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The American Cup 2026 - Open Elimination Bracket

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7 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Mar 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2655, and top seed was Levon Aronian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2731).

Levon Aronian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2731) won with 5.0/8, ahead of Leinier Dominguez Perez (3.0) and Awonder Liang (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 3: Awonder Liang (GM, 2511) beat Leinier Dominguez Perez (GM, 2706), a +195-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States
Dates
05 Mar 2026 → 09 Mar 2026
Time control
Rapid: 25 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMLevon Aronian2731
Avg top 10
2,655
Participants
7
Titled players · 7
GM×7
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

GM Levon Aronian led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Aronian takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE07 Mar

GM Levon Aronian takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

GM Levon Aronian went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMLevon Aronian*—
½
½
0
1
2GMLeinier Dominguez Perez—*
0
1
—
3GMAwonder Liang
½
½
1
0
*—
4GMFabiano Caruana
1
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Aronian, LevonGM2731USA=6B+6N+5B=5N=3B=3N−4N+4B5.07.58.04.502721-1.2
2Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM2706USA+7B+7N−3B+3NFFFF3.04.04.02.002771+3.4
3Liang, AwonderGM2511USAFF+2N−2B=1N=1BFF2.016.016.08.002719+10.6
4Caruana, FabianoGM2727USAFFFFFF+1B−1N1.010.010.05.002731+0.2
5Sevian, SamuelGM2667USAFF−1N=1BFFFF0.510.010.02.502538-3.2
6Mishra, AbhimanyuGM2599USA=1N−1BFFFFFF0.510.010.02.502538-1.4
7Robson, RayGM2645USA−2N−2BFFFFFF0.06.06.00.001906-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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