33rd annual Western Class Championship - Class A
Open SwissStandard
59 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Irvine, CA, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1802, and top seed was Sophia Z Rosenholtz (🇺🇸 USA, 1897).
Anish Nalakonda (🇺🇸 USA, 1679) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Daniel Wolfe (3.5) and Joseph E Warhula (3.5). Nalakonda clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Raul G Bugnosen (1579) beat Sophia Z Rosenholtz (1897), a +318-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Irvine, CA, United States
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×50
🇰🇷South Korea×2
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAnish Nalakonda led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
11
4
2
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Anish Nalakonda held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Daniel Wolfe won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anish Nalakonda | * | — | — | — |
| 2Brian Ye | — | * | — | — |
| 3Daniel Wolfe | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Joseph E Warhula | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1679 | USA | +23B | =33N | =31B | +45N | +17B | 4.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 1825 | +30.0 |
| 2 | Wolfe, Daniel | 1716 | USA | +37N | +4B | +14N | =3B | −11N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.25 | 1826 | +11.8 |
| 3 | Warhula, Joseph E | 1745 | USA | +27N | +44B | +9B | =2N | −10B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 1817 | +14.8 |
| 4 | Durby, Owen | 1856 | USA | +7B | −2N | +25B | =17N | +43B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 1720 | -25.2 |
| 5 | Rosenholtz, Sophia Z | 1897 | USA | +32B | −14N | +49B | =31N | +40B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1587 | -43.6 |
| 6 | Ye, Brian | 1629 | USA | =31N | +56B | +28N | −26B | +32N | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1781 | +41.6 |
| 7 | Stevens, Grant William | 1575 | USA | −4N | =37B | =8N | +57B | +34N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1779 | +41.6 |
| 8 | Steed, Adam C | 1733 | USA | −9B | =16N | =7B | +55N | +47B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1671 | -6.6 |
| 9 | Cheng, Luke D | 1769 | USA | +8N | +46B | −3N | F | +31B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1814 | +7.6 |
| 10 | Bronshtein, Marc | 1755 | USA | F | F | +15N | +42B | +3N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 2498 | +50.8 |
| 11 | Lien, Isaac | 1742 | USA | F | F | +22B | +43N | +2B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2439 | +28.8 |
| 12 | Bunch, Chris | 1609 | USA | F | −34B | +52N | +16B | +48N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1848 | +49.6 |
| 13 | Oldham, David Cody | 1754 | USA | −14B | F | +55B | +24B | +42N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 1789 | +2.8 |
| 14 | Bugnosen, Raul G | 1579 | USA | +13N | +5B | −2B | =41N | −20B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1757 | +35.6 |
| 15 | Miller, Theodore | 1653 | USA | +16B | =18N | −10B | −20N | +51B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1723 | +18.8 |
| 16 | Katz, Stewart | 1735 | USA | −15N | =8B | +51B | −12N | +22B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1633 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Guan, Marcus | 1522 | USA | F | +38N | +58B | =4B | −1N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1861 | +67.6 |
| 18 | Wang, Darren | 1860 | USA | +19N | =15B | −26N | F | +33B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1772 | -18.0 |
| 19 | Zhang, Miller | 1743 | USA | −18B | =23N | +54B | =22N | =45B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1625 | -18.4 |
| 20 | Kaushik, Siddharth | 1661 | USA | =50N | F | F | +15B | +14N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.50 | 1924 | +38.8 |
| 21 | Choi, Youngjun | 1665 | KOR | F | F | =36N | +46B | +24N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 2516 | +22.8 |
| 22 | Sundar, Neal | 1562 | USA | =24N | +36B | −11N | =19B | −16N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 3.75 | 1541 | -3.2 |
| 23 | FIDE 566007836 | 0 | — | −1N | =19B | +53N | −32B | =25B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Baran, David | 1716 | USA | =22B | +35N | =33B | −13N | −21B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1450 | -56.0 |
| 25 | Madireddy, Krivi R | 1688 | USA | −44N | +27B | −4N | =35B | =23N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 952 | -33.6 |
| 26 | Raghav, Surya | 1722 | USA | F | F | +18B | +6N | −29B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 1870 | +24.0 |
| 27 | Barry, Kyle Chase | 0 | USA | −3B | −25N | =35B | =51N | +55B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Gu, Thomas | 1626 | USA | F | F | −6B | +38N | +39B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1834 | +33.6 |
| 29 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1749 | USA | F | F | −42B | +30N | +26N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1709 | -2.2 |
| 30 | Nelakurthy, Vihaan | 0 | USA | F | F | +44N | −29B | +36N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1699 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Overton, Owen R | 1590 | USA | =6B | F | =1N | =5B | −9N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1656 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Enkhjargal, Gabriel | 1593 | USA | −5N | F | =39B | +23N | −6B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1480 | -16.0 |
| 33 | Amin, Aida | 1588 | USA | F | =1B | =24N | =48B | −18N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1618 | +3.6 |
| 34 | Wang, Matthew | 1542 | USA | F | +12N | −43B | =47N | −7B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1597 | +9.2 |
| 35 | Gao, Kayden | 0 | USA | F | −24B | =27N | =25N | =38B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 2016575 | 0 | — | F | −22N | =21B | +49N | −30B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 566008417 | 0 | — | −2B | =7N | F | +?B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1645 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Tanaka, Christopher | 1765 | USA | F | −17B | +56N | −28B | =35N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1468 | -46.8 |
| 39 | Gupta, Vihaan | 1736 | USA | F | F | =32N | +50B | −28N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1647 | -14.4 |
| 40 | Liu, Taylor | 0 | USA | F | F | =47B | +58N | −5N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1755 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Chai, Ben A | 0 | USA | F | F | +46N | =14B | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Turaga, Varun Karthik | 1696 | USA | F | F | +29N | −10N | −13B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1628 | -10.8 |
| 43 | FIDE 39996271 | 0 | — | F | F | +34N | −11B | −4N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Yang, Emma | 1647 | USA | +25B | −3N | −30B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1717 | +7.6 |
| 45 | Zhang, Blake | 1827 | USA | F | F | =48N | −1B | =19N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1537 | -45.6 |
| 46 | Daftuar, Ojas | 0 | USA | +52B | −9N | −41B | −21N | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Kuang, Terence | 1607 | USA | F | F | =40N | =34B | −8N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1444 | -16.8 |
| 48 | Venkatesh, Advit | 1709 | USA | F | F | =45B | =33N | −12B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1550 | -3.6 |
| 49 | Somysetty, Chetan S | 0 | USA | F | F | −5N | −36B | +57N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1751 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Kim, Logan Gawon | 1722 | KOR | =20B | F | F | −39N | =53B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1505 | -22.8 |
| 51 | Chan, Max | 1608 | USA | F | F | −16N | =27B | −15N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 894 | -30.8 |
| 52 | Baker, Steven | 1777 | USA | −46N | F | −12B | =54N | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 809 | -28.8 |
| 53 | Huang, Roy | 0 | USA | F | F | −23B | F | =50N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1722 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Zhong, Evan | 0 | USA | F | F | −19N | =52B | −?N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 566008425 | 0 | — | F | F | −13N | −8B | −27N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 944 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Nardi, Brenda J | 1632 | USA | F | −6N | −38B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 896 | -33.2 |
| 57 | Wei, Stanley | 1605 | USA | F | F | F | −7N | −49B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 775 | -21.6 |
| 58 | Orduno Gonzalez, Omar | 1763 | MEX | F | F | −17N | −40B | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 721 | -32.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 566007852 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 843 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Guan, MarcusUSA+67.62.5 pts · #9
- 2Bronshtein, MarcUSA+50.83.0 pts · #4
- 3Bunch, ChrisUSA+49.63.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Baran, DavidUSA-56.02.0 pts · #31
- 2Tanaka, ChristopherUSA-46.81.5 pts · #32
- 3Zhang, BlakeUSA-45.61.0 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R2+318 Elo gap
- R2+243 Elo gap
- R3+241 Elo gap