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2026 Washington Junior Invitational Chess Championship - Caruana Closed

Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2011, and top seed was Stephen Willy (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2239).

Vidip Kona (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2071) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ted Wang (3.5) and Stephen Willy (3.5). Kona clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vidip Kona (CM, 2071) beat Stephen Willy (FM, 2239), a +168-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States
Dates
10 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸FMStephen Willy2239
Avg top 10
2,011
Participants
6
Titled players · 4
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×6
Top 3
  • 🥇
    CMVidip Kona
    🇺🇸USA·2071
    4.0pts·2251perf+48.0
  • 🥈
    FMTed Wang
    🇺🇸USA·2205
    3.5pts·2160perf-2.6
  • 🥉
    FMStephen Willy
    🇺🇸USA·2239
    3.5pts·2160perf-6.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Vidip Kona led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
3
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5Kona takes lead
Kona#1Wang#2Willy#3Chang#4Palathingal#5Chen#6
R5 · LEADER CHANGE11 Jan

CM Vidip Kona takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Vidip Kona drew with FM Ted Wang (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

CM Vidip Kona went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇺🇸CMKona, Vidip2071*½11½14.08.5011.0+48.02251
2🇺🇸FMWang, Ted2205½*½½113.56.5011.5-2.62160
3🇺🇸FMWilly, Stephen22390½*1113.55.7511.5-6.82160
4🇺🇸Chang, Eddie19410½0*112.53.2512.5+11.02025
5🇺🇸CMPalathingal, Rafael2001½000*11.52.0013.5-27.71864
6🇺🇸Chen, Andy160900000*0.00.0015.0-17.61193

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets