2026 April Wilson Chess FIDE Plus Score - Major
Open SwissStandard
20 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 04 Apr 2026 in Lisle, IL, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1979, and top seed was Anjaneya Sripathy Rao (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2198).
Alvin He (🇺🇸 USA, 1987) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Alexander Bemben (2.5) and Matthew Yu (2.5). He broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Gautham Ramkumar (1724) beat Alan Xu (1946), a +222-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Lisle, IL, United States
Dates
04 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsAlvin He led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
6
2
1
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He, Alvin | 1987 | USA | +17B | +18N | +6B | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2715 | +48.8 |
| 2 | Bemben, Alexander | 1804 | USA | =7B | +8N | +16B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2222 | +63.2 |
| 3 | Yu, MatthewCM | 2002 | USA | +19B | =16N | +9B | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.75 | 2148 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Ramkumar, Gautham | 1724 | USA | =10N | +7N | =13B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 2042 | +49.6 |
| 5 | Gu, Hardy | 1989 | USA | +11N | +15B | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2629 | +24.4 |
| 6 | Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCM | 2198 | USA | +14B | =9N | −1N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1927 | -39.2 |
| 7 | Xu, Alan | 1946 | USA | =2N | −4B | +17N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1768 | -27.6 |
| 8 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 2005 | USA | =12N | −2B | +15N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1780 | -33.6 |
| 9 | Menon, Rohan | 1902 | USA | +20B | =6B | −3N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1980 | +10.8 |
| 10 | Higuchi, Hiro | 1893 | USA | =4B | =12N | =18B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1775 | -9.6 |
| 11 | Chowdhury, Bhabatosh | 1953 | USA | −5B | +20N | =12B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1853 | -15.6 |
| 12 | Lavanur, Mahendra | 1831 | USA | =8B | =10B | =11N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1950 | +19.6 |
| 13 | Shrigadi, Aryan | 1912 | USA | −15N | +19B | =4N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1752 | -12.6 |
| 14 | Elferachi, Said | 1892 | USA | −6N | =17B | +19N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1934 | +2.2 |
| 15 | Bafia, Nathaniel | 1705 | USA | +13B | −5N | −8B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1844 | +18.4 |
| 16 | Murali, Rishi | 1896 | USA | F | =3B | −2N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1710 | -9.8 |
| 17 | Amarjargal, Ganbaatar | 1777 | MGL | −1N | =14N | −7B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1669 | -7.0 |
| 18 | Sabarish, Shravan | 1770 | USA | F | −1B | =10N | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1747 | -2.0 |
| 19 | Hanninen, Carter James | 1828 | USA | −3N | −13N | −14B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1135 | -42.4 |
| 20 | Tang, Emily Jiaying | 1739 | USA | −9N | −11B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1128 | -20.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bemben, AlexanderUSA+63.22.5 pts · #2
- 2Ramkumar, GauthamUSA+49.62.0 pts · #4
- 3He, AlvinUSA+48.83.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Hanninen, Carter JamesUSA-42.40.0 pts · #19
- 2Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCMUSA-39.21.5 pts · #9
- 3Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA-33.61.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R2+222 Elo gap
- R3+211 Elo gap
- R1+207 Elo gap