13th Cherry Blossom Classic, Sterling - Virginia (USA), May 21st - May 25th 2026 Total Prize Fund of $10,000 in Guaranteed Prizes in Open Section 5-day - 9-round Swiss, Game/90, 30/incr cbc2026@capitalareachess.com13th Cherry Blossom Classic - Open | Organizer(s) | IA/IO/NTD Anand Dommalapati (2091402) |
| Federation | United States of America ( USA ) |
| Tournament director | IA/IO/NTD Anand Dommalapati (2091402) |
| Chief Arbiter | IA/NTD Hoffpauir, Mike 2065657 |
| Deputy Chief Arbiter | IA/ANTD Sinha, Grishmeshwar Prasad 30966469 |
| Time control (Standard) | G/90;+30 |
| Number of rounds | 9 |
| Tournament type | Swiss-System |
| Rating calculation | Rating national, Rating international |
| FIDE-Event-ID | 457584 |
| Date | 2026/05/21 to 2026/05/25 |
| Rating-Ø | 2080 |
| Pairing program | Swiss-Manager from Heinz Herzog, Swiss-Manager tournamentfile |
Last update 22.05.2026 05:20:32, Creator/Last Upload: GPChess
| Links | Official Homepage of the Organizer, Livegames, OFFICIAL STANDINGS, Link with tournament calendar |
| Parameters | No tournament details, no flags
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| Lists | Starting rank, Alphabetical list, Statistics, Playing schedule |
| Ranking crosstable after Round 1, Starting rank crosstable |
| Board Pairings | Rd.1/9 , not paired |
| Ranking list after | Rd.1 |
| Excel and Print | Export to Excel (.xlsx), Export to PDF-File, QR-Codes |
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Starting rank
| No. | | | Name | ID | FideID | FED | RtgI | RtgN |
| 1 | | GM | STREMAVICIUS, Titas | 15874756 | 12804444 | LTU | 2567 | 2615 |
| 2 | | GM | CARDOSO CARDOSO, Jose Gabriel | 31293697 | 4430492 | COL | 2543 | 2610 |
| 3 | | GM | AVILA PAVAS, Santiago | 32558758 | 4437128 | COL | 2504 | 2623 |
| 4 | | GM | CORRALES JIMENEZ, Fidel | 14958890 | 3506690 | USA | 2489 | 2573 |
| 5 | | IM | BILYCH, Oleksii | 32007544 | 14156504 | UKR | 2448 | 2545 |
| 6 | | IM | DE SILVA, Lokumannage Susal Thewjan | 32008400 | 9953698 | SRI | 2407 | 2503 |
| 7 | | GM | KRAAI, Jesse | 12442362 | 2002035 | USA | 2377 | 2476 |
| 8 | | WGM | YU, Jennifer R | 14117950 | 2078341 | USA | 2358 | 2368 |
| 9 | | FM | TABUENCA MENDATAURIGOITIA, Daniel | 32533071 | 24563617 | ESP | 2356 | 2393 |
| 10 | | FM | JING, Andrew | 17052301 | 30984076 | USA | 2345 | 2420 |
| 11 | | IM | BARTELL, Thomas | 12559979 | 2017849 | USA | 2338 | 2469 |
| 12 | | FM | PAUL, Justin | 14323420 | 2086581 | USA | 2335 | 2430 |
| 13 | | IM | GEORGE, Kevin | 31946530 | 10669515 | EGY | 2322 | 2443 |
| 14 | | FM | DEGENBAEV, Aziz | 31649245 | 13802640 | KGZ | 2305 | 2398 |
| 15 | | FM | DAS, Aditeya | 16873335 | 30975972 | USA | 2289 | 2426 |
| 16 | | FM | DIAO, Matthew Guo | 15914362 | 30970547 | USA | 2269 | 2348 |
| 17 | | | NM ZHUANG, Kyle | 16368295 | 30957486 | USA | 2204 | 2298 |
| 18 | | | NM PANG, Qi | 16695696 | 30962552 | USA | 2196 | 2306 |
| 19 | | FM | KALPAKA, Vaibhav | 30720535 | 25666231 | IND | 2189 | 2342 |
| 20 | | | NM SWAMINATHAN, Pranav | 16024621 | 30970482 | USA | 2187 | 2275 |
| 21 | | WGM | FOISOR, Sabina-Francesca | 14012260 | 1212915 | USA | 2184 | 2316 |
| 22 | | IM | BRADBURY, Neil [NEWMBR-FOREIGNIM] | 0 | 400513 | ENG | 2178 | 0 |
| 23 | | | NM MOORHOUSE, Will | 30059498 | 30989531 | USA | 2165 | 2206 |
| 24 | | CM | SLATE, Kent | 15180666 | 30961564 | USA | 2155 | 2350 |
| 25 | | IM | ADU, Oladapo Olutola | 12778089 | 8500258 | NGR | 2154 | 2220 |
| 26 | | FM | WILSON, Ronen | 15349011 | 30926173 | USA | 2140 | 2242 |
| 27 | | | NM GROFF, Jordan | 14534054 | 30971730 | USA | 2133 | 2286 |
| 28 | | | NM FARBEROV, Maxim | 13589163 | 2070944 | USA | 2109 | 2260 |
| 29 | | | NM MARTIN, Sam B | 15173832 | 39905365 | USA | 2107 | 2292 |
| 30 | | WIM | PRINCE, Michelle Catherina | 30780573 | 5005736 | IND | 2099 | 2248 |
| 31 | | CM | BRADY, Tyson | 15967098 | 30970369 | USA | 2098 | 2272 |
| 32 | | | NM WANG, Kevin | 17154490 | 30996635 | USA | 2094 | 2238 |
| 33 | | | SATTARU, Sritej Sai | 16084553 | 25984357 | USA | 2079 | 2216 |
| 34 | | | BHOOPATHI, Rishith | 30394882 | 39940870 | USA | 2064 | 2178 |
| 35 | | | NM STORN, Justin | 15157654 | 30922720 | USA | 2062 | 2242 |
| 36 | | CM | LIU, Steven | 30603409 | 39942341 | USA | 2051 | 2183 |
| 37 | | | ZHAO, Austin | 17280624 | 39921786 | USA | 2040 | 2148 |
| 38 | | | NM XIONG, Lang Leo | 16344675 | 30957435 | USA | 2035 | 2147 |
| 39 | | WFM | YANG, Aimee | 30082227 | 30996066 | USA | 2032 | 2241 |
| 40 | | FM | SAMUELSON, Andrew | 20051892 | 2020580 | USA | 2031 | 2266 |
| 41 | | | LEVINE, Owen | 16024663 | 30970423 | USA | 2023 | 2168 |
| 42 | | | ZHANG, Oscar Yihang | 30067435 | 30999510 | USA | 2023 | 2081 |
| 43 | | | NI, Beiyang | 31095130 | 39945600 | USA | 2018 | 2160 |
| 44 | | | BATES, Evan | 30745116 | 39940160 | USA | 2013 | 2129 |
| 45 | | | KUMBHARATHI, Vedansh | 30024270 | 30998395 | USA | 1994 | 2116 |
| 46 | | | MARTIN, Zachary David | 12892548 | 30903947 | USA | 1993 | 2144 |
| 47 | | | LI, Allen | 17053367 | 39906302 | USA | 1985 | 2096 |
| 48 | | | CHANG, Leonhard | 17018215 | 39919625 | USA | 1982 | 2076 |
| 49 | | | LI, Mason Jin | 16739697 | 39900720 | USA | 1975 | 2128 |
| 50 | | | XU, Zhuoyuan Ryan | 30135458 | 329105250 | CAN | 1975 | 2098 |
| 51 | | CM | LEBAKKEN, Lukas | 30484285 | 39944379 | USA | 1973 | 2145 |
| 52 | | WCM | ISMAYILOVA, Khanim | 31136841 | 13429019 | AZE | 1957 | 2162 |
| 53 | | | CHEN, Alan Zishun | 17350156 | 30984882 | USA | 1953 | 2092 |
| 54 | | | NM AMRANY, Benjamin | 17261253 | 39912655 | USA | 1948 | 2136 |
| 55 | | | MEADORS, Landon | 31453265 | 39948080 | USA | 1944 | 2113 |
| 56 | | | YAGIZ, Bora | 12661990 | 2026651 | TUR | 1944 | 2006 |
| 57 | | | YEHAMANDRAM SRIDHAR, Jagadeeshwar | 16674898 | 30957532 | USA | 1937 | 2102 |
| 58 | | | PRASANNA, Pranav | 17334890 | 150110872 | USA | 1935 | 2015 |
| 59 | | | CHEN, Winston Ruiying | 31394432 | 39964833 | USA | 1929 | 2076 |
| 60 | | | DENG, Michael | 16811908 | 30975298 | USA | 1929 | 2030 |
| 61 | | | THIMMASAMUDRAM, Sandeep | 16278356 | 30983100 | USA | 1929 | 2092 |
| 62 | | CM | XIANG, Grayson | 30650149 | 39918742 | USA | 1928 | 2087 |
| 63 | | | CHONG, Hanford | 16437661 | 30984068 | USA | 1919 | 2066 |
| 64 | | WFM | HERNANDEZ BERMUDEZ, Manuela | 32173857 | 4483103 | COL | 1894 | 2000 |
| 65 | | | SAMANTA, Aayansh | 30232400 | 39923290 | USA | 1884 | 2166 |
| 66 | | | PRAMANIK, Aayansh | 30344898 | 33456038 | USA | 1861 | 2031 |
| 67 | | | MA, Jin | 16813308 | 39910210 | USA | 1857 | 2034 |
| 68 | | | JACKSON, Cayden | 16100492 | 30970512 | USA | 1855 | 2024 |
| 69 | | | MUMMIDI, Aaryan [Renew-USChess] | 16242623 | 30996805 | USA | 1852 | 2083 |
| 70 | | | JANDHYALA, Yegna Sairam | 30294344 | 39938778 | USA | 1827 | 2032 |
| 71 | | | GILBERT, Walker W | 17301046 | 30989361 | USA | 1825 | 1999 |
| 72 | | | ANAND, Anirudh | 30324099 | 39966160 | USA | 1816 | 1918 |
| 73 | | | JOSEPH, Julian | 16783177 | 39928292 | USA | 1801 | 2007 |
| 74 | | | CHIEH, Ting | 17065705 | 5702224 | MAS | 1798 | 2011 |
| 75 | | | LI, Xiaoyao | 32319074 | 8687900 | CHN | 1796 | 1899 |
| 76 | | | GAO, Vincent | 30789435 | 39962440 | USA | 1778 | 2017 |
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