56th Annual National Chess Congress - Premier

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92 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Philadelphia, PA, United States. 28 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2433, and top seed was Yasser Quesada Perez (🇨🇺 CUB, GM, 2559).

Danila Poliannikov (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2340) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Kevin George (4.5) and Jason Liang (4.5). Poliannikov clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Benjamin Lin (1951) beat Jasmine Zhixin Su (FM, 2306), a +355-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Philadelphia, PA, United States

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇺GMYasser Quesada Perez2559

Avg top 10

2,433

Participants

Titled players · 28

GM×4

IM×5

FM×9

CM×5

WFM×2

WCM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×79

🇨🇦Canada×3

🇨🇺Cuba×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇪🇬Egypt×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

🇯🇲Jamaica×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDanila Poliannikov
🇺🇸USA·2340
5.0pts·2367perf+7.0
🥈
IMKevin George
🇪🇬EGY·2320
4.5pts·2308perf+4.0
🥉
IMJason Liang
🇺🇸USA·2427
4.5pts·2578perf+7.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Danila Poliannikov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Poliannikov5Graif4.5Liang4.5Deviprasath4.5De Silva4.5Das4.5

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Danila Poliannikov held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM William Graif 3 wins (R4–R6)IM Jason Liang 4 wins (R1–R4)

R4 · LATE SURGE

FM William Graif was #15 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDanila Poliannikov	*	—	—	—
2FMWilliam Graif	—	*	—	—
3IMJason Liang	—	—	*	½
4FMSharvesh Deviprasath	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Poliannikov, DanilaFM	2340	USA	+56B	+50N	=10B	=16N	+11B	+8N	5.0	18.0	20.5	16.75	2367	+7.0
2	George, KevinIM	2320	EGY	+21N	+20B	+25N	−3B	+9N	=4B	4.5	20.0	23.5	16.75	2308	+4.0
3	Liang, JasonIM	2427	USA	+69B	+12N	+18B	+2N	=6B	F	4.5	18.5	18.5	16.25	2578	+7.8
4	De Silva, L M S TIM	2400	SRI	+49N	+43B	=9N	+41B	=8B	=2N	4.5	17.5	20.0	13.75	2327	-1.7
5	Das, AditeyaFM	2276	USA	+68B	+29N	+30B	−6N	=16B	+19N	4.5	17.5	19.5	13.25	2231	-2.0
6	Deviprasath, SharveshFM	2435	USA	+66N	+32B	+24N	+5B	=3N	F	4.5	17.5	17.5	15.25	2535	+5.4
7	Graif, WilliamFM	2207	CAN	−61B	+63N	=53B	+76N	+64B	+73N	4.5	10.5	12.0	8.75	2106	-11.4
8	Stearman, JosiahIM	2477	USA	+23B	=52N	+76B	+33B	=4N	−1B	4.0	18.5	20.0	11.50	2338	-7.7
9	Ayyappan, Santhosh	2010	USA	+40B	+34N	=4B	=72N	−2B	+29N	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.75	2252	+66.4
10	Garg, Priyansh	2114	USA	+62N	+45B	=1N	=13B	−74N	+36B	4.0	16.5	18.5	12.00	2242	+32.8
11	Kis, Lorand Bela	1954	USA	=31N	=42B	+17N	+60B	−1N	+47B	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.75	2107	+22.2
12	Kozower, Ethan	2042	USA	+79N	−3B	−42N	+46B	+60N	+30N	4.0	14.5	16.0	9.00	2101	+7.8
13	Venkat, Raghav	2228	USA	+53B	+84N	=16B	=10N	+29B	F	4.0	14.0	14.0	10.25	2223	+0.8
14	Shankar, Pranav	2091	USA	=41B	−60N	+78N	+45B	+67B	=81N	4.0	10.5	12.0	8.00	2011	-17.2
15	Desmarais, Nicholas	2013	USA	=82B	−76N	=77B	+61N	+40B	+35N	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.75	2011	-0.6
16	Wiebe, Isaac	2060	CAN	+71N	+55B	=13N	=1B	=5N	−18B	3.5	19.5	21.5	11.25	2196	+22.2
17	Wang, LaceyWFM	1933	USA	+19B	−18N	−11B	+69N	=22B	+54N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.75	2111	+53.2
18	Ansh M Shah	2233	IND	+37N	+17B	−3N	F	=57B	+16N	3.5	17.0	17.0	11.25	2323	+13.2
19	Dehmelt, KarlFM	2023	USA	−17N	+46B	+62N	=42B	+20N	−5B	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.25	2045	+3.6
20	Li, Mason J	1914	USA	+80B	−2N	=34B	+65N	−19B	+44N	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.50	2015	+29.6
21	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1920	USA	−2B	+87N	=51B	=22N	=44B	+50N	3.5	15.5	16.5	7.75	2068	+38.9
22	Troltenier, DirkFM	2162	GER	=42N	+83B	−41N	=21B	=17N	+43B	3.5	14.5	15.5	8.25	1963	-27.0
23	Lin, Benjamin	1951	USA	−8N	=40B	+89N	+77B	+33N	−26B	3.5	14.5	15.0	6.25	2108	+44.8
24	Martin, Sam B	2053	USA	+78B	+61N	−6B	+44N	=58B	−57N	3.5	14.0	15.5	7.25	2229	+22.6
25	Mujumdar, Sameer	2012	USA	+48B	+77N	−2B	=67N	+68B	−72N	3.5	13.0	14.5	7.00	2112	+13.8
26	Srivastava, Vikram	2116	USA	F	=64B	−68N	+37N	+66B	+23N	3.5	12.5	12.5	9.50	2073	-4.6
27	Marri, Anvith Reddy	1939	USA	−30N	=78B	=40N	=63B	+77N	+45B	3.5	11.5	13.0	7.00	1867	-14.0
28	Chetlapalli, Vishnu	1995	USA	=60B	−41N	−31B	+79N	+65B	+71N	3.5	11.5	13.0	6.50	1910	-24.8
29	Lee, Rohan	1900	USA	+86N	−5B	+55N	+39B	−13N	−9B	3.0	18.0	19.0	6.50	2029	+34.4
30	Kolli, Rishi	1837	USA	+27B	+38N	−5N	−74B	+84N	−12B	3.0	17.0	18.0	7.50	2078	+59.8
31	Shevelenko, Leon	1816	USA	=11B	−44N	+28N	=84B	=32N	=33B	3.0	16.0	17.0	9.00	2007	+56.0
32	Xu, ShawnCM	2057	USA	+87B	−6N	+35B	−57N	=31B	=34N	3.0	16.0	17.0	7.00	2049	-8.4
33	Su, Jasmine ZhixinFM	2306	USA	=64N	+47B	+52B	−8N	−23B	=31N	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.50	2056	-33.6
34	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1851	USA	+85N	−9B	=20N	+43B	−75N	=32B	3.0	15.0	16.0	6.75	2024	+42.2
35	Chang, Leonhard	1930	USA	−59N	+85B	−32N	+91B	+39N	−15B	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	2034	+33.2
36	Zhu, Ryan	1950	USA	=67B	=65N	+82B	−58N	+48B	−10N	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.50	1998	+11.2
37	Shin, Luke	1891	USA	−18B	−51N	+88N	−26B	+90N	+60B	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1906	-0.8
38	Rychkov, Roman	2118	USA	+46N	−30B	−64N	+62B	−47N	+61B	3.0	12.0	14.0	6.50	1913	-31.2
39	Qian, BobbyCM	2114	USA	=76B	=82N	+61B	−29N	−35B	+62N	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.25	1899	-65.6
40	Yu, Vincent Zhiwen	1882	USA	−9N	=23N	=27B	+85B	−15N	=49B	2.5	17.5	18.5	5.75	1905	+4.8
41	Chovanec, AliceWCM	1835	USA	=14N	+28B	+22B	−4N	−73B	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	9.00	2081	+57.2
42	Zhao, Austin	1998	USA	=22B	=11N	+12B	=19N	−81B	F	2.5	16.5	16.5	9.50	2097	+24.4
43	Chen, Derek Li	1953	USA	+51B	−4N	=65B	−34N	+76B	−22N	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.00	1928	-7.6
44	Rogers, NormanFM	1928	USA	=83N	+31B	=60N	−24B	=21N	−20B	2.5	15.5	16.5	6.25	1828	-17.0
45	Bernstein, Theodore	0	USA	+54B	−10N	=84B	−14N	+78B	−27N	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.50	1934	0.0
46	Milstein, David Wolf	1889	USA	−38B	−19N	+86B	−12N	+70B	=48N	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.25	1903	+2.4
47	Golosovker, Alexander	1993	USA	F	−33N	=48B	+70N	+38B	−11N	2.5	14.5	14.5	6.25	2042	+11.2
48	Hinson, Miles	1969	USA	−25N	=66B	=47N	+49B	−36N	=46B	2.5	14.0	16.0	6.00	1877	-15.8
49	Samanta, Aayansh	1888	USA	−4B	=70N	=63B	−48N	+82B	=40N	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1902	-2.0
50	Cheung, Kyle	2016	USA	+89N	−1B	−67N	+90B	=55N	−21B	2.5	13.5	13.5	1.75	1794	-61.2
51	Patay, Travis	1836	USA	−43N	+37B	=21N	−75B	−71N	+83B	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.75	1901	+7.6
52	Head, LouiseWFM	2037	ENG	+70B	=8B	−33N	−53N	+80B	F	2.5	13.0	13.0	5.50	2074	+2.4
53	Zhang, Andrew	1951	USA	−13N	+88B	=7N	+52B	F	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	5.75	2187	+47.2
54	Miller, RachelCM	2016	JAM	−45N	−62B	=79N	+83B	+63N	−17B	2.5	11.5	12.5	3.75	1882	-18.0
55	Xiang, GraysonCM	1805	USA	+92B	−16N	−29B	+56N	=50B	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1973	+43.2
56	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1891	USA	−1N	=89B	=83N	−55B	+88N	=80B	2.5	11.0	11.5	2.50	1844	-16.5
57	Quesada Perez, YasserGM	2559	CUB	F	F	F	+32B	=18N	+24B	2.5	10.0	10.0	8.25	2457	-2.1
58	Bruzon Batista, LazaroGM	2550	USA	F	F	F	+36B	=24N	+59B	2.5	9.0	9.0	7.25	2423	-2.6
59	Weisz, Bryan	2102	USA	+35B	F	F	+80N	=72B	−58N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.50	2259	+14.2
60	Ma, Julian	1812	USA	=28N	+14B	=44B	−11N	−12B	−37N	2.0	18.5	21.0	7.00	1859	+13.2
61	Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)	1871	CAN	+7N	−24B	−39N	−15B	+91N	−38N	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.50	1949	+20.8
62	Aayansh Pramanik	1916	USA	−10B	+54N	−19B	−38N	+85N	−39B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	1935	+6.0
63	Zhang, Royce	1869	USA	F	−7B	=49N	=27N	−54B	+78N	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1917	+10.0
64	Kogan, Mark Leo	1974	USA	=33B	=26N	+38B	F	−7N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	6.25	2187	+42.0
65	Kurup, Siddharth	1817	USA	F	=36B	=43N	−20B	−28N	+79B	2.0	14.0	14.0	4.25	1868	+12.8
66	Arthur, Brian	1879	USA	−6B	=48N	=70B	+82N	−26N	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.25	1950	+7.0
67	Walters, Tim	1851	USA	=36N	F	+50B	=25B	−14N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.75	2017	+17.2
68	Kennedy, Aiden	1931	USA	−5N	+86B	+26B	F	−25N	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	2037	+20.0
69	Ji, Yuze Luke	1934	USA	−3N	+79B	−80N	−17B	+83N	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1883	-19.2
70	Mummidi, Aaryan	1859	USA	−52N	=49B	=66N	−47B	−46N	+90B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.25	1696	-39.6
71	Bhoopathi, Rishith	1949	USA	−16B	+92N	F	−73N	+51B	−28B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	1890	-14.8
72	Bortnyk, MykolaIM	2407	UKR	F	F	F	=9B	=59N	+25B	2.0	10.0	10.0	6.75	2166	-7.0
73	Debmisra, Ariv	1922	USA	F	F	F	+71B	+41N	−7B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.50	2122	+30.4
74	Paragua, MarkGM	2415	PHI	F	F	F	+30N	+10B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2865	+2.3
75	Paragua, Megan AltheaFM	2236	USA	F	F	F	+51N	+34B	F	2.0	5.5	5.5	5.50	2644	+3.4
76	Deng, Michael	1890	USA	=39N	+15B	−8N	−7B	−43N	−77B	1.5	18.0	19.5	5.50	1879	-8.8
77	Parripati, Tanay	1854	USA	F	−25B	=15N	−23N	−27B	+76N	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.50	1812	-11.2
78	Xin, StellaCM	1896	USA	−24N	=27N	−14B	+89B	−45N	−63B	1.5	15.5	16.0	2.25	1801	-24.7
79	Jackson, Cayden	1892	USA	−12B	−69N	=54B	−28B	+86N	−65N	1.5	14.0	15.0	2.25	1732	-49.2
80	Han, Leqi	1818	USA	−20N	F	+69B	−59B	−52N	=56N	1.5	13.0	13.0	3.25	1826	+0.4
81	Fedorowicz, JohnGM	2303	USA	F	F	F	F	+42N	=14B	1.5	6.5	6.5	4.50	2238	-1.3
82	Wong, Wyatt	1888	USA	=15N	=39B	−36N	−66B	−49N	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.50	1728	-39.2
83	Ma, Jin	1799	USA	=44B	−22N	=56B	−54N	−69B	−51N	1.0	13.5	15.5	2.50	1688	-31.2
84	Yang, Lucas	1891	USA	F	−13B	=45N	=31N	−30B	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.75	1687	-32.0
85	Tse, WhitneyWCM	1976	USA	−34B	−35N	+87B	−40N	−62B	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1637	-86.8
86	Li, Wan QinWCM	1743	USA	−29B	−68N	−46N	F	−79B	+87N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	1643	-23.2
87	Kang, Michael	1804	USA	−32N	−21B	−85N	−88B	+89N	−86B	1.0	9.5	10.0	0.50	1626	-50.4
88	Zhang, David	1896	USA	F	−53N	−37B	+87N	−56B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1691	-42.8
89	Alluri, Samanyu	1801	USA	−50B	=56N	−23B	−78N	−87B	F	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1545	-50.0
90	Zhao, Frederick	0	USA	F	F	F	−50N	−37B	−70N	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1122	0.0
91	Tran, Quan	1943	USA	F	F	F	−35N	−61B	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1101	-44.8
92	Bisiriyu-Salam, Oluwaseun	1998	NGR	−55N	−71B	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1077	-26.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ayyappan, SanthoshUSA
+66.4
4.0 pts · #9
2Kolli, RishiUSA
+59.8
3.0 pts · #33
3Chovanec, AliceWCMUSA
+57.2
2.5 pts · #40

Top rating losers

1Tse, WhitneyWCMUSA
-86.8
1.0 pts · #81
2Qian, BobbyCMUSA
-65.6
3.0 pts · #35
3Cheung, KyleUSA
-61.2
2.5 pts · #75

Biggest upsets

R5+355 Elo gap
Lin, Benjamin1951 beat FMSu, Jasmine Zhixin2306
R1+336 Elo gap
Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)1871 beat FMGraif, William2207
R3+327 Elo gap
WCMChovanec, Alice1835 beat FMTroltenier, Dirk2162