May 21, 2026 – May 25, 2026
Brzopotezni turnir
| # | Place | Name | Rating | Total | Probable Prize |
| 1 | 1-2 | GM Tigran L Petrosian | 2713 | 8.5 | 325.00 |
| 2 | IM Sam Schmakel | 2551 | 8.5 | 325.00 | |
| 3 | 3-5 | FM Benjamin Barry Moon | 2324 | 8.0 | 75.00 |
| 4 | CM Logan C Shafer | 2319 | 8.0 | 75.00 | |
| 5 | Alexander Jasinski | 2268 | 8.0 | 205.00 | |
| 6 | 6-9 | GM Samy Shoker | 2687 | 7.5 | |
| 7 | GM Jianchao Zhou | 2669 | 7.5 | ||
| 8 | GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami | 2557 | 7.5 | ||
| 9 | CM Chenxuan Ling | 2265 | 7.5 | 105.00 | |
| 10 | 10-11 | Aidan Baker | 2210 | 7.0 | |
| 11 | Alex Jian | 2196 | 7.0 | ||
| 12 | 12-15 | FM William Graif | 2358 | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Michael W Auger | 2224 | 6.5 | ||
| 14 | Joshua Xia | 2165 | 6.5 | ||
| 15 | Sudeep Vadderaju | 2140 | 6.5 | ||
| 16 | 16-25 | FM Lucius Melillo | 2411 | 6.0 | |
| 17 | FM Oleksandr Shymanskyi | 2399 | 6.0 | ||
| 18 | CM Sharath Radhakrishnan | 2331 | 6.0 | ||
| 19 | David Schabert | 2263 | 6.0 | ||
| 20 | Broderick Bauml | 2218 | 6.0 | ||
| 21 | Charles Lee Troutman | 2216 | 6.0 | ||
| 22 | Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar | 2169 | 6.0 | ||
| 23 | Muthu Avaneesh Prem | 2154 | 6.0 | ||
| 24 | Justin Lee | 2145 | 6.0 | ||
| 25 | Daniel Mc Nally | 1980 | 6.0 | 195.00 | |
| 26 | 26-31 | Artemii Khanbutaev | 2333 | 5.5 | |
| 27 | Liam Liu | 2137 | 5.5 | ||
| 28 | Jimi Daniel Akintonde | 2134 | 5.5 | ||
| 29 | Druheen Acharya Das | 1960 | 5.5 | 31.67 | |
| 30 | Wesley Rullman | 1921 | 5.5 | 31.67 | |
| 31 | Trevor Tang | 1907 | 5.5 | 31.67 | |
| 32 | 32-37 | Alexander Golosovker | 2096 | 5.0 | |
| 33 | Tim Donnahue | 2083 | 5.0 | ||
| 34 | David M Friedman | 2025 | 5.0 | ||
| 35 | Siddharth Parthasarathy | 2012 | 5.0 | ||
| 36 | Neel Sahai | 1969 | 5.0 | ||
| 37 | Matthew Krusack | 1942 | 5.0 | ||
| 38 | 38-40 | Lev Shangin | 2320 | 4.5 | |
| 39 | Rishab Jain | 2049 | 4.5 | ||
| 40 | Bronson Gentry | 2017 | 4.5 | ||
| 41 | 41-51 | GM Nico Werner Chasin | 2554 | 4.0 | |
| 42 | Lucas Lu | 2124 | 4.0 | ||
| 43 | Jordan Cohen | 2120 | 4.0 | ||
| 44 | Stone Wang | 2063 | 4.0 | ||
| 45 | Mohammad Barzgari | 2027 | 4.0 | ||
| 46 | Varun Iyengar | 2022 | 4.0 | ||
| 47 | Gaofei Wang | 1982 | 4.0 | ||
| 48 | Harry Li | 1971 | 4.0 | ||
| 49 | Alan Wei | 1945 | 4.0 | ||
| 50 | Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh | 1687 | 4.0 |
Evo i nekoliko partija sa Čikago opena po klasičnom tempu kojeg je pobijedio Sarana (o kojem je bio izvještaj nedavno na Šah-mat listi):
Sarana,Alexey (2664) – Harsha Bharathakoti (2519)
35th Annual Chicago Open Wheeling, IL, US (7), 25.05.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.0–0–0 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g4 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.e4 Be6 14.Bd3 Qg5+ 15.Kb1 dxe4 16.Bxe4 0–0–0 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 19.Nxf5 Nd5 20.Rde1 Nxc3+ 21.bxc3 c5 22.Re4 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rd5 24.Rh5 Kd7 25.Rxg4 Rb5+ 26.Kc2 Ba3 27.Rf4 Rc8+ 28.Kd3 Bc1 29.Ng7 Rb2 30.Rxf7+ Kd6 31.f4 Rd2+ 32.Ke4 Re2+ 33.Kf3 Rxa2 34.Rxb7 Rc3+ 35.Kg4 Rxg2
36.Ne8+ 1–0
Putnam,Liam (2497) – Shoker,Samy (2442)
35th Annual Chicago Open Wheeling, IL, US (9), 25.05.2026
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qe2 e6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Rd1 0–0 9.Bg2 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 15.f4 Nc6 16.Rd1 Be6 17.0–0 Qd7 18.Kh2 Qf7 19.Qf2 Kh8 20.f5 Bc4 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.b3 Bb5 23.Nd5 Bc6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.g4 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qg8 27.Qh4+ Qh7 28.Qxh7+ Kxh7 29.Kg3 Bh6 30.Bb2 Rae8 31.a4 Nd7 32.Rdd1 a5 33.e5 fxe5 34.Bxb7 Nc5 35.Bd5 e4 36.Kg2 c6 37.Bxc6 Rc8 38.Bb5 Nd3 39.Bxd3 exd3 40.c4 d2 41.Re7+ Kg8
42.g5 1–0
Sarana,Alexey (2664) – Luger,Sam (2201)
35th Annual Chicago Open Wheeling, IL, US (5), 23.05.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0–0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.f4 Ned7 9.Nf3 e6 10.Bd3 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.Qd2 Nc5 13.Bxc5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nfg5 dxc5 16.Bc4 Qd6 17.0–0–0 fxe4 18.Rhe1 Bf5 19.g4 e3 20.Rxe3 Bd4 21.Rb3 Be4 22.Ne6 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Nxc7 Qc4+ 25.Qc2 Qxc2+ 26.Kxc2 Re2+ 27.Rd2 Rxd2+ 28.Kxd2 Rf8 29.Ne6 Rf7 30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Rf3 h5 32.Kd3 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rd7 34.Ke4 Re7+ 35.Kxd4 Re2 36.Rb3 b6 37.Kd5 Rc2 38.a4 Kf7 39.Rb5 Ke7 40.b3 Rc3 41.g5 Kd7 42.Kd4 Rf3 43.Ke5 Ke7 44.Rb4 Re3+ 45.Kd4 Rf3 46.Kd5 Kd7 47.Rd4 Ke7 48.b4 Ra3 49.Re4+ Kd7
50.Re6 Rd3+ 51.Ke4 Rb3 52.Rxg6 Rxb4+ 53.Ke5 Rxa4 54.Rg7+ Kc6 55.g6 b5 56.Rg8 Kc7 57.g7 Ra1 58.Rf8 Re1+ 59.Kd4 Kc6 1–0
Evo i jedne partije u kojoj je igrač u dobijenoj poziciji previđa damu. Kasnije je bezuspješno pokušao na napravi „tvrđavu“ pomoću topa i pješaka.
Karthi,Jashith (2170) – Mitkov,Nikola (2380)
35th Annual Chicago Open Wheeling, IL (6), 24.05.2026
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 Bb6 7.e3 Ne7 8.Bd3 Bf5 9.Nf3 0–0 10.0–0 c6 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc8 14.a4 Nd6 15.Nd2 Bc7 16.b5 Re8 17.Ba3 Nf6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rfc1 Re6 20.h3 Ba5 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Nb3 Bc7 23.g3 Rae8 24.Ne2 Ne4 25.Nc5 Rh6 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qc4 Qd7 28.h4 Qh3 29.Nf4 Bxf4 30.exf4 e3 31.Qf1 Qg4 32.Kh2 Rhe6 33.f3 Qf5 34.Rc5 Qf6 35.Re5 Qd8 36.Qd3 Rxe5 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.Re1 c5 39.f4 Re7 40.d5 h6 41.d6 Re6 42.f5 Rxd6 43.Qxe3 Rd2+ 44.Kh3 Qd5 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qe4 Qd7 47.h5 Rd5 48.g4 Rd3+ 49.Kh4 Rd4 50.Qf3 Qd6 51.Qg3 Qd8+ 52.Kh3 Rd3 53.Re3 c4 54.Kh2 Qd5 55.Qe5
55…Rxe3?? (55…Rd2+ 56.Qxd5 c3 57.Qc4 a5 58.Kg2 f6 59.Qc5 Re2+ 60.Kf3 Ra2 61.Qxa5 c2 62.Qc5 Rxa4 63.Qxc2 Ra5 64.Qc6 Re5 65.Qd7 Kg8 66.Kf4 Kf8 67.Qc8+ Re8 68.Qc6 Kf7 69.g5 hxg5+ 70.Kg4 Re1 71.Qc4+ Kf8 72.Qb4+ Re7 73.h6 gxh6 74.Kh5 Kf7 75.Kxh6 Re8 76.Qc4+ Ke7 77.Qe6+
1–0