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2026 NY Marshall Presidents' Day Invitational - IM B

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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.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
12 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺GMGabor Nagy2443
Avg top 10
2,243
Participants
10
Titled players · 7
GM×2
IM×2
CM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×6
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇯🇲Jamaica×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇭🇺Hungary×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

IM 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.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Bortnyk takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

IM Mykola Bortnyk takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Mykola Bortnyk drew with GM Mark Paragua (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Mykola Bortnyk 6 wins (R3–R8)GM Mark Paragua 4 wins (R6–R9)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇺🇦IMBortnyk, Mykola2432*½1½½111117.529.0037.5+8.22499
2🇵🇭GMParagua, Mark2404½*1½½11½117.028.0038.0+6.02446
3🇺🇸IMLin, Bryan Enming237100*11011116.020.0039.0-0.82354
4🇺🇸Shangin, Lev2177½½0*½½1½1½5.020.2540.0+51.62294
5🇭🇺GMNagy, Gabor2443½½0½*10½115.018.5040.0-17.72269
7🇺🇸WIMGaw, Chloe2129001½0*½11½4.515.7540.5+54.82256
6🇺🇸Mullodzhanov, Nathaniel212000001½*1114.512.7540.5+58.42257
8🇺🇸CMHoffman, Luc21720½0½½00*012.59.5042.5-40.72085
9🇯🇲CMMiller, Rachel199800000001*12.03.5043.0+4.42041
10🇺🇸Patel, Maahir M2187000½0½000*1.04.7544.0-112.81899

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets