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2026 Cardinal Open - Elite

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30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Akron, OH, United States. 5 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2254, and top seed was Semen Khanin ( FID, GM, 2594).

Sharath Radhakrishnan (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2206) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (3.5) and Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar (3.5). Radhakrishnan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Srihari Anandheri Kandadai (1759) beat Amogh Tripathi (1963), a +204-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Akron, OH, United States
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,254
Participants
30
Titled players · 5
GM×2
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇮🇳India×2
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇪🇸Spain×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 4 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.5/5. Radhakrishnan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDaniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia*———
2CMSharath Radhakrishnan—*
1
1
3Daniel Joshua Lee—
0
*—
4Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Radhakrishnan, SharathCM2206USA+3N+4B−7N=11B+9N3.512.515.010.752222+6.0
2Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM2360ESP+15B=9N+25B+10N−6B3.510.011.06.752287-2.0
3Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1910USA−1B=17N+29B+22N+10B3.58.58.54.252005+23.6
4Lee, Daniel Joshua1925CAN+17B−1N=22B+24N+23B3.57.08.04.002053+32.4
5Ren, Jesse2108USA+18B+12N−6B−14N+20N3.09.010.55.502150+9.6
6Zhou, JianchaoGM2589USAFF+5N+19B+2N3.08.08.08.003065+4.1
7Khanin, SemenGM2594FIDFF+1B+23N+14B3.06.56.56.503004+2.6
8Tripathi, Amogh1963USA−10B+18N−24B+26N+27B3.05.56.02.501888-17.6
9Storn, Justin2054USA+11N=2BF+12N−1B2.512.012.06.752170+11.4
10Anandheri Kandadai, Srihari1759USA+8N+20B=19N−2B−3N2.511.513.05.252025+61.2
11Yang, Andre1880USA−9B+15N+26B=1N−19N2.59.510.04.252021+31.2
12Soni, Arjun1853USA+22N−5B+28N−9B=21N2.58.08.01.751934+20.0
13Chung, Maxwell1745USAF+29N−14B=27N+17B2.54.04.01.751933+35.2
14Wang, EigenFM2211USAFF+13N+5B−7N2.08.58.55.502296+7.0
15Thornton, Christian1808USA−2N−11B+30N−21B+28N2.07.57.50.0018260.0
16Hanke, Harvey2048USAFF+18B=17N=22B2.04.04.02.751936-14.8
17Karthik, Aarav1751USA−4N=3B=20N=16B−13N1.511.513.03.501763+0.8
18Winters, Lance1886USA−5N−8B−16N+28B=26B1.58.58.50.251814-10.2
19Griggs, Walker2246USAFF=10B−6N+11B1.58.08.03.752105-8.8
20Shen, Edward1930USAF−10N=17B+25N−5B1.58.08.01.751849-19.6
21Sundara Rajan, Inbhavenkat1812CANFFF+15N=12B1.54.54.53.252024+22.0
22Aaryn Rudrapati1795IND−12BF=4N−3B=16N1.011.511.52.751741-10.8
23Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya1812USAFF+27N−7B−4N1.07.07.00.501817-3.6
24Shenvi, Mohit1955INDFF+8N−4BF1.06.56.53.001945-0.6
25Bauml, Broderick Kenneth2127USAFF−2N−20B+30B1.05.05.00.001881-35.2
26Yilanli, Mehmet1789USAFF−11N−8B=18N0.57.07.00.751638-20.8
27Zhu, Andrew J1689USAFF−23B=13B−8N0.56.56.51.251567-16.8
28Srinivasan, Shiv Karthik1903USAFF−12B−18N−15B0.06.06.00.001049-68.8
29Mukherjee, Sathvik1767USAF−13B−3NFF0.06.06.00.001027-33.6
30Marshall, Calvin1687USAFF−15BF−25N0.03.03.00.001148-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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