4th Annual Metropolitan Open
Open SwissStandard
34 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Sterling, VA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1946, and top seed was Andy Yue (🇺🇸 USA, 2011).
Benjamin Amrany (🇺🇸 USA, 1977) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Arjun Srinivasan (4.0) and Krishna Mutnuri (3.5). Amrany won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Kritarth Acharya (1642) beat William Christopher Irwin (1922), a +280-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Sterling, VA, United States
Dates
05 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsBenjamin Amrany led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
2
1
1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Benjamin Amrany held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Benjamin Amrany drew with Arjun Srinivasan (Black).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Benjamin Amrany won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benjamin Amrany | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Arjun Srinivasan | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Sandeep Thimmasamudram | — | — | * | — |
| 4Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrany, Benjamin | 1977 | USA | +9N | +4B | +7N | +6B | =2N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 15.00 | 2246 | +53.6 |
| 2 | Srinivasan, Arjun | 1890 | USA | +21N | =14B | +28N | +7B | =1B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 2084 | +20.2 |
| 3 | Mutnuri, Krishna | 1845 | USA | =12N | +15B | =5N | +8B | =6N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 10.25 | 1897 | +5.6 |
| 4 | Zeigler, Nathan | 1836 | USA | +31B | −1N | +19B | +17N | =5N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 1887 | +5.8 |
| 5 | Thimmasamudram, Sandeep | 1898 | USA | =17B | +18N | =3B | +27N | =4B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 1893 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram | 1975 | USA | +30N | +25B | +27B | −1N | =3B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 2005 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Tyrrell, Benjamin | 1878 | USA | +13B | +8N | −1B | −2N | +27B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1836 | -4.2 |
| 8 | FIDE 30962404 | 0 | — | +16B | −7B | +29N | −3N | +25B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1872 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Zhou, Alexander Zheng | 1821 | USA | −1B | +32N | =33N | +12B | =14B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1872 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Yue, Andy | 2011 | USA | F | =26B | +12N | =13N | +16B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 1952 | -6.8 |
| 11 | Demirel, Esat Omer | 1875 | USA | +32B | −27N | −13B | +28N | +19B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1581 | -23.2 |
| 12 | Fang, Kevin | 1679 | USA | =3B | +20N | −10B | −9N | +28B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1816 | +24.0 |
| 13 | Rajeev, Ameya | 1709 | USA | −7N | +21B | +11N | =10B | −20N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1889 | +44.8 |
| 14 | Shiman, Andrew Lewis | 1961 | USA | +24B | =2N | =17B | F | =9N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1858 | -9.6 |
| 15 | Li, Ella Xinyi | 1655 | USA | =20B | −3N | =22B | +31N | =18B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1704 | +7.2 |
| 16 | Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan | 1963 | USA | −8N | +23B | =26N | +33B | −10N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1655 | -30.4 |
| 17 | Doppalapudi, Adith | 1649 | USA | =5N | +34B | =14N | −4B | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1906 | +49.6 |
| 18 | Liu, Caden | 1620 | USA | F | −5B | +23N | =26B | =15N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1621 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Acharya, Kritarth | 1642 | USA | =34N | =29B | −4N | +30B | −11N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 1.75 | 1801 | +37.6 |
| 20 | Ananth, AnanyaWFM | 1933 | USA | =15N | −12B | =30N | F | +13B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1741 | -37.6 |
| 21 | Song, Jeffrey | 1746 | USA | −2B | −13N | +32B | F | +29N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1677 | -5.6 |
| 22 | Iyer, Vedanth | 1766 | USA | =23N | −28B | =15N | =29B | =24N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1718 | -7.6 |
| 23 | FIDE 39998452 | 0 | — | =22B | −16N | −18B | =32N | +31B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Gao, Pinhang | 1691 | USA | −14N | F | +31B | =25N | =22B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1706 | +1.2 |
| 25 | Luo, Neil | 1767 | USA | +33B | −6N | F | =24B | −8N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1640 | -6.6 |
| 26 | Wang, Miles | 1685 | USA | F | =10N | =16B | =18N | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1865 | +24.4 |
| 27 | Musselman, Charles D, Jr | 1768 | USA | F | +11B | −6N | −5B | −7N | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1714 | -5.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 566015944 | 0 | — | F | +22N | −2B | −11B | −12N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sathiesh, Kavin C | 1807 | USA | F | =19N | −8B | =22N | −21B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1593 | -34.4 |
| 30 | Irwin, William Christopher | 1922 | USA | −6B | =31N | =20B | −19N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1577 | -50.0 |
| 31 | Hanson, John E | 0 | USA | −4N | =30B | −24N | −15B | −23N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 0.50 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 566015910 | 0 | — | −11N | −9B | −21N | =23B | F | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1014 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 39947491 | 0 | — | −25N | F | =9B | −16N | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Rotenberg, Marc | 1927 | USA | =19B | −17N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1453 | -46.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Amrany, BenjaminUSA+53.64.5 pts · #1
- 2Doppalapudi, AdithUSA+49.62.0 pts · #14
- 3Rajeev, AmeyaUSA+44.82.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Irwin, William ChristopherUSA-50.01.0 pts · #33
- 2Rotenberg, MarcUSA-46.80.5 pts · #30
- 3Ananth, AnanyaWFMUSA-37.62.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R4+280 Elo gap
- R2+278 Elo gap
- R2+254 Elo gap