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2026 (58th) Virginia Open - Amateur (U1800)

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Dulles, Virginia, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1600, and top seed was Charles Green (🇺🇸 USA, 1728).

Arnav Krishna Sripadam (🇮🇳 IND, 1572) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Tyler Wang (4.0). Sripadam shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Shirish Chitnis (1450) beat Charles Green (1728), a +278-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
🇺🇸Charles Green1728
Avg top 10
1,600
Participants
29
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×16
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
4
2
3
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Sripadam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arnav Krishna Sripadam drew with Tyler Wang (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arnav Krishna Sripadam 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 39971732 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Arnav Krishna Sripadam*
½
½
2Tyler Wang
½
*
3FIDE 39971732
½
*
4Timothy Sean Paper*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arnav Krishna Sripadam1572IND+13N+6B+25N=3N=2B4.014.015.011.001842+39.2
2Wang, Tyler1649USA+7N+21B=4N+17B=1N4.013.015.011.251702+8.0
3FIDE 399717320+?N+12B+8N=1B=?N4.09.59.57.5015610.0
4Enkhchimeg, GalsandorjWCM1678MGL+19B=5N=2B=14N+18B3.512.514.59.501671-0.8
5Paper, Timothy Sean1690USA+20N=4B=14N=7B+8N3.512.014.09.501722+6.8
6FIDE 5660022810+28B1N=22B+?N+?B3.55.55.50.757730.0
7Covey, Theodore1479USA2B+28N+11B=5N=9B3.013.013.05.751659+28.4
8Traynor, Zach1509CAN+15B+22N3B+19N5B3.012.013.56.001577+7.2
9Srinivasan, Vignesh0USA?N+20B=10N+13B=7N3.010.510.57.5015160.0
10Sankay, Aran0USAF=11N=9B+22N+19B3.09.09.06.2516350.0
11Burke Sr, Crecencio V1635USA=14N=10B7N+21B=12N2.511.013.06.00679-28.4
12Dasgupta, Arthit0USA+16B3N19B+29N=11B2.511.011.03.7516350.0
13Peng, Ellen Jia-Ning1501USA1B=16N+24B9N+26B2.510.511.53.25773-16.0
14Otto, Jeffrey M0USA=11B+24N=5B=4BF2.510.510.55.7516680.0
15Arunagiri, Sathiesh1462USA8N=27B23N+20B+24N2.57.58.03.251562+14.4
16FIDE 566002427012N=13B+27N?B+23N2.57.07.03.2516340.0
17Garg, Ryan0USA=18B+?N+?B2NF2.56.56.51.258520.0
18Wagh, Sidhaant Prasad0USA=17N+?B+?N?B4N2.56.06.01.258780.0
19FIDE 3991181004N+29B+12N8B10N2.012.012.02.507940.0
20Chitnis, Shirish1450USA5B9N+28B15N+27B2.09.59.50.501502+3.0
21FIDE 5660023110+?B2N?B11N+29B2.06.56.50.008440.0
22FIDE 5660027700+27N8B=6N10BF1.510.010.02.2516190.0
23Huber, Frank0USA=?B?N+15B?N16B1.55.05.02.5014830.0
24FIDE 5660028850F14B13N+28N15B1.07.57.50.006820.0
25Chintalacheruvu, Aarush1556USA+29NF1BFF1.04.04.00.00773-18.8
26FIDE 399928530F?B?N+?B13N1.02.52.50.007000.0
27Green, Charles1728USA22B=15N16BF20N0.58.58.51.251264-46.0
28FIDE 3996501506N7B20N24B?N0.09.59.50.006650.0
29FIDE 566002893025B19NF12B21N0.07.57.50.007550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets