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2025 December NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸GMNico Chasin2517
Avg top 10
2,394
Participants
24
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

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

GM David Brodsky led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
1
3
1
1234R1R2R3R4Brodsky takes lead
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
Player1234
1GMDavid Brodsky*
1
2IMJosiah Stearman
0
*
1
3IMAleksandr Ostrovskiy
0
*
½
4CMCarter Ho
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Brodsky, DavidGM2511USA+24N=3B+2B+4N3.58.08.06.752687+7.0
2Stearman, JosiahIM2475USA+22N+5B1N+3B3.08.59.05.502545+4.1
3Bortnyk, MykolaIM2407UKR+16B=1N+10B2N2.58.510.05.252447+2.2
4Zhu, LinxiFM2289USA+12B=13N+14B1B2.57.08.54.252446+16.6
5Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM2359USA+23B2N+16B=9N2.57.07.02.7523590.0
6Shen, Leo Xiaohang2057USA=11N=15B=19N+13B2.55.06.03.752398+68.0
7Shangin, Lev2116USAF+11B=13N+15B2.55.05.04.252568+68.0
8Marsh, James J2067USA=10B14N+22N+18B2.54.55.02.502316+25.0
9Ho, CarterCM2204USA21N+23B+18N=5B2.54.54.52.252389+36.8
10Girsh, DanielFM2244USA=8N+17B3N=11B2.07.08.53.752218-2.6
11Safranek, WilliamFM2270USA=6B7N+17B=10N2.07.08.53.752136-28.4
12Goodrich, Elliott2107USA4N=22B+23N=14B2.04.54.51.002258+27.4
13Lin, Bryan EnmingIM2374USA=18N=4B=7B6N1.57.58.53.002053-32.8
14Paragua, MarkGM2412PHIF+8B4N=12N1.57.07.03.502154-9.2
15Hebbar, EshaanIM2241USAF=6N+20B7N1.56.06.02.252077-24.7
16Zhao, KevinFM2177USA3N+24B5N=20B1.56.06.00.502178-1.8
17Brain, Logan2128USA=19B10N11N+22B1.55.05.51.002155+2.0
18Ling, ChenxuanCM2099USA=13B=20N9B8N1.06.57.51.251983-22.7
19Rozman, LevyIM2324USA=17NF=6BF1.04.04.02.002093-5.7
20Dong, Kyle QiyuCM2059USAF=18B15N=16N1.04.04.01.252047-1.6
21Chasin, NicoGM2517USA+9BFFF1.02.52.52.503004+1.4
22Hoffman, LucCM2130USA2B=12N8B17N0.57.59.01.001872-34.4
23Nasta, Kiren Vivek2200USA5N9N12BF0.07.07.00.001423-56.4
24Klenoff, Caleb2234USA1B16NFF0.05.05.00.001544-30.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets