2026 Dreaming King Open

SwissStandard

47 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2026 in Los Angeles, CA, United States. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2402, and top seed was Andrey Baryshpolets (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2552).

Julian Colville (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2358) won with 4.5/6, ahead of David Gasparyan (4.5) and Derek Wu (4.0). Colville won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jacob Murray (1682) beat Liam Liu (2033), a +351-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dates

17 Jan 2026 → 19 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 100 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMAndrey Baryshpolets2552

Avg top 10

2,402

Participants

Titled players · 17

GM×5

IM×2

FM×3

CM×4

WIM×1

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×39

🇦🇲Armenia×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇪🇬Egypt×1

🇵🇸Palestine×1

🇫🇮Finland×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

🇸🇪Sweden×1

Top 3

🥇
IMJulian Colville
🇺🇸USA·2358
4.5pts·2353perf+4.0
🥈
David Gasparyan
🇺🇸USA·2261
4.5pts·2331perf+11.4
🥉
FMDerek Wu
🇺🇸USA·2226
4.0pts·2268perf+9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Gasparyan4.5Colville4.5Nilsson4Ghazarian4Wu4Zhang3.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Colville takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.0).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

David Gasparyan went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1David Gasparyan	*	—	—	—
2IMJulian Colville	—	*	—	0
3Martin Nilsson	—	—	*	0
4GMKirk Ghazarian	—	1	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Colville, JulianIM	2358	USA	+19N	+25B	−5B	+16N	=7B	+6N	4.5	16.0	18.0	12.25	2353	+4.0
2	Gasparyan, David	2261	USA	+36B	=28N	+13B	=3N	=6B	+7N	4.5	16.0	17.5	12.75	2331	+11.4
3	Wu, DerekFM	2226	USA	+23B	=11N	+10B	=2B	+45N	−29N	4.0	15.5	15.5	9.75	2268	+9.4
4	Nilsson, Martin	2168	SWE	+16B	−5N	+26B	=17N	+11B	=30N	4.0	14.0	16.0	9.75	2159	0.0
5	Ghazarian, KirkGM	2537	USA	+21N	+4B	+1N	+45B	F	F	4.0	11.0	11.0	11.00	3053	+7.0
6	Sivakumar, ShaashwathFM	2200	USA	+12N	+14B	−9N	+37B	=2N	−1B	3.5	18.5	20.0	9.75	2234	+6.2
7	Virtanen, TeemuFM	2276	FIN	−14N	+12B	+27N	+46B	=1N	−2B	3.5	17.0	17.0	7.25	2174	-13.2
8	Golsefidy, Sepehr	2042	USA	−11B	=23N	=22B	+42N	=16B	+17N	3.5	13.0	13.5	6.75	1937	-27.2
9	Chasin, NicoGM	2524	USA	+27B	+20N	+6B	=29N	−31B	F	3.5	12.0	12.0	9.00	2427	-3.6
10	Zhang, Glenn	1887	USA	=18N	+39B	−3N	=30B	+46N	=37B	3.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	2082	+60.8
11	Lew, Evan Jet	1904	USA	+8N	=3B	+18N	−24B	−4N	=19B	3.0	16.5	19.0	9.25	2123	+62.0
12	Wang, Leo Q	1978	USA	−6B	−7N	+44N	+35B	+18N	−15B	3.0	14.0	14.0	4.00	2062	+26.4
13	Guha, Rohit	2130	USA	=39N	+32B	−2N	F	=19B	+16N	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.25	2087	-4.2
14	Iinuma, Paul Y	2034	USA	+7B	−6N	F	+40N	+17B	F	3.0	10.5	10.5	7.00	2210	+18.4
15	Foerster-Yialamas, LucasCM	2125	GER	F	F	F	+20N	+25B	+12N	3.0	7.5	7.5	7.50	2786	+19.2
16	Qi, JennyWFM	2031	USA	−4N	+44B	+25N	−1B	=8N	−13B	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.75	2047	0.0
17	Huang, George	1797	USA	−25B	+36N	+20B	=4B	−14N	−8B	2.5	15.0	16.5	6.00	1986	+51.2
18	Rohwer, Paul	2054	USA	=10B	+26N	−11B	=19N	−12B	=33N	2.5	14.0	16.0	6.00	1846	-33.8
19	Bagdasarian, Ararat	1943	USA	−1B	F	+39N	=18B	=13N	=11N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.25	2056	+22.7
20	Xu, GordonCM	2090	USA	+22N	−9B	−17N	−15B	+47N	=21B	2.5	14.0	14.0	3.75	1994	-34.4
21	Zhou, Ivan	2070	USA	−5B	=22N	−23B	+38N	=40B	=20N	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.50	1971	-36.4
22	Vichare, Ruhan Yogesh	1996	USA	−20B	=21B	=8N	−25N	+34B	=41B	2.5	12.5	13.5	5.50	1963	-11.6
23	Xia, Joshua	1955	USA	−3N	=8B	+21N	+41B	F	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.25	2181	+47.2
24	Baryshpolets, AndreyGM	2552	UKR	F	F	F	+11N	=29B	+31N	2.5	7.0	7.0	6.00	2637	+3.5
25	Moussa, AlaaeddineCM	1891	PLE	+17N	−1N	−16B	+22B	−15N	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	5.00	1976	+8.2
26	Akopian, Robert	1871	USA	+44N	−18B	−4N	+27B	−30N	−36B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1935	+8.8
27	Leano, Bryan	2013	USA	−9N	+35B	−7B	−26N	+43N	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1962	-9.0
28	Sherwood, Forest J	1962	USA	+35N	=2B	F	−31B	−37N	=40N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.25	1929	-14.8
29	Mikaelyan, ArmanGM	2502	ARM	F	F	F	=9B	=24N	+3B	2.0	10.0	10.0	7.00	2559	+2.7
30	Porat, ToriWCM	2059	USA	F	F	F	=10N	+26B	=4B	2.0	9.5	9.5	5.75	2101	+7.2
31	Shoker, SamyGM	2438	EGY	F	F	F	+28N	+9N	−24B	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.50	2496	+3.6
32	Yu, AveryWIM	1994	USA	F	−13N	F	=43B	=35N	+42N	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.50	1789	-30.8
33	Zargaryan, Marat	1836	USA	F	F	F	+39B	=41N	=18B	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.75	2094	+41.2
34	Del Pilar, Reynaldo	2022	USA	F	F	F	+44B	−22N	+35B	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.50	2029	+2.0
35	Murray, Jacob	1682	USA	−28B	−27N	+36B	−12N	=32B	−34N	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.50	1807	+28.0
36	Liu, Liam	2033	USA	−2N	−17B	−35N	F	=42B	+26N	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.25	1710	-64.4
37	Krishnan, Ajay	1905	USA	F	F	F	−6N	+28B	=10N	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	2016	+16.4
38	Wang, Howard	1859	USA	F	F	F	−21B	=39N	+43B	1.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	1949	+14.0
39	Gasparyan, Seryozha	1847	USA	=13B	−10N	−19B	−33N	=38B	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.25	1691	-19.4
40	Simanovski, Davit	1796	ARM	F	F	F	−14B	=21N	=28B	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.25	1897	+14.0
41	Gattani, Sarthak	2007	USA	F	F	F	−23N	=33B	=22N	1.0	7.0	7.0	2.25	1804	-32.8
42	Prasad, Manu	0	USA	F	F	F	−8B	=36N	−32B	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1750	0.0
43	Wang, Jacob S	1929	USA	F	F	F	=32N	−27B	−38N	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1682	-35.6
44	Schoonmaker, NicholasCM	2034	USA	−26B	−16N	−12B	−34N	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1176	-46.2
45	Xie, BryanIM	2348	USA	F	F	F	−5N	−3B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1582	-9.2
46	Xie, Brandon	2058	USA	F	F	F	−7N	−10B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1282	-19.0
47	Kailasam, Sabarish	1827	USA	F	F	F	F	−20B	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	1290	-7.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lew, Evan JetUSA
+62.0
3.0 pts · #14
2Zhang, GlennUSA
+60.8
3.5 pts · #6
3Huang, GeorgeUSA
+51.2
2.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Liu, LiamUSA
-64.4
1.5 pts · #40
2Schoonmaker, NicholasCMUSA
-46.2
0.0 pts · #45
3Zhou, IvanUSA
-36.4
2.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R3+351 Elo gap
Murray, Jacob1682 beat Liu, Liam2033
R3+293 Elo gap
Huang, George1797 beat CMXu, Gordon2090
R1+242 Elo gap
Iinuma, Paul Y2034 beat FMVirtanen, Teemu2276