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2026 Cardinal Open - U2200

Open SwissStandard

34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Akron, OH, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1854, and top seed was Deshawn Kelley (🇺🇸 USA, 2006).

Deshawn Kelley (🇺🇸 USA, 2006) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Charithra C Arvind (4.0) and Tejas Ponugupati (4.0). Kelley broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Olivia Panciu (1524) beat Lewis Sanders (1836), a +312-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
🇺🇸Deshawn Kelley2006
Avg top 10
1,854
Participants
34
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×31
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Deshawn Kelley led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
1
1
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Kelley4.5Ponugupati4Arvind4Panciu4Wu3.5Ting3.5— ex-leaders:Kelleyled R3–R5, #7
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Deshawn Kelley held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Deshawn Kelley beat Tejas Ponugupati (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Deshawn Kelley 3 wins (R1–R3)Tejas Ponugupati 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Deshawn Kelley*
1
2Tejas Ponugupati
0
*
3Charithra C Arvind*
4Olivia Panciu*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kelley, Deshawn2006USA+12B+3N+20B=10N+5B4.511.512.511.502036+2.2
2Arvind, Charithra C1624USA+8B=5B+7N+20N=10B4.012.013.010.251992+76.4
3Ponugupati, Tejas1734USA+22N1B+16N+18B+11N4.09.510.56.001920+45.6
4Panciu, Olivia1524USA=6B=17N+30B+29N+8B4.08.59.06.501987+91.6
5Wu, Mason1710USA+16B=2N+21B+6N1N3.513.514.58.001936+58.8
6Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred1849MAS=4N+13B+19N5B+9N3.512.013.58.001800-4.6
7Ren, Stanley1804USA+32B=9N2B+23B+21N3.58.58.53.251861+12.4
8Sanders, Lewis1836USA2N+32B+25N+17B4N3.010.510.52.501696-13.6
9Schommer, Alexander J1723USA+33N=7B11N+14B6B2.511.011.03.751816+25.6
10Friedman, David1847USAFF+29B=1B=2N2.09.09.04.751906+5.0
11Robinson Jr, Scott1744USAFF+9B+12N3B2.08.58.54.501727-2.0
12Fleet, Eric0USA1N+33B+22N11BF2.07.57.51.0017880.0
13Anand, Anirudh1713USA+31B6N=24B21N=26B2.06.57.01.501709-1.6
14Opaska, Michael1846USAFF+31B9N+23B2.04.04.01.501720-6.8
15Nikhil, Nirav1581USAFF18N+30B+24B2.03.03.01.501612+3.2
16Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya1599USA5NF3B=26N+28B1.59.59.51.501651+10.0
17Fleischman, Bryan Austin Wayne1778USAF=4B+34N8NF1.57.07.02.001718-8.4
18Kakarla, Aadya1491USAFF+15B3N=29B1.56.56.52.251675+28.0
19Qiu, Stanley1585USAFF6B=24N+27B1.55.55.51.501745+24.4
20Stewart, William C0USAFF1N2B+25N1.09.59.51.0010150.0
21Kleban, Joseph W1858USAFF5N+13B7B1.09.09.02.001617-38.8
22Hong, Hunter1561USA3B+31N12B27NF1.07.57.50.501575+2.4
23Stavropoulos, Georgios S0GREFF+26B7N14N1.06.56.51.0016740.0
24Park, Colin1734USAFF=13N=19B15N1.05.55.51.751501-37.2
25FIDE 5660051830FF8B+28N20B1.05.05.01.0017990.0
26Nikhil, Pranav1747USAFF23N=16B=13N1.04.54.51.751656-10.0
27Adaikappan, Aadhi Veerapandian1659USAFFF+22B19N1.02.52.51.001573-8.4
28Fuller, James A1761USAFF+32N25B16N1.02.52.50.001729-3.6
29Strobehn, Alexander1714USAFF10N4B=18N0.57.57.50.751347-54.0
30Raiber, Jordan0USAFF4N15N=31B0.56.56.50.2513350.0
31Sureshkumar, Sidharth1719USA13N22B14NF=30N0.55.55.50.25906-62.0
32Andreas, Peter1859USA7N8N28BFF0.07.57.50.001000-69.6
33Moore, Johnson1839USA9B12NFFF0.04.54.50.00922-13.2
34Hunt, Thomas Warren1796USAFF17BFF0.01.51.50.00978-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets