Naroditsky Memorial 2026

Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2026
Javokhir Sindarov (left), winner of both the Rapid and Blitz tournaments, alongside the mother of Daniel Naroditsky (right)
Tournament information
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Dates3 July–5 July
FormatRapid and blitz chess
VenueCharlotte Marriot City Center
Purse$50,000
Final positions
ChampionUzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov (Rapid)
Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov (Blitz)

The Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz 2026 was the inaugural edition of Naroditsky Memorial, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States in honour of the American grandmaster, author and commentator Daniel Naroditsky (1995–2025).[1][2]

Javokhir Sindarov won the Rapid tournament by defeating Aravindh Chithambaram 2–0 in blitz playoffs, after they both tied for first on 6/7 in the main tournament.[3][4][5] Sindarov also won the Blitz tournament by scoring 7½/9 in the Blitz Final, going undefeated.[6][7][5]

Organization

The event featured separate rapid and blitz tournaments, each with Masters and Challengers sections.[8][9][10] A Creator Invitational blitz tournament featuring famous chess content creators and personalities around the world was held on 5 July.[11]

FIDE Circuit

The Masters section of both the Rapid and Blitz were part of the 2026-2027 FIDE Circuit. Sindarov was awarded 11.30 points for first place in the Rapid and 9.28 points for first place in the blitz.[12]

Regulations

The Rapid tournament had a 7-round Swiss format. Time control was 10 minutes with 5-second increment per move starting from move 1.

The Blitz tournament had an 11-round Swiss format, followed by a single round robin Blitz final including the top 10 finishers of Blitz Masters to determine the Masters champion. Time control was 3 minutes with 2-second increment per move starting from move 1.

Tiebreaks between players finishing on the same score in Challengers (also in Masters when playoffs for first place are not held) would be determined by Average rating of Opponents Cut 1, followed by Cumulative. Tiebreaks for the first place in Masters and top ten places in Blitz Masters would have been addressed as follows:[13]

  • Players would play two blitz chess games at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
  • If three or four players had tied, a single round-robin would be played.
  • If more than four players had tied, a single elimination tournament of armageddon would be played. Players would be seeded according to their final rankings after tiebreaks, with the higher seeds receiving a bye if the number of players was odd. Players would receive 2-second increment, with white receiving 3 minutes and black the bid time.

The Naroditsky Rule

Ties for Blitz Final qualification would require a playoff in what the regulations call "The Naroditsky Rule."[13] Per Chief Organizer FM Peter Giannatos, Naroditsky was "distraught" over losing a spot in the 2024 World Blitz Championship knockout due to tiebreak, and therefore they included in the regulations that ties for 10th place had to "play their way in."[14]

Prize

The total prize pool was $50,000, out of which the prize pool of the Rapid tournament was $20,000, and $30,000 of the Blitz tournament.[13]

Schedule

The tournament took place from 3–5 July 2026 at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina United States.[15]

Rapid tournament results

Masters

Notation: "1 (W)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W). "U" indicates that the round was unplayed.

Rk. Name Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1 India Aravindh Chithambaram 2584 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 6
2 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2718 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 6
3 United States Andy Woodward 2521 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 5.5
4 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2648 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 5.5
5 United States Ray Robson 2637 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 5.5
6 United States Andrew Hong 2546 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 5.5
7 Azerbaijan Aydin Suleymanli 2561 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 5
8 United States Steven Zierk 2500 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 5
9 United States Grigoriy Oparin 2606 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 5
10 United States Leinier Domínguez 2666 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 5
11 Israel Boris Gelfand 2623 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 5
12 United States Wesley So 2719 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 5
13 Ukraine Olexandr Bortnyk 2608 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 5
14 United States Robert Hess 2621 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 5
15 United States Andrew Tang 2440 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 5
16 United States Samuel Sevian 2666 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 4.5
17 FIDE Semen Khanin 2501 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
18 United States Dariusz Świercz 2654 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 4.5
19 United States Fabiano Caruana 2716 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 4.5
20 Peru Emilio Córdova 2610 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 4.5
21 India Ashwin Jayaram 2513 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 4.5
22 United States Nico Chasin 2448 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 4.5
23 United States Awonder Liang 2556 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
24 Netherlands Robby Kevlishvili 2523 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 4.5
25 Latvia Arturs Neikšāns 2522 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 4.5
26 United States Eric Liu 0 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 4.5
27 Finland Teemu Virtanen 0 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 4.5
28 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 2636 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 4
29 United States Zachary Tanenbaum 2147 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 4
30 United States Kayden Troff 2480 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 4
31 United States Ethan Sheehan 0 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 4
32 United States Andrew Jiang 2298 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 4
33 United States Eric Rosen 2348 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 4
34 India Naveen Prabhu 0 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 4
35 Uzbekistan Islombek Sindarov 1941 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 4
36 India Sagar Shah 2281 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 4
37 Peru Brian Ramírez 2400 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 4
38 India Gauri Shankar 0 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 4
39 India Aarav Dengla 2223 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 4
40 United States Kostya Kavutskiy 2414 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 3.5
41 United States Kiren Nasta 1991 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 3.5
42 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli 2560 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 3.5
43 United States Benjamin Moon 0 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 3.5
44 United States Mark Heimann 2436 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 3.5
45 United States Alexander Jasinski 1896 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 3.5
46 Indonesia Irene Sukandar 2355 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 3.5
47 France Julien Song 2278 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 3.5
48 United States Zubin Baliga 1987 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 3.5
49 United States Levy Rozman 2327 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 3.5
50 United States Dalton Perrine 2217 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 3.5
51 Canada Raja Panjwani 2385 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 3.5
52 France Dina Belenkaya 2168 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 3.5
53 United States Ron Henley 2385 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 3.5
54 United States Matthew O'Brien 0 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 3
55 United States Isaac Spence 2118 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 3
56 United States Atulya Vaidya 0 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 3
57 Uzbekistan Mukhiddin Madaminov 2501 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 3
58 United States Stuart Rachels 0 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 3
59 United States Graham Horobetz 0 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 3
60 United States Emmanuel Carter 2065 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 3
61 United States Alexander Crump 2090 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 3
62 United States Artemii Khanbutaev 0 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 3
63 United States Nitish Nathan 0 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 3
64 United States Donald Johnson 2224 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 3
65 United States Samuel Copeland 0 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 3
66 United States Daniel Rensch 2399 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 3
67 United States Shelev Oberoi 2228 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 3
68 United States Ryan Amburgy 0 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 3
69 United States Prateek Mishra 0 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 3
70 Austria Thomas Bauer 2066 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 3
71 United States John Bartholomew 2443 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 3
72 United States Varun Krishnan 0 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 3
73 United States Robby Adamson 2241 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2.5
74 United States Charles Troutman 1925 0 (B) Bye 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2.5
75 Canada Roman Gavrilin 2136 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 2.5
76 United States Nick Matta 2288 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2.5
77 India Tushar Anand 1995 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 2.5
78 United States Dominique Myers 1987 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 2
79 United States Paul Iinuma 2099 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2
80 United States Mark Hyland 1904 Bye 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2
81 United States Aaron Marian 1711 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2
82 United States Mark Biernacki 1999 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 2
83 United States Robert Ramírez 2087 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 2
84 United States Alex Chu 2003 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 2
85 United States Doug Eckert 2202 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 2
86 United States Justin Feng 0 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 2
87 India Uthra Pakkirisamy 1983 0 (W) 0 (B) Bye 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 2
88 India Magesh Panchanathan 2441 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 2
89 United States Carter Peatman 2079 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1.5
90 United States Mike Sailer 2145 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1
91 United States Jonathan Pagan 0 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5
92 United States Jason Cigan 2081 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5
93 United States John Langreck 2001 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) U U U U 0

First place play-off

Javokhir Sindarov vs Aravindh Chithambaram play-off at the Rapid tournament.

The top two finishers of the Swiss stage with same points advanced to the blitz play-off for first place.[13]

NameBlitz
rating		12Total
Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2680 1 1 2
India Aravindh Chithambaram 2569 0 0 0

Challengers

Notation: "1 (W)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W). "U" indicates that the round was unplayed. The first tiebreak (labeled AROC-1) is the average rating of opponents "cut 1" (viz. excluding the lowest-rated opponent). The second tiebreak (labeled PS) is the Cummulative or Progressive.

Rk. Name Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total AROC-1 PS
1 United States Andrew Fletcher 2106 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 6.5 2059 27.5
2 United States Andrew Wu 2294 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 6.5 2044 25
3 United States Lukas Lebakken 2153 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 6 2052 25
4 United States Ashwin Kumar 2175 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 6 1969 22
5 United States Idan Eshkol 2018 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 6 1861 22
6 United States Sanjay Kumar 2091 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 5.5 1994 23.5
7 United States Ruben Quintans 2081 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 5.5 1980 23.5
8 United States Alisa Melekhina 2202 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 5.5 1965 21
9 United States Namish Kondabathini 2113 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 5.5 1960 22.5
10 United States Varun Venkat 2023 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 5.5 1948 22.5
Total entries: 213 players

Blitz tournament results

The blitz tournament was played from 4 to 5 July.

Day 1 – Swiss-system tournament

Masters

Notation: "0.5 (W)" indicates a draw (½ point) with white pieces (W). "U" indicates that the round was unplayed.

  •  : Advanced to Blitz Final
  •  : Advanced to Top ten places playoffs
Rk. Name Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
1 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2838 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 8.5
2 Uzbekistan Mukhiddin Madaminov 2540 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (W) 8
3 United States Ethan Sheehan 2416 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 8
4 Azerbaijan Vasif Durarbayli 2590 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 8
5 United States Samuel Sevian 2677 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 8
6 United States Wesley So 2772 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 8
7 United States Andy Woodward 2496 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 8
8 FIDE Semen Khanin 2456 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 8
9 United States Ray Robson 2620 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 7.5
10 United States Leinier Domínguez 2591 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 7.5
11 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2680 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 7.5
12 Israel Boris Gelfand 2592 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 7.5
13 United States Andrew Tang 2553 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 7.5
14 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2609 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 7
15 United States Andrew Hong 2519 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 7
16 India Aravindh Chithambaram 2569 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 7
17 Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk 2593 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 7
18 United States Eric Rosen 2327 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 7
19 Peru Emilio Córdova 2591 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 7
20 Canada Aman Hambleton 2511 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 6.5
21 United States Nico Chasin 2513 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 6.5
22 United States Grigoriy Oparin 2670 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 6.5
23 Azerbaijan Aydin Suleymanli 2559 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 6.5
24 United States Fabiano Caruana 2773 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 6.5
25 Ukraine Olexandr Bortnyk 2708 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 6.5
26 United States Mark Heimann 2411 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 6.5
27 Indonesia Irene Sukandar 2270 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 6.5
28 Netherlands Robby Kevlishvili 2549 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 6.5
29 United States Donald Johnson 2123 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 6.5
30 United States Awonder Liang 2588 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 6.5
31 Latvia Arturs Neikšāns 2553 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 6.5
32 United States Andrew Jiang 2183 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 6.5
33 India Ashwin Jayaram 2461 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 6.5
34 India Gauri Shankar 2188 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 6
35 United States Benjamin Moon 2187 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 6
36 India Aarav Dengla 2303 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 6
37 Canada Raja Panjwani 2395 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 6
38 Peru Brian Ramírez 2341 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 6
39 United States Ryan Amburgy 2092 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 6
40 United States Atulya Vaidya 0 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 6
41 United States Zachary Tanenbaum 2266 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 6
42 India Naveen Prabhu 2138 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 5.5
43 United States Dalton Perrine 2239 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 5.5
44 United States Emmanuel Carter 2042 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 5.5
45 United States Eric Liu 2428 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 5.5
46 United States Varun Krishnan 2301 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 5.5
47 Uzbekistan Islombek Sindarov 2322 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 5.5
48 United States Alex Chu 2071 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 5.5
49 United States Shelev Oberoi 2331 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 5.5
50 United States Artemii Khanbutaev 2063 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 5.5
51 United States Steven Zierk 2488 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 5.5
52 United States Daniel Rensch 2401 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 5.5
53 Finland Teemu Virtanen 2184 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 5.5
54 United States Prateek Mishra 0 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 5
55 United States Robert Hess 2557 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 5
56 United States Graham Horobetz 2205 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 5
57 United States Kayden Troff 2576 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 5
58 India Tushar Anand 1953 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 5
59 United States Nick Matta 2281 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 5
60 United States Levy Rozman 2366 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 5
61 United States Kostya Kavutskiy 2278 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 5
62 India Magesh Panchanathan 2438 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 5
63 United States Alexander Jasinski 2127 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 4.5
64 United States Paul Iinuma 2087 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 4.5
65 United States Robert Ramírez 2057 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
66 Canada Roman Gavrilin 2165 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 4.5
67 United States Alexander Crump 2216 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
68 United States Mark Biernacki 1997 0 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 4.5
69 United States Nitish Nathan 0 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
70 United States Jason Cigan 2013 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 4.5
71 United States Carter Peatman 2003 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 4.5
72 United States Isaac Spence 2214 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 4.5
73 United States Robby Adamson 2302 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 4.5
74 United States Charles Troutman 1924 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 4
75 United States Zubin Baliga 1926 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 4
76 United States Matthew O'Brien 0 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 4
77 United States Jonathan Pagan 2094 0 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 4
78 United States Aaron Marian 1944 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) U 4
79 Austria Thomas Bauer 2196 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 4
80 United States Kiren Nasta 2015 0 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 4
81 France Julien Song 2227 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 4
82 United States Samuel Copeland 2137 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 3.5
83 United States Justin Feng 0 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 3.5
84 India Sagar Shah 2307 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 3.5
85 United States Michael Mahoney 0 0 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 3
86 United States Dominique Myers 2050 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 3
87 France Dina Belenkaya 2120 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (W) 3
88 United States Ron Henley 2392 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) U 3
89 India Uthra Pakkirisamy 1862 0 (B) Bye 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 1 (B) 2.5
90 United States Mark Hyland 0 Bye 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (B) 2.5
91 United States Stuart Rachels 2440 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 2.5
92 United States Mike Sailer 2109 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0 (W) 0 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1.5
93 United States John Langreck 1829 0 (B) 0 (W) Bye U U U U U U U U 1
Top ten places play-off

The five players tied for tenth place advanced to an Armageddon play-off of single elimination format, to determine the two remaining qualifiers for the Blitz Final. Players were seeded according to the standings after applying the mathematical tiebreaks.[13]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
        
United States Ray Robson Bye
Bye 1
United States Ray Robson Loss
Israel Boris Gelfand Win
Israel Boris Gelfand Win
United States Andrew Tang Loss
Israel Boris Gelfand
Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov
Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov Bye
Bye 3
Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov[a] Draw
United States Leinier Domínguez Draw
United States Leinier Domínguez Bye
Bye 2

Challengers

Notation: "1 (W)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W). "U" indicates that the round was unplayed. The first tiebreak (labeled AROC-1) is the average rating of opponents "cut 1" (viz. excluding the lowest-rated opponent). The second tiebreak (labeled PS) is the Cummulative or Progressive.

Rk. Name Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total AROC-1 PS
1 United States Andrew Wu 2294 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 9.5 2071 60
2 United States Ashwin Kumar 2175 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 0.5 (W) 9 2059 57.5
3 United States Varun Venkat 2023 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 9 1930 51
4 United States David Siamon 2105 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0 (B) 8.5 2039 57
5 United States Josh Smith 2084 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 0.5 (B) 8.5 2009 53.5
6 United States Walker Gilbert 2000 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 8.5 1998 54.5
7 United States Musa Naushad 1969 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 8.5 1943 51.5
8 United States Ruben Quintans 2081 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 0 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 8.5 1942 51
9 United States Kishan Karthigeyan 2091 1 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 1 (B) 1 (W) 8.5 1902 47.5
10 United States Tanay Sanghani 2129 1 (W) 1 (B) 0.5 (W) 1 (B) 0 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 0.5 (B) 1 (W) 1 (W) 1 (B) 8.5 1890 49.5
Total entries: 217 players

Day 2 – Blitz Final

2026 Narodistky Memorial – Blitz Final, 5 July, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[16]
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1  GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) 2680 Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
2  GM Wesley So (United States) 2772 ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
3  Ethan Sheehan (United States) 2416 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6
4  GM Andy Woodward (United States) 2496 0 1 ½ Does not appear 0 1 0 1 1 1 5½
5  GM Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2838 ½ 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 1 ½ 1 1 5
6  GM Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzbekistan) 2540 ½ 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 4½
7  GM Samuel Sevian (United States) 2677 0 0 0 1 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 3
8  GM Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2592 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 0 1 3
9  GM Semen Khanin (FIDE) 2456 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 0 2
10  GM Vasif Durarbayli (Azerbaijan) 2590 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 1½

Creator Invitational

2026 Naroditsky Memorial – Creator Invitational, 5 July, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[17]
PlayerBlitz
Rating		12345678910Points
1  IM John Bartholomew (United States) 2411 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
2  IM Levy Rozman (United States) 2366 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
3  IM Daniel Rensch (United States) 2401 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 6
4  WGM Dina Belenkaya (France) 2120 0 1 0 Does not appear 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 5½
5  GM Aman Hambleton (Canada) 2511 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 1 5
6  IM Julien Song (France) 2227 0 0 0 ½ 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 4½
7  IM Eric Rosen (United States) 2327 0 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 0 1 4
8  IM Sagar Shah (India) 2307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 2
9  WFM Alexandra Botez (Canada) 2066 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Does not appear ½ 1½
10  Andrea Botez (Canada) 1870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½

Notes

  1. ↑ A draw is a win for black in Armageddon.

References

  1. ↑ Lubbehusen, Jake; Siemaszko, Corky (23 October 2025). "Death of chess champ Daniel Naroditsky investigated as possible suicide or overdose, police say". NBC News. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Naroditsky was found unconscious on his couch before his death was announced: Reports". The Indian Express. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Javokhir Sindarov wins First Naroditsky Memorial Rapid in US". Gazeta.uz. 4 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Umarova, Nigora (4 July 2026). "Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov Triumphs at Naroditsky Memorial Rapid". Kursiv Media. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 Alberto Colodro, Carlos (7 July 2026). "Naroditsky Memorial: Javokhir Sindarov wins it all in Charlotte". Chess News. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Javokhir Sindarov claims rapid, blitz titles at Daniel Naroditsky Memorial". Gazeta.uz. 6 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Javokhir Sindarov Wins Naroditsky Memorial Blitz 2026". UzDaily.uz. 6 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz". cltccf.org. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz - Masters". Charlotte Chess Center. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz - Challengers". Charlotte Chess Center. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz - Creator Invitational". Charlotte Chess Center. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "FIDE Circuit 2026 – 2027 – International Chess Federation". Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 2026 Naroditsky Memorial - Regulations
  14. ↑ ChessBase India (3 July 2026). How 3000+ donors came together to raise US$1.2 million for the Naroditsky Fund. Retrieved 22 July 2026 – via YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz set for July, Nakamura heads the field". Chess News. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "2026 Naroditsky Memorial – Blitz Final". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "2026 Naroditsky Memorial – Creator Invitational". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
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