2026 Texas Grand Circuit #1 - International Section
SwissStandard
37 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Mar 2026 to 16 Mar 2026 in Dallas, TX, United States. 26 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2471, and top seed was Gergely Kantor (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2515).
Mahel Boyer (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2475) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Gergely Kantor (7.0) and Neuris Delgado Ramirez (6.0). Boyer shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Pranav Santhosh (1952) beat Rachael Li (WIM, 2375), a +423-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Dallas, TX, United States
Dates
12 Mar 2026 → 16 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 26
GM×6
IM×7
FM×6
CM×5
WIM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×26
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇬🇪Georgia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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4
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE15 Mar
IM Eric Liu takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Boyer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Mahel Boyer drew with GM Gergely Kantor (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMMahel Boyer | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2GMGergely Kantor | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3IMOleksii Bilych | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4IMAnish Vivekananthan | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyer, MahelGM | 2475 | FRA | +21B | +27N | =2B | −10N | +8B | =11N | +12B | +4N | +3B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 36.00 | 2560 | +11.5 |
| 2 | Kantor, GergelyGM | 2515 | HUN | +26N | =4B | =1N | +25B | +5N | =3B | =6N | +10B | +17N | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 34.50 | 2640 | +13.6 |
| 3 | Delgado Ramirez, NeurisGM | 2509 | PAR | +14B | +18N | +17B | =5N | =10B | =2N | =11B | +6B | −1N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 31.50 | 2560 | +6.1 |
| 4 | Javakhadze, ZurabIM | 2417 | GEO | +19B | =2N | −11B | =14N | +16B | +23N | +15B | −1B | +13N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 29.00 | 2456 | +5.5 |
| 5 | Bilych, OleksiiIM | 2441 | UKR | =34N | +16B | +22N | =3B | −2B | +14N | =10B | +11N | =6N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 28.25 | 2504 | +8.0 |
| 6 | Liu, EricIM | 2431 | USA | =37B | +36N | +12B | =17N | +11B | +10N | =2B | −3N | =5B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 25.75 | 2506 | +10.6 |
| 7 | Vivekananthan, AnishIM | 2400 | USA | +8B | −17N | −10B | +37N | −14B | +19N | +23B | +15N | +12B | 6.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 24.50 | 2410 | +2.5 |
| 8 | Zhao, KevinFM | 2072 | USA | −7N | +24B | =20N | +26B | −1N | =13B | +29N | =9B | +18B | 5.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 21.50 | 2424 | +145.5 |
| 9 | Budisavljevic, LukaGM | 2501 | SRB | +23B | =10N | +15B | −11N | +18B | =12N | −17B | =8N | +24N | 5.5 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 24.25 | 2429 | -6.5 |
| 10 | Guo, EthanFM | 2364 | USA | +28N | =9B | +7N | +1B | =3N | −6B | =5N | −2N | =11B | 5.0 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 27.25 | 2466 | +25.6 |
| 11 | Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM | 2504 | USA | =16N | +20B | +4N | +9B | −6N | =1B | =3N | −5B | =10N | 5.0 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 27.50 | 2456 | -5.8 |
| 12 | Hilby, CraigIM | 2409 | USA | =32N | +34B | −6N | +13B | +20N | =9B | −1N | +22B | −7N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 19.75 | 2365 | -4.3 |
| 13 | Wang, Kyle YiwenCM | 2142 | USA | −15B | +35N | =27B | −12N | +24B | =8N | +14B | +16N | −4B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 19.75 | 2273 | +58.0 |
| 14 | Degenbaev, AzizFM | 2301 | KGZ | −3N | =33B | +34N | =4B | +7N | −5B | −13N | +28B | +26B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 18.75 | 2312 | +4.4 |
| 15 | Fus, JakubIM | 2419 | POL | +13N | =22B | −9N | =16B | +33N | +29B | −4N | −7B | +27B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 17.75 | 2321 | -9.3 |
| 16 | Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy | 2266 | USA | =11B | −5N | +36B | =15N | −4N | +35B | +30N | −13B | +22N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 15.00 | 2312 | +22.4 |
| 17 | Belous, VladimirGM | 2493 | RUS | +24N | +7B | −3N | =6B | =29N | =18B | +9N | F | −2B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 2461 | -2.8 |
| 18 | Pyrih, RomanIM | 2395 | UKR | +30N | −3B | +32N | +33B | −9N | =17N | −20B | +19B | −8N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 15.25 | 2243 | -15.2 |
| 19 | Shafer, Logan CCM | 2113 | USA | −4N | +26B | =29N | =22B | =25N | −7B | +31B | −18N | +23B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 14.50 | 2316 | +89.6 |
| 20 | Amburgy, RyanFM | 2315 | USA | +31B | −11N | =8B | +27N | −12B | +25N | +18N | F | F | 4.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 16.75 | 2341 | +9.4 |
| 21 | Wang, Aaron | 2194 | USA | −1N | =28B | +30N | −29B | =31N | +33B | =22N | −24B | +35B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 12.25 | 2173 | -10.8 |
| 22 | Tanenbaum, ZacharyFM | 2361 | USA | +35B | =15N | −5B | =19N | −23B | +28N | =21B | −12N | −16B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 12.00 | 2158 | -46.2 |
| 23 | Mcconnell, Sullivan | 2242 | USA | −9N | =30B | =28N | +32B | +22N | −4B | −7N | =31B | −19N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 11.00 | 2143 | -24.4 |
| 24 | Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM | 2215 | MGL | −17B | −8N | F | =31B | −13N | +36B | +32N | +21N | −9B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 10.50 | 2152 | -15.8 |
| 25 | Singh, Siddharth | 2342 | USA | =33N | =32B | +31N | −2N | =19B | −20B | +35N | F | F | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.00 | 2155 | -30.4 |
| 26 | Fang, ElbertFM | 2313 | USA | −2B | −19N | +35B | −8N | −28B | F | +33N | +30B | −14N | 3.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.50 | 2054 | -53.0 |
| 27 | Santhosh, Pranav | 1952 | USA | F | −1B | =13N | −20B | =32N | −30B | +36N | +29B | −15N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 8.50 | 2130 | +56.4 |
| 28 | McConnell, Griffin | 2035 | USA | −10B | =21N | =23B | −34N | +26N | −22B | F | −14N | +30B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 10.00 | 2164 | +22.0 |
| 29 | Li, RachaelWIM | 2375 | USA | =36B | =37N | =19B | +21N | =17B | −15N | −8B | −27N | F | 3.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 10.25 | 2096 | -55.6 |
| 30 | Manchanda, AdvikCM | 2069 | USA | −18B | =23N | −21B | +36N | =34B | +27N | −16B | −26N | −28N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 2053 | -11.6 |
| 31 | Lad, Neil | 2001 | USA | −20N | F | −25B | =24N | =21B | =34B | −19N | =23N | +33B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 9.50 | 2111 | +37.2 |
| 32 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 2112 | USA | =12B | =25N | −18B | −23N | =27B | +37N | −24B | −35N | =36B | 3.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 7.50 | 2072 | -23.6 |
| 33 | Sankar, Tarun | 2002 | USA | =25B | =14N | +37B | −18N | −15B | −21N | −26B | =36N | −31N | 2.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 6.00 | 2072 | +17.6 |
| 34 | Yang, DanielCM | 2163 | USA | =5B | −12N | −14B | +28B | =30N | =31N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 2152 | -8.4 |
| 35 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 2024 | USA | −22N | −13B | −26N | F | +37B | −16N | −25B | +32B | −21N | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 4.00 | 2042 | +2.4 |
| 36 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 2044 | USA | =29N | −6B | −16N | −30B | F | −24N | −27B | =33B | =32N | 1.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 4.25 | 1927 | -47.9 |
| 37 | Malpert, Rodney | 2150 | USA | =6N | =29B | −33N | −7B | −35N | −32B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.50 | 1951 | -59.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhao, KevinFMUSA+145.55.5 pts · #9
- 2Shafer, Logan CCMUSA+89.64.5 pts · #21
- 3Wang, Kyle YiwenCMUSA+58.05.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Malpert, RodneyUSA-59.61.0 pts · #37
- 2Li, RachaelWIMUSA-55.63.0 pts · #28
- 3Fang, ElbertFMUSA-53.03.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R8+423 Elo gap
- R9+323 Elo gap
- R7+303 Elo gap