2026 South Dakota Governor's Cup Entry List
October 16 - 18, 2026
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| Section Name | Players |
|---|---|
| Premier 3-Day | 31 |
| Premier 2-Day | 8 |
| Reserve U1800 3-Day | 33 |
| Reserve U1800 2-Day | 19 |
| Booster U1200 3-Day | 5 |
| Booster U1200 2-Day | 29 |
There are 125 players registered as of 10/16/2026
| Player Name | Rating | FIDE | Fed. | US Chess ID | Expiration | Section | Byes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Can, Isik | 2658 | 2560 | TUR | 17341483 | 2023-12-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Truelson, Joseph | 2277 | 2106 | USA | 14688723 | 2027-04-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Schabert, David | 2259 | 2157 | USA | 17120647 | 2027-12-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Iwu, Okechukwu Anele Nnej | 2205 | 1991 | USA | 12675167 | 2028-07-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Hengen, Luke O | 2204 | 2083 | USA | 30728935 | 2026-10-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| CM Fei, Irene | 2200 | 2075 | USA | 30015588 | 2028-07-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Truelson, Nels W | 2200 | 1933 | USA | 10322022 | 2027-09-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Shen, Edward | 2145 | 2012 | USA | 16758518 | 2027-07-31 | Premier 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Zhou, Ryan | 2144 | 1947 | USA | 30770532 | 2027-02-28 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Jorenby, Josiah | 2126 | 1926 | USA | 14491207 | 2027-02-28 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Zagar, Dane Bruno | 2119 | 1960 | USA | 12915762 | 2223-05-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Blomer, John | 2105 | 1881 | USA | 30072898 | 2026-12-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Augustine, Alexander Demir | 2091 | 1842 | USA | 30057945 | 2027-02-28 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Lang, Jonathan J | 2089 | 1930 | USA | 12920453 | 2028-07-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Rajkumar, Sachit Srinivas | 2062 | 1853 | USA | 30108445 | 2027-01-31 | Premier 3-Day | 1,2 | ||
| Wasserman, Edward | 2047 | 1827 | USA | 14740995 | 2027-06-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Ohly, Oliver | 1993 | 1814 | USA | 16469982 | 2027-11-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Mehlhaff, Samuel | 1984 | 1819 | USA | 30586735 | 2026-10-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Silva, Asha | 1896 | 1775 | USA | 16500650 | 2028-05-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Hatcher, Wayne | 1870 | 1958 | USA | 10513081 | 2099-12-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Li, Kunyang | 1857 | 1780 | CHN | 32288392 | 2027-02-28 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Crosby, Connor | 1815 | 1626 | USA | 32006453 | 2027-08-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Hellman, Kamryn | 1802 | USA | 30443761 | 2027-03-31 | Premier 3-Day | ||||
| Barth, Jeffrey E | 1800 | 1652 | USA | 11322280 | 2027-09-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Elisara, Travis Matthew | 1746 | 1746 | USA | 12838612 | 2027-04-30 | Premier 3-Day | 5 | ||
| Mund, Mitchell | 1733 | 1687 | USA | 17014322 | 2225-06-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Ferguson, Dustin Paul | 1727 | 31304371 | 2028-06-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||||
| Kesharwani, Aditya | 1573 | Unrated | IND | 32097742 | 2027-10-31 | Premier 3-Day | |||
| Mack, Dale M | 1562 | USA | 13528258 | 2026-12-31 | Premier 3-Day | ||||
| Welch, James | 1550 | 30945251 | 2027-02-28 | Premier 3-Day | 4 | ||||
| Haile, Shden G | Unrated | 32008595 | 2026-11-30 | Premier 3-Day | |||||
| Carter, Emmanuel | 2299 | 2097 | USA | 13993951 | 2026-11-30 | Premier 2-Day | 1 | ||
| Timm, Jordan Everett | 2241 | 1987 | USA | 15078846 | 2027-12-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||
| Donahue, Robert James | 1900 | 1919 | USA | 12703623 | 2027-07-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||
| Lowe, Waylon Orion | 1887 | 30768004 | 2026-10-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||||
| Montemayor, Isaak | 1806 | Unrated | USA | 30662623 | 2027-03-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||
| Matthews, Elias | 1717 | 15971692 | 2026-10-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||||
| Sama, Advaith Reddy | 1698 | 1706 | USA | 31320329 | 2027-07-31 | Premier 2-Day | |||
| Garcia, Juan | Unrated | USA | 33159208 | 2027-06-30 | Premier 2-Day | ||||
| Schuster, Gary Benjamin | 1731 | 1649 | USA | 12494479 | 2028-06-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Korsmo, Kevin M | 1719 | Unrated | USA | 10328357 | 2028-01-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Gaustad, Kevin A | 1700 | 1823 | USA | 12349620 | 2099-12-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Kasten, Christian Allen | 1696 | Unrated | USA | 30255940 | 2027-10-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| French, Edward Bishop | 1672 | USA | 31576637 | 2027-01-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Nesbitt, Sam | 1661 | 31621180 | 2027-01-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Brejda, Joel | 1653 | USA | 12944023 | 2027-02-28 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Merchant, Daniel E | 1650 | USA | 12738379 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Merritt, Elenora | 1581 | USA | 31182857 | 2027-02-28 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Silva, Marcus | 1557 | Unrated | USA | 30564815 | 2028-05-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Brown, Mark T | 1552 | Unrated | USA | 12408922 | 2028-06-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Lee, Angela | 1538 | USA | 31761690 | 2027-05-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Brahm, Jake | 1531 | Unrated | USA | 33209037 | 2027-07-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Skendzel, Adam Richard | 1520 | 32502230 | 2226-08-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Mann, James Larson | 1513 | 12784354 | 2027-08-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Brendemihl, Steven Paul | 1500 | 1606 | USA | 12518340 | 2026-11-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Silva, Jonathan R | 1478 | Unrated | USA | 30633260 | 2027-07-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Mc Namara, Ron | 1446 | USA | 12583204 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Miller, Donald R | 1416 | 31460995 | 2028-10-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Tichacek, Jerome W | 1406 | 1627 | USA | 12014840 | 2030-04-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Raffel, Brian | 1400 | Unrated | USA | 13758735 | 2027-06-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Rydland, Sigurd A | 1400 | 12291590 | 2099-12-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | 1 | ||||
| Varshney, Tanush | 1366 | USA | 31079935 | 2028-02-29 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Savage, Matt Thomas | 1325 | Unrated | USA | 30539174 | 2026-10-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Saamaanya, Abhimanyu | 1285 | Unrated | USA | 31991092 | 2027-09-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| French, Miles | 1268 | USA | 33127027 | 2027-05-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Garcia, Xavier | 1227 | Unrated | USA | 32336029 | 2027-02-28 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Tolkkinen, Jesse | 1171 | Unrated | USA | 31661872 | 2028-01-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Chmura, Elizabeth Anne | 1153 | Unrated | USA | 30908579 | 2027-01-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||
| Simon, Michael W | 1147 | 31329009 | 2027-07-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Wagner, David James | 1032 | USA | 12440143 | 2027-04-30 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | ||||
| Knudson, David L | 900 | 12590321 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | 3 | ||||
| Langholdt, Matthew Thomas | Unrated | USA | 33235784 | 2028-08-31 | Reserve U1800 3-Day | 3 | |||
| Hammond, Kyle E | 1788 | USA | 12519507 | 2026-03-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | |||
| Doll, Charlie | 1730 | USA | 31088387 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Dossenko, Mikhail | 1728 | 30553002 | 2026-10-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Linder, Proverb Peace | 1678 | 1625 | USA | 17133837 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||
| Chuhunou, Ilya | 1623 | USA | 30613205 | 2027-10-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Lenz, James | 1600 | USA | 12936577 | 2026-09-30 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | |||
| Cahill, Steve | 1590 | USA | 12707701 | 2027-08-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Johnson, Noah | 1571 | USA | 14067432 | 2027-10-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Pope, Logan A | 1559 | 31313382 | 2027-09-30 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Derby, Mark Paul | 1500 | USA | 12639326 | 2029-03-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Casanova, Carlos | 1461 | USA | 31157066 | 2027-10-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Hendrickson, Brad Dean | 1419 | Unrated | USA | 15528512 | 2026-12-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||
| Tutika, Bhuvi Nainika | 1384 | 32129720 | 2026-12-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Casanova, Vicente | 1319 | Unrated | USA | 30883241 | 2027-10-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||
| Dadala, Riya | 1254 | USA | 31777503 | 2027-03-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Skinner, Herchel Lomax | 1143 | USA | 30788330 | 2026-11-30 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | ||||
| Karanam, Niksheeth | 1091 | Unrated | USA | 30869942 | 2027-04-30 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||
| Hoellein, Carter | 915 | 31705302 | 2028-02-29 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Fuller, Steven | Unrated | 32803845 | 2027-01-31 | Reserve U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Kumar, Divam | 734 | Unrated | USA | 32055275 | 2028-02-29 | Booster U1200 3-Day | |||
| Saamaanya, Ashwathama | 696 | 32386192 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 3-Day | |||||
| Godkins, Thomas Scott | 566 | USA | 32577237 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 3-Day | ||||
| Boyd, David | Unrated | USA | 33261050 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 3-Day | ||||
| serra, michael | Unrated | USA | 33301814 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 3-Day | ||||
| Kunstle, Jacob Thomas | 1184 | 32110089 | 2026-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||||
| Wynstra, Daniel James | 1156 | USA | 31826043 | 2028-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Fasse, Wyatt Milton | 980 | USA | 30925375 | 2027-03-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Richie, Charles | 944 | 13086761 | 2027-03-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||||
| Dadala, Risa | 937 | USA | 32349920 | 2027-03-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Karanam, Nikshay | 896 | Unrated | USA | 30852145 | 2027-02-28 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||
| Bernolia, Zanje Kyle | 893 | USA | 32009782 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Janis, Inyan | 831 | USA | 32056693 | 2026-11-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Linder, Rye Keystone | 819 | USA | 31093828 | 2029-04-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Devish, Coale | 808 | 32273051 | 2028-03-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||||
| Oppold, Sage | 762 | USA | 31827826 | 2025-04-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | |||
| Rooks, Tatanka | 742 | USA | 32574503 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Bear Killer, Leroy | 696 | USA | 32093679 | 2026-11-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Manes, Matt | 680 | USA | 32562030 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | 4 | |||
| Sivaprakash, Yaathith | 644 | 33065919 | 2027-03-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||||
| Anciano, John Mark | 633 | USA | 32551505 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Srivastava, Kartik | 615 | USA | 33105193 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Rogers, Travion | 517 | USA | 32009792 | 2026-11-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Fierstine, Nathan Alexander | 427 | USA | 33226007 | 2028-08-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Apple, Juanetta | 415 | USA | 32056945 | 2026-11-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Welch, Gideon | 388 | 32553554 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | 3 | ||||
| Dandar, Siggy | 250 | 32570596 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | |||||
| Cahill, James | Unrated | USA | 33324606 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | 2,5 | |||
| Horning, Michael James | Unrated | USA | 33235773 | 2028-08-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | 3,4 | |||
| Ratajek, Noah | Unrated | USA | 33235758 | 2028-08-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | 1,3 | |||
| Sewell, Gary | Unrated | USA | 33240743 | 2027-08-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Sewell, Lakota | Unrated | USA | 33262743 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Snethen, Daniel | Unrated | USA | 32056679 | 2027-09-30 | Booster U1200 2-Day | ||||
| Villegas, Xayden Antonio | Unrated | USA | 33320948 | 2027-10-31 | Booster U1200 2-Day |