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18 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 10 Jan 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1930, and top seed was Andrew Wu (🇺🇸 USA, 2113).

Zubin Baliga (🇺🇸 USA, 2008) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Steve Paul Alappatt (2.0) and Celine Chen (2.0). Baliga broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Tanay Sanghani (1908) beat Andrew Wu (2113), a +205-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
10 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Andrew Wu2113
Avg top 10
1,930
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Zubin Baliga led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
11.52.53R1R2R3
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD

Zubin Baliga never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zubin Baliga beat Steve Paul Alappatt (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Zubin Baliga won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Zubin Baliga*
1
1
2Steve Paul Alappatt
0
*
3WCMCeline Chen
0
*
4Trishona Vinodh Kumar*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Baliga, Zubin2008USA+8N+2B+3N3.04.05.55.502707+22.2
2Alappatt, Steve Paul2009USA+11B1N+14B2.04.05.02.001987-0.8
3Chen, CelineWCM1783USA+15N+13B1B2.04.05.02.001976+30.0
4Sanghani, Tanay1908USA=10N=5B+9N2.03.55.03.252105+30.8
5Karthigeyan, Kishan1984USA=9N=4N+12B2.03.54.52.752032+9.2
6McCartney, Patrick1766USA+17N=8B=7N2.03.54.02.251918+12.2
7Vinodh Kumar, Trishona1707USA+12N=11N=6B2.03.04.02.501913+32.8
8Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore1928USA1B=6N+17B1.55.05.51.501839-14.0
9Wu, Andrew2113USA=5B+10N4B1.54.05.52.501911-30.4
10Sharma, Arya1841USA=4B9B+13N1.53.54.52.001937+14.0
11Zhang, Brian Qixuan1899USA2N=7B=16N1.04.05.01.501719-28.4
12Haripradeep, Sanchit1700USA7B+18B5N1.04.04.00.001672-6.0
13Roy, Tamaghna1790USA+18N3N10B1.03.53.50.001650-22.4
14Phadke, Viraj Sharad1682USA+16N15B2N1.03.04.01.001736+3.0
15Rathi, Naitik1757USA3B+14NF1.03.03.01.001732-2.4
16Modaresi-Beal, Kai Ali1819USA14B=17N=11B1.02.02.50.751649-26.8
17Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony1742USA6B=16B8N0.53.54.50.501564-25.2
18Sharda, Arsh Amit1700USA13B12NF0.02.02.00.00944-35.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets