10th Annual George Washington Open - Major

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55 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Dulles, VA, United States. 14 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2288, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2581).

Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2581) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Praveen Balakrishnan (4.0) and Daniel Girsh (4.0). Zhou shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Hanford Chong (1825) beat Sabina-Francesca Foisor (WGM, 2222), a +397-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Dulles, VA, United States

Dates

27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2581

Avg top 10

2,288

Participants

Titled players · 14

GM×3

IM×1

FM×5

CM×1

WGM×1

WFM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×52

🇳🇬Nigeria×1

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJianchao Zhou
🇺🇸USA·2581
4.0pts·2492perf-2.7
🥈
GMPraveen Balakrishnan
🇺🇸USA·2499
4.0pts·2462perf+0.3
🥉
FMDaniel Girsh
🇺🇸USA·2233
4.0pts·2435perf+25.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Balakrishnan4Zhou4Girsh4Wilson4Srivastava3.5Moorhouse3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Zhou takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Praveen Balakrishnan drew with GM Jianchao Zhou (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Praveen Balakrishnan 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Daniel Girsh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMPraveen Balakrishnan	*	½	½	—
2GMJianchao Zhou	½	*	—	1
3FMDaniel Girsh	½	—	*	—
4FMRonen Wilson	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhou, JianchaoGM	2581	USA	+19N	+4B	=6N	+10N	=2B	4.0	14.5	17.0	13.25	2492	-2.7
2	Balakrishnan, PraveenGM	2499	USA	+11B	+7N	+13B	=3N	=1N	4.0	14.5	17.0	13.00	2462	+0.3
3	Girsh, DanielFM	2233	USA	+26N	+22B	+5N	=2B	=38N	4.0	12.0	13.5	10.75	2435	+25.2
4	Wilson, RonenFM	2095	USA	+30B	−1N	+34B	+28N	+12B	4.0	11.0	13.0	9.00	2275	+45.2
5	Zhao, KevinFM	2078	USA	+51B	+17N	−3B	=23N	+14B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	2142	+16.7
6	Srivastava, Vikram	2122	USA	+21B	+29N	=1B	=38B	=15N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.50	2281	+19.2
7	Moorhouse, Will	2092	USA	+39N	−2B	=37N	+27B	+19N	3.5	10.0	11.5	6.75	2102	+5.6
8	Levine, Owen	2030	USA	=27B	+20N	F	+18N	+10B	3.5	10.0	10.0	9.00	2331	+54.8
9	Vaibhav KalpakaFM	2193	IND	=20B	+24N	=15B	+29N	=40B	3.5	9.5	11.0	7.75	2073	-12.4
10	Zhuang, Kyle	2220	USA	+33N	+14B	+46N	−1B	−8N	3.0	12.0	13.0	5.50	2151	-15.2
11	Amrany, Benjamin	1942	USA	−2N	+39B	−16N	+54B	+26N	3.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	2001	+12.0
12	Sriniaiyer, SudarshanFM	2210	USA	=15N	+53B	+41B	=40N	−4N	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	2001	-22.2
13	Wang, Kevin	2099	USA	+44N	+16B	−2N	=19B	−23N	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.75	1993	-28.4
14	Vyas, Miransh Purven	2003	USA	+50N	−10N	+21B	=16B	−5N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1938	-14.8
15	Kurup, Siddharth	1946	USA	=12B	+45N	=9N	F	=6B	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	2179	+47.2
16	Deng, Michael	1850	USA	+18B	−13N	+11B	=14N	−25B	2.5	10.5	13.0	6.75	2044	+48.8
17	Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan	1890	USA	+31N	−5B	−22N	+47B	=18B	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	2050	+38.8
18	ADU, OladapoIM	2173	NGR	−16N	+44B	+26N	−8B	=17N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.25	1892	-32.6
19	Bates, Evan	1892	USA	−1B	+51N	+49B	=13N	−7B	2.5	10.5	10.5	1.75	2026	+29.2
20	Joseph, Veronique	1871	USA	=9N	−8B	=45B	+49N	=28B	2.5	10.0	10.5	3.75	1930	+13.2
21	Chong, Hanford	1825	USA	−6N	+50B	−14N	+31B	=37N	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	1996	+38.8
22	Liu, StevenCM	2053	USA	+52B	−3N	+17B	F	=46N	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.00	2047	0.0
23	Rajagopal, Adharsh	1961	USA	F	F	+47N	=5B	+13B	2.5	7.0	7.0	5.25	2240	+21.0
24	Sathiesh, Kavin C	1878	USA	F	−9B	+55N	+37B	=32N	2.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	2090	+42.4
25	Yakubov, Mardon	2007	UZB	F	F	+54N	=46B	+16N	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.00	2126	+7.8
26	Wang, LaceyWFM	1918	USA	−3B	+30N	−18B	+45N	−11B	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1902	-8.4
27	Prasanna, Pranav	1715	USA	=8N	=37B	=32N	−7N	=41B	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.25	1903	+41.2
28	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1851	USA	F	=47B	+31N	−4B	=20N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.75	1979	+22.4
29	Mariappan, Anish	1941	USA	+49N	−6B	+33N	−9B	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	1985	+4.2
30	Parsheh, Arshia	1712	USA	−4N	−26B	=43N	+53B	=42N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1836	+27.2
31	Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGM	2222	USA	−17B	+42N	−28B	−21N	+44B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.50	1770	-50.8
32	Kumbharathi, Vedansh	2031	USA	F	F	=27B	+41N	=24B	2.0	6.0	6.0	3.75	1926	-14.0
33	Shoykhet, Benjamin	1861	USA	−10B	+52N	−29B	−48N	+50B	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1851	-3.2
34	Schenk, Sam	1909	USA	F	F	−4N	+50N	+48B	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	2053	+11.6
35	Meadors, Landon	1857	USA	F	F	+42B	+44B	−36N	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.50	1956	+15.6
36	Shiman, Andrew Lewis	1945	USA	F	F	+53N	F	+35B	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2633	+13.8
37	Ramnath, Architsai	1915	USA	F	=27N	=7B	−24N	=21B	1.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1791	-28.0
38	De Firmian, NickGM	2426	USA	F	F	=40B	=6N	=3B	1.5	9.0	9.0	4.50	2127	-10.3
39	Jiang, Caroline Q	1750	USA	−7B	−11N	+51B	−43N	=45B	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.50	1783	+6.0
40	Vuyyuru, Shriyan	1982	USA	F	F	=38N	=12B	=9N	1.5	8.0	8.0	4.00	2261	+39.2
41	Shupe, Thomas	1809	USA	F	+55B	−12N	−32B	=27N	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	1862	+2.2
42	Su, Milo	1786	USA	F	−31B	−35N	+52N	=30B	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1794	-4.4
43	Ananth, AnanyaWFM	1934	USA	F	F	=30B	+39B	F	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.50	1922	-0.8
44	Cumming, Gabriel	1761	USA	−13B	−18N	+52B	−35N	−31N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1769	-2.8
45	Abhilash, Alen K	1811	USA	F	−15B	=20N	−26B	=39N	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1677	-27.2
46	Srivastava, Arav	1921	USA	F	F	−10B	=25N	=22B	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1968	+6.0
47	Austin, Freya	1726	USA	F	=28N	−23B	−17N	=49B	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.25	1674	-10.8
48	Li, Mason J	1972	USA	F	F	F	+33B	−34N	1.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1885	-9.6
49	Dokka, Tanush	1765	USA	−29B	F	−19N	−20B	=47N	0.5	8.0	8.0	0.50	1536	-40.0
50	Apel, Ulrich	1717	USA	−14B	−21N	F	−34B	−33N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1099	-21.4
51	Bupeshnath, Arjun	1880	USA	−5N	−19B	−39N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1106	-56.0
52	Egelhof, Thomas	1766	USA	−22N	−33B	−44N	−42B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1065	-60.4
53	Kaiser, Marshall Philip	1807	USA	F	−12N	−36B	−30N	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1155	-20.4
54	Gilbert, Walker W	1787	USA	F	F	−25B	−11N	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1175	-20.4
55	Thimmasamudram, Sandeep	1841	USA	F	−41N	−24B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1044	-39.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Levine, OwenUSA
+54.8
3.5 pts · #9
2Deng, MichaelUSA
+48.8
2.5 pts · #25
3Kurup, SiddharthUSA
+47.2
2.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Egelhof, ThomasUSA
-60.4
0.0 pts · #50
2Bupeshnath, ArjunUSA
-56.0
0.0 pts · #53
3Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGMUSA
-50.8
2.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R4+397 Elo gap
Chong, Hanford1825 beat WGMFoisor, Sabina-Francesca2222
R3+371 Elo gap
WCMChovanec, Alice1851 beat WGMFoisor, Sabina-Francesca2222
R1+332 Elo gap
Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1890 beat WGMFoisor, Sabina-Francesca2222