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2026 Michigan Class Championship - Masters and Experts

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Lansing, MI, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2100, and top seed was Eric Torman (🇺🇸 USA, 2400).

Jesse Ren (🇺🇸 USA, 2108) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Eric Torman (4.5) and Daniel Joshua Lee (3.0). Ren shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Waleed Yassine (1882) beat Joshua Posthuma (IM, 2388), a +506-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Lansing, MI, United States
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Eric Torman2400
Avg top 10
2,100
Participants
19
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇮🇳India×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Ren4.5Torman4.5Alvarez Albo3Pittala3Lee3Hanke2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Ren takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Jesse Ren drew with Eric Torman (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Jesse Ren went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Jesse Ren*
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2Eric Torman
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*——
3FMChan Julian Alvarez Albo——*
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4Ashvath Reddy Pittala——
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*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ren, Jesse2108USA+18N+9B=2N+3B+6B4.512.012.510.252353+48.8
2Torman, Eric2400USA+19B+3N=1B+6N+13B4.511.511.59.252388-0.3
3Lee, Daniel Joshua1925CAN+13N−2B+7N−1N+14B3.013.014.55.502115+46.8
4Pittala, Ashvath Reddy1771USA+11N=5B=6N+9BF3.09.59.56.752160+76.8
5Alvarez Albo, Chan JulianFM2227CUB=15B=4N−10N+18B+9N3.08.08.54.501932-29.8
6Yassine, Waleed1882USA+16N+17N=4B−2B−1N2.513.014.03.502072+20.6
7Levi, Ariel1932USA=8B+15N−3B=14N=10B2.59.010.04.001933+0.2
8Hanke, Harvey2048USA=7N=10B−9N+12B=16B2.58.59.54.751887-42.4
9Mogal, Aaban Baig1811USA+14N−1N+8B−4N−5B2.013.014.54.001951+28.4
10Nichols, Anthony1906USAF=8N+5BF=7N2.08.08.05.502194+22.0
11Vanderhoek, Kalman1999USA−4B=18N+15B−13N=12B2.07.58.02.251776-60.0
12Srivatsan Sekar1865IND−17B+16N=13B−8N=11N2.07.08.02.751949+8.6
13Warfield, Khalil Alan1875USA−3BF=12N+11B−2N1.511.511.53.001929+5.6
14McGrew, Clara1972USA−9B+19NF=7B−3N1.57.57.51.251830-16.2
15Sundara Rajan, Inbhavenkat1812CAN=5N−7B−11N=16BF1.08.58.52.001822-1.6
16McCleary, Devin R1916USA−6B−12BF=15N=8N1.08.08.01.751709-21.6
17Posthuma, JoshuaIM2388USA+12N−6BFFF1.04.54.52.001988-8.4
18Drkulec, Vlado1914CAN−1B=11BF−5NF0.59.59.51.001838-5.4
19Hill, Brad W1996USA−2N−14BFFF0.06.06.00.001384-24.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets