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2025 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 4-7

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29 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 25 Nov 2025 to 16 Dec 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1784, and top seed was Hayes Alexander Marvin (🇺🇸 USA, 1883).

Hoa Long Tam (🇺🇸 USA, 1705) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Michael Cafiero (3.0) and Eric Liu (2.0). Tam shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Nick Casares (1432) beat Sacha Marino Sloan (1790), a +358-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
25 Nov 2025 → 16 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,784
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
1
4
2
1234R1R2R3R4
R2–R4 · LEAD HELD

Hoa Long Tam held the sole lead from R2 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/4. Tam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Michael Cafiero won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Hoa Long Tam*
1
2Michael Cafiero*
3David Paul Toczyski*
4Eric Liu
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tam, Hoa Long1705USA+3B+13B11N+26B3.05.05.03.501933+23.6
2Cafiero, Michael0USAF+26N+5B+4B3.04.04.04.0018780.0
3Liu, Eric1718USA1N+14N+18B9N2.06.57.52.501646-14.0
4Powers, Christopher1797USAF+8B+12B2N2.06.56.53.502546+17.2
5Marvin, Hayes Alexander1883USAF+10B2N+17B2.05.55.52.502466+18.8
6Toczyski, David Paul1693USAF=11B+7B=12N2.05.05.53.501834+22.4
7Chan, John1593USAF+24B6N+10B2.04.55.02.001813+17.8
8Wickliffe, Zachary1734USAF4N+21B+15N2.04.54.52.501863+20.8
9Latourette, Nicholas1725USAF+22B19N+3B2.04.04.03.001885+12.8
10Babayan, Gagik1750USA+29B5N=15B7N1.55.55.50.751657-10.6
11Morello, Nicholas1774USAF=6N+1BF1.55.05.04.001893+6.0
12Boyer, John1757USAF+19B4N=6B1.55.05.02.001770+0.8
13Karwat, Joseph1695USA+28B1N17N=24B1.54.54.50.251570-14.0
14Siegel, David1717USAF3B=25N+16B1.53.53.51.251749+2.6
15Reed, Paul H1740USAF+27N=10N8B1.53.53.50.751735-1.2
16Sloan, Sacha Marino1790USAF18N+20B14N1.04.55.51.001481-46.4
17Sisti, Daniel J1582USAFF+13B5N1.04.54.51.501789+10.0
18Casares, Nick1432USAF+16B3N20B1.04.04.01.001601+10.8
19Dees, Calvin Django1819USAF12N+9BF1.03.53.52.001742-8.4
20Uzakbaev, Nursultan1668USAFF16N+18N1.03.03.01.001611-2.8
21Stults, Sawyer1676USAF+28B8NF1.03.03.00.001727+2.8
22Crompton, Robert1742ENG+27B9NFF1.02.02.00.001724-1.0
23Elster, Benjamin1571USAFF+27BF1.01.01.00.002522+28.0
24Brickhouse, Christian1622USAF7NF=13N0.53.53.50.751452-8.8
25Schaezlein, Charlie1737USAFF=14BF0.53.53.50.751718-0.6
26Mays-Smith, Isaac S1774USAF2BF1N0.06.56.50.00906-11.8
27McCutcheon, Bennett1722USA22N15B23NF0.03.53.50.00884-65.6
28Ploquin, Phil1719USA13N21NFF0.02.52.50.00886-21.8
29Dutter, Frederic1758USA10NFFF0.01.51.50.00950-10.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets