2026 World Chess Festival - Orlando
Advanced Registrations (13 Players)
(Last Update: 10/28/26 8:43am PST)

Monday December 28
NameUSCF
Rating
USCF ID#USCF Exp
Date
FIDE
Rating
FIDE ID#Section/
Hex
Club/TeamState/Country
USCF Top 100 Rating Lists
Adult Swiss (Over 1400 FIDE Rated)
Warm Up Scholastic
Over 1000
Derek Wang1228323720202028-4-30NJ
Under 1000
Under 500
Grades K/6 Non-Rated, Capture the King
Owen Riberon FL
Puzzle Competition
Shravan Kumar Laveti1524 306569102027-07-31OpenFL
Madhura Karthic1084 325839962027-09-30Under 1200FL
Adult Puzzle Competition

Tuesday December 29
NameUSCF
Rating
USCF ID#USCF Exp
Date
FIDE
Rating
FIDE ID#Section/
Hex
Club/TeamState/Country
World Chess Festival - Youth Championship (Main Event)
(Under 1000, Under 1400, and Over 1400 are both Tues & Wed)
Over 1400 (USCF & FIDE Rated)
Under 1400
Derek Wang1228323720202028-4-30NJ
Under 1100
Dhruva Vaddadi1008328036552027-01-31SSCSFL
Myron Bizhko907323849022028-03-31BYCFL
Landon Worley884329029092027-02-28BYCFL
Ryan Bobkov771331851762027-07-31FL
Adult Open
(The Over 1400 Section is Both USCF & FIDE Rated)

Current Prize Fund
Chun Yip Yung1807 326199962026-10-31UNR39998460 (USA)FL
Gordon Mazur1745 123346802027-8-31FL
Shravan Kumar Laveti1524 30656910 2027-07-31154839915298 (USA)FL
Under 700
Under 350 & UNR
Grades K/6 Non-Rated, Capture the King
Tues Adult & Youth Blitz
(Hexes Over 1400 are Both USCF & FIDE Rated)

Wednesday December 30
NameUSCF
Rating
USCF ID#USCF Exp
Date
FIDE
Rating
FIDE ID#Section/
Hex
Club/TeamState/Country
Under 700
Maddox Canonaco543 317549762028-04-30TCMSFL
Under 350 & UNR
Grades K/6 Non-Rated, Capture the King


Club/Team Abbreviations

  • BYC = Backyard Chess; Florida
  • SSCS = Seminole Science Charter School; Florida
  • TCMS = Terrace Community Middle School; Florida