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 Under 13 Championship Open:
Pairings for Round 6. CCA_WU26: Open
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | ½ | Rishin Jehin (1832 3.5) | ½ | CM Shawn Xu (2249 5.0) |
| 202 | ½ | Ekam S Sardar (1730 3.5) | ½ | Aiden Zhu (1753 4.0) |
| 203 | 0 | Mofei Qu (1755 3.5) | 1 | Pranav Srinivasan (1782 3.5) |
| 204 | ½ | Arthit Dasgupta (1707 3.5) | ½ | Aryan Vuyyuru (1888 3.0) |
| 205 | 0 | Preston Liu (1583 3.0) | 1 | Jacob Brandon Vassiliev (1786 3.0) |
| 206 | 0 | Max Debenedittis (1482 3.0) | 1 | Jeevesh Koneti (1508 2.5) |
| 207 | 1 | Heethesh Kumar Botla (1564 2.5) | 0 | Rivan Ramdas (1424 2.5) |
| 208 | 0 | Riaan Gandhi (1491 2.5) | 1 | Krishna Chaitany Santhosh Kumar (1383 2.5) |
| 209 | 0 | Jackson Liu (1480 2.0) | 1 | Nihal Vajja (1643 2.0) |
| 210 | 0 | Luca Debenedittis (1433 2.0) | 1 | Raymond Shao (1526 2.0) |
| 211 | 0 | Sarayu Thalapaneni (1452 1.5) | 1 | Henry Yang (1456 2.0) |
| 212 | 1 | Saksham Chaudhary (1298 1.0) | 0 | Pushkal Solanki (1355 1.5) |
| 213 | 1 | Lakshya Mahajan (1578 0.5) | 0 | Atharv Upadrasta (1450 1.0) |
| ½ | Aidan Wang (1600 1.5) | BYE | ||
| ½ | Aarush Chintalacheruvu (1588 3.0) | BYE |