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2026 Cincinnati Open - FIDE Elite

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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.

Location
🇺🇸Blue Ash, OH, United States
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMJoshua Posthuma2380
Avg top 10
2,047
Participants
36
Titled players · 4
IM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×34
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
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1
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Iranian Prabhu Kumar takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE11 Apr

Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Maddipati, Srihas1879USA=4N+17B=18N=8B+22B3.59.511.07.252085+55.6
2Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan2005USA+19N+27B16N=7B+21N3.57.58.55.252083+21.2
3Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1971USA=34B+26N+9B20N+7B3.57.58.06.252036+18.4
4Prem, Muthu Avaneesh1986USA=1B+34N=21B+28N11N3.08.59.04.002025+7.6
5Soni, Arjun1873USA=14N+23B=7N+13BF3.08.58.56.252008+27.2
6Lee, Justin1971USAFF+35N+14N+20B3.04.04.04.002656+42.0
7Yang, Andre1940USA=15B+22N=5B=2N3N2.512.013.55.751959+5.2
8Samanta, Aayansh1898USA=26B=29N=19B=1N=14B2.58.09.04.501849-14.0
9Shen, Edward1954USAF+10B3N=27B+31N2.58.08.04.001964+5.2
10Lee, Daniel Joshua1942CAN=29B9N=24B=25N+27N2.56.57.53.001909-9.2
11Posthuma, JoshuaIM2380USAFF=20B+16N+4B2.56.56.55.752300-1.6
12Santhosh, Pranav2009USAF15N+26B+19N=18B2.56.56.53.502022+2.8
13Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1775USAF+36N=15B5N+28B2.56.56.52.502005+48.0
14Chung, Maxwell1801USA=5BF+30N6B=8N2.09.59.53.751891+19.2
15Balyan, Aryan2021USA=7N+12B=13N21BF2.09.09.05.001883-14.2
16Nguyen, James LeCM2116USAFF+2B11B+17N2.08.08.05.502199+6.8
17Bize, Nicholas Tim1838USAF1N+23B+33N16B2.08.08.02.501895+10.8
18Li, Aiden LinyuanCM2031USAFF=1B+32N=12N2.07.07.04.002019-1.2
19Fan, Evan Qianyuan1827USA2BF=8N12B+25N1.510.010.02.751842+1.6
20Rizzo, Tobias1955USAFF=11N+3B6N1.59.09.04.752099+9.2
21Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya1807USAFF=4N+15N2B1.58.58.53.502004+30.4
22Jha, Keya1927USAF7B=27N+35B1N1.57.57.51.001815-25.6
23Karthik, Aarav1742USA=36B5N17N=26B=35N1.56.57.01.001682-15.6
24Menon, Rohan1902USAFF=10N30B+26N1.54.54.52.251864-6.0
25Ehrman, Andrew L1803USAFF+34B=10B19B1.54.54.51.751843+6.4
26Yilanli, Mehmet1829USA=8N3B12N=23N24B1.010.011.52.001664-39.6
27Bent, Scott1978USAF2N=22B=9N10B1.010.010.02.001764-44.4
28Cretsos, Alexander1942USAFF+29N4B13N1.06.56.51.001765-28.4
29Logozar, Elijah1908USA=10N=8B28BFF1.06.06.02.501802-8.2
30Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas1821USAFF14B+24NF1.03.53.51.501852+3.2
31Nikhil, Nirav1584USAFFF+36N9B1.03.03.00.501879+27.2
32Elshazly, Mohamed1794USAFFF18B+34N1.02.52.50.501895+10.0
33Smith, Josh1844USAFF+36B17BF1.02.52.50.501821-1.4
34Aaryn Rudrapati1759IND=3N4B25NF32B0.59.09.01.751567-33.2
35Zhou, ElizabethWCM1812USAFF6B22N=23B0.56.06.00.751607-29.2
36Thornton, Christian1803USA=23N13B33N31BF0.56.06.00.751414-36.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets