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2026 New Years Tuesday Night Marathon - Under 1600 Round 1-3

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26 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 06 Jan 2026 to 20 Jan 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Dylan Kwong (🇺🇸 USA, 1853).

Ethan Israel Solomon (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Brett Fisher (3.0) and Daniel Massop (2.0). Solomon won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Mason Tobias (1547) beat Alexander Borisovich Menchtchikov (1737), a +190-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
Avg top 10
1,669
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
11.52.53R1R2R3
Solomon3Fisher3Vasquez2Massop2Little2Weaver2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/3. Solomon takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ethan Israel Solomon 3 wins (R1–R3)Brett Fisher 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ethan Israel Solomon*——
1
2Brett Fisher—*——
3Dominic A Vasquez——*—
4Daniel Massop
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Solomon, Ethan Israel0USA+8N+?B+3N3.03.53.53.5017590.0
2Fisher, Brett1683USA+12N+15B+14B3.02.03.03.002409+24.0
3Massop, Daniel1747USA+11N+5N−1B2.05.06.03.002465+31.2
4Hack, Richard1609USA+6N−7B+24N2.04.04.02.001596-0.6
5Little, John1734USA+13N−3B+23N2.03.03.01.001715-2.0
6Weaver, Kyle1607USA−4B+22N+11B2.03.03.01.001603-0.8
7Vasquez, Dominic A1586USA+21B+4NF2.02.02.02.002351+18.0
8Martin, Bryan D1582USA−1B+21N=20B1.53.53.50.251664+8.0
9Pagan Griso, Simone1582USA=10NF+16B1.52.52.51.752347+18.0
10Golas, Jacob0USA=9B−11N+?N1.52.52.50.7516490.0
11Starr, Albert1596USA−3B+10B−6N1.04.05.51.50877-15.6
12Robins, Alexander1641USA−2B+13NF1.04.04.01.001683+4.8
13Mackley, Merlin Ethan1682USA−5B−12B+21N1.03.03.00.001498-29.6
14Karpe, Ummon1656USAF+26B−2N1.03.03.00.001610-4.8
15Cao, Danny1531USA+22B−2NF1.03.03.00.00883-6.0
16Tobias, Mason1547USAF+17B−9N1.02.52.51.001660+12.0
17Menchtchikov, Alexander Borisovich1737USAF−16N+25B1.01.01.00.00747-30.0
18Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry1581USA+20NFF1.00.50.50.502248+12.8
19Rosston, Andrew Burkett0USAF+?B−?N1.00.00.00.0010530.0
20Blum, Paul A1448USA−18BF=8N0.52.52.50.751389-2.8
21Kojevnikov, Alexander1493USA−7N−8B−13B0.03.54.50.00816-40.0
22FIDE 309464330—−15N−6BF0.03.03.00.007690.0
23Swan, Mason James0USAFF−5B0.02.02.00.009340.0
24Ben Cherif, Rachid0USAFF−4B0.02.02.00.008090.0
25FIDE 5660049340—F−?B−17N0.01.01.00.009950.0
26Ramos, Joel Thomas1536USAF−14NF0.01.01.00.00856-13.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets