30th Annual Mid-America Open - U2100

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44 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1850, and top seed was Banda Natalie Katlo (🇧🇼 BOT, WFM, 1984).

Evan Y Jin (🇺🇸 USA, 1754) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Michael Robertson (4.0) and Asha Silva (3.5). Jin won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Steven Goldschmidt (1473) beat Mao Nozaki (1773), a +300-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇼WFMBanda Natalie Katlo1984

Avg top 10

1,850

Participants

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×41

🇧🇼Botswana×1

Top 3

🥇
Evan Y Jin
🇺🇸USA·1754
4.0pts·2015perf+54.0
🥈
Michael Robertson
🇺🇸USA·1852
4.0pts·2010perf+39.2
🥉
Asha Silva
🇺🇸USA·1713
3.5pts·1822perf+22.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Robertson4Jin4Pagliarini3.5Maiti3.5Silva3.5Nadathur3

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Michael Robertson held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Jin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Michael Robertson 3 wins (R1–R3)Finn Pagliarini 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jin, Evan Y	1754	USA	+10B	=13B	+19N	=6N	+12B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.75	2015	+54.0
2	Robertson, Michael	1852	USA	+21B	+3N	+23N	=15B	=17N	4.0	10.5	12.5	10.00	2010	+39.2
3	Silva, Asha	1713	USA	+30B	−2B	=26N	+24N	+14B	3.5	10.5	12.0	7.00	1822	+22.8
4	Pagliarini, Finn	1682	USA	=16N	+38B	+13N	+7B	−23N	3.5	10.0	10.5	7.25	1915	+62.0
5	Maiti, Vedant	1771	USA	+36B	+20N	−15B	=14N	+35B	3.5	8.0	9.0	5.25	1805	+11.2
6	Ohly, Oliver	1796	USA	+43N	+8B	=7N	=1B	−15N	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1841	+12.4
7	Sharma, Aarav	1766	USA	+25B	+34N	=6B	−4N	=9B	3.0	11.5	12.5	6.00	1770	+2.0
8	Sabarish, Shravan	1718	USA	+44B	−6N	+10B	=13N	=11N	3.0	11.5	11.5	5.75	1918	+52.8
9	Rothe-Kushel, William PI	1757	USA	=11N	+16B	+32N	−17B	=7N	3.0	11.0	12.5	7.00	1733	-5.2
10	Banda Natalie KatloWFM	1984	BOT	−1N	+39B	−8N	+19B	+33N	3.0	10.5	11.0	4.00	1601	-29.2
11	Nadathur, Hari Rangan	1716	USA	=9B	+29N	−35B	+28N	=8B	3.0	9.0	10.0	6.00	1711	-0.2
12	Heino, Cameron	1733	USA	=38N	=19B	+34B	+22N	−1N	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.25	1752	+3.6
13	Sax, Robert	1772	USA	+22B	=1N	−4B	=8B	=31N	2.5	12.5	14.0	6.25	1661	-14.6
14	Panja, Sparsh	1601	USA	−34N	+21B	+20N	=5B	−3N	2.5	11.0	12.0	5.75	1661	+17.2
15	Logozar, Elijah	1885	USA	F	F	+5N	=2N	+6B	2.5	10.5	10.5	8.50	2079	+13.4
16	Law, Bruce	1782	USA	=4B	−9N	+40N	=31B	=42B	2.5	8.5	9.0	3.25	1552	-50.0
17	Karthikeyan, Arnav	1666	USA	F	F	+28B	+9N	=2B	2.5	8.5	8.5	6.50	1992	+24.0
18	Tang, Emily Jiaying	1725	USA	F	F	+29B	+30N	=32N	2.5	4.5	4.5	3.75	2334	+10.0
19	Sabarish, Shashwath	0	USA	+24B	=12N	−1B	−10N	=29B	2.0	12.0	13.5	4.25	1669	0.0
20	Goldschmidt, Steven	1473	USA	+27N	−5B	−14B	+36N	−22B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1615	+16.4
21	Sondag, Henry	1662	USA	−2N	−14N	+37B	+39B	−26N	2.0	9.5	10.0	1.50	1528	-28.4
22	Saran, Angad	1605	USA	−13N	F	+25B	−12B	+20N	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	1638	+6.8
23	Pikus, Matthew	1920	USA	F	F	−2B	+35N	+4B	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1849	-4.8
24	Chen, Megan	1701	USA	−19N	+36B	=41N	−3B	=28B	2.0	8.0	8.5	2.00	1621	-8.4
25	Ajoykumar, Aarud	1572	USA	−7N	+27B	−22N	+34B	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1707	+28.0
26	Phillips, Jonathan	1755	USA	F	F	=3B	=33N	+21B	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.50	1820	+5.0
27	Nozaki, Mao	1773	USA	−20B	−25N	=39N	+38B	=40N	2.0	5.0	5.5	1.00	1419	-27.0
28	Durai Murugan, Thirukkumaran	1551	USA	F	+40B	−17N	−11B	=24N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1421	-16.8
29	Durai Murugan, Kavinvel	1537	USA	F	−11B	−18N	+40B	=19N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	923	-20.4
30	Petty, Kirk D	0	USA	−3N	+43B	=31N	−18B	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1592	0.0
31	Bhargava, Anay	1550	USA	F	F	=30B	=16N	=13B	1.5	6.5	6.5	3.25	1778	+23.2
32	FIDE 39917703	0	—	F	F	−9B	+41N	=18B	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.75	1674	0.0
33	Sun, Sophia	1707	USA	F	F	+38N	=26B	−10B	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.50	1776	+10.0
34	McKinney, Daniel	1684	USA	+14B	−7B	−12N	−25N	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1475	-43.6
35	Holm, Kelton	1638	USA	F	F	+11N	−23B	−5N	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1678	+5.2
36	Dasyam, Vinod Kumar	1685	USA	−5N	−24N	F	−20B	+39N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	848	-65.2
37	Tang, Edward Jiayi	1675	USA	F	F	−21N	F	+41B	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	1601	-8.4
38	Veeder, Cole	1586	USA	=12B	−4N	−33B	−27N	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1402	-30.8
39	Bandaru, Vanshika	0	USA	F	−10N	=27B	−21N	−36B	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1455	0.0
40	FIDE 30993520	0	—	F	−28N	−16B	−29N	=27B	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1338	0.0
41	Jadhav, Prajwal	1537	USA	F	F	=24B	−32B	−37N	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	1495	-3.6
42	Devanshi, Chowdada	1569	USA	F	F	F	F	=16N	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1783	+10.8
43	Friske, Thomas	1726	USA	−6B	−30N	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	996	-8.0
44	Kaklauskas, Levi	1960	USA	−8N	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	917	-32.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pagliarini, FinnUSA
+62.0
3.5 pts · #2
2Jin, Evan YUSA
+54.0
4.0 pts · #6
3Sabarish, ShravanUSA
+52.8
3.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Dasyam, Vinod KumarUSA
-65.2
1.0 pts · #44
2Law, BruceUSA
-50.0
2.5 pts · #23
3McKinney, DanielUSA
-43.6
1.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R1+300 Elo gap
Goldschmidt, Steven1473 beat Nozaki, Mao1773
R3+266 Elo gap
Sabarish, Shravan1718 beat WFMBanda Natalie Katlo1984
R1+242 Elo gap
Sabarish, Shravan1718 beat Kaklauskas, Levi1960