35th Annual Chicago Open

35th Annual Chicago Open was a 79-player classical Swiss in Wheeling, Illinois, USA, 22–25 May 2026. Won by Sarana with 7/9 (2655 performance). Luger (2201) was the breakout, performing at 2629 and gaining 79 rating points. Top seed Liang (2704) finished 4th with 6½/7. Last updated 23 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC.

Dates: 22 – 25 May
Place: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 40/80/d30, SD30/d30

Official website

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMSarana, AlexeySRB	2664	7	2655	+2
2	GMZhou, JianchaoUSA	2605	7	2656	+7
3	GMMatviishen, ViktorUKR	2537	7	2590	+6
4	GMLiang, AwonderUSA	2704	6½	2858	+8
5	GMJacobson, BrandonUSA	2594	6½	2582	+1
6	IMPutnam, LiamUSA	2497	5½	2497	+2
7	GMKhanin, SemenFID	2597	5	2645	+3
8	GMCordova, EmilioPER	2491	5	2530	+3
9	Luger, SamUSA	2201	5	2629	+79
10	GMBharath Subramaniyam HIND	2599	4½	2400	−13
11	GMHarsha BharathakotiIND	2519	3½	2437	−5
12	GMBrian EscalantePER	2449	3½	2432	−1
13	IMLiang, JasonUSA	2440	3½	2690	+17
14	GMPetrosian, Tigran L.ARM	2543	3	2331	−13
15	Winfield, Dakaylah		3
16	GMSonis, FrancescoITA	2556	2½	2434	−6
17	GMChasin, NicoUSA	2485	2½	2493	+1
18	CMShafer, Logan CUSA	2203	2½	2425	+24
19	IMMardov, DimitarUSA	2498	2	2316	−7
20	GMBarrientos, Sergio ECOL	2476	2	2350	−5
21	IMAdewumi, TanitoluwaUSA	2473	2	2350	−7
22	IMPyrih, RomanUKR	2399	1½	2455	+2
23	IMWang, TianqiUSA	2349	1½	2424	+4
24	FMTanenbaum, ZacharyUSA	2299	1½	2570	+13
25	Uz, KaganUSA	2298	1½	2026	−29
26	FMJames Chirilov		1½	2542
27	GMShoker, SamyEGY	2442	1	2300	−7
28	IMTugstumur, YesuntumurMGL	2410	1	2596	+5
29	IMSong, EdwardUSA	2391	1	2485	+3
30	IMPosthuma, JoshuaUSA	2378	1	2382
31	IMXie, BryanUSA	2333	1	2454	+4
32	FMOchirbat, LkhagvajamtsMGL	2310	1	2179	−7
33	WIMLi, RachaelUSA	2301	1	2461	+9
34	FMPetesch, GabrielUSA	2299	1	2371	+5
35	Petesch, Gabriel Nicholas	2299	1	2956
36	CMKarthi, JashithUSA	2170	1	2438	+26
37	Yang, Daniel	2156	1	2122
38	Schabert, DavidUSA	2109	1	3098	+15
39	Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA	2085	1	3098	+31
40	Aare, Viraj		1
41	IMMichael Lee		1	2526
42	Siddharth Singh		1	2408
43	IMPanjwani, RajaCAN	2389	½	2151	−6
44	Singh, Siddharth	2355	½	2156
45	FMGraif, WilliamCAN	2207	½	2599	+8
46	FMAvi Kaplan		½	2290
47	Gabriel Sam		½	2597
48	Sam, Gabriel		½	2378
49	FMTed Wang		½	2519
50	FMDeviprasath, SharveshUSA	2443	0	1401	−8
51	IMSchmakel, SamUSA	2437	0	1854	−5
52	GMMitkov, NikolaMKD	2380	0	1370	−8
53	IMVelikanov, AlexanderUSA	2362	0	1794	−2
54	FMLin, DacheyUSA	2354	0	1705	−12
55	FMAmburgy, RyanUSA	2335	0	1769	−13
56	FMMelillo, LuciusUSA	2329	0	1805	−3
57	WGMOuellet, Maili-JadeCAN	2325	0	1598	−17
58	FMGirsh, DanielUSA	2318	0	1739	−13
59	FMJiang, BrandonUSA	2315	0	1737	−4
60	Sammons, EvanUSA	2304	0	1697	−5
61	FMPadhya SaumilIND	2284	0	1719	−4
62	Ladan, NicholasUSA	2239	0	1904	−2
63	WIMGaw, ChloeUSA	2234	0	1753	−12
64	IMPetenyi, TamasSVK	2222	0	1805	−1
65	FMSanchez Alvares, Kelvin AntonioVEN	2211	0	1794	−2
66	Horobetz, GrahamUSA	2206	0	1756	−2
67	Mcconnell, SullivanUSA	2203	0	1743	−2
68	Hengen, Luke OUSA	2058	0	1498	−8
69	Kolli, RishiUSA	2014	0	1698	−3
70	Cronin, Michael		0
71	Dilucia, Silvio		0
72	Dornbos, EdwardUSA		0
73	GMEhsan Ghaemmaghami		0	1799
74	IMJoseph Levine		0	1691
75	CMLogan Shafer		0	1737
76	Deviprasath, Sharvesh R	2443	0
77	Torres, Luis Carlos	2323	0
78	FMNandhakumar, VaseegaranUSA	2133	0
79	Blanco, Guillermo Javier	2094	0

Results

Round 825 May, 15:15

35th Annual Chicago Open

Dates: 22 – 25 May
Place: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 40/80/d30, SD30/d30

Official website

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMSarana, AlexeySRB	2664	7	2655	+2
2	GMZhou, JianchaoUSA	2605	7	2656	+7
3	GMMatviishen, ViktorUKR	2537	7	2590	+6
4	GMLiang, AwonderUSA	2704	6½	2858	+8
5	GMJacobson, BrandonUSA	2594	6½	2582	+1
6	IMPutnam, LiamUSA	2497	5½	2497	+2
7	GMKhanin, SemenFID	2597	5	2645	+3
8	GMCordova, EmilioPER	2491	5	2530	+3
9	Luger, SamUSA	2201	5	2629	+79
10	GMBharath Subramaniyam HIND	2599	4½	2400	−13
11	GMHarsha BharathakotiIND	2519	3½	2437	−5
12	GMBrian EscalantePER	2449	3½	2432	−1
13	IMLiang, JasonUSA	2440	3½	2690	+17
14	GMPetrosian, Tigran L.ARM	2543	3	2331	−13
15	Winfield, Dakaylah		3
16	GMSonis, FrancescoITA	2556	2½	2434	−6
17	GMChasin, NicoUSA	2485	2½	2493	+1
18	CMShafer, Logan CUSA	2203	2½	2425	+24
19	IMMardov, DimitarUSA	2498	2	2316	−7
20	GMBarrientos, Sergio ECOL	2476	2	2350	−5
21	IMAdewumi, TanitoluwaUSA	2473	2	2350	−7
22	IMPyrih, RomanUKR	2399	1½	2455	+2
23	IMWang, TianqiUSA	2349	1½	2424	+4
24	FMTanenbaum, ZacharyUSA	2299	1½	2570	+13
25	Uz, KaganUSA	2298	1½	2026	−29
26	FMJames Chirilov		1½	2542
27	GMShoker, SamyEGY	2442	1	2300	−7
28	IMTugstumur, YesuntumurMGL	2410	1	2596	+5
29	IMSong, EdwardUSA	2391	1	2485	+3
30	IMPosthuma, JoshuaUSA	2378	1	2382
31	IMXie, BryanUSA	2333	1	2454	+4
32	FMOchirbat, LkhagvajamtsMGL	2310	1	2179	−7
33	WIMLi, RachaelUSA	2301	1	2461	+9
34	FMPetesch, GabrielUSA	2299	1	2371	+5
35	Petesch, Gabriel Nicholas	2299	1	2956
36	CMKarthi, JashithUSA	2170	1	2438	+26
37	Yang, Daniel	2156	1	2122
38	Schabert, DavidUSA	2109	1	3098	+15
39	Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA	2085	1	3098	+31
40	Aare, Viraj		1
41	IMMichael Lee		1	2526
42	Siddharth Singh		1	2408
43	IMPanjwani, RajaCAN	2389	½	2151	−6
44	Singh, Siddharth	2355	½	2156
45	FMGraif, WilliamCAN	2207	½	2599	+8
46	FMAvi Kaplan		½	2290
47	Gabriel Sam		½	2597
48	Sam, Gabriel		½	2378
49	FMTed Wang		½	2519
50	FMDeviprasath, SharveshUSA	2443	0	1401	−8
51	IMSchmakel, SamUSA	2437	0	1854	−5
52	GMMitkov, NikolaMKD	2380	0	1370	−8
53	IMVelikanov, AlexanderUSA	2362	0	1794	−2
54	FMLin, DacheyUSA	2354	0	1705	−12
55	FMAmburgy, RyanUSA	2335	0	1769	−13
56	FMMelillo, LuciusUSA	2329	0	1805	−3
57	WGMOuellet, Maili-JadeCAN	2325	0	1598	−17
58	FMGirsh, DanielUSA	2318	0	1739	−13
59	FMJiang, BrandonUSA	2315	0	1737	−4
60	Sammons, EvanUSA	2304	0	1697	−5
61	FMPadhya SaumilIND	2284	0	1719	−4
62	Ladan, NicholasUSA	2239	0	1904	−2
63	WIMGaw, ChloeUSA	2234	0	1753	−12
64	IMPetenyi, TamasSVK	2222	0	1805	−1
65	FMSanchez Alvares, Kelvin AntonioVEN	2211	0	1794	−2
66	Horobetz, GrahamUSA	2206	0	1756	−2
67	Mcconnell, SullivanUSA	2203	0	1743	−2
68	Hengen, Luke OUSA	2058	0	1498	−8
69	Kolli, RishiUSA	2014	0	1698	−3
70	Cronin, Michael		0
71	Dilucia, Silvio		0
72	Dornbos, EdwardUSA		0
73	GMEhsan Ghaemmaghami		0	1799
74	IMJoseph Levine		0	1691
75	CMLogan Shafer		0	1737
76	Deviprasath, Sharvesh R	2443	0
77	Torres, Luis Carlos	2323	0
78	FMNandhakumar, VaseegaranUSA	2133	0
79	Blanco, Guillermo Javier	2094	0

Results

Round 825 May, 15:15