2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - Blitz

SwissBlitz

56 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held on 04 Jan 2026 in Sunnyvale, CA, United States. 29 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2449, and top seed was Neuris Delgado Ramirez (🇵🇾 PAR, GM, 2580).

Arjun Kalyan (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2439) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Neuris Delgado Ramirez (7.5) and Saidakbar Saydaliev (7.5). Kalyan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Hayden Scott Brongersma (1564) beat Vladimir Sergeev Petrov (IM, 2249), a +685-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Dates

04 Jan 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 10 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇾GMNeuris Delgado Ramirez2580

Avg top 10

2,449

Participants

Titled players · 29

GM×9

IM×8

FM×6

CM×5

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×36

🇮🇳India×3

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×3

🇵🇪Peru×2

🇫🇷France×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
GMArjun Kalyan
🇮🇳IND·2439
7.5pts·2525perf+12.8
🥈
GMNeuris Delgado Ramirez
🇵🇾PAR·2580
7.5pts·2550perf-2.0
🥉
IMSaidakbar Saydaliev
🇺🇿UZB·2361
7.5pts·2444perf+26.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

Tight race until R6; 6 players tied at 7.5/10, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 6 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Kalyan7.5Flores Quillas7.5Saydaliev7.5Delgado Ramirez7.5Atwell7.5Abdisalimov7.5

R6–R10 · LEAD HELD

GM Arjun Kalyan held the sole lead from R6 through R10 without losing it.

R10 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 7.5/10. Kalyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (61.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Arjun Kalyan 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Saidakbar Saydaliev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMArjun Kalyan	*	—	½ 1	1 0
2IMDiego Saul Rodri Flores Quillas	—	*	—	—
3IMSaidakbar Saydaliev	½ 0	—	*	—
4GMNeuris Delgado Ramirez	0 1	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Arjun KalyanGM	2439	IND	+35B	+35N	+11B	+11N	=3B	+3N	+13N	−13B	+2N	−2B	7.5	61.5	66.0	48.25	2525	+12.8
2	Delgado Ramirez, NeurisGM	2580	PAR	=19B	+19N	+10N	+10B	=22B	+22N	=18B	+18N	−1B	+1N	7.5	56.5	62.0	46.25	2550	-2.0
3	Saydaliev, SaidakbarIM	2361	UZB	+30B	+30N	+29B	+29N	=1N	−1B	=25N	+25B	+13B	=13N	7.5	53.0	58.0	41.00	2444	+26.0
4	Flores Quillas, Diego Saul RodriIM	2385	PER	+36N	+36B	=24B	+24N	−25B	+25N	+5N	−5B	+22N	+22B	7.5	51.5	56.0	40.75	2412	+6.8
5	Abdisalimov, AbdimalikGM	2478	UZB	−37N	+37B	+38B	+38N	=14B	+14N	−4B	+4N	+18N	+18B	7.5	51.0	55.0	40.25	2400	-5.6
6	Atwell, RoseFM	2233	USA	+34N	+34B	−17B	=17N	−19N	+19B	+27B	+27N	+20B	+20N	7.5	48.5	53.0	38.50	2268	+20.8
7	Nagy, GaborGM	2508	HUN	+27N	+27B	−14B	+14N	−28B	+28N	+29B	+29N	−8N	+8B	7.0	52.0	57.0	38.50	2412	-8.4
8	Abdurakhmonov, MukhammadaliIM	2430	UZB	+39N	+39B	+13B	−13N	+49B	+49N	+9N	−9B	+7B	−7N	7.0	51.0	53.0	32.50	2412	+2.2
9	Girel, JosephGM	2372	FRA	−38N	+38B	+37B	+37N	+31B	+31N	−8B	+8N	−12N	+12B	7.0	50.0	54.0	36.00	2315	-7.6
10	Heimann, MarkGM	2424	USA	−20N	+20B	−2B	−2N	+47B	+47N	+30B	+30N	+25N	+25B	7.0	49.5	53.0	32.50	2338	-5.6
11	Arenas, DavidGM	2303	COL	+46B	+46N	−1N	−1B	+35B	+35N	+21N	−21B	+26B	+26N	7.0	48.5	52.0	31.50	2322	+6.4
12	Achuthan, AryanCM	2076	USA	+56N	+56B	+18B	−18N	+26N	−26B	+28N	+28B	+9B	−9N	7.0	45.0	45.0	27.50	2364	+57.2
13	Sheng, JoshuaGM	2376	USA	+23B	+23N	−8N	+8B	+17B	+17N	−1B	+1N	−3N	=3B	6.5	61.5	67.0	41.25	2355	+3.6
14	Tang, DylanFM	2135	USA	+48B	+48N	+7N	−7B	=5N	−5B	−19B	+19N	+34B	+34N	6.5	51.5	54.0	30.25	2277	+73.6
15	Soriano Quispe, Ivan ExcenderIM	2265	PER	+42N	+42B	−49B	+49N	−20B	=20N	=17N	+17B	=23B	+23N	6.5	44.0	46.0	30.00	2086	-36.0
16	Aadit Bhatia	1985	IND	+55N	+55B	+26B	−26N	−18N	−18B	+31N	+31B	+21B	=21N	6.5	43.0	44.0	25.25	2229	+61.6
17	Rajaram, RohanCM	2004	USA	+44B	+44N	+6N	=6B	−13N	−13B	=15B	−15N	+49B	+49N	6.0	51.0	53.0	26.50	2184	+65.6
18	Lohia, SohumIM	2335	ENG	+40B	+40N	−12N	+12B	+16B	+16N	=2N	−2B	−5B	−5N	5.5	61.0	65.0	31.75	2261	-13.6
19	Ling, ChenxuanCM	2190	USA	=2N	−2B	+32N	+32B	+6B	−6N	+14N	−14B	+28B	−28N	5.5	58.0	63.0	32.75	2288	+44.8
20	Doknjas, NeilCM	2152	CAN	+10B	−10N	+43B	+43N	+15N	=15B	+22N	−22B	−6N	−6B	5.5	57.0	61.0	30.25	2250	+29.2
21	Sorokin, AlekseyGM	2476	RUS	+32B	+32N	−25B	=25N	=24N	+24B	−11B	+11N	−16N	=16B	5.5	53.0	58.0	31.00	2175	-32.0
22	Jimenez Garcia, EmmanuelIM	2396	CRC	+53B	+53N	+33N	+33B	=2N	−2B	−20B	+20N	−4B	−4N	5.5	53.0	55.0	23.25	2258	-13.4
23	Sairam, Pranav	1990	USA	−13N	−13B	+52B	+52N	+40B	+40N	+26N	−26B	=15N	−15B	5.5	46.0	48.0	20.25	2142	+35.6
24	Liu, PatrickFM	2072	USA	+54B	+54N	=4N	−4B	=21B	−21N	−49N	+49B	=36B	+36N	5.5	40.5	42.0	18.25	2111	+17.6
25	Guo, EthanFM	2164	USA	+52B	+52N	+21N	=21B	+4N	−4B	=3B	−3N	−10B	−10N	5.0	57.0	59.0	23.50	2297	+67.2
26	Jing, AndrewFM	2043	USA	+47B	+47N	−16N	+16B	−12B	+12N	−23B	+23N	−11N	−11B	5.0	55.5	59.0	26.00	2063	+8.8
27	Yao, Hanchi	2105	USA	−7B	−7N	+39B	+39N	+36B	+36N	−6N	−6B	+33N	−33B	5.0	52.0	56.0	22.00	2090	-13.6
28	Figueredo Losada, LeonelIM	2326	MEX	−41N	+41B	+51B	+51N	+7N	−7B	−12B	−12N	−19N	+19B	5.0	49.0	51.0	20.50	2125	-21.8
29	Sivakumar, ShaakethFM	2317	USA	+45B	+45N	−3N	−3B	+53B	+53N	−7N	−7B	−32B	+32N	5.0	49.0	51.0	17.00	2151	-34.8
30	Bagdasarian, Ararat	1864	USA	−3N	−3B	=46B	+46N	+42B	+42N	−10N	−10B	=48N	+48B	5.0	46.5	49.0	17.00	1926	+19.2
31	Petrov, Vladimir SergeevIM	2249	BUL	−43N	+43B	+41B	+41N	−9N	−9B	−16B	−16N	+51N	+51B	5.0	45.0	47.0	16.00	1991	-55.2
32	Ai, Evan	2016	USA	−21N	−21B	−19B	−19N	+54N	+54B	+42B	+42N	+29N	−29B	5.0	41.5	43.0	16.00	2063	+18.0
33	Pang, Qi	1864	USA	+50N	+50B	−22B	−22N	−34B	+34N	−38B	+38N	−27B	+27N	5.0	40.0	42.0	17.50	2005	+64.8
34	Qi, JennyWFM	1924	USA	−6B	−6N	+50B	+50N	+33N	−33B	=46N	+46B	−14N	−14B	4.5	47.0	49.0	14.25	1880	-24.3
35	Gattani, Sarthak	2007	USA	−1N	−1B	+48B	+48N	−11N	−11B	−51B	+51N	=46B	+46N	4.5	43.0	45.0	12.25	1932	-40.8
36	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1984	USA	−4B	−4N	+56B	+56N	−27N	−27B	+50N	+50B	=24N	−24B	4.5	40.0	40.0	6.75	1907	-35.2
37	Widjaja, LukeCM	1935	USA	+5B	−5N	−9N	−9B	−51B	+51N	−39N	+39B	−41N	+41B	4.0	47.0	49.0	17.50	1976	+1.6
38	Iinuma, Paul Y	2102	USA	+9B	−9N	−5N	−5B	+41B	+41N	+33N	−33B	F	F	4.0	47.0	47.0	20.00	2154	+7.2
39	Zhu, Stephen	1784	USA	−8B	−8N	−27N	−27B	+44N	+44B	+37B	−37N	−45N	+45B	4.0	44.0	48.0	16.00	1830	-22.4
40	Bhatta, Rohit	2008	USA	−18N	−18B	+44B	+44N	−23N	−23B	−45B	+45N	−43B	+43N	4.0	42.0	46.0	16.00	1737	-54.4
41	Cummins, Finn	1901	IRL	+28B	−28N	−31N	−31B	−38N	−38B	+47N	+47B	+37B	−37N	4.0	39.5	43.0	16.00	2037	+28.0
42	Malhotra, Rehaan	1840	USA	−15B	−15N	+55B	+55N	−30N	−30B	−32N	−32B	+50B	+50N	4.0	38.0	39.0	6.00	1779	-39.2
43	Brongersma, Hayden Scott	1564	USA	+31B	−31N	−20N	−20B	−46N	−46B	+54B	+54N	+40N	−40B	4.0	37.5	39.0	12.00	1741	+65.6
44	Atanassov, Mariyan Mladenov	0	USA	−17N	−17B	−40N	−40B	−39B	−39N	+55B	+55N	+52N	+52B	4.0	33.0	34.0	6.00	1778	0.0
45	Liang, Bernard	1788	USA	−29N	−29B	−53N	−53B	+55B	+55N	+40N	−40B	+39B	−39N	4.0	31.0	32.0	10.00	1843	+9.6
46	Chen, Leo H	1715	USA	−11N	−11B	=30N	−30B	+43B	+43N	=34B	−34N	=35N	−35B	3.5	46.0	50.0	15.00	1785	+23.2
47	Sanat Singhal	1959	IND	−26N	−26B	=54B	+54N	−10N	−10B	−41B	−41N	+56N	+56B	3.5	35.0	35.0	2.25	1714	-48.8
48	Yi, Victor	1548	USA	−14N	−14B	−35N	−35B	+56B	+56N	F	F	=30B	−30N	2.5	32.0	32.0	2.50	1519	-3.2
49	Xia, Joshua	1862	USA	F	F	+15N	−15B	−8N	−8B	+24B	−24N	−17N	−17B	2.0	50.0	50.0	12.00	1957	+24.0
50	Liu, Serena	1631	USA	−33B	−33N	−34N	−34B	+52N	+52B	−36B	−36N	−42N	−42B	2.0	38.0	40.0	4.00	1650	+5.6
51	Suthar, Om	1808	USA	F	F	−28N	−28B	+37N	−37B	+35N	−35B	−31B	−31N	2.0	37.0	37.0	8.50	1897	+21.6
52	Mason, Scott	1839	USA	−25N	−25B	−23N	−23B	−50B	−50N	+56B	+56N	−44B	−44N	2.0	33.0	33.0	0.00	1128	-48.0
53	Mallela, Abhishek	1983	USA	−22N	−22B	+45B	+45N	−29N	−29B	F	F	F	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	8.00	2037	+2.0
54	Yu, Andrew	1460	USA	−24N	−24B	=47N	−47B	−32B	−32N	−43N	−43B	−55B	+55N	1.5	37.0	38.0	2.75	1440	-20.0
55	Li, Hsing	1535	USA	−16B	−16N	−42N	−42B	−45N	−45B	−44N	−44B	+54N	−54B	1.0	38.5	40.0	1.50	1434	-40.8
56	FIDE 150099407	0	—	−12B	−12N	−36N	−36B	−48N	−48B	−52N	−52B	−47B	−47N	0.0	37.0	39.0	0.00	1081	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tang, DylanFMUSA
+73.6
6.5 pts · #15
2Guo, EthanFMUSA
+67.2
5.0 pts · #26
3Rajaram, RohanCMUSA
+65.6
6.0 pts · #36

Top rating losers

1Petrov, Vladimir SergeevIMBUL
-55.2
5.0 pts · #24
2Bhatta, RohitUSA
-54.4
4.0 pts · #50
3Sanat SinghalIND
-48.8
3.5 pts · #52

Biggest upsets

R1+685 Elo gap
Brongersma, Hayden Scott1564 beat IMPetrov, Vladimir Sergeev2249
R1+543 Elo gap
CMWidjaja, Luke1935 beat GMAbdisalimov, Abdimalik2478
R9+491 Elo gap
Aadit Bhatia1985 beat GMSorokin, Aleksey2476