2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - DE
Open SwissStandard
7 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 0, and top seed was Advait Anand (🇺🇸 USA, 1500).
Lua Loyalka (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/7, ahead of Srikar Yenamandra (4.0) and Kuzey Dogruoz (3.5).
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
Avg top 10
0
Participants
7
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×3
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 4.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
11
6
3
2
2
1
4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/7. Loyalka takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Kuzey Dogruoz won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lua Loyalka | * | — | 0 | — |
| 2Srikar Yenamandra | — | * | — | — |
| 3Kuzey Dogruoz | 1 | — | * | — |
| 4FIDE 39997057 | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyalka, Lua | 0 | USA | +?N | −3N | +?B | −?B | +?N | =?N | =?B | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1520 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Yenamandra, Srikar | 0 | USA | −?B | +?N | +?B | =?B | =?N | −?N | +?B | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dogruoz, Kuzey | 0 | USA | +?N | +1B | +?N | −?B | =?N | −?B | −?N | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 39997057 | 0 | — | −?B | −?B | −?N | −?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 5 | FIDE 39993205 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | +?B | =?B | =?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 39923240 | 0 | — | −?B | F | −?N | −?N | +?B | =?B | =?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 566004691 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Loyalka, LuaUSA0.04.0 pts · #1
- 2FIDE 399932050.02.0 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 399232400.02.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Loyalka, LuaUSA0.04.0 pts · #1
- 2FIDE 399932050.02.0 pts · #2
- 3FIDE 399232400.02.0 pts · #7