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2026 Austin Winter Open - Class A

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Dang Minh Nguyen1856
Avg top 10
1,775
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇮🇳India×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Siddharth Patel led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Patel5Rajagopalan3.5Ratheesh3Badrinarayanan3Tang3Rajesh3— ex-leaders:Patelled R3–R5, #12
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

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Patel, Siddharth1839IND+20B+22N+19B+3N+7B5.08.510.010.002592+17.4
2Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay1585USA+26B−21N=11N+16B+15N3.58.09.06.251842+68.0
3Rajesh, Ashwin0USAF+5N+21B−1B+10N3.012.012.07.0017560.0
4Ratheesh, Nived1686USA−8B+29N+13B+9N−6N3.010.511.05.501904+45.6
5Badrinarayanan, Ashwath1647USA+18N−3B+14N=15B=9N3.010.012.06.751865+45.6
6Tang, Martin0USAFF+17N+8N+4B3.07.57.57.5017700.0
7Nguyen, Dang Minh1856USAF+11B=10N+21B−1N2.511.511.55.251853+0.4
8John, Austin1689USA+4N−10B+16N−6B=21N2.510.512.05.751790+21.2
9Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy1680IND=24B+27N=15N−4B=5B2.59.510.54.251629-14.0
10Brown, Lawson1567USAF+8N=7B+19N−3B2.59.59.55.252030+68.8
11Wang, Kai Yi1813USAF−7N=2B+27B+12N2.59.59.55.251716-16.4
12Sivaraju, Subbu1469USA+13B−19N=26B+22N−11B2.58.09.04.501602+22.4
13Ramey, Alexander1680USA−12N+28B−4N=23B+27N2.58.08.52.251502-39.2
14Ganesan, Vikash1670USAF+20N−5B+26N=19B2.57.07.03.251636-5.2
15Kandi, Pranav1591USA+28NF=9B=5N−2B2.09.59.53.251512-12.4
16Kornienko, Alexander1715USAF+23N−8B−2N+29B2.08.08.02.001675-9.2
17Balaji, Tanav1755USAF+25N−6B=20N=24B2.07.57.53.001796+4.0
18Choi, Jay1746USA−5B=26N−27B=29N+20B2.06.57.02.251444-62.8
19Brown, Walker Blake1727USAF+12B−1N−10B=14N1.512.512.53.751549-38.4
20Matos, Alexander0USA−1N−14B+25N=17B−18N1.511.513.02.5015640.0
21Pirani, Shams1811USAF+2B−3N−7N=8B1.511.511.54.751710-16.0
22Bitar, Waleed Nawaf0USAF−1B=24N−12B+23N1.510.510.52.2515610.0
23Praveen, Aayush1630USAF−16B+28N=13N−22B1.56.56.51.751505-12.4
24Kerbow, Jeffrey C1652USA=9NF=22BF=17N1.56.06.03.001718+7.2
25Ni, Alan1554USAF−17B−20B=28N+26B1.55.05.01.251645+9.2
26Arun, Anish1534USA−2N=18B=12N−14B−25N1.010.512.02.251365-41.6
27Vuyyuru, Aryan1573USAF−9B+18N−11N−13B1.09.59.52.001537-6.8
28Kolts, John H0USA−15B−13N−23B=25BF0.57.57.50.7512920.0
29Perez-Daple, Brian Arturo1794USAF−4BF=18B−16N0.57.07.01.001442-53.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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