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2026 Cincinnati Open - FIDE Class

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Blue Ash, OH, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1001, and top seed was Krishna Venkatasubba (🇺🇸 USA, 1730).

Arjun Kota (🇺🇸 USA, 1590) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Donald M Mason (4.0). Kota shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

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
🇺🇸Krishna Venkatasubba1730
Avg top 10
1,001
Participants
24
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·1590
    4.0pts·1719perf+14.0
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1716
    4.0pts·1838perf+12.4
  • 🥉
    —
    4.0pts·1695perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
2
2
5
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Mason44Kota4333
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Kota takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Donald M Mason beat FIDE 566006147 (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Donald M Mason went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Donald M Mason*
1
½
½
2FIDE 566006147
0
*——
3Arjun Kota
½
—*
1
4FIDE 566005728
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kota, Arjun1590USA=2B+8N=4N+15B+6N4.013.015.011.501719+14.0
2Mason, Donald M1716USA=1N+18B+3N=6B+12N4.013.014.010.501838+12.4
3FIDE 5660061470—+?B+?N−2B+?N+22B4.04.54.50.5016950.0
4McAlister, Kelvin1722USA=13B+5N=1B+19N−11B3.011.012.07.001590-7.2
5FIDE 399320100—=6N−4B+14N+?N=8B3.011.011.05.0016440.0
6FIDE 5660057280—=5B+?N+?B=2N−1B3.011.011.03.5016280.0
7Venkatasubba, Krishna1730USA=14B+13N=17NF+9B3.07.57.56.001551-9.2
8FIDE 399940820—=?N−1B+?B+?N=5N3.07.07.01.5013850.0
9FIDE 5660103570—+?B+10N−11B=22N−7N2.58.08.02.7517020.0
10FIDE 5660108700—+20N−9B+23N=17BF2.55.05.02.0015510.0
11FIDE 5660104460—FF+9N−12B+4N2.07.57.55.5017110.0
12Guan, Gus Lejia1700CANFF+22B+11N−2B2.06.56.52.50916-19.2
13FIDE 5660095450—=4N−7B=?B+?N−?B2.06.06.01.5013990.0
14FIDE 5660052050—=7N−?B−5B+?N=?B2.06.06.01.5014550.0
15FIDE 309903860—FF+?B−1N+?B2.04.04.00.007900.0
16FIDE 5660058410—FF=?B=?N=?B1.50.00.00.0015610.0
17Pranav, Eswar J1551INDFF=7B=10NF1.05.55.52.751730+4.6
18FIDE 5660050190—F−2N=?B−?B=24N1.04.54.50.259160.0
19FIDE 5660101280—−?BF+21N−4B−?N1.04.04.01.009220.0
20FIDE 399997690—−10B−?N=?BF=21N1.03.53.50.508730.0
21FIDE 399940310—FF−19B=?N=20B1.02.02.00.5015610.0
22FIDE 5580502720—FF−12N=9B−3N0.58.58.51.259000.0
23FIDE 5660019510—FF−10B=?N−?B0.52.52.50.007610.0
24FIDE 399742270—FF−?B−?N=18B0.51.01.00.508730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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