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The Classical Marathan - Open Section - Jan 2026

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14 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026 in Kingston, Jamaica. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1754, and top seed was Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald (🇯🇲 JAM, CM, 2055).

Taniel Barrett (🇯🇲 JAM, 1773) won with 5.5/8, ahead of Rushawn Robinson (5.5) and Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald (5.5). Barrett won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Rushawn Robinson (1795) beat Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald (CM, 2055), a +260-point gap.

Location
🇯🇲Kingston, Jamaica
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 24 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇯🇲CMJhustice-Dimonte McDonald2055
Avg top 10
1,754
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇯🇲Jamaica×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
2
2
3
1
3
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Robinson takes lead
Robinson5.5Barrett5.5McDonald5.5Smith5Foreshaw5Nash5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE17 Jan

Rushawn Robinson takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/8. Barrett takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rushawn Robinson lost to Taniel Barrett (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Rushawn Robinson*
0
1
—
2Taniel Barrett
1
*—
1
3CMJhustice-Dimonte McDonald
0
—*—
4Romar Smith—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Barrett, Taniel1773JAM+9N−4B=8N+6B−5N+14B+7N+2B5.530.030.018.501827+8.4
2Robinson, Rushawn1795JAM+12N−7B=5N+8B+13N+4N+3B−1N5.529.531.019.501913+25.4
3McDonald, Jhustice-DimonteCM2055JAMF+8B+10N+4N+7B=5B−2N+9B5.528.531.520.001972-8.8
4Nash, De Mario1918JAM+6B+1N−7N−3B+10N−2B+12B+5N5.033.035.020.501822-15.2
5Foreshaw, Jayden1793JAM+11B+14N=2B=7N+1B=3N=6B−4B5.032.532.517.751822+14.4
6Smith, Romar1639JAM−4N+9B=12N−1N+11B+8B=5N+7B5.027.529.515.501775+57.6
7Watson, GabriellaWCM1745JAMF+2N+4B=5B−3N+12N−1B−6N3.537.039.015.001794+5.4
8Brown, Johnathan1754JAM+10B−3N=1B−2N+9B−6N=11B−13N3.030.031.510.001509-88.8
9Noble, Noelle1426JAM−1B−6N+11B−12B−8N+10N+14B−3N3.026.526.55.501394-11.2
10Thompson, Ishmale0JAM−8NF−3B+11N−4B−9B+13N+12N3.022.522.56.0016180.0
11Rose, Damaro1439JAM−5N=12B−9N−10B−6N=13B=8N+14N2.522.522.53.251423-8.0
12Murphy, Glory1561JAM−2B=11N=6B+9NF−7B−4N−10B2.027.527.56.751536-12.8
13Tennant, Ajay1502JAMFFFF−2B=11N−10B+8B1.514.014.04.251662+18.4
14FIDE 74084800—F−5BFFF−1N−9N−11B0.016.016.00.008100.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets