2026 Spring Southeastern FIDE - Championship

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46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 13 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2244, and top seed was Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2478).

James A Chirilov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2186) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Sergey Erenburg (4.0) and Kagan Uz (4.0). Chirilov shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Landon Meadors (1786) beat P Michelle Catherina (WIM, 2114), a +328-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMSergey Erenburg2478

Avg top 10

2,244

Participants

Titled players · 13

GM×2

IM×1

FM×3

CM×3

WGM×1

WIM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×41

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
FMJames A Chirilov
🇺🇸USA·2186
4.5pts·2378perf+20.6
🥈
GMSergey Erenburg
🇺🇸USA·2478
4.0pts·2462perf+0.1
🥉
Kagan Uz
🇺🇸USA·2329
4.0pts·2375perf+7.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM James A Chirilov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Chirilov4.5Zapata4Erenburg4Foerster-Yialamas4Uz4Panjwani3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE22 Mar

FM James A Chirilov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM James A Chirilov 3 wins (R3–R5)GM Sergey Erenburg 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chirilov, James AFM	2186	USA	+21N	=10B	+16N	+15B	+6B	4.5	11.5	14.0	12.50	2378	+20.6
2	Erenburg, SergeyGM	2478	USA	+11B	+7N	+3B	−6N	+17B	4.0	14.0	16.5	13.00	2462	+0.1
3	Uz, Kagan	2329	USA	+36B	+19N	−2N	+12B	+9N	4.0	12.5	14.0	10.00	2375	+7.4
4	Foerster-Yialamas, LucasCM	2176	GER	=18B	+45N	+35N	=9B	+14B	4.0	9.5	9.5	6.75	2199	+4.2
5	Zapata, AlonsoGM	2240	COL	+40B	=33N	+34B	=17N	+22B	4.0	8.0	9.0	7.00	2232	+0.4
6	Panjwani, RajaIM	2386	CAN	+43N	+20B	=14N	+2B	−1N	3.5	13.5	13.5	7.75	2302	-3.0
7	Belenkaya, DinaWGM	2184	ISR	+13N	−2B	=10N	+25B	+16N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.00	2180	+1.8
8	LeBakken, Lukas WCM	1940	USA	=37N	−9B	+45B	+33N	+26N	3.5	8.0	8.0	4.25	2110	+44.8
9	Wu, Andrew	2111	USA	=38B	+8N	+28B	=4N	−3B	3.0	13.5	15.0	8.25	2116	+4.0
10	Zhang, Brian Qixuan	1788	USA	+46N	=1N	=7B	=26B	=15N	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.25	2148	+85.6
11	Katta, Sriansh	1974	USA	−2N	+13B	=25N	=34B	+35N	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.25	2088	+27.2
12	Vyas, Miransh Purven	2044	USA	−33B	+40N	+18B	−3N	+28N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	2015	-6.5
13	Kondabathini, Namish	1913	USA	−7B	−11N	+40B	+37N	+34N	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.00	2061	+39.2
14	Crump, Alexander J	2103	USA	+31B	+29N	=6B	F	−4N	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.75	2163	+6.4
15	Chu, Alex HaoningFM	2017	USA	+30N	F	+27B	−1N	=10B	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.50	2120	+21.6
16	Farzaneh-Far, Marcus	2038	USA	+44B	=27N	−1B	+38N	−7B	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.50	2080	+11.6
17	Bondalapati, Sri Vibhav	2131	USA	F	+38N	+33B	=5B	−2N	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.00	2231	+20.0
18	Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore	1865	USA	=4N	=26B	−12N	=36B	+41N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	2039	+43.6
19	Pendse, Vihaan	2064	USA	+41N	−3B	+24N	=27B	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.50	2190	+25.2
20	Bommannan, Aswath	2010	USA	+42N	−6N	=29B	=35B	=21N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.00	1944	-10.4
21	Ramkumar, Aditya	1829	USA	−1B	−32B	+42N	+44N	=20B	2.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	1966	+32.0
22	Baliga, Zubin	2065	USA	F	=25B	+36N	+41B	−5N	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.50	2108	+4.2
23	Michelle Catherina, PWIM	2114	IND	F	−28N	=30B	+29N	+31B	2.5	8.0	8.0	5.00	1947	-15.4
24	Bellamy, Chase	1944	USA	−27B	+44N	−19B	=30N	+33B	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.50	1971	+6.0
25	Neumann, Elijah	1938	USA	=39B	=22N	=11B	−7N	=29B	2.0	11.0	12.5	4.50	1965	+5.2
26	Prasanna, AdvikCM	2104	USA	F	=18N	+31B	=10N	−8B	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.75	1862	-48.0
27	Moon, BenjaminFM	2214	USA	+24N	=16B	−15N	=19N	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	2015	-20.2
28	Meadors, Landon	1786	USA	F	+23B	−9N	+39N	−12B	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	2094	+57.2
29	Maddipati, Srihas	1852	USA	+32N	−14B	=20N	−23B	=25N	2.0	9.5	11.5	4.25	1959	+25.6
30	Vivek, Dhruv	1913	USA	−15B	F	=23N	=24B	+36N	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	2014	+21.2
31	Vuyyuru, Shriyan	1856	USA	−14N	+43B	−26N	+32B	−23N	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1984	+31.2
32	Chen, Alan Zishun	1988	USA	−29B	+21N	−41B	−31N	+42B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1778	-56.8
33	Gilbert, Walker W	1839	USA	+12N	=5B	−17N	−8B	−24N	1.5	13.0	15.5	5.00	1910	+12.4
34	Duren, Andrew	2028	USA	F	+37B	−5N	=11N	−13B	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.00	1910	-13.8
35	Movva, Dhruva Ram	1830	USA	F	+39N	−4B	=20N	−11B	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1980	+26.0
36	Karthigeyan, Kishan	1980	USA	−3N	+42B	−22B	=18N	−30B	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1849	-38.0
37	Li, Allen	1863	USA	=8B	−34N	−39B	−13B	+40N	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.75	1828	-10.4
38	Balakumar, Arush	1987	USA	=9N	−17B	+43N	−16B	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1976	-3.6
39	Copeland, Samuel	2108	USA	=25N	−35B	+37N	−28B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1767	-34.4
40	Atassi, CelineWCM	1895	USA	−5N	−12B	−13N	+43B	−37B	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1766	-32.8
41	Rathi, Naitik	1892	USA	−19B	F	+32N	−22N	−18B	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1802	-18.0
42	Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCM	1819	USA	−20B	−36N	−21B	F	−32N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1153	-52.0
43	Zhang, Andrew	1972	USA	−6B	−31N	−38B	−40N	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1228	-73.2
44	Joseph, Alexander	1828	USA	−16N	−24B	F	−21B	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1138	-42.4
45	Basavaraju, Siddharth Sriram	1887	USA	F	−4B	−8N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1259	-22.8
46	Tisserand, Miles	1890	USA	−10B	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	988	-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhang, Brian QixuanUSA
+85.6
3.0 pts · #10
2Meadors, LandonUSA
+57.2
2.0 pts · #31
3LeBakken, Lukas WCMUSA
+44.8
3.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Zhang, AndrewUSA
-73.2
0.0 pts · #43
2Chen, Alan ZishunUSA
-56.8
2.0 pts · #30
3Sinkar, Anagha AniketWCMUSA
-52.0
0.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R2+328 Elo gap
Meadors, Landon1786 beat WIMMichelle Catherina, P2114
R4+322 Elo gap
Meadors, Landon1786 beat Copeland, Samuel2108
R2+278 Elo gap
Movva, Dhruva Ram1830 beat Copeland, Samuel2108