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2026 Intermat Candidates Chess Tournament - 3rd Grade

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9 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Bellevue, WA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 531, and top seed was Harvey Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 1669).

Harvey Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 1669) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Loida Guo (3.5) and Mikhail Lagzdin (3.5). Wang clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Harvey Wang1669
Avg top 10
531
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Harvey Wang 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
5
3
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Harvey Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Harvey Wang lost to Mikhail Lagzdin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Harvey Wang 3 wins (R3–R5)Mikhail Lagzdin 3 wins (R1–R3)Loida Guo 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Harvey Wang*
0
1
1
2Mikhail Lagzdin
1
*
½
3Loida Guo
0
½
*
4FIDE 566006228
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wang, Harvey1669USA+4B3N+7B+5N+2B4.012.014.010.502399+32.4
2Guo, Loida1541USA+9N+6B+5N=3B1N3.511.511.55.751667+14.0
3Lagzdin, Mikhail0USA+?N+1B+6N=2NF3.59.59.57.7516230.0
4FIDE 56600622801N+?B+?NF+5B3.06.06.02.0016670.0
5Khudyev, Elina Umi1572USA+7B+8N2B1B4N2.012.513.53.00803-46.4
6Zhang, Patrick0USA+?B2N3B+8N7N2.010.010.01.007350.0
7FIDE 3994946005N+9B1NF+6B2.08.08.02.008670.0
8FIDE 399913000F5B?N6B+?N1.04.04.00.008630.0
9Meenakshi Sundaram, Pavithran0USA2B7NFFF0.05.55.50.007350.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers