2026 Washington Open - Rising (U1500)
Open SwissStandard
40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Redmond, WA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 777, and top seed was Edgar Li (🇺🇸 USA, 1659).
Samik Kulkarni (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Emma Ge (4.5). Kulkarni shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Emma Ge (1437) beat Oliver Wakeman (1596), a +159-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
Avg top 10
777
Participants
40
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsSamik Kulkarni 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
19
7
1
2
1
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 May
Samik Kulkarni takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R4–R6 · WIN STREAK
Samik Kulkarni won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL
FIDE 566015308 held the sole lead at R3 but finished #15.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kulkarni, Samik | 0 | USA | +?B | +?N | =12B | +?N | +9B | +?N | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ge, Emma | 1437 | USA | +27N | +10B | −17N | +24B | =28N | +12B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 11.25 | 1776 | +35.6 |
| 3 | FIDE 39987418 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | −5B | +?N | +?N | =28B | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 39984559 | 0 | — | +?N | =?B | =?N | =?B | +?N | +?B | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tare, Eevie | 1648 | USA | +29N | =9B | +3N | =16B | −6N | +20B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 11.75 | 1521 | -6.8 |
| 6 | Maokhampio, Olivia | 0 | USA | +19B | −17B | +?N | +?N | +5B | −?B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 33382999 | 0 | — | =?B | +?N | −9B | +?N | +15N | =?B | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1350 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 566015383 | 0 | — | −15N | +?B | =?B | =?N | +?B | +?N | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1583 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Szeto, Martina | 1521 | CAN | +39B | =5N | +7N | +15B | −1N | −21B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 1648 | +6.8 |
| 10 | FIDE 566015367 | 0 | — | +11B | −2N | −20B | =?N | +?B | +?N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Zhang, Patrick | 0 | USA | −10N | +27B | +19N | =21B | −?N | +?N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 39987558 | 0 | — | +?B | +?B | =1N | −?N | +?B | −2N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Srinivasan, Atul | 0 | USA | =?B | −16N | =?B | +?N | =?B | +?N | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1567 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 566015227 | 0 | — | +40B | −?N | =?B | =?N | +26B | =?N | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1615 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Marquina Cancino, Juan | 0 | USA | +8B | +?N | =?B | −9N | −7B | =?N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ivanov, Matvei | 0 | USA | F | +13B | +22N | =5N | −?B | =?B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 566015308 | 0 | — | +?B | +6N | +2B | −?N | −?B | F | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 566014000 | 0 | — | =?B | +?N | −?N | −?B | =?B | +?N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 566014816 | 0 | — | −6N | +25B | −11B | +?N | =?B | −?N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1565 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 39952010 | 0 | — | F | =?B | +10N | =?B | =?N | −5N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1355 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 566015235 | 0 | — | F | F | F | =11N | +?B | +9N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 39977242 | 0 | — | =?B | +?N | −16B | +?N | −?B | −?N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 39998592 | 0 | — | −?N | =?N | =?B | −?B | +?N | =?B | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 39999289 | 0 | — | F | =?N | +?B | −2N | −?B | =?N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 39987400 | 0 | — | −?B | −19N | +35B | =?N | =?B | −?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Porad-Brand, Lewis | 0 | USA | −?N | +40N | +?B | −?B | −14N | −?B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1551 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Wakeman, Oliver | 1596 | USA | −2B | −11N | =29N | −30B | +40B | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.75 | 637 | -28.4 |
| 28 | Sankrithi, Siva | 1569 | USA | F | F | F | =32N | =2B | =3N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1437 | -7.2 |
| 29 | FIDE 39987370 | 0 | — | −5B | −31N | =27B | +39N | −?B | −?N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 566015332 | 0 | — | −?B | −?N | −?B | +27N | −?B | =?N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1511 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 39992349 | 0 | — | −?N | +29B | −?B | −?N | =?B | F | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Gokulakrishnan, Sriharsh | 0 | USA | F | F | F | =28B | +?N | −?N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 566015545 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +?N | =?B | −?B | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 174095557 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +?N | =?B | −?N | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 566015189 | 0 | — | −?B | −?N | −25N | −?B | F | +?B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 566006473 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | =?N | =?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1654 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 566006430 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 566015359 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +?N | −?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 859 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 566015219 | 0 | — | −9N | F | −?B | −29B | =?N | −?B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 39987434 | 0 | — | −14N | −26B | −?B | F | −27N | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ge, EmmaUSA+35.64.5 pts · #7
- 2Szeto, MartinaCAN+6.83.5 pts · #22
- 3FIDE 333829990.04.0 pts · #26
Top rating losers
- 1Wakeman, OliverUSA-28.41.5 pts · #37
- 2Sankrithi, SivaUSA-7.21.5 pts · #21
- 3Tare, EevieUSA-6.84.0 pts · #23
Biggest upsets
- R1+159 Elo gap