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2026 New Years Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 1-3

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23 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 06 Jan 2026 to 20 Jan 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1960, and top seed was Jimmy Heiserman (🇺🇸 USA, 2138).

Elliott Winslow (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 1965) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Bradley R Diller (2.5) and Jimmy Heiserman (2.0). Winslow broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza (1774) beat Olivia Smith (WFM, 2091), a +317-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
06 Jan 2026 → 20 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Jimmy Heiserman2138
Avg top 10
1,960
Participants
23
Titled players · 2
IM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

IM Elliott Winslow led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
11.52.53R1R2R3
Winslow3Diller2.5Heiserman2Parsons2Cawthon2Walder2
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD

IM Elliott Winslow held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Elliott Winslow won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMElliott Winslow*—
1
—
2Bradley R Diller—*—
½
3Jimmy Heiserman
0
—*—
4Stephen Parsons—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Winslow, ElliottIM1965USA+11N+10B+3N3.03.04.04.002681+23.8
2Diller, Bradley R1964USA+22B+9N=4B2.53.03.02.002118+10.4
3Heiserman, Jimmy2138USA+14B+5N−1B2.05.06.03.002035-7.0
4Parsons, Stephen1857USA=12N+18B=2N2.03.54.02.251951+7.4
5Chen, Qinhong1917USA+23N−3B+15N2.03.03.01.002067+11.6
6Cawthon, Jeremy David1908USA−9B+22N+16B2.02.02.01.001961+4.0
7Walder, Michael1873USA=13B=19N+23B2.01.51.50.751904+2.4
8Mallela, Abhishek1957USA=18N+12BF1.51.51.51.251950-0.2
9Perlov, Daniel1770USA+6N−2BF1.04.54.52.001936+8.8
10Rajaram, Raghu1732USAF−1N+14B1.04.04.01.001907+9.0
11Melville, Cailen1773USA−1B−14N+22B1.04.04.00.001782+0.6
12Hasteer, Divija1726USA=4B−8N=13B1.03.54.51.5017290.0
13Admassu, Yonathan1749USA=7N−15B=12N1.03.04.01.501687-4.8
14Horowitz, Phineas F1848USA−3N+11B−10N1.03.04.01.001756-8.4
15Mercado, Adam1836USAF+13N−5B1.03.03.01.001833-0.2
16Lewis, Edward1829USA=20N=21B−6N1.02.53.00.5018330.0
17Viadiu-Ilarraza, Hector1774USAF+20BF1.00.50.50.502891+17.4
18Kulkarni, Neil1788USA=8B−4NF0.53.53.50.751714-7.2
19Rigel, Marlon1737USAF=7BF0.52.02.01.001873+3.6
20Smith, OliviaWFM2091WLS=16B−17NF0.52.02.00.501609-23.8
21Clemens, Kristian1876USAF=16NF0.51.01.00.501829-1.4
22Steger, Eric1909USA−2N−6B−11N0.04.55.50.001082-32.0
23Sevall, Daniel1851USA−5BF−7N0.04.04.00.001095-35.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets