2025 May Marshall Monthly FIDE - U1800
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1639, and top seed was Alexandra Liu (🇺🇸 USA, 1742).
Mikhail Razygraev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1512) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Dervin Kouyate (4.0). Razygraev broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Grigory Razygraev (1449) beat Gennadiy Reznikov (1642), a +193-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsMikhail Razygraev led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Mikhail Razygraev held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
Mikhail Razygraev drew with Dervin Kouyate (Black).
Mikhail Razygraev went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mikhail Razygraev | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Dervin Kouyate | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Marissa Lu | — | — | * | — |
| 4FIDE 39982335 | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Razygraev, Mikhail | 1512 | RUS | +26N | +6B | =2N | +8B | +3B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.00 | 1873 | +54.0 |
| 2 | Kouyate, Dervin | 1713 | USA | +28B | +19N | =1B | =5N | +11N | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.75 | 1811 | +12.4 |
| 3 | FIDE 39982335 | 0 | — | +?B | =5N | +?B | +10B | −1N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1627 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Lu, Marissa | 1668 | USA | +22B | =7N | +23N | F | +12B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.50 | 1748 | +8.4 |
| 5 | Doron-Repa, Hillel | 0 | USA | +14N | =3B | +21N | =2B | −9B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.75 | 1692 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nishida, Eito | 1507 | JPN | +10B | −1N | +17B | −9N | +21N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1474 | -4.8 |
| 7 | Razygraev, Grigory | 1449 | RUS | +13N | =4B | −12N | =16B | +10N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1656 | +32.0 |
| 8 | Lou, Aileen | 1583 | USA | +20B | F | +11N | −1N | +13B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 1690 | +16.8 |
| 9 | Chan, KaraWCM | 1653 | CAN | +29N | F | F | +6B | +5N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2305 | +12.0 |
| 10 | Spellman, Ayden | 0 | USA | −6N | +28B | +19B | −3N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1380 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nigam, Myra | 1541 | USA | F | +16N | −8B | +24N | −2B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 848 | -28.4 |
| 12 | Rong, Sean | 1682 | USA | F | +15N | +7B | F | −4N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1558 | -10.4 |
| 13 | Reznikov, Gennadiy | 1642 | USA | −7B | +18N | F | +25B | −8N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 716 | -26.6 |
| 14 | Reznikov, Samuel | 1710 | USA | −5B | F | F | +27N | +17N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 2433 | +16.0 |
| 15 | Nigam, Shyra | 0 | USA | F | −12B | =20N | =18B | +27N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Verberkmoes, Michael | 0 | USA | F | −11B | +22N | =7N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1302 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Huang, Brian | 1633 | USA | F | =27B | −6N | +28N | −14B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1467 | -26.8 |
| 18 | Lin, Gabriel | 0 | USA | F | −13B | F | =15N | +29B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 841 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Stein, Josh | 0 | USA | F | −2B | −10N | +20B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Zheng, Jacky | 0 | USA | −8N | =26B | =15B | −19N | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Chang, Charlotte Tai-En | 0 | USA | F | +?N | −5B | −?N | −6B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Goodrich, Avery | 0 | USA | −4N | F | −16B | +26B | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 39982360 | 0 | — | F | +24N | −4B | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Li, Henry Mingzhe | 0 | USA | F | −23B | +26N | −11B | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 25 | McNaughton, Kirill Sebastian | 0 | USA | F | −?N | +?B | −13N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 39952240 | 0 | — | −1B | =20N | −24B | −22N | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Lin, Lawrence | 0 | USA | F | =17N | F | −14B | −15B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1478 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Zhang, Allison J | 1561 | USA | −2N | −10N | F | −17B | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 873 | -28.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 39970388 | 0 | — | −9B | −?N | F | F | −18N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Razygraev, MikhailRUS+54.04.5 pts · #1
- 2Razygraev, GrigoryRUS+32.03.0 pts · #6
- 3Lou, AileenUSA+16.83.0 pts · #3
- 1Nigam, MyraUSA-28.42.0 pts · #18
- 2Zhang, Allison JUSA-28.00.0 pts · #21
- 3Huang, BrianUSA-26.81.5 pts · #8
- R1+193 Elo gap
- R3+126 Elo gap