2026 CCC Club Classical Championship
Open SwissStandard
46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Charlotte, NC, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2066, and top seed was Dina Belenkaya (🇮🇱 ISR, WGM, 2186).
Dina Belenkaya (🇮🇱 ISR, WGM, 2186) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Andrew Wu (4.0) and Vihaan Pendse (4.0). Belenkaya shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Anirudh Subhav Mani (1673) beat Steve Paul Alappatt (1991), a +318-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Charlotte, NC, United States
Dates
23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WGM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×44
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsWGM Dina Belenkaya led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
16
8
2
4
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
WGM Dina Belenkaya held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
WGM Dina Belenkaya drew with Benjamin Snodgrass (White).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
WGM Dina Belenkaya went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WGMDina Belenkaya | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Benjamin Snodgrass | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Vihaan Pendse | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMAlex Haoning Chu | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belenkaya, DinaWGM | 2186 | ISR | +26B | +28N | =4B | +6N | +7B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.00 | 2314 | +12.6 |
| 2 | Wu, Andrew | 2163 | USA | +29N | +23B | +13N | =7B | =3N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.25 | 2134 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Pendse, Vihaan | 2083 | USA | +41B | +27N | =6B | +12N | =2B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 10.25 | 2171 | +27.2 |
| 4 | Snodgrass, Benjamin | 2017 | USA | +40B | +25N | =1N | =9B | +14N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 10.00 | 2114 | +14.2 |
| 5 | Chu, Alex HaoningFM | 1996 | USA | =34N | +38B | =11N | +17B | +13N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 9.50 | 2059 | +14.4 |
| 6 | Carter, Emmanuel | 2092 | USA | +14N | +17B | =3N | −1B | +22N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 10.50 | 2064 | +0.2 |
| 7 | Prasanna, AdvikCM | 2056 | USA | +37B | +31N | +8B | =2N | −1N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 9.00 | 2105 | +17.6 |
| 8 | Rathi, Naitik | 1870 | USA | +19N | +20B | −7N | +25B | =11N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 1960 | +25.2 |
| 9 | Baliga, Zubin | 2076 | USA | =24B | +35N | =10B | =4N | +21B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 1960 | -9.6 |
| 10 | Rallabandi, Krishna Kishore | 1931 | USA | =16N | +33B | =9N | =20B | +28N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1909 | -1.2 |
| 11 | Kondabathini, Namish | 1955 | USA | =35B | +42N | =5B | +27N | =8B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1929 | -2.0 |
| 12 | Marshal, Jason | 1996 | USA | =38N | +34B | +22N | −3B | +20N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 7.00 | 1955 | -5.6 |
| 13 | Modaresi-Beal, Kai Ali | 1805 | USA | +32B | +21N | −2B | +15N | −5B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1953 | +37.2 |
| 14 | Chelladorai, Joshua | 1726 | USA | −6B | +39N | +36B | +18N | −4B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1895 | +41.2 |
| 15 | Alappatt, Steve Paul | 1991 | USA | −25N | +19B | +16N | −13B | +26N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1751 | -51.2 |
| 16 | Thokur, Dhruv | 1614 | USA | =10B | +30N | −15B | =21N | +27B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.00 | 1868 | +62.8 |
| 17 | Paukovitz, Samuel Anthony | 1813 | USA | +39B | −6N | +40B | −5N | +29B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1882 | +18.4 |
| 18 | Zhang, Brian Qixuan | 1891 | USA | −20N | +32B | +26N | −14B | +25N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1730 | -38.0 |
| 19 | Arun, Pranav | 1711 | USA | −8B | −15N | +39B | +41N | +30B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1844 | +34.8 |
| 20 | Kian D Bose | 1658 | IND | +18B | −8N | +31B | =10N | −12B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 1907 | +60.8 |
| 21 | Chelladorai, Isabelle | 1608 | USA | +46N | −13B | +23N | =16B | −9N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1802 | +45.6 |
| 22 | Zhang, Laura | 1766 | USA | =42B | +24N | −12B | +31N | −6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1854 | +20.0 |
| 23 | Vinodh Kumar, Trishona | 1693 | USA | +36B | −2N | −21B | +32N | =24B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1721 | +2.8 |
| 24 | Xia, Benjamin | 1726 | USA | =9N | −22B | =38N | +43B | =23N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1794 | +15.2 |
| 25 | Mani, Anirudh Subhav | 1673 | USA | +15B | −4B | +28N | −8N | −18B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 1839 | +37.6 |
| 26 | Peela, Nischay Shyam | 1586 | USA | −1N | +44B | −18B | +42N | −15B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1751 | +32.4 |
| 27 | Harit, Neil | 1720 | USA | +45N | −3B | +43N | −11B | −16N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 1721 | -4.8 |
| 28 | Raja, Arjun | 1788 | USA | +44N | −1B | −25B | +40N | −10B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1756 | -14.0 |
| 29 | Vijayakumar, Aadith | 1669 | USA | −2B | −36N | +33N | +35B | −17N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1684 | -1.6 |
| 30 | Kothapalli, Eshwar | 1732 | USA | =33N | −16B | =34N | +38B | −19N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1630 | -28.4 |
| 31 | Haripradeep, Sanchit | 1848 | USA | +43N | −7B | −20N | −22B | +40N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1703 | -37.6 |
| 32 | Purohit, Vihaan | 1649 | USA | −13N | −18N | +45B | −23B | +38N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1680 | +6.4 |
| 33 | Sahu, Aarush | 1662 | USA | =30B | −10N | −29B | =39N | +41B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1647 | -5.6 |
| 34 | Phadke, Anvay | 1775 | USA | =5B | −12N | =30B | =36N | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1726 | -12.4 |
| 35 | Garrison, Jay | 1705 | USA | =11N | −9B | F | −29N | +42B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1740 | +0.6 |
| 36 | Gutgutia, Siddhant | 1529 | USA | −23N | +29B | −14N | =34B | −37B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1566 | +8.4 |
| 37 | Jin, Xiaodong | 1714 | USA | −7N | F | =42B | F | +36N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1731 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Yang, Grace Siqi | 1746 | USA | =12B | −5N | =24B | −30N | −32B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1580 | -42.4 |
| 39 | Nair, Arjun | 1585 | USA | −17N | −14B | −19N | =33B | =44N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 1471 | -26.4 |
| 40 | Channad, Rishaank R | 1708 | USA | −4N | +45B | −17N | −28B | −31B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 1578 | -32.8 |
| 41 | Kindy, Joel | 1680 | USA | −3N | −43B | +44N | −19B | −33N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1517 | -44.4 |
| 42 | Reddy Pittu, Jayaditya | 1608 | USA | =22N | −11B | =37N | −26B | −35N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1505 | -26.4 |
| 43 | Phadke, Viraj Sharad | 1689 | USA | −31B | +41N | −27B | −24N | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1551 | -14.2 |
| 44 | Jayabarath, Johann | 1643 | USA | −28B | −26N | −41B | =45N | =39B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1412 | -58.0 |
| 45 | Nannapaneni, Shaurya | 1623 | USA | −27B | −40N | −32N | =44B | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1358 | -47.2 |
| 46 | McCartney, Patrick | 1892 | USA | −21B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 808 | -16.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Thokur, DhruvUSA+62.83.0 pts · #18
- 2Kian D BoseIND+60.82.5 pts · #22
- 3Chelladorai, IsabelleUSA+45.62.5 pts · #20
Top rating losers
- 1Jayabarath, JohannUSA-58.01.0 pts · #38
- 2Alappatt, Steve PaulUSA-51.23.0 pts · #13
- 3Nannapaneni, ShauryaUSA-47.20.5 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R1+318 Elo gap
- R1+284 Elo gap
- R1+233 Elo gap