46th Annual Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic

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62 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Los Angeles, CA, United States. 5 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2163, and top seed was Kirk Ghazarian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2544).

Ashwin Damaraju (🇺🇸 USA, 2209) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Vahe Baghdasaryan (5.0) and Patrick Liu (4.5). Damaraju won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Matthew Hajoon Choe (1591) beat Jenny Qi (WFM, 2013), a +422-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dates

23 May 2026 → 25 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMKirk Ghazarian2544

Avg top 10

2,163

Participants

Titled players · 5

GM×2

FM×1

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×54

🇦🇲Armenia×2

🇰🇷South Korea×1

🇵🇸Palestine×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Ashwin Damaraju
🇺🇸USA·2209
5.5pts·2368perf+36.8
🥈
GMVahe Baghdasaryan
🇦🇲ARM·2262
5.0pts·2253perf+0.9
🥉
FMPatrick Liu
🇺🇸USA·2148
4.5pts·2193perf+20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ashwin Damaraju 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

Damaraju5.5Baghdasaryan5Bagdasarian4.5Leano4.5Cui4.5Liu4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ashwin Damaraju held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ashwin Damaraju beat GM Vahe Baghdasaryan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ashwin Damaraju 5 wins (R1–R5)GM Vahe Baghdasaryan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ashwin Damaraju	*	1	—	—
2GMVahe Baghdasaryan	0	*	1	—
3Ararat Bagdasarian	—	0	*	—
4Bryan Leano	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Damaraju, Ashwin	2209	USA	+17B	+25N	+11B	+55N	+2B	=3N	5.5	20.0	20.5	18.25	2368	+36.8
2	Baghdasaryan, VaheGM	2262	ARM	+31B	+32N	+4B	+58N	−1N	+12B	5.0	19.0	19.0	13.50	2253	+0.9
3	Liu, PatrickFM	2148	USA	+27N	+6B	=12N	+23B	=10N	=1B	4.5	21.0	24.0	17.25	2193	+20.4
4	Bagdasarian, Ararat	2008	USA	+16N	+22B	−2N	+26B	+55B	=5N	4.5	19.0	19.5	12.25	2040	+18.0
5	Ghazaryan, Raffi	2097	ARM	=24N	+47B	+35N	=12B	+30N	=4B	4.5	16.5	17.5	11.75	2125	+4.4
6	Cui, Young Cheung	1950	USA	+50B	−3N	+36B	+17N	=8B	+44B	4.5	15.5	16.5	10.00	2079	+40.8
7	Leano, Bryan	1986	USA	+42N	−38B	+31N	+27B	+22N	=10B	4.5	14.5	16.0	12.00	2087	+16.4
8	Damaraju, Arjun	2041	USA	+28N	=29B	=9N	+15B	=6N	=13B	4.0	19.0	22.0	14.25	1927	-24.4
9	Akopian, Robert	1882	USA	=18N	+48B	=8B	=11N	=14B	+35N	4.0	17.0	18.0	10.50	1997	+19.2
10	Gasparyan, David	2272	USA	+26N	−35B	+29N	+56B	=3B	=7N	4.0	17.0	17.5	11.00	2097	-21.0
11	Gattani, Sarthak	1959	USA	+36B	+41N	−1N	=9B	=23N	+37B	4.0	16.5	18.0	9.00	1960	+3.6
12	Zhang, Glenn	2025	USA	+54B	+34N	=3B	=5N	+58B	−2N	4.0	16.5	16.5	7.00	2094	+27.6
13	Paragiri, Reyansh	1975	USA	=40N	+24B	−23B	+57N	+51B	=8N	4.0	12.5	13.0	7.25	1915	-13.2
14	Moussa, AlaaeddineCM	1899	PLE	−22N	+28B	+37N	=45B	=9N	=23B	3.5	15.0	16.5	9.25	1800	-12.6
15	Kwan, Wesley	1604	USA	=48N	+18B	=19B	−8N	=31B	+51N	3.5	14.5	15.5	8.00	1820	+65.2
16	Nemeth, Jake	1634	USA	−4B	=33N	+43N	+21B	=45N	=55B	3.5	13.5	14.0	7.25	1890	+38.2
17	Galstyan, David G	1669	RUS	−1N	+42B	+47N	−6B	=56N	+53B	3.5	13.5	14.0	3.75	1883	+50.4
18	Torousian, Emin	1708	USA	=9B	−15N	−24N	+54B	+32B	+59N	3.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1832	+41.6
19	Wang, Howard	1876	USA	F	+40B	=15N	=44B	=24N	+22B	3.5	12.5	12.5	8.50	1865	+0.8
20	Miller, Ike S	1940	USA	−32B	−36N	+48N	+28B	+26N	=45B	3.5	12.0	13.0	7.75	1754	-22.6
21	Lew, Evan Jet	1858	USA	−34B	+49N	=41B	−16N	+40B	+31N	3.5	11.0	12.0	5.75	1687	-48.4
22	Ju, Jason Jialong	1663	USA	+14B	−4N	+25B	+52N	−7B	−19N	3.0	19.0	20.0	7.50	1934	+76.8
23	Ly, Terrence	1796	USA	+61B	F	+13N	−3N	=11B	=14N	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.75	1979	+47.2
24	Srinivasan, Santhosh	1819	USA	=5B	−13N	+18B	+60N	=19B	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.50	1949	+34.0
25	Scamehorn, Jackson	1814	USA	F	−1B	−22N	+50B	+27N	+30B	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.00	1929	+26.8
26	Ye, Brian	1669	USA	−10B	+50N	+34B	−4N	−20B	+49N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	1840	+46.0
27	Abadesco, Jon Cristoff	1689	USA	−3B	+61N	+46B	−7N	−25B	+42N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1754	+10.4
28	Xiong, Alex	0	USA	−8B	−14N	+49B	−20N	+62B	+47N	3.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1744	0.0
29	Gasparyan, Seryozha	1828	USA	+46B	=8N	−10B	+41N	−44N	=57B	3.0	12.5	13.0	5.25	1837	-1.4
30	Qi, JennyWFM	2013	USA	−41B	+54N	+32B	+59N	−5B	−25N	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1812	-56.4
31	Krishna, Sai	1660	USA	−2N	+43B	−7B	+34N	=15N	−21B	2.5	18.5	20.0	5.25	1737	+14.8
32	Zoghlami, Amin	1693	USA	+20N	−2B	−30N	=47B	−18N	+40B	2.5	16.5	17.5	5.50	1796	+19.2
33	Eisenberg, Linus Nguyen	1767	USA	−38N	=16B	−40N	=43B	=47N	+60B	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.00	1681	-28.0
34	Liu, Taylor	1606	USA	+21N	−12B	−26N	−31B	−49N	+54B	2.0	14.0	14.5	4.00	1653	+10.0
35	Wang, Leo Q	2015	USA	+49B	+10N	−5B	F	F	−9B	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1989	-4.4
36	Li, Derek	1836	USA	−11N	+20B	−6N	F	+60B	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	1894	+12.8
37	Chen, Renae	1695	USA	F	F	−14B	+62N	+59B	−11N	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1809	+22.4
38	Ghazarian, KirkGM	2544	USA	+33B	+7N	F	F	F	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2944	+1.6
39	Hsiao, Oliver	1704	USA	F	F	F	+46N	+52B	F	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.50	2820	+34.8
40	Yu, Andrew	1588	USA	=13B	−19N	+33B	−51B	−21N	−32N	1.5	16.0	17.0	4.50	1621	+4.8
41	Choe, Matthew Hajoon	1591	KOR	+30N	−11B	=21N	−29B	−53N	−52N	1.5	14.5	15.5	4.75	1706	+23.6
42	Nelakurthy, Vihaan	1691	USA	−7B	−17N	F	=48B	+43N	−27B	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	1571	-34.0
43	Wang, Matthew	1647	USA	F	−31N	−16B	=33N	−42B	+46N	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.75	1366	-51.2
44	Sherwood, Forest J	1907	USA	F	F	F	=19N	+29B	−6N	1.5	11.0	11.0	4.75	1885	-3.6
45	Vichare, Ruhan Yogesh	1962	USA	F	F	F	=14N	=16B	=20N	1.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1824	-19.6
46	FIDE 39930050	0	—	−29N	+?B	−27N	−39B	=54N	−43B	1.5	10.0	10.0	0.25	1362	0.0
47	FIDE 566009979	0	—	F	−5N	−17B	=32N	=33B	−28B	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.50	1614	0.0
48	Vaddadi, Anay	1611	USA	=15B	−9N	−20B	=42N	−50N	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1526	-22.0
49	Orduno Gonzalez, Omar	1703	MEX	−35N	−21B	−28N	F	+34B	−26B	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1594	-24.4
50	DB, Pranav	1712	USA	−6N	−26B	F	−25N	+48B	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1568	-30.4
51	Maheshwari, Rayansh	1716	USA	F	F	F	+40N	−13N	−15B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1597	-20.0
52	Rohwer, Paul	2020	USA	F	F	F	−22B	−39N	+41B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	1537	-33.6
53	Kinney, Travis Blaise	1768	USA	F	F	F	F	+41B	−17N	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1630	-14.8
54	Lien, Isaac	1771	USA	−12N	−30B	F	−18N	=46B	−34N	0.5	14.0	14.0	0.75	1038	-68.0
55	Ordanza, Francis Gio Bigol	1754	USA	F	F	F	−1B	−4N	=16N	0.5	13.5	13.5	1.75	1659	-17.2
56	Gianatasio, Michael	1937	USA	F	F	F	−10N	=17B	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1778	-9.0
57	He, William Z	1778	USA	F	F	F	−13B	F	=29N	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1709	-7.2
58	Delijani, Taja	1913	USA	F	F	F	−2B	−12N	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1344	-18.4
59	Chen, Tony	1882	USA	F	F	F	−30B	−37N	−18B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1005	-71.6
60	Somysetty, Chetan S	1728	USA	F	F	F	−24B	−36N	−33N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1007	-47.2
61	Venkatesh, Advit	1552	USA	−23N	−27B	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	943	-20.8
62	Margalit, Ryder Sebastian	1497	USA	F	F	F	−37B	−28N	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	895	-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ju, Jason JialongUSA
+76.8
3.0 pts · #23
2Kwan, WesleyUSA
+65.2
3.5 pts · #16
3Galstyan, David GRUS
+50.4
3.5 pts · #26

Top rating losers

1Chen, TonyUSA
-71.6
0.0 pts · #59
2Lien, IsaacUSA
-68.0
0.5 pts · #57
3Qi, JennyWFMUSA
-56.4
3.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+422 Elo gap
Choe, Matthew Hajoon1591 beat WFMQi, Jenny2013
R4+357 Elo gap
Ju, Jason Jialong1663 beat Rohwer, Paul2020
R5+316 Elo gap
Hsiao, Oliver1704 beat Rohwer, Paul2020