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35th Annual Chicago Open

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132 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Wheeling, IL, United States. 78 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2592, and top seed was Awonder Liang (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2704).

Alexey Sarana (🇷🇸 SRB, GM, 2664) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Jianchao Zhou (7.0) and Viktor Matviishen (7.0). Sarana shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sam Luger (2201) beat Brandon Jacobson (GM, 2594), a +393-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Wheeling, IL, United States
Dates
21 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMAwonder Liang2704
Avg top 10
2,592
Participants
132
Titled players · 78
GM×17
IM×20
FM×24
CM×13
WGM×1
WIM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×104
🇨🇦Canada×4
🇮🇳India×3
🇨🇺Cuba×3
🇲🇽Mexico×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇲🇳Mongolia×2
🇵🇪Peru×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 5 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
46
20
9
2
2
6
1
3
5
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 7.0/9. Sarana takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Semen Khanin drew with GM Jianchao Zhou (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Semen Khanin 3 wins (R2–R4)GM Jianchao Zhou 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMSemen Khanin*
½
½
2GMJianchao Zhou
½
*
½
3IMJason Liang
½
*
4GMAlexey Sarana
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sarana, AlexeyGM2664SRB+81N+31B+13N=6B+11B=2N+21B=7N=3B7.049.553.540.002655+1.6
2Zhou, JianchaoGM2605USA+46B+91N+36B=12N+61B=1B=4N+11N=9B7.047.050.537.252656+7.2
3Matviishen, ViktorGM2537UKR+41B+42N+32B10B+54N+20N=11B+15B=1N7.046.050.537.502619+10.0
4Khanin, SemenGM2597FID=52N+72B+122N+14B=6N=5B=2B+28N+12B7.046.048.035.502595+2.1
5Liang, JasonIM2440USA+80B=55N+69B=29N+56B=4N=12B+21N+22B7.042.046.034.752621+21.3
6Putnam, LiamIM2497USA+28B+50N+56B=1N=4B11N=19B+53N+20B6.546.050.534.502531+5.9
7Jacobson, BrandonGM2594USA+113B+74N+108B11N+23B=12N+34B=1B=10N6.543.045.529.752582+1.4
8Bharath Subramaniyam HGM2599IND=49N+97B=33N+35B=12B34N+100B+31N+24B6.539.542.529.502496-8.3
9Chasin, NicoGM2485USA11B+76N28B+77N+115N+89B+83N+13B=2N6.539.541.527.002435-2.2
10Liang, AwonderGM2704USA+58B+57N+20B+3NF+16BF+36N=7B6.539.039.035.752859+8.5
11Luger, Sam2201USA+9N+17B+39N+7B1N+6B=3N2B=14N6.052.557.537.002638+188.4
12Cordova, EmilioGM2491PER+93N+89B+15N=2B=8N=7B=5N+17B4N6.049.553.032.502580+11.3
13Pyrih, RomanIM2399UKR+25B+62N1B+46N=28B=18N+29B9N+30B6.045.049.530.502465+8.6
14Escalante Ramirez, BrianGM2449PER+44B+40N+68B4N+57B21N=53B+56N=11B6.042.046.028.252447+0.7
15Wang, TianqiIM2349USA+71B+118N12B=53N+44B+39N+61B3N=21B6.041.543.525.502442+12.6
16Adewumi, TanitoluwaIM2473USA+53B68N+62B+55N+32B10N=28B+45N=19B6.041.045.029.002447-2.0
17Levine, JosephIM2410USA+64B11N53B+71N+27B+63N+30B12N+28B6.041.045.028.502344-6.2
18Barrientos, Sergio EGM2476COL47N+60B+66N=89B+70N=13B31N+51B+35N6.039.042.527.752388-8.6
19Song, EdwardIM2391USA=72N+94B=86N=70B=30N+81B=6N+33B=16N6.038.041.527.002392+0.9
20Shoker, SamyGM2442EGY+59N+37B10N+33B+81N3B=35N+52B6N5.544.048.025.502439+0.5
21Harsha BharathakotiGM2519IND=86N+128B+100N=54B+37N+14B1N5B=15N5.542.042.521.502427-8.6
22Sonis, FrancescoGM2556ITA+27B56N+41B=23N+68B28N+58B+57N5N5.541.545.526.252371-18.2
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24Ghaem Maghami, EhsanGM2447IRI69N+64B+47N40B+49N=33B+48N+54B8N5.540.544.526.502360-8.7
25Schabert, David2109USA13N=34N102B+111B+92N=109B+70N+73B=23N5.534.036.520.752321+48.2
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40Petesch, GabrielFM2299USA+131B14B+117N+24N+29B61N36B30N+88B5.036.536.516.002350+12.8
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43Cigan, Jason2099USA32B+67N57B58N+101B=42N+112B+100N=50B5.034.537.018.002316+50.0
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47Moon, BenjaminFM2187USA+18B36N24B=119N+130B45N=102B+97N+68B5.033.533.515.502260+16.2
48Campos Jimenez, Augusto CesarIM2298CUB87N=90B98N+94B+99B+44N24B+76N=29B5.033.036.019.752217-8.9
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52Sam, Gabriel2214USA=4B+105N61B=79N+110B=23N+39B20N45B4.539.542.018.752297+17.2
53Karthi, JashithCM2170USA16N+132B+17N=15B=31N+73B=14N6BF4.539.539.518.502408+96.0
54Singh, Siddharth2355USA+120B+126N=29B=21N3B=88N+46B24N27B4.539.040.015.002299-11.0
55Zhu, LinxiFM2286USA+79N=5B=73N16B+98N83B60N+72B=66N4.538.041.018.752241-9.4
56Lee, MichaelIM2321USA+125N+22B6N+116B5N=107B+84N14B62N4.538.039.013.502250-6.9
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58Ladan, Nicholas2239USA10N+71B116N+43B=103N+115B22N+96B83N4.533.535.516.002211-9.0
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