2026 Charlotte Spring Open - U2000

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1758, and top seed was Sanchit Haripradeep (🇺🇸 USA, 1848).

Vasishta Tumuluri (🇺🇸 USA, 1741) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Diya Balamurugan (4.0) and Bradley Marts (3.5). Tumuluri won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mario Pineda-Bermudez (1624) beat Anvay Phadke (1775), a +151-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States

Dates

01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Sanchit Haripradeep1848

Avg top 10

1,758

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×40

Top 3

🥇
Vasishta Tumuluri
🇺🇸USA·1741
4.5pts·2026perf+29.2
🥈
Diya Balamurugan
🇺🇸USA·1660
4.0pts·1908perf+53.9
🥉
Bradley Marts
🇺🇸USA·1803
3.5pts·1844perf+10.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Vasishta Tumuluri led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Tumuluri4.5Balamurugan4Mani3.5Moore3.5Marts3.5Santosh3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Vasishta Tumuluri held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Vasishta Tumuluri went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Anirudh Subhav Mani was #12 at R3, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vasishta Tumuluri	*	—	1	—
2Diya Balamurugan	—	*	—	½
3Anirudh Subhav Mani	0	—	*	—
4Andrew Charles Moore	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tumuluri, Vasishta	1741	USA	+9N	+6B	=31N	+24B	+10N	4.5	11.0	12.0	11.50	2026	+29.2
2	Balamurugan, Diya	1660	USA	+32N	=4B	+38N	=3B	+31N	4.0	9.0	9.5	6.00	1908	+53.9
3	Marts, Bradley	1803	USA	+12B	=5N	+11B	=2N	=16B	3.5	13.0	15.0	10.25	1844	+10.4
4	Moore, Andrew Charles	1617	USA	+39B	=2N	=5B	=8N	+14B	3.5	13.0	13.5	8.25	1774	+42.4
5	Santosh, Siddharth	1663	USA	+37N	=3B	=4N	+15B	=7N	3.5	12.0	12.5	7.50	1828	+34.0
6	Mani, Anirudh Subhav	1673	USA	+25B	−1N	=23B	+32N	+12B	3.5	10.0	11.0	5.75	1794	+32.4
7	Heney, Philip	0	USA	+23B	=13B	=15N	=12N	=5B	3.0	10.5	12.0	6.75	1654	0.0
8	Dhiman, Shrehit Rajesh	1621	USA	+33N	=27B	=13N	=4B	=9N	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.25	1725	+28.8
9	Kindy, Joel	1680	USA	−1B	=25N	+34B	+26N	=8B	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.75	1705	+8.4
10	Zapata Sanchez, Matias	1755	USA	+17N	+28B	=24N	=31B	−1B	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.75	1716	-9.2
11	Arun, Pranav	1711	USA	=15N	+40B	−3N	=38B	+29N	3.0	7.5	8.0	3.25	1699	-2.8
12	Raj, Aditya	1755	USA	−3N	+37B	+21N	=7B	−6N	2.5	12.0	12.5	4.00	1698	-11.6
13	Naushad, Ibraheem	1684	USA	+14B	=7N	=8B	=16N	F	2.5	10.5	10.5	6.50	1769	+13.6
14	Nannapaneni, Shaurya	1623	USA	−13N	+33B	=28N	+27B	−4N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.25	1658	+9.2
15	Ramkumar, Siddharth	1565	USA	=11B	+30N	=7B	−5N	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.50	1638	+12.0
16	Zetshi, Adit	1688	USA	F	F	+27N	=13B	=3N	2.0	7.5	7.5	4.50	1850	+26.0
17	Nair, Arjun	1585	USA	−10B	−23N	+37B	F	+22N	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.50	1606	+4.0
18	Pineda-Bermudez, Mario	1624	USA	+26B	−36N	F	−29B	+23N	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.00	1833	+16.2
19	Kawji, Senna	1656	USA	−28N	−26N	+33B	F	+35N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1567	-14.0
20	Huang, Paul	1607	USA	F	F	+25B	+23N	−24B	2.0	4.5	4.5	3.00	1696	+14.4
21	Tregde, Brandon Nicholas	1760	USA	F	F	−12B	+40N	+30B	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.00	1795	+6.0
22	Baddam, Aarav	1612	USA	F	F	+35B	+34N	−17B	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1508	-11.2
23	Cromartie, Julius	1501	USA	−7N	+17B	=6N	−20B	−18B	1.5	10.5	12.5	3.75	1535	+3.2
24	Thokur, Dhruv	1614	USA	F	F	=10B	−1N	+20N	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.50	1701	+14.0
25	Balamurugan, Druv	1599	USA	−6N	=9B	−20N	=37N	=39B	1.5	9.0	9.5	2.00	1465	-36.0
26	Phadke, Anvay	1775	USA	−18N	+19B	=29N	−9B	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1528	-39.6
27	Phadke, Viraj Sharad	1689	USA	+38B	=8N	−16B	−14N	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.00	1574	-13.0
28	Garrison, Jay	1705	USA	+19B	−10N	=14B	F	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	3.25	1678	-2.2
29	Thirunavukkarasu, Vasanth	0	USA	F	F	=26B	+18N	−11B	1.5	6.5	6.5	2.75	1703	0.0
30	Ramdas, Ronav	1541	USA	F	−15B	=40N	+39B	−21N	1.5	5.0	5.0	0.75	1562	+2.4
31	Karki, Shreyas	1576	USA	F	F	=1B	=10N	−2B	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.75	1594	+2.8
32	Rallabandi, Sahasra Krishna	1629	USA	−2B	+39N	F	−6B	−33N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	1428	-42.0
33	Matson, Michael	1596	USA	−8B	−14N	−19N	−35B	+32B	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.00	1439	-32.0
34	Lu, Hanwen	1430	USA	F	F	−9N	−22B	+37N	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.50	1491	+8.8
35	Huang, Ryan	0	USA	F	F	−22N	+33N	−19B	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1496	0.0
36	Haripradeep, Sanchit	1848	USA	F	+18B	F	F	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2424	+8.4
37	Nallu, Yashwin Reddy	1555	USA	−5B	−12N	−17N	=25B	−34B	0.5	9.5	10.5	0.75	1240	-66.4
38	Charles, Geoffrey A	1713	USA	−27N	F	−2B	=11N	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.50	1414	-22.0
39	Austin, Hazel	1556	USA	−4N	−32B	F	−30N	=25N	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1275	-51.2
40	Gopal, Thiru Moorthy	1714	USA	F	−11N	=30B	−21B	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	1398	-46.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Balamurugan, DiyaUSA
+53.9
4.0 pts · #2
2Moore, Andrew CharlesUSA
+42.4
3.5 pts · #4
3Santosh, SiddharthUSA
+34.0
3.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Nallu, Yashwin ReddyUSA
-66.4
0.5 pts · #37
2Austin, HazelUSA
-51.2
0.5 pts · #38
3Gopal, Thiru MoorthyUSA
-46.8
0.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R1+151 Elo gap
Pineda-Bermudez, Mario1624 beat Phadke, Anvay1775
R5+125 Elo gap
Lu, Hanwen1430 beat Nallu, Yashwin Reddy1555