The 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship Open will take place from January 03 to January 05 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a 6-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from the USA, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The teams are Webster University A (2659), University of Missouri A (2641), The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley A (2614), Saint Louis University A (2607), UTD A (2576), Texas Tech A (2559), Harvard (2486), UTD B (2473), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2418), UNC Chapel Hill A (2364), Brown University A (2356), University of Chicago-A (2332), UCLA A (2321), UTD C (2314), Webster University B (2301), University of Toronto, Hart House, Team A (2301), Georgia Tech A (2291), Northwestern University A (2277), Saint Louis University B (2277), University of Pennsylvania (2226), Saint Louis University C (2196), University of Minnesota (2168), Vanderbilt University (2160), UNC Chapel Hill B (2080), Washington University in St. Louis Team A (2069), Texas Tech B (2056), Arizona State University – ASU A (2023), University of Toronto, Hart House, Team B (2019), UCLA B (1992), Georgia Tech B (1981), Brown University B (1965), University of Missouri B (1947), The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley B (1925). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship Open Participants
1. Webster University A (RtgAvg:2659 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Liang, Awonder
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Liang, Awonder
2769
USA
2
GM
Sonis, Francesco
2628
ITA
3
GM
Quesada Perez, Yasser
2626
CUB
4
GM
Bharathakoti, Harsha
2613
IND
5
GM
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
2612
6
GM
Cordova Daza, Emilio
2572
PER
2. University of Missouri A (RtgAvg:2641 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Can, Isik
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Tari, Aryan
2703
NOR
2
GM
Can, Isik
2646
TUR
3
GM
Budisavljevic, Luka
2613
SRB
4
GM
Boyer, Mahel
2603
FRA
3. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley A (RtgAvg:2614 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Avila Pavas, Santiago
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Avila Pavas, Santiago
2688
COL
2
GM
Dudin, Gleb
2654
HUN
3
GM
Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel
2575
COL
4
GM
Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn
2539
CAN
5
IM
Ozenir, Ekin Baris
2503
TUR
6
IM
Fus, Jakub
2486
POL
4. Saint Louis University A (RtgAvg:2607 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Chopra, Aryan
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Chopra, Aryan
2630
IND
2
GM
Gazik, Viktor
2618
SVK
3
GM
Kacharava, Nikolozi
2608
GEO
4
GM
Dambasuren, Batsuren
2572
MGL
5
IM
Wang, Tianqi
2439
USA
6
Oberoi, Shelev
2295
USA
5. UTD A (RtgAvg:2576 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Samant, Aditya
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Samant, Aditya
2628
IND
2
GM
Kantor, Gergely
2591
HUN
3
GM
Parkhov, Yair
2545
ISR
4
GM
Chatterjee, Koustav
2541
IND
6. Texas Tech A (RtgAvg:2559 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Matviishen, Viktor
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Matviishen, Viktor
2628
UKR
2
IM
Kostolansky, Sebastian
2548
SVK
3
IM
Bilych, Oleksii
2546
UKR
4
IM
Pyrih, Roman
2513
UKR
5
IM
Bilovil, Bohdan
2506
UKR
7. Harvard (RtgAvg:2486 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Tiglon, Bryce
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Tiglon, Bryce
2627
USA
2
IM
Nakada, Akira Wood
2485
USA
3
FM
Shen, Christopher
2425
USA
4
FM
Wang, Wesley
2406
USA
5
Cheung, Corwin
1875
USA
8. UTD B (RtgAvg:2473 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: GM Chatterjee, Koustav
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Srivatshav P, Rahul
2536
IND
2
GM
Daggupati, Balaji
2530
USA
3
IM
Juksta, Karolis
2473
LTU
4
IM
Rautela, Saksham
2354
IND
9. University of Maryland, Baltimore County (RtgAvg:2418 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: De Silva, Lokumannage
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
De Silva, Lokumannage
2498
SRI
2
IM
Marek, Matyas
2408
CZE
3
IM
Frank, Adam
2387
CZE
4
FM
Johnson, Donald
2380
USA
5
FM
Bharadwaj, Dhanush
2354
IND
10. UNC Chapel Hill A (RtgAvg:2364 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Tian, Eddy
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Tian, Eddy
2458
USA
2
Prabhu, Naveen
2386
USA
3
Kung, Thomas
2335
USA
4
Thomforde-Toates, Noah
2275
USA
11. Brown University A (RtgAvg:2356 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Shlyakhtenko, Robert
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Shlyakhtenko, Robert
2551
USA
2
IM
Luo, Terry
2408
USA
3
FM
Pan, Kevin
2295
USA
4
Beh, Ryan Mark
2170
USA
12. University of Chicago-A (RtgAvg:2332 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Chandran, Kapil
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Chandran, Kapil
2449
USA
2
FM
Adury, Anant
2364
USA
3
WIM
Li, Yunshan
2351
CAN
4
Wen, Yili
2164
CHN
13. UCLA A (RtgAvg:2321 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Vidyarthi, Vyom
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Vidyarthi, Vyom
2458
USA
2
FM
Sivakumar, Shaashwath
2296
USA
3
Gokhale, Rishabh C
2283
IND
4
Guha, Rohit
2248
USA
14. UTD C (RtgAvg:2314 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: WGM Ouellet, Maili-Jade
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WGM
Ouellet, Maili-Jade
2359
CAN
2
FM
Peycheva, Gergana
2329
BUL
3
WIM
Chumpitaz, Ann Lindsay
2292
PER
4
WGM
Paramzina, Anastasia
2277
FID
5
Munkhzul, Davaakhuu
2186
USA
15. Webster University B (RtgAvg:2301 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Sargsyan, Anna
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Sargsyan, Anna
2458
USA
2
WGM
Marjanovic, Annamaria
2324
HUN
3
WIM
Bommini, Mounika Akshaya
2320
IND
4
WFM
Vittanala, Toshali
2102
IND
16. University of Toronto, Hart House, Team A (RtgAvg:2301 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Noritsyn, Sergey
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Noritsyn, Sergey
2361
CAN
2
IM
Vettese, Nicholas
2356
CAN
3
Mao, Fengxi
2299
CAN
4
Zhang, Samuel
2187
CAN
17. Georgia Tech A (RtgAvg:2291 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: IM Liang, Jason S
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Liang, Jason S
2520
USA
2
FM
Morshedi, Ali
2316
USA
3
FM
Singh, Hersh
2311
USA
4
AIM
Lutsenko, Aleksandr
2018
RUS
18. Northwestern University A (RtgAvg:2277 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: FM Lin, Dachey
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Lin, Dachey
2428
USA
2
FM
Maiti, Milind
2339
USA
3
Bruha, Nicholas
2177
USA
4
Platnick, Elijah
2164
USA
19. Saint Louis University B (RtgAvg:2277 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: FM Cervantes, Thalia
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WGM
Cervantes, Thalia
2347
USA
2
WGM
Antova, Gabriela
2311
BUL
3
WIM
Caglar, Sila
2317
TUR
4
WFM
Patel, Dhyana
2131
IND
20. University of Pennsylvania (RtgAvg:2226 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: FM Lee, Justin
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Lee, Justin
2342
USA
2
CM
Altman, Joshua
2301
ENG
3
Doraszelski, Alexander
2147
GER
4
AGM
Shinn, Jungmin
2114
KOR
21. Saint Louis University C (RtgAvg:2196 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Ladan, Nicholas
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Ladan, Nicholas
2330
USA
2
Tan, Ralph
2245
USA
3
WIM
Rambha, Hemachandra
2186
MGL
4
Pikus, Matthew Kent
2024
USA
22. University of Minnesota (RtgAvg:2168 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Narayanan, Samrug
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Narayanan, Samrug
2540
USA
2
Schabert, David
2249
USA
3
Augustine, Alexander
2089
USA
4
Khurana, Garv
1792
USA
23. Vanderbilt University (RtgAvg:2160 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: FM Vanapalli, Vishnu
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Vanapalli, Vishnu
2430
USA
2
Powell, Austin
2140
USA
3
Tunc, Skyler
2121
USA
4
Rubenstein, Oliver
1950
USA
24. UNC Chapel Hill B (RtgAvg:2080 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: WIM Goyal, Tarini
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WIM
Goyal, Tarini
2201
IND
2
Dubnoff, Micah
2105
USA
3
Katsman, David
2105
USA
4
Zhandaulet, Aldiyar
1909
KAZ
25. Washington University in St. Louis Team A (RtgAvg:2069 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Troutman, Charles Lee
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Troutman, Charles Lee
2215
USA
2
Beck, Alec
2111
USA
3
Gao, Wilson
2085
USA
4
Gazula, Sidarth
1866
USA
5
Nozaki, Mao
1848
USA
6
Wang, Eric Z
1693
USA
26. Texas Tech B (RtgAvg:2056 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Moor, Nathaniel Philip
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Moor, Nathaniel Philip
2355
USA
2
Moore, Michael
2076
USA
3
Gurovich, Aaron
1901
USA
4
WCM
Pitso, Refilwe
1890
BOT
5
Jemio, Daniel
1591
HON
6
Nguyen, Minh
1546
USA
27. Arizona State University – ASU A (RtgAvg:2023 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Panda, Asish
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Panda, Asish
2233
IND
2
Nguyen, Darian
2090
USA
3
Karthik, Dhruv
1999
USA
4
Anderson, Louis
1771
USA
28. University of Toronto, Hart House, Team B (RtgAvg:2019 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Woltery, Nicolai Armin
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Woltery, Nicolai Armin
2169
ENG
2
Klein, Jack
2061
USA
3
Wang, Bingfei
1933
CAN
4
Zheng, Samuel
1911
CAN
29. UCLA B (RtgAvg:1992 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: CM Ahuja, Bhavik
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
CM
Ahuja, Bhavik
2139
IND
2
Krishnan, Ajay
2126
USA
3
Zdral, Ryan Devereaux
1880
USA
4
McCloskey, Ryan
1821
USA
30. Georgia Tech B (RtgAvg:1981 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nareddy, Vineeth
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Nareddy, Vineeth
2069
USA
2
Anand, Sanjeev
1972
USA
3
Wang, Wenxuan
1963
CHN
4
Anantharaman, Aashish
1920
USA
31. Brown University B (RtgAvg:1965 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Xu, Jonathan
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Xu, Jonathan
2152
USA
2
WFM
Matus, Nastassja A
2049
USA
3
Petrov, Oscar
1892
USA
4
WCM
D’Souza, Carina
1766
CAN
32. University of Missouri B (RtgAvg:1947 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: WIM Muetsch, Annmarie
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WIM
Muetsch, Annmarie
2307
BEL
2
WIM
Gueci, Tea
2277
ITA
3
Kasten, Christian
1630
USA
4
Patterson, Cole
1574
USA
33. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley B (RtgAvg:1925 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: WFM Starosta, Martyna
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WFM
Starosta, Martyna
2231
POL
2
WFM
Palmero Martinez, Rachel
2062
CUB
3
WFM
Hernandez Bermudez, Manuela
2005
COL
4
Tovias, Lauren
1200
USA