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2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - Expert

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Sunnyvale, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1918, and top seed was Oleg Bakin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1997).

Zlata Mokeeva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1932) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Arjun Sankar (3.5) and Zelin Fang (3.5). Mokeeva broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Evan Shi (1700) beat Rehaan Malhotra (1827), a +127-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Oleg Bakin1997
Avg top 10
1,918
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇷🇺Russia×2
🇮🇪Ireland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Zlata Mokeeva led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
9
3
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Zlata Mokeeva held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Zlata Mokeeva went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zlata Mokeeva*
2Evan Shi*
½
3Arjun Sankar
½
*
4Vishnu Chetlapalli*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mokeeva, Zlata1932RUS+20N=19B+3N=9B+6N4.010.010.58.752126+48.4
2Sankar, Arjun1832USA+12N=3B=4N=8B+10N3.512.014.59.751940+14.2
3Fang, Zelin1864USA+14B=2N1B+19N+12B3.512.013.07.251987+33.2
4Shi, Evan1700USA=9N+15B=2B=11N+7N3.511.013.08.752006+80.8
5Chetlapalli, Vishnu1984USA+22N=8B+7N=6B=11B3.510.510.56.502029+9.9
6Bakin, Oleg1997RUS+13B=7N+10B=5N1B3.012.515.08.001967-3.6
7Malhotra, Rehaan1827USA+16N=6B5B+14N4B2.512.013.55.001841+3.2
8Yi, Victor1725USAF=5N=9B=2N+15B2.511.511.56.751960+49.2
9Akopian, Robert1871USA=4B+17B=8N=1NF2.511.511.56.501861-1.4
10Joseph, Veronique1884USA=21N+18B6N+16B2B2.59.510.03.251873-3.2
11Bryant, Daniel1982USA=18BF+19N=4B=5N2.59.59.55.251964-1.4
12Yuan, SerenaWCM1781USA2B+22B=17N+21B3N2.59.09.01.251828+12.8
13Pavuluri, Vivaan1845USA6N16B+18N+17B=14N2.58.09.54.001818-7.6
14Chen, Leo H1715USA3N+20B=16N7B=13B2.010.010.52.501751+9.6
15Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh1771USA17N4N+22B+20B8N2.08.08.00.501682-24.8
16Suthar, Om1808USA7B+13N=14B10N18N1.59.511.03.501678-31.0
17Wang, Chase1707USA+15B9N=12B13NF1.59.59.53.251730+3.6
18Zhu, Stephen1861USA=11N10N13BF+16B1.59.09.02.751793-16.4
19Cummins, Finn1928IRLF=1N11B3B=20N1.010.510.52.251694-24.6
20Ni, Leo1770USA1B14NF15N=19B0.59.09.00.501515-46.4
21Wang, Michael1866USA=10BFF12NF0.55.05.01.251640-11.8
22Gupta, Reyansh1869USA5B12N15NFF0.08.08.00.001045-63.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets