2026 January Marshall Premier FIDE - U2000
Open SwissStandard
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
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×36
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTheodore Chachere led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
4
1
1
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Theodore Chachere | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Eli Russell Stern | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Darren Wu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Eric Liu | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chachere, Theodore | 1847 | USA | +30B | +5N | =6N | +10B | +4N | 4.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 11.00 | 2065 | +17.6 |
| 2 | Stern, Eli Russell | 1748 | USA | +27B | +33N | =8B | =6B | +11N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1939 | +46.8 |
| 3 | Wu, Darren | 1681 | USA | F | +20B | =17N | +7B | +10N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.50 | 1833 | +12.4 |
| 4 | Zhou, AbigailWCM | 1761 | USA | =23N | =10B | +21B | +13N | −1B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1662 | -29.6 |
| 5 | Loayza Rivera, Bryan James | 1726 | PER | +16B | −1B | −12N | +24N | +19B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1681 | -8.8 |
| 6 | Liu, Eric | 1793 | USA | +28B | +31N | =1B | =2N | F | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.75 | 1953 | +45.2 |
| 7 | Cornwell, Kobi | 0 | USA | =37B | =13N | +26B | −3N | +23B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1664 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Tripodi, Matthew | 1867 | USA | =38N | +9B | =2N | +29B | F | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.75 | 1864 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Nigam, Myra | 1606 | USA | F | −8N | +34B | +37N | +18B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1921 | +63.2 |
| 10 | Goodrich, Sebastian | 1643 | USA | +39B | =4N | +19B | −1N | −3B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1668 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Nakada, Johji David | 1652 | USA | F | =25B | +16N | +12B | −2B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1675 | +4.0 |
| 12 | Reznikov, Samuel | 1744 | USA | F | =32N | +5B | −11N | +16B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1690 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Reznikov, Gennadiy | 1645 | USA | F | =7B | +32N | −4B | +26N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1010 | -5.6 |
| 14 | Romano, Francis C | 0 | USA | F | =26N | F | +25B | +17N | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bernstein, Charles B | 1629 | USA | F | −21N | +39B | =27N | +35B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.75 | 1764 | +13.6 |
| 16 | Ho, Jeffrey | 0 | USA | −5N | +30N | −11B | +32B | −12N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 908 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Liu, Oliver Y | 1637 | USA | F | +35N | =3B | =18N | −14B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1798 | +26.0 |
| 18 | De Villa, Jose | 1747 | USA | F | +23B | =29N | =17B | −9N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1612 | -14.2 |
| 19 | Nunez, Benjamin | 1655 | IRL | F | +24B | −10N | +31B | −5N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1631 | -5.2 |
| 20 | Kim, Jordan | 0 | USA | F | −3N | −24B | +34N | +31N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan | 0 | USA | F | +15B | −4N | +33B | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Obaraye, Iguodala J | 0 | USA | −31B | −28N | −30B | +?N | +32B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Liu, Jesper | 1507 | USA | =4B | −18N | F | +36B | −7N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1652 | +20.0 |
| 24 | Zheng, Jacky | 1475 | USA | F | −19N | +20N | −5B | =25N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1365 | -14.8 |
| 25 | Cai, Harrison | 1521 | USA | F | =11N | =28B | −14N | =24B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1631 | +14.8 |
| 26 | Park, Alexander | 0 | USA | F | =14B | −7N | +39N | −13B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 846 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Daley, Edward L | 1579 | USA | −2N | +36B | F | =15B | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1592 | +1.2 |
| 28 | Bolkhovitinov, Daniel | 1765 | USA | −6N | +22B | =25N | F | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1442 | -33.2 |
| 29 | Nguyen, Sarah | 1650 | USA | F | +34N | =18B | −8N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1707 | +3.6 |
| 30 | Mailybayev, Assau Temir | 0 | USA | −1N | −16B | +22N | −35B | −36N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Hull, Cameron | 1679 | USA | +22N | −6B | F | −19N | −20B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 896 | -19.0 |
| 32 | Castillo Lluberes, Johan Arturo | 0 | USA | =?N | =12B | −13B | −16N | −22N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Davar, Ben | 1658 | USA | +36N | −2B | F | −21N | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1574 | -4.0 |
| 34 | Nigam, Shyra | 1508 | USA | F | −29B | −9N | −20B | +39N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 851 | -25.2 |
| 35 | Zhang, Plato | 1560 | USA | F | −17B | F | +30N | −15N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 833 | -32.4 |
| 36 | Goodrich, Avery | 1400 | USA | −33B | −27N | F | −23N | +30B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 782 | -32.0 |
| 37 | Chakrabartiroy, Arko | 1791 | USA | =7N | F | F | −9B | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 814 | -29.2 |
| 38 | McColgan, Matthew | 1633 | USA | =8B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1867 | +11.6 |
| 39 | FIDE 566003342 | 0 | — | −10N | F | −15N | −26B | −34B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nigam, MyraUSA+63.23.0 pts · #5
- 2Stern, Eli RussellUSA+46.84.0 pts · #1
- 3Liu, EricUSA+45.23.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Bolkhovitinov, DanielUSA-33.21.5 pts · #27
- 2Zhang, PlatoUSA-32.41.0 pts · #35
- 3Goodrich, AveryUSA-32.01.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R4+185 Elo gap
- R5+141 Elo gap