2026 May Marshall Premier FIDE - Open
SwissStandard
55 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in New York, NY, United States. 18 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2280, and top seed was Josiah Stearman (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2481).
Joshua Colas (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2272) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Zachary Tanenbaum (4.0) and Kassa Korley (4.0). Colas broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Aiden Linyuan Li (CM, 2021) beat Linxi Zhu (FM, 2286), a +265-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸New York, NY, United States
Dates
01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 18
IM×4
FM×4
CM×7
WCM×3
Federations · 6 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×49
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇵🇾Paraguay×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFM Joshua Colas led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
12
4
2
2
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
FM Joshua Colas held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
FM Joshua Colas won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colas, JoshuaFM | 2272 | USA | +27N | +13B | +6N | =4N | +10B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.75 | 2508 | +25.2 |
| 2 | Tanenbaum, ZacharyFM | 2299 | USA | +14B | +8N | −4B | +35N | +12B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 10.00 | 2334 | +7.0 |
| 3 | Korley, KassaIM | 2424 | DEN | +51B | =15N | =12B | +30N | +4B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.00 | 2402 | +0.5 |
| 4 | Stearman, JosiahIM | 2481 | USA | +17N | +16B | +2N | =1B | −3N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 11.25 | 2380 | -4.3 |
| 5 | Hoffman, LucCM | 2126 | USA | =9N | +44B | +23B | =11N | =7B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 8.50 | 2136 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Li, Aiden LinyuanCM | 2021 | USA | +21B | +26N | −1B | +38N | =11B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 2231 | +40.2 |
| 7 | Le, Quan Anh | 2018 | FRA | =25N | =35B | +29N | +19B | =5N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 2106 | +12.0 |
| 8 | Levin, Anthony | 2003 | USA | +42B | −2B | +25N | +37N | =18B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.75 | 2199 | +25.6 |
| 9 | Diamond, Colin | 1911 | USA | =5B | −12N | +52N | +40B | +28B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.75 | 2182 | +35.8 |
| 10 | Das, AditeyaFM | 2289 | USA | =20N | +52B | +28B | =24N | −1N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2149 | -15.0 |
| 11 | Marsh, James J | 2097 | USA | F | +32N | +36B | =5B | =6N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.00 | 2183 | +9.0 |
| 12 | Xu, ShawnCM | 2117 | USA | F | +9B | =3N | +15B | −2N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 2282 | +33.6 |
| 13 | Lu, Lucas | 2008 | USA | +29B | −1N | +26B | F | =23N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 2071 | +12.0 |
| 14 | Weingarten, Phineas | 1970 | USA | −2N | =43B | +39N | =16B | =19N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 2019 | +11.2 |
| 15 | Sukhiashvili, AlexanderCM | 2114 | USA | +53N | =3B | =37B | −12N | =22B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 2086 | -8.8 |
| 16 | Stern, Kevin B | 2055 | USA | +22B | −4N | =49B | =14N | =36B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 2065 | -2.4 |
| 17 | Zhang, Royce | 1983 | USA | −4B | −21N | +54B | +26N | =31B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1979 | -5.6 |
| 18 | Yi, Richard | 2157 | USA | F | +20B | −30N | +44B | =8N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.25 | 2106 | -5.6 |
| 19 | Anatol, Luke Leon Robin | 2055 | USA | −26B | +54N | +46B | −7N | =14B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1907 | -19.4 |
| 20 | Hinson, Miles | 1982 | USA | =10B | −18N | +33N | +41B | F | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 2132 | +14.6 |
| 21 | Pimanoff, Theodore | 1879 | USA | −6N | +17B | =40N | +45B | F | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2079 | +42.4 |
| 22 | Prasanna, Pranav | 1935 | USA | −16N | −27B | +42N | +51B | =15N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1952 | +4.4 |
| 23 | Marri, Anvith Reddy | 1925 | USA | F | +48B | −5N | +49N | =13B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 2102 | +37.2 |
| 24 | Ho, CarterCM | 2185 | USA | F | +50B | +41N | =10B | F | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 2266 | +15.2 |
| 25 | Peyton, Nathan | 1931 | USA | =7B | =34N | −8B | −31N | +43B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1896 | -9.6 |
| 26 | Parripati, Tanay | 1875 | USA | +19N | −6B | −13N | −17B | +53N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1916 | +10.8 |
| 27 | Stancil, Kimani | 1913 | USA | −1B | +22N | −38B | −29N | +42B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1950 | +0.8 |
| 28 | Xu, Zhihan (samuel)CM | 1978 | CAN | F | +33B | −10N | +32B | −9N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1970 | -3.1 |
| 29 | Patay, Travis | 1833 | USA | −13N | F | −7B | +27B | +40N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1979 | +15.4 |
| 30 | Dong, Kyle QiyuCM | 2075 | USA | +43N | F | +18B | −3B | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 2261 | +27.6 |
| 31 | Shrivastava, Nivaan | 1951 | USA | F | −41B | =50N | +25B | =17N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1901 | -11.2 |
| 32 | Ma, Julian | 1837 | USA | F | −11B | +51N | −28N | +41B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1958 | +24.8 |
| 33 | Leong, Anson | 1844 | USA | F | −28N | −20B | +48N | +49B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1963 | +26.0 |
| 34 | Zhao, Austin | 2040 | USA | =48N | =25B | −35N | +53B | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1886 | -32.8 |
| 35 | Yu, AllysonWCM | 1838 | USA | F | =7N | +34B | −2B | F | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 2099 | +36.8 |
| 36 | Li, Mason J | 1975 | USA | F | +39B | −11N | F | =16N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 2004 | +4.8 |
| 37 | Bonin, JayIM | 2079 | USA | F | +45B | =15N | −8B | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 2024 | -2.2 |
| 38 | Zhu, LinxiFM | 2286 | USA | F | =40B | +27N | −6B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1970 | -21.6 |
| 39 | Shehata, Akram | 1861 | EGY | F | −36N | −14B | =43N | +48B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1831 | -3.6 |
| 40 | Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan) | 1975 | CAN | F | =38N | =21B | −9N | −29B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1784 | -39.9 |
| 41 | Ma, Jin | 1857 | USA | F | +31N | −24B | −20N | −32N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1796 | -14.4 |
| 42 | Zhou, Audrey | 1782 | USA | −8N | −46N | −22B | +55B | −27N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1653 | -30.8 |
| 43 | Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam | 1827 | USA | −30B | =14N | −45N | =39B | −25N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1718 | -19.8 |
| 44 | Yu, Vincent Zhiwen | 1982 | USA | F | −5N | +48B | −18N | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1936 | -7.6 |
| 45 | Statz, Isaac Hart | 1955 | USA | F | −37N | +43B | −21N | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1803 | -24.0 |
| 46 | Province, Cael | 1864 | USA | −47N | +42B | −19N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1909 | +2.4 |
| 47 | Sarkar, JustinIM | 2277 | USA | +46B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2677 | +0.8 |
| 48 | Berg, George | 1901 | USA | =34B | −23N | −44N | −33B | −39N | 0.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1564 | -36.2 |
| 49 | Sen, Samant Robert | 1991 | USA | F | F | =16N | −23B | −33N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 1668 | -48.0 |
| 50 | Chan, Matthew | 1833 | USA | F | −24N | =31B | F | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1875 | +1.0 |
| 51 | Chovanec, AliceWCM | 1898 | USA | −3N | F | −32B | −22N | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1223 | -44.4 |
| 52 | Zhang, Andrew | 1968 | USA | F | −10N | −9B | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1300 | -28.4 |
| 53 | Tse, WhitneyWCM | 1874 | USA | −15B | F | F | −34N | −26B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1210 | -39.2 |
| 54 | Pozen, Samuel | 1808 | USA | F | −19B | −17N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1219 | -18.4 |
| 55 | Jariton, Jaime | 1752 | PAR | F | F | F | −42N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 982 | -18.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Pimanoff, TheodoreUSA+42.42.5 pts · #19
- 2Li, Aiden LinyuanCMUSA+40.23.5 pts · #6
- 3Marri, Anvith ReddyUSA+37.22.5 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Sen, Samant RobertUSA-48.00.5 pts · #50
- 2Chovanec, AliceWCMUSA-44.40.0 pts · #51
- 3Xu, Ryan (Zhuoyuan)CAN-39.91.0 pts · #41
Biggest upsets
- R4+265 Elo gap
- R3+202 Elo gap
- R1+180 Elo gap