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2nd Annual MLK Day Open - U2000

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1704, and top seed was Pitso Refilwe (🇧🇼 BOT, WCM, 1804).

Kairav Patel (🇺🇸 USA, 1748) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Antariksh Baksi (3.5) and Usara Evin Madirawalage (3.0). Patel won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Chloe Liu (1495) beat Pitso Refilwe (WCM, 1804), a +309-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇼WCMPitso Refilwe1804
Avg top 10
1,704
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇧🇼Botswana×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Haldankar takes lead
Patel3.5Baksi3.5Haldankar3Madirawalage3Jawaghar2.5Liu2.5
R3 · LEADER CHANGE17 Jan

Atharva Amit Haldankar takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Patel takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Antariksh Baksi won 3 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kairav Patel*——
1
2Antariksh Baksi—*——
3Atharva Amit Haldankar——*—
4Usara Evin Madirawalage
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Patel, Kairav1748USA+21N+3B−9N=12B+5N3.59.510.57.501674-10.8
2Baksi, Antariksh1643USA+25BF+6N+9B=12N3.57.07.06.002337+28.4
3Madirawalage, Usara Evin1428USA+26N−1N=10B+19B=7N3.09.510.04.251641+33.6
4Haldankar, Atharva Amit1660USA=6N+5B+18N=14B−9N3.09.010.56.251647-1.6
5Sivaraju, Subbu1469USA=10B−4N+24B+16N−1B2.510.011.03.501514+5.6
6Liu, Chloe1495USA=4B+13N−2B+23NF2.59.59.54.501783+59.2
7Jawaghar, Jeevanth1574USAF=16N+23B=22N=3B2.56.56.53.751676+21.6
8Colson, Walker1544USAFF=?B+25B+11N2.52.52.52.5017210.0
9He, Jayden1578USAFF+1B−2N+4B2.010.010.06.501808+37.2
10Vance, Eric1344USA=5N=17B=3N=11B−?N2.09.09.04.5015450.0
11Sosa, Grey1701USA−16B+25N=17B=10N−8B2.07.58.02.251360-17.8
12Walter, Peter1632USAFF+?B=1N=2B2.07.07.03.5016790.0
13Pitso RefilweWCM1804BOT=17N−6B+21N=18BF2.06.56.52.501562-23.2
14Yao, Annie1644USAFF+16B=4N=20N2.06.06.03.751766+20.0
15FIDE 399796791414—FF=?B=?N+16B2.01.51.51.5015900.0
16Cromartie, Julius1509USA+11N=7B−14N−5B−15N1.59.011.03.251510-0.8
17Yang, Ningxiu Matthew1597USA=13B=10N=11N−20B−19N1.57.59.03.001627+4.8
18Sunagatullin, Mark1691USAFF−4B=13N+22B1.56.06.02.001740+8.0
19Chodniewicz, Beckham1393USAFF=22B−3N+17B1.55.55.52.0015890.0
20Zeng, Michael1752USAFFF+17N=14B1.53.53.52.501814+5.6
21Kaul, Anika Shambhavi1464USA−1B+26N−13BFF1.06.06.00.501593+16.4
22Balaji, Tanav1755USAFF=19N=7B−18N1.05.55.52.001440-33.2
23Vadlamani, Arjun1646USAFF−7N−6B+26N1.05.55.50.501433-34.4
24Chari, Vyas1339USAFF−5N+26BF1.03.03.00.5015370.0
25Viswanath, Lakshmana1491USA−2N−11B=26B−8NF0.58.58.50.2513760.0
26Yandrapati, Nirvaan1604USA−3B−21B=25N−24N−23B0.56.06.50.25707-75.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets