2025 August Marshall Premier FIDE - Open

Open SwissStandard

46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2153, and top seed was Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2567).

Francesco Sonis (🇮🇹 ITA, GM, 2567) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Eshaan Hebbar (4.0) and Kyle Qiyu Dong (4.0). Sonis won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Aston Roberts (1952) beat Kyle Lancman (2150), a +198-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸New York, NY, United States

Dates

01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇹GMFrancesco Sonis2567

Avg top 10

2,153

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×2

IM×2

FM×1

CM×3

WCM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×43

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
GMFrancesco Sonis
🇮🇹ITA·2567
5.0pts·2983perf+4.5
🥈
IMEshaan Hebbar
🇺🇸USA·2196
4.0pts·2218perf+3.4
🥉
CMKyle Qiyu Dong
🇺🇸USA·2052
4.0pts·2183perf+30.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Francesco Sonis led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Sonis5Dong4Hebbar4Schaefer3.5Marsh3.5Rohde3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Francesco Sonis never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Francesco Sonis won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sonis, FrancescoGM	2567	ITA	+19B	+17N	+14B	+16N	+4B	5.0	11.0	13.5	13.50	2983	+4.5
2	Hebbar, EshaanIM	2196	USA	+20B	=9N	=8B	+21N	+15B	4.0	11.0	13.0	10.00	2218	+3.4
3	Dong, Kyle QiyuCM	2052	USA	+39B	=8N	+22B	=15N	+10B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.75	2183	+30.4
4	Rohde, MichaelGM	2247	USA	=31N	+37B	+35B	+9N	−1N	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.25	2224	-0.1
5	Zhao, KevinFM	2067	USA	+26B	−14N	+20B	=25N	+21B	3.5	9.0	11.0	7.50	2077	+2.0
6	Marsh, James J	2062	USA	−8N	+26B	=31N	+23B	+25B	3.5	9.0	10.5	6.75	2094	+4.8
7	Schaefer, Sasha MiloCM	2023	USA	=43B	−22N	+44B	+32N	+18B	3.5	6.5	6.5	4.25	2026	+2.0
8	Belenky, Nicholas	2020	USA	+6B	=3B	=2N	+14N	−13B	3.0	14.5	17.0	10.00	2151	+36.4
9	Levin, Anthony	2018	USA	+45N	=2B	+24N	−4B	=12B	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	2151	+17.6
10	Yen, William	1992	USA	−24N	+42B	+40N	+17B	−3N	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.50	2002	+1.6
11	Cheung, Kyle	2010	USA	=27B	=32N	+29B	=18N	=16B	3.0	9.0	10.5	6.25	2027	+5.6
12	Lancman, Kyle	2150	USA	+34N	=23B	−15N	+31B	=9N	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.50	2062	-22.4
13	Prestia, Paris	2068	USA	F	+44N	−21B	+37B	+8N	3.0	6.0	6.0	4.00	2108	+4.2
14	Nkululeko, Nkosi	2018	USA	+46N	+5B	−1N	−8B	=28N	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.50	2040	+0.8
15	Roberts, Aston	1952	USA	F	+27N	+12B	=3B	−2N	2.5	13.0	13.0	7.00	2184	+48.4
16	Bonin, JayIM	2077	USA	F	+33B	+23N	−1B	=11N	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.00	2211	+5.9
17	Bhandari, KrishCM	1963	USA	+38B	−1B	+41N	−10N	=22B	2.5	11.0	12.0	3.00	2035	+15.2
18	Knowles, Chase	2043	USA	+42N	=24B	=25N	=11B	−7N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.50	1914	-16.8
19	Farzaneh-Far, Marcus	1839	USA	−1N	+45B	−37N	=28B	+38N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1960	+28.0
20	Muthukumaran, Gurru	1939	USA	−2N	+46B	−5N	=33B	+44N	2.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1981	+10.4
21	Shvarts, Tim	1959	USA	F	+28B	+13N	−2B	−5N	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	2036	+16.4
22	Zhao, Austin	1834	USA	F	+7B	−3N	=30B	=17N	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.75	2020	+38.8
23	Lee, Rohan	2046	USA	+40B	=12N	−16B	−6N	=27B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.50	1961	-20.7
24	Kang, Dylan Taewoong	1884	USA	+10B	=18N	−9B	=35N	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	2014	+28.0
25	Aayansh Pramanik	1821	USA	F	+43N	=18B	=5B	−6N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	2009	+38.0
26	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1904	USA	−5N	−6N	+45B	=40B	=33N	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.25	1907	+0.3
27	Peyton, Nathan	1958	USA	=11N	−15B	=38N	=41B	=23N	2.0	8.5	9.5	3.50	1926	-9.2
28	Zhang, Derek	1814	USA	F	−21N	+43B	=19N	=14B	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.00	1920	+22.0
29	Zhang, Andrew	1883	USA	F	=31B	−11N	=38B	+39N	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.25	1961	+16.4
30	Shen, Leo Xiaohang	2041	USA	F	F	=32B	=22N	+37N	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.75	1956	-12.4
31	Dalhouse, Justin	1936	USA	=4B	=29N	=6B	−12N	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	4.50	1999	+4.6
32	Wu, Winsley	1810	USA	F	=11B	=30N	−7B	=41N	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.00	1932	+22.8
33	Li, Mason J	1931	USA	F	−16N	=34B	=20N	=26B	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	1892	-9.6
34	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1996	USA	−12B	=39N	=33N	−36B	=40N	1.5	7.0	8.0	1.75	1804	-45.2
35	Gartenlaub, Corin	2001	USA	F	+36B	−4N	=24B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1993	-2.0
36	Boyer-Olson, Jack	1848	USA	F	−35N	=39B	+34N	F	1.5	4.0	4.0	2.00	1971	+19.6
37	Berg, George	1849	USA	F	−4N	+19B	−13N	−30B	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.50	1856	-1.2
38	Le, Quan Anh	1982	FRA	−17N	F	=27B	=29N	−19B	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1718	-27.6
39	Paruchuri, Naveen	1914	USA	−3N	=34B	=36N	F	−29B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1752	-33.2
40	Ulloa Centeno, Leandro Nicolas	1921	ECU	−23N	F	−10B	=26N	=34B	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.75	1791	-26.0
41	Tse, WhitneyWCM	2003	USA	F	F	−17B	=27N	=32B	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.75	1785	-34.8
42	Yang, Lucas	1831	USA	−18B	−10N	+46B	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1847	+2.0
43	Payne, Simon	1864	USA	=7N	−25B	−28N	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1613	-36.8
44	Ma, Jin	1833	USA	F	−13B	−7N	F	−20B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1210	-32.8
45	Stancil, Kimani	1916	USA	−9B	−19N	−26N	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1121	-29.8
46	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1878	USA	−14B	−20N	−42N	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1130	-52.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Roberts, AstonUSA
+48.4
2.5 pts · #17
2Zhao, AustinUSA
+38.8
2.0 pts · #21
3Aayansh PramanikUSA
+38.0
2.0 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Bhoopathi, RishithUSA
-52.0
0.0 pts · #46
2Shrivastava, NivaanUSA
-45.2
1.5 pts · #33
3Payne, SimonUSA
-36.8
0.5 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R3+198 Elo gap
Roberts, Aston1952 beat Lancman, Kyle2150
R2+189 Elo gap
Zhao, Austin1834 beat CMSchaefer, Sasha Milo2023
R4+148 Elo gap
Boyer-Olson, Jack1848 beat Shrivastava, Nivaan1996