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2026 Spring Southeastern FIDE - U1800

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1700, and top seed was Murari Raghavan (🇺🇸 USA, 1757).

Rishaank R Channad (🇺🇸 USA, 1630) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Emerson Lee (4.0) and Nikolaos Papagiannis (3.5). Channad shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Yashwin Reddy Nallu (1575) beat Thiru Moorthy Gopal (1714), a +139-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
🇺🇸Murari Raghavan1757
Avg top 10
1,700
Participants
24
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
1
4
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Channad takes lead
Channad4Lee4Papagiannis3.5Raja3.5Mani3.5Deininger3.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE22 Mar

Rishaank R Channad takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Channad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Emerson Lee won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rishaank R Channad*———
2Emerson Lee—*——
3Nikolaos Papagiannis——*
½
4Arjun Raja——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Channad, Rishaank R1630USA+23B=18N+15N+9B=4N4.09.59.57.001830+42.4
2Lee, Emerson0USA−18B+23N+16B+17B+10N4.08.08.06.5017080.0
3Papagiannis, Nikolaos1665GRE=7B+13N=5B=6N+9B3.512.515.010.001767+13.4
4Deininger, David1679USA+19B=10N+18B=5N=1B3.511.513.08.001814+29.2
5Mani, Advik Subhav1755USA+21N=15B=3N=4B+12N3.511.512.58.001729-6.0
6Raja, Arjun1650USA=12N+20B=9N=3B+11N3.511.012.07.751800+30.8
7Ramkumar, Siddharth1552USA=3N−11B=20N+23B+17N3.09.09.04.251617+14.4
8Desaikov, Max0USA−16B=?N=13B+22N+15B3.07.07.03.7516760.0
9Thokur, Dhruv1534USA+14B+16N=6B−1N−3N2.513.515.56.251557+4.4
10Raghavan, Murari1757USA+17N=4B+11NF−2B2.512.012.06.251929+24.0
11Boddupally, Adhvik1718USA=13B+7N−10B+14N−6B2.511.514.06.751639-21.2
12Moore, Lane Higgins0USA=6B=22N=14B+18N−5B2.511.011.54.7516980.0
13Sahu, Aarush1602USA=11N−3B=8N=19B+21N2.510.511.54.501657+9.2
14Mani, Anirudh Subhav1635USA−9N+21B=12N−11B+20N2.58.59.53.251588-10.4
15Karthik, Nikhil1621USA+24N=5N−1B=20B−8N2.011.511.52.251646+8.8
16Dupliak, Bohdan0USA+8N−9B−2N+21B−19N2.011.012.04.0015610.0
17Nallu, Yashwin Reddy1575USA−10B+19N+22B−2N−7B2.011.011.52.001549-4.0
18Charles, Geoffrey A1736USA+2N=1B−4N−12BF1.514.014.06.001460-14.6
19Muhammad, Khabir0USA−4N−17BF=13N+16B1.510.010.03.2513450.0
20Kuo, Olivia Jade1510USAF−6N=7B=15N−14B1.011.011.02.501417-18.8
21Nannapaneni, Shaurya1590USA−5B−14N+23B−16N−13B1.010.510.50.00864-48.0
22Gopal, Thiru Moorthy1714USAF=12B−17N−8BF0.57.57.51.25774-27.6
23FIDE 20701890—−1N−2B−21N−7NF0.012.012.00.007890.0
24Crawford, Jared1691USA−15BFFFF0.02.02.00.00804-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets