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63rd Annual Baltimore Open - U2200

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Linthicum, MD, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1969, and top seed was Lacey Wang (🇺🇸 USA, WFM, 2046).

Ashvath Krishnan (🇺🇸 USA, 1797) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan (4.0) and Samanyu Alluri (4.0). Krishnan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Jayden Li (1684) beat Ian Avery Singh (1951), a +267-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Linthicum, MD, United States
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸WFMLacey Wang2046
Avg top 10
1,969
Participants
29
Titled players · 3
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1
🇷🇺Russia×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 5 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
5
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Krishnan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan 4 wins (R2–R5)Samanyu Alluri 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan*——
1
2Ashvath Krishnan—*—
1
3Samanyu Alluri——*—
4Sandeep Thimmasamudram
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Krishnan, Ashvath1797USA=9B+21N=7N+6B+4N4.010.511.59.002110+79.2
2Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1890USAF+14N+10B+4B+5N4.09.59.59.502632+67.6
3Alluri, Samanyu1749USA−6N+23B+8N+7B+22N4.08.59.57.002141+93.9
4Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1841USA+15N+6B+5B−2N−1B3.013.515.07.001960+33.2
5Fedorov, Svetoslav1949RUS+8N+24B−4N+16B−2B3.011.012.05.001925-4.4
6Carey, Michael1912USA+3B−4N+29B−1N=13B2.513.013.05.001827-11.6
7Chetlapalli, Vishnu1984USA=17B+18N=1B−3N=11B2.511.513.05.251832-39.2
8Kurup, Siddharth1990USA−5B+15N−3B=14N+21B2.510.011.03.251818-43.6
9Aayansh Pramanik1894USA=1N+25B=16N=12N−20B2.59.010.04.751843-13.2
10Zhou, ElizabethWCM1760USAF+11B−2N+17N−12B2.09.59.53.501909+31.2
11Chong, Hanford1825USA=18B−10N=14B=21N=7N2.07.58.53.251744-22.4
12Malyshev, Roman1973USAFF=22N=9B+10N2.05.55.53.751963-0.6
13Alejandrino, Franco Quintero1809USAFF=24N+29B=6N2.03.53.51.752029+35.6
14Prasanna, Pranav1779USAF−2B=11N=8B=19N1.510.010.03.001784-0.8
15McPherson, Kevin1894USA−4B−8B+23N=26NF1.57.57.51.501815-9.0
16Li, Jayden1684USAF+17N=9B−5NF1.57.07.02.751931+36.4
17Singh, Ian Avery1951USA=7N−16B+25N−10BF1.57.07.02.251727-47.6
18Altucher, James1840USA=11N−7B=28N=19BF1.56.56.52.001788-6.4
19Rhines, Grayson1778USAFF=21B=18N=14B1.54.04.02.001779+0.4
20Ballantyne, Rochelle1931TTOFFF=22B+9N1.53.53.53.002070+7.0
21Wang, Miles1719USAF−1B=19N=11B−8N1.010.010.01.751655-13.6
22Wu, Eliot S1859USAFF=12B=20N−3B1.07.57.51.751759-16.0
23Dokka, Tanush1759USAF−3N−15B=25B=26N1.07.57.51.001679-16.4
24Kaur, AradhWFM1859USAF−5N=13B−27N=25B1.07.07.01.501715-15.0
25Gao, Vincent1829USAF−9N−17B=23N=24N1.06.06.01.001673-32.0
26Siamon, David2016USAFFF=15B=23B1.02.52.51.251827-9.8
27Wang, LaceyWFM2046USAFFF+24BF1.01.01.01.002659+10.4
28Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram1913USAFF=18BFF0.51.51.50.751840-4.0
29Du, Jeffrey1940USAFF−6N−13NF0.04.54.50.001061-48.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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