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2026 April Marshall Monthly FIDE - U1800

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1650, and top seed was Julio Senador-Gomez Jaen (🇪🇸 ESP, 1737).

Kimani Thompson (🇺🇸 USA, 1582) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Akeil Williams (3.5) and Julio Senador-Gomez Jaen (3.5). Thompson clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Milan Rajendran (1447) beat Srijeet Ghosh (1614), a +167-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸Julio Senador-Gomez Jaen1737
Avg top 10
1,650
Participants
24
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Kimani Thompson led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Thompson takes lead
Thompson4Williams3.5Senador-Gomez Jaen3.5Ganesh3Elster2.5Xu2.5— ex-leaders:Thompsonled R5, #8
R5 · LEADER CHANGE19 Apr

Kimani Thompson takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kimani Thompson lost to Akeil Williams (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Kimani Thompson 3 wins (R3–R5)Akeil Williams 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kimani Thompson*
0
——
2Akeil Williams
1
*
1
0
3Julio Senador-Gomez Jaen—
0
*—
4Shyam Ganesh—
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Thompson, Kimani1582USA+24B−2B+8N+7N+6B4.010.010.06.501740+12.8
2Williams, Akeil1689USA+11B+1N+3B=6N−4B3.513.015.010.751985+51.2
3Senador-Gomez Jaen, Julio1737ESP+21B+5N−2N=9B+10N3.510.010.56.001739+2.0
4Ganesh, Shyam0USA+12NF+5BF+2N3.08.08.08.0016960.0
5Elster, Benjamin1590USA+14N−3B−4N+22B=9N2.510.010.53.001720+28.0
6Xu, Mark1595USAF+15N+20B=2B−1N2.510.010.04.251618+3.6
7Cornwell, Kobi1561USA=13N+10B=17N−1BF2.09.59.53.751567+0.8
8Cheng, Angelina0USA+23N−17B−1B=19N=15B2.08.08.51.7515020.0
9Goodrich, Avery1611USA+16NFF=3N=5B2.07.57.54.501664+5.6
10Rajendran, Milan1447USAF−7N+21B+20N−3B2.07.07.01.501512+8.8
11Li, Mingyang1683USA−2NF+15B+18NF2.06.56.53.001738+8.4
12McColgan, Matthew1628USA−4B+16N+19BFF2.05.55.52.502241+10.4
13FIDE 5660119140—=7B=19NF+14NF2.04.54.53.0015810.0
14Lemercier, Nicolas1682FRA−5BF+23N−13B=18N1.56.56.51.251583-16.4
15Jandhyala, Satyarjit1583USAF−6B−11N+24B=8N1.56.56.51.00839-33.6
16FIDE 5660058090—−9B−12B=22NF+24N1.54.54.50.2512970.0
17Duong, Kimberly1671USAF+8N=7BFF1.54.04.03.001561-6.0
18Ho, Jeffrey1566USAFF+24N−11B=14B1.53.53.50.751490-7.2
19DeDona, Thomas1441USAF=13B−12N=8BF1.06.06.02.00828-10.4
20FIDE 399749360—F+22B−6N−10BF1.05.05.00.5013790.0
21Ghosh, Srijeet1614USA−3N=23B−10NFF0.56.06.00.251319-43.2
22Meadors, Christian1470USAF−20N=16B−5NF0.55.05.00.75790-13.6
23Radjabov, Samir1592USA−8B=21N−14BFF0.54.04.00.251455-14.0
24Mitchell Jr., Richard Timothy0USA−1NF−18B−15N−16B0.08.58.50.007770.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
2026 April Marshall Monthly FIDE - U1800 — New York, NY, United States | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats