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2026 IM Goran Vojinovic Memorial Columbus Open - Major

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Jun 2026 to 28 Jun 2026 in Newark, OH, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2119, and top seed was Edward Song (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2392).

Edward Song (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2392) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar (4.0) and Jesse Ren (3.5). Song won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nirav Nikhil (1611) beat Srikar Jayam (1840), a +229-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Newark, OH, United States
Dates
26 Jun 2026 → 28 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMEdward Song2392
Avg top 10
2,119
Participants
27
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Edward Song led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Edward Song held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Edward Song won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Song, EdwardIM2392USA+19N+8B+24N+3B=10N4.58.59.08.002494+4.8
2Iranian Prabhu Kumar, Ashwin1983USA+11B+7N=3N=10B+5N4.010.512.59.752246+66.0
3Ren, Jesse2264USA+9B+4N=2B1N+24B3.513.514.07.502242+1.2
4Prem, Muthu Avaneesh2020USA+17N3B=9N+15B=12B3.09.511.05.502010+2.8
5Sivakumar, Aarya1938USAF+25N=12N+21B2B2.57.57.52.502130+39.2
6Zhu, Andrew J1734USA8N+19B=14N=20B=18N2.56.57.53.251859+32.8
7Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1930USA+27N2B+22N=24BF2.55.55.51.251965+8.4
8Jha, Keya1901USA+6B1N=11B=9BF2.011.011.04.501841-15.2
9Nikhil, Nirav1611USA3N+17B=4B=8N16B2.010.512.04.001868+53.6
10Hughes, John L2183IRLFF+21N=2N=1B2.09.59.55.252221+3.6
11Aaryn Rudrapati1717IND2N+27B=8N=14B21N2.09.09.02.001816+22.4
12Griggs, Walker2237USAFF=5B+13B=4N2.07.57.54.752057-11.0
13Lavanur, Mahendra1836USA=25B=20N+16B12N14N2.07.07.52.751924+18.4
14Lin, Benjamin1959USAFF=6B=11N+13B2.06.56.54.251887-10.0
15Thottimpudi, Anjana1727USAFF+18N4N+19B2.05.55.52.501997+42.0
16Eisen, Zane1938USAFF13N+27B+9N2.04.04.02.001835-6.4
17Jayam, Srikar1840USA4B9N=26BF+20N1.56.56.51.251739-22.4
18Xiong, Gabriel1777USAFF15B+26N=6B1.55.05.01.751765-2.0
19Chung, Maxwell1820USA1B6NF+22B15N1.010.010.01.001630-44.0
20Anandheri Kandadai, Srihari1838USAF=13B23N=6N17B1.07.07.02.251678-25.6
21Cretsos, Alexander1914USAFF10B5N+11B1.06.56.52.001821-15.6
22Qiu, Stanley1609USAFF7B19N+27N1.03.53.50.001686+9.6
23FIDE 5770396700FF+20BFF1.01.01.01.0018580.0
24Bauml, Broderick Kenneth2207USAFF1B=7N3N0.510.510.51.251922-40.4
25Balyan, Aryan2007USA=13N5BFFF0.54.54.51.001694-16.6
26Van Fossen, Trevor1833USAFF=17N18BF0.53.03.00.751616-22.8
27Parul Karthikeyan, Aanya1682USA7B11NF16N22B0.07.57.50.00999-57.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets