2026 Lone Star Open
SwissStandard
61 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2212, and top seed was Julio Catalino Sadorra (🇵🇭 PHI, GM, 2555).
Nicolas De La Colina (🇺🇸 USA, 2158) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Raja Harshit (4.5) and Vaseegaran Nandhakumar (4.0). De La Colina won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Jeevanth Jawaghar (1603) beat Oscar Y Zhang (1936), a +333-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 4
GM×3
FM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×50
🇮🇳India×2
🇵🇭Philippines×2
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
7
4
4
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. De La Colina takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
GM Raja Harshit 3 wins (R1–R3)Nicolas De La Colina 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De La Colina, Nicolas | 2158 | USA | +43B | +13N | +11B | =4N | +6B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 12.75 | 2518 | +38.2 |
| 2 | Raja HarshitGM | 2472 | IND | +12B | +41N | +32B | =6N | +4B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 11.75 | 2616 | +8.6 |
| 3 | Nandhakumar, VaseegaranFM | 2073 | USA | +46B | +49N | −4B | +40B | +11N | 4.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 2185 | +14.2 |
| 4 | Sadorra, Julio CatalinoGM | 2555 | PHI | +35N | +14B | +3N | =1B | −2N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 11.25 | 2368 | -7.9 |
| 5 | Burd, Leonid | 1932 | USA | +22B | =42N | +8B | =9N | =7B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 10.25 | 2070 | +19.6 |
| 6 | Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM | 2478 | COL | +61N | +44B | +21N | =2B | −1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.25 | 2322 | -6.4 |
| 7 | Anandh, Vijay Srinivas | 2190 | USA | +55N | =40B | =28N | +23B | =5N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 2025 | -31.6 |
| 8 | Tran, Minh | 1995 | USA | +26N | =48B | −5N | +34B | +40N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1855 | -11.0 |
| 9 | Meng, Joshua | 2105 | USA | +52B | +36N | F | =5B | +28N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.25 | 2208 | +14.0 |
| 10 | Zheng, Zhaoxing | 1971 | USA | F | +33B | =48N | +29B | +32B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.00 | 2169 | +15.8 |
| 11 | Kandikayala, Srikar | 1987 | USA | +56N | +34B | −1N | +19B | −3B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1901 | -13.6 |
| 12 | Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki | 1950 | IND | −2N | +39B | +54N | =16B | =14N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1975 | +2.8 |
| 13 | Bhaskaran, Siddharth | 1953 | USA | +57N | −1B | +27N | =21B | =16N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1952 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Sustento, Brandon | 1871 | USA | +37B | −4N | +51B | =20N | =12B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1877 | +2.0 |
| 15 | Chetlapalli, Vishnu | 1914 | USA | −24N | +31B | +52N | +18B | −21N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 1947 | +10.0 |
| 16 | Zhang, Oscar Y | 1936 | USA | −20B | +47N | +45B | =12N | =13B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1818 | -22.8 |
| 17 | Walker, Locke Scovell | 1701 | USA | F | +26B | F | +22N | +25B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2667 | +55.6 |
| 18 | Boudreaux, Floyd | 1974 | USA | F | +55B | +42B | −15N | +20B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1893 | -4.6 |
| 19 | Wu, Zekai B | 1783 | USA | F | +56B | +57B | −11N | +45B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1850 | +10.8 |
| 20 | Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1603 | USA | +16N | −53B | +44N | =14B | −18N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1913 | +72.0 |
| 21 | Gardezi, Arsal | 2063 | USA | F | +51N | −6B | =13N | +15B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 2093 | +6.0 |
| 22 | Nguyen, Thanh | 1713 | USA | −5N | +50N | =41B | −17B | +34N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1744 | +4.0 |
| 23 | Le-Tran, Leo | 1901 | USA | −42B | +46N | +37B | −7N | =26B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1777 | -24.0 |
| 24 | Mehmetoglu, Eldar | 1845 | TUR | +15B | −32N | =36B | −25N | +59B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1853 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Gu, Samuel | 2021 | USA | =33N | +60B | −40N | +24B | −17N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1699 | -66.4 |
| 26 | Dove, James | 0 | USA | −8B | −17N | +59B | +58N | =23N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Wang, Nathan Zicheng | 1650 | USA | F | =45N | −13B | +43N | +35B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 1897 | +50.4 |
| 28 | Yuan, Owen | 1940 | USA | F | +58N | =7B | +53N | −9B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 2083 | +22.0 |
| 29 | Swain, Hridarsh | 1731 | USA | F | +30B | +58B | −10N | =41N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1748 | +1.2 |
| 30 | FIDE 566009111 | 0 | — | F | −29N | =47B | +55B | +50N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1723 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Wang, Yixin | 1687 | USA | F | −15N | +56B | +57N | =44N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1772 | +11.6 |
| 32 | Elliott, Alexander | 2005 | USA | F | +24B | −2N | +48B | −10N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 2010 | -1.6 |
| 33 | Samples, Lincoln | 1777 | USA | =25B | −10N | +38B | =35N | −36B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1781 | -0.8 |
| 34 | Muthukumar, Ajay | 0 | USA | +50B | −11N | +49B | −8N | −22B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1767 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Maddipati, Srihas | 1852 | USA | −4B | =38N | +60N | =33B | −27N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1627 | -50.0 |
| 36 | Kumar, Anirudh | 1821 | USA | F | −9B | =24N | =41B | +33N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1910 | +17.2 |
| 37 | Chen, Yiheng Ethan | 1590 | USA | −14N | +61B | −23N | −49B | +47B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1705 | +26.0 |
| 38 | Baksi, Antariksh | 1593 | USA | F | =35B | −33N | =47N | +57B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1623 | +2.4 |
| 39 | Ratheesh, Nived | 1718 | USA | F | −12N | −43B | +59N | +58B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1069 | -24.4 |
| 40 | Reyes, Oshrie Jhames | 1817 | PHI | F | =7N | +25B | −3N | −8B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1983 | +28.0 |
| 41 | Dumitru, Eric Alexander | 1907 | USA | F | −2B | =22N | =36N | =29B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1807 | -27.2 |
| 42 | Yang, Ningxiu Matthew | 1602 | USA | +23N | =5B | −18N | −44B | F | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1822 | +36.8 |
| 43 | Brack, Frank | 1788 | USA | −1N | −54B | +39N | −27B | =56N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1599 | -27.4 |
| 44 | Bee, Leonel | 1830 | USA | F | −6N | −20B | +42N | =31B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1694 | -33.6 |
| 45 | Ni, Alan | 1613 | USA | F | =27B | −16N | +60B | −19N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1516 | -14.4 |
| 46 | Krishnan, Anish | 1726 | USA | −3N | −23B | =55N | −50B | +60N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 1538 | -34.4 |
| 47 | Zheng, Philip T | 1614 | USA | F | −16B | =30N | =38B | −37N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1435 | -27.2 |
| 48 | Joseph, Julian | 1818 | USA | F | =8N | =10B | −32N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1865 | +7.2 |
| 49 | Yao, Annie | 1719 | USA | F | −3B | −34N | +37N | −51B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1634 | -16.8 |
| 50 | Lan, Kai Zhou | 1779 | USA | −34N | −22B | F | +46N | −30B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1720 | -6.4 |
| 51 | He, Jayden | 1616 | USA | F | −21B | −14N | F | +49N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1743 | +14.8 |
| 52 | Chipfurutse, Alois | 1800 | ZIM | −9N | +59N | −15B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1209 | -9.6 |
| 53 | Parker, Anthony | 1954 | USA | F | +20N | F | −28B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1769 | -8.2 |
| 54 | Arellano, Santiago | 1642 | USA | F | +43N | −12B | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1869 | +22.4 |
| 55 | Sripada, Vishnu | 1688 | USA | −7B | −18N | =46B | −30N | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.75 | 1656 | -7.6 |
| 56 | Tran, Nguyen | 1572 | USA | −11B | −19N | −31N | F | =43B | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1488 | -14.4 |
| 57 | Krafka, John | 0 | USA | −13B | F | −19N | −31B | −38N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 957 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 566009090 | 0 | — | F | −28B | −29N | −26B | −39N | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 996 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 566009081 | 0 | — | F | −52B | −26N | −39B | −24N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 986 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 566005469 | 0 | — | F | −25N | −35B | −45N | −46B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1004 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Seelam, Tanish | 1781 | USA | −6B | −37N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1086 | -33.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jawaghar, JeevanthUSA+72.02.5 pts · #15
- 2Walker, Locke ScovellUSA+55.63.0 pts · #20
- 3Wang, Nathan ZichengUSA+50.42.5 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Gu, SamuelUSA-66.42.5 pts · #38
- 2Maddipati, SrihasUSA-50.02.0 pts · #47
- 3Krishnan, AnishUSA-34.41.5 pts · #48
Biggest upsets
- R1+333 Elo gap
- R5+320 Elo gap
- R5+320 Elo gap