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CFCC 2026 Winter Open & Scholastic - Class A

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Orlando, FL, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1809, and top seed was Phillip Durand (🇺🇸 USA, 1982).

Jolie Huang (🇺🇸 USA, 1790) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Facundo Barthe (3.5) and Maksim Kalashnikov (3.5). Huang won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Richard Liu (1759) beat Phillip Durand (1982), a +223-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
🇺🇸Phillip Durand1982
Avg top 10
1,809
Participants
27
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Jolie Huang led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Huang5Kalashnikov3.5Barthe3.5Warekar3Firestone3Parizianu3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Jolie Huang never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jolie Huang beat Maksim Kalashnikov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jolie Huang 5 wins (R1–R5)Facundo Barthe 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jolie Huang*
1
1
—
2Maksim Kalashnikov
0
*——
3Facundo Barthe
0
—*—
4Aarna Nitin Warekar———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huang, Jolie1790USA+21B+3N+4B+22N+2B5.011.012.012.002534+68.0
2Barthe, Facundo1730USA=17N+8B+12N+9B−1N3.512.013.57.751873+37.6
3Kalashnikov, Maksim0RUS+25N−1B=18N+16B+22B3.59.09.53.7517390.0
4Firestone, Jack1767USA+27B+5B−1N−6N+12B3.013.013.55.501823+17.2
5Warekar, Aarna Nitin1797USA+16B−4N+19B=13N=6B3.09.511.05.501793-0.4
6Sha, Rui1836USAF+26N=13B+4B=5N3.08.58.56.001914+16.0
7Parizianu, Philip1765USAFF+25B+21N+23B3.02.52.52.502515+52.0
8Tadros, Nicholas1719USA=9B−2N=26B=11N+16B2.510.010.54.251681-10.4
9Sivaji, Hariharan1793FID=8N+17B+24B−2NF2.58.58.53.751797+0.2
10Pelen, Abdullah Yusuf1601TUR=12B=19N+21B−15N=18B2.57.08.03.501811+46.0
11Mcdonald, Kevin1629USAF−12N+27N=8B+14B2.57.07.03.751766+29.2
12Ward, Mike1683USA=10N+11B−2B=23N−4N2.011.512.54.251643-11.6
13Gao, Mark1680USAFF=6N=5B+15B2.08.08.05.001817+15.6
14Dande, Ridhaan1630USAFF+17N+24B−11N2.05.05.02.501787+25.2
15Griffin, Allan0USAFF+?B+10B−13N2.04.54.52.5016330.0
16Saha, Tanisha1595USA−5N+27B=23B−3N−8N1.510.010.51.001669+13.2
17Chintamani, Prajwal Reddy1706USA=2B−9N−14B+25NF1.58.58.52.251602-7.6
18Waghmode, Hrehaan1750USAFF=3B=20N=10N1.57.57.53.751789+3.2
19Toth, Joseph Daniel1741USAF=10B−5N+26N−20B1.57.57.51.751671-17.6
20Durand, Phillip1982USAFF−22N=18B+19N1.54.04.02.251751-17.4
21Cote, Gary1685USA−1N+25B−10N−7BF1.011.011.00.501495-19.6
22Liu, Richard1759USAFF+20B−1B−3N1.010.010.01.501886+12.8
23Legg, Peyton M1849USAFF=16N=12B−7N1.06.56.51.751556-47.2
24Tobergte, Jeffrey1726USAFF−9N−14N+26B1.05.05.00.501568-25.6
25Sundarapandian, Aadarsh1602USA−3B−21N−7N−17B=27N0.59.09.50.251361-42.4
26Bandaru, Arhan1658USAF−6B=8N−19B−24N0.58.08.01.251434-38.4
27Siliveri, Sree Harsha1651USA−4N−16N−11BF=25B0.57.57.50.251325-61.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets