Chicago Class 2026
July 17, 2026 - July 19, 2026
View Live Games: https://www.chess.com/events/2026-chicago-class/games
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Expert:
Pairings for Round 5. CCA_CHCC26: Expert
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1 | Deshawn L Kelley (2197 3.5) | 0 | Ethan Y Liang (2109 3.5) |
| 20 | ½ | Roman P* Malyshev (2129 3.5) | ½ | Akshay Padmanabhan (2100 3.5) |
| 21 | 1 | Aarav Karthik (2069 3.0) | 0 | Vaibhav Kailash (1980 3.0) |
| 22 | 1 | Mark P Hamilton (1990 3.0) | 0 | Aayush Thakkar (2060 3.0) |
| 23 | ½ | William H Brock (1968 2.5) | ½ | Clara Mcgrew (2131 2.5) |
| 24 | ½ | Gallagher Kelsch (1969 2.5) | ½ | Gautham Ramkumar (2000 2.5) |
| 25 | 1 | Sean Gao (1984 2.5) | 0 | Samraj S Nayak (1868 2.5) |
| 26 | ½ | WCM Elizabeth Xia (2032 2.0) | ½ | Andrew Cai (1915 2.5) |
| 27 | 1 | Karthik Sai Padmanabhan (2020 2.0) | 0 | Evan Y Jin (1901 2.0) |
| 28 | ½ | Gaofei Wang (1981 2.0) | ½ | Stanley Ren (1899 2.0) |
| 29 | ½ | Riley Scott Mcculloch (1926 2.0) | ½ | Nirav Nikhil (1953 2.0) |
| 30 | ½ | Cameron Heino (1863 2.0) | ½ | Sean Mccarter (1931 2.0) |
| 31 | 1 | Edward Jiayi Tang (1898 1.5) | 0 | Robert David Sax (2000 1.5) |
| 32 | ½ | Michael E Aaron (1925 1.5) | ½ | Brian Peterson (1969 1.5) |
| 33 | 1 | Srikar Jayam (2002 1.0) | 0 | Jacob Tran (1885 1.5) |
| 34 | 0 | Lawrence S Cohen (2000 1.0) | 1 | Emily Jiaying Tang (1933 1.0) |
| 35 | ½ | Amitai Sebba (1903 1.0) | ½ | Anirudh Anand (1974 1.0) |
| 36 | 0 | Faris Adan Pena (1961 1.0) | 1 | Roy Benedek (1912 1.0) |
| ½ | Hari Rangan Nadathur (1965 2.5) | BYE |