2026 March NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters

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26 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 15 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2338, and top seed was Nico Chasin (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2523).

Safal Bora (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2494) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Daniel Girsh (3.5) and David Brodsky (3.0). Bora shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Leo Xiaohang Shen (2127) beat Tejas Rama (IM, 2302), a +175-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸New York, NY, United States

Dates

14 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMNico Chasin2523

Avg top 10

2,338

Participants

Titled players · 15

GM×3

IM×2

FM×2

CM×6

WGM×1

WIM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×26

Top 3

🥇
GMSafal Bora
🇺🇸USA·2494
3.5pts·2620perf+5.6
🥈
FMDaniel Girsh
🇺🇸USA·2260
3.5pts·2464perf+15.8
🥉
GMDavid Brodsky
🇺🇸USA·2505
3.0pts·2554perf+3.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Bora3.5Girsh3.5Kao3Brodsky3Mou2.5Chasin2.5

R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

GM Safal Bora held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/4. Bora takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.5).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Safal Bora won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMSafal Bora	*	—	—	½
2FMDaniel Girsh	—	*	—	—
3CMJamison Edrich Kao	—	—	*	—
4GMDavid Brodsky	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bora, SafalGM	2494	USA	+25N	+5B	+9N	=3B	3.5	7.5	8.0	6.50	2620	+5.6
2	Girsh, DanielFM	2260	USA	+20N	=8B	+10N	+6B	3.5	6.5	8.0	7.00	2464	+15.8
3	Brodsky, DavidGM	2505	USA	+17N	+11B	=7N	=1N	3.0	8.0	9.5	6.50	2554	+3.3
4	Kao, Jamison EdrichCM	2269	USA	=6N	+19B	+15N	=5B	3.0	7.0	8.5	6.00	2343	+13.3
5	Mou, IrisWGM	2151	USA	+13B	−1N	+18B	=4N	2.5	8.5	10.0	5.00	2368	+42.8
6	Pan, Zachary	2139	USA	=4B	+22B	+8N	−2N	2.5	8.5	9.5	4.50	2315	+37.2
7	Chasin, NicoGM	2523	USA	+14B	+12N	=3B	F	2.5	7.0	7.0	5.50	2565	+2.1
8	Groff, Jordan	2128	USA	+23B	=2N	−6B	=13N	2.0	8.0	9.0	3.75	2138	+1.2
9	Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM	2366	USA	+18B	=10N	−1B	=16N	2.0	7.5	9.0	3.50	2224	-7.0
10	Shen, Leo Xiaohang	2127	USA	+21N	=9B	−2B	=11N	2.0	7.5	8.5	3.00	2295	+35.2
11	Safranek, WilliamFM	2250	USA	+16N	−3N	=12B	=10B	2.0	7.0	9.0	4.00	2234	-2.4
12	Pang, Qi	2190	USA	+26N	−7B	=11N	=15B	2.0	6.5	6.5	2.00	2230	+6.0
13	Jain, VihaanCM	2165	USA	−5N	+17B	=21N	=8B	2.0	6.0	7.0	3.00	2190	+5.2
14	Hoffman, LucCM	2182	USA	−7N	=16B	=19N	+23B	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.75	2202	+1.2
15	Nasta, Kiren Vivek	2125	USA	=22N	+24B	−4B	=12N	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.50	2204	+8.4
16	Ling, ChenxuanCM	2113	USA	−11B	=14N	+25N	=9B	2.0	6.0	6.5	2.50	2228	+23.6
17	Ho, CarterCM	2177	USA	−3B	−13N	+26B	=18N	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	2126	-15.2
18	Brain, Logan	2161	USA	−9N	+26B	−5N	=17B	1.5	6.0	6.0	0.75	2092	-8.4
19	Gaw, ChloeWIM	2184	USA	F	−4N	=14B	+25B	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.50	2189	+0.8
20	Black, James	2118	USA	−2B	=21B	−24N	+26N	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.50	2093	-3.6
21	Rama, TejasIM	2302	USA	−10B	=20N	=13B	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.75	2012	-23.0
22	Espinosa, PedroCM	2221	USA	=15B	−6N	=23B	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.50	1958	-20.6
23	Goodrich, Elliott	1986	USA	−8N	=25B	=22N	−14N	1.0	5.0	5.5	0.75	1969	-4.0
24	Yi, Richard	2135	USA	F	−15N	+20B	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	2122	-0.6
25	Farberov, Maxim	2115	USA	−1B	=23N	−16B	−19N	0.5	7.0	8.0	0.50	1872	-23.2
26	Kilari, Dattasai	2021	USA	−12B	−18N	−17N	−20B	0.0	5.0	6.5	0.00	1362	-50.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mou, IrisWGMUSA
+42.8
2.5 pts · #5
2Pan, ZacharyUSA
+37.2
2.5 pts · #7
3Shen, Leo XiaohangUSA
+35.2
2.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Kilari, DattasaiUSA
-50.0
0.0 pts · #26
2Farberov, MaximUSA
-23.2
0.5 pts · #25
3Rama, TejasIMUSA
-23.0
1.0 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R1+175 Elo gap
Shen, Leo Xiaohang2127 beat IMRama, Tejas2302