2026 World Chess Festival Orlando
Advanced Registrations (103 Players)
(Last Update: 6/15/26 2:06pm PST)

In the event a player competes from another country, their FIDE rating (which is the main "worldwide" rating)
will be converted to a USCF rating and be used as the official rating.
The formula is as follows: USCF = FIDE + 50 if FIDE >= 2200, USCF = 0.765 x FIDE + 560 if FIDE < 2200.
This will be noted by "(FC)".

Friday July 10
USCF Top 100 Rating Lists Tournament
NameQualifying List
Month & Year		Qualifying
Age		Qualifying
Rank		Qualifying
Rating		Current
Rating		FIDE ID#FIDE
Rating		Quad #State
Landon MeadorsRegular - April 20269#42069209639948080 (USA)19441GA
Christian MeadorsRegular - April 20267#321319147539978303 (USA)14561GA


NameFIDE ID#FIDE
Rating		USCF ID#USCF
Rating		ByesClub/TeamState/Country
Warm Up Scholastic
Open
Nihal Vajja39998835 (USA)UNR171410111662FL
Under 1000
Madhura Karthic32583996826FL
Antharya Akarsh32536303750FL
Shivik Jeedigunta31896343535FL
Under 500 & UNR
Jayani Rajan32796918330FL
Cody Meyer32659172434FL
Elise Averyanova32759301289FL
Luke Fonger32789203102FL
William James Peet IV32950453UNRFL
Esme Cook33150295UNRCAYMAN ISLANDS
Adult Swiss
Grades K/6 Non-Rated, Capture the King
Evan JohnsonFL
Fri Night Youth Blitz
Open
Landon Meadors39948080 (USA)1905314532652096GA
Joseph Toth39941582 (USA)1701 306249261807FL
Allan Griffin566000025 (USA)16963116928891751FL
Micah Horowitz 39964051 (USA)UNR309283671611FL
Christian Meadors39978303 (USA)1456320126861281GA
Under 1200
Anekan Thyagarajan329242151060FL
Vishakan Thyagarajan30427981769FL
Dylan Dawkins32924215485FL
Esme Cook33150295UNRCAYMAN ISLANDS
Fri Night Adult Blitz (Ages 15 and Over)
Saturday July 11
NameFIDE ID#FIDE
Rating		USCF ID#USCF
Rating		ByesClub/TeamState/Country
World Chess Festival - Youth Championship (Main Event; Sat & Sun)
Over 1500
Landon Meadors39948080 (USA)1944 314532652096GA
Joseph Toth39941582 (USA)1701 306249261807JAXCCFL
Allan Griffin566000025 (USA)1696 316928891751JAXCCFL
Arhan Bandaru39984362 (USA)1631 321334691747JAXCCFL
Nihal Vajja39998835 (USA)UNR171410111662STPETEFL
Micah Horowitz39964051 (USA)UNR309283671611FL
Axton Boonswang300363791589FL
Ojas Bhushan173106941579STRKCCMS
Under 1500
Christian Meadors320126861475GA
Ananya Hariharan304054211315QNTMCFL
Nikita Mylotskyi316974081283BYCFL
Kenny Truong329058391182FL
Viaan Mohan306143381092QNTMCFL
Anekan Thyagarajan304278061060QNTMCFL
Under 1000
Shyam Garg30970943980BYCFL
Boris Ellsworth30337729960BYCFL
Alex Jacobson32382283926BYCFL
Pranavi Karthikeyan31765537912QNTMCFL
Noah Perkins32032129794FL
Vishakan Thyagarajan30427981769QNTMCFL
Antharya Akarsh32536303750FL
Pranavi Chakravarthy32000443721QNTMCFL
Lucas Meyer32821168615BYCFL
Zane Soper32370472584OCPSFL
Dylan Dawkins32924215485BYCFL
Kevin Harrison Soper32398933256OCPSFL
Sat Under 600
Landon Worley32902909561BYCFL
Liam Forand32529746559VOLCCCFL
Timur Tulegenov31343823559FL
Shivik Jeedigunta31896343535FL
Aarosh Hariharan32197192495QNTMCFL
Nandan Kondal33101005472FL
Cody Meyer32659172434BYCFL
Nalan Karthikeyan32171038427QNTMCFL
Jayani Rajan32796918330QNTMCFL
Himantika Bandaru32282187327JAXCCFL
Mark Panda32265023264BYCFL
Sat Under 300
Elise Averyanova32759301289FL
Noah Forand32529746262VOLCCCFL
Lucas Minyou Li31544646233FL
Luke Fonger32789203102FL
William James Peet IV32950453UNRFL
Javier Tran33086504UNRPNCRSTFL
Olivia Tran33086521UNRPNCRSTFL
Sebastian Sanchez33088833UNRPNCRSTFL
Connor Yu33101905UNRPNCRSTFL
Neo Hui33115897UNRFL
Adam Abdo33101446UNRPNCRSTFL
Noah Dawkins33141339UNRFL
Natalie Abdo33101931UNRPNCRSTFL
Aldon Mouzon33157643UNRFL
Esme Cook33150295UNRCAYMAN ISLANDS
Guruprayag Sekar Prabhakaran Ramya33165260UNRFL
World Chess Festival - Adult Open (Main Event; Sat & Sun)

NameUSCF RatingByesClub/TeamState/Country
Grades K/6 Non-Rated, Capture the King
Andrew WuFL
Cody WuFL
Devin ShuchFL
Puzzle Solving
Open
Joseph Toth1807FL
Allan Griffin1751FL
Micah Horowitz1611FL
Under 1200
Anekan Thyagarajan1060FL
Vishakan Thyagarajan769FL
Antharya Akarsh750FL
Cody Meyer434FL
Jayani Rajan330FL
Esme CookUNRCAYMAN ISLANDS

Sunday July 12
NameUSCF RatingUSCF ID#ExpirationByesClub/TeamState/Country
Sun Under 600
Liam Forand559325297468/31/2026VOLCCCFL
Shivik Jeedigunta535318963435/31/2026FL
Cody Meyer4343265917211/30/2026BYCFL
Lucas Morton388323385212/28/2027WOODSFL
Jayani Rajan330327969181/31/2027QNTMCFL
Esme CookUNR33150295CAYMAN ISLANDS
Sun Under 300
Elise Averyanova2893275930112/31/2026 FL
Jackson Morton2703275930112/31/2026 WOODSFL
Noah Forand262328332881/31/2027VOLCCCFL
Lucas Minyou Li233315446461/31/2027FL
Max Xu217323159912/28/2027FL
Parin Vemana1183265226610/31/2026QNTMCFL
Evan Johnson105329057713/31/2027FL
Luke Fonger1023278920312/31/2026FL
Noah GambleUNRFL

Team/Club Abbreviations

  • BYC = Backyard Chss Club; Florida
  • JAXCC = Jacksonville Chess Club; Florida
  • OCPS = Orange County Public School; Florida
  • PNCRST = Pinecrest Academy Avalon K-5; Florida
  • QNTMC = Quantum Chess; Florida
  • STPETE = St. Pete Chess Club; Florida
  • STRKCCC = Starksville Knights Chess Club; Mississippi
  • VOLCCC = Volusia County Chess Club; Florida
  • WOODS = Woods Chess Club; Florida