American Cup 2026

American Cup 2026 · Blitz

WinnerGMWesley SoFinished first on 7/9, on tiebreak

Dates: 2 Mar 2026
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 3+2

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMWesley So	2789	2794	7/9
2	GMAbhimanyu Mishra	2508	2792	7/9
3	GMAndy Woodward	2461	2766	7/9
4	GMLevon Aronian	2749	2681	6½/9
5	GMV Pranav	2611	2657	6½/9
6	GMVasif Durarbayli	2581	2651	6½/9
7	GMRobby Kevlishvili	2526	2693	6½/9
8	GMFabiano Caruana	2769	2658	6/9
9	GMGrigoriy Oparin	2676	2613	6/9
10	GMMax Warmerdam	2557	2625	6/9
11	GMYasser Quesada Perez	2487	2652	6/9
12	GMLorenzo Lodici	2481	2684	6/9
13	GMBenjamin Bok	2633	2628	5½/9
14	GMAryan Tari	2607	2459	5½/9
15	GMBharath Subramaniyam H	2549	2520	5½/9
16	GMVaruzhan Akobian	2520	2552	5½/9
17	GMDenes Boros	2479	2522	5½/9
18	GMRaja Harshit	2441	2470	5½/9
19	GMViktor Matviishen	2440	2549	5½/9
20	IMAtilla Kuru	2193	2506	5½/9
21	GMAryan Chopra	2620	2462	5/9
22	GMLeinier Dominguez Perez	2608	2550	5/9
23	GMEmilio Cordova	2602	2490	5/9
24	GMBrewington Hardaway	2569	2532	5/9
25	GMGergely Kantor	2510	2461	5/9
26	GMAndrew Hong	2507	2581	5/9
27	GMHarsha Bharathakoti	2505	2433	5/9
28	IMRoman Pyrih	2440	2512	5/9
29	IMAlice Lee	2336	2449	5/9
30	IMGrayson Rorrer	2298	2402	5/9
31	GMAlexandr Fier	2549	2505	4½/9
32	GMViktor Gazik	2498	2455	4½/9
33	GMDenis Kadric	2493	2528	4½/9
34	IMOliwia Kiolbasa	2285	2452	4½/9
35	GMNikolozi Kacharava	2508	2413	4/9
36	GMMahel Boyer	2486	2398	4/9
37	GMFrancesco Sonis	2476	2365	4/9
38	GMLuka Budisavljevic	2464	2387	4/9
39	GMArman Mikaelyan	2445	2420	4/9
40	IMLiam Putnam	2445	2426	4/9
41	GMIsik Can	2444	2439	4/9
42	GMMark Heimann	2425	2360	4/9
43	IMBogdan Bilovil	2416	2288	4/9
44	GMTitas Stremavicius	2381	2260	4/9
45	IMKostya Kavutskiy	2283	2259	4/9
46	IMHasan Huseyin Celik	2223	2401	4/9
47	IMOleksii Bilych	2206	2400	4/9
48	WIMRachael Li	2141	2330	4/9
49	GMGleb Dudin	2424	2230	3½/9
50	IMTianqi Wang	2396	2275	3½/9
51	IMAmilal Munkhdalai	2382	2404	3½/9
52	FMRose Atwell	2254	2248	3½/9
53	GMIrina Krush	2234	2274	3½/9
54	FMApaar Saxena	1997	2199	3½/9
55	GMDimitris Alexakis	2493	2179	3/9
56	GMIoan-Cristian Chirila	2435	2255	3/9
57	IMEric Rosen	2323	2360	3/9
58	IMIrine Kharisma Sukandar	2277	2149	3/9
59	WGMGabriela Antova	2154	2142	3/9
60	WGMZoey Tang	2056	2298	3/8
61	WIMSila Caglar	2040	2122	3/9
62	WGMJennifer Yu	2206	2102	2½/9
63	IMAnna Zatonskih	2316	2123	2/9
64	IMTatev Abrahamyan	2257	2002	2/9
65	WGMThalia Cervantes Landeiro	2164	2025	2/9
66	GMAwonder Liang	2563	3023	1/1
67	WIMTea Gueci	2091	1778	½/9

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	So	135w	131b	111w	½2b	113w	½8b	126w	½3b	½4w	7
2	Mishra		127b	18w	½1w	15b	022w	113b	16w	½3b	7
3	Woodward		155w	032b	137w	115b	15w	122b	½1w	½2w	7
4	Aronian	156b	141w	012b	111w	032b	119w	110b	126w	½1b	6.5
5	Pranav	117w	137b	17w	112b	02w	03b	½24w	119b	111w	6.5
6	Durarbayli				127w	112w	½7b	18w	02b	118b	6.5
7	Kevlishvili			05b		½10b	½6w	132b	½9w	113b	6.5
8	Caruana	142b	149w	02b	141w	123b	½1w	06b	131w	½12b	6
9	Oparin	139w	011b			133w	013b	125w	½7b	127w	6
10	Warmerdam					½7w		04w		122b	6
11	Quesada Perez		19w	01b	04b			123b	122w	05b	6
12	Lodici			14w	05w	06b	155w	½31b	117b	½8w	6
13	Bok	118b	½33w	119b	132w	01b	19w	02w	124b	07w	5.5
14	Tari	½36b								½20w	5.5
15	Subramaniyam					03w	½16b				5.5
16	Akobian		½21w	022b			½15w			126b	5.5
17	Boros	05b							012w		5.5
18	Harshit	013w							123b	06w	5.5
19	Matviishen			013w			04b		05w		5.5
20	Kuru				023w					½14b	5.5
21	Chopra	140w	½16b	033w							5
22	Dominguez	138w	½24b	116w	133b	½26w	12b	03w	011b	010w	5
23	Cordova				120b	08w	137b	011w	018w		5
24	Hardaway		½22w	129b	026b	½35w		½5b	013w		5
25	Kantor							09b			5
26	Hong			128b	124w	½22b	132w	01b	04b	016w	5
27	Bharathakoti		02w		06b					09b	5
28	Pyrih			026w							5
29	Lee			024w							5
30	Rorrer										5
31	Fier		01w					½12w	08b		4.5
32	Gazik			13w	013b	14w	026b	07w			4.5
33	Kadric		½13b	121b	022w	09b					4.5
34	Kiolbasa										4.5
35	Kacharava	01b				½24b					4
36	Boyer	½14w									4
37	Sonis		05w		03b		023w				4
38	Budisavljevic	022b									4
39	Mikaelyan	09b									4
40	Putnam	021b									4
41	Can		04b		08b						4
42	Heimann	08w									4
43	Bilovil										4
44	Stremavicius										4
45	Kavutskiy										4
46	Celik	066w									4
47	Bilych										4
48	Li										4
49	Dudin		08b								3.5
50	Wang										3.5
51	Munkhdalai										3.5
52	Atwell										3.5
53	Krush										3.5
54	Saxena										3.5
55	Alexakis		03b				012b				3
56	Chirila	04w									3
57	Rosen										3
58	Sukandar										3
59	Antova										3
60	Tang										3
61	Caglar										3
62	Yu										2.5
63	Zatonskih										2
64	Abrahamyan										2
65	Cervantes Landeiro										2
66	Liang	146b									1
67	Gueci										0.5

Round 9 · 2 Mar

GMWoodward2461vsGMMishra2508½–½ GMSo2789vsGMAronian2749½–½ GMPranav2611vsGMQuesada Perez24871–0 GMLodici2481vsGMCaruana2769½–½ GMBok2633vsGMKevlishvili25260–1 GMHarshit2441vsGMDurarbayli25810–1 GMDominguez2608vsGMWarmerdam25570–1 GMOparin2676vsGMBharathakoti25051–0 GMTari2607vsIMKuru2193½–½ GMHong2507vsGMAkobian25200–1

Top 10 boards from each round.

67 players · average blitz Elo 2422

#	Player	Elo
1	GMWesley So	2789
2	GMFabiano Caruana	2769
3	GMLevon Aronian	2749
4	GMGrigoriy Oparin	2676
5	GMBenjamin Bok	2633
6	GMAryan Chopra	2620
7	GMV Pranav	2611
8	GMLeinier Dominguez Perez	2608
9	GMAryan Tari	2607
10	GMEmilio Cordova	2602
11	GMVasif Durarbayli	2581
12	GMBrewington Hardaway	2569
13	GMAwonder Liang	2563
14	GMMax Warmerdam	2557
15	GMBharath Subramaniyam H	2549
16	GMAlexandr Fier	2549
17	GMRobby Kevlishvili	2526
18	GMVaruzhan Akobian	2520
19	GMGergely Kantor	2510
20	GMNikolozi Kacharava	2508
21	GMAbhimanyu Mishra	2508
22	GMAndrew Hong	2507
23	GMHarsha Bharathakoti	2505
24	GMViktor Gazik	2498
25	GMDimitris Alexakis	2493
26	GMDenis Kadric	2493
27	GMYasser Quesada Perez	2487
28	GMMahel Boyer	2486
29	GMLorenzo Lodici	2481
30	GMDenes Boros	2479
31	GMFrancesco Sonis	2476
32	GMLuka Budisavljevic	2464
33	GMAndy Woodward	2461
34	GMArman Mikaelyan	2445

#	Player	Elo
35	IMLiam Putnam	2445
36	GMIsik Can	2444
37	GMRaja Harshit	2441
38	GMViktor Matviishen	2440
39	IMRoman Pyrih	2440
40	GMIoan-Cristian Chirila	2435
41	GMMark Heimann	2425
42	GMGleb Dudin	2424
43	IMBogdan Bilovil	2416
44	IMTianqi Wang	2396
45	IMAmilal Munkhdalai	2382
46	GMTitas Stremavicius	2381
47	IMAlice Lee	2336
48	IMEric Rosen	2323
49	IMAnna Zatonskih	2316
50	IMGrayson Rorrer	2298
51	IMOliwia Kiolbasa	2285
52	IMKostya Kavutskiy	2283
53	IMIrine Kharisma Sukandar	2277
54	IMTatev Abrahamyan	2257
55	FMRose Atwell	2254
56	GMIrina Krush	2234
57	IMHasan Huseyin Celik	2223
58	IMOleksii Bilych	2206
59	WGMJennifer Yu	2206
60	IMAtilla Kuru	2193
61	WGMThalia Cervantes Landeiro	2164
62	WGMGabriela Antova	2154
63	WIMRachael Li	2141
64	WIMTea Gueci	2091
65	WGMZoey Tang	2056
66	WIMSila Caglar	2040
67	FMApaar Saxena	1997

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