2025 November-December Marshall Thursday Open Round 4-6
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 04 Dec 2025 to 01 Jan 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Luke Leon Robin Anatol (🇺🇸 USA, 2120).
George Berg (🇺🇸 USA, 1866) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Quan Anh Le (2.0) and Jaron Bernard (2.0). Berg won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Jonah Romero (1973) beat Luke Leon Robin Anatol (2120), a +147-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
04 Dec 2025 → 01 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×10
🇫🇷France×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
6
1
3
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 2.0/3. Berg takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jaron Bernard | * | — | — | — |
| 2Quan Anh Le | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3George Berg | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Alan McMichael | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berg, George | 1866 | USA | +9N | −2B | +5B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2043 | +13.8 |
| 2 | Le, Quan Anh | 2079 | FRA | +8N | +1N | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2604 | +7.0 |
| 3 | Bernard, Jaron | 1763 | USA | +6B | F | +7N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2500 | +33.2 |
| 4 | McMichael, Alan | 1658 | USA | F | +13N | =11B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1786 | +3.4 |
| 5 | Romero, Jonah | 1973 | USA | F | +10B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1994 | +1.2 |
| 6 | Lapanowski, Alexander Frank | 1747 | USA | −3N | +7B | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1708 | -4.4 |
| 7 | Shenk, David | 1651 | USA | +12N | −6N | −3B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1559 | -7.4 |
| 8 | Loayza Rivera, Bryan James | 1739 | PER | −2B | +11N | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1933 | +17.6 |
| 9 | Levine, Zachary | 1700 | USA | −1B | F | +12N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1705 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Anatol, Luke Leon Robin | 2120 | USA | +11B | −5N | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1880 | -11.6 |
| 11 | Darack, Adam Samuel | 1786 | USA | −10N | −8B | =4N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1567 | -34.0 |
| 12 | Yates, Daniel | 1542 | USA | −7B | F | −9B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 876 | -25.6 |
| 13 | FIDE 39999033 | 0 | — | −?N | −4B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 858 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bernard, JaronUSA+33.22.0 pts · #1
- 2Loayza Rivera, Bryan JamesPER+17.61.0 pts · #6
- 3Berg, GeorgeUSA+13.82.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Darack, Adam SamuelUSA-34.00.5 pts · #11
- 2Yates, DanielUSA-25.60.0 pts · #13
- 3Anatol, Luke Leon RobinUSA-11.61.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R2+147 Elo gap
- R3+107 Elo gap