2026 Austin Winter Open - Championship

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49 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Austin, TX, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2157, and top seed was Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2503).

Lucius Melillo (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2241) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Rohit Gundam (4.0) and Logan C Shafer (3.5). Melillo shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Krrish Kaul (1758) beat Jeffrey Serna (2025), a +267-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Austin, TX, United States

Dates

09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMVladimir Belous2503

Avg top 10

2,157

Participants

Titled players · 3

GM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×44

🇮🇳India×3

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMLucius Melillo
🇺🇸USA·2241
4.0pts·2333perf+14.4
🥈
Rohit Gundam
🇺🇸USA·2055
4.0pts·2271perf+25.0
🥉
CMLogan C Shafer
🇺🇸USA·2209
3.5pts·2098perf-21.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Melillo4Gundam4Lad3.5Zhang3.5Singi3.5Vijay3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Melillo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Lucius Melillo won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Melillo, LuciusFM	2241	USA	+41B	+16N	+21B	=6N	=8B	4.0	11.5	12.5	9.25	2333	+14.4
2	Gundam, Rohit	2055	USA	+23B	+14N	=8B	=9N	+19B	4.0	11.0	13.5	10.50	2271	+25.0
3	Shafer, Logan CCM	2209	USA	+7N	=4B	=17N	+20B	=10N	3.5	12.5	15.0	10.50	2098	-21.6
4	Lad, Neil	1978	USA	+18B	=3N	+33B	=14N	=9B	3.5	11.5	13.5	9.00	2130	+40.0
5	Zhang, Oscar Y	1859	USA	+15B	=24N	+25B	−8N	+18B	3.5	10.5	12.5	8.25	2101	+60.0
6	Vijay, Keerthi K.	2271	IND	+27N	+34B	+12N	=1B	F	3.5	10.5	10.5	8.50	2386	+9.0
7	Singi, Advay	1920	USA	−3B	=35N	+48B	+40N	+14B	3.5	8.5	8.5	4.25	2109	+49.6
8	Belous, VladimirGM	2503	RUS	F	+30B	=2N	+5B	=1N	3.0	13.5	13.5	9.50	2331	-5.8
9	Zheng, Peter	2028	USA	+26N	+11B	F	=2B	=4N	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.75	2140	+11.4
10	Meng, Joshua	2097	USA	=17N	F	+13B	+22N	=3B	3.0	11.5	11.5	8.50	2160	+14.4
11	Khachatryan, David S.	1926	ARM	+35B	−9N	=29B	+25N	=21B	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.75	1906	-2.0
12	Shanmuganathan, T.r.	2051	IND	+39N	+42B	−6B	−19N	+23B	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.50	1945	-10.4
13	Gu, Samuel	1962	USA	F	+47N	−10N	+36B	+26N	3.0	7.0	7.0	4.00	2113	+30.8
14	Kolli, Rishi	1983	USA	+37N	−2B	+44N	=4B	−7N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.25	1908	-19.6
15	Lan, Kai Zhou	1825	USA	−5N	=22N	+16B	=32N	=24B	2.5	11.0	13.0	6.00	1917	+24.8
16	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1984	USA	+44N	−1B	−15N	+28B	=20N	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.25	1903	-16.5
17	Kandikayala, Srikar	1905	USA	=10B	+31N	=3B	=24N	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.50	2112	+36.8
18	Chodniewicz, Asher	1813	USA	−4N	+27B	=34N	+39B	−5N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.75	1899	+22.8
19	Bhaskaran, Siddharth	1830	USA	F	+40B	=20N	+12B	−2N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	2089	+53.2
20	Kaliyur, Rohith	1844	USA	=31B	+48N	=19B	−3N	=16B	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.50	1935	+10.4
21	Lonie, Chase Rugby	1792	USA	F	+45B	−1N	+30B	=11N	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.50	2142	+34.2
22	Dumitru, Eric Alexander	1793	USA	=28N	=15B	+45N	−10B	=29B	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1906	+27.2
23	Elliott, Scott A.	1859	USA	−2N	=39B	+43N	+34B	−12N	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.00	1912	+6.6
24	Vuyyuru, Shriyan	1988	USA	F	=5B	+42N	=17B	=15N	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.25	1906	-15.6
25	Maddipati, Srihas	1875	USA	=38N	+36B	−5N	−11B	=27N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.25	1875	-0.7
26	Joseph, Julian	1829	USA	−9B	+41N	−30N	+42B	−13B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	1835	+0.4
27	Santhosh, Pranav	1948	USA	−6B	−18N	=41B	+48N	=25B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1869	-24.4
28	Williams, Michael R	1780	USA	=22B	=32N	−40B	−16N	+35B	2.0	8.5	9.5	3.75	1821	+4.2
29	Sommers, Sean K	1776	USA	F	=38B	=11N	=46B	=22N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	1933	+15.8
30	Bist, Atharva	2020	USA	+47B	−8N	+26B	−21N	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1963	-15.6
31	Cai, Benjamin	1773	USA	=20N	−17B	=39N	+44B	−34N	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.75	1785	+2.8
32	Molina, William	1962	USA	=36N	=28B	=38N	=15B	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.75	1902	-6.4
33	Redfield, Grant	1871	USA	F	+43B	−4N	+37B	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1951	+6.4
34	Burd, Leonid	1961	USA	F	−6N	=18B	−23N	+31B	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.25	1842	-28.8
35	Zolidis, Eric	1700	USA	−11N	=7B	=36N	=47B	−28N	1.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1727	+5.2
36	Masoumi, Shahin Cazares	1941	USA	=32B	−25N	=35B	−13N	=43N	1.5	8.5	9.5	2.25	1699	-63.6
37	Kaul, Krrish	1758	USA	−14B	F	=46N	−33N	+40B	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1871	+20.0
38	Rahul Mynala	2060	IND	=25B	=29N	=32B	F	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	3.00	1871	-28.4
39	Seelam, Tanish	1751	USA	−12B	=23N	=31B	−18N	−42N	1.0	10.0	11.0	2.25	1590	-40.4
40	Serna, Jeffrey	2025	USA	F	−19N	+28N	−7B	−37N	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1629	-40.2
41	Bader, Jeremy	1867	USA	−1N	−26B	=27N	=43B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1747	-14.2
42	Wang, Yixin	1657	USA	F	−12N	−24B	−26N	+39B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	1712	+6.4
43	Binder, Joseph P	1741	USA	F	−33N	−23B	=41N	=36B	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.25	1692	-9.2
44	Zhang, Lawrence	1826	USA	−16B	+49N	−14B	−31N	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1720	-22.0
45	Bryant, Todd	2051	USA	+49B	−21N	−22B	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1707	-26.6
46	Trey, Justin	1954	USA	F	F	=37B	=29N	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.75	1767	-9.6
47	Zhang, Ellery	1811	USA	−30N	−13B	F	=35N	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	1621	-27.2
48	Flournoy, Donald W	1881	USA	F	−20B	−7N	−27B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1104	-56.4
49	Shen, Yangyang	1910	USA	−45N	−44B	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1139	-36.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhang, Oscar YUSA
+60.0
3.5 pts · #4
2Bhaskaran, SiddharthUSA
+53.2
2.5 pts · #23
3Singi, AdvayUSA
+49.6
3.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Masoumi, Shahin CazaresUSA
-63.6
1.5 pts · #37
2Flournoy, Donald WUSA
-56.4
0.0 pts · #49
3Seelam, TanishUSA
-40.4
1.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R5+267 Elo gap
Kaul, Krrish1758 beat Serna, Jeffrey2025
R2+259 Elo gap
Lonie, Chase Rugby1792 beat Bryant, Todd2051
R3+258 Elo gap
Dumitru, Eric Alexander1793 beat Bryant, Todd2051