93rd Massachusetts Open

Open SwissStandard

56 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Westford, MA, United States. 7 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2127, and top seed was Alexander Ivanov (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2393).

Danila Poliannikov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2323) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Eric Feng (4.5) and Denis Shmeliov (4.5). Poliannikov broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Felix Wu (1675) beat Ethan Kozower (1999), a +324-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Westford, MA, United States

Dates

24 May 2025 → 26 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 120 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 10 Sec.

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMAlexander Ivanov2393

Avg top 10

2,127

Participants

Titled players · 7

GM×1

IM×1

FM×2

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×54

🇮🇳India×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDanila Poliannikov
🇺🇸USA·2323
5.0pts·2322perf+4.0
🥈
FMEric Feng
🇺🇸USA·2126
4.5pts·2350perf+67.6
🥉
IMDenis Shmeliov
🇺🇦UKR·2366
4.5pts·2322perf-0.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Danila Poliannikov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Poliannikov5Feng4.5Ivanov4.5Fishbein4.5Shmeliov4.5Xu4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Danila Poliannikov held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Danila Poliannikov drew with FM Eric Feng (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Danila Poliannikov 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Alexander Ivanov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDanila Poliannikov	*	½	—	—
2FMEric Feng	½	*	1	—
3GMAlexander Ivanov	—	0	*	—
4Matthew Fishbein	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Poliannikov, DanilaFM	2323	USA	+48N	+22B	+9N	=2B	=3N	+6B	5.0	20.0	21.0	16.50	2322	+4.0
2	Feng, EricFM	2126	USA	+29N	+13B	=6N	=1N	+4B	=3B	4.5	22.0	25.0	18.25	2350	+67.6
3	Shmeliov, DenisIM	2366	UKR	+28B	+18N	+16B	=4N	=1B	=2N	4.5	21.0	24.0	17.00	2322	-0.6
4	Ivanov, AlexanderGM	2393	USA	+26N	+25B	+14N	=3B	−2N	+17B	4.5	19.0	22.0	15.25	2279	-5.1
5	Fishbein, Matthew	2007	USA	=43B	+49N	−7B	+28N	+15B	+18N	4.5	15.5	16.5	11.75	2065	+8.6
6	Carlson, Joaquin	1969	USA	+38B	+31N	=2B	=7N	+25B	−1N	4.0	19.0	21.0	11.75	2133	+25.4
7	Jain, VihaanCM	1949	USA	=33N	+47B	+5N	=6B	=12N	=11B	4.0	19.0	20.0	12.75	1951	+2.8
8	Times, Lawyer	2024	USA	+17N	=10B	−15N	+36B	+22N	=12B	4.0	18.0	20.5	13.00	1944	-10.8
9	Stern, Kevin B	1989	USA	+35B	+32N	−1B	=10N	+40B	=13N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.00	2077	+24.8
10	Zhou, Arthur	1840	USA	+23N	=8N	=34B	=9B	=14N	+26B	4.0	17.5	20.0	13.00	1990	+40.4
11	Xu, ShawnCM	1929	USA	−32B	+27N	=17B	+31N	+24B	=7N	4.0	16.0	18.5	12.25	1900	-6.4
12	Payne, Simon	1806	USA	−31B	+35N	+45B	+50N	=7B	=8N	4.0	14.0	15.0	8.50	1980	+55.2
13	Kilari, Dattasai	1932	USA	+46B	−2N	=51N	+23B	+44N	=9B	4.0	14.0	14.5	7.75	1948	+3.2
14	Wu, William	2009	USA	+27N	+20B	−4B	=15N	=10B	=21N	3.5	19.0	22.0	12.00	1975	-11.2
15	Xu, Raymond	1830	USA	F	+36N	+8B	=14B	−5N	+25N	3.5	17.5	17.5	11.25	2136	+80.8
16	Kozower, Ethan	1999	USA	+19N	+24B	−3N	=34B	−17N	+38B	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.75	1942	-7.8
17	Wu, Felix	1675	USA	−8B	+46N	=11N	+56B	+16B	−4N	3.5	17.0	17.5	7.00	2003	+74.0
18	Katsman, David	1899	USA	+39N	−3B	=19N	+51B	+34N	−5B	3.5	17.0	17.5	6.75	1994	+13.8
19	Riaz, Rayhan	1843	USA	−16B	+53N	=18B	=30N	=20N	+31B	3.5	16.0	16.5	8.00	1896	+18.8
20	Lewis, Franklin P	1835	USA	+51B	−14N	−24B	+41N	=19B	+34N	3.5	14.5	15.0	6.75	1824	-4.0
21	Carey, Michael	1892	USA	=45N	−33B	=31B	+32N	+37B	=14B	3.5	13.0	14.0	8.00	1865	-2.6
22	Vedula, Hrishikesh Sai	1895	USA	+37B	−1N	+32B	=24N	−8B	=23N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.50	1971	+16.0
23	Huang, Charles	0	USA	−10B	+52N	=30B	−13N	+36N	=22B	3.0	16.5	17.0	6.00	1836	0.0
24	Klempf, Nathan	1750	USA	+53B	−16N	+20N	=22B	−11N	=40N	3.0	16.0	16.5	6.50	1892	+44.4
25	Zoffer, Oskar	2031	USA	+55N	−4N	+43B	+33B	−6N	−15B	3.0	16.0	16.5	4.50	1896	-38.8
26	Wong, Wyatt	1834	USA	−4B	=38N	=37B	+45N	+33B	−10N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.50	1882	+11.2
27	Aayansh Pramanik	1717	USA	−14B	−11B	−35N	+52B	+41N	+37N	3.0	14.0	14.5	4.50	1794	+17.6
28	Mashkov, David Alexander	1796	USA	−3N	=55B	+47N	−5B	=39N	+45B	3.0	13.0	13.5	3.25	1826	+2.0
29	Palmer, Ben	1959	USA	−2B	=37N	+49B	=42N	−30B	+46N	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.00	1878	-22.4
30	Kang, Michael	1831	USA	=47N	=45B	=23N	=19B	+29N	F	3.0	11.5	11.5	7.25	1956	+20.0
31	Vellanki, Devansh	1678	USA	+12N	−6B	=21N	−11B	+35N	−19N	2.5	19.0	21.5	8.25	1822	+41.2
32	Malinin, Sergey	1882	USA	+11N	−9B	−22N	−21B	+47B	=33N	2.5	17.0	18.0	6.25	1729	-20.2
33	Alluri, Samanyu	1683	USA	=7B	+21N	=42B	−25N	−26N	=32B	2.5	16.0	18.0	7.75	1873	+52.0
34	Devata, Venkat Devarshi	1736	USA	=56N	+54B	=10N	=16N	−18B	−20B	2.5	15.0	15.5	4.50	1837	+28.8
35	Pragyan Sriram	1833	IND	−9N	−12B	+27B	=46N	−31B	+51N	2.5	14.5	15.0	4.00	1722	-30.8
36	Davis, Peter	1866	USA	=42N	−15B	+54N	−8N	−23B	+39B	2.5	14.5	15.0	3.50	1921	+14.4
37	Bierig, Trevor W	1906	USA	−22N	=29B	=26N	+48B	−21N	−27B	2.0	15.5	16.5	4.00	1727	-58.0
38	Smirnov, William	1940	USA	−6N	=26B	F	=39B	+51N	−16N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1835	-14.2
39	Hendrix, Wyatt	1954	USA	−18B	−48B	+52N	=38N	=28B	−36N	2.0	12.0	12.5	3.00	1703	-39.6
40	Sage, J Timothy	1901	USA	F	+41N	=44B	F	−9N	=24B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.25	1754	-11.8
41	Jacobs, Gabriel	0	USA	=54N	−40B	+53N	−20B	−27B	=52N	2.0	9.5	10.0	1.00	1658	0.0
42	Arun, Siddharth	1993	USA	=36B	=43N	=33N	=29B	F	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.75	1842	-15.2
43	Bernal, Andrew	1862	USA	=5N	=42B	−25N	F	=46B	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1885	+3.6
44	Terrie, Henry	1897	USA	+52B	F	=40N	F	−13B	F	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.50	1828	-5.0
45	Zhang, Emma L	1691	USA	=21B	=30N	−12N	−26B	F	−28N	1.0	16.5	16.5	3.25	1592	-22.4
46	Marzoratti, Leo James	0	USA	−13N	−17B	F	=35B	=43N	−29B	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1612	0.0
47	Wade-Currie, Adon T	0	USA	=30B	−7N	−28B	=53B	−32N	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.75	1610	0.0
48	Carlson, Jericho D	1814	USA	−1B	+39N	−50B	−37N	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1815	-2.8
49	Wang, LaceyWFM	1895	USA	F	−5B	−29N	+54B	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	1798	-15.2
50	Feng, Victor	1956	USA	F	F	+48N	−12B	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1810	-15.6
51	Jain, Parinya	1781	USA	−20N	F	=13B	−18N	−38B	−35B	0.5	15.5	15.5	2.00	1522	-51.2
52	Klempf, Maxim	1651	USA	−44N	−23B	−39B	−27N	F	=41B	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1056	-29.6
53	wang, Bohan	1791	USA	−24N	−19B	−41B	=47N	F	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.50	997	-39.6
54	Zhang, Royce	1804	USA	=41B	−34N	−36B	−49N	F	F	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1032	-55.2
55	Farzaneh-Far, Marcus	1640	USA	−25B	=28N	F	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.50	1721	+4.8
56	Creswell, Charlie	1987	USA	=34B	F	F	−17N	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.25	1513	-46.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Xu, RaymondUSA
+80.8
3.5 pts · #13
2Wu, FelixUSA
+74.0
3.5 pts · #25
3Feng, EricFMUSA
+67.6
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Bierig, Trevor WUSA
-58.0
2.0 pts · #35
2Zhang, RoyceUSA
-55.2
0.5 pts · #54
3Jain, ParinyaUSA
-51.2
0.5 pts · #53

Biggest upsets

R5+324 Elo gap
Wu, Felix1675 beat Kozower, Ethan1999
R4+312 Elo gap
Wu, Felix1675 beat Creswell, Charlie1987
R5+267 Elo gap
FMFeng, Eric2126 beat GMIvanov, Alexander2393