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2026 New Years Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 4-7

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34 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 27 Jan 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1819, and top seed was Mikhail A Chernobilskiy (🇺🇸 USA, 1884).

Calvin Django Dees (🇺🇸 USA, 1851) won with 3.5/4, ahead of John Boyer (3.5) and Gagik Babayan (3.0). Dees shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tao Ni (1549) beat Satyakam Dash (1803), a +254-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
27 Jan 2026 → 17 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Mikhail A Chernobilskiy1884
Avg top 10
1,819
Participants
34
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×33
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·1851
    3.5pts·2142perf+50.0
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1778
    3.5pts·2074perf+25.6
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1729
    3.0pts·1908perf+18.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
3
4
2
1234R1R2R3R4
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Dees takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.5).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dees, Calvin Django1851USA+31B=5N+6N+28B3.55.55.54.252142+50.0
2Boyer, John1778USA+19N+33B=25N+10N3.54.54.54.002074+25.6
3Babayan, Gagik1729USA=23B+31N+13B=5N3.05.55.53.751908+18.6
4Finacom, Richard V1818USA+26B+15N−14B+31B3.05.05.03.002514+43.6
5Powers, Christopher1817USA+12N=1B=28N=3B2.58.59.05.501864+4.8
6Chernobilskiy, Mikhail A1884USA+7B+24N−1B=13N2.58.09.04.501864-1.0
7Milliken, William1801USA−6N+30B+9B=11N2.57.07.54.001849+9.6
8Siegel, David1709USA=11B+20N+17N−12B2.55.57.04.001820+12.0
9McCutcheon, Bennett1656USA=29N+21B−7N+18B2.55.56.03.251779+25.6
10Wickliffe, Zachary1755USA+14BF+12N−2B2.07.57.54.001764+0.4
11Sarmasi, Aron1752USA=8N−17B+16N=7B2.07.08.54.501728-4.8
12Pickering, Carl A1750ENG−5B+23N−10B+8N2.07.08.03.5017500.0
13Ni, Tao1549USA+17N=25B−3N=6B2.07.08.03.251802+24.6
14Rachuri, Sujan0USA−10N+18B+4NF2.06.56.54.5017640.0
15Braithwaite, Andrew1641USA+22N−4B+32BF2.04.54.51.501766+10.2
16Agdamag, Samuel1600USAF+34N−11B+29N2.02.52.50.501747+11.4
17Dash, Satyakam1803USA−13B+11N−8B=20B1.56.58.02.751564-51.2
18Fitzgerald, William1659USA+27B−14N=22B−9N1.56.07.01.751669+2.0
19Ploquin, Phil1694USA−2BF+24N=23B1.55.55.51.501791+8.0
20Chan, John1596USA+32N−8BF=17N1.55.05.00.751649+4.2
21Tam, Hoa Long1728USA−24B−9N=30B+32N1.54.04.00.251585-15.2
22Stults, Sawyer1671USA−15BF=18N+33B1.53.53.50.7516700.0
23Sloan, Sacha Marino1720USA=3N−12BF=19N1.06.56.52.251599-19.6
24Mehta, Soham1876USA+21N−6B−19B−26N1.05.56.51.501565-65.2
25Morello, Nicholas1792USAF=13N=2BF1.05.55.52.751663-6.4
26Reed, Paul H1727USA−4NFF+24B1.04.04.01.001847+12.8
27Schuster, Zack1681USA−18N+29BFF1.03.54.00.501603-4.2
28Dutter, Frederic1747USAFF=5B−1N0.56.06.01.251641-5.2
29Le, Thu Anh1546USA=9B−27NF−16B0.55.55.51.251373-11.8
30Patel, Milan1722USAF−7N=21NF0.55.05.00.751572-15.2
31Mays-Smith, Isaac S1774USA−1N−3BF−4N0.09.59.50.00999-27.8
32Casares, Nick1435USA−20BF−15N−21B0.05.05.00.00855-13.6
33Madden, Dahlia1711USAF−2NF−22N0.05.05.00.00924-19.4
34Sisti, Daniel J1567USAF−16BFF0.02.02.00.00800-9.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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