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2026 February-March Marshall Thursday Open Round 2-6

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 26 Feb 2026 to 26 Mar 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2035, and top seed was Justin Sarkar (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2288).

Marcus Miyasaka (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2237) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Anthony Levin (3.5) and Aditeya Das (3.5). Miyasaka shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
26 Feb 2026 → 26 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMJustin Sarkar2288
Avg top 10
2,035
Participants
29
Titled players · 3
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇫🇷France×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Marcus Miyasaka led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Marcus Miyasaka never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Marcus Miyasaka beat Anthony Levin (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

George Berg won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMMarcus Miyasaka*
1
½
2Anthony Levin
0
*
1
3George Berg
0
*
4FMAditeya Das
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Miyasaka, MarcusFM2237USA+10N+2B=3N+9B+5N4.512.515.013.252383+14.6
2Levin, Anthony2046USA+18B1N+7B+4N=9N3.513.515.09.252048+4.8
3Das, AditeyaFM2221USA+22B+9N=1B+6NF3.511.011.08.752391+11.8
4Berg, George1856USA+16B+19B+17N2B=12N3.59.511.06.501880+4.4
5Kushalnagar, Nirupam1871USA9B+18N+13B+11N1B3.011.012.55.501904+7.0
6Gutnik, Aleksandr2009USA+8N+11B+12N3BF3.010.510.57.002099+10.0
7Morrison, Ruari1635USA+27N+10B2N+14B11N3.010.010.04.501780+25.6
8Bernard, Jaron1860USA6B+23N9B+18B+15N3.09.010.04.501806-3.6
9Le, Quan Anh2106FRA+5N3B+8N1N=2B2.514.517.57.752047-7.0
10Frumkin, Edward1688USA1B7N+20N=12B+22B2.511.012.03.501673-4.6
11Colwell, Andrew1858USAF6N+19N5B+7B2.010.510.54.501799-5.8
12Brendel, John1685USAF+29N6B=10N=4B2.09.09.03.001821+13.2
13Lefkowitz, Ryan1487USA19N+26B5N15B+14N2.08.59.02.501474-6.0
14FIDE 30907853015N+?N+23B7N13B2.08.08.01.007890.0
15McMichael, Alan1646USA+14BFF+13N8B2.07.07.04.001674+1.2
16Strauss, Sydney1535USA4N+24BF+20BF2.06.06.02.501745+20.4
17Jameson, Micah K1716USA+28N+22N4BFF2.04.54.51.001751+4.4
18Zubov, Andrey1428RUS2N5B+22B8N=21N1.511.012.01.751028-9.6
19Levine, Zachary1679USA+13B4N11B=21BF1.59.09.02.751608-11.6
20Kenny-Maheux, Victor1634USA+24NF10B16N=26N1.56.06.01.251291-25.6
21Han, Daniel0USA23NF=?B=19N=18B1.54.04.01.5015540.0
22Ying, Hantian0USA3N17B18N+23B10N1.09.510.51.009610.0
23FIDE 1740951360+21B8B14N22NF1.07.57.51.5010610.0
24Fusco, Daniel John0USA20B16NFF+?N1.03.53.50.007840.0
25Sarkar, JustinIM2288USA+26BFFFF1.00.50.50.502688+0.8
26Jennings, Ken1470USA25N13NFF=20B0.54.54.50.751390-6.8
27Yates, Daniel1538USA7BFFFF0.03.03.00.00835-14.8
28Shenk, David1645USA17BFFFF0.02.02.00.00907-8.2
29Darack, Adam Samuel1730USAF12BFFF0.02.02.00.00885-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers