2026 Marshall Chess Club U12 Junior Championship

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42 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1679, and top seed was Kara Chan (🇨🇦 CAN, WCM, 1832).

Aarav Singh (🇺🇸 USA, 1832) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Max Mulholland (4.5) and Kevin Xu (3.5). Singh shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Abeer Sethi (1476) beat Kara Chan (WCM, 1832), a +356-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

🇨🇦WCMKara Chan1832

Avg top 10

1,679

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×37

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
Aarav Singh
🇺🇸USA·1832
4.5pts·2443perf+20.4
🥈
Max Mulholland
🇺🇸USA
4.5pts·1670perf0.0
🥉
Kevin Xu
🇺🇸USA·1691
3.5pts·2399perf+14.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Mulholland4.5Singh4.5Nigam3.5Lou3.5Mutha3.5Xu3.5

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Max Mulholland held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Singh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Max Mulholland won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Max Mulholland	*	—	—	1
2Aarav Singh	—	*	1	—
3Myra Nigam	—	0	*	—
4Aileen Lou	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Singh, Aarav	1832	USA	+16B	+5N	=7B	+6N	+9N	4.5	13.0	15.0	13.50	2443	+20.4
2	Mulholland, Max	0	USA	+24B	+8N	+22B	=3N	+4B	4.5	12.0	14.0	12.25	1670	0.0
3	Xu, Kevin	1691	USA	F	+26B	+12N	=2B	+8B	3.5	12.5	12.5	10.25	2399	+14.8
4	Lou, Aileen	1605	USA	=35N	+27B	+18N	+14B	−2N	3.5	11.0	12.0	7.00	1834	+32.8
5	Nigam, Myra	1615	USA	+40B	−1B	+37N	+10B	=14N	3.5	11.0	11.5	5.75	1713	+26.8
6	Mutha, Kabir Partha	1671	USA	+17N	=31B	+32N	−1B	+25B	3.5	10.0	11.5	6.25	1642	-4.4
7	Mak, Owen	0	USA	+19B	+11N	=1N	−9B	=15B	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.50	1800	0.0
8	Anand, Ekam Singh	0	USA	+39B	−2B	+17N	+11B	−3N	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.00	1660	0.0
9	Duong, Kimberly	0	USA	F	+36B	+20N	+7N	−1B	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.00	1709	0.0
10	Spellman, Ayden	1502	USA	+38B	−22N	+21B	−5N	+19B	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.00	1447	-8.8
11	Finkin, Oscar Naoki	1630	USA	+42N	−7B	+35B	−8N	+16B	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	2332	+14.8
12	Waters, Kai	1600	USA	+41B	+21N	−3B	F	+23N	3.0	8.0	8.0	4.50	1703	+16.8
13	Chan, KaraWCM	1832	CAN	−31N	F	+29B	+38B	+18N	3.0	6.5	6.5	5.00	1474	-31.6
14	Bernstein, Charles B	1628	USA	F	+29N	+31B	−4N	=5B	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.25	1637	+1.6
15	Begley, Lowell Brooks	1568	USA	F	−20B	+33N	+34B	=7N	2.5	8.0	8.0	4.50	872	-14.4
16	Vasilatos, Carolina	0	USA	−1N	+41B	−38N	+21B	−11N	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1531	0.0
17	Qin, Sophia	0	USA	−6B	+24N	−8B	=37N	=32N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.25	1439	0.0
18	Zhang, Darren	0	USA	F	+28N	−4B	+31N	−13B	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1627	0.0
19	McNaughton, Kirill Sebastian	0	USA	−7N	+42B	=23N	=20B	−10N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1444	0.0
20	Ma, Yunhui	1672	USA	F	+15N	−9B	=19N	=28B	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	1774	+10.4
21	Nigam, Shyra	1508	USA	+33B	−12B	−10N	−16N	+42B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	751	-35.6
22	Chang, Charlotte Tai-En	1594	USA	+34N	+10B	−2N	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.50	2302	+15.2
23	Hoffman, Ari	1534	USA	F	=25N	=19B	+26N	−12B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	799	-16.4
24	Seto, Brendan T	0	USA	−2N	−17B	−36N	+40N	+37B	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.50	1494	0.0
25	Kelletshofer, Niklas	0	USA	F	=23B	=34N	+32B	−6N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.25	1608	0.0
26	Li, David	0	USA	F	−3N	+30B	−23B	+36N	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1552	0.0
27	Lim, Ayden	1523	USA	F	−4N	=28B	=35N	+33B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1453	-11.2
28	Chan, William	1596	USA	F	−18B	=27N	+36B	=20N	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1711	+18.0
29	Lin, Lawrence	1471	USA	F	−14B	−13N	+41N	+35B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.50	1538	+7.6
30	Li, Henry Mingzhe	1420	USA	F	−32B	−26N	+39N	+31B	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1548	+13.6
31	Sethi, Abeer	1476	USA	+13B	=6N	−14N	−18B	−30N	1.5	11.0	13.0	4.75	1550	+10.4
32	Xu, Mark	1618	USA	F	+30N	−6B	−25N	=17B	1.5	9.5	9.5	3.00	1546	-7.6
33	FIDE 566005329	0	—	−21N	=37B	−15B	+42N	−27N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	1178	0.0
34	Tsang, Brendan	0	USA	−22B	+40N	=25B	−15N	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.50	1413	0.0
35	Wong Okyere, Darwin C	1533	USA	=4B	F	−11N	=27B	−29N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.75	1364	-34.4
36	Zhang, Plato	1567	USA	F	−9N	+24B	−28N	−26B	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	796	-18.0
37	Lin, Gabriel	1402	USA	F	=33N	−5B	=17B	−24N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.75	814	-9.2
38	FIDE 566005302	0	—	−10N	F	+16B	−13N	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	866	0.0
39	FIDE 39980537	0	—	−8N	F	F	−30B	+40N	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.50	1438	0.0
40	Chu, Caroline	1456	USA	−5N	−34B	=41N	−24B	−39B	0.5	8.0	8.5	0.25	814	-11.6
41	Wu, Alexander	0	USA	−12N	−16N	=40B	−29B	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.25	1236	0.0
42	FIDE 39985709	0	—	−11B	−19N	F	−33B	−21N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lou, AileenUSA
+32.8
3.5 pts · #4
2Nigam, MyraUSA
+26.8
3.5 pts · #1
3Singh, AaravUSA
+20.4
4.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Nigam, ShyraUSA
-35.6
2.0 pts · #38
2Wong Okyere, Darwin CUSA
-34.4
1.0 pts · #25
3Chan, KaraWCMCAN
-31.6
3.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+356 Elo gap
Sethi, Abeer1476 beat WCMChan, Kara1832