2026 Washington Open - Elite (1800 and Over)

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87 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Redmond, WA, United States. 15 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2287, and top seed was Vladimir Belous (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2484).

Daniel He (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2281) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Vidip Kona (5.0) and Nikash Vemparala (5.0). He shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Zachary Hankun Liu (CM, 2051) beat Vladimir Belous (GM, 2484), a +433-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Redmond, WA, United States

Dates

23 May 2026 → 25 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMVladimir Belous2484

Avg top 10

2,287

Participants

Titled players · 15

GM×2

IM×2

FM×6

CM×5

Federations · 7 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×73

🇨🇦Canada×6

🇮🇳India×4

🇫🇷France×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDaniel He
🇺🇸USA·2281
5.0pts·2328perf+7.0
🥈
CMVidip Kona
🇺🇸USA·2082
5.0pts·2354perf+81.2
🥉
CMNikash Vemparala
🇺🇸USA·2196
5.0pts·2347perf+46.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

He5Kona5Vemparala5Gottumukkala4.5Liu4.5Willy4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. He takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Daniel He drew with CM Vidip Kona (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Daniel He 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Vidip Kona 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDaniel He	*	½	½	—
2CMVidip Kona	½	*	—	—
3CMNikash Vemparala	½	—	*	—
4Ananth Gottumukkala	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	He, DanielFM	2281	USA	+71N	+24B	+50N	+4B	=2N	=3B	5.0	20.5	22.0	17.00	2328	+7.0
2	Kona, VidipCM	2082	USA	+35N	+44B	+47N	+46B	=1B	=4N	5.0	17.5	20.0	15.25	2354	+81.2
3	Vemparala, NikashCM	2196	USA	+54N	+29B	=16N	+33B	+28B	=1N	5.0	17.5	19.5	15.25	2347	+46.4
4	Liu, Zachary HankunCM	2051	CAN	+74N	+38B	+28B	−1N	+13N	=2B	4.5	19.5	21.0	13.50	2233	+49.4
5	Gottumukkala, Ananth	2042	USA	+40N	+70B	−15N	+43B	+29N	=6B	4.5	16.5	18.0	12.25	2121	+13.8
6	Tessiore, Luca G	2034	USA	+59B	−46N	+49B	+18N	+30B	=5N	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.25	2148	+30.4
7	Willy, StephenFM	2268	USA	+32B	+30N	F	+14B	+15N	=62N	4.5	15.0	15.0	14.00	2495	+24.2
8	Ravuri, Vinesh	2192	USA	+43N	+13B	=14N	+52B	−62B	=9N	4.0	16.0	18.0	12.25	2204	+4.2
9	Alpuri, Aaqil	2005	CAN	+51N	−47B	+74N	+42B	=21N	=8B	4.0	15.0	16.5	10.25	2060	+19.6
10	Koo, Minjun	1961	CAN	=42B	=34N	=48B	=37N	+31B	+32N	4.0	14.5	17.0	11.50	1967	+2.0
11	Li, Shawn	1763	USA	−13N	=56B	=57N	+71B	+54N	+29B	4.0	12.5	14.0	8.50	1986	+70.0
12	Sang, TianFM	2178	USA	F	=21B	=53N	+48N	+82B	+14B	4.0	12.0	12.0	9.25	2318	+10.2
13	Palathingal, RafaelCM	1989	USA	+11B	−8N	+34B	+36N	−4B	=26N	3.5	19.0	22.0	11.75	1959	-6.4
14	Bartochowski, Nicholas	2096	USA	+67B	+73N	=8B	−7N	+38B	−12N	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.50	2034	-3.8
15	Costello, AlexanderIM	2259	USA	+37B	+66N	+5B	=62N	−7B	F	3.5	16.0	16.0	10.50	2289	+6.0
16	Kuipers, Miles Yongkang	1994	USA	+85N	+25B	=3B	−28N	+64B	−69N	3.5	15.5	15.5	8.00	2149	+23.4
17	Flavin, Finnegan	1725	USA	=20B	=19N	−30B	=68N	+70B	+45N	3.5	14.5	16.0	8.50	1971	+74.4
18	Gupta, Saahil	1920	USA	=53N	+61B	=39N	−6B	=42N	+79B	3.5	14.0	15.0	6.75	1893	-5.6
19	Iinuma, Paul Y	2046	USA	=31N	=17B	+54N	=44B	+33N	F	3.5	14.0	14.0	9.50	1964	-8.4
20	Bragg, DavidFM	1998	USA	=17N	=31B	−43N	=58B	+72N	+44B	3.5	13.5	15.0	8.25	1874	-17.8
21	Razmov, Gabriel	1910	USA	=78B	=12N	+73B	+80N	=9B	−28N	3.5	13.5	14.5	7.00	2105	+55.2
22	Fletcher, Andrew James	1913	USA	+26B	−28N	−32B	=70N	+73B	+64N	3.5	13.0	14.5	7.75	1926	+1.0
23	Thorwe Pratik	1855	IND	=61N	+78B	=42N	=50B	=25B	=46N	3.5	13.0	14.0	7.50	2031	+25.8
24	Kurungod Anoop, Pranav	2034	USA	+72B	−1N	F	=35B	+83N	+40B	3.5	13.0	13.0	6.50	2025	+1.0
25	Haining, KyleCM	2146	USA	+81B	−16N	F	+53B	=23N	+37N	3.5	12.5	12.5	7.25	1999	-13.8
26	Bayrambeyli, Emel	1733	TUR	−22N	−55N	+84B	+76B	+56N	=13B	3.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1900	+54.0
27	Yin, Aiden	1734	CAN	−70N	−53B	=72N	+86B	+58N	+42B	3.5	9.5	9.5	5.25	1933	+53.6
28	Belous, VladimirGM	2484	RUS	F	+22B	−4N	+16B	−3N	+21B	3.0	20.0	20.0	10.50	2178	-15.2
29	Karthik Bimod	1987	IND	+77B	−3N	+31B	+32N	−5B	−11N	3.0	19.5	20.5	7.00	1857	-34.4
30	Gavrish, Leonid	2000	UKR	F	−7B	+17N	+39B	−6N	+35B	3.0	18.5	18.5	9.50	1983	-0.8
31	Yondon, Odbayar	1775	USA	=19B	=20N	−29N	+41B	−10N	+53B	3.0	17.0	19.0	8.50	1877	+23.6
32	Drew, Bunch	1870	FRA	−7N	+85B	+22N	−29B	+53N	−10B	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.50	1902	+3.6
33	Xu, Owen	1812	USA	+60N	=52B	+75B	−3N	−19B	=34N	3.0	16.0	17.5	6.25	1985	+47.2
34	Eksarevskiy, Albert Alex	1789	USA	=45N	=10B	−13N	+60B	=43N	=33B	3.0	15.5	17.5	8.00	1879	+28.0
35	Gadde, Arnav	1779	USA	−2B	+87N	=66B	=24N	+55B	−30N	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.75	1974	+56.8
36	Whale, Nicholas	1882	USA	+41N	−50B	+63N	−13B	=39N	=38B	3.0	15.0	17.0	8.00	1833	-7.8
37	Garine, Ujwal	1880	USA	−15N	=57B	+78N	=10B	+63N	−25B	3.0	15.0	16.0	6.00	1935	+12.4
38	Kishan Singh	1678	IND	+84B	−4N	+70B	=47B	−14N	=36N	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.25	1911	+30.4
39	Razmov, Valentin N	1748	USA	+55B	=75N	=18B	−30N	=36B	=49N	3.0	14.0	15.5	7.25	1915	+26.0
40	Reynolds, Garrett	1754	USA	−5B	+86N	+55B	=82N	=45B	−24N	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	1934	+52.8
41	Arunkumar, Pragit	1754	USA	−36B	+67N	−45B	−31N	+85B	+59N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1772	+3.2
42	Bharathy Mohan, Aarav Sai	1822	USA	=10N	+45B	=23B	−9N	=18B	−27N	2.5	18.5	21.0	8.00	1853	+8.4
43	Dhingra, Sangeeta	1802	USA	−8B	+59N	+20B	−5N	=34B	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	7.00	1918	+8.8
44	Rozenfeld, Yevgeniy	1877	USA	+86B	−2N	+51B	=19N	−69B	−20N	2.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1881	-1.2
45	Gibbins, Wilson	1985	USA	=34B	−42N	+41N	=56B	=40N	−17B	2.5	15.0	17.0	7.00	1713	-42.8
46	Tarjan, JamesGM	2235	USA	+56N	+6B	F	−2N	F	=23B	2.5	15.0	15.0	8.25	2047	-7.9
47	Siddarth, M	2260	IND	+48B	+9N	−2B	=38N	F	F	2.5	14.5	14.5	8.00	2061	-17.0
48	Hutton, Jesse	1915	USA	−47N	+58B	=10N	−12B	−79N	+72B	2.5	14.0	15.0	5.50	1928	-2.0
49	Wong-Godfrey, Emerson P	1798	USA	−50N	+60B	−6N	−63B	+77N	=39B	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.50	1718	-12.2
50	Barash, Anton	2086	USA	+49B	+36N	−1B	=23N	F	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	7.25	2049	-2.8
51	Boey, Chad	1668	USA	−9B	+65N	−44N	−54B	=74N	+71B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.25	1828	+44.8
52	He, Samuel	2160	USA	+65B	=33N	+64B	−8N	F	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.50	2050	-9.4
53	Barish, Elijah	0	USA	=18B	+27N	=12B	−25N	−32B	−31N	2.0	17.5	20.5	7.25	1812	0.0
54	Dayal, Jai	1884	USA	−3B	+77N	−19B	+51N	−11B	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	3.50	1725	-34.8
55	Lee, Brian	1895	USA	−39N	+26B	−40N	+57B	−35N	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	5.50	1665	-30.8
56	Lin, Michael	1777	USA	−46B	=11N	+61B	=45N	−26B	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	5.25	1803	+1.2
57	Wangluo, Joanne	1671	CAN	−66B	=37N	=11B	−55N	=71N	=58B	2.0	13.0	14.5	5.25	1767	+22.0
58	Mohan, Vishnu	1883	USA	−75B	−48N	+87B	=20N	−27B	=57N	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.75	1717	-52.4
59	Kalenteridis, Kosta	0	USA	−6N	−43B	+81B	−?N	+60N	−41B	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1738	0.0
60	Nam, Jinmo	1724	USA	−33B	−49N	+67B	−34N	−59B	+84N	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1704	-6.0
61	Frederick, Benjamin	1719	USA	=23B	−18N	−56N	=81B	−65N	+77B	2.0	12.0	12.5	3.00	1633	-19.6
62	Orlov, GeorgiIM	2421	USA	F	F	F	=15B	+8N	=7B	2.0	12.0	12.0	8.00	2365	-2.0
63	Ackerman, Ryan	1741	USA	F	+81N	−36B	+49N	−37B	−68N	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1762	+2.6
64	Joseph, Veronique	1885	USA	+87B	F	−52N	+79B	−16N	−22B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1847	-12.4
65	Verma, Darsh	1929	USA	−52N	−51B	=77N	F	+61B	=73N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.25	1721	-44.0
66	Saddi, Neevan Reddy	2088	USA	+57N	−15B	=35N	=83B	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.75	1863	-38.0
67	Vega, Isaac	1834	USA	−14N	−41B	−60N	+84B	+87N	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1720	-16.4
68	Campbell, Tim	1724	USA	F	F	F	=17B	=76N	+63B	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.50	1894	+13.6
69	Porter, Ryan WFM	2188	USA	F	F	F	F	+44N	+16B	2.0	6.0	6.0	6.00	2736	+7.8
70	Nallappa, Vijay	1729	USA	+27B	−5N	−38N	=22B	−17N	−76B	1.5	18.0	19.5	5.25	1629	-32.8
71	Maokhampio, Lucas	1857	USA	−1B	+72N	−80B	−11N	=57B	−51N	1.5	15.0	16.0	2.50	1717	-52.0
72	Harwood, Paul	1842	USA	−24N	−71B	=27B	+85N	−20B	−48N	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	1687	-48.4
73	Shi, Gavin	1684	USA	F	−14B	−21N	+74B	−22N	=65B	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.50	1769	+16.0
74	Li, Moses	1756	CAN	−4B	+84N	−9B	−73N	=51B	F	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.25	1662	-28.4
75	Karthikeyan, Harishkumar	1994	USA	+58N	=39B	−33N	F	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.50	1814	-28.0
76	Pupols, Viktors	1840	USA	F	F	F	−26N	=68B	+70N	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1729	-9.2
77	Marzano, Trenton Christopher	0	USA	−29N	−54B	=65B	=78N	−49B	−61N	1.0	11.5	12.5	1.50	1585	0.0
78	Miller, Travis J	1833	USA	=21N	−23N	−37B	=77B	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.25	1609	-31.6
79	Gao, Ziqian	1784	USA	F	F	F	−64N	+48B	−18N	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1782	0.0
80	Lee, MeganFM	2277	USA	F	F	+71N	−21B	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1894	-16.4
81	Wei, Jeffrey	1886	USA	−25N	−63B	−59N	=61N	F	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	1.00	1596	-43.6
82	Deshpande, Aaryan	2006	USA	F	F	F	=40B	−12N	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1773	-11.6
83	Witt, Steven Alexander	1726	USA	F	F	F	=66N	−24B	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1868	+10.4
84	Scholz, Fritz	1645	USA	−38N	−74B	−26N	−67N	F	−60B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	945	-72.8
85	Tu, Robin	1743	USA	−16B	−32N	F	−72B	−41N	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1065	-27.2
86	Shankaranand, Deeksha	1643	USA	−44N	−40B	F	−27N	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	988	-37.6
87	Subcleff, Jackson	1742	USA	−64N	−35B	−58N	F	−67B	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1045	-28.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kona, VidipCMUSA
+81.2
5.0 pts · #2
2Flavin, FinneganUSA
+74.4
3.5 pts · #18
3Li, ShawnUSA
+70.0
4.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Scholz, FritzUSA
-72.8
0.0 pts · #87
2Mohan, VishnuUSA
-52.4
2.0 pts · #58
3Maokhampio, LucasUSA
-52.0
1.5 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R3+433 Elo gap
CMLiu, Zachary Hankun2051 beat GMBelous, Vladimir2484
R4+367 Elo gap
Razmov, Gabriel1910 beat FMLee, Megan2277
R5+288 Elo gap
CMVemparala, Nikash2196 beat GMBelous, Vladimir2484