2026 February Marshall Monthly FIDE - U2400
Open SwissStandard
66 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2127, and top seed was Justin Sarkar (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2288).
Marcus Miyasaka (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2237) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Aditeya Das (4.5) and Leif Pressman (3.0). Miyasaka shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Sarah Nguyen (1617) beat Joseph Otero (1912), a +295-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 6
IM×1
FM×3
WCM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×63
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1
🇰🇷South Korea×1
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡°Hong Kong China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
16
5
5
2
2
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Miyasaka takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Marcus Miyasaka drew with FM Aditeya Das (Black).
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
FM Marcus Miyasaka went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMMarcus Miyasaka | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2FMAditeya Das | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Kevin Xu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Gregory Gong | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miyasaka, MarcusFM | 2237 | USA | +17N | +7B | =2N | +11B | +3N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2431 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Das, AditeyaFM | 2221 | USA | +18N | +10B | =1B | +6N | +4B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2334 | +11.4 |
| 3 | Pressman, LeifFM | 2202 | USA | +35N | +38B | =5N | =12B | −1B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 2135 | -6.4 |
| 4 | Chen, Ryan | 1851 | USA | −22N | +63B | +53N | +17B | −2N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1959 | +26.8 |
| 5 | Sarkar, JustinIM | 2288 | USA | +31B | +34N | =3B | =14N | F | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.75 | 2237 | -1.0 |
| 6 | Gong, Gregory | 1973 | HKG | F | +61B | +37N | −2B | +20N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 2041 | +15.6 |
| 7 | Gutnik, Aleksandr | 2009 | USA | +55B | −1N | +43N | +32B | F | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 2061 | +7.2 |
| 8 | Xu, Kevin | 1729 | USA | F | =53B | +10N | =34B | +17N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.50 | 2023 | +60.4 |
| 9 | Levin, Anthony | 2046 | USA | +60N | =15B | =32N | +18B | F | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 2010 | -3.0 |
| 10 | Peyton, Nathan | 1954 | USA | +21B | −2N | −8B | +43N | =25B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1811 | -34.8 |
| 11 | Shvarts, Tim | 2014 | USA | +40B | +36N | =22B | −1N | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 2061 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Ballantyne, Rochelle | 1922 | TTO | F | +45N | +23B | =3N | F | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 2143 | +15.6 |
| 13 | Shevelenko, Leon | 1820 | USA | F | −27B | +61N | =19B | +21N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1817 | -1.6 |
| 14 | Brain, Logan | 2170 | USA | F | +50B | +33N | =5B | F | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 2222 | +6.6 |
| 15 | Olsen, Robert | 1856 | USA | +54B | =9N | F | +45B | F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 2112 | +18.4 |
| 16 | Fang, ArabellaWCM | 1864 | USA | F | =24N | +64B | +25N | F | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1992 | +17.2 |
| 17 | Solomon, Ciprian | 1878 | USA | −1B | +55N | +24B | −4N | −8B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1769 | -16.2 |
| 18 | Dubey, Shiv | 1751 | USA | −2B | +21N | +57B | −9N | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1876 | +20.4 |
| 19 | Pozen, Samuel | 1751 | USA | F | =41N | =36B | =13N | =23B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1785 | +8.0 |
| 20 | Sommerstein, Adrian Harrison | 1760 | USA | F | +42B | −30N | +47B | −6B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1805 | +8.8 |
| 21 | Mills-Wren, Maximilian | 1694 | USA | −10N | −18B | +62N | +53B | −13B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.50 | 1683 | -4.8 |
| 22 | Garcia, Erick | 2103 | USA | +4B | =39N | =11N | F | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 2032 | -4.8 |
| 23 | Liu, Oliver Y | 1675 | USA | F | +49B | −12N | =31B | =19N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 1813 | +28.8 |
| 24 | Lee, Leon | 1639 | KOR | F | =16B | −17N | =48B | +44N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1758 | +24.0 |
| 25 | Stern, Eli Russell | 1795 | USA | F | =57N | +56B | −16B | =10N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1755 | -8.0 |
| 26 | Ciacci, Marco | 1763 | USA | =58B | −29N | +46B | =33N | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1839 | +15.6 |
| 27 | Su, Milo | 1786 | USA | F | +13N | +39B | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2638 | +46.0 |
| 28 | Bernstein, Charles B | 1636 | USA | F | −33B | −31N | +60N | +54B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1771 | +29.2 |
| 29 | Tripodi, Matthew | 1882 | USA | F | +26B | +47N | F | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2532 | +12.0 |
| 30 | Pimanoff, Theodore | 1863 | USA | F | +46N | +20B | F | F | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2530 | +25.6 |
| 31 | Lui, Isaac Noah | 1760 | USA | −5N | F | +28B | =23N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1824 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Sen, Samant Robert | 1866 | USA | F | +44N | =9B | −7N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1922 | +8.8 |
| 33 | Goto, Kenji | 1790 | USA | F | +28N | −14B | =26B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1856 | +6.4 |
| 34 | Singh, Ian Avery | 1915 | USA | +66N | −5B | F | =8N | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1902 | -5.2 |
| 35 | Rajendran, Ishaan | 1938 | USA | −3B | +54N | −41B | =56N | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1754 | -38.8 |
| 36 | Kashyap, Manish B | 1809 | USA | +56N | −11B | =19N | F | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1784 | -4.0 |
| 37 | Loh, Summer | 1753 | USA | F | +58N | −6B | =42N | F | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.25 | 1881 | +18.8 |
| 38 | Zhang, Royce | 1926 | USA | +63B | −3N | =40B | F | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1861 | -10.4 |
| 39 | Berg, George | 1856 | USA | +62N | =22B | −27N | F | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1856 | -0.4 |
| 40 | Prasanna, Pranav | 1715 | USA | −11N | +62B | =38N | F | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1874 | +22.8 |
| 41 | Goel, Raben | 1839 | USA | F | =19B | +35N | F | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 2038 | +20.8 |
| 42 | Thorstad, Robert | 1684 | USA | F | −20N | +60B | =37B | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1769 | +7.2 |
| 43 | Nguyen, Sarah | 1617 | USA | F | +59N | −7B | −10B | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1834 | +26.0 |
| 44 | Tushman, Fiona | 1709 | USA | F | −32B | −49N | +55N | −24B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1576 | -27.2 |
| 45 | De Villa, Jose | 1732 | USA | F | −12B | +65B | −15N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1730 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Lou, Alvin | 1703 | USA | F | −30B | −26N | F | +56B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1613 | -13.6 |
| 47 | Liu, Grant | 1700 | USA | F | +65N | −29B | −20N | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1685 | -2.4 |
| 48 | Sussman, Myles | 1581 | USA | −51N | F | =59B | =24N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1653 | +8.8 |
| 49 | Chu, Leon | 1819 | USA | F | −23N | +44B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1692 | -12.9 |
| 50 | Cheng, Kyle | 1623 | USA | +59B | −14N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1968 | +30.4 |
| 51 | Li, Wan QinWCM | 1784 | USA | +48B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2381 | +9.6 |
| 52 | Paas, Leo | 1797 | USA | F | F | F | F | +61B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2457 | +12.8 |
| 53 | Bangaru, Sahishn Sai | 1570 | USA | F | =8N | −4B | −21N | F | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1485 | -11.2 |
| 54 | Nazimowitz, Ethan | 1738 | USA | −15N | −35B | =55B | F | −28N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1473 | -48.0 |
| 55 | McCoy, Boris | 1749 | USA | −7N | −17B | =54N | −44B | F | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.25 | 1511 | -43.6 |
| 56 | Rao, Dhruthi | 1587 | USA | −36B | F | −25N | =35B | −46N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | 1489 | -16.4 |
| 57 | Wong, Eugene | 1613 | USA | F | =25B | −18N | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1580 | -3.2 |
| 58 | Wang, Connor Junda | 1984 | USA | =26N | −37B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1565 | -42.8 |
| 59 | Otero, Joseph | 1912 | USA | −50N | −43B | =48N | F | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1334 | -82.8 |
| 60 | Kojuharov, Liam L | 1796 | USA | −9B | F | −42N | −28B | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 989 | -62.0 |
| 61 | Lou, Aileen | 1657 | USA | F | −6N | −13B | F | −52N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1062 | -29.2 |
| 62 | Sargentini, Constantine M | 1680 | USA | −39B | −40N | −21B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 955 | -48.0 |
| 63 | Chang, Charlotte Tai-En | 1665 | USA | −38N | −4N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1089 | -17.6 |
| 64 | Spedalieri, Julian N | 1739 | USA | F | F | −16N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1064 | -12.4 |
| 65 | Liu, Eric | 1789 | USA | F | −47B | −45N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 917 | -48.0 |
| 66 | Lin, Lucas | 1690 | USA | −34B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1116 | -8.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Xu, KevinUSA+60.43.0 pts · #3
- 2Su, MiloUSA+46.02.0 pts · #30
- 3Cheng, KyleUSA+30.41.0 pts · #51
Top rating losers
- 1Otero, JosephUSA-82.80.5 pts · #53
- 2Kojuharov, Liam LUSA-62.00.0 pts · #60
- 3Sargentini, Constantine MUSA-48.00.0 pts · #62
Biggest upsets
- R2+295 Elo gap
- R1+289 Elo gap
- R2+231 Elo gap