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2026 (58th) Virginia Open - Championship

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34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Dulles, Virginia, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1958, and top seed was Vaibhav Kalpaka (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2184).

Vaibhav Kalpaka (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2184) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Alan Zishun Chen (4.0) and Ronen Wilson (3.5). Kalpaka won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Charles Wang (1496) beat Alexander Zheng Zhou (1803), a +307-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Dulles, Virginia, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳FMVaibhav Kalpaka2184
Avg top 10
1,958
Participants
34
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×31
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Vaibhav Kalpaka won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVaibhav Kalpaka*
1
2Alan Zishun Chen*
3Konstantin Molodtsov*
4FMRonen Wilson
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vaibhav KalpakaFM2184IND+10B+5N+3B+9N=7N4.513.516.514.752306+9.2
2Chen, Alan Zishun2000USA=8N+27B=18N+17B+11N4.010.011.59.001913-13.6
3Wilson, RonenFM2108USA+16N+14B1N=4B+21B3.513.015.08.752024-12.8
4Ramnath, Architsai1881USA+11B=21N+20B=3N=6B3.512.014.09.502010+34.0
5Yu, Yang1872USA+29N1B=17N+22B+19B3.510.511.56.001825-7.2
6Molodtsov, Konstantin1794USA=17N=19B+32N+12B=4N3.510.510.56.7517840.0
7Barrow, William J1916USA+34N+30BF+13N=1B3.58.08.05.752211+21.0
8Shah, Kanav1681USA=2B+28N13B=15N+18N3.011.012.56.751877+52.0
9Martin, Zachary1984USA+26B+23NF1B+14N3.010.510.56.002070+9.4
10Nichols, Joshua A0USA1N+29B12N+32B+17N3.010.510.53.0017250.0
11Bueltmann-Prok, Lenny A1728USA4N+33B+30N+18B2B3.010.510.53.001845+23.6
12Murarka, Darsh1556USA30N+34B+10B6N+26N3.09.09.04.501618+8.8
13Samanta, Aayansh1886USAF=18B+8N7B+23N2.510.510.56.001882-1.2
14Sathiesh, Kavin C1832USA+31B3N+26B=21N9B2.510.010.53.001864+6.8
15Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric1812USA=22N17B+27N=8B=25N2.59.010.55.001625-48.0
16Wang, Miles1696USA3B=31N+28B=19N=20B2.59.09.53.751790+14.0
17Xu, Jason N1598USA=6B+15N=5B2N10B2.014.016.56.001869+50.8
18Motaharinezhad, Parsa1756USA+32B=13N=2B11N8B2.012.512.53.251698-16.8
19Wang, Charles1496USAF=6N+23B=16B5N2.011.511.55.001797+44.4
20Farrell, John1915USAF+22B4N=25B=16N2.010.010.04.251712-19.6
21Dokka, Tanush1745USA+33N=4BF=14B3N2.09.59.53.001815+6.4
22Naylor, Carla1564USA=15B20N+34B5N=28N2.09.59.52.001599+1.4
23Zhou, Alexander Zheng1803USA+24B9B19N+33N13B2.09.59.52.001562-48.8
24Sukkal, Nirav1571USA23N26N=29B=27B+32N2.06.06.01.251579-0.4
25Clark, Everitt R1684USAFF+31B=20N=15B2.05.05.02.751960+21.8
26Fang, Kevin1691USA9N+24B14N=29N12B1.510.511.52.501543-32.0
27Huang, Lucia1608USAF2N15B=24N+33B1.58.58.51.001521-14.8
28Patil, Aaradhya Nitin1570USAF8B16N+31N=22B1.58.08.01.501597+4.0
29Hanson, John E0USA5B10N=24N=26BF1.010.010.01.7515860.0
30Pabalan, Edward M1743USA+12B7N11BFF1.09.59.53.001608-10.6
31Jupally, Vedh1779USA14N=16B25N28BF0.58.58.51.251379-76.4
32Bhattacharyya, Rishik1569USA18NF6B10N24B0.010.510.50.00907-38.0
33FIDE 39984591021B11NF23B27N0.08.58.50.009240.0
34FIDE 3996102807B12N22NFF0.08.58.50.008780.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets