2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship Open LIVE

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.

More team events: German Women’s Bundesliga 2025/2026 / Slovenian Team Championship 2025 / Dutch Meesterklasse 2025/2026 / Hungarian Superleague 2025/2026 / German Bundesliga 2025/2026

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