13th Cherry Blossom Classic - U2100
Open SwissStandard
48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Sterling, VA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan (🇺🇸 USA, 1944).
Esat Omer Demirel (🇺🇸 USA, 1833) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan (6.0) and Alexander Zheng Zhou (6.0). Demirel shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ella Xinyi Li (1631) beat Milo Su (1818), a +187-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
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×47
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsEsat Omer Demirel led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
1
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4
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R3–R9 · LEAD HELD
Esat Omer Demirel never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Esat Omer Demirel drew with Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Esat Omer Demirel 3 wins (R1–R3)Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan 4 wins (R4–R7)Alexander Zheng Zhou 4 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Esat Omer Demirel | * | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 2Adhiraiyan Murugan Ayyappan | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Alexander Zheng Zhou | 1 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Saanvi Acharya | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demirel, Esat Omer | 1833 | USA | +4B | +33N | +13B | =5N | −3B | +27N | +11B | =2N | +12B | 7.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 31.50 | 2020 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan | 1944 | USA | +46N | F | =5B | +13N | +26B | +12N | +3N | =1B | −6B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 26.00 | 1987 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Zhou, Alexander Zheng | 1761 | USA | +45N | F | +31B | +14B | +1N | =5N | −2B | =6N | +19B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 26.00 | 1990 | +86.4 |
| 4 | Acharya, Saanvi | 1730 | USA | −1N | +45B | −43N | +42B | −41N | +48B | +26B | +18N | +27B | 6.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 16.00 | 1823 | +32.0 |
| 5 | Srinivasan, Arjun | 1898 | USA | +15N | +11B | =2N | =1B | +43N | =3B | =7N | −12N | −14B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 23.00 | 1815 | -17.0 |
| 6 | Regam, JessicaWFM | 1902 | USA | F | F | −26N | +8B | +37N | =19B | +23N | =3B | +2N | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 22.50 | 1938 | +7.4 |
| 7 | Fischer, Robert J | 1869 | USA | −13B | =35N | +44B | =15N | +21B | +20N | =5B | =16N | F | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 18.25 | 1751 | -20.0 |
| 8 | Jackson, Maddox | 1698 | USA | =35B | =34N | =29B | −6N | +30B | +31N | =27B | +11N | −23B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 17.75 | 1774 | +33.6 |
| 9 | Chaudhari, Badrish | 1678 | USA | =28N | +30B | −19N | −11B | =42N | +35B | =34B | +29N | =15B | 5.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 16.00 | 1614 | -26.4 |
| 10 | Hanna, John | 1718 | USA | =29N | +28B | =11N | −43B | +45N | −18B | +33B | −27N | +26B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 16.00 | 1744 | +4.0 |
| 11 | Schoenfeld, Gabriel | 1866 | USA | +22B | −5N | =10B | +9N | =25B | +26N | −1N | −8B | =21N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 19.00 | 1720 | -67.2 |
| 12 | Rosario, Salvador | 1899 | USA | F | F | +20B | =26N | +19N | −2B | +14N | +5B | −1N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 19.25 | 1905 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Baran, Ret | 1695 | USA | +7N | +18B | −1N | −2B | −20N | =42B | +35N | +33B | F | 4.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 15.50 | 1726 | +12.4 |
| 14 | Bueltmann-Prok, Lenny A | 1752 | USA | F | F | +27B | −3N | +31B | =16N | −12B | +17N | +5N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 18.75 | 1894 | +55.2 |
| 15 | Huang, Lucia | 1595 | USA | −5B | F | +36N | =7B | −23N | =28B | +42N | +34B | =9N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 14.25 | 1727 | +54.0 |
| 16 | Su, Milo | 1818 | USA | F | +44N | −17B | +29N | +33B | =14B | =19N | =7B | F | 4.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 15.25 | 1712 | -26.0 |
| 17 | Li, Ella Xinyi | 1631 | USA | +47B | F | +16N | −19B | =18N | −23B | +43N | −14B | +44N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 11.50 | 1729 | +35.2 |
| 18 | Shupe, Thomas | 1809 | USA | F | −13N | +30B | +38N | =17B | +10N | −25B | −4B | =24N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 15.25 | 1657 | -31.6 |
| 19 | Ehrenberg, Nathan Eric | 1786 | USA | F | F | +9B | +17N | −12B | =6N | =16B | +25N | −3N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 18.25 | 1822 | +14.4 |
| 20 | Shah, Kanav | 1686 | USA | =30N | +36B | −12N | F | +13B | −7B | −24N | +43B | =22N | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 12.75 | 1655 | -14.0 |
| 21 | Vairavan, Kavin | 1536 | USA | F | =37B | =39N | =23B | −7N | +22B | =28N | =31N | =11B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 14.25 | 1727 | +74.8 |
| 22 | Xu, Jason N | 1679 | USA | −11N | F | +32B | −27N | =29B | −21N | +30B | +38N | =20B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 13.25 | 1687 | +2.8 |
| 23 | Sathiesh, Kavin C | 1816 | USA | F | F | F | =21N | +15B | +17N | −6B | =24B | +8N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 18.00 | 1775 | -9.2 |
| 24 | Kumbharathi, Eeshan | 1540 | USA | F | F | =33B | −31N | +47B | =34N | +20B | =23N | =18B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 12.00 | 1765 | +71.2 |
| 25 | Pabalan, Edward M | 1716 | USA | F | F | =42N | +28B | =11N | +43B | +18N | −19B | F | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 12.75 | 1752 | +6.4 |
| 26 | Ma, Yunhui | 1724 | USA | F | +41N | +6B | =12B | −2N | −11B | −4N | +28B | −10N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 13.25 | 1720 | -3.2 |
| 27 | Zheng, Kelvin | 1825 | USA | F | F | −14N | +22B | +35N | −1B | =8N | +10B | −4N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 14.00 | 1701 | -44.8 |
| 28 | Birudavolu, Sathvik | 1494 | USA | =9B | −10N | +40B | −25N | =38B | =15N | =21B | −26N | =36B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 33.5 | 11.75 | 1514 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Rajasekar, Santosh | 0 | USA | =10B | F | =8N | −16B | =22N | +45B | =39N | −9B | =33N | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 11.75 | 1583 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Bates, Dallin | 1606 | USA | =20B | −9N | −18N | +36B | −8N | =32B | −22N | +42B | =40N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 9.50 | 1577 | -14.4 |
| 31 | Gao, Pinhang | 1710 | USA | F | F | −3N | +24B | −14N | −8B | +36N | =21B | +32B | 3.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 12.00 | 1658 | -19.2 |
| 32 | Boobalan, Vikraman | 1671 | USA | F | F | −22N | −47N | +44B | =30N | +40B | +35B | −31N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1545 | -42.4 |
| 33 | Lokesh, Lohith Sharan | 0 | USA | F | −1B | =24N | +39B | −16N | +37B | −10N | −13N | =29B | 3.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 8.75 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Sankay, Aran | 1627 | USA | F | =8B | −37N | +46B | =39N | =24B | =9N | −15N | −38B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 9.75 | 1558 | -32.0 |
| 35 | Kolluru, Pranav K | 1496 | USA | =8N | =7B | +46N | =37B | −27B | −9N | −13B | −32N | F | 2.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.75 | 1584 | +30.0 |
| 36 | Dasgupta, Arthit | 1648 | USA | F | −20N | −15B | −30N | +46B | +47N | −31B | −44B | =28N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.25 | 1465 | -78.0 |
| 37 | Dokka, Tanush | 1728 | USA | =41B | =21N | +34B | =35N | −6B | −33N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1623 | -27.2 |
| 38 | Wang, Charles | 1621 | USA | F | F | F | −18B | =28N | −39B | +48N | −22B | +34N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.75 | 1504 | -31.6 |
| 39 | Baim, Emin | 1657 | USA | F | F | =21B | −33N | =34B | +38N | =29B | F | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 1720 | +10.0 |
| 40 | Htut, Zarnie Wynn | 0 | USA | F | F | −28N | F | −48B | +46N | −32N | +47B | =30B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Naylor, Carla | 1554 | USA | =37N | −26B | F | +48N | +4B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1727 | +13.6 |
| 42 | Peng, Ellen Jia-Ning | 1445 | USA | F | F | =25B | −4N | =9B | =13N | −15B | −30N | =46N | 2.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.50 | 1508 | +17.2 |
| 43 | Mahajan, Lakshya | 0 | USA | F | F | +4B | +10N | −5B | −25N | −17B | −20N | F | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 11.00 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Bhattacharyya, Rishik | 1523 | USA | F | −16B | −7N | −45B | −32N | F | +46B | +36N | −17B | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.00 | 1588 | +16.8 |
| 45 | Acosta, Adrian E | 0 | USA | −3B | −4N | +47B | +44N | −10B | −29N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Patil, Aaradhya Nitin | 1639 | USA | −2B | +47N | −35B | −34N | −36N | −40B | −44N | F | =42B | 1.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.00 | 1382 | -92.4 |
| 47 | Kenny, Jonathan | 1598 | USA | −17N | −46B | −45N | +32B | −24N | −36B | F | −40N | F | 1.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.50 | 1386 | -26.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 566014565 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −41B | +40N | −4N | −38B | F | F | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 835 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhou, Alexander ZhengUSA+86.46.0 pts · #5
- 2Vairavan, KavinUSA+74.84.0 pts · #14
- 3Kumbharathi, EeshanUSA+71.24.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Patil, Aaradhya NitinUSA-92.41.5 pts · #45
- 2Dasgupta, ArthitUSA-78.02.5 pts · #30
- 3Schoenfeld, GabrielUSA-67.24.5 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R3+187 Elo gap
- R3+178 Elo gap
- R5+176 Elo gap