2026 Washington President's Cup - Kennedy Open

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 3 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1984, and top seed was Ryan W Porter (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2201).

Nikash Vemparala (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2163) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ryan W Porter (3.5) and Akim Pikh (3.5). Vemparala broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jackson Subcleff (1688) beat Justin Jialin Gao (1956), a +268-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States

Dates

14 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMRyan W Porter2201

Avg top 10

1,984

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×35

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

Top 3

🥇
CMNikash Vemparala
🇺🇸USA·2163
4.5pts·2276perf+18.8
🥈
FMRyan W Porter
🇺🇸USA·2201
3.5pts·2281perf+6.6
🥉
Akim Pikh
🇺🇦UKR·1930
3.5pts·2033perf+27.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

CM Nikash Vemparala led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Vemparala4.5Porter3.5Verma3.5Pikh3.5Gupta3.5Pratik3

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Nikash Vemparala never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Nikash Vemparala drew with FM Ryan W Porter (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM Nikash Vemparala won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMNikash Vemparala	*	½	1	—
2FMRyan W Porter	½	*	—	1
3Darsh Verma	0	—	*	—
4Akim Pikh	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vemparala, NikashCM	2163	USA	+28B	+33N	+6B	=2N	+4B	4.5	11.5	12.5	10.75	2276	+18.8
2	Porter, Ryan WFM	2201	USA	+10N	+11B	F	=1B	+3N	3.5	14.0	14.0	11.75	2281	+6.6
3	Pikh, Akim	1930	UKR	+15B	=7N	+32B	+8N	−2B	3.5	12.5	13.5	8.50	2033	+27.2
4	Verma, Darsh	1891	USA	+38B	=9N	+26B	+7B	−1N	3.5	12.0	12.0	6.00	2025	+37.6
5	Gupta, Saahil	1905	USA	=32N	=16B	+24N	+19B	=9B	3.5	10.5	11.5	8.00	2000	+21.2
6	Garine, Ujwal	1858	USA	+36N	+12B	−1N	=18B	=20N	3.0	12.5	13.0	6.00	1982	+32.0
7	Palathingal, RafaelCM	1954	USA	+39N	=3B	+17B	−4N	=11B	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.75	1895	-13.2
8	Thorwe Pratik	1825	IND	+19N	=26B	+13N	−3B	=10N	3.0	12.0	13.5	7.75	1850	+4.0
9	Loving, Jason	2008	USA	+24N	=4B	F	+14B	=5N	3.0	12.0	12.0	8.50	2035	+3.0
10	Bharathy Mohan, Aarav Sai	1803	USA	−2B	+35N	+29B	=11N	=8B	3.0	11.0	11.5	5.00	1915	+19.6
11	Wei, Jeffrey	1882	USA	+35N	−2N	+30B	=10B	=7N	3.0	11.0	11.5	5.00	1912	+4.4
12	Gavrish, Leonid	1952	UKR	+30B	−6N	+34B	=17N	=13B	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.25	1759	-19.4
13	Wong-Godfrey, Emerson P	1799	USA	=27B	+23N	−8B	+26N	=12N	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.75	1786	-0.8
14	Wang, Leonardo Xirui	1865	SGP	=23B	=29N	+27B	−9N	+17B	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.75	1803	-13.2
15	Nam, Jinmo	1705	USA	−3N	−24B	+36N	+27B	+23N	3.0	9.0	9.5	4.00	1775	+18.8
16	Pujara, Shyam	0	USA	=37B	=5N	F	+31N	+18B	3.0	8.0	8.0	6.00	1852	0.0
17	Subcleff, Jackson	1688	USA	+20N	+18B	−7N	=12B	−14N	2.5	11.5	14.0	6.50	1907	+54.8
18	Xu, Owen	1811	USA	+21B	−17N	+28B	=6N	−16N	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.50	1854	+8.4
19	Gao, Ziqian	1770	USA	−8B	+38N	+33B	−5N	=22B	2.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	1694	-17.6
20	Gao, Justin Jialin	1956	CAN	−17B	+21N	F	+37N	=6B	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.50	1834	-23.2
21	Frederick, Benjamin	1681	USA	−18N	−20B	=23B	+35N	+37B	2.5	7.5	8.0	2.00	1693	0.0
22	Sardar, Ekam S	1734	USA	−33B	−28N	+35B	+30N	=19N	2.5	6.5	7.0	3.25	1756	+3.6
23	Yuan, Chen	1625	USA	=14N	−13B	=21N	+29N	−15B	2.0	11.5	13.0	4.25	1688	+15.6
24	Liu, Bichen	1713	USA	−9B	+15N	−5B	F	+26N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1801	+16.4
25	Arganian, David	1869	USA	=29B	=34N	F	+32N	F	2.0	3.5	3.5	2.25	1939	+3.2
26	Chen, Andy	1591	USA	+40B	=8N	−4N	−13B	−24B	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.50	1658	+14.4
27	Babbar, Riaan	1628	USA	=13N	=31B	−14N	−15N	=35B	1.5	10.5	11.0	2.50	1601	+3.2
28	Beegala, Keshav	1806	USA	−1N	+22B	−18N	=34B	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.00	1778	-8.0
29	Raja, Rian	1754	USA	=25N	=14B	−10N	−23B	=36B	1.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1616	-36.4
30	Zhou, Yuchen	1690	USA	−12N	+36B	−11N	−22B	=32B	1.5	9.5	10.0	1.00	1646	-13.2
31	Vega, Isaac	1808	USA	F	=27N	F	−16B	+34N	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.75	1580	-5.8
32	Cheng, Selina	1740	USA	=5B	F	−3N	−25B	=30N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.50	1655	-17.2
33	Turapov, Bayram	0	USA	+22N	−1B	−19N	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	1764	0.0
34	Arunkumar, Pragit	0	USA	F	=25B	−12N	=28N	−31B	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.75	1666	0.0
35	Page, Nathan	0	USA	−11B	−10B	−22N	−21B	=27N	0.5	11.0	12.5	0.75	1370	0.0
36	Wu, Harry	1667	USA	−6B	−30N	−15B	F	=29N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1430	-42.0
37	Jiang, Stephen	1730	USA	=16N	F	F	−20B	−21N	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.50	1018	-31.2
38	Shankaranand, Deeksha	1662	USA	−4N	−19B	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1031	-22.8
39	Nallappa, Vijay	1722	USA	−7B	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1153	-8.4
40	Lin, Michael	1809	USA	−26N	F	F	F	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	790	-31.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Subcleff, JacksonUSA
+54.8
2.5 pts · #14
2Verma, DarshUSA
+37.6
3.5 pts · #2
3Garine, UjwalUSA
+32.0
3.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Wu, HarryUSA
-42.0
0.5 pts · #34
2Raja, RianUSA
-36.4
1.5 pts · #27
3Lin, MichaelUSA
-31.2
0.0 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R1+268 Elo gap
Subcleff, Jackson1688 beat Gao, Justin Jialin1956
R1+218 Elo gap
Chen, Andy1591 beat Lin, Michael1809
R4+129 Elo gap
Yuan, Chen1625 beat Raja, Rian1754