2026 President's Cup: National College Chess Championship | Open

21 Mar to 22 Mar 2026 · Saint Louis, USA · 4-team Round Robin · 90 min + 30 sec / move Finished

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Team standings

Team standings, 2026 President's Cup: National College Chess Championship | Open
#	Team	1	2	3	4	TB1	TB2
1	University of Missouri	*	2½	3½	1½	7.5	4
2	Saint Louis University	1½	*	2	2½	6	3
3	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	½	2	*	3	5.5	3
4	Webster University	2½	1½	1	*	5	2

TB1 points (game-points) · TB2 Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) · TB3 Extended Direct Encounter for teams (EDE) (Gamepoints)

Ranking crosstable (Pts.). Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Team matches by round

Every team match with its boards, and team pages with full rosters.

Top 100 players in this event

GM Awonder Liang ★: No. 3, 2/3, performance 2744 (+1)
GM Aryan Tari ★: No. 5, 1½/3, performance 2643
GM Aryan Chopra ★: No. 6, 1½/3, performance 2647 (+1)
GM Emilio Cordova ★: No. 18, ½/1, performance 2331 (-2)

Standings

Standings, 2026 President's Cup: National College Chess Championship | Open
#	Player	Team	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Viktor Gazik	Saint Louis University	2537	2½	3	2787	+9
2	GM Mahel Boyer	University of Missouri	2475	2½	3	2745	+10
3	GM Awonder Liang ★	Webster University	2714	2	3	2744	+1
4	GM Isik Can	University of Missouri	2562	2	3	2659	+4
5	GM Aryan Tari ★	University of Missouri	2642	1½	3	2643	0
6	GM Aryan Chopra ★	Saint Louis University	2631	1½	3	2647	+1
7	GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2543	1½	3	2538	0
8	GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2532	1½	3	2453	-3
9	GM Santiago Avila Pavas	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2503	1½	3	2533	+1
10	GM Luka Budisavljevic	University of Missouri	2501	1½	3	2526	+1
11	GM Gleb Dudin	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	2585	1	3	2537	-2
12	GM Yasser Quesada Perez	Webster University	2562	1	3	2395	-7
13	GM Nikolozi Kacharava	Saint Louis University	2497	1	3	2430	-3
14	IM Tianqi Wang	Saint Louis University	2331	1	3	2373	+2
15	GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista	Webster University	2555	½	1	2543	0
16	GM Francesco Sonis	Webster University	2553	½	2	2310	-6
17	GM Harsha Bharathakoti	Webster University	2538	½	2	2326	-5
18	GM Emilio Cordova ★	Webster University	2487	½	1	2331	-2

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Awonder Liang – Aryan Chopra	½-½
1.4	Tianqi Wang – Emilio Cordova	½-½
1.5	Aryan Tari – Gleb Dudin	1-0
2.1	Gleb Dudin – Awonder Liang	½-½
2.5	Aryan Chopra – Aryan Tari	½-½
3.1	Aryan Tari – Awonder Liang	0-1
3.5	Aryan Chopra – Gleb Dudin	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.