2026 Austin Winter Open - Class A
Open SwissStandard
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Austin, TX, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1775, and top seed was Dang Minh Nguyen (🇺🇸 USA, 1856).
Siddharth Patel (🇮🇳 IND, 1839) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Aadhya Jay Rajagopalan (3.5) and Ashwin Rajesh (3.0). Patel won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Subbu Sivaraju (1469) beat Alexander Ramey (1680), a +211-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
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇮🇳India×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSiddharth Patel led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R2–R5 · LEAD HELD
Siddharth Patel never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Siddharth Patel 5 wins (R1–R5)Nived Ratheesh 3 wins (R2–R4)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patel, Siddharth | 1839 | IND | +20B | +22N | +19B | +3N | +7B | 5.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 2592 | +17.4 |
| 2 | Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay | 1585 | USA | +26B | −21N | =11N | +16B | +15N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 6.25 | 1842 | +68.0 |
| 3 | Rajesh, Ashwin | 0 | USA | F | +5N | +21B | −1B | +10N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 1756 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ratheesh, Nived | 1686 | USA | −8B | +29N | +13B | +9N | −6N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1904 | +45.6 |
| 5 | Badrinarayanan, Ashwath | 1647 | USA | +18N | −3B | +14N | =15B | =9N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1865 | +45.6 |
| 6 | Tang, Martin | 0 | USA | F | F | +17N | +8N | +4B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 1770 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Dang Minh | 1856 | USA | F | +11B | =10N | +21B | −1N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1853 | +0.4 |
| 8 | John, Austin | 1689 | USA | +4N | −10B | +16N | −6B | =21N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1790 | +21.2 |
| 9 | Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy | 1680 | IND | =24B | +27N | =15N | −4B | =5B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1629 | -14.0 |
| 10 | Brown, Lawson | 1567 | USA | F | +8N | =7B | +19N | −3B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.25 | 2030 | +68.8 |
| 11 | Wang, Kai Yi | 1813 | USA | F | −7N | =2B | +27B | +12N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.25 | 1716 | -16.4 |
| 12 | Sivaraju, Subbu | 1469 | USA | +13B | −19N | =26B | +22N | −11B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1602 | +22.4 |
| 13 | Ramey, Alexander | 1680 | USA | −12N | +28B | −4N | =23B | +27N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1502 | -39.2 |
| 14 | Ganesan, Vikash | 1670 | USA | F | +20N | −5B | +26N | =19B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1636 | -5.2 |
| 15 | Kandi, Pranav | 1591 | USA | +28N | F | =9B | =5N | −2B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1512 | -12.4 |
| 16 | Kornienko, Alexander | 1715 | USA | F | +23N | −8B | −2N | +29B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1675 | -9.2 |
| 17 | Balaji, Tanav | 1755 | USA | F | +25N | −6B | =20N | =24B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1796 | +4.0 |
| 18 | Choi, Jay | 1746 | USA | −5B | =26N | −27B | =29N | +20B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1444 | -62.8 |
| 19 | Brown, Walker Blake | 1727 | USA | F | +12B | −1N | −10B | =14N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1549 | -38.4 |
| 20 | Matos, Alexander | 0 | USA | −1N | −14B | +25N | =17B | −18N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1564 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Pirani, Shams | 1811 | USA | F | +2B | −3N | −7N | =8B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1710 | -16.0 |
| 22 | Bitar, Waleed Nawaf | 0 | USA | F | −1B | =24N | −12B | +23N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1561 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Praveen, Aayush | 1630 | USA | F | −16B | +28N | =13N | −22B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1505 | -12.4 |
| 24 | Kerbow, Jeffrey C | 1652 | USA | =9N | F | =22B | F | =17N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1718 | +7.2 |
| 25 | Ni, Alan | 1554 | USA | F | −17B | −20B | =28N | +26B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1645 | +9.2 |
| 26 | Arun, Anish | 1534 | USA | −2N | =18B | =12N | −14B | −25N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1365 | -41.6 |
| 27 | Vuyyuru, Aryan | 1573 | USA | F | −9B | +18N | −11N | −13B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1537 | -6.8 |
| 28 | Kolts, John H | 0 | USA | −15B | −13N | −23B | =25B | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1292 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Perez-Daple, Brian Arturo | 1794 | USA | F | −4B | F | =18B | −16N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1442 | -53.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Brown, LawsonUSA+68.82.5 pts · #7
- 2Rajagopalan, Aadhya JayUSA+68.03.5 pts · #1
- 3Ratheesh, NivedUSA+45.63.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Choi, JayUSA-62.82.0 pts · #23
- 2Perez-Daple, Brian ArturoUSA-53.20.5 pts · #27
- 3Arun, AnishUSA-41.61.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R1+211 Elo gap
- R3+173 Elo gap
- R4+160 Elo gap