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January 2026 ICA FIDE Championship

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28 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Glen Rock, NJ, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1886, and top seed was Erick Garcia (🇺🇸 USA, 2085).

Erick Garcia (🇺🇸 USA, 2085) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Lilianna Gao (3.0) and Anthony Kozikowski (3.0). Garcia won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Liam Siu (1665) beat Alan Stolyarov (1926), a +261-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Glen Rock, NJ, United States
Dates
10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Erick Garcia2085
Avg top 10
1,886
Participants
28
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Erick Garcia led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
1
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
Garcia3.5Kozikowski3Gao3Ballantyne2.5Doddapaneni2.5Treger2.5
R2–R4 · LEAD HELD

Erick Garcia held the sole lead from R2 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Erick Garcia 3 wins (R1–R3)Anthony Kozikowski 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Erick Garcia*——
½
2Anthony Kozikowski—*——
3WCMLilianna Gao——*—
4Rochelle Ballantyne
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Garcia, Erick2085USA+13N+14B+4N=5B3.57.09.07.752133+3.8
2Gao, LiliannaWCM1802USA+17N=7B=8B+11N3.06.58.05.751891+17.2
3Kozikowski, Anthony1920USAF+19B+6N+9B3.06.06.06.002512+15.6
4Treger, Yefim1923USA=10B+16N−1B+8N2.57.59.04.501900-3.6
5Ballantyne, Rochelle1931TTOF+10N+15B=1N2.57.07.05.252106+13.0
6Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1749USA+18B=8N−3B+15N2.56.58.04.001846+20.8
7Xu, Kevin1731USA+23B=2N+12BF2.56.06.04.502058+37.6
8Siu, Liam1665USA+12B=6B=2N−4B2.08.010.04.751854+32.8
9Diao, Sujia1860USA+20B=15N=11B−3N2.06.58.03.251759-21.6
10Velampalli, Akhil1675USA=4N−5B=16B+24N2.06.57.53.001753+10.0
11Chu, Leon1714USA+24N=22B=9N−2B2.06.57.52.751676-6.8
12Stolyarov, Alan1926USA−8N+18B−7N+20N2.06.07.53.001674-24.8
13Wu, Darren1681USA−1B+25N+23BF2.05.55.52.001852+11.6
14Chen, Hao1718USA+25B−1N+24BF2.05.55.52.0018520.0
15Liang, Melanie1723USA+21N=9B−5N−6B1.57.08.52.501691-11.2
16Bas, Goktug1760USA=19N−4B=10N=18B1.56.07.52.501613-32.8
17Nguyen, Sarah1650USA−2B−23N+19N=21B1.56.07.02.251637-8.0
18Sengupta, Nevan1618USA−6N−12N+25B=16N1.56.07.01.751676+2.4
19Birudavolu, Sathvik1540USA=16B−3N−17B+23N1.56.07.01.751516-3.6
20Andrei, Bryan1658USA−9N+21B=26N−12B1.55.56.52.001614-11.6
21Jiang, Shawn1575USA−15B−20N+28B=17N1.54.54.50.751593+2.4
22Tanaka, Takki1787USA+28B=11NFF1.52.02.01.001873+13.2
23Rosales, Justin1500USA−7N+17B−13N−19B1.06.07.51.5014610.0
24Sandeep Kumar, Arav1517USA−11B+28N−14N−10B1.06.06.00.0015540.0
25Xu, Mark1626USA−14N−13B−18N+28N1.05.55.50.001541-12.0
26Bangaru, Sahishn Sai1469USAF=27N=20BF1.02.02.01.001750+27.6
27Tripodi, Matthew1867USAF=26BFF0.51.01.00.501467-8.4
28Liang, Jerry1639USA−22N−24B−21N−25B0.04.05.00.00844-59.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets