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
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
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsNivaan 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
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nivaan Shrivastava | * | — | — | — |
| 2FMVaibhav Kalpaka | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Ariv Debmisra | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4CMStella Xin | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrivastava, Nivaan | 2135 | USA | F | +14N | +3B | =4N | +2B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.50 | 2320 | +30.0 |
| 2 | Castaneda, NelsonFM | 2191 | USA | +10B | +16N | =7N | =6B | −1N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2125 | -7.8 |
| 3 | Shin, Luke | 1990 | USA | =9B | +20N | −1N | =10B | +18B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 2076 | +23.6 |
| 4 | Wang, LaceyWFM | 1876 | USA | F | +9N | +24B | =1B | =5N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 2270 | +81.2 |
| 5 | Xin, StellaCM | 2022 | USA | +11N | =19B | −15N | +16B | =4B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 1981 | -10.8 |
| 6 | Bhoopathi, Rishith | 2012 | USA | +25B | +12N | =13B | =2N | −15B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 2165 | +36.8 |
| 7 | Vaibhav KalpakaFM | 2171 | IND | +21B | +8N | =2B | F | =13N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 2290 | +13.8 |
| 8 | Debmisra, Ariv | 1974 | USA | +18N | −7B | +22N | =12B | =9N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 2094 | +32.4 |
| 9 | Wang, Kevin | 2105 | USA | =3N | −4B | =11N | +22B | =8B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1927 | -46.0 |
| 10 | Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna | 2009 | USA | −2N | +18B | =16N | =3N | =11B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1985 | -7.2 |
| 11 | Kurup, Siddharth | 1902 | USA | −5B | +21N | =9B | =24N | =10N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1998 | +25.2 |
| 12 | Samuelson, AndrewFM | 2039 | USA | +23N | −6B | =19N | =8N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1967 | -7.8 |
| 13 | Baron, TalGM | 2417 | ISR | F | F | =6N | +19B | =7B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.00 | 2193 | -6.5 |
| 14 | Aayansh Pramanik | 1877 | USA | F | −1B | =23N | =20B | +16N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1987 | +22.8 |
| 15 | Shiman, Andrew Lewis | 1945 | USA | F | F | +5B | F | +6N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2817 | +24.0 |
| 16 | Alluri, Samanyu | 1941 | USA | +24N | −2B | =10B | −5N | −14B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1880 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Kumbharathi, Vedansh | 2001 | USA | F | F | =20N | F | +19N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2070 | +6.8 |
| 18 | Le-Tran, Leo | 1901 | USA | −8B | −10N | F | +21B | −3N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1752 | -30.4 |
| 19 | Fang, ArabellaWCM | 1882 | USA | F | =5N | =12B | −13N | −17B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1893 | -0.8 |
| 20 | Chang, Leonhard | 1872 | USA | F | −3B | =17B | =14N | −22N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1748 | -25.2 |
| 21 | Thornton, Christian | 1808 | USA | −7N | −11B | +25B | −18N | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1770 | -4.8 |
| 22 | Regam, JessicaWFM | 1895 | USA | F | F | −8B | −9N | +20B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1858 | -3.0 |
| 23 | Levine, Owen | 2000 | USA | −12B | =25N | =14B | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1806 | -31.6 |
| 24 | Shankar, Pranav | 2047 | USA | −16B | F | −4N | =11B | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1633 | -31.0 |
| 25 | Sathiesh, Kavin C | 1878 | USA | −6N | =23B | −21N | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1667 | -30.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, LaceyWFMUSA+81.23.0 pts · #8
- 2Bhoopathi, RishithUSA+36.83.0 pts · #7
- 3Debmisra, ArivUSA+32.43.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, KevinUSA-46.02.5 pts · #9
- 2Levine, OwenUSA-31.61.0 pts · #20
- 3Shankar, PranavUSA-31.00.5 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R2+229 Elo gap
- R3+171 Elo gap
- R1+106 Elo gap