13th Cherry Blossom Classic - Open

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77 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Sterling, VA, United States. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2439, and top seed was Titas Stremavicius (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2567).

Fidel Corrales Jimenez (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2489) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Santiago Avila Pavas (7.5) and Oleksii Bilych (7.0). Corrales Jimenez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Aaryan Mummidi (1852) beat Aditeya Das (FM, 2289), a +437-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Sterling, VA, United States

Dates

21 May 2026 → 25 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇹GMTitas Stremavicius2567

Avg top 10

2,439

Participants

Titled players · 31

GM×5

IM×6

FM×10

CM×5

WGM×1

WIM×1

WFM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×59

🇨🇴Colombia×3

🇮🇳India×2

🇨🇳China×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

Top 3

🥇
GMFidel Corrales Jimenez
🇺🇸USA·2489
7.5pts·2618perf+14.5
🥈
GMSantiago Avila Pavas
🇨🇴COL·2504
7.5pts·2607perf+11.9
🥉
IMOleksii Bilych
🇺🇦UKR·2448
7.0pts·2513perf+9.1

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Avila Pavas7.5Corrales Jimenez7.5Bilych7Bartell6Yu6Das6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Corrales Jimenez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Santiago Avila Pavas lost to GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Santiago Avila Pavas 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Oleksii Bilych 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMSantiago Avila Pavas	*	0	1	—
2GMFidel Corrales Jimenez	1	*	0	1
3IMOleksii Bilych	0	1	*	—
4IMThomas Bartell	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM	2489	USA	+29B	+77N	+9B	+5N	+2B	−3N	+13B	+4B	=6N	7.5	48.5	49.5	39.50	2618	+14.5
2	Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM	2504	COL	+55N	+25B	+50N	+13B	−1N	=4B	+14N	+3N	+17B	7.5	45.0	48.0	37.50	2607	+11.9
3	Bilych, OleksiiIM	2448	UKR	+20N	+32B	−13N	+26B	+18N	+1B	+8N	−2B	+14N	7.0	46.5	51.0	38.00	2513	+9.1
4	Stremavicius, TitasGM	2567	LTU	=15N	+34B	+14N	=18B	+27B	=2N	+5B	−1N	=9B	6.0	47.5	51.5	32.00	2436	-11.6
5	George, KevinIM	2322	EGY	+53N	+28B	+6N	−1B	=7N	+50B	−4N	+16B	=8N	6.0	44.5	48.0	28.50	2420	+24.8
6	Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM	2356	ESP	+44B	+40N	−5B	−29N	+20B	+21N	+35B	=19N	=1B	6.0	41.0	45.0	28.25	2281	-6.3
7	Brady, TysonCM	2098	USA	=47N	=23B	+73N	+12B	=5B	=9N	=27B	+35N	=10B	6.0	41.0	42.5	27.00	2305	+48.2
8	Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM	2543	COL	+45B	=16N	=26B	+40N	+35B	=13N	−3B	+31N	=5B	6.0	40.5	44.5	27.00	2357	-16.3
9	Bartell, ThomasIM	2338	USA	+75N	+33B	−1N	=51B	+46N	=7B	=16N	+26B	=4N	6.0	40.0	41.5	23.75	2300	-2.0
10	Yu, JenniferFM	2358	USA	=48N	+42B	=19N	+33B	=16N	−14B	+46N	+11B	=7N	6.0	39.0	42.5	27.25	2233	-23.2
11	Das, AditeyaFM	2289	USA	=36N	+38B	−46B	+42N	+58B	=17N	+41B	−10N	+19B	6.0	35.5	38.5	24.50	2229	-8.6
12	De Silva, L M S TIM	2407	SRI	+49B	=26N	=43B	−7N	+55B	=19N	=51N	+54B	+41B	6.0	34.0	37.0	22.50	2203	-18.3
13	Degenbaev, AzizFM	2305	KGZ	+22B	+56N	+3B	−2N	+29B	=8B	−1N	−17N	+26B	5.5	47.0	50.0	27.00	2347	+14.6
14	Pang, Qi	2196	USA	=38N	+68B	−4B	+37N	+72B	+10N	−2B	+27N	−3B	5.5	41.0	42.5	20.00	2303	+50.0
15	Bhoopathi, Rishith	2064	USA	=4B	+60N	−27B	+56N	−17B	+72N	−43B	+49N	+36B	5.5	32.5	34.0	17.50	2162	+42.0
16	Vaibhav KalpakaFM	2189	IND	+39B	=8B	=31N	+22N	=10B	=27N	=9B	−5N	=21B	5.0	43.0	47.0	25.00	2278	+20.0
17	Kraai, JesseGM	2377	USA	F	−43N	+38B	+28B	+15N	=11B	=31N	+13B	−2N	5.0	41.5	41.5	24.75	2274	-8.1
18	Diao, Matthew GuoFM	2269	USA	+37B	F	+47N	=4N	−3B	+54N	−19B	=21N	+20B	5.0	39.0	39.0	21.50	2239	-3.8
19	Wilson, RonenFM	2140	USA	+69N	F	=10B	+34B	=50N	=12B	+18N	=6B	−11N	5.0	38.5	38.5	21.75	2315	+74.0
20	Samuelson, AndrewFM	2031	USA	−3B	−30N	+69B	+57N	−6N	+68B	+33N	+28B	−18N	5.0	36.0	38.0	15.50	2131	+20.0
21	Sattaru, Sritej Sai	2079	USA	+67N	−50B	=62N	=36B	+34N	−6B	+22N	=18B	=16N	5.0	35.0	37.0	19.25	2122	+19.2
22	Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)	1975	CAN	−13N	+64B	+24N	−16B	−33N	+66B	−21B	+56N	+55B	5.0	33.0	35.0	15.50	2073	+42.2
23	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1937	USA	=35B	=7N	−40B	−55N	−30B	+57N	+67B	+48N	+33B	5.0	32.0	34.0	17.50	2053	+53.6
24	Moorhouse, Will	2165	USA	=65B	=57N	−22B	+30N	=49B	−43N	+39B	=46N	+37B	5.0	31.5	33.5	18.50	1978	-83.6
25	Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGM	2184	USA	+74B	−2N	−71B	=39N	+38B	−49N	+61B	+55N	=27B	5.0	31.0	32.5	15.25	2119	-15.6
26	Groff, Jordan	2133	USA	+63B	=12B	=8N	−3N	=43B	+37N	+40B	−9N	−13N	4.5	42.5	45.0	18.50	2213	+15.6
27	Jing, AndrewFM	2345	USA	F	+36B	+15N	+46B	−4N	=16B	=7N	−14B	=25N	4.5	40.5	40.5	21.00	2195	-26.2
28	Wang, Kevin	2094	USA	+66B	−5N	+30B	−17N	+61B	−41N	+42B	−20N	=49B	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.75	2055	-18.8
29	Yang, AimeeWFM	2032	USA	−1N	+74B	+65N	+6B	−13N	−31B	+47N	=58B	F	4.5	33.5	33.5	14.50	2176	+55.6
30	Aayansh Pramanik	1861	USA	−32N	+20B	−28N	−24B	+23N	−59B	=68N	+73B	+70B	4.5	30.5	32.0	14.50	2020	+72.0
31	Zhuang, Kyle	2204	USA	F	F	=16B	+70N	=51B	+29N	=17B	−8B	+58N	4.5	29.0	29.0	16.25	2284	+29.6
32	ADU, OladapoIM	2154	NGR	+30B	−3N	=37B	−72N	−39B	−60N	+66N	+65B	+59N	4.5	28.5	30.0	13.00	1963	-41.6
33	Michelle Catherina, PWIM	2099	IND	+52B	−9N	+57B	−10N	+22B	−35N	−20B	+59B	−23N	4.0	37.5	40.0	14.00	2010	-20.8
34	Hernandez Bermudez, ManuelaWFM	1894	COL	+41B	−4N	+44B	−19N	−21B	=70N	=37B	=42N	=38B	4.0	36.0	38.0	15.00	2018	+27.2
35	Swaminathan, Pranav	2187	USA	=23N	=62B	+59N	+61B	−8N	+33B	−6N	−7B	−51N	4.0	35.5	38.0	12.75	2058	-61.6
36	LeBakken, Lukas WCM	1973	USA	=11B	−27N	+67B	=21N	−40B	=56N	+64B	=45B	−15N	4.0	34.5	36.5	13.50	1993	+4.8
37	Ismayilova, KhanimWCM	1957	AZE	−18N	+66B	=32N	−14B	+65N	−26B	=34N	+52B	−24N	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.75	1995	+14.8
38	Chen, Alan Zishun	1953	USA	=14B	−11N	−17N	+60B	−25N	=65B	=69N	+63B	=34N	4.0	32.5	34.5	11.75	1999	+13.2
39	Amrany, Benjamin	1948	USA	−16N	=67B	=48N	=25B	+32N	−58B	−24N	+69B	=44N	4.0	32.0	34.0	13.75	2012	+28.8
40	Martin, Sam B	2107	USA	+64N	−6B	+23N	−8B	+36N	+47B	−26N	F	F	4.0	31.5	31.5	15.00	2126	+3.4
41	Slate, KentCM	2155	USA	−34N	F	F	+62B	+48N	+28B	−11N	+51B	−12N	4.0	30.0	30.0	14.00	2148	-0.8
42	Chang, Leonhard	1982	USA	F	−10N	+60B	−11B	=68N	+62B	−28N	=34B	+61N	4.0	30.0	30.0	10.50	2039	+18.0
43	Kumbharathi, Vedansh	1994	USA	F	+17B	=12N	−50B	=26N	+24B	+15N	F	F	4.0	29.5	29.5	20.75	2370	+109.2
44	Ni, Beiyang	2018	USA	−6N	+76B	−34N	=65B	−47N	+63B	=56B	=61N	=39B	4.0	27.5	29.0	9.75	1890	-63.2
45	Zhao, Austin	2040	USA	−8N	−47B	+76N	=68B	+59N	−46B	+72B	=36N	F	4.0	24.5	24.5	8.50	1977	-30.4
46	Mummidi, Aaryan	1852	USA	F	+48B	+11N	−27N	−9B	+45N	−10B	=24B	−54N	3.5	38.5	38.5	16.00	2119	+91.2
47	Joseph, Julian	1801	USA	=7B	+45N	−18B	=54N	+44B	−40N	−29B	=53N	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	14.50	2025	+82.4
48	Zhang, Oscar Y	2023	USA	=10B	−46N	=39B	+64N	−41B	−61N	+62N	−23B	=53N	3.5	31.0	33.5	11.75	1912	-57.6
49	Levine, Owen	2023	USA	−12N	F	F	+73B	=24N	+25B	=58N	−15B	=28N	3.5	30.5	30.5	12.75	2136	+38.4
50	Paul, JustinFM	2335	USA	+71B	+21N	−2B	+43N	=19B	−5N	F	F	F	3.5	29.5	29.5	13.50	2229	-12.4
51	Liu, StevenCM	2051	USA	F	F	+52B	=9N	=31N	F	=12B	−41N	+35B	3.5	28.0	28.0	15.75	2242	+58.4
52	Anand, Anirudh	1816	USA	−33N	+53B	−51N	=59B	+75N	=55B	−54B	−37N	=60B	3.5	26.5	28.0	9.00	1921	+44.8
53	Li, Allen	1985	USA	−5B	−52N	+63B	−66N	=56B	=67N	=65N	=47B	=48B	3.5	26.0	28.0	9.50	1818	-83.6
54	Storn, Justin	2062	USA	F	F	F	=47B	+66N	−18B	+52N	−12N	+46B	3.5	23.5	23.5	10.75	2048	-1.2
55	Xiong, Lang	2035	USA	−2B	F	=68N	+23B	−12N	=52N	+60B	−25B	−22N	3.0	36.5	36.5	10.25	1982	-32.8
56	Gao, Vincent	1778	USA	F	−13B	=75N	−15B	=53N	=36B	=44N	−22B	+66N	3.0	31.0	31.0	8.50	1914	+46.0
57	Samanta, Aayansh	1884	USA	F	=24B	−33N	−20B	=63N	−23B	+76N	−70N	+73B	3.0	26.5	26.5	6.75	1900	+1.4
58	Farberov, Maxim	2109	USA	F	F	F	+75B	−11N	+39N	=49B	=29N	−31B	3.0	24.0	24.0	9.50	2085	-4.0
59	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1951	USA	F	F	−35B	=52N	−45B	+30N	+70B	−33N	−32B	2.5	26.5	26.5	8.25	1917	-15.6
60	Ma, Jin	1857	USA	F	−15B	−42N	−38N	F	+32B	−55N	+72B	=52N	2.5	26.0	26.0	7.75	1888	+7.6
61	Meadors, Landon	1944	USA	F	F	+77B	−35N	−28N	+48B	−25N	=44B	−42B	2.5	26.0	26.0	6.50	1993	+14.0
62	Xiang, GraysonCM	1928	USA	F	=35N	=21B	−41N	=70B	−42N	−48B	+64N	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	8.00	1930	-2.0
63	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1827	USA	−26N	−75B	−53N	F	=57B	−44N	+74B	−38N	+65N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.00	1839	+2.8
64	Gilbert, Walker W	1825	USA	−40B	−22N	+74N	−48B	=76N	+73B	−36N	−62B	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	3.75	1834	+2.8
65	Chong, Hanford	1919	USA	=24N	F	−29B	=44N	−37B	=38N	=53B	−32N	−63B	2.0	32.0	32.0	8.25	1818	-42.0
66	Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred	1798	MAS	−28N	−37N	F	+53B	−54B	−22N	−32B	+67N	−56B	2.0	30.0	30.0	5.50	1782	-5.8
67	Li, Xiaoyao	1796	CHN	−21B	=39N	−36N	=74B	=73N	=53B	−23N	−66B	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	5.25	1755	-16.8
68	Yagiz, Bora	1944	TUR	F	−14N	=55B	=45N	=42B	−20N	=30B	F	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	7.75	1899	-7.6
69	Jackson, Cayden	1855	USA	−19B	−71N	−20N	=76B	=74N	F	=38B	−39N	=72N	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.25	1789	-26.8
70	Li, Mason J	1975	USA	F	F	F	−31B	=62N	=34B	−59N	+57B	−30N	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.25	1829	-48.0
71	Martin, Zachary	1993	USA	−50N	+69B	+25N	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	10.5	10.5	7.00	2250	+18.8
72	Thimmasamudram, Sandeep	1929	USA	F	F	F	+32B	−14N	−15B	−45N	−60N	=69B	1.5	24.0	24.0	5.50	1835	-30.8
73	Deng, Michael	1929	USA	F	F	−7B	−49N	=67B	−64N	+75B	−30N	−57N	1.5	23.0	23.0	2.50	1699	-80.0
74	Prasanna, Pranav	1935	USA	−25N	−29N	−64B	=67N	=69B	=76B	−63N	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	2.75	1691	-86.8
75	Bates, Evan	2013	USA	−9B	+63N	=56B	−58N	−52B	F	−73N	F	F	1.5	19.5	19.5	4.00	1773	-76.0
76	Chen, Winston Ruiying	1929	USA	−77B	−44N	−45B	=69N	=64B	=74N	−57B	F	F	1.5	18.0	18.0	3.00	1732	-68.4
77	Bradbury, Neil HIM	2178	ENG	+76N	−1B	−61N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.50	1996	-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kumbharathi, VedanshUSA
+109.2
4.0 pts · #35
2Mummidi, AaryanUSA
+91.2
3.5 pts · #54
3Joseph, JulianUSA
+82.4
3.5 pts · #48

Top rating losers

1Prasanna, PranavUSA
-86.8
1.5 pts · #76
2Moorhouse, WillUSA
-83.6
5.0 pts · #23
3Li, AllenUSA
-83.6
3.5 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R3+437 Elo gap
Mummidi, Aaryan1852 beat FMDas, Aditeya2289
R2+383 Elo gap
Kumbharathi, Vedansh1994 beat GMKraai, Jesse2377
R4+324 Elo gap
WFMYang, Aimee2032 beat FMTabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel2356