71st Annual Maryland Open - Championship

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57 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 May 2026 to 10 May 2026 in Rockville, MD, United States. 19 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2318, and top seed was Tal Baron (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2410).

Jesse Kraai (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2377) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Kyle Zhuang (4.0) and Kevin Zhao (3.5). Kraai won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Grayson Xiang (CM, 1928) beat Tariq Yue (CM, 2280), a +352-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Rockville, MD, United States

Dates

08 May 2026 → 10 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇱GMTal Baron2410

Avg top 10

2,318

Participants

Titled players · 19

GM×3

IM×2

FM×5

CM×5

WFM×2

WCM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×53

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇻🇳Vietnam×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJesse Kraai
🇺🇸USA·2377
4.0pts·2462perf+5.9
🥈
Kyle Zhuang
🇺🇸USA·2204
4.0pts·2480perf+71.6
🥉
FMKevin Zhao
🇺🇸USA·2288
3.5pts·2261perf-0.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kraai4Zhuang4Chetlapalli3.5Cherukuri3.5Doddapaneni3.5Das3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Kraai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

GM Jesse Kraai went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJesse Kraai	*	—	—	1
2Kyle Zhuang	—	*	—	—
3Vishnu Chetlapalli	—	—	*	½
4FMNitesh Cherukuri	0	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kraai, JesseGM	2377	USA	+7B	+12N	=3B	=27B	+5N	4.0	13.5	15.5	12.75	2462	+5.9
2	Zhuang, Kyle	2204	USA	+37B	+50N	=4B	=3N	+36B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.00	2480	+71.6
3	Zhao, KevinFM	2288	USA	+55N	+13B	=1N	=2B	=6N	3.5	14.5	15.0	9.25	2261	-0.8
4	Das, AditeyaFM	2289	USA	+8N	=23B	=2N	+10B	=7N	3.5	14.0	16.0	11.25	2199	-8.0
5	Cherukuri, NiteshFM	2232	USA	=6B	+34N	+26B	+11N	−1B	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.75	2215	-0.4
6	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1984	USA	=5N	+25B	=23N	+19B	=3B	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.00	2310	+84.8
7	Can, Chi Thanh	1916	VIE	−1N	+38B	+39N	+23B	=4B	3.5	11.0	12.5	6.75	2270	+85.6
8	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	2039	USA	−4B	+54N	+37B	=29N	+17B	3.5	9.5	10.0	5.50	2263	+58.0
9	Enkhbat, TegshsurenIM	2259	USA	+41B	−11N	=42B	+30N	+28B	3.5	8.5	10.0	6.25	2139	-6.2
10	Yue, Andy	1934	USA	+15B	=14N	+16B	−4N	=29B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.50	2247	+77.2
11	Wang, Kevin	2094	USA	+44N	+9B	=33N	−5B	=35B	3.0	11.0	12.5	7.00	2186	+26.4
12	Kaufman, LawrenceGM	2202	USA	+38N	−1B	+18N	=43B	=13N	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.25	2091	-5.4
13	Zlodorev, Alexander	2058	USA	+47B	−3N	+41B	=17N	=12B	3.0	10.5	11.5	5.25	2183	+33.2
14	Xin, StellaCM	2098	USA	=18N	=10B	−43N	+56B	+24N	3.0	9.0	9.0	4.75	1975	-29.2
15	Martin, Sam B	2107	USA	−10N	−40B	+46N	+47B	+32N	3.0	7.5	8.5	4.00	1995	-12.6
16	Bhoopathi, Rishith	2064	USA	=46N	+48B	−10N	=24B	+39N	3.0	7.5	8.5	4.00	1944	-27.6
17	Kao, Jamison EdrichCM	2205	USA	+40B	+42N	−27N	=13B	−8N	2.5	10.0	11.5	4.50	2089	-30.0
18	Gao, Vincent	1778	USA	=14B	+30N	−12B	−31N	+53N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.50	2040	+62.0
19	Pan, Zachary	2094	USA	=24B	+57N	=52B	−6N	=26B	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.50	1916	-44.8
20	Wright, James Douglas	1967	USA	F	F	+38N	+37B	=25N	2.5	5.0	5.0	4.00	2228	+18.8
21	Farberov, Maxim	2109	USA	F	F	=35N	+48B	+43N	2.5	4.5	4.5	3.50	2228	+7.6
22	Rychkov, Roman	2022	USA	F	F	+56N	=52N	+31B	2.5	3.0	3.0	2.50	2262	+17.2
23	Jasinski, Alexander	2157	USA	+54B	=4N	=6B	−7N	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	2008	-27.0
24	Zhou, ElizabethWCM	1858	USA	=19N	+51B	−28B	=16N	−14B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.75	1974	+28.4
25	Yang, AimeeWFM	2032	USA	F	−6N	+34B	=26N	=20B	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.25	1956	-16.8
26	Li, Mason J	1975	USA	F	+46B	−5N	=25B	=19N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.25	2018	+9.6
27	Baron, TalGM	2410	ISR	F	F	+17B	=1N	=33B	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2404	-0.2
28	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1951	USA	F	+49B	+24N	−33B	−9N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	2059	+18.8
29	Jiang, BrandonFM	2315	USA	F	F	+40N	=8B	=10N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.75	2094	-13.0
30	Yu, Yang	1979	USA	F	−18B	+49N	−9B	+48N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	1957	-6.0
31	LeBakken, Lukas WCM	1973	USA	F	=39B	=47N	+18B	−22N	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.75	1916	-11.6
32	Lee, Rohan	2096	USA	−50B	−37N	+54B	+40N	−15B	2.0	7.0	7.5	2.00	1970	-34.8
33	Ansh M Shah	2256	IND	F	F	=11B	+28N	=27N	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.50	2277	+2.8
34	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1898	USA	F	−5B	−25N	+55B	+51N	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	2056	+31.2
35	Kumbharathi, Vedansh	1994	USA	F	F	=21B	+51B	=11N	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.75	2200	+33.6
36	Tanenbaum, ZacharyFM	2299	USA	F	F	+55N	+42B	−2N	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	2173	-7.6
37	Chong, Hanford	1919	USA	−2N	+32B	−8N	−20N	=41B	1.5	12.0	13.5	2.75	1897	-7.6
38	Stancil, Kimani	1913	USA	−12B	−7N	−20B	+46B	=49N	1.5	10.0	11.0	1.50	1783	-18.2
39	Deng, Michael	1929	USA	F	=31N	−7B	+41N	−16B	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.50	1883	-11.6
40	Maddipati, Srihas	1935	USA	−17N	+15N	−29B	−32B	=44N	1.5	9.5	11.0	3.75	1961	+1.2
41	Marri, Anvith Reddy	1925	USA	−9N	+44B	−13N	−39B	=37N	1.5	9.5	11.0	2.25	1849	-22.8
42	Kurup, Siddharth	2002	USA	+45B	−17B	=9N	−36N	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	2174	+30.4
43	Meadors, Landon	1944	USA	F	F	+14B	=12N	−21B	1.5	8.5	8.5	4.50	2136	+30.0
44	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1827	USA	−11B	−41N	−53B	+54N	=40B	1.5	7.0	7.5	1.25	1804	-5.9
45	Yue, TariqCM	2280	USA	−42N	=55B	−48N	=49B	=47N	1.5	4.5	5.0	1.25	1787	-116.4
46	Karell, Leif	1713	USA	=16B	−26N	−15B	−38N	=54B	1.0	9.5	10.0	1.75	1740	+1.2
47	Prasanna, Pranav	1935	USA	−13N	F	=31B	−15N	=45B	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.75	1912	-6.4
48	Xiang, GraysonCM	1928	USA	F	−16N	+45B	−21N	−30B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1915	-4.8
49	Aayansh Pramanik	1861	USA	F	−28N	−30B	=45N	=38B	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1833	-9.2
50	De Silva, L M S TIM	2407	SRI	+32N	−2B	F	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	2150	-6.2
51	Wang, LaceyWFM	2021	USA	F	−24N	+57B	−35N	−34B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1687	-69.6
52	Martin, Zachary	1993	USA	F	F	=19N	=22B	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	2.50	2058	+3.6
53	Shiman, Andrew Lewis	1970	USA	F	F	+44N	F	−18B	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.50	1803	-8.8
54	Chu, Leon	1842	USA	−23N	−8B	−32N	−44B	=46N	0.5	9.0	10.0	0.50	1600	-50.8
55	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1937	USA	−3B	=45N	−36B	−34N	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1869	-15.2
56	Shankar, Pranav	2002	USA	F	F	−22B	−14N	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1260	-16.8
57	Thornton, Christian	1768	USA	F	−19B	−51N	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1258	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Can, Chi ThanhVIE
+85.6
3.5 pts · #7
2Chetlapalli, VishnuUSA
+84.8
3.5 pts · #3
3Yue, AndyUSA
+77.2
3.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Yue, TariqCMUSA
-116.4
1.5 pts · #42
2Wang, LaceyWFMUSA
-69.6
1.0 pts · #50
3Chu, LeonUSA
-50.8
0.5 pts · #54

Biggest upsets

R3+352 Elo gap
CMXiang, Grayson1928 beat CMYue, Tariq2280
R1+278 Elo gap
Kurup, Siddharth2002 beat CMYue, Tariq2280
R4+241 Elo gap
Can, Chi Thanh1916 beat Jasinski, Alexander2157