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2026 April Marshall Premier FIDE - U2000

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60 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1805, and top seed was Bryan James Loayza Rivera (🇵🇪 PER, 1852).

Gavin Liu (🇺🇸 USA, 1570) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Zihan Brendon Zhou (4.0) and Cody Wu (4.0). Liu won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Gavin Liu (1570) beat Audrey Zhou (1795), a +225-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
03 Apr 2026 → 05 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,805
Participants
60
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×50
🇫🇷France×1
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Gavin Liu led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
19
7
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Gavin Liu held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Gavin Liu 4 wins (R1–R4)Hudson Wong 3 wins (R3–R5)Zihan Brendon Zhou 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Gavin Liu*
½
2Hudson Wong*
3Zihan Brendon Zhou
½
*
4Bryan James Loayza Rivera*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Liu, Gavin1570USA+39N+8B+3N+15B=2N4.514.015.513.502084+118.8
2Zhou, Zihan Brendon1741USA+49B+37N+10B=7N=1B4.012.513.59.501829+20.4
3Wu, Cody1669USA+29B+16N1B+19N+21B4.012.014.09.501770+16.0
4Beckles, Jeremiah1794USA+44B=15N=19B+24N+10B4.010.511.59.001871+7.8
5Wong, Hudson1835USA+28B30N+35B+34N+7B4.09.010.58.501888+12.0
6Loayza Rivera, Bryan James1852PER=20N+40B=34N+17B+18B4.09.010.58.501936+20.0
7Hsu, Noah1635USA+38B+13N+31B=2B5N3.513.014.58.501833+41.6
8Zhou, Audrey1795USA+33B1N+36B=11N+12N3.512.013.57.501722-13.2
9Dubey, Shiv1777USA+47B=25N+53B=18N=11B3.59.010.06.001841+18.0
10Spellman, Ayden1682USA+22N+17B2N+54B4N3.013.014.06.001754+19.6
11Liao, Connor1837USAF+46N+14B=8B=9N3.011.011.07.501897+12.8
12Ginsberg, Benjamin Bernard Thomas0USA16B+47N+28B+23N8B3.010.511.55.5016920.0
13Ganesh, Shyam0USA+42N7B+16B21N+36B3.010.011.55.5016900.0
14Tanaka, Takki1650USAF+48B11N+20B+22N3.09.09.06.001879+47.6
15Han, Leqi1780USA+26N=4B+30B1NF2.513.013.06.501675-16.4
16Gumbe, Farirai1712ZIM+12N3B13N+59B=17N2.512.513.04.751568-11.0
17Radjabov, Samir1592USA+52B10N+57B6N=16B2.510.511.02.751671+14.0
18Xu, Kevin1804USAF+57N+25B=9B6N2.510.510.54.751769-5.6
19Tushman, Fiona1653USAF+59B=4N3B+35N2.510.010.04.001756+22.4
20Li, Mingyang1683USA=6B54N+33B14N+46B2.59.510.54.501659-7.2
21FIDE 399994080F=35N+45B+13B3N2.59.59.54.7515110.0
22Zheng, Samuel1612USA10B=44N+50N+37B14B2.58.59.53.001495-18.4
23Goodrich, Sebastian1726USAF=24B+51N12B+28N2.58.58.54.251828+13.6
24Chan, William1598USAF=23N+52B4B+53N2.58.58.53.251816+45.2
25Cheng, Kyle1679USA+56N=9B18N+48BF2.57.57.53.251731+8.4
26FIDE 39980570015B38N+58N+55B=32N2.57.07.52.5013620.0
27Thompson, Kimani1582USA31B45N=56B+44N+33B2.55.56.02.751657+3.8
28Kenny-Maheux, Victor1565USA5N+56B12N+57B23B2.010.010.51.00981-9.2
29Yoo, David J0USA3N=58B41N+50B=37N2.08.08.52.0013500.0
30Kouyate, Dervin1662USA+45B+5B15NFF2.07.57.55.001808+15.6
31Ciacci, Marco1789USA+27N+51B7NFF2.07.07.03.501698-12.8
32Tsuchida-Tomashevsky, Winnie1539USAF34B=40N+60N=26B2.05.55.52.001613+11.2
33Sethi, Abeer1525USA8N=39B20N+58B27N1.510.010.51.251344-30.8
34Curran, Samuel M1639USAF+32N=6B5BF1.510.010.04.001742+7.6
35Kong, Scarlett1739USAF=21B5N+45N19B1.510.010.02.25944-39.6
36Vairavan, Kavin1576USAF+50B8N=41B13N1.59.09.01.751540-3.6
37Liu, Jesper1529USA+58N2BF22N=29B1.59.09.01.50877-24.8
38Chan, Hannah1587USA7N+26B=43NFF1.57.57.53.251431-15.6
39Lai, Harry K1603USA1B=33N46B+56NF1.57.57.51.251290-46.8
40Campbell, Declan1762USAF6N=32B+49NF1.57.07.02.001640-18.0
41Sussman, Myles1670USA51NF+29B=36NF1.54.54.52.751346-34.0
42Chan, KaraWCM1678CAN13BF=59NF+48N1.54.54.51.251720+4.4
43Hemlock, Sebastian Koh1613USAFF=38B+46NF1.52.52.51.751784+17.2
44Mailybayev, Assau Temir0USA4N=22B48N27B=57N1.010.010.51.5013280.0
45Cheng, Angelina0USA30N+27B21N35B47N1.08.59.52.5014430.0
46Xu, Mark1595USAF11B+39N43B20N1.08.58.51.501491-21.6
47Cornwell, Kobi1561USA9N12B49NF+45B1.08.58.51.00853-30.4
48Goodrich, Avery1611USAF14N+44B25N42B1.08.08.01.00869-50.8
49Rong, Sean1529USA2N52N+47B40B55N1.07.58.51.001519-3.6
50FIDE 5660107800F36N22B29N+56B1.06.56.50.507940.0
51Wong Okyere, Darwin C1501USA+41B31N23BFF1.06.06.01.501603+13.6
52Farzaneh-Far, Ramin1784USA17N+49B24NFF1.06.06.01.001448-26.0
53Kim, Liam H1578USA+60BF9NF24B1.06.06.00.001479-16.0
54Duong, Kimberly1671USAF+20BF10NF1.05.55.52.501683+1.6
55FIDE 5660107720FFF26N+49B1.03.53.51.0015490.0
56Bericourt, Patrice0FRA25B28N=27N39B50N0.58.59.51.2512850.0
57FIDE 5660107640F18B17N28N=44B0.58.08.00.508540.0
58FIDE 566005809037B=29N26B33NF0.57.57.51.007270.0
59Li, Henry Mingzhe1442USAF19N=42B16NF0.56.56.50.751408-4.0
60Zheng, Jacky1437USA53NFF32BF0.03.03.00.00759-26.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets