The DC Open (in cooperation with the DC Chess Association) - U2100
Open SwissStandard
58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Jun 2026 to 28 Jun 2026 in Washington, DC, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1845, and top seed was Christopher A Ventura (🇺🇸 USA, 1930).
Luke D Everett (🇺🇸 USA, 1658) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Caroline Q Jiang (4.0) and Michael Carey (4.0). Everett shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Rishin Jehin (1524) beat Christopher A Ventura (1930), a +406-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Washington, DC, United States
Dates
26 Jun 2026 → 28 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×49
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLuke D Everett led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
13
4
1
2
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE28 Jun
Luke D Everett takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Luke D Everett beat Caroline Q Jiang (White).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Caroline Q Jiang won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luke D Everett | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Caroline Q Jiang | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Michael Carey | — | — | * | — |
| 4Alexander Hrithik Soll | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everett, Luke D | 1658 | USA | +54N | +2B | =25N | +11B | +27N | 4.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.00 | 2006 | +31.6 |
| 2 | Jiang, Caroline Q | 1721 | USA | +24B | −1N | +40B | +30N | +6B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1921 | +48.8 |
| 3 | Carey, Michael | 1909 | USA | +58N | =13B | +43N | +6B | =17B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.00 | 1965 | +6.6 |
| 4 | Soll, Alexander Hrithik | 1754 | USA | +16N | =43B | +46N | −25B | +12B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 1865 | +29.6 |
| 5 | Panciu, Olivia | 1627 | USA | =42B | =41N | +56B | =10N | +26B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1735 | +22.8 |
| 6 | Lussie, Alexandra | 1684 | USA | +28N | +12B | +45B | −3N | −2N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1814 | +26.0 |
| 7 | Wampole, Vaughn | 1710 | USA | =40N | +34B | +15N | −22B | =8N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1710 | +0.4 |
| 8 | Jehin, Rishin | 1524 | USA | +55N | +20B | −17B | =45N | =7B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1842 | +74.4 |
| 9 | Ghodgaonkar, Anirudh P | 1726 | USA | +19B | −32N | −10B | +29N | +24B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1835 | +22.0 |
| 10 | Rajeev, Pallavi | 1691 | FID | =14N | =11B | +9N | =5B | −23N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 7.25 | 1707 | +2.4 |
| 11 | FIDE 39971732 | 0 | — | =29B | =10N | +35B | −1N | =21B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1620 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Rothe-Kushel, William PI | 1716 | USA | +27B | −6N | +44B | =18B | −4N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1655 | -15.6 |
| 13 | Badger, Stephen | 1654 | USA | +44B | =3N | −22B | +41N | −45B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1743 | +21.6 |
| 14 | Vuyyuru, Aryan | 1548 | USA | =10B | =35N | =41B | =24N | =19B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1655 | +29.2 |
| 15 | Chainani, Armaan | 1677 | USA | =48B | +33N | −7B | −20N | +44B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1704 | +6.4 |
| 16 | He, Oliver Lang | 1628 | USA | −4B | −31N | +54B | +40N | =33B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.00 | 1615 | -3.2 |
| 17 | Alejandrino, Franco Quintero | 1824 | USA | F | F | +8N | +32B | =3N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 1910 | +5.4 |
| 18 | Arvind, Charithra C | 1672 | USA | +21N | +38B | −32B | =12N | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.75 | 1979 | +45.6 |
| 19 | Acharya, Kritarth | 1642 | USA | −9N | +54B | =50N | =36B | =14N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1592 | -13.2 |
| 20 | Ventura, Christopher A | 1930 | USA | +49B | −8N | =26N | +15B | F | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1698 | -19.6 |
| 21 | Miller, Theodore | 1657 | USA | −18B | +57N | −30B | +48N | =11N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1567 | -14.0 |
| 22 | Kailash, Vaibhav | 1717 | USA | F | F | +13N | +7N | =25B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 2006 | +21.2 |
| 23 | Ilnytsky, Alexander | 1926 | USA | F | F | +31B | =26N | +10B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.50 | 1882 | -1.6 |
| 24 | Gutierrez, Augusto Enrique | 1703 | USA | −2N | +55B | =28N | =14B | −9N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 2.75 | 1532 | -18.6 |
| 25 | Vaisali Garnepudi | 1835 | IND | F | F | =1B | +4N | =22N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 1835 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Chitta, Adithya | 1609 | USA | F | +48N | =20B | =23B | −5N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1796 | +36.0 |
| 27 | Vellanki, Devansh | 1663 | USA | −12N | +51B | +47N | F | −1B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1546 | -18.8 |
| 28 | FIDE 566019494 | 0 | — | −6B | +49N | =24B | =33N | −30B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1601 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Thota, Mani Karthikeya | 1531 | USA | =11N | −46B | =37N | −9B | +57N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1442 | -11.2 |
| 30 | Yambem, Siddhant | 1704 | USA | F | F | +21N | −2B | +28N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1689 | -2.0 |
| 31 | Hua, Joshua | 1528 | USA | −43N | +16B | −23N | =47B | =40N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1635 | +17.2 |
| 32 | FIDE 566019486 | 0 | — | F | +9B | +18N | −17N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.50 | 1761 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Yang, Grace Siqi | 1678 | USA | F | −15B | +51N | =28B | =16N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1648 | -4.8 |
| 34 | Qu, Mofei | 1618 | USA | F | −7N | =53B | =44N | +42B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1657 | +8.0 |
| 35 | Richard, Gideon Sunjay | 1562 | USA | F | =14B | −11N | +57B | =36N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1620 | +6.4 |
| 36 | Naushad, Ibraheem | 1692 | USA | F | F | +52B | =19N | =35B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.25 | 1774 | +12.8 |
| 37 | Egelhof, Thomas | 1698 | USA | F | F | =29B | =42N | +50N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1674 | -4.0 |
| 38 | Song, Jeffrey | 1746 | USA | +57B | −18N | +42B | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1627 | -6.4 |
| 39 | Kitchiner Valentine, Levi Horace | 1614 | USA | F | F | =48B | =56N | +41B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1883 | +28.4 |
| 40 | Li, Ella Xinyi | 1655 | USA | =7B | =42N | −2N | −16B | =31B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1485 | -45.6 |
| 41 | Putnam, Bill Howard | 1679 | USA | =46N | =5B | =14N | −13B | −39N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1484 | -52.4 |
| 42 | Rajeev, Pavana | 1582 | FID | =5N | =40B | −38N | =37B | −34N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1520 | -16.4 |
| 43 | Fang, Kevin | 1679 | USA | +31B | =4N | −3B | F | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1730 | +7.6 |
| 44 | Birudavolu, Sathvik | 1501 | USA | −13N | +58B | −12N | =34B | −15N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1540 | +8.0 |
| 45 | Regam, JessicaWFM | 1909 | USA | F | F | −6N | =8B | +13N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1621 | -20.0 |
| 46 | Chai, Ben A | 1721 | USA | =41B | +29N | −4B | F | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1655 | -10.4 |
| 47 | FIDE 566019664 | 0 | — | F | F | −27B | =31N | +52B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Ma, Yunhui | 1701 | USA | =15N | −26B | =39N | −21B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1446 | -53.6 |
| 49 | Zelinski, Paul B | 1594 | USA | −20N | −28B | =55N | =51B | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1559 | -4.2 |
| 50 | Koneti, Jeevesh | 1534 | USA | F | F | =19B | =53N | −37B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 1600 | +8.8 |
| 51 | Vairavan, Kavin | 1640 | USA | F | −27N | −33B | =49N | =54N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1406 | -48.4 |
| 52 | Tower, Zachary Mark | 1742 | USA | F | F | −36N | +55B | −47N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1587 | -7.8 |
| 53 | Chinnambeti, Abhinav | 1836 | USA | F | F | =34N | =50B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1576 | -12.6 |
| 54 | Peng, Ellen Jia-Ning | 1462 | USA | −1B | −19N | −16N | F | =51B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 1320 | -22.4 |
| 55 | Wang, Yulan | 1482 | USA | −8B | −24N | =49B | −52N | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1319 | -27.6 |
| 56 | FIDE 30937248 | 0 | — | F | F | −5N | =39B | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1428 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Anderson, Kirk | 0 | USA | −38N | −21B | F | −35N | −29B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 58 | Chidarikire Gilbert Junior | 1782 | ZIM | −3B | −44N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 905 | -46.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jehin, RishinUSA+74.43.0 pts · #5
- 2Jiang, Caroline QUSA+48.84.0 pts · #1
- 3Arvind, Charithra CUSA+45.62.5 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Ma, YunhuiUSA-53.61.0 pts · #52
- 2Putnam, Bill HowardUSA-52.41.5 pts · #41
- 3Vairavan, KavinUSA-48.41.0 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R2+406 Elo gap
- R2+281 Elo gap
- R3+225 Elo gap