2025 June - August Marshall Thursday Open Round 5-6
Open SwissStandard
11 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 07 Aug 2025 in New York, NY, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1042, and top seed was Aleksandr Gutnik (🇺🇸 USA, 2044).
Alan McMichael (🇺🇸 USA, 1667) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Dmitriy Guller (1.0) and Nkosi Nkululeko (1.0). McMichael shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Alan McMichael (1667) beat Dmitriy Guller (1769), a +102-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
31 Jul 2025 → 07 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×11
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McMichael, Alan | 1667 | USA | +2B | +9N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2570 | +12.8 |
| 2 | Guller, Dmitriy | 1769 | USA | −1N | +10B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 867 | -25.6 |
| 3 | Nkululeko, Nkosi | 2000 | USA | F | +6B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2844 | +11.2 |
| 4 | Gilbert, Brian | 0 | USA | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1777 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Liu, Jesper | 1477 | USA | F | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2260 | +19.2 |
| 6 | Gutnik, Aleksandr | 2044 | USA | =7B | −3N | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1200 | -11.2 |
| 7 | Lapanowski, Alexander Frank | 0 | USA | =6N | −?B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1724 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wang, Devin V | 0 | USA | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1746 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Wang, Dena N | 0 | USA | F | −1B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 867 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Garcia, Alfred | 0 | USA | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 970 | 0.0 |
| 11 | DeDona, Thomas | 1459 | USA | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 677 | -19.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Liu, JesperUSA+19.21.0 pts · #4
- 2McMichael, AlanUSA+12.82.0 pts · #2
- 3Nkululeko, NkosiUSA+11.21.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Guller, DmitriyUSA-25.61.0 pts · #7
- 2DeDona, ThomasUSA-19.20.0 pts · #9
- 3Gutnik, AleksandrUSA-11.20.5 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R1+102 Elo gap