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2026 Maryland Sweet 16

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16 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Rockville, MD, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1893, and top seed was Alexander Zlodorev (🇺🇸 USA, 2055).

Sandeep Thimmasamudram (🇺🇸 USA, 1874) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Steven Liu (3.5) and Alexander Zlodorev (3.0). Thimmasamudram shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Roshan Gopi (1648) beat Architsai Ramnath (1915), a +267-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Rockville, MD, United States
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Alexander Zlodorev2055
Avg top 10
1,893
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
2
1234R1R2R3R4
Thimmasamudram3.5Liu3.5Zlodorev3Wu3Fedorov2.5Gopi2.5
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

Sandeep Thimmasamudram held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Thimmasamudram takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Sandeep Thimmasamudram won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sandeep Thimmasamudram*—
½
—
2CMSteven Liu—*
½
—
3Alexander Zlodorev
½
½
*
1
4Eliot S Wu——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1874USA+9B+14N+6B=3N3.57.58.57.002162+51.6
2Liu, StevenCM2016USA+15N+8B=3N+5B3.57.58.57.002043+6.4
3Zlodorev, Alexander2055USA+13B+4N=2B=1B3.010.011.07.502063+2.8
4Wu, Eliot S1843USA+16B−3B+9N+8B3.07.07.04.001904+10.0
5Gopi, Roshan1648USA+7B=6B+13N−2N2.58.59.54.752004+69.2
6Fedorov, Svetoslav1959RUS+10B=5N−1N+11B2.57.59.04.251899-10.4
7Ramnath, Architsai1915USA−5N=10B+15N+13B2.55.06.02.751715-30.4
8FIDE 5660028690—+11B−2N+14B−4N2.08.09.02.5018500.0
9Fang, Kevin1687USA−1N+12N−4B+14B2.08.09.02.501784+20.4
10Sun, Eric Ningyuan1753USA−6N=7N−11B+16B1.56.56.51.251765+0.4
11Yue, Andy1944USA−8N=15B+10N−6N1.56.07.02.001856-9.2
12Ghodgaonkar, Anirudh P1821USA−14N−9B+16N=15B1.54.04.00.501502-50.0
13Jiang, Caroline Q1750USA−3N+16B−5B−7N1.08.08.00.001609-30.8
14Sharma, Vishnu1600USA+12B−1B−8N−9N1.07.59.01.501670+9.2
15Xu, Arthur0USA−2B=11N−7B=12N1.07.59.01.5017310.0
16Liu, Caden1593USA−4N−13N−12B−10N0.06.07.00.00991-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets