2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - BC
31 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Milpitas, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1694, and top seed was Calvin Django Dees (🇺🇸 USA, 1851).
Kevin Chenkai Yan (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Alexander Kuritsyn (5.5) and Ayaan Saligram (5.0). Yan shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Pudur Ramaswamy (1570) beat Vihaan Kumar (1725), a +155-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Kevin Chenkai Yan takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Yan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).
Kevin Chenkai Yan 4 wins (R3–R6)Alexander Kuritsyn 4 wins (R4–R7)Ayaan Saligram 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin Chenkai Yan | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Alexander Kuritsyn | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ayaan Saligram | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Calvin Django Dees | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yan, Kevin Chenkai | 0 | USA | =9N | =22B | +24N | +3B | +4N | +6N | =?B | 5.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 17.50 | 1747 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Kuritsyn, Alexander | 1569 | USA | +24B | −12N | =10B | +23N | +28B | +9N | +7N | 5.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 12.25 | 1899 | +58.8 |
| 3 | Saligram, Ayaan | 1608 | USA | +14B | −5B | +8N | −1N | +13B | +29B | +12N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 15.00 | 1910 | +63.6 |
| 4 | Dees, Calvin Django | 1851 | USA | +19N | =16B | =12B | +5N | −1B | =10N | +9B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 1890 | +10.4 |
| 5 | Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji | 1829 | USA | +17B | +3N | −7B | −4B | +25N | =16N | +11B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 14.00 | 1748 | -14.8 |
| 6 | Pillai, Natesh | 1605 | USA | +11B | =13N | +22N | −12B | +26N | −1B | +16B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 10.75 | 2430 | +32.0 |
| 7 | Zhu, Timothy | 0 | USA | +15N | +8B | +5N | +16B | F | −?N | −2B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 15.00 | 1699 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Meacham, Max Katkin | 1662 | USA | +18B | −7N | −3B | −10N | +27B | +30N | +28B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 4.50 | 1488 | -28.4 |
| 9 | Chen, Thomas | 1648 | USA | =1B | =10N | +20B | =13N | +30B | −2B | −4N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 8.75 | 1569 | -19.2 |
| 10 | Rapaka, Anish | 1598 | USA | F | =9B | =2N | +8B | =29N | =4B | =18N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 12.25 | 1734 | +44.8 |
| 11 | Patil, Anushka | 0 | USA | −6N | =14N | +18B | −15B | +23B | +22N | −5N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1682 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Liang, Ash Bowen | 0 | USA | F | +2B | =4N | +6N | −?B | +?N | −3B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 12.25 | 1672 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Russell | 0 | USA | +20N | =6B | −16N | =9B | −3N | +25B | =26N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 1678 | USA | −3N | =11B | =19N | +20B | =22N | =26B | =17N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1602 | -24.8 |
| 15 | Wu, Michael Liu | 0 | USA | −7B | +18N | =17B | +11N | −?B | F | +29N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.00 | 1666 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Roumpos, Georgios | 1607 | USA | +25B | =4N | +13B | −7N | F | =5B | −6N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.00 | 1637 | +3.2 |
| 17 | Mythil, Arnav | 1546 | USA | −5N | +25B | =15N | =22B | F | =28N | =14B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1619 | +10.0 |
| 18 | Rao, Neeraj | 1634 | USA | −8N | −15B | −11N | F | +31N | +24B | =10B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.75 | 1588 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Ramaswamy, Pudur | 1570 | USA | −4B | −24N | =14B | F | F | +20N | +22B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1673 | +13.2 |
| 20 | Jain, Ahaan | 1606 | USA | −13B | F | −9N | −14N | +21B | −19B | +24N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 1504 | -28.0 |
| 21 | Soltani, Mohammad | 1482 | USA | F | F | F | F | −20N | +31B | +25N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 806 | -6.6 |
| 22 | Kumar, Vihaan | 1725 | USA | F | =1N | −6B | =17N | =14B | −11B | −19N | 1.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.00 | 1407 | -66.8 |
| 23 | Zhang, Jessica | 1503 | USA | F | F | F | −2B | −11N | +27N | =30B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 769 | -16.4 |
| 24 | Amin, Eshaan Kashyap | 1504 | USA | −2N | +19B | −1B | −25N | F | −18N | −20B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.50 | 1402 | -20.4 |
| 25 | Han, Wilson | 0 | USA | −16N | −17N | F | +24B | −5B | −13N | −21B | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.00 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Shankar, Pranav | 1559 | USA | F | F | F | F | −6B | =14N | =13B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1449 | -11.2 |
| 27 | Patil, Aditi | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −8N | −23B | +31N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 783 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ng, Preston | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −2N | =17B | −8N | 0.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1319 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Galinato, Carlos D | 1700 | USA | F | F | F | F | =10B | −3N | −15B | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1410 | -30.8 |
| 30 | Selvam, Rikitha | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −9N | −8B | =23N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1331 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 39942635 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −18B | −21N | −27B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Saligram, AyaanUSA+63.65.0 pts · #9
- 2Kuritsyn, AlexanderUSA+58.85.5 pts · #3
- 3Rapaka, AnishUSA+44.83.5 pts · #4
- 1Kumar, VihaanUSA-66.81.5 pts · #23
- 2Galinato, Carlos DUSA-30.80.5 pts · #27
- 3Meacham, Max KatkinUSA-28.44.0 pts · #19
- R7+155 Elo gap
- R3+120 Elo gap