Eastern Class Championships 2026
October 16, 2026 - October 18, 2026
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When your game is over, please confirm the result with your opponent by signing each other's notation sheets.
After you have done this, please also write the result of your game on the yellow pairing sheet in the hall.
If your result is not reported correctly, this may affect your pairings, rating and possible prize.
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Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Standings for Master (Over 2099):
SwissSys Standings. CCA_ECC26: Masters! * Players are listed in order of Modified Median Tiebreaks, to determine winner of First Place Bonus Prize
| # | Place | Name | ID | Rating | Team | St | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total | T-Med* | Prize! | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-2 | GM Jianchao Zhou | 15524414 | 2637 | COPZHO | MA | W5 (b) | W7 (w) | D2 (b) | W3 (b) | W4 (w) | 4.5 | 15.5 | $1,300.00 | First/Second/First Place Bonus! |
| 2 | FM Linxi Zhu | 30328482 | 2420 | YANZHU | NY | W22 (w) | W24 (b) | D1 (w) | W18 (b) | W12 (w) | 4.5 | 13 | $1,200.00 | First/Second | |
| 3 | 3 | FM Jamison Edrich Kao | 31292230 | 2354 | CT | W27 (b) | W19 (w) | W11 (b) | L1 (w) | W15 (b) | 4.0 | 13 | $400.00 | Third | |
| 4 | 4-10 | IM Benjamin Defromont | 32555414 | 2442 | W43 (b) | W9 (w) | D8 (b) | W10 (w) | L1 (b) | 3.5 | 15 | $100.00 | Fourth | ||
| 5 | WFM Lacey Wang | 30313152 | 2192 | WANWAN | CT | L1 (w) | W46 (b) | W29 (w) | W14 (b) | D8 (w) | 3.5 | 13 | $200.00 | 1st Under 2300/2nd Under 2300 | |
| 6 | Zachary Pan | 30221502 | 2271 | MA | W47 (b) | D16 (w) | W49 (w) | D11 (b) | D7 (b) | 3.5 | 12.5 | $200.00 | 1st Under 2300/2nd Under 2300 | ||
| 7 | FM Kevin Zhao | 30425013 | 2325 | MA | W45 (w) | L1 (b) | W37 (w) | W38 (b) | D6 (w) | 3.5 | 12 | $100.00 | Fourth | ||
| 8 | CM Shawn Xu | 30264362 | 2309 | MA | W48 (b) | W35 (w) | D4 (w) | D16 (b) | D5 (b) | 3.5 | 12 | $100.00 | Fourth | ||
| 9 | Dattasai Kilari | 16429310 | 2221 | MA | W31 (w) | L4 (b) | D20 (w) | W35 (b) | W18 (w) | 3.5 | 11.5 | $200.00 | 1st Under 2300/2nd Under 2300 | ||
| 10 | FM Brandon Jiang | 15174987 | 2290 | WA | H--- | W40 (b) | W39 (w) | L4 (b) | W32 (w) | 3.5 | 10 | $200.00 | 1st Under 2300/2nd Under 2300 | ||
| 11 | 11-17 | FM Danila Poliannikov | 14969622 | 2463 | MA | W34 (w) | W23 (b) | L3 (w) | D6 (w) | D13 (b) | 3.0 | 13.5 | |||
| 12 | GM Alexander Ivanov | 12513936 | 2466 | MA | W40 (w) | W14 (b) | D18 (w) | H--- | L2 (b) | 3.0 | 11.5 | ||||
| 13 | Jordan Groff | 14534054 | 2272 | CT | D20 (w) | D17 (b) | W42 (w) | D24 (b) | D11 (w) | 3.0 | 11.5 | ||||
| 14 | Vikram Rajmohan | 15521827 | 2240 | PA | W36 (b) | L12 (w) | W33 (b) | L5 (w) | W19 (b) | 3.0 | 11.5 | ||||
| 15 | FM Jason Shi | 14026495 | 2280 | CT | W42 (w) | L38 (b) | W34 (w) | W22 (b) | L3 (w) | 3.0 | 10.5 | ||||
| 16 | GM Bryce Tiglon | 14230627 | 2592 | WA | W52 (w) | D6 (b) | W38 (w) | D8 (w) | U--- | 3.0 | 9.5 | ||||
| 17 | Elizabeth Zhou | 30081108 | 2054 | NY | H--- | D13 (w) | D51 (b) | D21 (b) | W36 (w) | 3.0 | 9.5 | ||||
| 18 | 18-33 | FM Gabriel Nicholas Petesch | 12737698 | 2385 | PA | W32 (b) | W44 (w) | D12 (b) | L2 (w) | L9 (b) | 2.5 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan | 33256244 | 2100 | MA | W21 (w) | L3 (b) | W50 (w) | D23 (b) | L14 (w) | 2.5 | 8.5 | ||||
| 20 | Aayansh Pramanik | 30344898 | 2113 | NJ | D13 (b) | D41 (w) | D9 (b) | D30 (w) | D26 (b) | 2.5 | 8 | ||||
| 21 | Rishith Bhoopathi | 30394882 | 2236 | NJ | L19 (b) | D25 (w) | D27 (b) | D17 (w) | W35 (w) | 2.5 | 7.5 | ||||
| 22 | WCM Madeline L Weber | 15631341 | 2117 | WEBHOF | WI | L2 (b) | W47 (w) | W26 (b) | L15 (w) | D29 (b) | 2.5 | 7.5 | |||
| 23 | Royce Zhang | 30154455 | 2220 | RI | W29 (b) | L11 (w) | W25 (b) | D19 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | Lukas Lebakken | 30484285 | 2100 | VA | W26 (b) | L2 (w) | W44 (b) | D13 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | 7 | ||||
| 25 | Andrew Zhang | 30277790 | 2094 | ZHAZHA | NY | D50 (w) | D21 (b) | L23 (w) | W44 (w) | D30 (b) | 2.5 | 7 | |||
| 26 | Landon Meadors | 31453265 | 2234 | DE | L24 (w) | W45 (b) | L22 (w) | W46 (b) | D20 (w) | 2.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 27 | Shea Winter | 30178627 | 2116 | VT | L3 (w) | D52 (b) | D21 (w) | W42 (b) | D28 (w) | 2.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 28 | Samanyu Alluri | 30185788 | 2127 | MA | D49 (w) | D50 (b) | L35 (b) | W43 (w) | D27 (b) | 2.5 | 6 | ||||
| 29 | Charles Huang | 30427161 | 2081 | MA | L23 (w) | B--- | L5 (b) | W52 (b) | D22 (w) | 2.5 | 6 | ||||
| 30 | Arthur Zhou | 30350651 | 2190 | MA | H--- | L49 (b) | W53 (w) | D20 (b) | D25 (w) | 2.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| 31 | Vincent Yu | 17165368 | 2089 | NY | L9 (b) | W43 (w) | D41 (b) | W37 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | 5 | ||||
| 32 | Mr. Dhairya M Mehta | 16378663 | 2127 | MA | L18 (w) | D53 (b) | W52 (w) | W41 (b) | L10 (b) | 2.5 | 4.5 | ||||
| 33 | Samuel Pozen | 16509885 | 2114 | NY | H--- | H--- | L14 (w) | D34 (b) | W41 (w) | 2.5 | 3.5 | ||||
| 34 | 34-39 | Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi | 30149738 | 2125 | WI | L11 (b) | W48 (w) | L15 (b) | D33 (w) | D37 (b) | 2.0 | 9 | |||
| 35 | Eliza Tereshchenko | 33203591 | 2005 | TERMED | MA | X54 | L8 (b) | W28 (w) | L9 (w) | L21 (b) | 2.0 | 8.5 | |||
| 36 | Bohan Wang | 16880573 | 2121 | MA | L14 (w) | L42 (b) | W45 (w) | W40 (b) | L17 (b) | 2.0 | 7.5 | ||||
| 37 | Austin Zhao | 17280624 | 2136 | NY | H--- | W51 (w) | L7 (b) | L31 (b) | D34 (w) | 2.0 | 7 | ||||
| 38 | Pranav Shankar | 16071802 | 2117 | NJ | B--- | W15 (w) | L16 (b) | L7 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | 6.5 | ||||
| 39 | FM Nelson Castaneda | 12564228 | 2243 | CT | W46 (w) | H--- | L10 (b) | H--- | U--- | 2.0 | 1 | ||||
| 40 | 40-49 | Neil Natarajan | 30048585 | 2185 | CT | L12 (b) | L10 (w) | W48 (b) | L36 (w) | D45 (b) | 1.5 | 8 | |||
| 41 | Connor Junda Wang | 16470052 | 2194 | WANWAN | NY | H--- | D20 (b) | D31 (w) | L32 (w) | L33 (b) | 1.5 | 7.5 | |||
| 42 | Brian Arthur | 14176605 | 2123 | CHAART | NY | L15 (b) | W36 (w) | L13 (b) | L27 (w) | H--- | 1.5 | 7.5 | |||
| 43 | Siddarth Sriaditya Kunapuli | 16368693 | 2117 | OH | L4 (w) | L31 (b) | W47 (w) | L28 (b) | H--- | 1.5 | 7 | ||||
| 44 | Armaan Chandragupta Jain | 30230374 | 2197 | NY | W53 (w) | L18 (b) | L24 (w) | L25 (b) | D46 (w) | 1.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 45 | Rohan Lee | 30029804 | 2114 | NY | L7 (b) | L26 (w) | L36 (b) | W53 (b) | D40 (w) | 1.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 46 | Jin Ma | 16813308 | 2102 | NY | L39 (b) | L5 (w) | B--- | L26 (w) | D44 (b) | 1.5 | 6.5 | ||||
| 47 | CM Stella Xin | 30733032 | 2113 | NY | L6 (w) | L22 (b) | L43 (b) | D48 (w) | W53 (w) | 1.5 | 6 | ||||
| 48 | Yuze Luke Ji | 16237733 | 2113 | MA | L8 (w) | L34 (b) | L40 (w) | D47 (b) | W52 (w) | 1.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| 49 | FM Daniel Girsh | 14833734 | 2472 | ZELGIR | PA | D28 (b) | W30 (w) | L6 (b) | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | 5 | |||
| 50 | 50-51 | Joaquin A. Carlson | 15794580 | 2229 | MA | D25 (b) | D28 (w) | L19 (b) | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | 5 | |||
| 51 | FM Neil Moses | 30340203 | 2327 | ON | H--- | L37 (b) | D17 (w) | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | 2 | ||||
| 52 | 52-53 | Viyaan Krishna Doddapaneni | 30316768 | 2174 | NJ | L16 (b) | D27 (w) | L32 (b) | L29 (w) | L48 (b) | 0.5 | 8.5 | |||
| 53 | Vlad Farfel | 13713073 | 2119 | MA | L44 (b) | D32 (w) | L30 (b) | L45 (w) | L47 (b) | 0.5 | 7 | ||||
| 54 | 54 | FM Gregory Markzon | 12057550 | 2200 | NJ | F35 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | 0 |