2026 January-February Marshall Weekly Wednesdays U2200 Round 2-6

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jan 2026 to 25 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1899, and top seed was Quan Anh Le (🇫🇷 FRA, 2089).

Rochelle Ballantyne (🇹🇹 TTO, 1931) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Quan Anh Le (4.0) and Mike Wai Chong Ching (3.0). Ballantyne shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Mike Wai Chong Ching (1768) beat Aleksandr Gutnik (2009), a +241-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸New York, NY, United States

Dates

28 Jan 2026 → 25 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇷Quan Anh Le2089

Avg top 10

1,899

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×37

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1

🇰🇷South Korea×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Rochelle Ballantyne
🇹🇹TTO·1931
4.0pts·2156perf+27.8
🥈
Quan Anh Le
🇫🇷FRA·2089
4.0pts·2045perf-2.6
🥉
Mike Wai Chong Ching
🇺🇸USA·1768
3.0pts·1967perf+53.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Le4Ballantyne4Ching3Exkorn3Berg3Kavouras3

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Ballantyne takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Quan Anh Le lost to Rochelle Ballantyne (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Quan Anh Le 4 wins (R2–R5)Rochelle Ballantyne 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Quan Anh Le	*	0	—	—
2Rochelle Ballantyne	1	*	1	—
3Mike Wai Chong Ching	—	0	*	—
4Jake Exkorn	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ballantyne, Rochelle	1931	TTO	+2B	+4B	+16N	−5B	+3N	4.0	13.0	15.0	12.00	2156	+27.8
2	Le, Quan Anh	2089	FRA	−1N	+30B	+35N	+16B	+5N	4.0	10.5	11.5	7.50	2045	-2.6
3	Ching, Mike Wai Chong	1768	USA	=27N	+6B	=14N	+4B	−1B	3.0	12.5	14.0	8.00	1967	+53.2
4	Gutnik, Aleksandr	2009	USA	+38B	−1N	+7B	−3N	+17B	3.0	12.0	12.5	5.50	1862	-17.2
5	Berg, George	1877	USA	+29B	−16N	+27B	+1N	−2B	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.00	1958	+10.8
6	Kavouras, Christian	1928	USA	+19B	−3N	+15N	F	+11B	3.0	10.0	10.0	7.00	1924	-0.4
7	De Villa, Jose	1746	USA	+12B	F	−4N	+28B	+10N	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1953	+15.8
8	Exkorn, Jake	0	USA	=23B	+19N	+38B	=12N	−20B	3.0	8.5	9.0	4.75	1748	0.0
9	Frumkin, Edward	1678	USA	−16B	+20N	=28N	+29B	=26B	3.0	7.5	9.0	5.25	1797	+16.2
10	Lee, Leon	0	KOR	=31B	=15N	=11B	+24N	−7B	2.5	10.0	11.5	5.25	1705	+18.4
11	DeDona, Christopher	1741	USA	−17N	+36B	=10N	+18B	−6N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.25	1789	+15.6
12	Solomon, Ciprian	1868	USA	−7N	+34B	−25N	=8B	+28N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.00	1820	-3.2
13	Ho, Jeffrey	0	USA	+22B	−23N	−19B	=37N	+34B	2.5	7.0	7.5	3.25	1710	+45.6
14	Sun, Jesse	1784	USA	+18B	+17N	=3B	F	F	2.5	7.0	7.0	5.50	2048	+19.2
15	Kenny-Maheux, Victor	1677	USA	+37N	=10B	−6B	+40N	−35B	2.5	7.0	7.0	1.75	1734	+11.2
16	Deng, David	1823	USA	+9N	+5B	−1B	−2N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	1894	+5.8
17	Shah, Akash S	1769	USA	+11B	−14B	+33N	F	−4N	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	1712	-10.4
18	Espinosa, Keith	1785	USA	−14N	−25B	+34N	−11N	+21B	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1704	-8.8
19	Xiang, Jun	1760	USA	−6N	−8B	+13N	F	+37B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1812	+2.6
20	Ho, Charles	1572	USA	F	−9B	+22B	F	+8N	2.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	1667	+10.4
21	Daley, Edward L	1579	USA	−30N	+40B	−24B	+22N	−18N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1609	+3.8
22	Cruz, Paul	1656	USA	−13N	+37B	−20N	−21B	+39N	2.0	7.0	7.5	1.00	1613	-5.0
23	Lay, Thomas	1704	USA	=8N	+13B	F	=27N	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	4.75	1822	+3.2
24	Davar, Ben	1658	USA	−34N	+32B	+21N	−10B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	1774	+9.2
25	Zeutzius, Jonas Michael	0	USA	F	+18N	+12B	−26N	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.50	1963	-9.2
26	Olsen, Robert	1861	USA	F	=27N	F	+25B	=9N	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.25	1750	-5.8
27	Gerstl, Mark	1822	USA	=3B	=26B	−5N	=23B	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1716	-12.2
28	Morrison, Ruari	1605	USA	F	+38N	=9B	−7N	−12B	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1670	+11.6
29	Tannenbaum, Jeffrey A	1749	USA	−5N	=39B	+31N	−9N	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.75	1635	-13.0
30	Morden, Rose	1669	USA	+21B	−2N	F	F	=32B	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.75	1761	+10.0
31	Fujita, Anjyu	1728	USA	=10N	F	−29B	F	+36N	1.5	5.0	5.0	2.25	1711	-2.0
32	McColgan, Matthew	1633	USA	F	−24N	F	+34B	=30N	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.75	1687	+8.8
33	Xue, Scott	0	USA	+40N	F	−17B	=38N	F	1.5	2.5	2.5	0.25	1713	0.0
34	Portugal, Garry P	1734	USA	+24B	−12N	−18B	−32N	−13N	1.0	9.0	10.5	2.00	1543	-39.6
35	Hull, Cameron	1678	USA	F	F	−2B	F	+15N	1.0	6.5	6.5	2.50	1877	+8.4
36	Koppenaal, Richard	1670	USA	F	−11N	+40N	F	−31B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1568	-8.2
37	Brendel, John	1695	USA	−15B	−22N	F	=13B	−19N	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	898	-29.8
38	Greco, Anthony	1733	USA	−4N	−28B	−8N	=33B	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1008	-17.0
39	Statz, Ben	1607	USA	F	=29N	F	F	−22B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1511	-9.6
40	Muwwakkil, Mulazim	1633	USA	−33B	−21N	−36B	−15B	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	842	-29.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ching, Mike Wai ChongUSA
+53.2
3.0 pts · #3
2Ho, JeffreyUSA
+45.6
2.5 pts · #10
3Ballantyne, RochelleTTO
+27.8
4.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Portugal, Garry PUSA
-39.6
1.0 pts · #29
2Brendel, JohnUSA
-29.8
0.5 pts · #38
3Muwwakkil, MulazimUSA
-29.4
0.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R4+241 Elo gap
Ching, Mike Wai Chong1768 beat Gutnik, Aleksandr2009
R2+160 Elo gap
Ching, Mike Wai Chong1768 beat Kavouras, Christian1928
R1+158 Elo gap
Ballantyne, Rochelle1931 beat Le, Quan Anh2089