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2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz | Blitz

4 Jul 2026 · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States · 11-round Swiss · 3 min + 2 sec Finished

Top 100 players in this event

GM Boris Gelfand ★: No. 1, 8½/12, performance 2563 (+2)
GM Wesley So ★: No. 2, 8/11, performance 2672 (-8)
GM Samuel Sevian ★: No. 3, 8/11, performance 2691 (+5)
GM Hikaru Nakamura ★: No. 4, 7½/10, performance 2747 (-6)
GM Ray Robson ★: No. 5, 7½/12, performance 2602 (+2)
GM Javokhir Sindarov ★: No. 6, 7/11, performance 2570 (-11)
GM Ruslan Ponomariov ★: No. 7, 7/11, performance 2621 (+5)
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★: No. 9, 7/11, performance 2560
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez ★: No. 14, 6/10, performance 2589 (+2)
GM Fabiano Caruana ★: No. 16, 5½/10, performance 2511 (-26)
GM Grigoriy Oparin ★: No. 17, 5½/10, performance 2509 (-16)
GM Vasyl Ivanchuk ★: No. 20, 5/8, performance 2579
GM Olexandr Bortnyk ★: No. 25, 4½/9, performance 2424 (-29)
GM Aydin Suleymanli ★: No. 26, 4½/9, performance 2497 (-7)
GM Awonder Liang ★: No. 31, 3½/7, performance 2355 (-17)
GM Robert Hess ★: No. 34, 3/8, performance 2310 (-26)
IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar ★: No. 40, 2/4, performance 2600 (+14)
GM Emilio Cordova ★: No. 48, 1½/3, performance 2359 (-6)

Standings

Standings, 2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz | Blitz
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Boris Gelfand ★	ISR	2592	8½	12	2563	+2
2	GM Wesley So ★	USA	2772	8	11	2672	-8
3	GM Samuel Sevian ★	USA	2677	8	11	2691	+5
4	GM Hikaru Nakamura ★	USA	2838	7½	10	2747	-6
5	GM Ray Robson ★	USA	2620	7½	12	2602	+2
6	GM Javokhir Sindarov ★	UZB	2680	7	11	2570	-11
7	GM Ruslan Ponomariov ★	UKR	2609	7	11	2621	+5
8	GM Vasif Durarbayli	AZE	2590	7	10	2725	+20
9	GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★	IND	2569	7	11	2560	0
10	IM Eric Rosen	USA	2327	7	11	2485	+24
11	WFM Alexandra Botez	CAN	2066	7	11	1844	-43
12	GM Mukhiddin Madaminov	UZB	2540	6½	10	2711	+25
13	Andrea Botez	CAN	1870	6½	11	1843	-6
14	GM Leinier Dominguez Perez ★	USA	2591	6	10	2589	+2
15	GM Andy Woodward	USA	2496	6	9	2613	+15
16	GM Fabiano Caruana ★	USA	2773	5½	10	2511	-26
17	GM Grigoriy Oparin ★	USA	2670	5½	10	2509	-16
18	GM Aman Hambleton	CAN	2511	5½	10	2577	+9
19	IM Daniel Rensch	USA	2401	5½	10	2247	-16
20	GM Vasyl Ivanchuk ★	UKR	2593	5	8	2579	0
21	Ethan Sheehan	USA	2416	5	8	2742	+33
22	IM Levy Rozman	USA	2366	5	11	2190	-41
23	IM Kostya Kavutskiy	USA	2278	5	11	2083	-52
24	Tushar Anand	IND	1953	5	11	2223	+62
25	GM Olexandr Bortnyk ★	UKR	2708	4½	9	2424	-29
26	GM Aydin Suleymanli ★	AZE	2559	4½	9	2497	-7
27	Robert Yorisan Ramirez Vido	USA	2057	4½	11	2243	+41
28	GM Semen Khanin	FID	2456	4	7	2657	+18
29	IM Shah Sagar	IND	2307	4	11	1920	-101
30	IM Julien Song	FRA	2227	4	11	1997	-67
31	GM Awonder Liang ★	USA	2588	3½	7	2355	-17
32	GM Andrew Tang	USA	2553	3½	7	2640	+7
33	GM Andrew Hong	USA	2519	3½	7	2631	+10
34	GM Robert Hess ★	USA	2557	3	8	2310	-26
35	WGM Dina Belenkaya	FRA	2120	3	11	1922	-63
36	Charles Troutman	USA	1924	3	5	2394	+47
37	GM Nico Chasin	USA	2513	2½	7	2556	+3
38	CM Prateek Mishra	USA	2130	2½	4	2420	+30
39	GM Mark Heimann	USA	2411	2	5	2539	+8
40	IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar ★	INA	2270	2	4	2600	+14
41	FM Dalton Perrine	USA	2239	2	3	2464	+17
42	IM Shankar Gauri	IND	2188	2	4	2587	+32
43	Alexander Jasinski	USA	2127	2	3	2473	+53
44	Atulya Vaidya	USA	2096	2	3	2242	+12
45	FM Ryan Amburgy	USA	2092	2	3	2385	+15
46	FM Alex Haoning Chu	USA	2071	2	5	2261	+36
47	Aaron Marian	USA	1944	2	3	2389	+62
48	GM Emilio Cordova ★	PER	2591	1½	3	2359	-6
49	GM Arturs Neiksans	LAT	2553	1½	2	2678	+3
50	FM Benjamin Moon	USA	2187	1½	2	2689	+24
51	Artemii Khanbutaev	USA	2063	1½	2	2576	+46
52	GM Steven Zierk	USA	2488	1	3	2349	-4
53	Shelev Oberoi	USA	2331	1	4	2276	-8
54	CM Islombek Sindarov	UZB	2322	1	3	2259	-5
55	GM Aarav Dengla	IND	2303	1	5	2356	+5
56	Alexander J Crump	USA	2216	1	1	3078	+12
57	Isaac Spence	USA	2214	1	2	2005	-11
58	Graham Horobetz	USA	2205	1	1	3107	+13
59	Naveen Prabhu	USA	2138	1	3	2308	+9
60	Samuel Copeland	USA	2137	1	1	3027	+12

Showing the top 60 of 114 players, plus every top-100 player.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Hikaru Nakamura – Irine Kharisma Sukandar	½-½
1.2	Shelev Oberoi – Fabiano Caruana	0-1
1.3	Javokhir Sindarov – Islombek Sindarov	1-0
1.4	Ryan Amburgy – Wesley So	0-1
1.5	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Julien Song	1-0
1.6	Zachary Tanenbaum – Olexandr Bortnyk	0-1
1.7	Samuel Sevian – Robby Adamson	1-0
1.8	Andrew Jiang – Awonder Liang	0-1
1.9	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Nicholas Matta	1-0
1.10	Donald Johnson – Grigoriy Oparin	0-1
1.11	Ray Robson – Naveen Prabhu	1-0
1.16	Dalton Perrine – Aydin Suleymanli	½-½
1.17	Ruslan Ponomariov – Dina Belenkaya	1-0
1.23	Benjamin Moon – Boris Gelfand	½-½
2.1	Fabiano Caruana – Nico Chasin	0-1
2.2	Aman Hambleton – Javokhir Sindarov	1-0
2.3	Wesley So – Steven Zierk	1-0
2.4	Aarav Dengla – Leinier Dominguez Perez	1-0
2.5	Olexandr Bortnyk – Brian Escalante Ramirez	1-0
2.6	Mark Heimann – Samuel Sevian	0-1
2.7	Awonder Liang – Ethan Sheehan	0-1
2.8	Grigoriy Oparin – Varun Krishnan	1-0
2.9	Raja Panjwani – Ruslan Ponomariov	0-1
2.14	Eric Rosen – Robert Hess	0-1
2.20	Kostya Kavutskiy – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
2.21	Daniel Rensch – Ray Robson	0-1
2.23	Emilio Cordova – Alex Haoning Chu	1-0
3.1	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Wesley So	1-0
3.2	Andrew Hong – Olexandr Bortnyk	1-0
3.3	Samuel Sevian – Emilio Cordova	1-0
3.4	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Semen Khanin	½-½
3.5	Andrew Tang – Grigoriy Oparin	0-1
3.6	Ray Robson – Aman Hambleton	½-½
3.7	Ruslan Ponomariov – Aarav Dengla	1-0
3.8	Robert Hess – Shankar Gauri	½-½
3.10	Ethan Sheehan – Aydin Suleymanli	0-1
3.11	Hikaru Nakamura – Jayaram Ashwin	1-0
3.12	Charles Troutman – Boris Gelfand	0-1
4.1	Vasif Durarbayli – Samuel Sevian	1-0
4.2	Grigoriy Oparin – Mukhiddin Madaminov	½-½
4.3	Andrew Hong – Ruslan Ponomariov	0-1
4.4	Semen Khanin – Hikaru Nakamura	0-1
4.5	Robby Kevlishvili – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
4.6	Boris Gelfand – Aman Hambleton	1-0
4.7	Shankar Gauri – Ray Robson	½-½
4.8	Aydin Suleymanli – Robert Hess	1-0
4.9	Fabiano Caruana – Brian Escalante Ramirez	1-0
4.10	Mark Heimann – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
4.11	Wesley So – Eric Liu	1-0
4.12	Ethan Sheehan – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
4.14	Vasyl Ivanchuk – Eric Rosen	1-0
4.21	Emilio Cordova – Shelev Oberoi	½-½
4.23	Olexandr Bortnyk – Raja Panjwani	½-½
5.1	Ruslan Ponomariov – Vasif Durarbayli	½-½
5.2	Hikaru Nakamura – Grigoriy Oparin	½-½
5.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Boris Gelfand	0-1
5.4	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Aydin Suleymanli	1-0
5.5	Fabiano Caruana – Andrew Hong	0-1
5.6	Nico Chasin – Wesley So	0-1
5.7	Samuel Sevian – Shankar Gauri	1-0
5.8	Ray Robson – Aarav Dengla	1-0
5.9	Andy Woodward – Irine Kharisma Sukandar	1-0
5.10	Steven Zierk – Vasyl Ivanchuk	0-1
5.11	Javokhir Sindarov – Ethan Sheehan	½-½
5.12	Aman Hambleton – Olexandr Bortnyk	1-0
5.15	Robert Hess – Levy Rozman	1-0
6.1	Boris Gelfand – Ruslan Ponomariov	½-½
6.3	Ray Robson – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
6.4	Wesley So – Andy Woodward	0-1
6.5	Vasyl Ivanchuk – Samuel Sevian	0-1
6.6	Grigoriy Oparin – Andrew Hong	1-0
6.7	Aman Hambleton – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	½-½
6.8	Kayden Troff – Leinier Dominguez Perez	0-1
6.9	Aydin Suleymanli – Raja Panjwani	1-0
6.10	Robby Kevlishvili – Robert Hess	½-½
6.11	Paul Y Iinuma – Fabiano Caruana	0-1
6.12	Varun Krishnan – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
6.14	Awonder Liang – Eric Rosen	½-½
7.2	Samuel Sevian – Boris Gelfand	½-½
7.3	Ruslan Ponomariov – Grigoriy Oparin	1-0
7.4	Hikaru Nakamura – Aydin Suleymanli	1-0
7.5	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Ray Robson	½-½
7.6	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
7.7	Robert Hess – Aman Hambleton	0-1
7.8	Fabiano Caruana – Robby Kevlishvili	1-0
7.9	Andrew Tang – Wesley So	0-1
7.10	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Aarav Dengla	1-0
7.11	Nico Chasin – Vasyl Ivanchuk	0-1
7.14	Eric Rosen – Olexandr Bortnyk	0-1
8.1	Vasif Durarbayli – Hikaru Nakamura	0-1
8.2	Samuel Sevian – Ruslan Ponomariov	½-½
8.3	Boris Gelfand – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
8.4	Vasyl Ivanchuk – Fabiano Caruana	0-1
8.5	Wesley So – Andrew Hong	1-0
8.6	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
8.8	Grigoriy Oparin – Ethan Sheehan	0-1
8.9	Semen Khanin – Ray Robson	½-½
8.10	Javokhir Sindarov – Raja Panjwani	1-0
8.11	Olexandr Bortnyk – Awonder Liang	1-0
8.12	Aydin Suleymanli – Kayden Troff	1-0
9.1	Hikaru Nakamura – Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0
9.2	Fabiano Caruana – Vasif Durarbayli	½-½
9.3	Ethan Sheehan – Wesley So	0-1
9.4	Andy Woodward – Samuel Sevian	½-½
9.5	Boris Gelfand – Mukhiddin Madaminov	0-1
9.6	Ray Robson – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
9.7	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Aydin Suleymanli	1-0
9.8	Semen Khanin – Olexandr Bortnyk	1-0
9.9	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Arturs Neiksans	½-½
9.10	Nico Chasin – Grigoriy Oparin	1-0
9.11	Brian Escalante Ramirez – Vasyl Ivanchuk	0-1
9.22	Awonder Liang – Robert Yorisan Ramirez Vido	1-0
9.23	Robert Hess – Mark Heimann	0-1
10.1	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
10.2	Wesley So – Vasif Durarbayli	½-½
10.3	Samuel Sevian – Fabiano Caruana	1-0
10.4	Javokhir Sindarov – Andy Woodward	½-½
10.5	Ruslan Ponomariov – Leinier Dominguez Perez	½-½
10.6	Vasyl Ivanchuk – Semen Khanin	0-1
10.7	Nico Chasin – Boris Gelfand	½-½
10.9	Olexandr Bortnyk – Ethan Sheehan	0-1
10.10	Awonder Liang – Varun Krishnan	1-0
10.11	Jayaram Ashwin – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	0-1
10.14	Aydin Suleymanli – Eric Rosen	0-1
10.15	Robby Kevlishvili – Ray Robson	0-1
10.22	Irine Kharisma Sukandar – Robert Hess	1-0
11.1	Hikaru Nakamura – Wesley So	½-½
11.2	Mukhiddin Madaminov – Samuel Sevian	½-½
11.4	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
11.5	Ethan Sheehan – Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0
11.6	Andy Woodward – Awonder Liang	1-0
11.7	Andrew Tang – Fabiano Caruana	1-0
11.8	Andrew Hong – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	½-½
11.9	Ray Robson – Nico Chasin	1-0
11.10	Boris Gelfand – Mark Heimann	1-0
11.11	Aarav Dengla – Vasyl Ivanchuk	0-1
11.12	Aman Hambleton – Irine Kharisma Sukandar	½-½
11.14	Eric Rosen – Grigoriy Oparin	½-½
12.1	Boris Gelfand – Andrew Tang	1-0
13.1	Boris Gelfand – Ray Robson	1-0
13.2	Leinier Dominguez Perez – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.