Charlotte Open 2026

Charlotte Open 2026 was a 98-player classical Swiss in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 17–19 Jan 2026. Won by Raj with 6/6 (2388 performance). Top seed Liang (2713) finished 6th with 4/4. Last updated 22 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC.

Dates: 17 – 19 Jan
Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Format: 6-round Swiss
Time control: 110 min + 10 sec / move

Official website

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	Raj, AdityaUSA		6	2388	+34
2	GMBruzon Batista, LazaroUSA	2543	5	2416	−4
3	GMPreotu, RazvanCAN	2497	5	2544	+5
4	GMCordova, EmilioPER	2489	4½	2458	+1
5	Prabhu, NaveenUSA	2261	4½	2284	+4
6	GMLiang, AwonderUSA	2713	4	3079	+5
7	GMFishbein, AlexanderUSA	2412	4	2272	−6
8	FMJiang, AndrewUSA	2266	4	2249	−1
9	FMChirilov, James AUSA	2247	4	2345	+17
10	Horobetz, GrahamUSA	2212	4	2283	+11
11	Higgins, EmilyUSA		4	1757
12	Lane, RichardUSA		3½
13	Kung, ThomasUSA	2169	3	2189	+5
14	Ahmed, KabirUSA	1993	3	1893	−12
15	Panda, VedicUSA	2219	2½	2208	−5
16	Fishbein, MitchUSA	2180	2½	2329	+15
17	Wu, AndrewUSA	2113	2½	2163	+13
18	Murrah, Tyler JamesUSA	1638	2½	1956	+46
19	Meda, Bhargava NandanUSA		2½
20	Uz, KaganUSA	2277	2	2375	+8
21	FMMoon, BenjaminUSA	2235	2	2045	−19
22	Padron, AntonioUSA	1811	2	2000	+10
23	Adam Spencer		2
24	Irmukhamed, MunisaUSA		2	2784
25	FMSanchez Alvares, Kelvin AntonioVEN	2194	1½	2173	−3
26	Wang, AaronUSA	1977	1½	2188	+34
27	Desai, JairajUSA	1598	1½	1862	+28
28	Anirudh Arunprasad		1½
29	Velagala, SowbhagyaUSA		1½	1658	+9
30	CMNguyen, James LeUSA	2117	1	3140	+16
31	FMMulay, Vivan PrakashUSA	2110	1	2123	+1
32	CMPrasanna, AdvikUSA	2109	1	2112	+1
33	Bondalapati, Sri VibhavUSA	2073	1	2275	+19
34	FMChu, Alex HaoningUSA	1995	1	2233	+24
35	Morris, DavidENG	1984	1
36	Quintans, Ruben YanmiUSA	1952	1	2724	+18
37	Kumar, SanjayUSA	1926	1	2279	+15
38	Balakumar, ArushUSA	1924	1	1972	+6
39	Oropeza Chirinos, Ramon JoseVEN	1855	1	1699	−8
40	McCartney, PatrickUSA	1766	1	2793	+16
41	Mani, Advik SubhavUSA	1660	1
42	Chen, RyanUSA		1	2460	+27
43	Devan Bhat		1
44	Karthik, AkshayUSA		1
45	Zheng, SihanUSA		1	2398
46	Ramirez Vido, Robert YorisanUSA	2094	½	2196	+2
47	Neumann, ElijahUSA	1916	½	1811	−3
48	Dev Bhat		½	1658
49	Justin Lenderman		½
50	Mendenhall, Todd MUSA		½	1811	+4
51	Pickup, AlecUSA		½
52	Singh, AgastyaUSA		½
53	FMDiao, Matthew GuoUSA	2340	0	1221	−34
54	Gadi, VarunUSA	2162	0	1697	−5
55	Peatman, CarterUSA	2082	0	1461	−5
56	Pendse, VihaanUSA	2073	0	1689	−3
57	Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA	2071	0	1743	−3
58	Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA	2040	0	1697	−3
59	Duren, AndrewUSA	2026	0	1461	−4
60	Baliga, ZubinUSA	2008	0	1437	−13
61	Zhang, AndrewUSA	2007	0	1412	−10
62	Chen, Alan ZishunUSA	2000	0	1414	−18
63	CMManchanda, AdvikUSA	1994	0	1419	−9
64	Wofford, MatthewUSA	1987	0	1539	−5
65	Chetlapalli, VishnuUSA	1984	0	1313	−13
66	Karthigeyan, KishanUSA	1984	0	1412	−8
67	Dinesh, AbinavUSA	1967	0	1466	−6
68	WCMAtassi, CelineUSA	1964	0	1612	−3
69	Ramesh, RahulUSA	1914	0	1913	−3
70	Bates, EvanUSA	1882	0	1447	−4
71	Li, AllenUSA	1868	0	1380	−6
72	Yan, IsabellaUSA	1820	0	1193	−11
73	Khariouk, MatthewUSA	1814	0	1193	−11
74	Movva, Dhruva RamUSA	1814	0	1313	−6
75	Chen, CelineUSA	1784	0	1193	−9
76	Charles, Geoffrey AUSA	1760	0	1055	−7
77	Rathi, NaitikUSA	1757	0	1310	−4
78	Snyder, Charles WilliamUSA	1749	0	1369	−3
79	Allu, SanjayUSA	1745	0
80	CMTracey, Shaun MCAY	1700	0	798	−13
81	Sharda, Arsh AmitUSA	1699	0	1011	−14
82	Cameron, Kyle Stephen JUSA	1596	0	838	−18
83	Tone, Isaac JamesUSA	1530	0
84	Lu, HanwenUSA	1512	0
85	Ammasani, SamanyuUSA	1508	0
86	Abhiram Lavidi		0
87	Butler, KaidenUSA		0
88	Cameron, Alyssa JunaeUSA		0
89	Dhulipala, VibhavUSA		0
90	Dubey, Atharv KumarUSA		0
91	Eshan Yarra		0
92	Felix Fox		0
93	Landon Devault		0
94	Michael Gray		0
95	Raby Jr., Earl LeeUSA		0
96	Seelam, TanavUSA		0
97	Vohra, EkanshUSA		0
98	Zerkle, JacksonUSA		0

Results

Round 318 Jan, 15:45

Charlotte Open 2026

Dates: 17 – 19 Jan
Place: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Format: 6-round Swiss
Time control: 110 min + 10 sec / move

Official website

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	Raj, AdityaUSA		6	2388	+34
2	GMBruzon Batista, LazaroUSA	2543	5	2416	−4
3	GMPreotu, RazvanCAN	2497	5	2544	+5
4	GMCordova, EmilioPER	2489	4½	2458	+1
5	Prabhu, NaveenUSA	2261	4½	2284	+4
6	GMLiang, AwonderUSA	2713	4	3079	+5
7	GMFishbein, AlexanderUSA	2412	4	2272	−6
8	FMJiang, AndrewUSA	2266	4	2249	−1
9	FMChirilov, James AUSA	2247	4	2345	+17
10	Horobetz, GrahamUSA	2212	4	2283	+11
11	Higgins, EmilyUSA		4	1757
12	Lane, RichardUSA		3½
13	Kung, ThomasUSA	2169	3	2189	+5
14	Ahmed, KabirUSA	1993	3	1893	−12
15	Panda, VedicUSA	2219	2½	2208	−5
16	Fishbein, MitchUSA	2180	2½	2329	+15
17	Wu, AndrewUSA	2113	2½	2163	+13
18	Murrah, Tyler JamesUSA	1638	2½	1956	+46
19	Meda, Bhargava NandanUSA		2½
20	Uz, KaganUSA	2277	2	2375	+8
21	FMMoon, BenjaminUSA	2235	2	2045	−19
22	Padron, AntonioUSA	1811	2	2000	+10
23	Adam Spencer		2
24	Irmukhamed, MunisaUSA		2	2784
25	FMSanchez Alvares, Kelvin AntonioVEN	2194	1½	2173	−3
26	Wang, AaronUSA	1977	1½	2188	+34
27	Desai, JairajUSA	1598	1½	1862	+28
28	Anirudh Arunprasad		1½
29	Velagala, SowbhagyaUSA		1½	1658	+9
30	CMNguyen, James LeUSA	2117	1	3140	+16
31	FMMulay, Vivan PrakashUSA	2110	1	2123	+1
32	CMPrasanna, AdvikUSA	2109	1	2112	+1
33	Bondalapati, Sri VibhavUSA	2073	1	2275	+19
34	FMChu, Alex HaoningUSA	1995	1	2233	+24
35	Morris, DavidENG	1984	1
36	Quintans, Ruben YanmiUSA	1952	1	2724	+18
37	Kumar, SanjayUSA	1926	1	2279	+15
38	Balakumar, ArushUSA	1924	1	1972	+6
39	Oropeza Chirinos, Ramon JoseVEN	1855	1	1699	−8
40	McCartney, PatrickUSA	1766	1	2793	+16
41	Mani, Advik SubhavUSA	1660	1
42	Chen, RyanUSA		1	2460	+27
43	Devan Bhat		1
44	Karthik, AkshayUSA		1
45	Zheng, SihanUSA		1	2398
46	Ramirez Vido, Robert YorisanUSA	2094	½	2196	+2
47	Neumann, ElijahUSA	1916	½	1811	−3
48	Dev Bhat		½	1658
49	Justin Lenderman		½
50	Mendenhall, Todd MUSA		½	1811	+4
51	Pickup, AlecUSA		½
52	Singh, AgastyaUSA		½
53	FMDiao, Matthew GuoUSA	2340	0	1221	−34
54	Gadi, VarunUSA	2162	0	1697	−5
55	Peatman, CarterUSA	2082	0	1461	−5
56	Pendse, VihaanUSA	2073	0	1689	−3
57	Vyas, Miransh PurvenUSA	2071	0	1743	−3
58	Gurumoorthi, GurugrahanUSA	2040	0	1697	−3
59	Duren, AndrewUSA	2026	0	1461	−4
60	Baliga, ZubinUSA	2008	0	1437	−13
61	Zhang, AndrewUSA	2007	0	1412	−10
62	Chen, Alan ZishunUSA	2000	0	1414	−18
63	CMManchanda, AdvikUSA	1994	0	1419	−9
64	Wofford, MatthewUSA	1987	0	1539	−5
65	Chetlapalli, VishnuUSA	1984	0	1313	−13
66	Karthigeyan, KishanUSA	1984	0	1412	−8
67	Dinesh, AbinavUSA	1967	0	1466	−6
68	WCMAtassi, CelineUSA	1964	0	1612	−3
69	Ramesh, RahulUSA	1914	0	1913	−3
70	Bates, EvanUSA	1882	0	1447	−4
71	Li, AllenUSA	1868	0	1380	−6
72	Yan, IsabellaUSA	1820	0	1193	−11
73	Khariouk, MatthewUSA	1814	0	1193	−11
74	Movva, Dhruva RamUSA	1814	0	1313	−6
75	Chen, CelineUSA	1784	0	1193	−9
76	Charles, Geoffrey AUSA	1760	0	1055	−7
77	Rathi, NaitikUSA	1757	0	1310	−4
78	Snyder, Charles WilliamUSA	1749	0	1369	−3
79	Allu, SanjayUSA	1745	0
80	CMTracey, Shaun MCAY	1700	0	798	−13
81	Sharda, Arsh AmitUSA	1699	0	1011	−14
82	Cameron, Kyle Stephen JUSA	1596	0	838	−18
83	Tone, Isaac JamesUSA	1530	0
84	Lu, HanwenUSA	1512	0
85	Ammasani, SamanyuUSA	1508	0
86	Abhiram Lavidi		0
87	Butler, KaidenUSA		0
88	Cameron, Alyssa JunaeUSA		0
89	Dhulipala, VibhavUSA		0
90	Dubey, Atharv KumarUSA		0
91	Eshan Yarra		0
92	Felix Fox		0
93	Landon Devault		0
94	Michael Gray		0
95	Raby Jr., Earl LeeUSA		0
96	Seelam, TanavUSA		0
97	Vohra, EkanshUSA		0
98	Zerkle, JacksonUSA		0

Results

Round 318 Jan, 15:45