New York State Championship 2025
August 29, 2025 - September 01, 2025
Congratulations to 13-year-old Sam Luger, our new New York State Chess Champion!
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Pairings for Championship:
Pairings for Round 6. CCA_NYSC25: Championship Section!
| Bd | # | Res | White | # | Res | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | GM Jianchao Zhou (2664 4.5) | 8 | 0 | Jasmine Zhixin Su (2314 4.5) |
| 2 | 2 | ½ | GM Joel Benjamin (2579 4.0) | 9 | ½ | IM Eshaan Hebbar (2298 4.5) |
| 3 | 5 | ½ | FM William Graif (2338 4.0) | 15 | ½ | Priyansh Garg (2236 4.0) |
| 4 | 10 | ½ | Jordan Groff (2286 4.0) | 17 | ½ | IM Jay Richard Bonin (2206 4.0) |
| 5 | 11 | 1 | Sam Luger (2284 4.0) | 27 | 0 | Nicholas Belenky (2143 4.0) |
| 6 | 3 | ½ | IM Liam Henry Putnam (2574 3.5) | 24 | ½ | Ethan Kozower (2171 3.5) |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | IM Justin Joseph Sarkar (2374 3.5) | 45 | 0 | Michael Uwakwe (2040 3.5) |
| 8 | 12 | ½ | FM Daniel E Shapiro (2266 3.0) | 16 | ½ | CM Kevin Zhao (2212 3.5) |
| 9 | 37 | 1 | Derek Chen (2062 3.0) | 13 | 0 | Chenxuan Ling (2251 3.0) |
| 10 | 21 | 1 | Furqan Tanwir (2200 3.0) | 40 | 0 | Carl Villar-Lopez (2057 3.0) |
| 11 | 42 | ½ | Yegna Sairam Jandhyala (2045 3.0) | 23 | ½ | Zachary Pan (2189 3.0) |
| 12 | 47 | ½ | Connor Junda Wang (2036 3.0) | 26 | ½ | Shawn Xu (2163 3.0) |
| 13 | 29 | 0 | Mubassar Uddin (2136 3.0) | 62 | 1 | Robert Li (2006 3.0) |
| 14 | 30 | 1 | Abhishek Mallela (2114 3.0) | 68 | 0 | Viyaan Krishna Doddapaneni (1976 3.0) |
| 15 | 19 | 0 | IM Edward William Formanek (2200 2.5) | 46 | 1 | Jude Kazan (2036 2.5) |
| 16 | 25 | 1 | Leo Xiaohang Shen (2163 2.5) | 48 | 0 | Nathan Max Peyton (2031 2.5) |
| 17 | 28 | 0 | Michael P Carey (2140 2.5) | 52 | 1 | Austin Zhao (2022 2.5) |
| 18 | 50 | 1 | Lucas Lu (2026 2.5) | 31 | 0 | Steven A Taylor (2109 2.5) |
| 19 | 81 | 0 | Manish B Kashyap (1913 2.5) | 32 | 1 | Corin Gartenlaub (2104 2.5) |
| 20 | 33 | 0 | Marzouq Chowdhury (2100 2.5) | 55 | 1 | David Wolf Milstein (2019 2.5) |
| 21 | 38 | 0 | Stella Xin (2060 2.5) | 67 | 1 | Dave Finnerman (1980 2.5) |
| 22 | 22 | 1 | FM Sunil P Weeramantry (2200 2.0) | 88 | 0 | Samuel Pozen (1858 2.5) |
| 23 | 35 | 1 | Nicklas Breskin (2077 2.0) | 71 | 0 | Eric Luce (1956 2.0) |
| 24 | 66 | 1 | Alek Safarian (2000 2.0) | 41 | 0 | Peter Michelman (2047 2.0) |
| 25 | 44 | ½ | Eric Cheng (2040 2.0) | 77 | ½ | Akram Shehata (1921 2.0) |
| 26 | 74 | ½ | Goktug Bas (1942 2.0) | 54 | ½ | Wyatt Wong (2020 2.0) |
| 27 | 79 | 0 | Jayden Li (1914 2.0) | 61 | 1 | Mr. Tommy Kozlek (2008 2.0) |
| 28 | 53 | 1 | Samuel Nemiroff (2021 1.5) | 84 | 0 | Leon Chu (1893 2.0) |
| 29 | 87 | ½ | Richardson Jingsi Qiao (1887 1.5) | 56 | ½ | Derek Zhang (2018 1.5) |
| 30 | 59 | ½ | Jon S Leisner (2011 1.5) | 78 | ½ | Vedh Vinayak (1916 1.5) |
| 31 | 63 | 1 | Luke Shin (2004 1.5) | 70 | 0 | Leqi Han (1968 1.5) |
| 32 | 65 | 1 | Dean Howard (2000 1.0) | 72 | 0 | Michael O'donnell (1952 1.0) |
| 33 | 69 | 1 | Samanyu Alluri (1968 1.0) | 73 | 0 | Milo Su (1951 1.0) |
| 34 | 51 | ½ | Julian Ma (2024 0.5) | 85 | ½ | Noah Gillston (1890 1.0) |
| 83 | Eric Liu (1900 0.5) | Please wait by pairing chart | ||||
| 18 | ½ | David E Carter (2200 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 34 | ½ | Franklin Phillip Lewis (2086 3.0) | BYE | |||
| 49 | ½ | Kimani A Stancil (2028 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 60 | ½ | Matt Chan (2009 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 6 | ½ | Qi Pang (2331 3.5) | BYE | |||
| 80 | ½ | Samuel Cheng (1913 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 75 | ½ | WCM Alice Chovanec (1936 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 86 | ½ | Hunter Ku (1887 2.5) | BYE | |||
| 82 | ½ | Kavin Chandar Sathiesh (1901 2.0) | BYE |