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2026 May Scottsdale Chess FIDE - Invitational

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Tempe, AZ, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2124, and top seed was Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2447).

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (🇮🇷 IRI, GM, 2447) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Keaton Kiewra (3.5) and Glenn Zhang (3.5). Ghaem Maghami shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Matthew James (1847) beat Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez (FM, 2323), a +476-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Tempe, AZ, United States
Dates
15 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇷GMEhsan Ghaem Maghami2447
Avg top 10
2,124
Participants
25
Titled players · 3
GM×1
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇮🇷Iran×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
4
4
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won 4 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMEhsan Ghaem Maghami*
2IMKeaton Kiewra*
½
3Glenn Zhang
½
*
4Raphael D Schwartz*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ghaem Maghami, EhsanGM2447IRI+19B+15NF+5N+4B4.09.09.09.002847+3.2
2Kiewra, KeatonIM2274USA+13N=3B=5B=8N+17N3.511.513.59.002108-7.9
3Zhang, Glenn2025USA+25B=2N+20B=4N=6B3.510.510.55.752128+28.4
4Arul, Sharvesh2019USA+23N+9B=11N=3B1N3.012.513.56.502072+11.2
5Chetlapalli, Vishnu1984USA+22N+21B=2N1B=10N3.011.012.05.002092+24.4
6Lee, Justin A1997USAF=16N+19B+9B=3N3.09.09.06.252110+23.2
7Schwartz, Raphael D1984USA10B+25N8B+19N+20B3.07.07.02.001921-15.6
8James, Matthew1847USA11N+12B+7N=2B14N2.511.514.07.252108+59.2
9Broyles, Gabriel Paramonos1768USA+24B4N+18B6N=12N2.510.511.03.751999+54.8
10Raves, Zachary D1844USA+7N11BF+16N=5B2.510.510.56.502054+44.8
11Asish Panda1942IND+8B+10N=4BFF2.58.08.06.502176+17.0
12Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM2323MEX15B8N+25B+21N=9B2.58.08.02.251923-42.0
13Sethi, Kanwar2038USA2B+24N=22B+15NF2.57.07.03.002108+14.0
14Prestia, Paris2121USAF=17BF+22N+8B2.55.55.54.502122+0.4
15Coy, Matthew1876USA+12N1B=21N13B=18N2.011.012.04.001948+4.6
16Senczakowicz-Gibo, Jake V1925USA=18N=6B=17N10B=21B2.09.510.54.001760-22.4
17Zhang, Jerrick1811USAF=14N=16B+20N2B2.09.09.03.252026+39.6
18Chang, Kyle1802USA=16B20N9N+23B=15B2.07.58.53.001781-3.2
19Sankar, Tarun1949USA1N+23B6N7BF1.011.011.01.001851-24.0
20Mangudi, Amudan1847USAF+18B3N17B7N1.010.510.52.001713-14.0
21Bandatmakuru, Navyan Reddy1706USAF5N=15B12B=16N1.09.59.52.001780+10.0
22Jeyaraj, Joel Ethan1890USA5BF=13N14B=23N1.09.09.01.751805-17.6
23Sankar, Arjun1847USA4B19N=24B18N=22B1.07.07.50.751694-18.2
24Li, Brian Borui2011USA9N13B=23NFF0.56.06.00.501611-59.2
25Walker, Locke Scovell1758USA3N7B12NFF0.09.09.00.001256-18.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets