2025 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 4-7
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight 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.
Hoa Long Tam held the sole lead from R2 through R4 without losing it.
2 players finish on 3.0/4. Tam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.0).
Michael Cafiero won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoa Long Tam | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Michael Cafiero | — | * | — | — |
| 3David Paul Toczyski | — | — | * | — |
| 4Eric Liu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tam, Hoa Long | 1705 | USA | +3B | +13B | −11N | +26B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1933 | +23.6 |
| 2 | Cafiero, Michael | 0 | USA | F | +26N | +5B | +4B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 1878 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Liu, Eric | 1718 | USA | −1N | +14N | +18B | −9N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1646 | -14.0 |
| 4 | Powers, Christopher | 1797 | USA | F | +8B | +12B | −2N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 2546 | +17.2 |
| 5 | Marvin, Hayes Alexander | 1883 | USA | F | +10B | −2N | +17B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 2466 | +18.8 |
| 6 | Toczyski, David Paul | 1693 | USA | F | =11B | +7B | =12N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1834 | +22.4 |
| 7 | Chan, John | 1593 | USA | F | +24B | −6N | +10B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1813 | +17.8 |
| 8 | Wickliffe, Zachary | 1734 | USA | F | −4N | +21B | +15N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1863 | +20.8 |
| 9 | Latourette, Nicholas | 1725 | USA | F | +22B | −19N | +3B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1885 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Babayan, Gagik | 1750 | USA | +29B | −5N | =15B | −7N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1657 | -10.6 |
| 11 | Morello, Nicholas | 1774 | USA | F | =6N | +1B | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1893 | +6.0 |
| 12 | Boyer, John | 1757 | USA | F | +19B | −4N | =6B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1770 | +0.8 |
| 13 | Karwat, Joseph | 1695 | USA | +28B | −1N | −17N | =24B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 1570 | -14.0 |
| 14 | Siegel, David | 1717 | USA | F | −3B | =25N | +16B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1749 | +2.6 |
| 15 | Reed, Paul H | 1740 | USA | F | +27N | =10N | −8B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1735 | -1.2 |
| 16 | Sloan, Sacha Marino | 1790 | USA | F | −18N | +20B | −14N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1481 | -46.4 |
| 17 | Sisti, Daniel J | 1582 | USA | F | F | +13B | −5N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1789 | +10.0 |
| 18 | Casares, Nick | 1432 | USA | F | +16B | −3N | −20B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1601 | +10.8 |
| 19 | Dees, Calvin Django | 1819 | USA | F | −12N | +9B | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1742 | -8.4 |
| 20 | Uzakbaev, Nursultan | 1668 | USA | F | F | −16N | +18N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1611 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Stults, Sawyer | 1676 | USA | F | +28B | −8N | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1727 | +2.8 |
| 22 | Crompton, Robert | 1742 | ENG | +27B | −9N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1724 | -1.0 |
| 23 | Elster, Benjamin | 1571 | USA | F | F | +27B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2522 | +28.0 |
| 24 | Brickhouse, Christian | 1622 | USA | F | −7N | F | =13N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1452 | -8.8 |
| 25 | Schaezlein, Charlie | 1737 | USA | F | F | =14B | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1718 | -0.6 |
| 26 | Mays-Smith, Isaac S | 1774 | USA | F | −2B | F | −1N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 906 | -11.8 |
| 27 | McCutcheon, Bennett | 1722 | USA | −22N | −15B | −23N | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 884 | -65.6 |
| 28 | Ploquin, Phil | 1719 | USA | −13N | −21N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 886 | -21.8 |
| 29 | Dutter, Frederic | 1758 | USA | −10N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 950 | -10.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Elster, BenjaminUSA+28.01.0 pts · #21
- 2Tam, Hoa LongUSA+23.63.0 pts · #1
- 3Toczyski, David PaulUSA+22.42.0 pts · #3
- 1McCutcheon, BennettUSA-65.60.0 pts · #28
- 2Sloan, Sacha MarinoUSA-46.41.0 pts · #18
- 3Ploquin, PhilUSA-21.80.0 pts · #29
- R2+358 Elo gap
- R4+157 Elo gap
- R3+151 Elo gap