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2026 Washington Girls Championship - Elena Donaldson Championship

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11 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Bothell, WA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1405, and top seed was Veronique Joseph (🇺🇸 USA, 1910).

Veronique Joseph (🇺🇸 USA, 1910) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Loida Guo (3.0) and Selina Cheng (3.0). Joseph broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Riya Sridhar (1103) beat FIDE 39991296 (1329), a +226-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Bothell, WA, United States
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Veronique Joseph1910
Avg top 10
1,405
Participants
11
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Veronique Joseph led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
4
1
5
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Joseph takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE29 Mar

Veronique Joseph takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Veronique Joseph beat Iris Runyi Zhang (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Iris Runyi Zhang won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Veronique Joseph*
1
½
½
2Iris Runyi Zhang
0
*
1
3Loida Guo
½
*
½
4Selina Cheng
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Joseph, Veronique1910USA=2B+7B=3N+6N+4B4.011.013.010.001874-4.4
2Guo, Loida1541USA=1N+9B5N+7B=3N3.012.014.07.501745+40.4
3Cheng, Selina1773USA+9N4B=1B+8N=2B3.012.014.07.501548-35.2
4Zhang, Iris Runyi1574USAF+3N+6B+5B1N3.012.012.08.001942+74.8
5Khudyev, Elina Umi1572USA+8N6B+2B4N+10B3.010.011.06.001462-32.4
6Shankaranand, Deeksha1652USA+11B+5N4N1BF2.010.010.03.001590-10.8
7Patel, Aarya Pavan1595USA+10B1NF2N+8B2.010.010.03.00922-32.4
8FIDE 3999234905B+11N+10N3B7N2.09.09.01.008900.0
9FIDE 3999129613293B2N+11B10N+?N2.07.07.00.0014600.0
10Sridhar, Riya1103USA7NF8B+9B5N1.09.09.02.008490.0
11FIDE 3999924606N8B9N?BF0.06.06.00.007500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets