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5th Annual Old Line Open - Championship

Open SwissStandard

25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Rockville, MD, United States. 8 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2115, and top seed was Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2417).

Nivaan Shrivastava (🇺🇸 USA, 2135) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Nelson Castaneda (3.0) and Luke Shin (3.0). Shrivastava clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lacey Wang (WFM, 1876) beat Kevin Wang (2105), a +229-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Rockville, MD, United States
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 110 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇱GMTal Baron2417
Avg top 10
2,115
Participants
25
Titled players · 8
GM×1
FM×3
CM×1
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
🇮🇳India×1
🇮🇱Israel×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Nivaan Shrivastava led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Nivaan Shrivastava held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nivaan Shrivastava*
2FMVaibhav Kalpaka*
1
3Ariv Debmisra
0
*
4CMStella Xin*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shrivastava, Nivaan2135USAF+14N+3B=4N+2B3.511.011.09.502320+30.0
2Castaneda, NelsonFM2191USA+10B+16N=7N=6B1N3.012.013.57.002125-7.8
3Shin, Luke1990USA=9B+20N1N=10B+18B3.09.510.54.502076+23.6
4Wang, LaceyWFM1876USAF+9N+24B=1B=5N3.09.59.56.252270+81.2
5Xin, StellaCM2022USA+11N=19B15N+16B=4B3.09.010.06.001981-10.8
6Bhoopathi, Rishith2012USA+25B+12N=13B=2N15B3.09.09.55.002165+36.8
7Vaibhav KalpakaFM2171IND+21B+8N=2BF=13N3.09.09.06.502290+13.8
8Debmisra, Ariv1974USA+18N7B+22N=12B=9N3.08.59.54.252094+32.4
9Wang, Kevin2105USA=3N4B=11N+22B=8B2.511.512.55.251927-46.0
10Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna2009USA2N+18B=16N=3N=11B2.510.011.04.501985-7.2
11Kurup, Siddharth1902USA5B+21N=9B=24N=10N2.59.09.53.751998+25.2
12Samuelson, AndrewFM2039USA+23N6B=19N=8NF2.08.08.03.001967-7.8
13Baron, TalGM2417ISRFF=6N+19B=7B2.07.07.04.002193-6.5
14Aayansh Pramanik1877USAF1B=23N=20B+16N2.07.07.02.501987+22.8
15Shiman, Andrew Lewis1945USAFF+5BF+6N2.06.06.06.002817+24.0
16Alluri, Samanyu1941USA+24N2B=10B5N14B1.510.511.01.751880-17.6
17Kumbharathi, Vedansh2001USAFF=20NF+19N1.52.02.01.502070+6.8
18Le-Tran, Leo1901USA8B10NF+21B3N1.09.59.51.001752-30.4
19Fang, ArabellaWCM1882USAF=5N=12B13N17B1.08.58.52.501893-0.8
20Chang, Leonhard1872USAF3B=17B=14N22N1.07.57.51.751748-25.2
21Thornton, Christian1808USA7N11B+25B18NF1.07.07.00.501770-4.8
22Regam, JessicaWFM1895USAFF8B9N+20B1.06.56.51.001858-3.0
23Levine, Owen2000USA12B=25N=14BFF1.04.54.51.251806-31.6
24Shankar, Pranav2047USA16BF4N=11BF0.57.07.01.251633-31.0
25Sathiesh, Kavin C1878USA6N=23B21NFF0.55.05.00.501667-30.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets