2026 Spring Southeastern FIDE - U2100
Open SwissStandard
44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1838, and top seed was Patrick McCartney (🇺🇸 USA, 1898).
Aashish Anantharaman (🇺🇸 USA, 1845) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ruben Yanmi Quintans (4.5) and Atticus Kresge (4.0). Anantharaman shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Alisa Joseph (1572) beat Garret Allen (1747), a +175-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
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×39
🇮🇳India×2
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇰🇾Cayman Islands×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
14
5
6
2
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Anantharaman takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Aashish Anantharaman drew with Ruben Yanmi Quintans (Black).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Aashish Anantharaman went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aashish Anantharaman | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Ruben Yanmi Quintans | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Sanchit Haripradeep | — | — | * | — |
| 4Atticus Kresge | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anantharaman, Aashish | 1845 | USA | +38N | +11B | =2N | +17B | +8N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 11.75 | 2100 | +25.2 |
| 2 | Quintans, Ruben Yanmi | 1846 | USA | +43B | +27N | =1B | +20N | +9B | 4.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.75 | 2128 | +58.4 |
| 3 | Kresge, Atticus | 1779 | USA | +34N | +10B | −5N | +11B | +15B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 2013 | +58.0 |
| 4 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1775 | USA | +19B | =8N | =12B | +13B | +17N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 1962 | +46.0 |
| 5 | Naushad, Musa | 1767 | USA | =21N | +23B | +3B | =9N | =12B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 10.75 | 1913 | +39.6 |
| 6 | Zhang, Laura | 1810 | USA | =28B | +39N | +7B | −15N | +18B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 1898 | +23.6 |
| 7 | Phadke, Anvay | 1753 | USA | =18N | +29B | −6N | +33B | +25N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1964 | +56.4 |
| 8 | Khariouk, Andrew | 1700 | USA | +22N | =4B | =14B | +35N | −1B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1839 | +38.0 |
| 9 | McCartney, Patrick | 1898 | USA | +37N | +13B | =17N | =5B | −2N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1827 | -8.8 |
| 10 | Farzaneh-Far, Ramin | 1779 | USA | +32B | −3N | +16B | =14N | =20B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.75 | 1815 | +5.0 |
| 11 | Kothapalli, Eshwar | 1749 | USA | +41B | −1N | +44B | −3N | +26B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1697 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Morgan, Lakshmi M | 1713 | USA | F | +21B | =4N | +42B | =5N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.25 | 1959 | +52.4 |
| 13 | Sharda, Arsh Amit | 1767 | USA | +36B | −9N | +26B | −4N | +35B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1791 | +8.0 |
| 14 | Song, Gavin Preston Yichen | 1791 | USA | F | +18B | =8N | =10B | +29N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 1957 | +34.0 |
| 15 | Ballal, Ishan | 1850 | IND | −42N | +43B | +37N | +6B | −3N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1807 | -5.4 |
| 16 | Tracey, Shaun MCM | 1725 | CAY | +33N | −17B | −10N | +44B | +30B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1704 | -2.0 |
| 17 | Harit, Neil | 1647 | USA | +40B | +16N | =9B | −1N | −4B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1801 | +40.4 |
| 18 | Sakharkar, Shreyas Rajendra | 1835 | USA | =7B | −14N | +36N | +28B | −6N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 1727 | -13.8 |
| 19 | Khariouk, Matthew | 1786 | USA | −4N | =22B | =21N | +32B | =23N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1730 | -15.6 |
| 20 | Chelladorai, Joshua | 1697 | USA | F | +31B | +25N | −2B | =10N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1861 | +34.8 |
| 21 | Lin, Abigail | 1818 | USA | =5B | −12N | =19B | =34N | +33N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1771 | -12.8 |
| 22 | Zapata Sanchez, Matias | 1718 | USA | −8B | =19N | =23N | +37B | =24B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Desai, Jairaj | 1618 | USA | =25B | −5N | =22B | +36N | =19B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1731 | +30.4 |
| 24 | Allen, Garret | 1747 | USA | −26N | −36B | +31N | +38B | =22N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1658 | -12.0 |
| 25 | Jagga, Harshil | 1811 | USA | =23N | +26B | −20B | =30N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1574 | -62.4 |
| 26 | Losada Navas, Benito Raul | 1646 | VEN | +24B | −25N | −13N | +40B | −11N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1696 | +6.4 |
| 27 | Pallapothu, Sri Pradyumn | 1739 | USA | +44N | −2B | =33N | −29B | =31N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1579 | -33.2 |
| 28 | Arun, Pranav | 1706 | USA | =6N | F | =30B | −18N | +34B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1720 | +3.2 |
| 29 | Aadhav N R | 1741 | IND | F | −7N | +39B | +27N | −14B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1722 | -4.0 |
| 30 | Vijayakumar, Aadith | 1517 | USA | =31N | =35B | =28N | =25B | −16N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 1643 | +30.8 |
| 31 | Purohit, Vihaan | 1628 | USA | =30B | −20N | −24B | +39N | =27B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1588 | -11.2 |
| 32 | Doan, Emilyn Chiu | 1726 | USA | −10N | −34B | +43N | −19N | +41B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1614 | -29.2 |
| 33 | Mendenhall, Todd M | 1875 | USA | −16B | +40N | =27B | −7N | −21B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1611 | -70.8 |
| 34 | Garrison, Jay | 1718 | USA | −3B | +32N | −35N | =21B | −28N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1598 | -16.0 |
| 35 | Chen, Raymond | 1705 | USA | F | =30N | +34B | −8B | −13N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1588 | -26.4 |
| 36 | Joseph, Alisa | 1572 | USA | −13N | +24N | −18B | −23B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1548 | -5.6 |
| 37 | Phadke, Viraj Sharad | 1746 | USA | −9B | +41N | −15B | −22N | −38B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1502 | -30.4 |
| 38 | Reddy Pittu, Jayaditya | 1727 | USA | −1B | F | F | −24N | +37N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1654 | -11.2 |
| 39 | Chelladorai, Isabelle | 1602 | USA | F | −6B | −29N | −31B | +44N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 926 | -40.0 |
| 40 | Mc Intosh, Shawn | 1765 | USA | −17N | −33B | +41N | −26N | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1478 | -29.6 |
| 41 | Crosby, Connor | 1517 | USA | −11N | −37B | −40B | +43N | −32N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1484 | -7.2 |
| 42 | Gao, Jonathan | 1704 | USA | +15B | F | F | −12N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1781 | +8.4 |
| 43 | Peela, Nischay Shyam | 1633 | USA | −2N | −15N | −32B | −41B | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 934 | -59.6 |
| 44 | FIDE 39995143 | 0 | — | −27B | F | −11N | −16N | −39B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 903 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Quintans, Ruben YanmiUSA+58.44.5 pts · #2
- 2Kresge, AtticusUSA+58.04.0 pts · #4
- 3Phadke, AnvayUSA+56.43.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Mendenhall, Todd MUSA-70.81.5 pts · #34
- 2Jagga, HarshilUSA-62.42.0 pts · #23
- 3Peela, Nischay ShyamUSA-59.60.0 pts · #42
Biggest upsets
- R2+175 Elo gap
- R1+150 Elo gap
- R1+146 Elo gap