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2026 March Marshall Monthly FIDE - U1800

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in New York, NY, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1616, and top seed was Brian Liu (🇺🇸 USA, 1734).

Timothy Tran (🇺🇸 USA, 1636) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Srijeet Ghosh (3.5) and Jia Rui Weng (3.0). Tran won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kavin Vairavan (1525) beat Brian Liu (1734), a +209-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Brian Liu1734
Avg top 10
1,616
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
2
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Ghosh3.5Tran3.5Cheng3Weng3Vairavan2.5Quinonez Hernandez2.5— ex-leaders:Chengled R4, #8
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Tran takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Srijeet Ghosh lost to Timothy Tran (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Srijeet Ghosh*
0
2Timothy Tran
1
*
1
3Kyle Cheng*
½
4Jia Rui Weng
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tran, Timothy1636USAF+2N=5B+3B+8N3.511.511.510.251869+33.6
2Ghosh, Srijeet1608USA+15N1B+19B=6N+10B3.59.510.55.751695+18.4
3Weng, Jia Rui0USA+?B+19N=4B1N=5B3.010.010.03.7514970.0
4Cheng, Kyle1663USA+11N+10B=3N=8BF3.09.59.56.751821+16.0
5Quinonez Hernandez, Fabrizzio1567USAF+17B=1N=7B=3N2.510.510.56.001675+17.2
6Sethi, Abeer1521USA=17N+18B=7N=2BF2.59.09.05.251541+3.2
7Vairavan, Kavin1525USAF+13N=6B=5N=15B2.58.58.55.251701+37.6
8Chan, William1614USAF+22N+14B=4N1B2.58.58.53.501456-16.0
9Chu, Caroline1450USA10N+20B=11NF+16N2.56.56.53.50841-10.0
10Park, Alexander1644USA+9B4NF+12B2N2.011.011.04.501572-14.8
11Kan, Nicholas0USA4B+21N=9BF=12N2.07.57.52.2514350.0
12Okonova, Avrora1567USAF+16N=15B10N=11B2.07.07.03.251428-14.0
13Liu, Brian1734USAF7B+22N=15N=18B2.05.55.51.501370-38.0
14FIDE 5660058090+?BF8N16B+?N2.04.04.00.008140.0
15Reznikov, Gennadiy1600USA2BF=12N=13B=7N1.510.010.03.251521-9.4
16FIDE 399815330F12B=?N+14N9B1.56.56.52.007090.0
17Rose, Will1491USA=6B5NF20N+21B1.56.06.01.251352-14.4
18Goodrich, Avery0USAF6N+21BF=13N1.54.54.51.0014350.0
19Radjabov, Samir0USA+20N3B2NFF1.07.57.51.008080.0
20Otto, Jeffrey M0USA19B9NF+17BF1.05.05.01.5014710.0
21Mitchell Jr., Richard Timothy0USAF11B18N?B17N0.05.05.00.006910.0
22FIDE 399749360F8B13BFF0.04.54.50.008740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets