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35th Annual Chicago Open - U2300

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144 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Wheeling, IL, United States. 7 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2133, and top seed was Mikhail Gabdullin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2207).

C.J. Arvind (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2060) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Scott Ramer (5.5) and Batkhorol Bilegt (5.5). Arvind won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Aayush Praveen (1572) beat Andrew Jeselson (1936), a +364-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Wheeling, IL, United States
Dates
22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Mikhail Gabdullin2207
Avg top 10
2,133
Participants
144
Titled players · 7
FM×2
WIM×1
WCM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×129
🇮🇳India×4
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇨🇳China×2
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇵🇾Paraguay×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM C.J. Arvind 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
34
10
4
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM C.J. Arvind held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM C.J. Arvind 5 wins (R1–R5)Eric Alexander Dumitru 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arvind, C.J.FM2060IND+85B+50N+130B+13N+9N=74B=2N6.023.524.520.252251+28.8
2Ramer, Scott2147USA+35B=4N+90B=22N+29B+14N=1B5.528.030.522.752207+10.4
3Bilegt, Batkhorol2197MGL+103N+97B=16N=11B=56N+24B+13N5.523.525.519.252152-5.8
4Dumitru, Eric Alexander1906USA+119B=2B=5N+23N+38B+89B=74N5.523.525.018.252226+113.2
5Feng, MaggieFM2117USA+51B=90N=4B=28N+33B=17N+22B5.025.528.019.752057-8.2
6Lee, Daniel Joshua1924CAN+108N37B+45B+84N+18B+53N9B5.022.524.516.502059+52.0
7Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1823USA=42B44N+104N+62B+48N+49B=66B5.020.022.015.252119+106.8
8Jiang, Jason1951USA=72BF+107N=40N+130B+10B+12N5.018.518.515.252197+69.6
9Rychkov, Roman2022USA=31BF+29B+14N1B+12B+6N4.528.028.020.002172+23.2
10Gabdullin, Mikhail2207RUS+15B=95N+60B=38N=22B8N+26B4.524.527.017.002038-25.6
11Kumar, Sanjay1939USA+80B=62N+44B=3N53B=59N+39B4.522.525.516.002016+15.2
12Cooke, Grayson1848USA+88B+69N+23B+66N=68B9N8B4.522.525.014.002043+73.2
13Huynh, Tran Minh Hoang1854VIE+104B+87N+41B1B+126N=68N3B4.522.524.011.002065+75.2
14Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana2054USA+86B+45N+92B9B+105N2B=42N4.522.024.012.252043+1.6
15Shrigadi, Aryan1899USA10N+91B+123N56B=46N+43B+48N4.521.022.512.752009+17.8
16Golosovker, Alexander1966USA+64B+134N=3B68N+69B66N+41B4.521.022.013.251983+11.6
17Akintonde, Jimi1965USA=25B+65NF=37B+85N=5B+89N4.520.520.514.252104+21.0
18Rambha, Hemachandra2002USA+75N=61B=24N+99B6N=92B+96N4.520.022.512.752005+1.6
19Sachs, Derek D2018USA87N86B+118N+25B+107N+61B=27N4.518.019.512.501903-18.2
20Yu, Yang1979USA63N+108B=110N=79B=45N+85B+94N4.516.518.511.251957-5.6
21Starkman, Eric1931USA+118B=106N126B39N+47B+86N+40B4.516.518.012.001951+5.0
22Prem, Muthu Avaneesh1988USA=47N+32B+122N=2B=10N=42B5N4.026.027.514.002072+32.0
23Kumarappan, Ganesh2069USA+57N+34B12N4B=37N=52B+61N4.024.527.514.001908-27.4
24McGrew, Clara1956USAF+72N=18B+35N=66B3N+59B4.023.523.514.252090+21.0
25Das, Druheen Acharya1830USA=17N=27B28B19N+111B+143N+93B4.021.522.09.251959+49.2
26Blomer, John1886USA69N=88B+47N+106B+43N=36B10N4.021.023.012.251936+18.0
27Devarsh Kinra1849INDF=25N=63B+72N=39B+64N=19B4.021.021.013.501959+34.0
28Chovanec, AliceWCM1898USA+113N41B+25N=5B=32N+105BF4.020.520.512.501969+22.4
29Fast, Nathaniel S2143USA+82B+63N9N+133B2N+37BF4.020.520.510.502015-14.2
30Eisen, Zane1946USA37N=104B=81N+134B+79N+32B36N4.019.520.510.501899-7.6
31Movva, Dhruva Ram1843USA=9N49B+88N=77B+114N38B+133N4.019.020.09.251956+43.6
32Winters, Lance1868USA=71B22N+140B+143N=28B30N+70B4.018.519.07.501990+23.6
33Zhou, Ryan1871USAF+117N68B+87B5N+81B+78N4.018.518.510.502035+51.2
34Roy Choudhury, Arya1887USA+141B23N+125B53N59B+127N+67B4.017.017.56.501910+10.4
35Zhou, ElizabethWCM1858USA2N+119B+135N24B112N+132B+105N4.016.017.05.501876+9.6
36Mujumdar, Sameer2026USAFF+62B=130N+40B=26N+30B4.015.515.513.002117+10.6
37Sahai, Neel1839USA+30B+6N66B=17N=23B29N=90B3.524.527.014.501988+26.6
38Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1961USAF+52B+93N=10B4N+31N60B3.523.523.512.252026+21.6
39Karthik, Aarav1726USA46N=43B+120N+21B=27N=77B11N3.523.024.511.251883+55.2
40Raman, Arjun1929USA=120N+73B=46N=8B36N+63B21N3.523.024.511.001838-28.4
41Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1707USA+54B+28N13N43B+93N=96B16N3.522.525.011.251921+76.0
42Truelson, Joseph2125USA=7NF+95B74N+67B=22N=14B3.522.022.012.251985-19.2
43Colding, Ernest1903USA67B=39N+142B+41N26B15N+64B3.521.522.08.751783-21.8
44Bommini Mounika AkshayaWIM2128IND=52N+7B11N+103B+78N56BF3.521.521.511.751967-22.8
45Ponugupati, Tejas1880USA+70B14B6N+125N=20B+76NF3.521.521.59.752002+41.2
46Weatherspoon, Kyler1974USA+39B=67N=40B96N=15B=65N=73B3.520.523.012.001820-26.6
47Brock, William1830USA=22B71N26B+91N21N+113B+85N3.520.522.59.001879+9.2
48Winter, Shea1917USA106N+82B=87B+65N7B+116N15B3.520.022.09.251803-43.2
49Zagar, Dane1944USA=65B+31N+136B=67N=58B7NF3.519.519.59.751914-4.0
50Ikkurthi, Ishaan1830USA+109B1B105N+82N64B=102N+86B3.519.021.08.751784-17.2
51Venkat, Varun1838USA5NF+117B=55N=100B=70N+65B3.519.019.09.502013+56.8
52Menon, Rohan1938USA=44B38N98B+142N+104B=23N=79B3.518.519.07.751885-16.0
53Davidovich, Manis1950USAFF=99N+34B+11N6B+112N3.518.018.011.752103+20.4
54Shen, Edward1959USA41N+64B=137N=122B=63N+62B77N3.517.018.08.751814-52.4
55Szpisjak, Steven1910USA61N+131B=57N=51B+124N=94B92N3.516.517.57.251793-20.4
56Platnick, Elijah1992USAFFF+15N=3B+44N+68B3.516.516.513.752408+38.2
57Chandar, Yajur J1825USA23B+141N=55B=100N=70B+71NF3.516.516.58.002009+29.6
58Jain, Rishab1846USA=73N+120B=89N+112B=49N83BF3.515.515.58.001923+27.6
59Ramkumar, Gautham1850USAFF+121N+139B+34N=11B24N3.515.015.08.752052+54.4
60Gao, Wilson1994USAFF10N+110B=61N+133B+38N3.514.014.08.002053+8.6
61Parthasarathy, Siddharth1761USA+55B=18N+71B83N=60B19N23B3.023.026.010.501960+65.2
62Collins, Hayden Samuel1758USA+76B=11B36N7N+110B54N=71B3.023.025.08.751892+46.4
63Nguyen, John L1809USA+20B29B=27N=95N=54B40N=76B3.022.525.011.001906+32.4
64Schiminger, Will1784USA16N54N+144B+75B+50N27B43N3.022.022.06.501850+11.6
65Ohly, Oliver1808USA=49N17B+73N48B+113N=46B51N3.021.523.58.501804-2.4
66Jian, Alex2043USAFF+37N12B=24N+16B=7N3.021.521.512.501958-10.4
67Xia, ElizabethWCM1834USA+43N=46B+77N=49B42N112B34N3.021.023.010.001933+34.0
68Tkachenko, Erik2062USAFF+33N+16B=12N=13B56N3.021.021.013.001978-10.4
69Davenport, Alan Lee1675USA+26B12B+94NF16N78B+103N3.020.520.58.501896+33.4
70Radermacher, Timothy2001USA45N+75B=85N=124B=57N=51B32N3.020.021.58.501816-35.4
71Salkeld, Tobias2015CAN=32N+47B61N85B+132N57B=62N3.019.520.58.001741-48.4
72Wang, Leonardo Xirui1837SGP=8N24B+131N27B73N=101B+132N3.019.520.55.751714-43.2
73Saran, Angad1605USA=58B40N65B+117N+72BF=46N3.018.518.58.501880+78.4
74Pan, Yongfei1996CHNFFF+42B+83N=1N=4B3.018.018.012.252231+24.6
75Johnson, Nicholas1923BAH18B70N+101B64N=88B=123N+115B3.017.519.06.501806-19.6
76Revesz, Gregory1959USA62N+118B+86N105B=81N45B=63N3.017.018.57.001743-40.6
77Hanke, Harvey2019USAFF67B=31N+84B=39N+54B3.017.017.010.251927-22.0
78Li, Tanqi1850USA+142NF83B+80N44B+69N33B3.017.017.06.501861+2.0
79Chowdhury, Bhabatosh1937USAFF+111B=20N30B+114B=52N3.016.016.08.001977+11.6
80Wang, Chase1792USA11N+121B=97N78B=103N=124B=107N3.015.517.05.501833+15.2
81Silvestre, Lucas1767USAFF=30B+109N=76B33N+123B3.014.514.57.001837+14.8
82Kaul, Krrish1779USA29N48N+141B50B+131N+103BF3.014.514.53.501841+17.2
83Wallach, Kenneth2059USAFF+78N+61B74B+58NF3.012.512.59.502056+0.4
84Cortez, Rebecca1911USAFF+132N6B77N+109B+122N3.012.512.54.501866-3.0
85Samayamantri, Hemanth1880USA1N+109B=70B+71N17B20N47B2.524.526.56.501815-23.6
86Das, Dron Archarya1779USA14N+19N76B+135B=97N21B50N2.522.523.56.751780-2.8
87Ni, Leo1774USA+19B13B=48N33N116B=88N=91B2.521.523.58.751739-16.0
88Sharma, Aarav1768USA12N=26N31B=131B=75N=87B=138N2.519.020.05.751711-22.0
89Reinberg, Jeffrey A1989USAFF=58B+92N+96B4N17B2.518.518.56.751897-12.2
90Thomas, Rees1828USAF=5B2N=137B133N+115B=37N2.518.018.06.751836-1.6
91Schommer, Alexander J1719USA95B15N=115N47B+120N=121B=87N2.516.518.04.501706-6.8
92Feng, Jay1829USAFF14N89B+137N=18N+55B2.516.016.06.751944+29.6
93Stein, Josiah1927USAF+140N38B=98N41B+106B25N2.516.016.03.751728-31.8
94Logozar, Elijah1908USAFF69B+108N+98B=55N20B2.515.515.56.251782-15.6
95Rana, Oliver1872USA+91N=10B42N=63B=122NFF2.515.015.07.001944+15.2
96Vanderhoek, Kalman1939USAFF+134N+46B89N=41N18B2.515.015.06.251874-15.2
97Chan, Matthew1833USA+111B3N=80B=136N=86BFF2.514.014.05.251900+7.0
98Wampole, Vaughn1648USAFF+52N=93B94N=107B=110N2.512.512.56.751902+62.4
99Paitrick, Derek1991USA=140B+116N=53B18N=136BFF2.511.511.54.501890-12.6
100Cooklev, Steven2014USAFF=124N=57B=51N+136BF2.59.59.55.251970-4.8
101Zhou, Yifei1849USAFF75N=118B+140B=72N=127B2.59.59.53.501829-5.6
102Zhu, Andrew J1705USAFF114N+119B+135N=50BF2.58.08.04.251843+28.8
103Barzgari, Mohammad1915IRI3B=111N+113B44N=80B82N69B2.020.022.04.501707-39.8
104Li, Harry1810USA13N=30N7B+120B52N=138BF2.019.519.54.001709-31.2
105McCarter, Sean1806USAFF+50B+76N14B28N35B2.019.019.06.501848+9.6
106Aaron, Michael1796USA+48B=21B129N26N=143B93NF2.016.516.56.001817+3.0
107Peterson, Brian1861USAFF8B+123N19B=98N=80B2.016.516.54.251659-20.8
108Mahajan, Krish1700USA6B20N+119N94B109N+141BF2.016.016.02.001672-11.6
109Praveen, Aayush1572USA50N85NF81B+108B84N+121B2.015.515.53.501712+35.2
110Fabrikant, Ben1874USAFF=20B60N62N+118B=98B2.015.015.05.001754-32.8
111Nozaki, Mao1746USA97N=103B79N=115B25N+135BF2.014.514.53.001682-10.0
112Wen, Yili2030CHNFFF58N+35B+67N53B2.014.014.07.001872-16.6
113Lou, Aileen1737USA28BF103N+140N65B47N+131B2.014.014.01.501668-21.6
114Harrison, Joshua1914USAFF+102B+116N31B79NF2.011.511.54.501807-11.4
115Hanninen, Carter James1776USAFF=91B=111N+125B90N75N2.011.511.53.751722-15.2
116Bernstein, Charles B1743USAF99B+138N114B+87N48BF2.011.511.53.501822+19.6
117Lyu, Zhengdao1887USAF33B51N73BF+140N+142N2.011.511.51.001673-55.6
118Avanish Ram Amarnath1752IND21N76N19B=101N+142B110N125B1.518.018.51.751631-41.2
119Sabarish, Shravan1696USA4N35N108B102N=128B=120B=141N1.517.017.51.751510-64.0
120Gopal, Sri Krishav1567USA=40B58N39B104N91B=119N=128B1.516.518.03.251551-6.0
121Jeselson, Andrew1936USA134B80N59B+128N123B=91N109N1.514.015.02.751536-60.8
122Lavanur, Mahendra1860USAFF22B=54N=95B=130N84B1.514.014.03.501770-23.6
123Viola, Eli Jordan0USAFF15B107B+121N=75B81N1.514.014.03.0017280.0
124Wang, Eric1847USAFF=100B=70N55B=80NF1.512.012.04.251842-2.4
125Rothe-Kushel, William PI1752USAFF34N45B115N=131B+118N1.512.012.02.001618-35.6
126Korba, Nicky2134USAFF+21N=129B13BFF1.510.510.55.251937-15.0
127Cohen, Lawrence1865USAFFF132B+141N34B=101N1.58.08.01.751671-20.8
128Johnson, Charles Quin1741USAFF139N121B=119N=142B=120N1.56.06.01.751579-43.6
129Gianos-Steinberg, Alex2026USAFF+106B=126NFFF1.53.53.52.752158+14.4
130Tsuei, Kai1864USAFF1N=36B8N=122BF1.016.516.52.751781-8.6
131Ramdas, Ronav1541USAF55N72B=88N82B=125N113N1.015.515.52.001524-5.6
132Jiang, Shawn1594USAFF84B+127N71B35N72B1.014.514.51.501653+9.6
133Kailash, Vaibhav1715USAFFF29N+90B60N31B1.014.014.02.501752+1.6
134Zhang, Ryan1697USA+121N16B96B30NFFF1.012.512.51.501754+9.6
135Durai Murugan, Kavinvel1551USAFF35B86N102B111N+140B1.011.511.50.501531-4.4
136Weber, MadelineWCM1988USAFF49N=97B=99N100NF1.011.011.02.501753-24.6
137Waranch, Samuel1763USAFF=54B=90N92BFF1.08.58.53.001747-1.4
138Herrero, Juan Luis1875PARFF116BFF=104N=88B1.06.56.52.251649-18.4
139Turba, Timur1797USAFF+128B59NFFF1.05.05.01.501796-0.4
140Arond, Dean1768USA=99N93B32N113B101N117B135N0.515.516.51.251408-48.4
141Manion, Tom1702USA34N57B82NF127B108N=119B0.515.515.50.751391-35.4
142Sabarish, Shashwath1643USA78BF43N52B118N=128N117B0.515.015.00.751444-39.2
143Boaz, Ben M1962USAFFF32B=106N25BF0.510.010.01.001558-61.2
144Bemben, Alexander1867USAFF64NFFFF0.03.03.00.00984-24.4

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