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Louisiana Open 2026

Open SwissStandard

24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Lafayette, LA, United States. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1444, and top seed was Nicholas Matta (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2238).

Patrick Pridgeon (🇺🇸 USA, 1790) won with 4.5/5. Pridgeon shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇺🇸Lafayette, LA, United States
Dates
23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸FMNicholas Matta2238
Avg top 10
1,444
Participants
24
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×10
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
16
7
3
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
4.5Pridgeon4.5Matta4Allison43.53.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Pridgeon takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FIDE 39934950 3 wins (R1–R3)Patrick Pridgeon 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FIDE 39934950*
2Patrick Pridgeon*
3FMNicholas Matta*
1
4Alexander James Allison
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pridgeon, Patrick1790USA+12N+11B+7N=5B+8N4.513.016.014.252643+22.8
2FIDE 399349500+14N+22B+8N=9B+5N4.512.013.011.5018330.0
3Matta, NicholasFM2238USA+15N+4B5N+11B+12N4.013.515.512.002638+1.6
4Allison, Alexander James0USA+?B3N+20B+16N+?B4.07.57.53.5019370.0
5FIDE 399569200+?B+10N+3B=1N2B3.516.016.09.2519660.0
6Leblanc, Thomas1840USA+24B+17NF=7B+9N3.59.59.57.752583+16.8
7FIDE 5660150060+?B+?N1B=6N+?N3.58.08.01.7517700.0
8Riley, Nathaniel1843USA+18B+16N2B+15N1B3.013.015.06.001787-7.2
9Stewart, Aubrey1783USA+21B=20N+10B=2N6B3.012.513.57.001796+0.8
10Billings, Matthew1751USA+13N5B9N+22B+17N3.011.512.56.00983-18.4
11FIDE 5660150140+23B1N+21B3N+15B3.011.512.54.0017380.0
12Parthiban, Haricharan0USA1B+?N+?B+?N3B3.08.58.50.0012140.0
13FIDE 566007160010B?N+?B+?N+16B3.05.05.02.0016930.0
14FIDE 56600718602B=?N?N+?B+20N2.56.06.01.5016800.0
15Ren, Hannah1562USA3B+24N+17B8B11N2.012.013.03.001103-9.6
16Smith, Vernon1635USA+19N8B+23N4B13N2.012.013.03.001043-9.2
17FIDE 5660150300+?B6B15N+?N10B2.08.58.50.0015150.0
18FIDE 3092436708N19B+?N23B+?B2.06.06.00.0010430.0
19FIDE 566015049016B+18N?B+21N?B2.05.05.03.008580.0
20FIDE 251955490+?N=9B4N?N14B1.59.59.51.5017830.0
21FIDE 3999592509N+?B11N19B?N1.08.08.00.009830.0
22FIDE 399959410+?B2N?B10N?B1.07.57.50.009510.0
23FIDE 566015022011NF16B+18N?B1.07.07.02.008350.0
24FIDE 3999596806N15B?BF+?N1.05.55.50.009010.0

Key insights

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