2025 Marshall Chess Club Amateur Championship - Jerry Simon Memorial

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104 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1911, and top seed was Austin Zhao (🇺🇸 USA, 1998).

Connor Junda Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 1938) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Jayden Feng (4.5) and Julian Ma (4.0). Wang won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alexander Hrithik Soll (1576) beat George Berg (1923), a +347-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸New York, NY, United States

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Austin Zhao1998

Avg top 10

1,911

Participants

104

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×89

🇮🇳India×2

🇫🇷France×1

🇧🇷Brazil×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

🇪🇬Egypt×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

🇸🇬Singapore×1

Top 3

🥇
Connor Junda Wang
🇺🇸USA·1938
5.0pts·2656perf+62.4
🥈
Jayden Feng
🇺🇸USA
4.5pts·1912perf0.0
🥉
Julian Ma
🇺🇸USA·1812
4.0pts·2054perf+60.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Connor Junda Wang led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Wang5Feng4.5Le4Ulloa Centeno4Hrop4Otero4

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Connor Junda Wang held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Connor Junda Wang 5 wins (R1–R5)Jayden Feng 3 wins (R1–R3)Quan Anh Le 4 wins (R1–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Wang, Connor Junda	1938	USA	+44B	+27N	+14B	+3N	+8B	5.0	13.0	15.0	15.00	2656	+62.4
2	Feng, Jayden	0	USA	+36B	+37N	+4B	=8N	+18N	4.5	13.0	15.5	13.75	1912	0.0
3	Ma, Julian	1812	USA	+59B	+82N	+15B	−1B	+14N	4.0	13.0	14.0	9.00	2054	+60.8
4	Otero, Joseph	1870	USA	+71N	+29B	−2N	+30B	+19N	4.0	12.5	14.0	9.50	2472	+42.4
5	Ulloa Centeno, Luis Manuel	1862	ECU	+88N	+32B	−17N	+33B	+16N	4.0	11.0	12.0	9.00	2015	+37.2
6	Le, Quan Anh	1990	FRA	+86B	+16N	F	+17B	+20N	4.0	10.0	10.0	10.00	2602	+20.6
7	Hrop, Stephen	1791	USA	+53N	+28B	F	+51N	+22B	4.0	9.5	9.5	9.50	2496	+30.4
8	Zhao, Austin	1998	USA	+31N	+50B	+9N	=2B	−1N	3.5	15.5	17.5	10.25	1979	-2.4
9	Statz, Isaac Hart	1795	USA	+94B	+10N	−8B	+40N	=21B	3.5	12.5	13.0	8.00	1919	+32.4
10	Gillston, Noah	1754	USA	+34N	−9B	+68N	=27B	+54B	3.5	10.5	12.0	7.25	1738	-2.8
11	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1851	USA	F	+72N	+26B	=21N	+15B	3.5	10.5	10.5	9.00	2068	+34.4
12	Peyton, Nathan	1903	USA	+49B	−15N	=44B	+48N	+42B	3.5	9.5	11.5	7.50	1830	-8.4
13	Armaan Chandragupta Jain	1644	IND	−45N	+91B	+31N	=29B	+55N	3.5	9.0	10.0	6.75	1767	+25.6
14	Patay, Travis	1836	USA	+83N	+46B	−1N	+39B	−3B	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.50	1723	-9.0
15	Han, Leqi	1818	USA	+52N	+12B	−3N	+67B	−11N	3.0	13.0	14.5	7.00	1801	-2.8
16	Leong, Anson	1830	USA	+104N	−6B	+49N	+28B	−5B	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	1801	-5.6
17	Singh, Ian Avery	1819	USA	+87B	+45N	+5B	−6N	F	3.0	11.0	11.0	7.00	1957	+22.4
18	Boyer-Olson, Jack	1863	USA	F	+57N	+35B	+60N	−2B	3.0	11.0	11.0	6.50	2538	+26.8
19	Sommerstein, Adrian Harrison	1782	USA	=69N	=67B	+86N	+24B	−4B	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	1788	+3.6
20	Zhang, Derek	1821	USA	F	+77N	+66B	+25N	−6B	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.00	1967	+29.2
21	Lou, Alvin	1695	USA	+84B	F	+69N	=11B	=9N	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.00	1853	+25.6
22	Olsen, Robert	1817	USA	F	+74B	+70N	+55B	−7N	3.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	1893	+7.6
23	Sun, Jesse	1884	USA	=47B	+93N	−51B	+66N	=35B	3.0	8.0	9.0	4.75	1704	-40.4
24	Wong, Hudson	1794	USA	−46N	+83B	+81B	−19N	+45N	3.0	8.0	9.0	4.00	1857	+10.0
25	Dubey, Shiv	1713	USA	F	+99N	+61B	−20B	+27N	3.0	7.5	7.5	4.50	1925	+34.4
26	De Villa, Jose	1741	USA	F	+102B	−11N	+89B	+58N	3.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1753	+0.6
27	Shirvell, Matthew M	1778	USA	+63B	−1B	+56N	=10N	−25B	2.5	13.5	15.5	5.75	1731	-6.4
28	Soll, Alexander Hrithik	1576	USA	+98B	−7N	+38B	−16N	=48B	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.50	1680	+16.0
29	Sarwar, Sawyer L	1803	USA	+73B	−4N	+45B	=13N	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.25	1719	-13.2
30	Goodrich, Sebastian	1568	USA	F	+41N	+80B	−4N	=43B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1906	+66.8
31	Mak, Owen	0	USA	−8B	+73N	−13B	=81N	+83B	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.00	1531	0.0
32	Loayza Rivera, Bryan James	1702	PER	+95B	−5N	=36B	−54N	+88B	2.5	9.5	10.0	2.75	1762	+9.6
33	Kojuharov, Liam L	1846	USA	F	+47N	=48B	−5N	+72B	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.50	1754	-16.0
34	Ghosh, Srijeet	1640	USA	−10B	=94N	+57B	−35N	+82B	2.5	9.0	9.5	3.25	1650	+0.8
35	Xu, Kevin	1704	USA	F	+101B	−18N	+34B	=23N	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.00	1824	+25.2
36	Nunes, Rafael Klanfer	1748	BRA	−2N	+97B	=32N	+70B	F	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1916	+8.6
37	Williams, Akeil	1680	USA	+97N	−2B	=46N	+69B	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.50	2337	+12.4
38	Berg, George	1923	USA	−66N	+87B	−28N	+78B	=44N	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.50	1497	-30.6
39	Liang, Melanie	1795	USA	F	=81N	+75B	−14N	+47B	2.5	7.5	7.5	4.00	1726	-10.4
40	Ciacci, Marco	1743	USA	F	=68B	+85N	−9B	+67N	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.25	1808	+10.4
41	Siu, Liam	1783	USA	F	−30B	=47N	+85B	+68N	2.5	7.0	7.0	3.50	1585	-30.4
42	Shah, Akash S	0	USA	F	=85B	+98N	+50B	−12N	2.5	6.5	6.5	2.50	1782	0.0
43	Lu, Marissa	1713	USA	F	+90N	F	+46B	=30N	2.5	5.5	5.5	4.25	1723	+1.2
44	De Villa, Joseph R	0	USA	−1N	+63B	=12N	F	=38B	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1843	0.0
45	Cheng, Kyle	1644	USA	+13B	−17B	−29N	+84N	−24B	2.0	12.0	13.0	4.50	1572	-14.4
46	Blomquist, Timothy Harrison	0	USA	+24B	−14N	=37B	−43N	=66B	2.0	11.0	12.5	5.00	1681	0.0
47	Wu, Haoyang	1572	SGP	=23N	−33B	=41B	+71N	−39N	2.0	10.5	12.0	4.25	1696	+27.2
48	Razygraev, Grigory	1524	RUS	F	+58B	=33N	−12B	=28N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1745	+41.2
49	Egelhof, Thomas	1773	USA	−12N	+52B	−16B	+75N	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1067	-29.6
50	Colwell, Andrew	1828	USA	+76B	−8N	+59B	−42N	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1878	+4.2
51	Thorstad, Robert	1626	USA	F	+62B	+23N	−7B	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	1963	+26.2
52	Radjabov, Samir	0	USA	−15B	−49N	+87N	=53B	=74N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.75	1567	0.0
53	Nunez Sanudo, Tarsicio	1766	MEX	−7B	−84N	+103B	=52N	=70N	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.75	1575	-10.0
54	Blagrove, Somario	0	USA	F	−61N	+99B	+32B	−10N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1628	0.0
55	Waters, Kai	1599	USA	F	+100N	+79B	−22N	−13B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1672	+19.2
56	Ma, Yunhui	1644	USA	F	=80N	−27B	+76B	=62N	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.25	1776	+27.2
57	Sehgal, Rohan	0	USA	F	−18B	−34N	+90B	+89N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1539	0.0
58	Bernstein, Charles B	1653	USA	F	−48N	+90B	+88N	−26B	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1608	-10.0
59	Saravanan, Anish	1649	USA	−3N	+92B	−50N	+98B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1020	-22.4
60	Stark, Chloe A	1770	USA	F	+78B	+64N	−18B	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.50	1795	+4.8
61	Shehata, Akram	1802	EGY	F	+54B	−25N	+74B	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.50	1698	-5.6
62	Stern, Eli Russell	1836	USA	F	−51N	+84B	=72N	=56B	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.75	1525	-49.2
63	Kim, Taekyum	1619	USA	−27N	−44N	+97B	+86B	F	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	1758	+16.4
64	Hsu, Noah	1602	USA	F	+103N	−60B	−65N	+81B	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1636	+5.2
65	Li, Wan QinWCM	1743	USA	+91N	F	F	+64B	F	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2431	+28.0
66	Ruiz, Emmanuel	1744	USA	+38B	F	−20N	−23B	=46N	1.5	10.5	10.5	3.50	1752	+0.6
67	Liu, Oliver Y	1640	USA	F	=19N	+82B	−15N	−40B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.50	1705	+12.0
68	Liang, Jerry	0	USA	F	=40N	−10B	+82N	−41B	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	1690	0.0
69	Vinayan M P	1537	IND	=19B	+96N	−21B	−37N	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1636	+18.4
70	Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree	1752	USA	F	+89N	−22B	−36N	=53B	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1504	-34.4
71	Lou, Aileen	1533	USA	−4B	F	=76N	−47B	+92N	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	1412	-18.0
72	Doron-Repa, Hillel	1679	USA	F	−11B	+101N	=62B	−33N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	1678	-1.6
73	Dalmasso, Niccolo	0	USA	−29N	−31B	=91N	+93B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1660	0.0
74	Nguyen, Sarah	1683	USA	F	−22N	+100B	−61N	=52B	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	1576	-16.8
75	Huang, Michelle	0	USA	+?N	−79B	−39N	−49B	=85N	1.5	7.0	7.0	0.50	1575	0.0
76	Epelbaum, Shawn	1612	USA	−50N	F	=71B	−56N	+87N	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.75	1395	-31.6
77	Koppenaal, Richard	1647	USA	=79N	−20B	−89B	+100N	F	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1682	+2.8
78	Xu, Mark	1549	USA	F	−60N	=96B	−38N	+95B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1538	-2.4
79	Frumkin, Edward	1744	USA	=77B	+75N	−55N	F	F	1.5	5.0	5.0	2.25	1421	-17.0
80	Chan, Matthew	1878	USA	F	=56B	−30N	+94B	F	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.50	1625	-18.4
81	McGovern, Liam D	1769	USA	F	=39B	−24N	=31B	−64N	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1457	-46.0
82	Liang, Warren	1827	USA	+92N	−3B	−67N	−68B	−34N	1.0	9.5	10.5	1.00	897	-80.0
83	Anand, Ekam Singh	0	USA	−14B	−24N	+92B	F	−31N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1015	0.0
84	Zucker, Noah	0	USA	−21N	+53B	−62N	−45B	−90N	1.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	1446	0.0
85	Lim, Ayden	1614	USA	F	=42N	−40B	−41N	=75B	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	963	-24.4
86	Gumbe, Farirai	1737	ZIM	−6N	+104B	−19B	−63N	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	993	-26.2
87	Bleiberg, Jacob Ernest	0	USA	−17N	−38N	−52B	+97N	−76B	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	985	0.0
88	Curran, Samuel M	1677	USA	−5B	F	+102N	−58B	−32N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	940	-50.4
89	Zhang, Darren	0	USA	F	−70B	+77N	−26N	−57B	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1586	0.0
90	Lin, Lawrence	1491	USA	F	−43B	−58N	−57N	+84B	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	884	-20.0
91	Buratti, Luca	1662	USA	−65B	−13N	=73B	=95N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	894	-36.4
92	Weng, Jia Rui	0	USA	−82B	−59N	−83N	+99B	−71B	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	870	0.0
93	Cai, Harrison	1516	USA	F	−23B	F	−73N	+99N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1086	-4.0
94	Craig, Aaron	1663	USA	−9N	=34B	F	−80N	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.25	1498	-23.2
95	Wong Okyere, Darwin C	0	USA	−32N	F	F	=91B	−78N	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.50	1364	0.0
96	Chen, Winston Ruiying	1739	USA	F	−69B	=78N	F	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.75	1349	-40.4
97	FIDE 39999386	0	—	−37B	−36N	−63N	−87B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	878	0.0
98	FIDE 39999351	0	—	−28N	F	−42B	−59N	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	813	0.0
99	Lin, Gabriel	0	USA	F	−25B	−54N	−92N	−93B	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	813	0.0
100	Bangaru, Sahishn Sai	1483	USA	F	−55B	−74N	−77B	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	838	-35.6
101	Li, Henry Mingzhe	1526	USA	F	−35N	−72B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	892	-22.8
102	Zhou, Francis	0	USA	F	−26N	−88B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	909	0.0
103	FIDE 39982360	0	—	F	−64B	−53N	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	884	0.0
104	Endo van Dooijeweert, Sebastian	0	JPN	−16B	−86N	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	984	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Goodrich, SebastianUSA
+66.8
2.5 pts · #18
2Wang, Connor JundaUSA
+62.4
5.0 pts · #2
3Ma, JulianUSA
+60.8
4.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Liang, WarrenUSA
-80.0
1.0 pts · #87
2Curran, Samuel MUSA
-50.4
1.0 pts · #100
3Stern, Eli RussellUSA
-49.2
2.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R3+347 Elo gap
Soll, Alexander Hrithik1576 beat Berg, George1923
R3+310 Elo gap
Goodrich, Sebastian1568 beat Chan, Matthew1878
R3+258 Elo gap
Thorstad, Robert1626 beat Sun, Jesse1884