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63rd Annual Baltimore Open - U2000

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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.

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
🇺🇸Douglas Malcolm1916
Avg top 10
1,777
Participants
36
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇮🇳India×2
🇹🇼Chinese Taipei×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇦🇺Australia×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇧🇼Botswana×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Douglas Malcolm led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Douglas Malcolm never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Douglas Malcolm 4 wins (R1–R4)Archer D Berenson 3 wins (R3–R5)

R3 · LATE SURGE

Jeff Martin was #13 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Douglas Malcolm*
0
1
2Jeff Martin*
0
3Archer D Berenson
1
*
4Oluwaseun Odiase
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Malcolm, Douglas1916USA+19B+13N+21B+2N7B4.010.512.59.501965+6.0
2Odiase, Oluwaseun1866NGR+35N+12N+4B1B23N3.011.512.06.001825-4.6
3John Francis Kennedy, Kevin Andrew1698USA+28B8N+5B+9N4B3.011.012.06.501654-9.2
4Martin, Jeff1765USAF+9B2N+20B+3N3.010.510.57.501907+14.6
5Morin, Liam Baker0USA9N+27B3N+28B+18N3.09.010.04.5016270.0
6Paas, Leo1790USA8B+31N+36B+10N15B3.08.59.04.001605-35.6
7Berenson, Archer D1630USAFF+29N+23B+1N3.07.07.07.002481+66.8
8Gopi, Roshan1633USA+6N+3B11N21N=10B2.511.013.07.251687+15.6
9Badger, Stephen1658USA+5B4N+26B3B=20N2.511.012.55.501613-10.8
10Atharva Thapliyal1488IND+14N=22B=33N6B=8N2.510.011.05.251693+40.8
11Siddharth Bose1707USAF+18N+8B=15N21B2.59.09.05.751775+14.4
12Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1749USA+27N2B20N+36B=25B2.58.59.03.001591-34.4
13Fitzsimmons, Daniela1723USA+29N1B25N=30B+35B2.58.08.52.001651-18.4
14Ryerson, Olivia1615USA10B+28N=22N=18B=29B2.57.58.53.501566-13.2
15Shih, Lu-Chung1742TPEFF+32N=11B+6N2.56.56.55.251997+18.6
16Li, Xiaoyao1714CHNF+24B23N+32B=33N2.56.06.03.501761+2.0
17Fang, Kevin1691USAFF+35N=19N+30B2.53.53.52.501901+29.6
18Ciarliero, Frank1586AUS=22N11B+34N=14N5B2.010.011.03.251666+8.6
19Krishnan, Shreyas1611USA1N=35B=30N=17B=24N2.09.510.03.001606-13.2
20Qu, Mofei1633USAF=26N+12B4N=9B2.09.59.54.501718+18.4
21Gao, Pinhang1759USAFF1N+8B+11N2.09.09.05.001875+18.0
22Pabalan, Edward M1743USA=18B=10N=14B=25NF2.09.09.04.501586-16.2
23Gowtham K1679INDFF+16B7N+2B2.08.58.55.501748+3.4
24Richard, Gideon Sunjay1543USA=26B16N=31B=29N=19B2.07.08.02.751599+8.8
25Wang, Tyler1652USAFF+13B=22B=12N2.07.07.04.751862+34.0
26Moshoboro Sharell AronaWCM1703BOT=24N=20B9N=31B32N1.57.58.52.501437-28.2
27Valliere, Andrew R0USA12B5N=28B=34N=36N1.57.58.01.2515300.0
28Lee, Angelina1564USA3N14B=27N5N=34B1.010.011.01.251364-28.0
29Bhargava, Anay1454USA13BF7B=24B=14N1.010.010.02.251435-3.2
30Wang, Charles1576USAFF=19B=13N17N1.07.07.02.251561-1.6
31Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan0USAF6B=24N=26NF1.06.56.51.751552-17.2
32Zhou, Matthew1685USAFF15B16N+26B1.06.56.51.501724+4.4
33Arani, Akash0SGPFF=10BF=16B1.05.05.02.5014880.0
34Xu, Jason N1600USAFF18B=27B=28N1.04.54.51.251383-22.8
35Karthikeyan, Adhinanth Krishna1663USA2B=19N17BF13N0.510.010.01.001409-45.6
36Kumbharathi, Eeshan1559USAFF6N12N=27B0.57.07.00.75964-19.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets