17. annual Southwest Class Championship

Fort Worth, TX USAFeb 12 – 16, 2026Classical

17. annual Southwest Class Championship brought together 55 players in Fort Worth, TX USA, including 9 grandmasters. Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso has the best score, 6½ out of 8. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 55
Games: 82
Average Elo: 2236
Top rating: 2596

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso	COL	2532	6½/8	5 / 3 / 0
2	GMNeuris Delgado Ramirez	PAR	2511	6/8	4 / 4 / 0
3	IMEric Liu	USA	2404	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
4	GMGleb Dudin	HUN	2596	5/8	4 / 2 / 2
4	GMEmilio Cordova	PER	2494	5/8	3 / 4 / 1
6	GMViktor Matviishen	UKR	2533	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
7	GMSantiago Avila Pavas	COL	2519	4/7	2 / 4 / 1
7	FMVaseegaran Nandhakumar	USA	2074	4/8	2 / 4 / 2
9	GMVladimir Belous	RUS	2485	3½/5	2 / 3 / 0
9	IMJakub Fus	POL	2422	3½/4	3 / 1 / 0
11	GMBrian Escalante Ramirez	PER	2453	3/5	2 / 2 / 1
12	IMBogdan Bilovil	UKR	2446	2½/5	1 / 3 / 1
12	IMCraig Hilby	USA	2408	2½/5	1 / 3 / 1
12	WIMRachael Li	USA	2358	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
12	FMLogan C Shafer	USA	2209	2½/7	1 / 3 / 3
16	GMFrancesco Sonis	ITA	2561	2/5	2 / 0 / 3
16	IMCameron Wheeler	USA	2387	2/4	1 / 2 / 1
18	IMEthan Guo	USA	2303	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
18	FMElbert Fang	USA	2270	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
20	IMHarshid Kunka	USA	2472	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
20	IMAnish Vivekananthan	USA	2412	1/2	0 / 2 / 0
20	IMRose Atwell	USA	2337	1/2	0 / 2 / 0
20	FMAndrew Jing	USA	2317	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
20	Kagan Uz	USA	2277	1/3	0 / 2 / 1
20	FMLucius Melillo	USA	2241	1/4	0 / 2 / 2
20	FMChenxuan Ling	USA	2093	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
20	Minh Tran	USA	1924	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
28	IMOleksii Bilych	UKR	2449	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
28	FMAziz Degenbaev	KGZ	2291	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
28	FMStephen Willy	USA	2239	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
28	FMPadhya Saumil	IND	2236	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
28	FMMegan Lee	USA	2230	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	FMAayansh Guntaka	USA	2124	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	FMPatrick Liu	USA	2084	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi	USA	2040	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	Bryan Leano	USA	2013	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	Neevan Reddy Saddi	USA	2000	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	CMKyle Yiwen Wang	USA	1986	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	Leo Q Wang	USA	1978	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
28	WFMSophie Li	USA	1958	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
41	IMRoman Pyrih	UKR	2398	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
41	FMZoey Tang	USA	2356	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	IMLuis Carlos Torres Rosas	MEX	2305	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	FMAshritha Eswaran	USA	2267	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	IMTamas Petenyi	SVK	2237	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	FMShaashwath Sivakumar	USA	2200	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
41	IMBenjamin Gongora Montes	MEX	2131	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez	DOM	2124	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	CMShawn Xu	USA	2095	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Ethan Kozower	USA	2089	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Justin A Lee	USA	2009	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Sanjay Kumar	USA	1926	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Evan Bates	USA	1882	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Sharvesh Arul	USA	1819	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
41	Zachary Pan	USA	1503	0/1	0 / 0 / 1

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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