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23rd Annual Southern Class Championship - Master

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Kissimmee, FL, United States. 15 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2262, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2584).

Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2584) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Shawn Xu (4.0) and Tariq Yue (3.5). Zhou broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Truman Hoang (2026) beat Saharsh Santosh (2221), a +195-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Kissimmee, FL, United States
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 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 Zhou2584
Avg top 10
2,262
Participants
31
Titled players · 15
GM×2
FM×4
CM×5
WFM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×26
🇨🇺Cuba×2
🇲🇰North Macedonia×1
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
🇯🇲Jamaica×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMJianchao Zhou
    🇺🇸USA·2584
    4.5pts·2589perf+0.6
  • 🥈
    CMShawn Xu
    🇺🇸USA·2082
    4.0pts·2376perf+73.2
  • 🥉
    CMTariq Yue
    🇺🇸USA·2217
    3.5pts·2533perf+56.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Jianchao Zhou 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
5
1
4
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Zhou takes lead
Zhou4.5Xu4Yue3.5Ziegler3Ramirez Vido3Mulay2.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE15 Mar

GM Jianchao Zhou takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Jianchao Zhou 3 wins (R3–R5)CM Shawn Xu 4 wins (R2–R5)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhou, JianchaoGM2584USA+19N=6B+20B+4N+21B4.58.510.08.752589+0.6
2Xu, ShawnCM2082USA−7N+28B+29N+17B+24N4.05.55.53.002376+73.2
3Yue, TariqCM2217USA+28N+8B=21B+7NF3.56.56.55.752533+56.4
4Ramirez Vido, Robert Yorisan2097USA=14N+18B+6N−1B=22B3.011.012.56.252148+5.2
5Ziegler, Nate2052USA=10N+9B−7N=6B+19N3.010.011.56.502187+34.8
6Gospodinov, Antony2030USA+31N=1N−4B=5N=11B2.513.013.05.002093+6.2
7Soucek, JanFM2332CZE+2B=16N+5B−3BF2.512.512.58.002211-11.8
8Hoang, Truman2026USAF−3N=25B+10B+9N2.59.59.55.502266+25.2
9Santosh, Saharsh2221USA=15B−5N+30B+16N−8B2.59.59.53.002019-49.6
10Mulay, Vivan PrakashFM2046USA=5B+15N−22B−8N+27B2.59.09.54.001973-19.6
11Pothuri, Abhiram2032USA=23B=14N+27B−20N=6N2.57.58.03.502008-6.8
12Acor, CoreyFM2178USAFF+14B+22N=20B2.55.05.04.252288+8.2
13Shukla, Aniket2040USAFF+26B+29B=18N2.53.03.02.002220+24.8
14Gospodinov, Lyubomir2019USA=4B=11B−12N=23N=16B2.010.011.54.502001-2.6
15Jimenez Leyva, Diego2055CUB=9N−10B=19N+30B−17N2.08.58.52.001965-24.8
16Sattaru, Sritej Sai2113USA+27N=7B−24N−9B=14N2.08.08.52.752061-14.4
17Morella Cabrera, Julio AntonioFM2123CUBFF+23B−2N+15B2.07.57.53.502153+2.4
18Yang, MaxwellCM1979USAF−4N+28B=25N=13B2.06.56.51.752096+24.8
19Sinnott, Alexander1945USA−1B=23N=15B=27N−5B1.511.011.52.001906-7.6
20Bynum, Jacorey2169USAFF−1N+11B=12N1.59.59.53.752260+5.0
21Mitkov, NikolaGM2380MKDFF=3N+24B−1N1.59.09.02.752339-1.8
22Vuyyuru, Shriyan1856USAFF+10N−12B=4N1.58.08.04.002107+36.8
23Li, SophieWFM1946USA=11N=19B−17N=14BF1.58.08.03.001943-2.0
24Gao, MarvinCM2217USAFF+16B−21N−2B1.07.57.52.002066-24.0
25Venkat, Raghav2199USAFF=8N=18BF1.04.54.52.252003-10.2
26Brown, RaehannaWFM1901JAMFF−13NF+30N1.02.52.50.001944+2.4
27Wang, LaceyWFM1876USA−16BF−11N=19B−10N0.58.58.50.751712-26.4
28Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM2049USA−3B−2N−18NFF0.09.59.50.001293-53.2
29Markovic, Goran1959USAFF−2B−13NF0.06.56.50.001261-14.4
30Vila, Brandon A1848USAFF−9N−15N−26B0.05.55.50.001259-15.2
31Chovanec, AliceWCM1855USA−6BFFFF0.02.52.50.001230-10.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets