2026 Austin Winter Open - Class B
30 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 1663, and top seed was Kanike Uday Kumar (🇮🇳 IND, 1839).
Landon Sykora (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Albert Gao (3.5) and Arav Serikar (3.5). Sykora clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Vidhun Ganesan (1500) beat Jeffrey Q Chui (1757), a +257-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLandon Sykora led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Landon Sykora takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Landon Sykora won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Dmitrii Larionov held the sole lead at R3 but finished #16.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Landon Sykora | * | — | — | — |
| 2Arav Serikar | — | * | — | — |
| 3Friday Avila-Patricio | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Madhav Tumuluri | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykora, Landon | 0 | USA | +9N | −11B | +?N | +22N | +7B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.50 | 1688 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Gao, Albert | 1633 | USA | =19N | +9B | +11N | =3B | =15B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 2530 | +49.6 |
| 3 | Serikar, Arav | 0 | USA | F | +5N | +22B | =2N | +8N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.75 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Madhav Tumuluri | 1472 | IND | =29N | +12B | =6N | =11B | +19N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 7.75 | 1657 | +30.0 |
| 5 | Chen, Yiheng Ethan | 1605 | USA | +25N | −3B | +23N | +19B | =13N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 2404 | +20.0 |
| 6 | Avila-Patricio, Friday | 0 | USA | F | +?B | =4B | +27N | +12N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Larionov, Dmitrii | 1631 | USA | +24N | +20B | +13N | −8B | −1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 2309 | +13.2 |
| 8 | FIDE 566003881 | 0 | — | F | +14N | +15B | +7N | −3B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 1689 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kanike Uday Kumar | 1839 | IND | −1B | −2N | +24B | +23B | +20N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1707 | -17.2 |
| 10 | Chui, Jeffrey Q | 1757 | USA | +23B | −22N | −14B | +28N | +26B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1628 | -26.4 |
| 11 | Borse, Tanvi | 1621 | USA | F | +1N | −2B | =4N | +17B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 8.25 | 1360 | -27.2 |
| 12 | Rudra, Abhik | 1528 | USA | =16B | −4N | +25B | +21N | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 672 | -23.2 |
| 13 | Bhattacharjee, Ahir | 0 | USA | F | +26N | −7B | +16N | =5B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.75 | 1659 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Davis, Charles R | 1666 | USA | +27N | −8B | +10N | −15N | =22B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.75 | 1847 | +25.6 |
| 15 | Bhandari, Sanjay | 0 | USA | F | +?B | −8N | +14B | =2N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1670 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 566003806 | 0 | — | =12N | +29B | =19N | −13B | =?N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 566003717 | 0 | — | F | +28B | =20N | +?B | −11N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1713 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Pidathala, Esha | 0 | USA | F | +24B | −?N | =?B | +27B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Richmond II, Scott Ray | 0 | USA | =2B | +25N | =16B | −5N | −4B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 4.50 | 1297 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Garza, Gabriel | 0 | USA | +?B | −7N | =17B | =26N | −9B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Balamurali, Mahith | 0 | USA | F | −23N | +?N | −12B | +30N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 766 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ganesan, Vidhun | 1500 | USA | F | +10B | −3N | −1B | =14N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1905 | +41.6 |
| 23 | Yandrapati, Nirvaan | 1604 | USA | −10N | +21B | −5B | −9N | =24B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 2.75 | 1356 | -45.6 |
| 24 | Cromartie, Julius | 1509 | USA | −7B | −18N | −9N | +29B | =23N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1544 | +2.0 |
| 25 | Vance, Eric | 0 | USA | −5B | −19B | −12N | =30B | +29N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1402 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gardner, Kendrick | 1741 | USA | F | −13B | +30N | =20B | −10N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 957 | -19.2 |
| 27 | Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1464 | USA | −14B | F | +29N | −6B | −18N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 1557 | +9.6 |
| 28 | FIDE 2049821 | 0 | — | F | −17N | F | −10B | +?N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 957 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Pratheep Kumar, Amudha | 1449 | USA | =4B | −16N | −27B | −24N | −25B | 0.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1209 | -34.8 |
| 30 | Bejawada, Surya | 0 | USA | −?N | F | −26B | =25N | −21B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 941 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gao, AlbertUSA+49.63.5 pts · #10
- 2Ganesan, VidhunUSA+41.61.5 pts · #11
- 3Madhav TumuluriIND+30.03.5 pts · #5
- 1Yandrapati, NirvaanUSA-45.61.5 pts · #25
- 2Pratheep Kumar, AmudhaUSA-34.80.5 pts · #23
- 3Borse, TanviUSA-27.22.5 pts · #24
- R2+257 Elo gap
- R2+206 Elo gap