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3rd Annual Chess For Cure - Open

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25 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Akron, OH, United States. 4 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2113, and top seed was Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2355).

Maili-Jade Ouellet (🇨🇦 CAN, WGM, 2291) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (3.0). Ouellet broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Anjana Thottimpudi (1651) beat Michael Opaska (1838), a +187-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Akron, OH, United States
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸FMDaniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia2355
Avg top 10
2,113
Participants
25
Titled players · 4
FM×2
WGM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×20
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
3
4
1
1234R1R2R3R4
Ouellet3.5Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia33Hanke2.5Perrine2.5Bize2.5
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet beat FM Daniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia (Black).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

FIDE 566012414 won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WGMMaili-Jade Ouellet*
1
—
1
2FMDaniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia
0
*——
3FIDE 566012414——*—
4Harvey Hanke
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ouellet, Maili-JadeWGM2291CAN+7N=4B+2N+9B3.58.010.08.752438+13.2
2Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM2355ESP+16B+5N−1B+4B3.08.510.06.502377+1.2
3FIDE 5660124140—−6B+20N+25B+8N3.06.06.03.5018040.0
4Foisor, Sabina-FrancescaWGM2171USA+15B=1N+10B−2N2.58.510.05.252229+6.8
5Perrine, DaltonFM2188USA+14N−2B=9N+6B2.57.59.05.002120-4.8
6Prem, Muthu Avaneesh1986USA+3N+25N=11B−5N2.57.57.54.001932-5.6
7Hanke, Harvey1991USA−1B+23N+15B=10N2.57.08.03.502135+28.0
8Bize, Nicholas Tim1838USA+24B+22N=14N−3B2.55.56.02.252185+52.0
9Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya1678USA=10B+17N=5B−1N2.08.09.53.752000+56.8
10Weaver, Benjamin2016USA=9N+16B−4N=7B2.07.08.53.751982-2.0
11Storn, Justin2062USA=17BF=6N+14B2.05.55.53.502054-0.2
12Thornton, Christian1803USA−22B=24N+17B=18N2.04.04.52.501821+2.2
13Thottimpudi, Anjana1651USA−19BF+24B+25N2.01.51.50.501678+2.4
14Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1971USA−5B+19N=8B−11N1.57.08.02.251828-28.0
15Soni, Arjun1873USA−4N+21B−7N=16B1.56.57.51.751936+9.6
16Bauml, Broderick Kenneth2086USA−2N−10N+19B=15N1.56.57.51.751896-38.4
17Yilanli, Mehmet1829USA=11N−9B−12N+21B1.56.07.02.001760-17.2
18Akin, Doyle N1690USA−23BF+21N=12B1.54.04.02.001876+28.0
19Kakarla, Aadya1518USA+13N−14B−16N−20B1.05.06.02.001561+1.2
20Ramdas, Ronav1527USA−21N−3BF+19N1.05.05.01.001682+14.4
21Ting, Shih Chieh Alfred1845MAS+20B−15N−18B−17N1.04.55.51.001537-31.2
22Jha, Keya1927USA+12N−8BFF1.04.54.52.001821-11.6
23Kandikayala, Srikar1979USA+18N−7BFF1.04.04.01.501841-12.8
24Opaska, Michael1838USA−8N=12B−13NF0.56.56.51.001491-25.8
25FIDE 5660124220—F−6B−3N−13B0.07.57.50.0010190.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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