3rd Annual Universal Chess Tour - Championship

SwissStandard

56 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Irving, TX, United States. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2397, and top seed was Mikhail Al. Antipov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2624).

Viktor Matviishen (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2547) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Aleksey Sorokin (5.5) and Roman Pyrih (5.0). Matviishen shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Faris Zafar (1940) beat Oleksii Bilych (IM, 2457), a +517-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States

Dates

19 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMMikhail Al. Antipov2624

Avg top 10

2,397

Participants

Titled players · 8

GM×3

IM×4

FM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×48

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇲🇽Mexico×2

🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇬🇪Georgia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMViktor Matviishen
🇺🇦UKR·2547
6.0pts·2616perf+7.2
🥈
GMAleksey Sorokin
🇷🇺RUS·2515
5.5pts·2455perf-1.9
🥉
IMRoman Pyrih
🇺🇦UKR·2408
5.0pts·2450perf+6.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Viktor Matviishen led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Matviishen6Sorokin5.5Vivekananthan5De La Colina5Pyrih5Antipov5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE21 Jun

GM Viktor Matviishen takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Viktor Matviishen drew with GM Aleksey Sorokin (Black).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

GM Viktor Matviishen won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMViktor Matviishen	*	½	—	—
2GMAleksey Sorokin	½	*	—	—
3IMAnish Vivekananthan	—	—	*	½
4Nicolas De La Colina	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Matviishen, ViktorGM	2547	UKR	+32N	+12B	=8N	+28B	+14N	+6B	=2N	6.0	26.0	29.0	24.00	2616	+7.2
2	Sorokin, AlekseyGM	2515	RUS	+25B	=22N	+13B	+7N	=3B	+9N	=1B	5.5	27.5	31.0	23.75	2455	-1.9
3	Pyrih, RomanIM	2408	UKR	+31N	+15B	+46N	+10B	=2N	=4B	−6N	5.0	27.0	29.0	18.75	2450	+6.7
4	De La Colina, Nicolas	2183	USA	+39N	+11B	−10N	+15B	+28N	=3N	=5B	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.50	2326	+27.6
5	Vivekananthan, AnishIM	2404	USA	+34B	+19N	=7B	+33N	−6B	+22N	=4N	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.25	2307	-4.5
6	Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM	2624	USA	+54N	+20B	F	+8B	+5N	−1N	+3B	5.0	25.0	25.0	19.00	2645	+2.3
7	Tineo Rodriguez, Brian Jeremiah	2157	DOM	+36N	+21B	=5N	−2B	+33N	+14B	−8B	4.5	25.5	28.5	16.00	2231	+15.6
8	Javakhadze, ZurabIM	2423	GEO	+23N	+40B	=1B	−6N	F	+17B	+7N	4.5	25.5	25.5	17.50	2436	+3.9
9	Zafar, Faris	1940	USA	−21N	+36B	+32N	+11B	+10N	−2B	=18N	4.5	25.0	28.0	17.00	2145	+70.4
10	Bilych, OleksiiIM	2457	UKR	+29B	+24N	+4B	−3N	−9B	=27N	+32B	4.5	24.5	27.5	16.25	2227	-15.0
11	Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio	2014	MEX	+53B	−4N	+51B	−9N	=16B	+49N	+26B	4.5	20.0	21.0	9.50	1904	-13.6
12	Zhang, Oscar Y	1965	USA	+56B	−1N	=31B	=16N	+25B	+23N	−13B	4.0	24.0	24.0	10.50	1967	+1.0
13	Tran, Minh	1997	USA	+16B	F	−2N	=40B	=17N	+21B	+12N	4.0	23.5	23.5	14.75	2122	+18.2
14	Maddipati, Srihas	1936	USA	=42B	+45N	+22B	+46N	−1B	−7N	=16B	4.0	22.5	24.5	10.75	2023	+20.5
15	Lopez II, Nelson M	2003	USA	+50B	−3N	+34B	−4N	−23B	+38N	+29B	4.0	22.5	24.0	10.50	2023	+3.0
16	Bupeshnath, Arjun	1776	USA	−13N	=54B	+42N	=12B	=11N	+40B	=14N	4.0	21.5	22.0	11.50	1958	+61.2
17	Dumitru, Eric Alexander	2081	USA	=45N	+42B	−28N	+39B	=13B	−8N	+30B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.50	1962	-32.8
18	Kolli, Rishi	2081	USA	=44N	=35B	+23N	+21B	F	=26N	=9B	4.0	20.0	20.0	13.50	1956	-32.4
19	Inda, Arturo	1830	USA	+51N	−5B	=35N	=30B	−26N	+44N	+37B	4.0	19.5	20.5	9.00	1842	+0.6
20	Kandikayala, Srikar	1988	USA	+38B	−6N	=29B	=31N	+48B	+24N	F	4.0	19.5	19.5	11.50	2091	+28.8
21	Vadher, Devaj M	1872	USA	+9B	−7N	+24B	−18N	+43B	−13N	=48B	3.5	23.0	25.0	11.50	1977	+37.6
22	Gardezi, Arsal	2069	USA	+30N	=2B	−14N	+29B	+40N	−5B	F	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.25	2113	+12.0
23	Jani, Aakash	1916	USA	−8B	+47N	−18B	+51N	+15N	−12B	=24B	3.5	22.0	23.0	8.75	1936	+5.2
24	Ikkurthi, Ishaan	1813	USA	+41N	−10B	−21N	+35B	+30N	−20B	=23N	3.5	21.5	24.0	10.25	1868	+11.6
25	Roy Choudhury, Arya	1897	USA	−2N	=30B	+44N	=26B	−12N	+41B	=31B	3.5	21.5	23.5	9.25	1858	-17.2
26	Zhang, Ellery	1761	USA	=55N	−28B	+54N	=25N	+19B	=18B	−11N	3.5	19.5	20.0	8.50	1979	+74.4
27	Johnson, Emerson Aurelius	1907	USA	+52N	F	F	+37B	F	=10B	+34N	3.5	11.5	11.5	9.25	2198	+50.4
28	Rychkov, Roman	2062	USA	=37B	+26N	+17B	−1N	−4B	=29N	F	3.0	24.5	24.5	10.50	2026	-5.8
29	Calvary, Louis	1921	MEX	−10N	+56B	=20N	−22N	+35B	=28B	−15N	3.0	22.0	22.0	6.50	1909	-2.8
30	Kuchun Rajan, Sreevarshan	1712	USA	−22B	=25N	+45B	=19N	−24B	+39B	−17N	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.75	1822	+32.4
31	Ravishankar, Dhruvesh	1901	USA	−3B	+50N	=12N	=20B	F	=33B	=25N	3.0	21.0	21.0	8.75	1980	+21.2
32	Bhaskaran, Siddharth	1954	USA	−1B	+38N	−9B	+53N	F	+46B	−10N	3.0	21.0	21.0	6.00	2052	+23.2
33	Bist, Atharva	1999	USA	=35N	+44B	+37N	−5B	−7B	=31N	F	3.0	20.5	20.5	8.00	1950	-17.2
34	Redfield, Grant	1883	USA	−5N	+41B	−15N	+36B	F	+48N	−27B	3.0	20.0	20.0	7.50	1919	+4.0
35	Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay	1750	USA	=33B	=18N	=19B	−24N	−29N	=45B	+47N	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.50	1807	+15.1
36	Thakkar, Namish	1700	USA	−7B	−9N	+47B	−34N	+53B	−37N	+44B	3.0	19.0	20.0	5.00	1782	+24.4
37	Suresh, Kawin Sayi	1749	USA	=28N	+55B	−33B	−27N	=41N	+36B	−19N	3.0	19.0	19.5	6.25	1833	+17.7
38	Cai, Benjamin	1776	USA	−20N	−32B	−41N	+52B	+47N	−15B	+45N	3.0	17.5	18.5	5.00	1725	-10.0
39	Dhanekula, Rithul	1830	USA	−4B	+53N	=48B	−17N	=44B	−30N	+52B	3.0	17.0	18.0	4.00	1787	-9.6
40	Barnes, Maxwell	1891	USA	+47B	−8N	+43B	=13N	−22B	−16N	F	2.5	20.5	20.5	6.50	1903	-1.6
41	Mazumdar, Viraj	1625	USA	−24B	−34N	+38B	=43N	=37B	−25N	=51N	2.5	18.5	19.5	6.25	1694	+20.8
42	Jawaghar, Jeevanth	1641	USA	=14N	−17N	−16B	−44B	=52N	=51B	+50N	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.50	1660	-1.1
43	Reyes Melendez, Kevin Alejandro	1855	USA	−46N	+52B	−40N	=41B	−21N	+50B	−49B	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.75	1695	-31.2
44	Zhang, Lawrence	1744	USA	=18B	−33N	−25B	+42N	=39N	−19B	−36N	2.0	20.5	23.0	6.00	1696	-22.8
45	Baksi, Antariksh	1582	USA	=17B	−14B	−30N	−50N	+51B	=35N	−38B	2.0	18.5	19.5	4.50	1626	+6.8
46	Eswaran, AshrithaFM	2251	USA	+43B	+49N	−3B	−14B	F	−32N	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1929	-36.8
47	Vinayagaram, Nethra	1771	USA	−40N	−23B	−36N	+56B	−38B	+53N	−35B	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	1577	-72.0
48	Shen, Yangyang	1994	USA	F	F	=39N	+49B	−20N	−34B	=21N	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.25	1783	-56.0
49	Munnangi, Sohan	1702	USA	F	−46B	F	−48N	+50B	−11B	+43N	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.00	1867	+34.8
50	Nagavarapu, Saket	1731	USA	−15N	−31B	=52N	+45B	−49N	−43N	−42B	1.5	16.0	17.0	2.50	1511	-59.8
51	Dela Bajan, Vaughn Daemian	1600	USA	−19B	F	−11N	−23B	−45N	=42N	=41B	1.0	19.0	19.0	2.50	1493	-34.4
52	Kanaparthi, Pardhu Sai	1505	USA	−27B	−43N	=50B	−38N	=42B	F	−39N	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.00	1517	-0.8
53	Cong, Aaron	1639	USA	−11N	−39B	+56N	−32B	−36N	−47B	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1518	-37.6
54	Ukoli, James O	1910	USA	−6B	=16N	−26B	F	F	F	F	0.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	1676	-38.4
55	Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana	2056	USA	=26B	−37N	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	1562	-48.4
56	Ndengang, Aviel Alanyengi	1476	USA	−12N	−29N	−53B	−47N	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	991	-23.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhang, ElleryUSA
+74.4
3.5 pts · #26
2Zafar, FarisUSA
+70.4
4.5 pts · #8
3Bupeshnath, ArjunUSA
+61.2
4.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Vinayagaram, NethraUSA
-72.0
2.0 pts · #46
2Nagavarapu, SaketUSA
-59.8
1.5 pts · #50
3Shen, YangyangUSA
-56.0
2.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R5+517 Elo gap
Zafar, Faris1940 beat IMBilych, Oleksii2457
R4+315 Elo gap
Maddipati, Srihas1936 beat FMEswaran, Ashritha2251
R2+307 Elo gap
Suresh, Kawin Sayi1749 beat Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana2056