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2026 Phillip ONeal Taylor Georgia State Championship - Amateur

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Dunwoody, GA, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Jose Hernandez Torres (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2242).

Kanishk Mahesh (🇺🇸 USA, 1748) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Matias Zapata Sanchez (4.0) and Ekaterina Morgaenko (3.5). Mahesh shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lucas Yiwen Xi (1541) beat Jose Hernandez Torres (FM, 2242), a +701-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Dunwoody, GA, United States
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸FMJose Hernandez Torres2242
Avg top 10
1,822
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇧🇾Belarus×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
4
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Mahesh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kanishk Mahesh 3 wins (R2–R4)Ekaterina Morgaenko 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kanishk Mahesh*
1
2Matias Zapata Sanchez*
½
3Ekaterina Morgaenko
½
*
4Lucas Yiwen Xi
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mahesh, Kanishk1748USA=5B+11N+4B+10N=6B4.012.514.511.251949+49.6
2Zapata Sanchez, Matias1719USA+17N+18B=6B+7N=3B4.010.511.58.251947+36.4
3Morgaenko, Ekaterina1869BLR+12N+16B+9B6N=2N3.512.013.08.001887+2.8
4Xi, Lucas Yiwen1541USA+11N+20B1N=14B+13N3.59.510.05.251974+86.0
5Santosh, Siddharth1647USA=1N10N+17B+16B+14N3.59.010.05.501741+15.6
6Anantharaman, Aashish1870USAF+15B=2N+3B=1N3.013.013.09.001947+7.6
7Purnell, George0USA15N+8B+13N2B+16N3.010.511.56.0016980.0
8Joseph, Alisa1566USA=10B7N+11B=15N+12N3.09.511.06.001923+74.8
9Kore, Anvika Mattam1620USA+21B+14B3NF+10N3.08.08.04.501919+47.2
10Chelladorai, Joshua1750USA=8N+5B+18N1B9B2.513.514.56.001661-23.6
11Remick, William1736USA4B1B8N+22B+15N2.012.012.01.501588-39.6
12Gan, Aiden1755USA3B=21N=19B+20N8B2.08.08.51.251751-6.4
13Dande, Ridhaan1699USAF+22N7B+19N4B2.07.57.51.001653-4.8
14FIDE 5660111400F9N+15B=4N5B1.511.511.53.2515350.0
15Chen, Raymond1680USA+7B6N14N=8B11B1.511.012.54.501451-33.2
16Xia, Benjamin1726USAF3N+20B5N7B1.010.510.50.5017560.0
17FIDE 205833202B=19N5NF=20B1.09.09.00.7515960.0
18Rathi, Yashvardhan1726IND+19B2N10BFF1.07.57.51.00935-19.6
19Durak, Ege Su0TUR18N=17B=12N13BF1.06.06.01.5014540.0
20Hernandez Torres, JoseFM2242USAF4N16N12B=17N0.57.57.50.501042-55.2
21Morgan, Lakshmi M1763USA9N=12BFFF0.55.05.01.001495-28.0
22Polavarapu, Lalith Chetan1764USAF13BF11NF0.04.04.00.00918-45.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets