The 1st Annual Washington Dulles Open is taking place November 7-9, 2025, in Hampton Inn and Suites Dulles, USA. It is a five round Swiss tournament valid for FIDE rating.
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, the world’s number-two ranked chess player, continues his quest for the 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament by participating in yet another tournament. This time Nakamura will play in the 1st Annual Washington Dulles Open in a bid to complete his number of games requirement for the Candidates 2026.
Live games from the Road to Candidates tournament will be daily on Chessdom.com
Nakamura road to Candidates 2026 so far
09.01.2025 Hikaru Nakamura wins Louisiana State Chess in a bid for Candidates 2026 spot
09.06.2025 Hikaru Nakamura continues his quest for Candidates Chess 2026
09.06.2025 Hikaru Nakamura, “I will collect all US State Chess Championship Honorary Titles on my Road to the Candidates 2026”
09.07.2025 Iowa Chess Open Championship 2025 LIVE
09.08.2025 Hikaru Nakamura with 5,0/5 in Iowa on the road to Candidates Chess 2026
09.09.2025 Hans Niemann’s take on Nakamura’s Road to Candidates 2026
10.09.2025 Hikaru Nakamura, “There should be no rating spot, FIDE kept it for Carlsen”
29.09.2025 FIDE approves rating regulation change
11.10.2025 Hikaru Nakamura road to Candidates: October
14.10.2025 Hikaru Nakamura wins Maritime Open and gets closer to completing the games requirement
1st Annual Washington Dulles Open participants
USCF ID
Rating
Player
12641216
2874
HIKARU NAKAMURA
14056673
2590
GM PRAV BALAKRISHNAN
32008400
2502
IM LOKUMANN DE SILVA
14732597
2473
IM MAXIMILLIAN LU
30720535
2356
FM VAIBHAV KALPAKA
15914362
2356
CM MATTHEW GUO DIAO
15180666
2348
NM KENT SLATE
14833734
2343
NM DANIEL GIRSH
15173832
2269
SAM B MARTIN
16368295
2259
NM KYLE ZHUANG
17261253
2203
NM BENJAMIN AMRANY
10169861
2200
NM PHILIP M COLLIER
30059498
2188
NM WILL MOORHOUSE
17154490
2182
NM KEVIN WANG
32597713
2147
ARSIA AHMAD
31136841
2126
WCM KHANIM ISMAYILOVA
30603409
2123
CM STEVEN LIU
15865863
2117
GURR MUTHUKUMARAN
15197624
2117
NAVE BALAKRISHNAN
15758737
2099
BARZIN MOH BADIEE
14956405
2089
BENJAMIN SNODGRASS
16739697
2077
MASON JIN LI
16674898
2074
JAGADEESHWAR SRIDHAR
17350156
2054
ALAN ZISHUN CHEN
16525157
2046
ARJUN MALIK
16437661
2041
HANFORD CHONG
16024678
2022
MURUGAN AYYAPPAN
12785558
2015
DERECK LAUREANO
16282415
1999
CM SIDDHARTH A KURUP
31296341
1982
MILO SU
16374152
1941
NATHAN EHRENBERG
30169902
1941
TANUSH DOKKA
31264605
1934
CAROLINE JIANG
30614273
1927
JEFF MARTIN
17116573
1904
KAMATCHI MUTHU
30489659
1902
NICOLE Q YU
30657122
1889
GABRIEL CUMMING
13893398
1872
MAXWELL WARD
17015896
1870
LEON CHU
30022059
1843
LIAM SIU
17260306
1818
DANIE FITZSIMMONS
30481807
1816
CHARLES WANG
12986968
1793
STEPHEN P BADGER
31083400
1782
NALLAPAREDDYGARI
30619828
1777
JASON TURNER
30144881
1776
PINHANG GAO
30120722
1762
ELLA XINYI LI
14450846
1747
JEFFREY GU SONG
30060248
1743
KANAV SHAH
31787246
1743
WILLIAM CHR IRWIN
16369220
1740
LUCIA HUANG
30662725
1715
JASON N XU
16766498
1705
VISHNU SHARMA
11178464
1700
CARLA NAYLOR