63rd Annual Baltimore Open - U2000
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Linthicum, MD, United States. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1777, and top seed was Douglas Malcolm (🇺🇸 USA, 1916).
Douglas Malcolm (🇺🇸 USA, 1916) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Oluwaseun Odiase (3.0) and Kevin Andrew John Francis Kennedy (3.0). Malcolm won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Archer D Berenson (1630) beat Douglas Malcolm (1916), a +286-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsDouglas Malcolm led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Douglas Malcolm never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Douglas Malcolm 4 wins (R1–R4)Archer D Berenson 3 wins (R3–R5)
Jeff Martin was #13 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas Malcolm | * | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2Jeff Martin | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Archer D Berenson | 1 | — | * | — |
| 4Oluwaseun Odiase | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm, Douglas | 1916 | USA | +19B | +13N | +21B | +2N | −7B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 9.50 | 1965 | +6.0 |
| 2 | Odiase, Oluwaseun | 1866 | NGR | +35N | +12N | +4B | −1B | −23N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1825 | -4.6 |
| 3 | John Francis Kennedy, Kevin Andrew | 1698 | USA | +28B | −8N | +5B | +9N | −4B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 1654 | -9.2 |
| 4 | Martin, Jeff | 1765 | USA | F | +9B | −2N | +20B | +3N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 1907 | +14.6 |
| 5 | Morin, Liam Baker | 0 | USA | −9N | +27B | −3N | +28B | +18N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1627 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Paas, Leo | 1790 | USA | −8B | +31N | +36B | +10N | −15B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1605 | -35.6 |
| 7 | Berenson, Archer D | 1630 | USA | F | F | +29N | +23B | +1N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2481 | +66.8 |
| 8 | Gopi, Roshan | 1633 | USA | +6N | +3B | −11N | −21N | =10B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.25 | 1687 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Badger, Stephen | 1658 | USA | +5B | −4N | +26B | −3B | =20N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1613 | -10.8 |
| 10 | Atharva Thapliyal | 1488 | IND | +14N | =22B | =33N | −6B | =8N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1693 | +40.8 |
| 11 | Siddharth Bose | 1707 | USA | F | +18N | +8B | =15N | −21B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 1775 | +14.4 |
| 12 | Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree | 1749 | USA | +27N | −2B | −20N | +36B | =25B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1591 | -34.4 |
| 13 | Fitzsimmons, Daniela | 1723 | USA | +29N | −1B | −25N | =30B | +35B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1651 | -18.4 |
| 14 | Ryerson, Olivia | 1615 | USA | −10B | +28N | =22N | =18B | =29B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1566 | -13.2 |
| 15 | Shih, Lu-Chung | 1742 | TPE | F | F | +32N | =11B | +6N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.25 | 1997 | +18.6 |
| 16 | Li, Xiaoyao | 1714 | CHN | F | +24B | −23N | +32B | =33N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1761 | +2.0 |
| 17 | Fang, Kevin | 1691 | USA | F | F | +35N | =19N | +30B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1901 | +29.6 |
| 18 | Ciarliero, Frank | 1586 | AUS | =22N | −11B | +34N | =14N | −5B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1666 | +8.6 |
| 19 | Krishnan, Shreyas | 1611 | USA | −1N | =35B | =30N | =17B | =24N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1606 | -13.2 |
| 20 | Qu, Mofei | 1633 | USA | F | =26N | +12B | −4N | =9B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1718 | +18.4 |
| 21 | Gao, Pinhang | 1759 | USA | F | F | −1N | +8B | +11N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1875 | +18.0 |
| 22 | Pabalan, Edward M | 1743 | USA | =18B | =10N | =14B | =25N | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1586 | -16.2 |
| 23 | Gowtham K | 1679 | IND | F | F | +16B | −7N | +2B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1748 | +3.4 |
| 24 | Richard, Gideon Sunjay | 1543 | USA | =26B | −16N | =31B | =29N | =19B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1599 | +8.8 |
| 25 | Wang, Tyler | 1652 | USA | F | F | +13B | =22B | =12N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.75 | 1862 | +34.0 |
| 26 | Moshoboro Sharell AronaWCM | 1703 | BOT | =24N | =20B | −9N | =31B | −32N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1437 | -28.2 |
| 27 | Valliere, Andrew R | 0 | USA | −12B | −5N | =28B | =34N | =36N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Lee, Angelina | 1564 | USA | −3N | −14B | =27N | −5N | =34B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 1364 | -28.0 |
| 29 | Bhargava, Anay | 1454 | USA | −13B | F | −7B | =24B | =14N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1435 | -3.2 |
| 30 | Wang, Charles | 1576 | USA | F | F | =19B | =13N | −17N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1561 | -1.6 |
| 31 | Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan | 0 | USA | F | −6B | =24N | =26N | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1552 | -17.2 |
| 32 | Zhou, Matthew | 1685 | USA | F | F | −15B | −16N | +26B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1724 | +4.4 |
| 33 | Arani, Akash | 0 | SGP | F | F | =10B | F | =16B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Xu, Jason N | 1600 | USA | F | F | −18B | =27B | =28N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1383 | -22.8 |
| 35 | Karthikeyan, Adhinanth Krishna | 1663 | USA | −2B | =19N | −17B | F | −13N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1409 | -45.6 |
| 36 | Kumbharathi, Eeshan | 1559 | USA | F | F | −6N | −12N | =27B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 964 | -19.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Berenson, Archer DUSA+66.83.0 pts · #3
- 2Atharva ThapliyalIND+40.82.5 pts · #19
- 3Wang, TylerUSA+34.02.0 pts · #21
- 1Karthikeyan, Adhinanth KrishnaUSA-45.60.5 pts · #35
- 2Paas, LeoUSA-35.63.0 pts · #13
- 3Doddapaneni, Nishka SreeUSA-34.42.5 pts · #23
- R5+286 Elo gap
- R5+187 Elo gap
- R1+157 Elo gap