2025 Fall Tuesday Night Marathon - Under 1600 Round 5-7
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22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 30 Sept 2025 to 14 Oct 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1657, and top seed was John Little (🇺🇸 USA, 1741).
Eric Liu (🇺🇸 USA, 1641) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Gregori Lorenzo Jenkins (3.0) and Zachary Wickliffe (2.5). Liu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Dylan Kwong (1108) beat Richard Hack (1644), a +536-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
30 Sept 2025 → 14 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×18
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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5
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 3.0/3. Liu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Gregori Lorenzo Jenkins 3 wins (R1–R3)Eric Liu 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gregori Lorenzo Jenkins | * | — | — | — |
| 2Eric Liu | — | * | — | — |
| 3Zachary Wickliffe | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4John Chan | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu, Eric | 1641 | USA | +12N | +13B | +5N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2410 | +55.2 |
| 2 | Jenkins, Gregori Lorenzo | 0 | USA | +?N | +?B | +19N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1725 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Wickliffe, Zachary | 1713 | USA | +14B | +12N | =4N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1865 | +20.4 |
| 4 | Chan, John | 1571 | USA | +9B | =11N | =3B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1816 | +19.6 |
| 5 | Braithwaite, Andrew | 1624 | USA | +20N | +21B | −1B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1609 | -1.0 |
| 6 | Tobias, Mason | 1555 | USA | +16B | +17N | −14B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1557 | +0.4 |
| 7 | Dees, Calvin Django | 0 | USA | −13N | +15N | +?B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kwong, Dylan | 1108 | USA | −?B | +?N | +15B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Patel, Milan | 1731 | USA | −4N | +20B | =10N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1594 | -22.0 |
| 10 | Fitzgerald, William | 1633 | USA | −15B | +18N | =9B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.25 | 1477 | -16.0 |
| 11 | Fisher, Brett | 1630 | USA | +19N | =4B | F | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1849 | +22.8 |
| 12 | Vasquez, Dominic A | 1581 | USA | −1B | −3B | +21N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 877 | -14.8 |
| 13 | Brickhouse, Christian | 1624 | USA | +7B | −1N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 841 | -9.6 |
| 14 | Karpe, Ummon | 1625 | USA | −3N | F | +6N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1634 | +0.8 |
| 15 | Nystrom Burke, Oliver Peter | 1609 | USA | +10N | −7B | −8N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 2433 | +21.2 |
| 16 | Blum, Paul A | 1489 | USA | −6N | F | +17B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 755 | -8.2 |
| 17 | FIDE 30946433 | 0 | — | +22N | −6B | −16N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 39992918 | 0 | — | =?N | −10B | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1429 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Little, John | 1741 | USA | −11B | F | −2B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 830 | -26.0 |
| 20 | Le, Thu Anh | 1577 | USA | −5B | −9N | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 878 | -14.4 |
| 21 | FIDE 2083388 | 0 | — | F | −5N | −12B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 803 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 39992926 | 0 | — | −17B | F | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Liu, EricUSA+55.23.0 pts · #2
- 2Fisher, BrettUSA+22.81.5 pts · #6
- 3Nystrom Burke, Oliver PeterUSA+21.21.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Little, JohnUSA-26.00.0 pts · #15
- 2Patel, MilanUSA-22.01.5 pts · #7
- 3Fitzgerald, WilliamUSA-16.01.5 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R2+536 Elo gap
- R3+501 Elo gap
- R1+160 Elo gap