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2026 January Marshall Premier FIDE - U2000

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39 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1779, and top seed was Matthew Tripodi (🇺🇸 USA, 1867).

Theodore Chachere (🇺🇸 USA, 1847) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Eli Russell Stern (4.0) and Darren Wu (3.5). Chachere won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Myra Nigam (1606) beat Arko Chakrabartiroy (1791), a +185-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Matthew Tripodi1867
Avg top 10
1,779
Participants
39
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×36
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Theodore Chachere led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
4
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Theodore Chachere held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Theodore Chachere went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Theodore Chachere*
½
2Eli Russell Stern*
½
3Darren Wu*
4Eric Liu
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chachere, Theodore1847USA+30B+5N=6N+10B+4N4.511.512.511.002065+17.6
2Stern, Eli Russell1748USA+27B+33N=8B=6B+11N4.010.011.08.001939+46.8
3Wu, Darren1681USAF+20B=17N+7B+10N3.59.59.58.501833+12.4
4Zhou, AbigailWCM1761USA=23N=10B+21B+13N1B3.011.513.06.501662-29.6
5Loayza Rivera, Bryan James1726PER+16B1B12N+24N+19B3.011.012.55.501681-8.8
6Liu, Eric1793USA+28B+31N=1B=2NF3.011.011.06.751953+45.2
7Cornwell, Kobi0USA=37B=13N+26B3N+23B3.09.09.54.5016640.0
8Tripodi, Matthew1867USA=38N+9B=2N+29BF3.09.09.06.7518640.0
9Nigam, Myra1606USAF8N+34B+37N+18B3.06.56.53.501921+63.2
10Goodrich, Sebastian1643USA+39B=4N+19B1N3B2.513.013.03.501668+3.6
11Nakada, Johji David1652USAF=25B+16N+12B2B2.510.010.05.251675+4.0
12Reznikov, Samuel1744USAF=32N+5B11N+16B2.58.58.55.501690-6.4
13Reznikov, Gennadiy1645USAF=7B+32N4B+26N2.58.58.54.001010-5.6
14Romano, Francis C0USAF=26NF+25B+17N2.55.05.04.2516250.0
15Bernstein, Charles B1629USAF21N+39B=27N+35B2.54.54.51.751764+13.6
16Ho, Jeffrey0USA5N+30N11B+32B12N2.09.010.02.009080.0
17Liu, Oliver Y1637USAF+35N=3B=18N14B2.09.09.03.751798+26.0
18De Villa, Jose1747USAF+23B=29N=17B9N2.08.08.03.251612-14.2
19Nunez, Benjamin1655IRLF+24B10N+31B5N2.08.08.02.501631-5.2
20Kim, Jordan0USAF3N24B+34N+31N2.07.07.02.0015920.0
21Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan0USAF+15B4N+33BF2.06.56.53.5017190.0
22Obaraye, Iguodala J0USA31B28N30B+?N+32B2.04.54.51.0015660.0
23Liu, Jesper1507USA=4B18NF+36B7N1.59.09.02.501652+20.0
24Zheng, Jacky1475USAF19N+20N5B=25N1.58.58.52.751365-14.8
25Cai, Harrison1521USAF=11N=28B14N=24B1.58.08.02.751631+14.8
26Park, Alexander0USAF=14B7N+39N13B1.58.08.01.258460.0
27Daley, Edward L1579USA2N+36BF=15BF1.57.57.52.251592+1.2
28Bolkhovitinov, Daniel1765USA6N+22B=25NFF1.56.56.52.751442-33.2
29Nguyen, Sarah1650USAF+34N=18B8NF1.56.06.02.001707+3.6
30Mailybayev, Assau Temir0USA1N16B+22N35B36N1.09.510.52.008040.0
31Hull, Cameron1679USA+22N6BF19N20B1.09.09.02.00896-19.0
32Castillo Lluberes, Johan Arturo0USA=?N=12B13B16N22N1.09.09.01.2515360.0
33Davar, Ben1658USA+36N2BF21NF1.07.07.01.001574-4.0
34Nigam, Shyra1508USAF29B9N20B+39N1.06.56.50.00851-25.2
35Zhang, Plato1560USAF17BF+30N15N1.05.55.51.00833-32.4
36Goodrich, Avery1400USA33B27NF23N+30B1.05.05.01.00782-32.0
37Chakrabartiroy, Arko1791USA=7NFF9BF0.56.06.01.50814-29.2
38McColgan, Matthew1633USA=8BFFFF0.53.03.01.501867+11.6
39FIDE 566003342010NF15N26B34B0.07.57.50.007930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets