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2026 February Wilson Chess FIDE Plus Score - Major

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18 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 08 Feb 2026 in Lisle, IL, United States. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1910, and top seed was Chan Julian Alvarez Albo (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2197).

Mark P Hamilton (🇺🇸 USA, 1840) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Chan Julian Alvarez Albo (2.5) and Rohan Menon (2.5). Hamilton shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Matthew Simpson (1696) beat Ashvath Reddy Pittala (1847), a +151-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Lisle, IL, United States
Dates
08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺FMChan Julian Alvarez Albo2197
Avg top 10
1,910
Participants
18
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×16
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
3
11.52.53R1R2R3
Hamilton2.5Alvarez Albo2.5Menon2.5Lee2Higuchi2Shrigadi2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 2.5/3. Hamilton takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mark P Hamilton drew with FM Chan Julian Alvarez Albo (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Mark P Hamilton*
½
—
1
2FMChan Julian Alvarez Albo
½
*——
3Rohan Menon——*—
4Justin Lee
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hamilton, Mark P1840USA+5N+4B=2B2.54.56.55.252290+32.6
2Alvarez Albo, Chan JulianFM2197CUB+11N+8B=1N2.54.05.03.752138-2.4
3Menon, Rohan1886USA+10N=7B+12B2.53.04.03.252005+16.0
4Lee, Justin1957USA+17B−1N+7N2.04.04.01.501903-7.6
5Higuchi, Hiro1897USA−1B+17N+11B2.03.53.51.001958+4.8
6Shrigadi, Aryan1895USA+16N+9BF2.02.02.02.002529+11.4
7Simpson, Matthew1696USA+13B=3N−4B1.54.55.52.251897+30.8
8Elferachi, Said1895USA+18B−2N=9N1.54.04.00.751863-3.4
9Bafia, Nathaniel1667USA+14N−6N=8B1.53.54.51.751866+30.8
10Lavanur, Mahendra1825USA−3B=13N+16B1.53.54.01.001841+2.4
11Xia, ElizabethWCM1860USA−2B+18N−5N1.04.54.50.001814-10.0
12Gurramkonda, Varun1675USAF+15B−3N1.03.53.51.001086-9.2
13Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1847USA−7N=10B=14N1.03.04.01.251651-31.6
14Turba, Timur1807USA−9B=16N=13B1.02.53.00.751643-26.0
15Chute, Ryan Michael0USAF−12N+17B1.01.01.00.0017370.0
16Jayam, Srikar1791USA−6B=14B−10N0.53.54.50.501569-31.6
17Avanish Ram Amarnath1799IND−4N−5B−15N0.04.05.00.001127-26.4
18Ramkumar, Gautham1724USA−8N−11BF0.02.52.50.001077-23.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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