2026 March Marshall Premier FIDE - U2000
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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1771, and top seed was Matthew Tripodi (🇺🇸 USA, 1894).
Audrey Zhou (🇺🇸 USA, 1733) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Matthew M Shirvell (3.5) and Nicholas Frederick Beirne (3.5). Zhou shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Noah Hsu (1599) beat Vanita Young (1872), a +273-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×33
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAudrey Zhou 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
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4
1
2
1
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Mar
Audrey Zhou takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Matthew M Shirvell won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL
Gavin Liu held the sole lead at R3 but finished #23.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Audrey Zhou | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Mikhail Razygraev | — | * | — | — |
| 3Matthew M Shirvell | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Nicholas Frederick Beirne | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhou, Audrey | 1733 | USA | +29N | +8B | =6N | +7B | +2N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.00 | 2074 | +60.8 |
| 2 | Shirvell, Matthew M | 1772 | USA | =9B | +35N | +18B | +12N | −1B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1852 | +7.8 |
| 3 | Beirne, Nicholas Frederick | 1846 | USA | +24B | +17N | F | =6B | +8N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.00 | 1984 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Razygraev, Mikhail | 1683 | RUS | +38N | −6B | +16N | +20B | =12B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.25 | 1811 | +34.0 |
| 5 | Bhattacharjee, Riju | 0 | USA | +?B | −7N | =28B | +13N | +31B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tripodi, Matthew | 1894 | USA | +19B | +4N | =1B | =3N | F | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 1880 | -1.0 |
| 7 | Liu, Gavin | 1560 | USA | +21N | +5B | +11B | −1N | F | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1742 | +19.2 |
| 8 | Huang, Sean | 0 | USA | +30B | −1N | +19B | +18N | −3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 566008662 | 0 | — | =2N | −20B | =30N | +36B | +16N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1665 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Liu, Oliver Y | 1699 | USA | F | =25N | +22B | +17N | =14B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.50 | 1910 | +29.6 |
| 11 | De Villa, Jose | 1748 | USA | F | +26B | −7N | +28B | +17N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1774 | +2.2 |
| 12 | Hsu, Noah | 1599 | USA | F | +16B | +23N | −2B | =4N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1827 | +47.2 |
| 13 | Mailybayev, Assau Temir | 0 | USA | =23B | −22N | +33N | −5B | +36N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1691 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lou, Aileen | 1634 | USA | F | +32N | F | +21B | =10N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 1798 | +16.8 |
| 15 | Vairavan, Kavin | 1525 | USA | F | −34N | +35B | =22N | +19B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.25 | 1834 | +32.4 |
| 16 | Reznikov, Gennadiy | 1600 | USA | +36B | −12N | −4B | +30N | −9B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 1468 | -10.6 |
| 17 | Curran, Samuel M | 1648 | USA | +37N | −3B | +36N | −10B | −11B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1578 | -9.4 |
| 18 | Nunez, Benjamin | 1650 | IRL | F | +33B | −2N | −8B | +28N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1805 | +25.2 |
| 19 | FIDE 566008654 | 0 | — | −6N | +37B | −8N | +?B | −15N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Spedalieri, Julian N | 1726 | USA | F | +9N | +34B | −4N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 883 | -21.6 |
| 21 | Garcia, Caleb James | 0 | USA | −7B | +?N | +29B | −14N | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Nguyen, Sarah | 1629 | USA | F | +13B | −10N | =15B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1419 | -21.6 |
| 23 | Young, Vanita | 1872 | USA | =13N | +31B | −12B | F | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 799 | -33.2 |
| 24 | Lai, Harry K | 1589 | USA | −3N | =29B | −31N | +37B | F | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1677 | +12.8 |
| 25 | FIDE 566008646 | 0 | — | F | =10B | +27N | F | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 1719 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ng, Sophia | 1532 | USA | F | −11N | =32B | +35N | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1638 | +16.4 |
| 27 | Liu, Grant | 1698 | USA | F | =28N | −25B | +32N | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1740 | +4.0 |
| 28 | Cornwell, Kobi | 1584 | USA | F | =27B | =5N | −11N | −18B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1426 | -21.2 |
| 29 | Reznikov, Samuel | 1724 | USA | −1B | =24N | −21N | =33B | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.25 | 1545 | -28.8 |
| 30 | Qin, Sophia | 0 | USA | −8N | F | =9B | −16B | =35N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Jandhyala, Satyarjit | 0 | USA | F | −23N | +24B | F | −5N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1731 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Strauss, Sydney | 1511 | USA | F | −14B | =26N | −27B | =33N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1444 | -13.2 |
| 33 | Jameson, Micah K | 1692 | USA | F | −18N | −13B | =29N | =32B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1503 | -29.2 |
| 34 | Ying, Hantian | 0 | USA | F | +15B | −20N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Wang, Bo-Yuan Nathan | 1653 | USA | F | −2B | −15N | −26B | =30B | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 809 | -66.8 |
| 36 | Meadors, Christian | 1497 | USA | −16N | F | −17B | −9N | −13B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 825 | -26.4 |
| 37 | Zheng, Jacky | 1460 | USA | −17B | −19N | F | −24N | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 819 | -23.2 |
| 38 | Yates, Daniel | 1504 | USA | −4B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 883 | -5.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhou, AudreyUSA+60.84.5 pts · #2
- 2Hsu, NoahUSA+47.22.5 pts · #6
- 3Razygraev, MikhailRUS+34.03.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Wang, Bo-Yuan NathanUSA-66.80.5 pts · #38
- 2Young, VanitaUSA-33.21.5 pts · #34
- 3Jameson, Micah KUSA-29.21.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R3+273 Elo gap
- R3+188 Elo gap
- R3+128 Elo gap