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2025 Marshall Chess Club Senior Championship

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30 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2038, and top seed was Yury Lapshun (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2263).

Yury Lapshun (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2263) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Stanislav Busygin (3.5) and Jay Bonin (3.5). Lapshun broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: James Altucher (1875) beat Michael Rohde (GM, 2226), a +351-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMYury Lapshun2263
Avg top 10
2,038
Participants
30
Titled players · 5
GM×1
IM×2
FM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×28
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇦🇷Argentina×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMYury Lapshun
    🇺🇸USA·2263
    4.0pts·2229perf-1.0
  • 🥈
    Stanislav Busygin
    🇺🇸USA·2097
    3.5pts·2135perf+6.4
  • 🥉
    IMJay Bonin
    🇺🇸USA·2054
    3.5pts·2122perf+5.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Yury Lapshun led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
1
2
4
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Lapshun takes lead
Lapshun4Bonin3.5Busygin3.5Resika3.5Carey3Shehata3
R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Nov

IM Yury Lapshun takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Yury Lapshun beat IM Jay Bonin (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

IM Yury Lapshun went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMYury Lapshun*
1
½
—
2IMJay Bonin
0
*
½
—
3Stanislav Busygin
½
½
*—
4FMNathan Resika———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lapshun, YuryIM2263USA+22N=5B+3B=2N+11N4.012.513.510.252229-1.0
2Busygin, Stanislav2097USA+7B=14N+6B=1B=3N3.513.515.510.752135+6.4
3Bonin, JayIM2054USA+17N+9B−1N+20B=2B3.512.013.57.752122+5.2
4Resika, NathanFM1979USA−15B+27N=7B+19N+5N3.59.510.06.501943-3.6
5Gutnik, Aleksandr2011USA+27B=1N=14B+16N−4B3.011.512.05.501984-3.2
6Carey, Michael1935USA=18N+10B−2N+17B=8B3.011.012.56.751940+1.8
7Shehata, Akram1802EGY−2N+29B=4N=21N+15B3.010.510.54.501902+13.0
8Chernin, Oliver1989USA=10N+30B=20N=9B=6N3.09.59.54.751831-16.2
9Berg, George1923USA+23B−3N+15B=8N−12B2.511.012.04.501916+0.6
10Katz, Stewart1720USA=8B−6N=13N+22B=16B2.510.511.54.751871+19.4
11Stancil, Kimani1906USAF+15N=19B+14N−1B2.59.59.54.752024+10.6
12Rohde, MichaelGM2226USA−14B+18B=16NF+9N2.58.08.05.001958-10.9
13De Villa, Jose1741USAF−19N=10B+23N+14B2.57.07.04.251812+8.0
14Altucher, James1875USA+12N=2B=5N−11B−13N2.011.514.05.751924+4.2
15Rachlin, Paul1788USA+4N−11B−9N+18B−7N2.011.513.05.001789-0.4
16Olsen, Robert1817USAF+24N=12B−5B=10N2.09.09.03.501901+6.4
17Solomon, Ciprian1839USA−3BF+22N−6N+21B2.09.09.02.501895+5.6
18Bauza Mercere, Eduardo1694ARG=6B−12N=27B−15N=24B1.58.59.02.251675-4.2
19Hrop, Stephen1791USAF+13B=11N−4BF1.58.58.53.751875+6.6
20Frumkin, Edward1744USAF+28N=8B−3NF1.57.07.02.001961+16.0
21Stojsin, Nikola1716USAF−25N+30N=7B−17N1.56.06.01.501535-24.8
22Towsen, John1875USA−1B+23N−17B−10NF1.09.59.51.001633-25.4
23Jennings, Ken1482USA−9N−22B+29N−13BF1.06.06.00.001574+5.6
24Brendel, John1654USAF−16BF=28B=18N1.04.04.01.001659+0.4
25Espinosa, Keith1781USAF+21BFFF1.01.51.51.502516+8.2
26Teasley, Dorothy O.WIM1881USA+29NFFFF1.00.00.00.002371+2.8
27Souce, James0USA−5N−4B=18NFF0.58.08.00.7516220.0
28Marcus, Joel1841USAF−20BF=24NF0.52.52.50.501506-17.4
29Cherubin, Robert1571USA−26B−7N−23BFF0.05.05.00.00922-19.4
30Romano, Francis C0USAF−8N−21BFF0.04.54.50.0010530.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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