2025 December NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters
SwissStandard
24 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 17 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2394, and top seed was Nico Chasin (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2517).
David Brodsky (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2511) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Josiah Stearman (3.0) and Mykola Bortnyk (2.5). Brodsky broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Leo Xiaohang Shen (2057) beat Bryan Enming Lin (IM, 2374), a +317-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Titled players · 17
GM×3
IM×6
FM×4
CM×4
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsGM David Brodsky led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec
GM David Brodsky takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM David Brodsky beat IM Josiah Stearman (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMDavid Brodsky | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2IMJosiah Stearman | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3IMAleksandr Ostrovskiy | — | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4CMCarter Ho | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brodsky, DavidGM | 2511 | USA | +24N | =3B | +2B | +4N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 2687 | +7.0 |
| 2 | Stearman, JosiahIM | 2475 | USA | +22N | +5B | −1N | +3B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 2545 | +4.1 |
| 3 | Bortnyk, MykolaIM | 2407 | UKR | +16B | =1N | +10B | −2N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 2447 | +2.2 |
| 4 | Zhu, LinxiFM | 2289 | USA | +12B | =13N | +14B | −1B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 2446 | +16.6 |
| 5 | Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM | 2359 | USA | +23B | −2N | +16B | =9N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 2359 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shen, Leo Xiaohang | 2057 | USA | =11N | =15B | =19N | +13B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.75 | 2398 | +68.0 |
| 7 | Shangin, Lev | 2116 | USA | F | +11B | =13N | +15B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2568 | +68.0 |
| 8 | Marsh, James J | 2067 | USA | =10B | −14N | +22N | +18B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 2316 | +25.0 |
| 9 | Ho, CarterCM | 2204 | USA | −21N | +23B | +18N | =5B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 2389 | +36.8 |
| 10 | Girsh, DanielFM | 2244 | USA | =8N | +17B | −3N | =11B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 2218 | -2.6 |
| 11 | Safranek, WilliamFM | 2270 | USA | =6B | −7N | +17B | =10N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 2136 | -28.4 |
| 12 | Goodrich, Elliott | 2107 | USA | −4N | =22B | +23N | =14B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 2258 | +27.4 |
| 13 | Lin, Bryan EnmingIM | 2374 | USA | =18N | =4B | =7B | −6N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 2053 | -32.8 |
| 14 | Paragua, MarkGM | 2412 | PHI | F | +8B | −4N | =12N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 2154 | -9.2 |
| 15 | Hebbar, EshaanIM | 2241 | USA | F | =6N | +20B | −7N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 2077 | -24.7 |
| 16 | Zhao, KevinFM | 2177 | USA | −3N | +24B | −5N | =20B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 2178 | -1.8 |
| 17 | Brain, Logan | 2128 | USA | =19B | −10N | −11N | +22B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 2155 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Ling, ChenxuanCM | 2099 | USA | =13B | =20N | −9B | −8N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1983 | -22.7 |
| 19 | Rozman, LevyIM | 2324 | USA | =17N | F | =6B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 2093 | -5.7 |
| 20 | Dong, Kyle QiyuCM | 2059 | USA | F | =18B | −15N | =16N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 2047 | -1.6 |
| 21 | Chasin, NicoGM | 2517 | USA | +9B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 3004 | +1.4 |
| 22 | Hoffman, LucCM | 2130 | USA | −2B | =12N | −8B | −17N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1872 | -34.4 |
| 23 | Nasta, Kiren Vivek | 2200 | USA | −5N | −9N | −12B | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1423 | -56.4 |
| 24 | Klenoff, Caleb | 2234 | USA | −1B | −16N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1544 | -30.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shen, Leo XiaohangUSA+68.02.5 pts · #6
- 2Shangin, LevUSA+68.02.5 pts · #7
- 3Ho, CarterCMUSA+36.82.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Nasta, Kiren VivekUSA-56.40.0 pts · #23
- 2Hoffman, LucCMUSA-34.40.5 pts · #22
- 3Lin, Bryan EnmingIMUSA-32.81.5 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R4+317 Elo gap
- R2+154 Elo gap
- R4+125 Elo gap