The 54th Annual World Chess Open is set to take place from 1-5th July, 2026, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St., NW, Washington, DC 20008.
The event will have six sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600 and Under 1400. The top three sections are FIDE rated.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss with the time control 40/90, SD/30; d30. Open section will be completed over 5 days only, while the lower sections offer faster schedules.
Under 1200 and Under 1000 sections with $17,000 guaranteed prizes are taking place from 26-28th June.
The event has a $208,000 guaranteed prize fund.
- Open Section: $20000-10000-5000-2500-1300-1000-800-700-600-500, clear winner bonus $500, top FIDE 2300-2449 $5000-2500-1500, top FIDE 2200-2299 $5000-2500-1500, top FIDE Under 2200/Unr $5000-2500-1500. If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 10 pm 7/5 for title & bonus prize.
- Under 2200 Section: $12000-6000-3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400, top U2100 (no unr) $2000-1000.
- Under 2000 Section: $12000-6000-3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400, top U1900 (no unr) $2000-1000.
- Under 1800 Section: $12000-6000-3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400, top U1700 (no unr) $2000-1000.
- Under 1600 Section: $10000-5000-2500-1300-900-700-600-500-400-400, top U1500 (no unr) $2000-1000.
- Under 1400 Section: $7000-4000-2000-1200-900-700-600-500-400-400, top U1300 (no unr) $1600-800.
Top rated players are:
Andriasian Zaven ARM 2673, Yoo Christopher Woojin USA 2665, Zhou Jianchao USA 2658, Matviishen Viktor UKR 2622, Venkataraman Karthik IND 2616, Xue Haowen CHN 2603, Tiglon Bryce USA 2601, Vuppala Prraneeth IND 2573, Belous Vladimir RUS 2561, Shlyakhtenko Robert USA 2559, Corrales Jimenez Fidel USA 2558 etc
