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2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - U2000

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Sunnyvale, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Serena Liu (🇺🇸 USA, 1764).

Advay Chakravarty (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Giorgi Baiashvili (4.0) and Charmaine Kwan (4.0). Chakravarty won solo starting round 3.

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
🇺🇸Serena Liu1764
Avg top 10
1,629
Participants
16
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Advay Chakravarty led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Advay Chakravarty held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Advay Chakravarty beat Giorgi Baiashvili (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Advay Chakravarty 4 wins (R1–R4)Charmaine Kwan 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Advay Chakravarty*
1
½
2Giorgi Baiashvili
0
*
3Charmaine Kwan
½
*
4Olivia Ding*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chakravarty, Advay0USA+6N+4B+2N+8B=3N4.513.515.513.5016760.0
2Baiashvili, Giorgi1689GEO+10N+16B1B+4N+8N4.011.512.58.002401+46.0
3Kwan, Charmaine1653USA=11B+12N+14B+9N=1B4.09.510.57.502321+26.0
4FIDE 5660033930+12B1N+11B2B+9N3.012.013.55.0016160.0
5Ding, Olivia1608USAF=13B=12N+11N+6B3.07.07.05.501755+23.6
6Sayiner, Necip1631USA1B=15N+13N+14B5N2.510.011.03.001711+8.4
7Madireddy, Krivi R0USA+?B=14N8N+10BF2.55.05.02.5016140.0
8Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai1490USAF+9N+7B1N2B2.013.013.04.50889-9.6
9Daghagh, Hossein0USA+13N8B+16N3B4B2.010.511.52.5016030.0
10Liu, Serena1764USA2B=11N+15B7N=14N2.09.010.02.251608-23.6
11Rachvelishvili, Davit0USA=3N=10B4N5B=12N1.512.013.53.7515550.0
12Viswanath, Naren Ganapathy1542USA4N3B=5B=13N=11B1.511.513.03.001535-1.2
13Viswanath, Avyukth Ganapathy1718USA9B=5N6B=12B=15N1.59.010.02.751517-44.4
14Wang, Yulan1500USAF=7B3N6N=10B1.011.011.02.251410-12.0
15Gao, Ethan Wangchen1636USA16N=6B10NF=13B1.07.07.02.001472-34.0
16Ni, Tao1549USA+15B2N9BFF1.07.07.01.001663+6.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers