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5th Annual Old Line Open - U2100

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Rockville, MD, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1842, and top seed was Douglas Malcolm (🇺🇸 USA, 1921).

Jeff Martin (🇺🇸 USA, 1779) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Vincent Gao (4.0) and Douglas Malcolm (3.5). Martin shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ella Xinyi Li (1578) beat Pinhang Gao (1781), a +203-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
🇺🇸Douglas Malcolm1921
Avg top 10
1,842
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Jeff Martin
    🇺🇸USA·1779
    4.0pts·2007perf+23.8
  • 🥈
    Vincent Gao
    🇺🇸USA·1814
    4.0pts·1946perf+27.2
  • 🥉
    Douglas Malcolm
    🇺🇸USA·1921
    3.5pts·1877perf-4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Martin4Gao4Malcolm3.5Borbash3Shoykhet3Karell2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Martin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Vincent Gao won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jeff Martin*—
1
1
2Vincent Gao—*—
1
3Douglas Malcolm
0
—*—
4Steven A Borbash
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Martin, Jeff1779USA+16N+3B−4N+5B+18N4.011.012.59.502007+23.8
2Gao, Vincent1814USA+24B+8B+5N−14N+4B4.010.511.09.001946+27.2
3Malcolm, Douglas1921USA+25B−1N=21N+6B+7B3.510.010.56.001877-4.8
4Shoykhet, Benjamin1861USA=9B+13N+1B=7N−2N3.012.514.58.251880+2.8
5Borbash, Steven A0USA+26N+6B−2B−1N+12B3.012.513.05.0017960.0
6Cumming, Gabriel1761USA+7B−5N+9B−3N=11B2.511.013.05.501935+18.4
7Fischer, Robert J1882USA−6N+25B+15N=4B−3N2.511.011.54.001575-22.6
8Karell, Leif1693USA+17B−2N=16B+10N−20B2.59.010.54.251757+8.6
9Molodtsov, Konstantin1794USA=4N=21B−6N+19B−15N2.09.010.03.501726-7.2
10Su, Milo1832USAF+12N−14B−8B+22N2.07.57.53.001760-15.6
11Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric1760USA−23B=24N+13B−16N=6N2.07.07.53.501677-23.6
12Abhilash, Alen K1811USAF−10B+24N+21B−5N2.06.56.51.501871+9.2
13Paas, Leo1776USAF−4B−11N+24B+21N2.06.56.51.501758-3.6
14Godlaveti, Pracheth1756USAFF+10N+2BF2.06.06.06.002623+23.6
15FIDE 5660099010—FF−7B+17N+9B2.06.06.03.5018360.0
16Wang, Leo1628USA−1BF=8N+11BF1.58.58.53.251745+18.8
17Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1774USA−8N+26B−18N−15B=19N1.57.58.01.251621-33.6
18Alejandrino, Franco Quintero1845USAFF+17B=20N−1B1.57.07.02.251763-13.6
19Li, Ella Xinyi1578USAFF+22B−9N=17B1.54.54.51.751783+31.6
20Berkley, Darrin1738USAFFF=18B+8N1.54.04.03.251962+11.8
21Dokka, Tanush1704USAF=9N=3B−12N−13B1.09.59.52.751632-14.0
22Gao, Pinhang1781USAFF−19N+26N−10B1.04.04.00.501584-31.2
23Fang, ArabellaWCM1882USA+11NFFFF1.02.02.02.002563+13.6
24Fitzsimmons, Daniela1703USA−2N=11B−12B−13NF0.510.010.01.001468-40.8
25Arani, Akash0SGP−3N−7N=26BFF0.56.56.50.2515670.0
26Sammons, Matthew Willis1717USA−5B−17N=25N−22BF0.56.06.00.25977-16.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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