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3rd Central Virginia Open

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Glen Allen, VA, United States. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2098, and top seed was Sergey Erenburg (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2478).

L M S T De Silva (🇱🇰 SRI, IM, 2403) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Sergey Erenburg (4.5) and Tyson Brady (4.0). De Silva shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Tanush Dokka (1650) beat Jeff Phillips (2009), a +359-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Glen Allen, VA, United States
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMSergey Erenburg2478
Avg top 10
2,098
Participants
36
Titled players · 6
GM×1
IM×2
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×30
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. De Silva takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM L M S T De Silva drew with GM Sergey Erenburg (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM L M S T De Silva 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Sergey Erenburg 3 wins (R1–R3)Ashvath Krishnan 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IML M S T De Silva*
½
1
2GMSergey Erenburg
½
*
3Ashvath Krishnan
0
*
4CMTyson Brady*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1De Silva, L M S TIM2403SRI+21B+4N+13B=2N+6B4.514.016.013.752464+4.2
2Erenburg, SergeyGM2478USA+15N+5B+19N=1B+8N4.513.515.513.252544+2.9
3Brady, TysonCM2117USA+11B=7N+25B=6N+10B4.012.014.011.002043-4.8
4Krishnan, Ashvath1876USA+22N1B+28N+20B+7N4.011.512.58.002121+58.4
5ONeill, Noah Thomas1905USA+10B2N=20N+29B+17B3.512.013.07.501975+9.0
6Chen, Alan Zishun1894USA=20N+30B+9N=3B1N3.013.514.57.001979+19.2
7Larkins, Larry RCM1971USA+14B=3B+29N=13N4B3.013.014.06.751917-4.0
8Ginsburg, MarkIM2271USA=9N+32B=24N+16B2B3.012.013.06.002064-9.1
9Spain, Patrick1780USA=8B+26N6B=14N+20B3.010.512.56.751858+6.0
10Song, Jeffrey1654USA5N+34B+32N+19B3N3.010.511.54.001929+32.6
11Dokka, Tanush1650USA3N=22B=23N+28B+19N3.010.011.05.001898+58.4
12Yagiz, Bora1922TUR+28N19B+18N+24BF3.07.57.55.502106+19.0
13Shibut, MaconFM1963USA+18N+16B1N=7BF2.512.512.56.502122+14.4
14Jackson, Maddox1671USA7N=15B+27N=9B=16N2.511.012.55.501807+27.2
15FIDE 208125302B=14N+33B+26NF2.510.010.04.2519210.0
16Gilbert, Walker W1831USA+36B13N+21B8N=14B2.510.010.03.251828-6.4
17Sathiesh, Kavin C1889USA=23N29B+35N+25B5N2.58.58.53.001668-52.8
18Ehsan, Syed Rownak1941BAN13B+36N12B+34N=24N2.58.58.52.001736-41.2
19Phillips, Jeff2009USA+27B+12N2B10N11B2.013.515.04.501784-27.8
20Yambem, Siddhant1688USA=6B+31N=5B4N9N2.013.514.54.251754+15.6
21Abhilash, Alen K1793USA1N+23B16N22B+30N2.011.012.03.001711-26.8
22Krishnan, Shreyas1632USA4B=11N=31B+21NF2.010.010.04.001748+24.0
23Moore, Andrew Charles1603USA=17B21N=11B+31N25N2.09.510.53.751661+13.6
24Fischer, Robert J1864USAF+33N=8B12N=18B2.09.59.53.751936+6.0
25Fitzsimmons, Daniela1661USAF+35B3N17N+23B2.08.58.52.001782+20.4
26FIDE 5660023620F9B+30N15B+29N2.07.57.52.0016970.0
27Li, Ella Xinyi1646USA19N28B14B+35N=31B1.56.56.50.501604-15.2
28Kresge, Atticus1837USA12B+27N4B11N33B1.011.512.51.501502-84.0
29Patil, Aaradhya Nitin1596USAF+17N7B5N26B1.011.011.02.501797+24.8
30Beckford, Robert D1656USAF6N26B+33N21B1.08.08.01.001642-3.2
31Sankay, Aran1674USAF20B=22N23B=27N1.07.57.51.751449-47.2
32Shetty, Saharsh Darsh1820USA+34B8N10BFF1.07.07.01.001665-26.8
33Wang, Charles1615USAF24B15N30B+28N1.06.56.51.001661+6.0
34Lu, Hanwen1497USA32N10N+36B18BF1.06.56.50.00990-20.0
35Vairavan, Kavin1576USAF25N17B27BF0.06.06.00.00932-36.8
36FIDE 30928575016N18B34NFF0.06.06.00.009560.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets