147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - Championship

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88 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Albany, NY, United States. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2337, and top seed was Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2584).

Jianchao Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2584) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Eshaan Hebbar (5.0) and Sam Luger (5.0). Zhou broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jude Kazan (1829) beat Rodney Malpert (2316), a +487-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Albany, NY, United States

Dates

29 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMJianchao Zhou2584

Avg top 10

2,337

Participants

Titled players · 17

GM×2

IM×5

FM×5

CM×3

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×80

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇪🇬Egypt×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJianchao Zhou
🇺🇸USA·2584
5.5pts·2657perf+3.3
🥈
IMEshaan Hebbar
🇺🇸USA·2196
5.0pts·2362perf+54.0
🥉
Sam Luger
🇺🇸USA·2218
5.0pts·2340perf+35.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

GM Jianchao Zhou led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Zhou5.5Luger5Hebbar5Graif4.5Garg4.5Sarkar4.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

GM Jianchao Zhou held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Jianchao Zhou beat Sam Luger (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Jianchao Zhou 4 wins (R1–R4)Sam Luger 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Eshaan Hebbar 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJianchao Zhou	*	1	—	—
2Sam Luger	0	*	—	—
3IMEshaan Hebbar	—	—	*	—
4FMWilliam Graif	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhou, JianchaoGM	2584	USA	+22B	+21N	+33B	+3N	=5B	+4B	5.5	21.0	24.0	21.75	2657	+3.3
2	Hebbar, EshaanIM	2196	USA	+70B	+26N	+18B	=4N	+7B	=5N	5.0	20.5	22.5	18.00	2362	+54.0
3	Luger, Sam	2218	USA	+13N	+43B	+20N	−1B	+32N	+12B	5.0	20.0	22.5	17.00	2340	+35.6
4	Su, Jasmine ZhixinFM	2254	USA	+28N	+32B	+47N	=2B	+11B	−1N	4.5	21.0	23.5	15.50	2358	+37.2
5	Benjamin, JoelGM	2473	USA	+44N	=19B	+42N	+30B	=1N	=2B	4.5	20.0	22.5	15.50	2401	-2.2
6	Garg, Priyansh	2130	USA	+53B	−18N	+28B	+16N	+17B	=8N	4.5	19.5	22.0	16.25	2120	+2.0
7	Sarkar, JustinIM	2285	USA	+59B	=12N	+51N	+14B	−2N	+26B	4.5	19.0	21.5	14.50	2206	-3.9
8	Graif, WilliamFM	2227	CAN	=24N	+60B	+79N	=19B	+20N	=6B	4.5	17.0	18.5	12.75	2166	-5.6
9	Bonin, JayIM	2077	USA	+84B	=45N	=38B	+22N	+18B	=10N	4.5	17.0	18.0	13.00	2137	+3.2
10	Groff, Jordan	2120	USA	−43N	+69B	+44N	+35B	+19N	=9B	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.25	2104	-0.8
11	Putnam, LiamIM	2476	USA	+77N	+29B	=14N	+25B	−4N	=15B	4.0	19.5	21.0	12.50	2231	-13.8
12	Belenky, Nicholas	2020	USA	+82N	=7B	=55N	+31B	+13N	−3N	4.0	19.0	20.0	11.50	2125	+32.0
13	Li, Robert	1872	CAN	−3B	+66N	+39B	+46N	−12B	+51N	4.0	17.0	19.0	10.00	2118	+38.0
14	Zhao, KevinFM	2067	USA	+71N	+52B	=11B	−7N	+48B	=36N	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.50	2217	+44.8
15	Kozower, Ethan	2029	USA	=74B	=31N	+27B	=55N	+24B	=11N	4.0	16.5	18.0	12.50	2086	+7.0
16	Chen, Derek Li	1931	USA	−60N	+34B	+61N	−6B	+31N	+33B	4.0	15.5	17.5	11.00	2076	+22.4
17	Mallela, Abhishek	1938	USA	−52N	+71B	+63N	+42B	−6N	+34B	4.0	14.5	16.5	9.50	2010	+11.2
18	Wang, Connor Junda	1866	USA	+76N	+6B	−2N	+72B	−9N	=19B	3.5	19.5	21.0	9.75	2065	+61.6
19	Xu, ShawnCM	1930	USA	+81B	=5N	+45B	=8N	−10B	=18N	3.5	19.5	20.5	9.75	2051	+26.0
20	Pan, Zachary	2114	USA	+23B	+75N	−3B	+64N	−8B	=37N	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.50	2033	-18.8
21	Shen, Leo Xiaohang	2041	USA	+62N	−1B	−23N	+65B	=27N	+44B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.25	2008	-11.6
22	Kazan, Jude	1829	USA	−1N	+62B	+85N	−9B	=42N	+46N	3.5	17.0	18.0	6.75	2073	+70.0
23	Finnerman, David	1831	USA	−20N	+41N	+21B	−36B	=29N	+49N	3.5	16.5	19.0	10.75	2097	+40.2
24	Lu, Lucas	1916	USA	=8B	−25N	+86B	+49N	−15N	+66B	3.5	16.5	17.0	7.25	1993	+24.8
25	Tanwir, Furqan	1960	USA	F	+24B	+37N	−11N	=38B	+32B	3.5	16.5	16.5	11.00	2169	+25.6
26	Uwakwe, Michael	1861	USA	+78N	−2B	=60N	+74B	+47N	−7N	3.5	15.5	17.0	6.50	2026	+23.4
27	Milstein, David Wolf	1843	USA	=36N	=85B	−15N	+61B	=21B	+48N	3.5	15.0	16.0	8.25	2093	+72.4
28	Zhao, Austin	1834	USA	−4B	+87N	−6N	+81B	=46B	+50N	3.5	15.0	15.5	5.25	2017	+54.4
29	Gartenlaub, Corin	2001	USA	+88B	−11N	−31B	+62N	=23B	+54N	3.5	15.0	15.0	6.25	1937	-17.6
30	Pang, Qi	2248	USA	+83B	=35N	+49B	−5N	+50B	F	3.5	13.5	13.5	7.50	2131	-14.8
31	Safarian, Alek	1907	AUS	=72N	=15B	+29N	−12N	−16B	+77B	3.0	17.5	19.0	8.00	1988	+13.2
32	Villar Lopez, Carlos Daniel	1958	CUB	+87B	−4N	+75B	+33N	−3B	−25N	3.0	17.5	18.0	5.00	2051	+25.2
33	Ling, ChenxuanCM	2222	USA	+69N	+63B	−1N	−32B	+57B	−16N	3.0	17.0	19.0	6.50	2001	-59.6
34	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1861	USA	−47B	−16N	+83B	+39N	+56B	−17N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.50	1879	+5.6
35	Lewis, Franklin P	1831	USA	+67B	=30B	=40N	−10N	+45B	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.75	2010	+31.2
36	Shapiro, DanielFM	2284	USA	=27B	−64N	+76B	+23N	F	=14B	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.75	1993	-29.2
37	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1903	USA	F	+57N	−25B	+67N	=40B	=20B	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.75	1972	+20.0
38	Kogan, Mark Leo	1961	USA	=85N	+68B	=9N	=47B	=25N	F	3.0	13.5	13.5	7.75	2057	+25.2
39	Weeramantry, SunilFM	1929	SRI	+65N	−42B	−13N	−34B	+81N	+76B	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1805	-19.8
40	DeDona, Mark	2028	USA	=64B	+58N	=35B	=48N	=37N	F	3.0	13.0	13.0	7.75	1945	-10.6
41	Breskin, Nicklas	1973	USA	−42N	−23B	−65N	+78B	+82N	+63B	3.0	11.5	12.5	4.50	1838	-21.8
42	Cheng, Samuel	1807	USA	+41B	+39N	−5B	−17N	=22B	F	2.5	18.0	18.0	7.75	1975	+40.8
43	Wong, Wyatt	1856	USA	+10B	−3N	−46B	−54N	+62B	=45N	2.5	17.0	19.0	7.75	1889	+3.6
44	Peyton, Nathan	1958	USA	−5B	+88N	−10B	+75N	=54B	−21N	2.5	16.5	16.5	2.75	1887	-26.0
45	Bas, Goktug	0	USA	+50N	=9B	−19N	=51B	−35N	=43B	2.5	16.0	18.5	7.25	1868	0.0
46	Formanek, EdwardIM	1966	USA	=55N	=56B	+43N	−13B	=28N	−22B	2.5	16.0	18.5	6.75	1773	-15.8
47	Carter, David	1919	USA	+34N	+61B	−4B	=38N	−26B	F	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.50	1941	+1.6
48	Marzouq, Chowdhury	1890	BAN	−61N	+65B	+52N	=40B	−14N	−27B	2.5	15.0	17.0	6.00	1837	-19.2
49	Xin, StellaCM	1880	USA	=86B	+54N	−30N	−24B	+60N	−23B	2.5	15.0	15.5	4.75	1812	-27.2
50	Carey, Michael	1859	USA	−45B	=53N	+80B	+58N	−30N	−28B	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.25	1896	+2.4
51	Uddin, Mubassar	1994	USA	F	+74N	−7B	=45N	+64B	−13B	2.5	14.5	14.5	4.75	1966	-3.8
52	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1813	USA	+17B	−14N	−48B	=59N	+84B	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.25	1866	+8.8
53	Shin, Luke	1766	USA	−6N	=50B	=68N	−66B	=61N	+74B	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1787	+1.6
54	Kashyap, Manish B	1714	USA	=79N	−49B	=77N	+43B	=44N	−29B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	1873	+44.8
55	Chan, Matthew	1853	USA	=46B	+73N	=12B	=15B	F	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	7.25	2098	+25.8
56	Cheng, Eric	1737	USA	=57B	=46N	=67N	=60B	−34N	=75B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.25	1749	+1.6
57	Ku, Hunter	1738	USA	=56N	−37B	+70N	+79B	−33N	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.75	1889	+35.6
58	Kozlek, Tommy	1856	USA	F	−40B	+82N	−50B	=68N	+67N	2.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1813	-10.8
59	Stancil, Kimani	1916	USA	−7N	=82B	=81N	=52B	+74N	F	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.75	1899	-4.2
60	Sathiesh, Kavin C	1818	USA	+16B	−8N	=26B	=56N	−49B	F	2.0	17.0	17.0	7.00	1853	+4.4
61	Vinayak, Vedh	1769	ENG	+48B	−47N	−16B	−27N	=53B	=84N	2.0	15.0	16.0	4.25	1721	-13.2
62	Alluri, Samanyu	1790	USA	−21B	−22N	+69N	−29B	−43N	+82B	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	1776	-6.0
63	Luce, Eric	1889	USA	+66B	−33N	−17B	=77B	=73N	−41N	2.0	14.0	15.5	3.75	1863	-5.0
64	Zhang, Andrew	1883	USA	=40N	+36B	=72N	−20B	−51N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	5.50	2007	+27.2
65	Howard, Dean	1841	USA	−39B	−48N	+41B	−21N	−75B	+81B	2.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1765	-24.4
66	Taylor, Steven	1829	USA	−63N	−13B	+78B	+53N	F	−24N	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	1777	-7.4
67	Li, Jayden	1661	USA	−35N	+83N	=56B	−37B	=71N	−58B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.25	1701	+12.0
68	Chu, Leon	1655	USA	=73B	−38N	=53B	=84N	=58B	−70N	2.0	12.0	13.0	4.00	1717	+11.2
69	Zhang, Derek	1815	USA	−33B	−10N	−62B	=83N	+86B	=78N	2.0	12.0	12.5	1.75	1780	-17.2
70	Nemiroff, Samuel	1747	USA	−2N	F	−57B	+86N	−76B	+68B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1721	-12.4
71	Diao, Sujia	1808	USA	−14B	−17N	+88B	=76N	=67B	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.75	1736	-21.6
72	Riddell, John	1977	USA	=31B	+80N	=64B	−18N	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1858	-12.8
73	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1996	USA	=68N	−55B	−74N	+87B	=63B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1743	-65.6
74	Han, Leqi	1819	USA	=15N	−51B	+73B	−26N	−59B	−53N	1.5	15.0	17.0	4.00	1734	-26.0
75	Shehata, Akram	1793	EGY	F	−20B	−32N	−44B	+65N	=56N	1.5	13.5	13.5	3.25	1772	-4.0
76	Pozen, Samuel	1737	USA	−18B	F	−36N	=71B	+70N	−39N	1.5	13.5	13.5	3.00	1749	-2.0
77	Michelman, Peter	1968	USA	−11B	=81N	=54B	=63N	F	−31N	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.75	1769	-27.8
78	Qiao, Richardson Jingsi	1798	USA	−26B	F	−66N	−41N	+83B	=69B	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.00	1710	-23.6
79	Wang, LaceyWFM	1919	USA	=54B	+86N	−8B	−57N	F	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	1.75	1754	-37.2
80	Frumkin, Edward	1773	USA	F	−72B	−50N	=82B	+87N	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1802	+2.4
81	ODonnell, Michael William	1713	USA	−19N	=77B	=59B	−28N	−39B	−65N	1.0	14.5	16.0	2.00	1630	-21.6
82	Su, Milo	1860	USA	−12B	=59N	−58B	=80N	−41B	−62N	1.0	14.0	15.5	2.00	1615	-71.6
83	Ma, Julian	1819	USA	−30N	−67B	−34N	=69B	−78N	=87B	1.0	12.0	12.5	1.25	1595	-68.8
84	Leisner, Jon S	0	USA	−9N	F	F	=68B	−52N	=61B	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.00	1636	0.0
85	Malpert, Rodney	2316	USA	=38B	=27N	−22B	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	3.25	1806	-69.2
86	Liu, Eric	1687	USA	=49N	−79B	−24N	−70B	−69N	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	1.25	1489	-36.8
87	Gillston, Noah	1856	USA	−32N	−28B	F	−73N	−80B	=83N	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.50	1510	-74.8
88	Zheng, Ryan	1636	USA	−29N	−44B	−71N	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1122	-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Milstein, David WolfUSA
+72.4
3.5 pts · #26
2Kazan, JudeUSA
+70.0
3.5 pts · #22
3Wang, Connor JundaUSA
+61.6
3.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Gillston, NoahUSA
-74.8
0.5 pts · #87
2Su, MiloUSA
-71.6
1.0 pts · #82
3Malpert, RodneyUSA
-69.2
1.0 pts · #81

Biggest upsets

R3+487 Elo gap
Kazan, Jude1829 beat Malpert, Rodney2316
R2+401 Elo gap
Zhang, Andrew1883 beat FMShapiro, Daniel2284
R6+291 Elo gap
Chen, Derek Li1931 beat CMLing, Chenxuan2222