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 |
