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33rd annual Eastern Class - Master

SwissStandard

25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Windsor Locks, CT, United States. 11 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2267, and top seed was Alexander Ivanov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2388).

Danila Poliannikov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2327) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ashley Qian (4.0) and Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (3.5). Poliannikov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ashley Qian (WFM, 2033) beat Alexander Fishbein (GM, 2383), a +350-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Windsor Locks, CT, United States
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMAlexander Ivanov2388
Avg top 10
2,267
Participants
25
Titled players · 11
GM×2
IM×1
FM×4
CM×2
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
1
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Poliannikov4Qian4Ostrovskiy3.5Groff3Shih3Su3
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Danila Poliannikov held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Poliannikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

WFM Ashley Qian won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDanila Poliannikov*—
½
—
2WFMAshley Qian—*
0
1
3IMAleksandr Ostrovskiy
½
1
*—
4Jordan Groff—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Poliannikov, DanilaFM2327USA+20N+6B=18N+7B=3B4.011.012.09.502433+14.8
2Qian, AshleyWFM2033CAN+12B−3N+24B+5B+13N4.010.510.57.002502+114.4
3Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM2383USA=4B+2B=22N+21B=1N3.512.013.09.002262-5.2
4Shih, Matthew2012USA=3N=5B=6N=9B+21N3.012.013.07.002160+18.2
5Groff, Jordan2124USA=15B=4N+11B−2N+8B3.011.513.06.752084-4.8
6Garg, Priyansh2089USA+16B−1N=4B=17N+11B3.010.512.05.752115+6.4
7Su, Jasmine ZhixinFM2177USA+11B=8N+15B−1N=18N3.010.011.55.502218+12.4
8Ling, ChenxuanCM2066USA+9N=7B−13N+14B−5N2.510.512.56.002078+3.6
9Gartenlaub, Corin1907USA−8B=12N+19B=4N=17B2.59.010.54.752024+29.2
10Moor, Nathaniel Philip2255USAFF=17N+15B+22B2.54.04.03.252348+6.4
11Xu, ShawnCM1923USA−7N+20B−5N+23B−6N2.010.010.51.501998+18.0
12Zhao, KevinFM2186USA−2N=9B−21N=19B+16B2.09.510.53.501869-79.6
13Castaneda, NelsonFM2237USA+14NF+8BF−2B2.08.58.54.502140-6.8
14Walden, Andrew1945USA−13B=16N+25B−8N=20N2.07.07.01.251940-3.6
15Pan, Zachary2026USA=5N+23B−7N−10NF1.59.09.02.002063+6.0
16Wang, Aaron1964USA−6N=14B=23N=20B−12N1.58.08.51.751886-21.6
17Shen, Leo Xiaohang1990USAFF=10B=6B=9N1.58.08.04.002084+14.0
18Ivanov, AlexanderGM2388USAFF=1B=22N=7B1.58.08.04.002237-5.9
19Mehta, Dhairya M1866USAFF−9N=12N+25N1.54.54.51.001990+18.0
20Ingargiola, Max1913USA−1B−11NF=16N=14B1.09.59.51.751843-18.4
21Kilari, Dattasai1935USAFF+12B−3N−4B1.08.58.52.002052+13.6
22Fishbein, Mitch2208USAFF=3B=18B−10N1.07.57.52.502217+0.8
23Aravindakshan, SahanaWIM2045USAF−15N=16B−11NF0.55.05.00.751698-52.4
24Fishbein, AlexanderGM2383USAFF−2NFF0.04.04.00.001233-8.9
25Zhou, Arthur1879USAFF−14NF−19B0.03.53.50.001106-37.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets