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1959 | +5.2 |
| 8 | Samanta, Aayansh | 1898 | USA | =26B | =29N | =19B | =1N | =14B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1849 | -14.0 |
| 9 | Shen, Edward | 1954 | USA | F | +10B | −3N | =27B | +31N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1964 | +5.2 |
| 10 | Lee, Daniel Joshua | 1942 | CAN | =29B | −9N | =24B | =25N | +27N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1909 | -9.2 |
| 11 | Posthuma, JoshuaIM | 2380 | USA | F | F | =20B | +16N | +4B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.75 | 2300 | -1.6 |
| 12 | Santhosh, Pranav | 2009 | USA | F | −15N | +26B | +19N | =18B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 2022 | +2.8 |
| 13 | Pittala, Ashvath Reddy | 1775 | USA | F | +36N | =15B | −5N | +28B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 2005 | +48.0 |
| 14 | Chung, Maxwell | 1801 | USA | =5B | F | +30N | −6B | =8N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1891 | +19.2 |
| 15 | Balyan, Aryan | 2021 | USA | =7N | +12B | =13N | −21B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1883 | -14.2 |
| 16 | Nguyen, James LeCM | 2116 | USA | F | F | +2B | −11B | +17N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 2199 | +6.8 |
| 17 | Bize, Nicholas Tim | 1838 | USA | F | −1N | +23B | +33N | −16B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1895 | +10.8 |
| 18 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 2031 | USA | F | F | =1B | +32N | =12N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 2019 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Fan, Evan Qianyuan | 1827 | USA | −2B | F | =8N | −12B | +25N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1842 | +1.6 |
| 20 | Rizzo, Tobias | 1955 | USA | F | F | =11N | +3B | −6N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 2099 | +9.2 |
| 21 | Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya | 1807 | USA | F | F | =4N | +15N | −2B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 2004 | +30.4 |
| 22 | Jha, Keya | 1927 | USA | F | −7B | =27N | +35B | −1N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1815 | -25.6 |
| 23 | Karthik, Aarav | 1742 | USA | =36B | −5N | −17N | =26B | =35N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1682 | -15.6 |
| 24 | Menon, Rohan | 1902 | USA | F | F | =10N | −30B | +26N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1864 | -6.0 |
| 25 | Ehrman, Andrew L | 1803 | USA | F | F | +34B | =10B | −19B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1843 | +6.4 |
| 26 | Yilanli, Mehmet | 1829 | USA | =8N | −3B | −12N | =23N | −24B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1664 | -39.6 |
| 27 | Bent, Scott | 1978 | USA | F | −2N | =22B | =9N | −10B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1764 | -44.4 |
| 28 | Cretsos, Alexander | 1942 | USA | F | F | +29N | −4B | −13N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1765 | -28.4 |
| 29 | Logozar, Elijah | 1908 | USA | =10N | =8B | −28B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1802 | -8.2 |
| 30 | Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 1821 | USA | F | F | −14B | +24N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1852 | +3.2 |
| 31 | Nikhil, Nirav | 1584 | USA | F | F | F | +36N | −9B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1879 | +27.2 |
| 32 | Elshazly, Mohamed | 1794 | USA | F | F | F | −18B | +34N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1895 | +10.0 |
| 33 | Smith, Josh | 1844 | USA | F | F | +36B | −17B | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1821 | -1.4 |
| 34 | Aaryn Rudrapati | 1759 | IND | =3N | −4B | −25N | F | −32B | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1567 | -33.2 |
| 35 | Zhou, ElizabethWCM | 1812 | USA | F | F | −6B | −22N | =23B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1607 | -29.2 |
| 36 | Thornton, Christian | 1803 | USA | =23N | −13B | −33N | −31B | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1414 | -36.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Maddipati, SrihasUSA+55.63.5 pts · #3
- 2Pittala, Ashvath ReddyUSA+48.02.5 pts · #13
- 3Lee, JustinUSA+42.03.0 pts · #6
- 1Bent, ScottUSA-44.41.0 pts · #29
- 2Yilanli, MehmetUSA-39.61.0 pts · #26
- 3Thornton, ChristianUSA-36.80.5 pts · #36
- R4+219 Elo gap
- R4+214 Elo gap
- R5+167 Elo gap