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2026 Intermat Candidates Chess Tournament - 5th Grade

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11 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 1278, and top seed was Shanna Wu (🇺🇸 USA, 1744).

Oliver Lang He (🇺🇸 USA, 1591) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Andy Chen (3.0) and Riaan Babbar (3.0).

The biggest upset came in round 3: Oliver Lang He (1591) beat Shanna Wu (1744), a +153-point gap.

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
🇺🇸Shanna Wu1744
Avg top 10
1,278
Participants
11
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
5
2
2
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.0/5. He takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Oliver Lang He drew with Imai Subramonia Maharaja (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Oliver Lang He*
½
½
0
2Imai Subramonia Maharaja
½
*
1
3Andy Chen
½
0
*
½
4Riaan Babbar
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1He, Oliver Lang1591USA+7N=2B+6B=4N3B3.011.514.08.001695+28.4
2Chen, Andy1605USA+11B=1N+5B=3N4B3.011.512.06.001559-10.0
3Babbar, Riaan1623USA+8B=6NF=2B+1N3.010.510.57.751769+29.6
4Maharaja, Imai Subramonia1611USAF=5N+9B=1B+2N3.010.010.07.251868+37.2
5Bravenboer, Jake0USA+10N=4B2N+7B6N2.511.012.55.5015460.0
6Wu, Shanna1744USA+9N=3B1NF+5B2.510.010.05.501588-23.6
7Sreraman, Rahul1568USA1B=8N+10B5N+9B2.59.010.54.001591+1.6
8Rachiba, Alisa0USA3N=7B+11N=9N10B2.08.59.02.5015500.0
9Das, Sambuddha Sekhar1591USA6B+11N4N=8B7N1.510.010.51.501401-39.2
10FIDE 56600661905BF7N=11B+8N1.57.57.52.2513200.0
11Byelashova, Darya1448USA2N9B8B=10NF0.58.08.00.75797-24.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets