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Tournament

2026 Charlotte Open

Date

January 17-19, 2026

Location

UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel

Standings

Blitz Championship Final Standings

# Name Rating St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prize
1 GM Olexandr Bortnyk 2749 NC W67 W29 W17 W3 W16 W7 6.0 $300 + Plaque
2 GM Kayden Troff 2567 NC W36 W30 W53 L6 W15 W13 5.0 $58
3 FM Andrew Jiang 2372 GA W55 W20 W33 L1 W18 W19 5.0 $58
4 FM James Chirilov 2336 NC W22 L19 W36 W32 W20 W14 5.0 $58
5 Graham Horobetz 2334 TN H--- W65 W9 W23 D6 W16 5.0 $58
6 Sri Vibhav Bondalapati 2220 NC W62 W56 W34 W2 D5 D8 5.0 $58
7 IM Danny Rensch 2510 UT W46 D25 W58 W19 W24 L1 4.5  
8 Naveen Prabhu 2386 NC W37 W32 W21 L16 W17 D6 4.5  
9 Jason Marshal 2045 SC W71 D23 L5 W52 W28 W24 4.5 $30 / U2100
10 Namish Kondabathini 2038 NC D65 W68 L24 W58 W25 W26 4.5 $30 / U2100
11 FM Matthew Diao 2389 VA W47 W26 L19 L24 W55 W33 4.0  
12 FM Kelvin Sanchez 2303 SC W48 L33 W55 W35 L19 W39 4.0  
13 Alexander Crump 2298 NC W40 L34 W22 W21 W38 L2 4.0  
14 Varun Gadi 2244 GA L41 W63 W39 W33 W40 L4 4.0  
15 FM Vivan Mulay 2236 FL L27 W49 W56 W34 L2 W35 4.0  
16 Robert Ramirez 2236 FL W42 W35 W43 W8 L1 L5 4.0  
17 Advik Prasanna 2204 NC W63 W41 L1 W50 L8 W40 4.0  
18 Steve Alappatt 2162 NC W57 L58 W41 W43 L3 W36 4.0  
19 Sriansh Katta 2074 NC W59 W4 W11 L7 W12 L3 4.0  
20 Brian Remhoff 2057 NC W60 L3 W70 W28 L4 W38 4.0  
21 Brian Zhang 2053 NC W61 W28 L8 L13 W50 W42 4.0  
22 Allen Li 1963 NC L4 W61 L13 W45 W30 W29 4.0  
23 Kagan Uz 2323 GA W39 D9 W25 L5 L26 W43 3.5  
24 WGM Dina Belenkaya 2303 NC D68 W52 W10 W11 L7 L9 3.5  
25 Miransh Vyas 2134 TX W50 D7 L23 W27 L10 W48 3.5  
26 Andrew Zhang 2103 NY W64 L11 D27 W65 W23 L10 3.5  
27 Aldiyar Zhandaulet 1909 NC W15 L53 D26 L25 W64 W47 3.5  
28 Vedic Panda 2325 WA W38 L21 W37 L20 L9 W49 3.0  
29 Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi 2141 WI W69 L1 W42 L40 W37 L22 3.0  
30 Celine Atassi 2131 NC W70 L2 L38 W68 L22 W58 3.0  
31 Sanjay Kumar 2131 GA L43 W62 L40 W41 L39 W57 3.0  
32 Kabir Azad 2083 TX W51 L8 W45 L4 L42 W60 3.0  
33 Charles Snyder 2025 SC W66 W12 L3 L14 W60 L11 3.0  
34 Cuihan Ma 2016 NC W44 W13 L6 L15 L43 W59 3.0  
35 Mike Ching 2007 NY W45 L16 W60 L12 W58 L15 3.0  
36 Arav Srivastava 1995 VA L2 W69 L4 W59 W53 L18 3.0  
37 Oliver Rana 1986 KS L8 W59 L28 W57 L29 W53 3.0  
38 Lincoln Boucher 1948 SC L28 W44 W30 W53 L13 L20 3.0  
39 Caton Tsao 1935 SC L23 W51 L14 W44 W31 L12 3.0  
40 Vasishta Tumuluri 1916 PA L13 W71 W31 W29 L14 L17 3.0  
41 Todd Mendenhall 1909 NC W14 L17 L18 L31 W70 W54 3.0  
42 Nathan Heck 1907 NC L16 W66 L29 W54 W32 L21 3.0  
43 Sihan Zheng 1791 NC W31 W46 L16 L18 W34 L23 3.0 $16.67 / U1900
44 Jonah Warsch 1729 NC L34 L38 B--- L39 W63 W55 3.0 $16.67 / U1900
45 Tyler Murrah 1719 SC L35 B--- L32 L22 W62 W64 3.0 $16.67 / U1900
46 Harshil Jagga 1990 NC L7 L43 L59 W71 W66 D50 2.5  
47 Christopher Williams 1989 NC L11 L70 W69 D49 W65 L27 2.5  
48 Kai Modaresi-Beal 1917 NC L12 L60 D64 W51 W52 L25 2.5  
49 Garret Allen 1843 NC L53 L15 W71 D47 W56 L28 2.5  
50 Jonah Nus 1797 NC L25 W67 W54 L17 L21 D46 2.5  
51 Aiden Gan 1780 GA L32 L39 D63 L48 W71 W65 2.5  
52 Diwakar Rana 1704 KS B--- L24 D68 L9 L48 W67 2.5  
53 Matthew Wofford 2191 CO W49 W27 L2 L38 L36 L37 2.0  
54 Kishan Karthigeyan 2097 NC L58 W57 L50 L42 W69 L41 2.0  
55 Tanish Seelam 1970 TX L3 W64 L12 W70 L11 L44 2.0  
56 Isabella Yan 1949 NC B--- L6 L15 L60 L49 W69 2.0  
57 Arnav Singh 1808 SC L18 L54 W66 L37 W61 L31 2.0  
58 Mukund Neema 1785 NC W54 W18 L7 L10 L35 L30 2.0  
59 Shavkat Muhammad 1768 NC L19 L37 W46 L36 W68 L34 2.0  
60 Anirudh Mani 1767 NC L20 W48 L35 W56 L33 L32 2.0  
61 Shlok Kaushik 1754 NC L21 L22 D62 D63 L57 W68 2.0  
62 Yi Sun 1886 TN L6 L31 D61 L64 L45 W70 1.5  
63 Nate Oertell 1878 GA L17 L14 D51 D61 L44 D66 1.5  
64 Nischay Shyam Peela 1788 NC L26 L55 D48 W62 L27 L45 1.5  
65 Adam Schoonveld 1737 SC D10 L5 W67 L26 L47 L51 1.5  
66 Benito Raul Losada 1732 NC L33 L42 L57 B--- L46 D63 1.5  
67 Neil Harit 1995 NC L1 L50 L65 L69 B--- L52 1.0  
68 Patrick McCartney 1917 NC D24 L10 D52 L30 L59 L61 1.0  
69 Jonathan Gao 1807 SC L29 L36 L47 W67 L54 L56 1.0  
70 Khushi Kumari 1792 NC L30 W47 L20 L55 L41 L62 1.0  
71 Mustafa Muhammad 1741 NC L9 L40 L49 L46 L51 B--- 1.0