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2026 March NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Experts

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23 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2009, and top seed was Alisher Podavonov (🇺🇸 USA, 2115).

Kevin B Stern (🇺🇸 USA, 2041) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Mark DeDona (3.0) and Grayson Xiang (3.0). Stern shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ayden Spellman (1576) beat Misha Raitzin (1849), a +273-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
🇺🇸Alisher Podavonov2115
Avg top 10
2,009
Participants
23
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 5 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
1
3
5
1234R1R2R3R4
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 3.0/4. Stern takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMKonstantin Dolgitser*
2Alisher Podavonov*
½
3CMGrayson Xiang
½
*
4Kevin B Stern*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stern, Kevin B2041USA+8B=7N+10B=2N3.08.010.07.252104+14.4
2DeDona, Mark1989USA=18N+21B+6N=1B3.06.57.05.002066+7.8
3Xiang, GraysonCM2005USA+22B=14N=5B+10N3.06.57.04.752053+15.2
4Dolgitser, KonstantinFM2091USA=15B=9N+14B+11N3.05.57.05.252012-5.0
5Podavonov, Alisher2115USA=21N+20B=3N+9B3.05.56.04.252020-6.0
6Su, Milo1832USA=11B+13N2B+20N2.57.07.53.502014+38.4
7Statz, Isaac Hart1950USA+16N=1B+12NF2.56.56.55.002125+28.8
8Liu, Eric1717USA1N+22B=20N+14B2.55.05.52.251867+29.2
9Prasanna, Pranav1737USA=12N=4B+19N5N2.08.09.03.502013+51.2
10Dalhouse, Justin1989USA+17N+19B1N3B2.07.08.02.001932-6.0
11Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna2009USA=6N=18B+17N4B2.06.57.52.751867-28.8
12Malyshev, Roman1939USA=9B+15N7B=16N2.06.07.53.251765-16.8
13Kazan, Jude1964USA14N6B+15B+17N2.05.56.52.501784-37.6
14Goodrich, Sebastian1731USA+13B=3B4N8N1.58.510.53.501857+20.0
15Zhou, ElizabethWCM1798USA=4N12B13N+21B1.57.07.52.001874+13.2
16Spellman, Ayden1576USA7BF+21N=12B1.55.05.01.501912+45.2
17Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree1774USA10B+23N11B13B1.06.06.50.501725-10.4
18Pozen, Samuel1771USA=2B=11NFF1.05.05.02.501999+23.2
19Boyer-Olson, Jack1907USA+23B10N9BF1.04.54.50.501687-34.4
20Tanaka, Takki1714USAF5N=8B6B0.58.08.01.251614-16.8
21Raitzin, Misha1849USA=5B2N16B15N0.57.59.01.501548-55.6
22Hsu, Noah1599USA3N8N=23BF0.56.06.00.251536-10.8
23Spedalieri, Julian N1726USA19N17B=22NF0.52.52.50.251487-32.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets