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2026 Illinois Youth - Denker

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Lisle, IL, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1963, and top seed was Anshul Shetty (🇺🇸 USA, 2263).

Dario Pjevic (🇺🇸 USA, 1932) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Anshul Shetty (4.0) and Debarghya Das (3.5). Pjevic won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: David Li (1648) beat Anjaneya Sripathy Rao (CM, 2198), a +550-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Lisle, IL, United States
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Anshul Shetty2263
Avg top 10
1,963
Participants
20
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Pjevic4Shetty4Das3.5Menon3.5Samayamantri3.5Li3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Pjevic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Debarghya Das won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Dario Pjevic*—
1
0
2Anshul Shetty—*
0
—
3Debarghya Das
0
1
*
½
4Rohan Menon
1
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pjevic, Dario1932USA+13N+17B−4N+6B+3N4.012.513.510.002037+27.6
2Shetty, Anshul2263USA+10N+9B−3N+14B+7N4.011.513.510.002137-18.8
3Das, Debarghya2033USA+12B+15N+2B=4N−1B3.514.015.59.752095+16.8
4Menon, Rohan1902USA+19B=7N+1B=3B=5N3.514.014.09.002016+31.2
5Samayamantri, Hemanth1872USA=6N+18B=7N+9B=4B3.512.013.08.251900+8.4
6Li, David1648USA=5B=11N+8B−1N+16B3.013.014.57.501978+80.4
7Ramkumar, Gautham1724USA+14N=4B=5B+16N−2B3.013.014.57.002042+76.4
8Simpson, Matthew1726USA−17N+13B−6N+10B+18N3.09.010.06.001790+17.6
9Turba, Timur1775USA+20B−2N+15B−5N=12B2.511.511.52.751874+22.0
10Lavanur, Mahendra1831USA−2B+20N=11B−8N+15B2.511.011.02.751884+9.6
11Dmitriev, Andrey1952USAF=6B=10N=12N+14B2.510.010.06.001874-15.2
12Jayam, Srikar1809USA−3N=16B+19N=11B=9N2.510.010.03.251946+31.2
13Wang, William1650USA−1B−8N+20B=15N+17B2.59.59.51.751785+34.8
14Hanninen, Carter James1828USA−7B+19N+17B−2N−11N2.010.510.51.001814-9.2
15Zhang, Owen1822USA+16N−3B−9N=13B−10N1.511.012.52.751748-24.4
16Rao, Anjaneya SripathyCM2198USA−15B=12N+18N−7B−6N1.510.011.02.251656-123.2
17Zhang, Ryan1754USA+8B−1N−14N−18B−13N1.011.512.53.001528-56.8
18Bafia, Nathaniel1705USAF−5N−16B+17N−8B1.09.09.01.001671-10.4
19Avanish Ram Amarnath1773IND−4N−14B−12BFF0.08.08.00.001046-48.0
20Karthikeyan, Arnav1690USA−9N−10B−13NFF0.07.57.50.00952-25.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets