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2025 December NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Expert

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16 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in New York, NY, United States. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Alisher Podavonov (🇺🇸 USA, 2080).

Justin Dalhouse (🇺🇸 USA, 1968) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Kevin B Stern (3.0) and Alisher Podavonov (3.0). Dalhouse clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Eric Liu (1730) beat Milo Su (1891), a +161-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
🇺🇸Alisher Podavonov2080
Avg top 10
1,938
Participants
16
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×15
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Justin Dalhouse led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4Dalhouse takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec

Justin Dalhouse takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Justin Dalhouse*
1
2Kevin B Stern*
3WCMHema Vikas*
4Alisher Podavonov
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dalhouse, Justin1968USA+16N=12B+9B+3N3.55.55.55.002220+21.2
2Stern, Kevin B1988USA=8B+5N=12N+6B3.06.57.56.002088+20.4
3Podavonov, Alisher2080USA+13N+14B+6N1B3.06.57.03.502077+0.4
4Vikas, HemaWCM1961USA+15N6B+13N+12B3.04.04.02.002030+14.0
5Resika, NathanFM1999USA=7N2B+15B+10N2.56.56.52.501943-5.4
6Marzouq, Chowdhury1954BAN+10B+4N3B2N2.09.010.54.501940-2.0
7Wong, Wyatt1888USA=5B9N=8B+13N2.06.07.03.251833-12.0
8Xiang, GraysonCM1805USA=2N13B=7N+15B2.06.06.02.501862+11.6
9Zhou, ElizabethWCM1740USAF+7B1N=11N1.57.07.02.751870+20.4
10Liu, Eric1730USA6N+16B=14N5B1.55.05.00.251831+18.0
11Tanaka, Takki1753USAFF+16N=9B1.51.51.50.752009+26.4
12Sen, Samant Robert1823USAF=1N=2B4N1.09.59.53.251847+3.6
13Sommerstein, Adrian Harrison1786USA3B+8N4B7B1.08.010.02.001740-10.0
14Statz, Isaac Hart1827USAF3N=10BF0.54.54.50.751712-12.8
15Stern, Eli Russell1787USA4BF5N8N0.07.57.50.001121-38.8
16Su, Milo1891USA1B10N11BF0.06.56.50.001017-71.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets