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2026 Bill Wright Saint Louis Open

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in St. Louis, MO, United States. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2125, and top seed was Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2512).

Harsha Bharathakoti (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2512) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Matthew Pikus (4.0) and Lev Paciorkowski (3.5). Bharathakoti broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kavinvel Durai Murugan (1512) beat Oliver Rana (1919), a +407-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸St. Louis, MO, United States
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳GMHarsha Bharathakoti2512
Avg top 10
2,125
Participants
27
Titled players · 2
GM×1
IM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Harsha Bharathakoti led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
2
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Harsha Bharathakoti held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Harsha Bharathakoti 3 wins (R1–R3)Matthew Pikus 4 wins (R1–R5)Lev Paciorkowski 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMHarsha Bharathakoti*
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2Matthew Pikus*
3Lev Paciorkowski
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*
4Leo Le-Tran*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Harsha BharathakotiGM2512IND+8B+7N+5B=3N+6B4.512.515.013.252567+2.7
2Pikus, Matthew1916USA+22NF+21B+23N+18B4.04.54.54.502514+21.4
3Paciorkowski, Lev2312USA+11N+6B+17N=1B5N3.512.514.08.752307+3.6
4Le-Tran, Leo1847USA5N+16B=9N+17B+11N3.59.010.56.252119+68.4
5Sargsyan, Anna M.IM2357USA+4BF1N+7N+3B3.014.514.510.002379+3.1
6Hengen, Luke O2050USA+27B3N+10B+8N1N3.013.013.05.002109+14.8
7Mattson, Dane1961USA+16N1B+12N5B+13N3.011.513.05.502075+11.6
8Logozar, Elijah1908USA1N+13B+25N6B=9N2.512.012.53.751983+7.8
9Zagar, Dane1965USA10B=21N=4B+12N=8B2.510.511.55.501805-20.6
10Jin, Evan Y1807USA+9N15B6N=16B+14N2.59.511.05.251919+28.8
11Rana, Oliver1919USA3B+27N18B+21N4B2.09.59.51.001742-46.8
12Maiti, Vedant1782USA19B+22N7B9B+16N2.08.59.52.501825+8.0
13Pagliarini, Finn1744USA23B8N+22B+26N7B2.07.57.51.001731-4.0
14Royal Jr., Paul1837USA24B+26N20B+25N10B2.05.55.50.501762-9.2
15Kamesh, Vidyuth1974USAF+10N+19BFF2.04.04.04.002746+37.2
16Sabarish, Shravan1770USA7B4N+26B=10N12B1.511.011.01.251628-36.4
17Laishevkin, Mykhailo1950UKR+26B=19N3B4NF1.58.58.50.751862-19.2
18Durai Murugan, Kavinvel1512USAF=25B+11NF2N1.56.56.52.251891+48.8
19Pena, Pablo2085USA+12N=17B15NFF1.55.55.52.751902-13.8
20Wilson, Matthew1946USA=21BF+14NFF1.53.03.02.501953+0.6
21Shi, Albert1682USA=20N=9B2N11B22B1.010.011.02.001650-8.8
22Sabarish, Shashwath1704USA2B12B13NF+21N1.09.09.01.001588-23.6
23Vadderaju, Sudeep1954USA+13NFF2BF1.06.06.02.001830-12.8
24Tan, Ralph2079USA+14NFFFF1.02.02.02.002637+4.0
25Gadi, Soham1848USAF=18N8B14BF0.56.06.00.751479-52.8
26Goldschmidt, Steven1489USA17N14B16N13BF0.07.07.00.001010-10.8
27Tune, Isaac Draven1708USA6N11BFFF0.05.05.00.001185-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets