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
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight 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
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMKonstantin Dolgitser | * | — | — | — |
| 2Alisher Podavonov | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3CMGrayson Xiang | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Kevin B Stern | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stern, Kevin B | 2041 | USA | +8B | =7N | +10B | =2N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.25 | 2104 | +14.4 |
| 2 | DeDona, Mark | 1989 | USA | =18N | +21B | +6N | =1B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 2066 | +7.8 |
| 3 | Xiang, GraysonCM | 2005 | USA | +22B | =14N | =5B | +10N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 4.75 | 2053 | +15.2 |
| 4 | Dolgitser, KonstantinFM | 2091 | USA | =15B | =9N | +14B | +11N | 3.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 5.25 | 2012 | -5.0 |
| 5 | Podavonov, Alisher | 2115 | USA | =21N | +20B | =3N | +9B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 2020 | -6.0 |
| 6 | Su, Milo | 1832 | USA | =11B | +13N | −2B | +20N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 2014 | +38.4 |
| 7 | Statz, Isaac Hart | 1950 | USA | +16N | =1B | +12N | F | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.00 | 2125 | +28.8 |
| 8 | Liu, Eric | 1717 | USA | −1N | +22B | =20N | +14B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1867 | +29.2 |
| 9 | Prasanna, Pranav | 1737 | USA | =12N | =4B | +19N | −5N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 2013 | +51.2 |
| 10 | Dalhouse, Justin | 1989 | USA | +17N | +19B | −1N | −3B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1932 | -6.0 |
| 11 | Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna | 2009 | USA | =6N | =18B | +17N | −4B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1867 | -28.8 |
| 12 | Malyshev, Roman | 1939 | USA | =9B | +15N | −7B | =16N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 3.25 | 1765 | -16.8 |
| 13 | Kazan, Jude | 1964 | USA | −14N | −6B | +15B | +17N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1784 | -37.6 |
| 14 | Goodrich, Sebastian | 1731 | USA | +13B | =3B | −4N | −8N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 3.50 | 1857 | +20.0 |
| 15 | Zhou, ElizabethWCM | 1798 | USA | =4N | −12B | −13N | +21B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1874 | +13.2 |
| 16 | Spellman, Ayden | 1576 | USA | −7B | F | +21N | =12B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1912 | +45.2 |
| 17 | Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree | 1774 | USA | −10B | +23N | −11B | −13B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1725 | -10.4 |
| 18 | Pozen, Samuel | 1771 | USA | =2B | =11N | F | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1999 | +23.2 |
| 19 | Boyer-Olson, Jack | 1907 | USA | +23B | −10N | −9B | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1687 | -34.4 |
| 20 | Tanaka, Takki | 1714 | USA | F | −5N | =8B | −6B | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1614 | -16.8 |
| 21 | Raitzin, Misha | 1849 | USA | =5B | −2N | −16B | −15N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1548 | -55.6 |
| 22 | Hsu, Noah | 1599 | USA | −3N | −8N | =23B | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 1536 | -10.8 |
| 23 | Spedalieri, Julian N | 1726 | USA | −19N | −17B | =22N | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1487 | -32.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Prasanna, PranavUSA+51.22.0 pts · #13
- 2Spellman, AydenUSA+45.21.5 pts · #15
- 3Su, MiloUSA+38.42.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Raitzin, MishaUSA-55.60.5 pts · #21
- 2Kazan, JudeUSA-37.62.0 pts · #11
- 3Boyer-Olson, JackUSA-34.41.0 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R3+273 Elo gap
- R1+233 Elo gap
- R3+170 Elo gap