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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Andy Yue2011
Avg top 10
1,946
Participants
34
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Benjamin Amrany led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Amrany, Benjamin1977USA+9N+4B+7N+6B=2N4.514.017.015.002246+53.6
2Srinivasan, Arjun1890USA+21N=14B+28N+7B=1B4.012.013.09.502084+20.2
3Mutnuri, Krishna1845USA=12N+15B=5N+8B=6N3.512.515.010.251897+5.6
4Zeigler, Nathan1836USA+31B1N+19B+17N=5N3.512.012.56.251887+5.8
5Thimmasamudram, Sandeep1898USA=17B+18N=3B+27N=4B3.511.012.07.501893+0.8
6Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram1975USA+30N+25B+27B1N=3B3.510.511.55.252005+8.4
7Tyrrell, Benjamin1878USA+13B+8N1B2N+27B3.014.015.06.501836-4.2
8FIDE 309624040+16B7B+29N3N+25B3.010.511.55.0018720.0
9Zhou, Alexander Zheng1821USA1B+32N=33N+12B=14B3.010.010.54.501872+8.4
10Yue, Andy2011USAF=26B+12N=13N+16B3.09.09.07.001952-6.8
11Demirel, Esat Omer1875USA+32B27N13B+28N+19B3.06.57.03.501581-23.2
12Fang, Kevin1679USA=3B+20N10B9N+28B2.511.512.54.751816+24.0
13Rajeev, Ameya1709USA7N+21B+11N=10B20N2.511.013.06.501889+44.8
14Shiman, Andrew Lewis1961USA+24B=2N=17BF=9N2.511.011.06.501858-9.6
15Li, Ella Xinyi1655USA=20B3N=22B+31N=18B2.59.510.03.501704+7.2
16Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan1963USA8N+23B=26N+33B10N2.59.510.03.251655-30.4
17Doppalapudi, Adith1649USA=5N+34B=14N4BF2.010.010.03.501906+49.6
18Liu, Caden1620USAF5B+23N=26B=15N2.09.59.54.001621-1.2
19Acharya, Kritarth1642USA=34N=29B4N+30B11N2.08.59.01.751801+37.6
20Ananth, AnanyaWFM1933USA=15N12B=30NF+13B2.08.58.54.251741-37.6
21Song, Jeffrey1746USA2B13N+32BF+29N2.08.08.01.501677-5.6
22Iyer, Vedanth1766USA=23N28B=15N=29B=24N2.07.58.53.751718-7.6
23FIDE 399984520=22B16N18B=32N+31B2.07.07.51.7515100.0
24Gao, Pinhang1691USA14NF+31B=25N=22B2.06.56.52.251706+1.2
25Luo, Neil1767USA+33B6NF=24B8N1.59.09.01.501640-6.6
26Wang, Miles1685USAF=10N=16B=18NF1.57.57.53.751865+24.4
27Musselman, Charles D, Jr1768USAF+11B6N5B7N1.013.013.03.001714-5.0
28FIDE 5660159440F+22N2B11B12N1.011.511.52.0016100.0
29Sathiesh, Kavin C1807USAF=19N8B=22N21B1.09.09.02.001593-34.4
30Irwin, William Christopher1922USA6B=31N=20B19NF1.08.08.01.251577-50.0
31Hanson, John E0USA4N=30B24N15B23N0.510.011.00.5014540.0
32FIDE 566015910011N9B21N=23BF0.510.010.01.0010140.0
33FIDE 39947491025NF=9B16NF0.57.07.01.5015770.0
34Rotenberg, Marc1927USA=19B17NFFF0.54.04.01.001453-46.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets