World Open 2026
June 25, 2026 - July 05, 2026
The Open Section of the World Open ended in a 3-way tie for First, with GM Haowen Xue, GM Prraneeth Vuppala and IM Evan Park scoring 7.5 out of 9, each winning $11,666.67. Evan Park and Haowen Xue had the best tiebreaks of the three, and played an Armageddon Game for an additional $500 and the title of World Open Champion. Xue won the playoff (he played White with 5 minutes while Park took Black and 4 minutes with draw odds) and is the 2026 World Open Champion.
FM Ted Wang finished with 6.5 points and earned an IM norm.
View Live Games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/54th-annual-world-open-2026/2WsZz8R3
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Pairings for Game/10 Open:
Pairings for Round 5. CCA_WOQ26: Open
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | GM Karthik Venkataraman (2616 3.5) | GM Jianchao Zhou (2687 3.5) | ||
| 902 | GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami (2557 3.5) | Jonathan Gottehrer (2073 3.0) | ||
| 903 | John Blomer (2101 3.0) | Jordan Page (2038 3.0) | ||
| 904 | CM Daniel Yang (2289 2.5) | Tobias M Rizzo (2248 2.5) | ||
| 905 | Santhosh Ayyappan (2258 2.0) | Franklin Phillip Lewis (2126 2.0) | ||
| 906 | Tinh Nguyen (2065 2.0) | Nabil Feliachi (2215 2.0) | ||
| 907 | Bryan B Leano (2182 2.0) | Calvin Jiarui Wang (1914 2.0) | ||
| 908 | Peter W Pritchett (1955 1.5) | Lucas Xiong (2006 1.0) | ||
| 909 | Jeffrey Mays (unr. 1.0) | Neil Duggal (1909 1.0) | ||
| 910 | Alikhan Karim (1607 1.0) | Vladimir Herndon (1511 1.0) | ||
| 1 | Anushka Ayyappan (1897 1.0) | Please wait for possible game |