The Atlantic City Open - U2000

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43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Atlantic City, NJ, United States. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1768, and top seed was Gabriel Burgos Jr. (🇺🇸 USA, 1863).

Kai Waters (🇺🇸 USA, 1663) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Robert Grattan-Smith (5.5) and Vaibhav Kailash (5.0). Waters shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Anthony Arias (1439) beat Shernaz Kennedy (WIM, 1723), a +284-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Atlantic City, NJ, United States

Dates

02 Apr 2026 → 05 Apr 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Gabriel Burgos Jr.1863

Avg top 10

1,768

Participants

Titled players · 1

WIM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×33

FIDE (no federation)×2

🇳🇵Nepal×1

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

Top 3

🥇
Kai Waters
🇺🇸USA·1663
5.5pts·1998perf+99.6
🥈
Robert Grattan-Smith
🇺🇸USA
5.5pts·1795perf0.0
🥉
Vaibhav Kailash
🇺🇸USA·1700
5.0pts·1794perf+15.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Grattan-Smith5.5Waters5.5Kailash5Zheng5Chang4.5Sarkic4.5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Waters takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Robert Grattan-Smith drew with Kai Waters (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Robert Grattan-Smith won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Robert Grattan-Smith	*	½	—	—
2Kai Waters	½	*	1	—
3Vaibhav Kailash	—	0	*	—
4Remington C Zheng	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Waters, Kai	1663	USA	+11N	+7B	=12N	+6B	=9N	+3N	=2B	5.5	27.5	31.0	24.50	1998	+99.6
2	Grattan-Smith, Robert	0	USA	+20N	+36B	+19N	=9B	=5N	+8B	=1N	5.5	24.0	25.5	18.50	1795	0.0
3	Kailash, Vaibhav	1700	USA	+18N	=6B	+28N	+13B	=8N	−1B	+5N	5.0	25.0	27.5	17.75	1794	+15.4
4	Zheng, Remington C	0	USA	+31N	+5B	−9N	+17B	+41N	−19B	+10B	5.0	20.5	21.0	14.00	1749	0.0
5	Sarkic, Senad	1793	USA	+39B	−4N	+25B	+18N	=2B	+12N	−3B	4.5	24.5	25.5	12.75	1842	+12.0
6	Chang, Charlotte Tai-En	1648	USA	+37B	=3N	+43B	−1N	+34B	−10N	+18B	4.5	21.0	21.5	9.50	1858	+56.8
7	Wang, Tyler	1694	USA	+35B	−1N	+32B	−19B	=11N	+27N	+12B	4.5	20.5	22.0	11.50	1666	-5.6
8	Dresher, Kevin	1725	USA	=17N	+21B	+22N	+12B	=3B	−2N	F	4.0	23.0	23.0	13.50	1970	+35.6
9	Burgos Jr., Gabriel	1863	USA	F	F	+4B	=2N	=1B	+24N	+19B	4.0	22.0	22.0	16.50	2044	+25.2
10	Anatra, Owen C	0	USA	=26N	−17B	+42N	=22B	+21N	+6B	−4N	4.0	21.0	21.5	10.75	1667	0.0
11	Bird, D G	1700	USA	−1B	+35N	+38B	−36N	=7B	=41N	+17B	4.0	17.0	17.5	8.00	1599	-30.0
12	Rajeev, Pallavi	1744	FID	+23B	+15N	=1B	−8N	+37N	−5B	−7N	3.5	25.0	26.5	10.75	1547	-53.2
13	Vitelli, Michael	1474	USA	+25B	+38N	+41B	−3N	−24B	−18N	=16B	3.5	18.0	18.5	5.75	1623	+50.8
14	Kennedy, ShernazWIM	1723	USA	−15B	−25N	+35B	=32N	+20B	−16N	+33B	3.5	16.5	18.0	7.50	1420	-38.2
15	Hori, Calvin G	1604	USA	+14N	−12B	−37N	−21B	=25N	+38B	+27N	3.5	16.5	17.5	8.25	1687	+17.6
16	Nettem, Subhang	1563	USA	F	F	=26N	=31B	+40N	+14B	=13N	3.5	12.5	12.5	8.50	1756	+39.6
17	Dasgupta, Arthit	0	USA	=8B	+10N	=36B	−4N	−18B	+20N	−11N	3.0	23.0	24.5	9.75	1586	0.0
18	Zhou, Mason Lou	1711	USA	−3B	F	+31N	−5B	+17N	+13B	−6N	3.0	22.5	22.5	8.50	1557	-41.2
19	Shakya, Amrit	1808	NEP	F	F	−2B	+7N	+36B	+4N	−9N	3.0	20.5	20.5	11.00	1882	+5.8
20	Chu, Caroline	1440	USA	−2B	+23N	−34N	+26B	−14N	−17B	+31N	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.50	1531	+12.0
21	FIDE 566009987	0	—	=22B	−8N	+39B	+15N	−10B	−23N	=32B	3.0	19.5	20.5	7.00	1658	0.0
22	Smalls, Jay D	1646	USA	=21N	+26B	−8B	=10N	=29N	=30B	F	3.0	18.5	18.5	8.50	1459	-9.6
23	FIDE 39942856	0	—	−12N	−20B	−27N	+35B	+42N	+21B	−28N	3.0	16.0	16.5	5.00	1546	0.0
24	Syed, Taimoor	1842	USA	F	F	+29N	+30B	+13N	−9B	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.50	1763	-7.6
25	Arias, Anthony	1439	USA	−13N	+14B	−5N	−27B	=15B	−32N	+35B	2.5	19.5	21.0	6.75	1601	+38.4
26	Rajeev, Pavana	0	FID	=10B	−22N	=16B	−20N	−33B	=39N	+38N	2.5	16.5	17.5	5.25	1440	0.0
27	FIDE 566009120	0	—	F	F	+23B	+25N	=30N	−7B	−15B	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.75	1492	0.0
28	Shakarim, Ibrakhim	0	KAZ	F	F	−3B	−34N	+32B	=29N	+23B	2.5	14.5	14.5	6.25	907	0.0
29	FIDE 566009995	0	—	F	F	−24B	+33N	=22B	=28B	=30N	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.00	1564	0.0
30	Karthikeyan, Adhinanth Krishna	1578	USA	F	F	+33B	−24N	=27B	=22N	=29B	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.00	1551	-3.6
31	Birudavolu, Sathvik	1532	USA	−4B	+39N	−18B	=16N	=38B	−33N	−20B	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.25	1351	-38.4
32	Gao, Gillian	0	USA	F	F	−7N	=14B	−28N	+25B	=21N	2.0	16.0	16.0	5.75	1619	0.0
33	FIDE 39951812	0	—	F	F	−30N	−29B	+26N	+31B	−14N	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.50	1486	0.0
34	Gutierrez, Augusto Enrique	1714	USA	F	F	+20B	+28B	−6N	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	5.50	1544	-8.4
35	Chandar, Sai Avantika	1413	USA	−7N	−11B	−14N	−23N	=39B	+40B	−25N	1.5	18.5	19.5	1.50	1376	-10.8
36	Chai, Ben A	1713	USA	F	−2N	=17N	+11B	−19N	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	5.50	1754	+4.4
37	Greenfield, Max	0	USA	−6N	F	+15B	=43N	−12B	F	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1601	0.0
38	Smits, Kaiya	1460	USA	F	−13B	−11N	=42B	=31N	−15N	−26B	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.25	1339	-28.8
39	Barlas, Afsar	0	USA	−5N	−31B	−21N	−40B	=35N	=26B	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1243	0.0
40	Sun, Gordon	1523	USA	F	F	F	+39N	−16B	−35N	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	688	-43.6
41	Shinjiashvili, Giorgi	1648	GEO	F	F	−13N	F	−4B	=11B	F	0.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	1394	-26.4
42	Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan	1586	USA	F	F	−10B	=38N	−23B	F	F	0.5	8.0	8.0	0.50	1460	-6.8
43	Johnson, Jeffery W	1756	USA	F	F	−6N	=37B	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	848	-13.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Waters, KaiUSA
+99.6
5.5 pts · #2
2Chang, Charlotte Tai-EnUSA
+56.8
4.5 pts · #4
3Vitelli, MichaelUSA
+50.8
3.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Rajeev, PallaviFID
-53.2
3.5 pts · #26
2Sun, GordonUSA
-43.6
1.0 pts · #43
3Zhou, Mason LouUSA
-41.2
3.0 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R2+284 Elo gap
Arias, Anthony1439 beat WIMKennedy, Shernaz1723
R3+174 Elo gap
Vitelli, Michael1474 beat Shinjiashvili, Giorgi1648
R6+160 Elo gap
Nettem, Subhang1563 beat WIMKennedy, Shernaz1723