The American Cup 2026 - Blitz

SwissBlitz

67 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 02 Mar 2026 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 67 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2666, and top seed was Wesley So (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2789).

Abhimanyu Mishra (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2508) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Wesley So (7.0) and Andy Woodward (7.0). Mishra shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Rachael Li (WIM, 2141) beat Dimitris Alexakis (GM, 2493), a +352-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States

Dates

02 Mar 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMWesley So2789

Avg top 10

2,666

Participants

Titled players · 67

GM×42

IM×16

FM×6

WIM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×26

🇮🇳India×6

🇺🇦Ukraine×4

🇹🇷Turkiye×4

🇳🇱Netherlands×3

🇮🇹Italy×3

🇭🇺Hungary×3

🇬🇷Greece×1

Top 3

🥇
GMAbhimanyu Mishra
🇺🇸USA·2508
7.0pts·2792perf+32.8
🥈
GMWesley So
🇺🇸USA·2789
7.0pts·2795perf+1.6
🥉
GMAndy Woodward
🇺🇸USA·2461
7.0pts·2766perf+34.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Mishra7So7Woodward7Pranav6.5Durarbayli6.5Kevlishvili6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Mishra takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Abhimanyu Mishra drew with GM Wesley So (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Abhimanyu Mishra 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Wesley So 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Andy Woodward 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMAbhimanyu Mishra	*	½	½	1
2GMWesley So	½	*	½	—
3GMAndy Woodward	½	½	*	1
4GMV Pranav	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mishra, AbhimanyuGM	2508	USA	+16B	+23N	+10B	=2B	+4N	−21B	+13N	+5B	=3N	7.0	49.0	54.0	42.00	2792	+32.8
2	So, WesleyGM	2789	USA	+35B	+32N	+8B	=1N	+13B	=10N	+22B	=3N	=7B	7.0	47.5	51.5	38.25	2795	+1.6
3	Woodward, AndyGM	2461	USA	+49N	+55B	−31N	+37B	+17N	+4B	+21N	=2B	=1B	7.0	43.0	46.0	34.50	2766	+34.6
4	Pranav, VGM	2611	IND	+18B	+37N	+6B	+9N	−1B	−3N	=26B	+14N	+8B	6.5	48.5	52.5	36.00	2658	+5.4
5	Durarbayli, VasifGM	2581	AZE	+46N	−31B	+44N	+23B	+9B	=6N	+10B	−1N	+19N	6.5	44.5	48.5	33.75	2651	+9.0
6	Kevlishvili, RobbyGM	2526	NED	+60N	+24B	−4N	+32B	=12N	=5B	+31N	=11B	+13N	6.5	44.5	47.5	31.75	2703	+22.6
7	Aronian, LevonGM	2749	USA	+56N	+39B	−9N	+8B	−31N	+14B	+12N	+22B	=2N	6.5	44.0	47.0	33.00	2681	-5.3
8	Quesada Perez, YasserGM	2487	CUB	+48N	+11B	−2N	−7N	+16B	+49B	+24N	+21B	−4N	6.0	45.5	49.0	29.00	2653	+20.3
9	Lodici, LorenzoGM	2481	ITA	+28B	+25N	+7B	−4B	−5N	+55B	=32N	+18N	=10B	6.0	45.5	48.5	30.25	2685	+24.0
10	Caruana, FabianoGM	2769	USA	+41N	+50B	−1N	+39B	+24N	=2B	−5N	+32B	=9N	6.0	44.0	47.5	27.50	2659	-10.1
11	Oparin, GrigoriyGM	2676	USA	+36B	−8N	=35B	+34N	+33B	−13N	+25B	=6N	+23B	6.0	41.0	45.0	28.25	2613	-6.2
12	Warmerdam, MaxGM	2557	NED	=30N	=38B	=49N	+42B	=6B	+23N	−7B	+36N	+21N	6.0	40.0	43.5	27.50	2625	+8.2
13	Bok, BenjaminGM	2633	NED	+19N	=33B	+14N	+31B	−2N	+11B	−1B	+26N	−6B	5.5	47.0	51.5	28.75	2629	-0.1
14	Matviishen, ViktorGM	2440	UKR	+61B	=22N	−13B	+57N	+36B	−7N	+15B	−4B	+32N	5.5	40.5	43.5	22.50	2549	+14.5
15	Akobian, VaruzhanGM	2520	USA	+47N	=29B	−21N	+27B	=49N	=17B	−14N	+41B	+22N	5.5	39.0	42.5	25.00	2553	+4.4
16	Kuru, AtillaIM	2193	TUR	−1N	+52B	+50N	−24B	−8N	+47B	+56N	+31B	=20N	5.5	39.0	42.0	21.25	2504	+134.8
17	Bharath Subramaniyam HGM	2549	IND	−27N	+63B	+38N	+58B	−3B	=15N	−18B	+40N	+33B	5.5	38.5	40.5	20.25	2520	-3.0
18	Boros, DenesGM	2479	HUN	−4N	=57B	−41N	+63B	+29N	+39B	+17N	−9B	+37N	5.5	38.0	40.0	22.00	2525	+7.0
19	Raja HarshitGM	2441	IND	−13B	−59N	+52B	+60N	=25B	+43N	+33B	+24N	−5B	5.5	37.0	40.0	22.50	2475	+6.8
20	Tari, AryanGM	2607	NOR	=38N	=27B	=42N	−49B	+30N	=36B	+40B	+44N	=16B	5.5	35.5	39.0	24.25	2461	-14.4
21	Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM	2608	USA	+42B	=26N	+15B	+33N	=22B	+1N	−3B	−8N	−12B	5.0	46.0	50.0	26.00	2550	-7.3
22	Hong, AndrewGM	2507	USA	+51N	=14B	+27N	+26B	=21N	+31B	−2N	−7N	−15B	5.0	44.0	47.5	23.25	2581	+8.7
23	Harsha BharathakotiGM	2505	IND	+52N	−1B	+51N	−5N	+34B	−12B	+49N	+28B	−11N	5.0	42.0	45.5	20.00	2445	-5.7
24	Cordova, EmilioGM	2602	PER	+45B	−6N	+40B	+16N	−10B	+37N	−8B	−19B	+38N	5.0	41.5	45.5	21.50	2492	-11.3
25	Kantor, GergelyGM	2510	HUN	+67N	−9B	−58N	+28B	=19N	+27B	−11N	+39B	=26B	5.0	39.5	40.0	19.75	2463	-4.7
26	Hardaway, BrewingtonGM	2569	USA	+65N	=21B	+30N	−22N	=35B	+56B	=4N	−13B	=25N	5.0	39.0	41.0	20.25	2533	-3.8
27	Pyrih, RomanIM	2440	UKR	+17B	=20N	−22B	−15N	+46B	−25N	=43B	+35N	+44B	5.0	38.5	42.5	22.25	2512	+8.8
28	Rorrer, GraysonIM	2298	USA	−9N	+67B	−37B	−25N	+52B	+34N	+35B	−23N	+43B	5.0	36.0	36.5	16.50	2402	+26.0
29	Aryan ChopraGM	2620	IND	+40B	=15N	−33B	−36N	−18B	+58N	=38B	+49N	+45B	5.0	35.0	38.0	19.25	2464	-17.1
30	Lee, AliceIM	2336	USA	=12B	+43N	−26B	−35N	−20B	=57N	+59B	+53N	+36B	5.0	35.0	38.0	19.00	2449	+26.2
31	Gazik, ViktorGM	2498	SVK	+64B	+5N	+3B	−13N	+7B	−22N	−6B	−16N	=34B	4.5	47.0	49.0	24.25	2455	-4.1
32	Fier, AlexandrGM	2549	BRA	+54B	−2B	+46N	−6N	+44B	+35N	=9B	−10N	−14B	4.5	43.0	46.5	18.50	2505	-5.0
33	Kadric, DenisGM	2493	MNE	+59B	=13N	+29N	−21B	−11N	+38B	−19N	+42B	−17N	4.5	40.5	43.5	18.75	2528	+4.5
34	Kiolbasa, OliwiaIM	2285	POL	−50N	+41B	+55N	−11B	−23N	−28B	+63N	+56B	=31N	4.5	34.0	36.0	14.25	2452	+37.2
35	Kacharava, NikoloziGM	2508	GEO	−2N	+54B	=11N	+30B	=26N	−32B	−28N	−27B	+57N	4.0	41.0	44.0	17.00	2419	-9.7
36	Mikaelyan, ArmanGM	2445	ARM	−11N	=48B	+63N	+29B	−14N	=20N	+37B	−12B	−30N	4.0	41.0	43.0	15.75	2420	-2.7
37	Sonis, FrancescoGM	2476	ITA	+53B	−4B	+28N	−3N	+45B	−24B	−36N	+58N	−18B	4.0	40.5	43.5	15.50	2365	-12.6
38	Boyer, MahelGM	2486	FRA	=20B	=12N	−17B	=53N	+57B	−33N	=29N	+51B	−24B	4.0	38.5	41.5	16.50	2402	-8.2
39	Can, IsikGM	2444	TUR	+58B	−7N	+45B	−10N	=40B	−18N	+54B	−25N	=42B	4.0	38.5	41.5	14.50	2439	-1.3
40	Putnam, LiamIM	2445	USA	−29N	+47B	−24N	+51B	=39N	+42B	−20N	−17B	=41N	4.0	37.0	40.5	15.50	2427	-1.8
41	Heimann, MarkGM	2425	USA	−10B	−34N	+18B	−45N	+59B	=54N	+53B	−15N	=40B	4.0	36.5	39.5	15.75	2360	-8.2
42	Budisavljevic, LukaGM	2464	SRB	−21N	+65B	=20B	−12N	+53B	−40N	+45B	−33N	=39N	4.0	36.5	38.5	14.25	2387	-8.7
43	Stremavicius, TitasGM	2381	LTU	=63N	−30B	−57N	+47B	+48N	−19B	=27N	+46B	−28N	4.0	35.5	37.5	15.50	2259	-13.6
44	Celik, Hasan HuseyinIM	2223	TUR	−66B	+53N	−5B	+59N	−32N	+51B	+55N	−20B	−27N	4.0	34.5	35.5	13.00	2401	+72.4
45	Bilych, OleksiiIM	2206	UKR	−24N	+60B	−39N	+41B	−37N	+50B	−42N	+55B	−29N	4.0	32.5	35.5	13.50	2399	+39.4
46	Bilovil, BogdanIM	2416	UKR	−5B	+64N	−32B	−55B	−27N	+52N	+57B	−43N	+58B	4.0	32.5	34.5	11.50	2291	-12.7
47	Kavutskiy, KostyaIM	2283	USA	−15B	−40N	+61B	−43N	+60B	−16N	−51N	+63B	+56N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.00	2259	-5.4
48	Li, RachaelWIM	2141	USA	−8B	=36N	+59B	−50N	−43B	−53N	+62N	=54B	+55N	4.0	30.5	33.0	12.25	2331	+81.2
49	Amilal MunkhdalaiIM	2382	MGL	−3B	+62N	=12B	+20N	=15B	−8N	−23B	−29B	=54N	3.5	43.5	46.0	15.50	2404	+2.1
50	Dudin, GlebGM	2424	HUN	+34B	−10N	−16B	+48B	−56N	−45N	−58B	+62N	=51B	3.5	33.5	36.0	12.75	2230	-23.6
51	Krush, IrinaGM	2234	USA	−22B	+61N	−23B	−40N	+64B	−44N	+47B	−38N	=50N	3.5	32.5	34.5	10.75	2274	+3.3
52	Apaar SaxenaFM	1997	IND	−23B	−16N	−19N	+67B	−28N	−46B	+64N	=65B	+61N	3.5	32.0	32.5	6.50	2180	+69.6
53	Atwell, RoseFM	2254	USA	−37N	−44B	+67N	=38B	−42N	+48B	−41N	−30B	+63N	3.5	31.0	31.5	8.50	2249	-6.0
54	Wang, TianqiIM	2396	USA	−32N	−35N	+64B	−56B	+61N	=41B	−39N	=48N	=49B	3.5	30.0	32.0	10.75	2276	-28.4
55	Alexakis, DimitrisGM	2493	GRE	+62B	−3N	−34B	+46N	+58B	−9N	−44B	−45N	−48B	3.0	36.5	39.0	9.50	2180	-35.6
56	Chirila, Ioan-CristianGM	2435	ROU	−7B	−58N	+62B	+54N	+50B	−26N	−16B	−34N	−47B	3.0	35.5	38.0	9.50	2256	-21.7
57	Tang, ZoeyFM	2056	USA	F	=18N	+43B	−14B	−38N	=30B	−46N	+60N	−35B	3.0	35.0	35.0	12.25	2286	+70.4
58	Rosen, EricIM	2323	USA	−39N	+56B	+25B	−17N	−55N	−29B	+50N	−37B	−46N	3.0	34.0	37.0	11.50	2360	+3.8
59	Sukandar, Irine KharismaIM	2277	INA	−33N	+19B	−48N	−44B	−41N	+64B	−30N	−61B	+67N	3.0	32.0	32.5	8.00	2149	-15.5
60	Caglar, SilaWIM	2040	TUR	−6B	−45N	+65N	−19B	−47N	−62B	+67N	−57B	+64B	3.0	29.5	30.0	4.50	2113	+12.4
61	Antova, GabrielaFM	2154	BUL	−14N	−51B	−47N	+62N	−54B	−63B	+65N	+59N	−52B	3.0	27.5	29.5	7.50	2142	-4.0
62	Yu, JenniferFM	2206	USA	−55N	−49B	−56N	−61B	+67N	+60N	−48B	−50B	=65N	2.5	25.0	25.5	4.50	2102	-26.6
63	Zatonskih, AnnaIM	2316	USA	=43B	−17N	−36B	−18N	=65B	+61N	−34B	−47N	−53B	2.0	34.0	36.0	6.00	2123	-22.0
64	Cervantes Landeiro, ThaliaFM	2164	USA	−31N	−46B	−54N	+65B	−51N	−59N	−52B	+67B	−60N	2.0	27.0	27.5	2.50	2025	-32.6
65	Abrahamyan, TatevIM	2257	USA	−26B	−42N	−60B	−64N	=63N	=67B	−61B	=52N	=62B	2.0	25.0	25.5	4.25	2002	-59.0
66	Liang, AwonderGM	2563	USA	+44N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	3023	+1.2
67	Gueci, TeaWIM	2091	ITA	−25B	−28N	−53B	−52N	−62B	=65N	−60B	−64N	−59B	0.5	27.5	29.5	1.00	1776	-51.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kuru, AtillaIMTUR
+134.8
5.5 pts · #15
2Li, RachaelWIMUSA
+81.2
4.0 pts · #40
3Celik, Hasan HuseyinIMTUR
+72.4
4.0 pts · #46

Top rating losers

1Abrahamyan, TatevIMUSA
-59.0
2.0 pts · #63
2Gueci, TeaWIMITA
-51.6
0.5 pts · #67
3Alexakis, DimitrisGMGRE
-35.6
3.0 pts · #61

Biggest upsets

R9+352 Elo gap
WIMLi, Rachael2141 beat GMAlexakis, Dimitris2493
R3+325 Elo gap
FMTang, Zoey2056 beat GMStremavicius, Titas2381
R8+305 Elo gap
IMKuru, Atilla2193 beat GMGazik, Viktor2498