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CFCC 2026 Winter Open & Scholastic - Master-Expert

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Orlando, FL, United States. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2275, and top seed was Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2557).

Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2557) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Annmarie Muetsch (4.0) and Igor Novikov (3.5). Sonis won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Antony Gospodinov (1977) beat Yans Richard Girones Barrios (FM, 2385), a +408-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Orlando, FL, United States
Dates
16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇹GMFrancesco Sonis2557
Avg top 10
2,275
Participants
33
Titled players · 10
GM×3
FM×3
CM×2
WIM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇨🇺Cuba×3
🇮🇹Italy×2
🇧🇪Belgium×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Francesco Sonis led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Francesco Sonis never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Francesco Sonis beat WIM Annmarie Muetsch (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Francesco Sonis 5 wins (R1–R5)WIM Annmarie Muetsch 3 wins (R3–R5)GM Igor Novikov 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMFrancesco Sonis*
1
1
2WIMAnnmarie Muetsch
0
*
3GMIgor Novikov
0
*
4Lyubomir Gospodinov*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sonis, FrancescoGM2557ITA+7B+2N+28B+6N+3B5.013.513.513.503039+7.8
2Muetsch, AnnmarieWIM2242BEL+30B1B+17N+28N+6B4.010.010.05.002276+7.4
3Novikov, IgorGM2483USA=9N+20B+13N+14B1N3.513.014.58.002396-2.4
4Girones Barrios, Yans RichardFM2385CUB+17N6B+22N+12B=5N3.511.012.57.752142-10.8
5Gospodinov, Lyubomir2022USA=21B=16N+32B+29N=4B3.57.57.53.752136+14.2
6Gospodinov, Antony1977USA+25B+4N+29B1B2N3.013.513.54.502219+27.4
7Gueci, TeaWIM2143ITA1N+30B=20N=10B+12N3.012.012.04.752099-5.4
8Cruz Mendez, Jean MarcoFM2195CUB=12N=9B=10N+31B=11N3.011.511.55.752025-19.0
9Sattaru, Sritej Sai1998USA=3B=8N+33N=23B=13N3.010.510.55.252192+48.0
10Jimenez Leyva, Diego2019CUB14N+27B=8B=7N+17N3.010.510.55.002149+23.2
11Ziegler, Nate2046USA+27N=14B12N+20B=8B3.09.59.54.252090+6.0
12Rea, Andrew1903USA=8B+15N+11B4N7B2.512.515.07.002116+24.8
13Yang, MaxwellCM2088USAF+21N3B+18N=9B2.510.010.05.002120+5.2
14Flom, GabrielGM2422FRA+10B=11N+31B3NF2.59.59.54.502238-6.7
15Long, Rick1891USA20N12B+27N+26B=22N2.56.06.01.251779-25.2
16Sha, YiCM2019USAF=5B23N+32N+29B2.55.05.01.752069+10.8
17Jani, Aakash1838USA4B+25N2B+33N10B2.011.511.51.001936+16.4
18Wang, Stone1769USAFF+19N13B+31N2.04.54.52.001923+6.4
19Lacey, William0USAFF18B+27N+21B2.03.53.51.5018090.0
20Elvers, Tristan1838USA+15B3N=7B11N24N1.512.013.54.001926+16.0
21Hardison, William K1839USA=5N13B=26N=24B19N1.59.510.02.751916+14.0
22Brovman, Daniel1882USAFF4B+25N=15B1.57.07.02.251994+13.2
23Acor, CoreyFM2177USAFF+16B=9NF1.55.55.54.002203+1.2
24Victoria, Narciso2058USAFFF=21N+20B1.53.03.02.252029-1.2
25Bello Diaz, Juan Jose1808VEN6N17B+30N22BF1.06.56.50.001689-12.2
26Roy, Ayush1841USAFF=21B15NF0.54.04.00.751669-17.6
27FIDE 39952533011B10N15B19BF0.010.510.50.0011860.0
28Markovic, Goran1963USAFF1N2BF0.09.09.00.001503-5.0
29Maddikonda, Ayush1929USAFF6N5B16N0.09.09.00.001207-46.8
30Sahai, Neel1830USA2N7N25BFF0.08.08.00.001260-15.0
31Kristjansson, Alexander1756USAFF14N8N18B0.07.57.50.001232-24.8
32Qian, Evan Zeyu1765USAFF5N16BF0.06.06.00.001222-15.2
33Tal, Daniel1739USAFF9B17BF0.05.05.00.001118-22.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets