2026 April ICA FIDE Championship
24 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Glen Rock, NJ, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1982, and top seed was Bryce Tiglon (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2529).
Mark Leo Kogan (🇺🇸 USA, 2026) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Bryce Tiglon (3.5) and Aditeya Das (3.0). Kogan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Melanie Liang (1716) beat Ari Lukatsky (1839), a +123-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.5/4. Kogan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).
GM Bryce Tiglon 3 wins (R2–R4)Mark Leo Kogan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMBryce Tiglon | * | — | — | — |
| 2Mark Leo Kogan | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMAditeya Das | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Leon Shevelenko | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kogan, Mark Leo | 2026 | USA | +24N | +11B | +10N | =3B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.50 | 2178 | +24.8 |
| 2 | Tiglon, BryceGM | 2529 | USA | =8N | +19B | +9B | +6N | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 2402 | -2.6 |
| 3 | Das, AditeyaFM | 2233 | USA | +22B | +13N | =6B | =1N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 2115 | -8.2 |
| 4 | Shevelenko, Leon | 1808 | USA | +18N | −6B | +12N | +8B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 1892 | +13.6 |
| 5 | Velampalli, Akhil | 1739 | USA | =9N | =8B | +11N | +10B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1970 | +24.4 |
| 6 | Bernstein, Theodore | 1990 | USA | +12B | +4N | =3N | −2B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2102 | +22.4 |
| 7 | Moshkevich, Elizabeth | 1823 | USA | =20B | −9N | +22B | +14N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1870 | +3.2 |
| 8 | Liang, Melanie | 1716 | USA | =2B | =5N | +13B | −4N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1876 | +30.0 |
| 9 | Sandeep Kumar, Arav | 0 | USA | =5B | +7B | −2N | =21B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1956 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 566008867 | 0 | — | +15N | +16N | −1B | −5N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1876 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Diao, Sujia | 1838 | USA | +14B | −1N | −5B | +18N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1656 | -28.8 |
| 12 | Calim, Bora | 1595 | TUR | −6N | +18B | −4B | +22N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1692 | +5.4 |
| 13 | Lukatsky, Ari | 1839 | USA | +17N | −3B | −8N | =19B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1703 | -33.2 |
| 14 | Jiang, Shawn | 1578 | USA | −11N | +23B | =15N | −7B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1675 | +16.4 |
| 15 | Li, Xiaoyao | 1799 | CHN | −10B | +20N | =14B | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1763 | -3.2 |
| 16 | Treger, Yefim | 1938 | USA | +23N | −10B | =21N | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1853 | -3.0 |
| 17 | Bangaru, Sahishn Sai | 1565 | USA | −13B | =22N | −18B | +23N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1693 | +19.2 |
| 18 | FIDE 566008891 | 0 | — | −4B | −12N | +17N | −11B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Andrei, Bryan | 1645 | USA | F | −2N | =20B | =13N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1690 | +2.0 |
| 20 | Endo van Dooijeweert, Sebastian | 1561 | JPN | =7N | −15B | =19N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1631 | +9.6 |
| 21 | Siu, Liam | 1734 | USA | F | F | =16B | =9N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1938 | +10.4 |
| 22 | Sengupta, Nevan | 1653 | USA | −3N | =17B | −7N | −12B | 0.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1437 | -42.4 |
| 23 | Li, David | 1586 | USA | −16B | −14N | F | −17B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 894 | -46.0 |
| 24 | Wang, Ryan | 1645 | USA | −1B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1226 | -3.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Liang, MelanieUSA+30.02.0 pts · #8
- 2Kogan, Mark LeoUSA+24.83.5 pts · #5
- 3Velampalli, AkhilUSA+24.43.0 pts · #10
- 1Li, DavidUSA-46.00.0 pts · #23
- 2Sengupta, NevanUSA-42.40.5 pts · #22
- 3Lukatsky, AriUSA-33.21.5 pts · #11
- R3+123 Elo gap