Final 8 Knockout

Chess.com team will conduct Final 8 event. We will send link to the room and link for the streaming to watch.

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Qualified Players


We have sent email to final 8 captains to send us 5 players to play in this event. Teams may choose any 5 players from the first 6 weeks to represent their team in the knockout as long as they played at least 12/18 games. A game counts if you win (W), lose (L), draw (D), or receive a full-point bye (B). A win by forfeit also counts as a game. However, a loss by forfeit does not count. A half-point bye does not count as a game. The following players are all from the Final 8 teams, along with their total games played and whether they qualified or not. If you believe there is a mistake in how this was calculated, please contact us. Be sure to check the individual standings first. To check accepted (invited and accepted) players, click this page.

To register for the Final 8, click Register and log in using your Chess.com account via OAuth and only qualified and invited players can register. This is a team vs. team event with only 5 players on each side. Only registration is required, and no check-in needed.

TeamPlayerRatingGamesQualifiedInvitedHandle
CAP1IM CRAIG HILBY266718YESNOTheNomNomFactor
CAP1MATTHEW W KENT135718YESNOmatabcc
CAP1PHILIP YU197418YESNOPecanPie1996
CAP1ZAFER SABA116018YESNOzafercap1
CAP1SAM BLUESTONE115418YESNOsbluestone99
CAP1OWEN SMILEY98517YESNOocsmiley
CAP1JORDAN CHONG194515YESNOKizi22
CAP1AUSTIN DAVIS90615YESNOn0t4l0ne
CAP1MARCO FLORES182015YESNOMarcoFlor
CAP1ABHISHEK HANDIGOL229615YESNOJuicyRedLobster
CAP1MAURY AHRAM198513YESNOMMAWORK1911
CAP1FELIX WONG156212YESNOnacclchess
CAP1SHREYAS JOSHI123612YESNOjoshi_1702
CAP1DAN STRICOFF109712YESNOstricdan
CAP1ABNER ESPINOZA153612YESNOabneresp
CAP1ANOOP KUMAR80012YESNOKorwar
CAP1QUINN LEVENTHAL19339NONOQuinnleventhal505
CAP1ANGELICA CHIN20459NONONJPanda
CAP1JOHN THOMAS RANKIN17969NONOjackrankin
CAP1WESTON WRIGHT14099NONOWesRobWri
CAP1SAMUEL CALDWELL17159NONOsethanc
CAP1RICHARD HURLEY14757NONORichiJoe
CAP1ALEX COOK17356NONOgrandamateur1
CAP1RICHARD MARTINEZ14666NONOrjmartinez_22
CAP1ZAK BUTTERFIELD12926NONOontheruy
CAP1AUSTIN HANSFORD8316NONOrhans087
CAP1HAIDER MUNIR14584NONOHaidache20
CAP1SACHIN MATHEW VARGHESE10893NONOSamese
CAP1YASH TELANG19660NONOTelu_Mama
CAP1JAI NARAYANANunr.0NONOjpbara123
DATABRICKSFM RICHARD CHEN266218YESNOfancyknightmaneuvers
DATABRICKSWEI JUN TAN165618YESNOWeiJun_0428
DATABRICKSTOM SUI165416YESNODookieDoggy
DATABRICKSGOBINATH VISWANATHAN187515YESNOgobiviswanath
DATABRICKSMADHAV RAMESH141315YESNOmrmadhatter
DATABRICKSBURAK YAVUZ151915YESNObrkyvz
DATABRICKSHARRY ZHAO232212YESNOaquaticpineapples
DATABRICKSGM PARIMARJAN NEGI265812YESNOParimarjan
DATABRICKSAVINASH GUPTA118410NONOaviguptatx
DATABRICKSKUSH KANSARA140110NONOkush_kansara
DATABRICKSEVAN YE18428NONOwatermelonpi
DATABRICKSANJALI JAISINGHANI9474NONOAJ_595
DATABRICKSPRANAV SETLUR16870NONOpranav12344
DATABRICKSMOHITH AKHILESH DHULIPALLA17960NONOmohithakhilesh
GOOGLEZAIN KHAN190618YESNOfhcom
GOOGLEYURY VOLVOVSKIY257218YESNOiourique
GOOGLEUDAI MUHAMMED188218YESNOudaihasan
GOOGLEKEVIN HE179816YESNOkhenewk
GOOGLEJOSHUA DURSO FINLEY198715YESNOJDM185
GOOGLEDANIEL RUIZ80514YESNOholydiver91
GOOGLEGEORGE PURNELL191914YESNOdrake-mallard
GOOGLEBENEDIKT BRANDT186413YESNObenbra
GOOGLEDIEGO MARTIN GUZMAN181312YESNOdiegocab
GOOGLERAMY ESKANDER117012YESNOAmericanPharoah84
GOOGLECARL PICKERING179612YESNOChessUK2USA
GOOGLECHASE KNOWLES210712YESNOtck1954
GOOGLERAJESH UPPALA169312YESNOrajeshuppala94
GOOGLECODY YANG93511NONOhoneycrispapple
GOOGLEWILL SPENCER119810NONOwspencer3
GOOGLEPIYUSH RAJ15469NONOpudyxxi
GOOGLEMAYANK SHARAN15359NONOvishy_washy_tactics
GOOGLEJESSE DILL20028NONOAPtruth
GOOGLENIHAR SHAH14348NONONihar2013
GOOGLETANMAY SINGH15446NONOUniverse089
GOOGLEKARTHIK KUNDURTHY16466NONOkarthikcheckmater
GOOGLETRINA CHATTERJEE19161NONOtrinac0731
JANESTREETFM DAVID PENG241818YESNOwhitefox960
JANESTREETJASON HUAN YAN192918YESNObluewatercube
JANESTREETNM MATIAS SHUNDI225518YESNOFianchettoed_queen
JANESTREETJONAS MICHAEL ZEUTZIUS201415YESNOjmzeut
JANESTREETELARA WEI154615YESNOsummitwei
JANESTREETOTIS SKITCH156115YESNOOtis
JANESTREETMAX VAYSBURD198314YESNOmwizard777
JANESTREETXANDER JAMES NAUMENKO158012YESNOmisprit_7
JANESTREETFM JACOB FURFINE263612YESNOOpening_Prep
JANESTREETNM CHRISTOPHER YANG227612YESNOBigc08
JANESTREETNick Beckwith100012YESNOswizag
JANESTREETDYLAND XUE218511NONOzzvzt
JANESTREETJESSE SUN19099NONOjsun63
JANESTREETUTKARSH KOSHTI10453NONOMonopoly_Pro
JANESTREETTIGER CHE19330NONOregitche
JPMCHASEBRYCE MONTGOMERY165918YESNOballinbryce13
JPMCHASEASUKA NAKAMURA265518YESNOVRML20
JPMCHASEWAYLEN ROCHE169918YESNOWWR89
JPMCHASEJUSTIN JIAN145816YESNOjustinj1097
JPMCHASEVASANTH KUMAR BHASKAR173815YESNOvasanth666666
JPMCHASEJOSEPH WARREN KLEBAN199615YESNOjoeohio2017
JPMCHASENESTOR GARCIA182115YESNONestor_garcia
JPMCHASECALVIN YANG181615YESNOcyang8980
JPMCHASEIM EDWARD SONG267615YESNOSmabye
JPMCHASEFM ALEX BIAN262515YESNOawb2001
JPMCHASEFM MAGGIE FENG225015YESNOChocolateRoses
JPMCHASEALEXANDER CHAN127912YESNOAlexc99xd
JPMCHASEROHIT VALLABHANENI134812YESNOrohitvallab
JPMCHASEANISH PRASAD NARSIPUR92511NONOTheLegend7777
JPMCHASELEMUEL BENITEZ15646NONOLThe_Scientist
METAPRAVEEN SANJAY261818YESNOMclarenF1LM
METAKOSTA KALENTERIDIS208018YESNOim_kosta
METAMATEO LOPEZ-CASTILLO175018YESNOYewturn
METAMIHIR SALUNKE193718YESNOsalunkemihir
METAMIKA ELIAS LAITINEN209316YESNOxcixci
METAYASH SHAH186315YESNOzacker99
METADAVID AIRAPETYAN196715YESNOr_vade
METAHEMANYA TYAGI163815YESNOhemanyatyagi
METAWARREN WANG251314YESNOcallwithacehigh
METAMOSHE BLANK206412YESNOmosheblank
METADAVI MACEDO187712YESNOdavimacedo
METAMICHAEL PETER HONG18109NONObonefishgrill
METAMASAYUKI NAGASE20739NONOicantslee
METAPAVAN KUMAR SANNIDHI10886NONOpa1kmr
METAPREET PATEL16540NONOChesscube333
PWCCHARLIE COOK119518YESNOTheEelRock
PWCJAKE 113018YESNOconfused_dev
PWCASHER ZANE NORRIS122217YESNOasherzane
PWCAPPAN ROY149515YESNOKnightRiders90
PWCSAM GIESEMANN165815YESNOssamzilla
PWCMICHAEL B WOLSKI120015YESNOmikewolski
PWCMARK WESLEY MORRISON166315YESNOMarktheKid
PWCWILLIAM LARSON158215YESNOwilllarson
PWCGM ANDREY BARYSHPOLETS265114YESNOAndrBaryshpolets
PWCTAYLOR HOCUTT118114YESNOTSI25
PWCMICHAEL GIAMPA183312YESNOabstractactuary
PWCBRENDAN D'AMADDIO126912YESNObman_051
PWCALEX BOHN207712YESNORook4A
PWCJOHN FASHEK178512YESNOSoggyShmelt
PWCALEXANDER FOGEL174512YESNOMapmaker21
PWCMATTEO LAIS136912YESNOmatteyo93
PWCJONATHAN RUEDA176811NONOcjrueda83
PWCCESAR ROSAS148910NONOzizarspartan
PWCBRADLEY REZAK14339NONOBradRezak
PWCARYAMAN GUPTA13249NONOaryamang29
PWCERIC ZHANG11506NONOezhang753
PWCMANOJ KUMAR13186NONOChessMaster8808
SUSQUEHANNAANDY YANG WU194118YESNOayw11
SUSQUEHANNANICHOLAS BRINKMANN195518YESNOlethalinitiative99
SUSQUEHANNANALIN KHANNA214318YESNOsnugbaton
SUSQUEHANNADMYTRO SHKYRA164818YESNOshd-e4
SUSQUEHANNAJEFFREY WU161517YESNOjwu29
SUSQUEHANNATEJ LALVANI118815YESNOTlalvani
SUSQUEHANNAANDRIY DERKACHunr.15YESNOAndriyPlaysChess
SUSQUEHANNAYURY USTINOVSKIY210115YESNOyuraust
SUSQUEHANNAILLAN HALPERN98415YESNOillanh
SUSQUEHANNAMATT FURA32715YESNOMafew79
SUSQUEHANNAANDREW PETERSON193112YESNOLambdanon
SUSQUEHANNALEO WANG183111NONOOpeningTooHard
SUSQUEHANNAWILL ROSENBAUM5999NONOwerosenbaum
SUSQUEHANNAEVAN LEE19389NONOLegendaryBoi
SUSQUEHANNADANIEL ALFONSETTI10666NONOSpheryHyperCube
SUSQUEHANNADANIEL GITELMAN10226NONOFutbolPulse
SUSQUEHANNAERIC PASSMORE16813NONOeapeapmo
SUSQUEHANNAFM ETHAN LI24893NONOEthanLi-NY
SUSQUEHANNABLAKE PARKER10983NONObalakay28
SUSQUEHANNAKYLE ROBBINS15040NONOforkitover7
SUSQUEHANNADINGFAN ZHENGunr.0NONOchessman200123
SUSQUEHANNASAM ROUNIunr.0NONORickDeckardinRain
SUSQUEHANNACALVIN GREWAL12940NONOalligatortaco
SUSQUEHANNAHITANSH SHAH14360NONOHitansh1306
SUSQUEHANNASUMIT SOHANI20580NONObigboibigboi1
SUSQUEHANNASRIKRISHNA DUVVURI8060NONOsrikrishnaduvvuri1
SUSQUEHANNAMASSEY CASHORE17440NONOelodin12

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