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2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 5-7

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33 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 14 Apr 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1789, and top seed was Mikhail A Chernobilskiy (🇺🇸 USA, 1872).

John Boyer (🇺🇸 USA, 1797) won with 2.0/3, ahead of Dominic A Vasquez (2.0) and Richard V Finacom (2.0). Boyer shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: John Chan (1603) beat Nicholas Morello (1805), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
31 Mar 2026 → 14 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Mikhail A Chernobilskiy1872
Avg top 10
1,789
Participants
33
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×31
🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    John Boyer
    🇺🇸USA·1797
    2.0pts·1890perf+7.4
  • 🥈
    Dominic A Vasquez
    🇺🇸USA·1632
    2.0pts·2394perf+17.8
  • 🥉
    Richard V Finacom
    🇺🇸USA·1822
    2.0pts·1818perf-0.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 5 players tied at 2.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
5
11.52.53R1R2R3
Persidsky2Vasquez2Boyer2Stults2Finacom2Ploquin1.5
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 2.0/3. Boyer takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Boyer, John1797USA=6N+14B=10N2.03.04.02.501890+7.4
2Vasquez, Dominic A1632USAF+17N+8B2.02.52.52.502394+17.8
3Finacom, Richard V1822USA+14N−22B+15B2.02.03.02.001818-0.4
4Persidsky, Andre1798USAF+26B+16N2.01.51.51.502422+10.8
5Stults, Sawyer1681USA+29N−7N+30B2.01.51.50.001821+11.2
6Venkatagiri Acharya1714IND=1B−15N+7B1.53.54.52.501955+12.6
7Siegel, David1727USA=26N+5B−6N1.53.54.02.251692-2.8
8Chan, John1603USA+32N=9B−2N1.53.53.50.751702+7.8
9McCutcheon, Bennett1669USA+11B=8NF1.53.04.02.251844+9.0
10Tam, Hoa Long1709USA+19NF=1B1.53.03.02.001974+14.0
11Ploquin, Phil1698USA−9N+28B=12N1.53.03.00.751600-7.2
12Sloan, Sacha Marino1702USA−24B+31N=11B1.52.52.50.751699-0.4
13Wickliffe, Zachary1765USA=27B+18N−14N1.52.02.51.251733-2.2
14Chernobilskiy, Mikhail A1872USA−3B−1N+13B1.04.05.51.501670-16.4
15Ramirez, Nazaret0DOMF+6B−3N1.03.53.51.5017680.0
16Sisti, Daniel J1562USAF+23N−4B1.03.03.01.001663+5.0
17Agdamag, Samuel1585USA−23B−2B+28N1.03.03.00.001404-14.4
18Babayan, Gagik1755USA+21B−13BF1.02.53.51.00965-9.8
19Mays-Smith, Isaac S1765USA−10B+21NF1.02.53.51.00909-11.6
20Booth, Kyle Ewart Coventry1649USAF+25BF1.02.52.51.002464+10.4
21de la Fuente Alvarez, Cibran Anton0USA−18N−19B+26N1.02.02.50.5016090.0
22Dutter, Frederic1764USAF+3NF1.02.02.02.002622+11.6
23Le, Thu Anh1527USA+17N−16BF1.02.02.01.001574+2.6
24Latourette, Nicholas1749USA+12NFF1.01.51.51.502502+8.6
25Madden, Dahlia1664USA+33B−20NF1.01.01.00.001640-1.4
26Patel, Milan1681USA=7B−4N−21B0.53.54.50.751570-11.2
27Ni, Tao1573USA=13NFF0.51.51.50.751765+5.0
28Casares, Nick1429USAF−11N−17B0.02.52.50.00842-9.2
29Toczyski, David Paul1736USA−5BFF0.02.02.00.00881-11.6
30Brickhouse, Christian1625USAFF−5N0.02.02.00.00881-8.4
31Uzakbaev, Nursultan1649USAF−12BF0.01.51.50.00902-8.6
32Morello, Nicholas1805USA−8BFF0.01.51.50.00803-15.2
33Braithwaite, Andrew1630USA−25NFF0.01.01.00.00864-9.0

Key insights

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