2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - MXA
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2027, and top seed was Eric Li (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2366).
Eric Li (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2366) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Vedant Verma (4.5) and Alex Nguyen (4.0). Li won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: David Sartorio (1712) beat Kanwar Sethi (2146), a +434-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
01 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×35
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsIM Eric Li led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R7 · LEAD HELD
IM Eric Li never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Eric Li 4 wins (R1–R4)Alex Nguyen 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMEric Li | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Vedant Verma | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Alex Nguyen | 0 | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Advit Amod Kulkarni | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li, EricIM | 2366 | USA | +13B | +32N | +5B | +16N | =29N | +3B | −23N | 5.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 17.75 | 2234 | -7.3 |
| 2 | Verma, Vedant | 1860 | USA | +15B | =7N | +9B | +4B | −3N | =11N | =16B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 27.0 | 17.25 | 1881 | +10.0 |
| 3 | Nguyen, Alex | 1980 | USA | +22N | −19B | +6N | +14B | +2B | −1N | −29B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 15.00 | 1942 | -12.0 |
| 4 | Weiss, Roi | 1828 | USA | +17B | =9N | +7B | −2N | +14B | −29N | =6B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 1848 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Loyalka, Breakwell | 1740 | USA | +27N | +18B | −1N | =26N | =12B | +10N | −24B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 12.75 | 1955 | +68.4 |
| 6 | Kulkarni, Advit Amod | 1743 | USA | =26B | +10N | −3B | −8N | +28B | +18B | =4N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 12.75 | 1882 | +49.6 |
| 7 | Sartorio, David | 1712 | USA | +25N | =2B | −4N | +21B | +26B | −16N | =8B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 12.25 | 1867 | +54.4 |
| 8 | Sane, Shreyus | 1857 | USA | =30N | +20B | −14N | +6B | +17N | −23B | =7N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 1792 | -22.0 |
| 9 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1659 | USA | +21N | =4B | −2N | =35B | −15N | +25B | +17N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 1760 | +38.4 |
| 10 | Dixit, Raajas Kunal | 1728 | USA | =31N | −6B | =30N | +20B | +27N | −5B | +19N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.50 | 1764 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Rajaram, Adit | 1683 | USA | −32B | +33N | =18N | +31B | +19N | =2B | −12N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 1827 | +55.2 |
| 12 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1825 | USA | =20N | F | F | +27B | =5N | +13N | +11B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 13.50 | 1906 | +9.0 |
| 13 | Krishnan, Shreyank | 1673 | USA | −1N | +28B | +31N | +19B | −23N | −12B | =18N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1826 | +50.0 |
| 14 | Oza, Nikunj | 1693 | USA | +33B | =26N | +8B | −3N | −4N | =17B | =15N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1847 | +25.8 |
| 15 | Goel, Darsh | 1712 | USA | −2N | =25B | =20N | +32B | +9B | −24N | =14B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1745 | +7.2 |
| 16 | Clemens, Kristian | 1876 | USA | F | +30B | +19N | −1B | F | +7B | =2N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 11.25 | 2000 | +14.6 |
| 17 | Wang, Tianmu | 1729 | USA | −4N | =21B | +25N | +18B | −8B | =14N | −9B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 8.75 | 1664 | -29.2 |
| 18 | Seidel, Eli | 1776 | USA | +28B | −5N | =11B | −17N | +30B | −6N | =13B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.25 | 1631 | -54.8 |
| 19 | Chakrabarty, Preron | 1728 | USA | +34B | +3N | −16B | −13N | −11B | +35N | −10B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 6.00 | 1640 | -29.2 |
| 20 | Tran, Toby | 1633 | USA | =12B | −8N | =15B | −10N | =32B | =33N | +30N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.00 | 1690 | +19.6 |
| 21 | DB, Pranav | 1585 | USA | −9B | =17N | +34B | −7N | =31B | =27N | =25B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1572 | -5.3 |
| 22 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1670 | USA | −3B | +34N | −26B | =30N | −24B | =28N | +33N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 1713 | +2.8 |
| 23 | Lin, Julian M | 1998 | USA | F | F | F | F | +13B | +8N | +1B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2765 | +26.8 |
| 24 | Sairam, Pranav | 2129 | USA | F | F | F | F | +22N | +15B | +5N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 2533 | +5.0 |
| 25 | Khurana, Viyaan | 1598 | USA | −7B | =15N | −17B | =28N | +34B | −9N | =21N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 5.50 | 1460 | -41.6 |
| 26 | Sethi, Kanwar | 2146 | USA | =6N | =14B | +22N | =5B | −7N | F | F | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1746 | -84.0 |
| 27 | Yan, Rayna | 1599 | USA | −5B | F | +32N | −12N | −10B | =21B | +31N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 1678 | +21.6 |
| 28 | Sundar, Neal | 1510 | USA | −18N | −13N | +33B | =25B | −6N | =22B | =34N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 1572 | +17.2 |
| 29 | Achuthan, AryanCM | 2183 | USA | F | F | F | F | =1B | +4B | +3N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 10.75 | 2331 | +11.8 |
| 30 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1678 | USA | =8B | −16N | =10B | =22B | −18N | =31N | −20B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1615 | -25.6 |
| 31 | Manvelyan, Hovik | 1874 | USA | =10B | =35N | −13B | −11N | =21N | =30B | −27B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1499 | -68.2 |
| 32 | Cheng, Kar Lun | 1660 | USA | +11N | −1B | −27B | −15N | =20N | F | F | 1.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1588 | -12.0 |
| 33 | Pereira, Wes | 1719 | USA | −14N | −11B | −28N | =34N | F | =20B | −22B | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.00 | 1272 | -102.0 |
| 34 | Pelcher, Marcellus Devoe | 0 | USA | −19N | −22B | −21N | =33B | −25N | F | =28B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Elster, Benjamin | 1652 | USA | F | =31B | F | =9N | F | −19B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1629 | -4.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Loyalka, BreakwellUSA+68.44.0 pts · #7
- 2Rajaram, AditUSA+55.24.0 pts · #8
- 3Sartorio, DavidUSA+54.44.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Pereira, WesUSA-102.01.0 pts · #35
- 2Sethi, KanwarUSA-84.02.5 pts · #23
- 3Manvelyan, HovikUSA-68.22.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R5+434 Elo gap
- R7+368 Elo gap
- R7+275 Elo gap