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2026 Virginia Senior Open

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 29 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 in Fredericksburg, VA, United States. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2030, and top seed was Mark Ginsburg (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2262).

Mark Ginsburg (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2262) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Karl Dehmelt (4.0) and Daniel Miller (4.0). Ginsburg shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Arcie Pragale (1749) beat Ameer Ghobrial (2024), a +275-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Fredericksburg, VA, United States
Dates
29 May 2026 → 31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMMark Ginsburg2262
Avg top 10
2,030
Participants
36
Titled players · 4
IM×2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
14
6
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Karl Dehmelt held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Ginsburg takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Karl Dehmelt drew with IM Mark Ginsburg (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMKarl Dehmelt*
½
2IMMark Ginsburg
½
*
½
3Daniel Miller
½
*
4Konstantin Molodtsov*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ginsburg, MarkIM2262USA+36B+6N=3B+16N=2B4.013.513.59.502177-3.2
2Dehmelt, KarlFM2005USA+23N+10B+7N=14B=1N4.012.514.511.252194+23.8
3Miller, Daniel2081USA+8B+22N=1N=9B+14N4.012.514.511.002187+13.8
4ADU, OladapoIM2154NGRF+19N=5B+22N+6B3.511.011.09.252154-0.2
5Molodtsov, Konstantin1787USAF+18B=4N+27B+9N3.510.510.58.752289+45.8
6Fischer, Robert J1869USA+35N1B+8N+11B4N3.013.513.56.002003+11.2
7Ghobrial, Ameer2024USA+17B+12N2B+26N10B3.012.514.07.001687-49.6
8Snow, Peter1744USA3N+13B6B+32N+22B3.012.013.06.001888+14.0
9McCartney, Patrick1892USA+29B+34N=15B=3N5B3.011.011.04.251918+2.8
10Pragale, Arcie1749USA+25B2N+30BF+7N3.09.59.55.502006+25.8
11Chrisney, Adam1851USA+31B14N+34B6N+15B3.09.09.03.501832-1.4
12Crook, Jeffrey T1681USA+28N7B27N+17B+29N3.08.09.04.501856+32.0
13Williams, James1740USA22B8N+28B+34N+26B3.07.57.52.501623-18.8
14Shibut, MaconFM1977USA+30N+11BF=2N3B2.512.012.06.002008+3.8
15Bouzoukis, Charles2024USA+21N=26B=9N=20B11N2.511.012.56.001825-19.6
16Schoenfeld, Gabriel1866USAF=20B+19N1B+23N2.511.011.05.752001+24.0
17FIDE 3995647407N+28B=24B12N+25N2.59.510.53.5017130.0
18Spain, Patrick1786USAF5N+31B+21B=20N2.59.59.54.751781-0.4
19Sinclair, Sven1708USA+32N4B16B+31N=24B2.59.010.03.001187-7.4
20Farrell, John1895USAF=16N+29B=15N=18B2.58.58.54.751959+6.4
21Paper, Timothy Sean1661USA15B=25N+35B18N+33N2.57.07.01.251499-25.6
22McKee, David1861USA+13N3B+33N4B8N2.013.514.03.501737-27.6
23Keogh, Bill1759USA2B=30N+25B=24N16B2.010.011.03.001686-16.4
24FIDE 5660160530F=27B=17N=23B=19N2.08.58.54.2518160.0
25Covey, Theodore1507USA10N=21B23N+28N17B1.510.011.02.251615+20.0
26FIDE 20582000+33B=15NF7B13N1.59.09.01.7516560.0
27Phillips, Jeff1981USAF=24N+12B5NF1.58.58.54.001734-12.0
28Price, Brennan T1639USA12B17N13N25B+34B1.010.010.00.00843-59.2
29Getty, Robert1779USA9N+32B20NF12B1.09.59.51.001023-52.8
30Gopal, Thiru Moorthy1714USA14B=23B10N=33BF1.08.08.01.251555-22.8
31FIDE 39911837011N+35B18N19BF1.08.08.00.009820.0
32FIDE 343097195019B29NF8B+35N1.06.56.50.009440.0
33FIDE 39969908026NF22B=30N21B0.57.07.00.5014720.0
34FIDE 5660089720F9B11N13B28N0.010.010.00.009810.0
35FIDE 3995645806B31N21NF32B0.07.57.50.009650.0
36Kunder, Steven1696USA1NFFFF0.04.04.00.001296-1.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets