2026 Marshall Chess Club U20 Junior Championship

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62 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 9 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2203, and top seed was Nico Chasin (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2524).

Tanitoluwa Adewumi (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2448) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Nico Chasin (4.0) and Jamison Edrich Kao (4.0). Adewumi shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Dervin Kouyate (1635) beat Rohan Lee (2004), a +369-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸New York, NY, United States

Dates

30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMNico Chasin2524

Avg top 10

2,203

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×1

IM×1

FM×1

CM×4

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×55

🇪🇨Ecuador×2

🇵🇾Paraguay×1

🇰🇷South Korea×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
IMTanitoluwa Adewumi
🇺🇸USA·2448
4.5pts·2534perf+4.9
🥈
GMNico Chasin
🇺🇸USA·2524
4.0pts·2438perf-2.5
🥉
CMJamison Edrich Kao
🇺🇸USA·2131
4.0pts·2266perf+34.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Adewumi4.5Chasin4Hoffman4Kao4Xiang3.5Nasta3.5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb

IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi beat GM Nico Chasin (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Nico Chasin won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMTanitoluwa Adewumi	*	1	—	½
2GMNico Chasin	0	*	1	—
3CMLuc Hoffman	—	0	*	—
4CMJamison Edrich Kao	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Adewumi, TanitoluwaIM	2448	USA	+23B	+32N	=3B	+2N	+5B	4.5	14.0	16.0	14.00	2534	+4.9
2	Chasin, NicoGM	2524	USA	+43N	+7B	+4N	−1B	+13N	4.0	15.0	16.5	12.00	2438	-2.5
3	Kao, Jamison EdrichCM	2131	USA	+62N	+12B	=1N	+29B	=6N	4.0	13.5	13.5	9.50	2266	+34.4
4	Hoffman, LucCM	2172	USA	+48B	+51N	−2B	+18N	+27B	4.0	10.0	11.0	7.00	2321	+36.0
5	Nasta, Kiren Vivek	2089	USA	+34B	=40N	+52B	+14N	−1N	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	2094	+2.6
6	Wu, Winsley	1965	USA	F	+57B	+15N	+10N	=3B	3.5	11.0	11.0	9.00	2256	+49.6
7	Ulloa Centeno, Leandro Nicolas	1990	ECU	+50B	−2N	=16B	+40N	+17B	3.5	10.5	11.5	6.25	2072	+20.8
8	Shangin, Lev	2185	USA	=16B	+53N	−10B	+42N	+12B	3.5	10.5	11.0	6.25	1985	-36.8
9	Xiang, GraysonCM	1864	USA	+59B	=13N	−14B	+32N	+19B	3.5	10.5	10.5	6.00	2050	+51.2
10	Weingarten, Phineas	1866	USA	=55N	+54B	+8N	−6B	+20N	3.5	10.0	10.5	6.75	2010	+28.4
11	Ulloa Centeno, Luis Manuel	1931	ECU	=17B	−18N	+49B	+41N	+33B	3.5	8.5	9.5	5.75	1893	-7.2
12	Sukhiashvili, AlexanderCM	1958	USA	+22N	−3N	+48B	+24B	−8N	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.00	2006	+13.6
13	Wang, Connor Junda	1984	USA	+46N	=9B	=24N	+37B	−2B	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.50	1972	-3.2
14	Zhang, Jiemin	1958	CHN	F	+36B	+9N	−5B	+16N	3.0	11.5	11.5	8.00	2087	+25.1
15	Zhang, Derek	1850	USA	F	+17N	−6B	+44B	+21N	3.0	10.0	10.0	6.50	2042	+38.4
16	Lui, Isaac Noah	1760	USA	=8N	=33B	=7N	+39B	−14B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.50	1970	+50.8
17	Goodrich, Sebastian	1643	USA	=11N	−15B	+43N	+38B	−7N	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.25	1885	+59.6
18	Chen, Winston Ruiying	1701	USA	F	+11B	+39N	−4B	=37N	2.5	11.5	11.5	6.50	2041	+67.2
19	Feng, Jayden	2010	USA	=20B	−26N	+59N	+28B	−9N	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.75	1672	-67.6
20	Chu, Leon	1720	USA	=19N	=38B	=25B	+53N	−10B	2.5	10.5	11.0	4.00	1830	+26.2
21	Goodrich, Elliott	2165	USA	+28N	=31B	=37B	=33N	−15B	2.5	10.0	12.0	5.75	1798	-73.2
22	Beckles, Jeremiah	1810	USA	−12B	=23N	+61B	=35N	=25B	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1827	+2.2
23	Chachere, Theodore	1848	USA	−1N	=22B	=54N	=50B	+44N	2.5	9.5	10.0	3.50	1917	+5.4
24	Armaan Chandragupta Jain	1719	IND	F	+44N	=13B	−12N	+34B	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.00	1922	+40.8
25	Moina, Lucas	1707	USA	=45N	=42B	=20N	=26B	=22N	2.5	9.0	10.5	5.25	1739	+8.4
26	Ma, Jin	1836	USA	F	+19B	−31N	=25N	+42B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.25	1923	+18.8
27	Das, AditeyaFM	2277	USA	+61N	=29B	+35B	F	−4N	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.25	2084	-15.8
28	Gordon, Adam	0	USA	−21B	+60N	=32B	−19N	+40B	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.50	1957	0.0
29	Zhao, Austin	2028	USA	+60B	=27N	+40B	−3N	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.75	2116	+18.0
30	Lee, Leon	0	KOR	−32B	=43B	=36N	+48N	=35B	2.5	7.5	8.5	3.75	1858	+54.8
31	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1961	USA	+41B	=21N	+26B	F	F	2.5	6.5	6.5	5.25	2197	+33.6
32	Lu, Lucas	1938	USA	+30N	−1B	=28N	−9B	=46B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.50	1682	-40.4
33	Yu, Vincent Zhiwen	1859	USA	F	=16N	+34B	=21B	−11N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	1899	+6.4
34	Mayers, Sascha	1740	USA	−5N	+56B	−33N	+47B	−24N	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.00	1756	+0.4
35	Boyer-Olson, Jack	1839	USA	F	+47B	−27N	=22B	=30N	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1930	+9.6
36	Yu, AllysonWCM	1862	USA	F	−14N	=30B	=45N	+41B	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1807	-8.8
37	Statz, Isaac Hart	1871	USA	F	+55B	=21N	−13N	=18B	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1910	+6.4
38	Ma, Julian	1831	USA	F	=20N	=41B	−17N	+49B	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.00	1721	-24.0
39	Cooke, Grayson	1881	USA	F	+49N	−18B	−16N	+45B	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.50	1725	-33.2
40	Wong, Hudson	1836	USA	+56N	=5B	−29N	−7B	−28N	1.5	12.0	12.5	2.25	1874	+5.2
41	Jariton, Jaime	1772	PAR	−31N	+46B	=38N	−11B	−36N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.50	1701	-19.6
42	Kouyate, Dervin	1635	USA	F	=25N	+51B	−8B	−26N	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	1809	+27.2
43	Sarwar, Sawyer L	1824	USA	−2B	=30N	−17B	+56N	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.75	1743	-17.6
44	Cheng, Kyle	1623	USA	=57N	−24B	+60N	−15N	−23B	1.5	8.5	8.5	0.25	1668	+9.6
45	Williams, Akeil	1692	USA	=25B	−52N	=50N	=36B	−39N	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.75	1686	-3.2
46	Lou, Alvin	1666	USA	−13B	−41N	F	+59B	=32N	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1741	+11.2
47	Qiao, Richardson Jingsi	1739	USA	F	−35N	=53B	−34N	+59B	1.5	4.5	4.5	0.25	1646	-21.2
48	Sen, Samant Robert	1826	USA	−4N	+58B	−12N	−30B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	1809	-5.6
49	Stern, Eli Russell	1748	USA	F	−39B	−11N	+58B	−38N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.50	1636	-22.4
50	Rajendran, Ishaan	1983	USA	−7N	F	=45B	=23N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1718	-40.8
51	Lee, Rohan	2004	USA	+58N	−4B	−42N	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.50	1702	-42.4
52	Malhotra, Rishan	1739	USA	F	+45B	−5N	F	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	1891	+12.8
53	Liu, Eric	1738	USA	F	−8B	=47N	−20B	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1592	-24.0
54	FIDE 566005299	0	—	F	−10N	=23B	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	1.25	1664	0.0
55	Chakrabartiroy, Arko	1791	USA	=10B	−37N	F	F	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.75	1676	-11.6
56	Nazimowitz, Ethan	1738	USA	−40B	−34N	=58N	−43B	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	0.25	1447	-52.8
57	DeGeest, Rocco Jan	1832	USA	=44B	−6N	F	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.75	1601	-23.6
58	Egelhof, Thomas	1673	USA	−51B	−48N	=56B	−49N	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.25	1507	-28.8
59	Chen, Shu	1616	USA	−9N	F	−19B	−46N	−47N	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1019	-41.2
60	Raitzin, Misha	1837	USA	−29N	−28B	−44B	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1026	-40.8
61	Li, Wan QinWCM	1784	USA	−27B	F	−22N	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1197	-21.6
62	Pozen, Samuel	1699	USA	−3B	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1299	-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, Winston RuiyingUSA
+67.2
2.5 pts · #24
2Goodrich, SebastianUSA
+59.6
2.5 pts · #17
3Lee, LeonKOR
+54.8
2.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Goodrich, ElliottUSA
-73.2
2.5 pts · #40
2Feng, JaydenUSA
-67.6
2.5 pts · #35
3Nazimowitz, EthanUSA
-52.8
0.5 pts · #54

Biggest upsets

R3+369 Elo gap
Kouyate, Dervin1635 beat Lee, Rohan2004
R3+319 Elo gap
Weingarten, Phineas1866 beat Shangin, Lev2185
R5+315 Elo gap
Zhang, Derek1850 beat Goodrich, Elliott2165