2025 NY Marshall Labor Day - IM B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2252, and top seed was Mykola Bortnyk (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2389).
Mykola Bortnyk (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2389) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Zachary Tanenbaum (6.0) and William Safranek (5.5). Bortnyk won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Pedro Espinosa (CM, 2184) beat Adam Frank (IM, 2371), a +187-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Mykola Bortnyk led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
IM Mykola Bortnyk never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
IM Mykola Bortnyk opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: FM Zachary Tanenbaum); the title is out of reach before R9.
IM Mykola Bortnyk beat FM Zachary Tanenbaum (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇦IMBortnyk, Mykola | 2389 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 29.00 | 38.0 | +7.4 | 2457 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸FMTanenbaum, Zachary | 2302 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.75 | 39.0 | +17.0 | 2372 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸FMSafranek, William | 2229 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.75 | 39.5 | +52.0 | 2335 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸FMZhu, Linxi | 2320 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.75 | 40.0 | -7.6 | 2288 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸CMEspinosa, Pedro | 2184 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 20.00 | 40.5 | +17.6 | 2260 |
| 6 | 🇨🇿IMFrank, Adam | 2371 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 18.50 | 40.5 | -30.8 | 2239 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸CMHo, Carter | 2208 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 15.75 | 41.0 | +3.6 | 2214 |
| 8 | 🇮🇱GMYudasin, Leonid | 2261 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 15.50 | 41.0 | -6.1 | 2208 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸CMGoktepe, Derin | 2180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 3.0 | 12.25 | 42.0 | -21.2 | 2135 |
| 10 | 🇰🇷WFMEynula, Roza | 2077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1.5 | 5.75 | 43.5 | -16.0 | 1999 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Safranek, WilliamFMUSA+52.05.5 pts · #3
- 2Espinosa, PedroCMUSA+17.64.5 pts · #5
- 3Tanenbaum, ZacharyFMUSA+17.06.0 pts · #2
- 1Frank, AdamIMCZE-30.84.5 pts · #6
- 2Goktepe, DerinCMUSA-21.23.0 pts · #9
- 3Eynula, RozaWFMKOR-16.01.5 pts · #10
- R5+187 Elo gap
- R6+140 Elo gap