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2026 March Wilson Chess FIDE Plus Score - Major

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15 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 01 Mar 2026 in Lisle, IL, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Artemii Khanbutaev (🇺🇸 USA, 2135).

Artemii Khanbutaev (🇺🇸 USA, 2135) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Justin Lee (2.5) and Carter James Hanninen (2.0). Khanbutaev won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Gautham Ramkumar (1700) beat Bhabatosh Chowdhury (1969), a +269-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Lisle, IL, United States
Dates
01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Artemii Khanbutaev2135
Avg top 10
1,888
Participants
15
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
1
2
11.52.53R1R2R3
Lee2.5Khanbutaev2.5Chowdhury2Hanninen2Turba2Benedek1.5
R2–R3 · LEAD HELD

Justin Lee held the sole lead from R2 through R3 without losing it.

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 2.5/3. Khanbutaev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Justin Lee*———
2Artemii Khanbutaev—*—
1
3Bhabatosh Chowdhury——*—
4Carter James Hanninen—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Khanbutaev, Artemii2135USA+3N=7B+11N2.53.54.53.752134+0.4
2Lee, Justin1949USA+9B+8N=6B2.52.53.52.752001+6.4
3Hanninen, Carter James1802USA−1B+15N+8B2.03.53.51.001979+25.6
4Chowdhury, Bhabatosh1969USA−8N+9B+10N2.02.03.02.001851-16.4
5Turba, Timur1781USA=12N=10B+14N2.02.02.01.001730-5.6
6Benedek, Roy1786USAF+11B=2N1.53.53.52.252105+16.8
7Shrigadi, Aryan1906USA+14B=1NF1.52.52.51.252136+5.8
8Ramkumar, Gautham1700USA+4B−2B−3N1.04.56.52.001782+11.2
9Bafia, Nathaniel1698USA−2N−4N+15B1.04.54.50.001756+7.2
10Amarjargal, Ganbaatar1779MGL=13B=5N−4B1.04.05.01.501759-1.6
11Hamilton, Mark P1873USA+15B−6N−1B1.04.04.00.001758-10.0
12Cai, Andrew1682USA=5B=13NF1.03.03.01.501842+16.8
13Higuchi, Hiro1902USA=10N=12BF1.02.02.01.001730-9.0
14Scott, Kaden0USA−7NF−5B0.03.53.50.0010440.0
15Bao, Ronny1727USA−11N−3B−9N0.03.04.00.00991-49.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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