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2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - DE

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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

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
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
Player1234
1Lua Loyalka*
0
2Srikar Yenamandra*
3Kuzey Dogruoz
1
*
4FIDE 39997057*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Loyalka, Lua0USA+?N3N+?B?B+?N=?N=?B4.03.53.50.0015200.0
2Yenamandra, Srikar0USA?B+?N+?B=?B=?N?N+?B4.00.00.00.0015000.0
3Dogruoz, Kuzey0USA+?N+1B+?N?B=?N?B?N3.54.04.04.007000.0
4FIDE 399970570?B?B?N?N+?B+?N+?B3.00.00.00.007000.0
5FIDE 399932050FFFF+?B=?B=?N2.00.00.00.0015000.0
6FIDE 399232400?BF?N?N+?B=?B=?N2.00.00.00.007000.0
7FIDE 5660046910FFFF?N?B?N0.00.00.00.007000.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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