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2026 Queen City FIDE - Open

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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.

Location
🇺🇸Cincinnati, OH, United States
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,084
Participants
33
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×29
🇮🇳India×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
9
2
3
2
1234R1R2R3R4
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Balyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (6.5).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balyan, Aryan2014USA+15B+13N=7B+18N3.56.58.06.752120+7.0
2Burnett, RonaldIM2258USA+27B=8N+19B+7N3.56.57.56.252227-1.0
3Storn, Justin2054USA=14N+22B=8N+13B3.06.58.05.752005-3.4
4Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM2360ESP+33B=12N=18B+17N3.05.55.53.752233-2.6
5Chung, Maxwell1744USA=29N=20B+21N+12N3.05.06.04.751848+21.6
6Friedman, David1847USA=26B+32N=12B+19N3.04.55.03.501982+10.8
7Prem, Muthu Avaneesh1936USA+28B+16N=1N2B2.59.010.04.752153+42.8
8Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1910USA+30N=2B=3B=10N2.59.09.55.002097+37.2
9Bauml, Broderick Kenneth2127USA+24B18N+15B=11N2.56.07.54.752053-6.4
10Liu, Chris Ping1990USA=22N=14B+24N=8B2.56.07.54.501901-17.6
11Anandheri Kandadai, Srihari1759USA=20N=21B+26N=9B2.55.56.53.751858+18.4
12Jha, Keya1933USA+23N=4B=6N5B2.09.010.54.501910-9.2
13Bize, Nicholas Tim1836USA+31B1B+23N3N2.08.08.52.001845+1.6
14Yilanli, Mehmet1790USA=3B=10N+16BF2.07.57.54.752203+60.0
15Mukherjee, Sathvik1767USA1N+30B9N+28B2.07.07.51.501899+23.6
16Wang, EigenFM2211USA+25N7B14N+20B2.06.07.53.001842-31.8
17Pendurti, Pranav1839USA=32B=26N+31N4B2.04.55.01.251872+1.6
18Livinskyi, Akim0USAF+9B=4N1B1.59.09.04.0021670.0
19Kleban, Joseph W1858USA=21N+29B2N6B1.58.09.01.751704-34.0
20Arvind, Charithra C1623USA=11B=5N=25B16N1.57.59.03.501743+19.6
21Panciu, Olivia1524USA=19B=11N5B=27N1.57.08.02.501687+28.8
22Nadathur, Hari Rangan1711USA=10B3N=28B=30N1.56.57.02.001787+5.2
23McCrea, Ryan A1714USA12B+27N13B=25N1.55.56.51.751738+1.8
24Thompson, Joel Andrew1812USA9N+33N10B=31B1.55.55.50.251831+0.4
25Aaryn Rudrapati1795IND16B=28N=20N=23B1.55.06.02.001733-19.2
26Fleischman, Bryan Austin Wayne1778USA=6N=17B11BF1.07.57.52.501690-14.0
27Park, Colin1734USA2N23B=29N=21B1.06.57.51.251534-45.6
28Papineni, Aarush1749USA7N=25B=22N15N1.06.07.51.501610-28.8
29Pranav, Eswar J1535IND=5B19N=27BF1.05.55.52.001654+16.0
30Chen, Megan1702USA8B15NF=22B0.56.06.00.751523-12.8
31Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya1597USA13NF17B=24N0.55.55.50.751556-5.2
32FIDE 5660036790=17N6BFF0.55.05.01.0016500.0
33Green, Liberty V1957USA4N24BFF0.04.54.50.001285-30.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets