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2026 February Marshall Monthly FIDE - U1800

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1655, and top seed was Leo Malcolm (🇳🇿 NZL, 1790).

Leo Malcolm (🇳🇿 NZL, 1790) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Hillel Doron-Repa (4.0) and Mark Xu (3.0). Malcolm took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Anderson Chen (1472) beat Victor Kenny-Maheux (1634), a +162-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
Top seed
🇳🇿Leo Malcolm1790
Avg top 10
1,655
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×27
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
4
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Malcolm takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Hillel Doron-Repa lost to Leo Malcolm (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Leo Malcolm 3 wins (R2–R4)Michael Verberkmoes 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Hillel Doron-Repa*
0
2Leo Malcolm
1
*
3Michael Verberkmoes*
4Kobi Cornwell*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Malcolm, Leo1790NZL=16B+23N+2B+8N=3N4.011.012.09.751841+2.4
2Doron-Repa, Hillel1689USA+25N+10B1N+18B+11B4.09.510.56.501859+34.8
3Xu, Mark1606USAF+16N=22B+15N=1B3.09.09.06.251790+9.6
4Cornwell, Kobi1568USA=17N=19B+28N=9B=8B3.08.08.54.501671+16.4
5Chen, Anderson1472USA12BF+16N+23B+10N3.06.56.54.501686+21.2
6Doron-Repa, Yotam0USA9N+27B20N+28B+23B3.05.56.02.0014330.0
7Verberkmoes, Michael1544USAF+13N+26B+11NF3.05.05.05.002360+41.6
8Flores-Zeledon, Jonas0USA+27B+12NF1B=4N2.59.59.54.0016980.0
9Weldon, Christopher1731USA+6B+24NF=4NF2.57.07.05.501566-4.4
10Kenny-Maheux, Victor1634USA+21B2N=14B=13N5B2.011.012.53.501357-28.6
11Reznikov, Gennadiy1639USA+15B+26NF7B2N2.010.010.03.00816-21.2
12Reznikov, Samuel1740USA+5N8BF=14N=13B2.09.59.55.001629-15.2
13Vairavan, Kavin1481USAF7B+17N=10B=12N2.08.58.53.501513+4.4
14Okonova, Avrora1559USAF=20B=10N=12B=18N2.07.07.03.501609+8.0
15Li, Mingyang0USA11N+?B+19N3BF2.06.56.51.5015270.0
16Yoo, David J0USA=1N3B5B=24N=28N1.511.011.52.7513960.0
17Emery, Kyle0USA=4B18N13B=21N=24B1.58.09.02.7513300.0
18Duong, Kimberly0USAF+17BF2N=14B1.57.57.52.5014310.0
19Li, Henry Mingzhe1420USAF=4N15B+27NF1.55.55.52.001566+8.0
20Chu, Caroline1456USAF=14N+6BFF1.55.05.04.001559+5.6
21Guan, Ophelia0USA10N25B=?N=17B=27N1.55.05.01.0012860.0
22Zablocki, Idan0USAF+29B=3NFF1.53.53.52.0016060.0
23Vasilatos, Carolina0USAF1B+24B5N6N1.011.011.01.008310.0
24FIDE 3740966490F9B23N=16B=17N1.06.56.51.509320.0
25Chan, Hannah1594USA2B+21NFFF1.05.55.51.50889-15.2
26Zeng, Andrew0USA+?N11B7NFF1.05.05.00.0014160.0
27Ben Cherif, Rachid0USA8N6NF19B=21B0.58.58.50.756200.0
28Lefkowitz, Ryan1487USAFF4B6N=16B0.57.57.50.75766-15.6
29Kim, Jordan0USAF22NF=?BF0.51.51.50.0014410.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets