2026 Queen City FIDE - Open
33 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Cincinnati, OH, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2084, and top seed was Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2360).
Aryan Balyan (🇺🇸 USA, 2014) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Ronald Burnett (3.5) and Justin Storn (3.0). Balyan shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Mehmet Yilanli (1790) beat Eigen Wang (FM, 2211), a +421-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Balyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balyan, Aryan | 2014 | USA | +15B | +13N | =7B | +18N | 3.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 2120 | +7.0 |
| 2 | Burnett, RonaldIM | 2258 | USA | +27B | =8N | +19B | +7N | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.25 | 2227 | -1.0 |
| 3 | Storn, Justin | 2054 | USA | =14N | +22B | =8N | +13B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 5.75 | 2005 | -3.4 |
| 4 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM | 2360 | ESP | +33B | =12N | =18B | +17N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.75 | 2233 | -2.6 |
| 5 | Chung, Maxwell | 1744 | USA | =29N | =20B | +21N | +12N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1848 | +21.6 |
| 6 | Friedman, David | 1847 | USA | =26B | +32N | =12B | +19N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1982 | +10.8 |
| 7 | Prem, Muthu Avaneesh | 1936 | USA | +28B | +16N | =1N | −2B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 2153 | +42.8 |
| 8 | Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin | 1910 | USA | +30N | =2B | =3B | =10N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 2097 | +37.2 |
| 9 | Bauml, Broderick Kenneth | 2127 | USA | +24B | −18N | +15B | =11N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.75 | 2053 | -6.4 |
| 10 | Liu, Chris Ping | 1990 | USA | =22N | =14B | +24N | =8B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1901 | -17.6 |
| 11 | Anandheri Kandadai, Srihari | 1759 | USA | =20N | =21B | +26N | =9B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1858 | +18.4 |
| 12 | Jha, Keya | 1933 | USA | +23N | =4B | =6N | −5B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1910 | -9.2 |
| 13 | Bize, Nicholas Tim | 1836 | USA | +31B | −1B | +23N | −3N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1845 | +1.6 |
| 14 | Yilanli, Mehmet | 1790 | USA | =3B | =10N | +16B | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.75 | 2203 | +60.0 |
| 15 | Mukherjee, Sathvik | 1767 | USA | −1N | +30B | −9N | +28B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1899 | +23.6 |
| 16 | Wang, EigenFM | 2211 | USA | +25N | −7B | −14N | +20B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1842 | -31.8 |
| 17 | Pendurti, Pranav | 1839 | USA | =32B | =26N | +31N | −4B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1872 | +1.6 |
| 18 | Livinskyi, Akim | 0 | USA | F | +9B | =4N | −1B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 2167 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kleban, Joseph W | 1858 | USA | =21N | +29B | −2N | −6B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1704 | -34.0 |
| 20 | Arvind, Charithra C | 1623 | USA | =11B | =5N | =25B | −16N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1743 | +19.6 |
| 21 | Panciu, Olivia | 1524 | USA | =19B | =11N | −5B | =27N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1687 | +28.8 |
| 22 | Nadathur, Hari Rangan | 1711 | USA | =10B | −3N | =28B | =30N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1787 | +5.2 |
| 23 | McCrea, Ryan A | 1714 | USA | −12B | +27N | −13B | =25N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1738 | +1.8 |
| 24 | Thompson, Joel Andrew | 1812 | USA | −9N | +33N | −10B | =31B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1831 | +0.4 |
| 25 | Aaryn Rudrapati | 1795 | IND | −16B | =28N | =20N | =23B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1733 | -19.2 |
| 26 | Fleischman, Bryan Austin Wayne | 1778 | USA | =6N | =17B | −11B | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1690 | -14.0 |
| 27 | Park, Colin | 1734 | USA | −2N | −23B | =29N | =21B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1534 | -45.6 |
| 28 | Papineni, Aarush | 1749 | USA | −7N | =25B | =22N | −15N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1610 | -28.8 |
| 29 | Pranav, Eswar J | 1535 | IND | =5B | −19N | =27B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1654 | +16.0 |
| 30 | Chen, Megan | 1702 | USA | −8B | −15N | F | =22B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1523 | -12.8 |
| 31 | Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya | 1597 | USA | −13N | F | −17B | =24N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1556 | -5.2 |
| 32 | FIDE 566003679 | 0 | — | =17N | −6B | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1650 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Green, Liberty V | 1957 | USA | −4N | −24B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1285 | -30.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Yilanli, MehmetUSA+60.02.0 pts · #11
- 2Prem, Muthu AvaneeshUSA+42.82.5 pts · #4
- 3Iranian Prabhu Kumar, AshwinUSA+37.22.5 pts · #9
- 1Park, ColinUSA-45.61.0 pts · #27
- 2Kleban, Joseph WUSA-34.01.5 pts · #18
- 3Wang, EigenFMUSA-31.82.0 pts · #12
- R3+421 Elo gap
- R2+275 Elo gap
- R4+189 Elo gap