2026 NY Marshall Presidents' Day Invitational - IM B
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2243, and top seed was Gabor Nagy (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2443).
Mykola Bortnyk (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2432) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mark Paragua (7.0) and Bryan Enming Lin (6.0). Bortnyk shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Nathaniel Mullodzhanov (2120) beat Gabor Nagy (GM, 2443), a +323-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsIM Mykola Bortnyk led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
IM Mykola Bortnyk takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
IM Mykola Bortnyk drew with GM Mark Paragua (Black).
IM Mykola Bortnyk 6 wins (R3–R8)GM Mark Paragua 4 wins (R6–R9)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇦IMBortnyk, Mykola | 2432 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 29.00 | 37.5 | +8.2 | 2499 |
| 2 | 🇵🇭GMParagua, Mark | 2404 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 28.00 | 38.0 | +6.0 | 2446 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸IMLin, Bryan Enming | 2371 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 20.00 | 39.0 | -0.8 | 2354 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸Shangin, Lev | 2177 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 20.25 | 40.0 | +51.6 | 2294 |
| 5 | 🇭🇺GMNagy, Gabor | 2443 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.50 | 40.0 | -17.7 | 2269 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸WIMGaw, Chloe | 2129 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 15.75 | 40.5 | +54.8 | 2256 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Mullodzhanov, Nathaniel | 2120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.75 | 40.5 | +58.4 | 2257 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸CMHoffman, Luc | 2172 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 9.50 | 42.5 | -40.7 | 2085 |
| 9 | 🇯🇲CMMiller, Rachel | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 3.50 | 43.0 | +4.4 | 2041 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸Patel, Maahir M | 2187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.75 | 44.0 | -112.8 | 1899 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mullodzhanov, NathanielUSA+58.44.5 pts · #6
- 2Gaw, ChloeWIMUSA+54.84.5 pts · #7
- 3Shangin, LevUSA+51.65.0 pts · #4
- 1Patel, Maahir MUSA-112.81.0 pts · #10
- 2Hoffman, LucCMUSA-40.72.5 pts · #8
- 3Nagy, GaborGMHUN-17.75.0 pts · #5
- R2+323 Elo gap
- R6+242 Elo gap
- R9+189 Elo gap