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!
Entry Fee Discounts For New York State Chess Association Members
Thank You Very Much for your support of America’s oldest State Chess Association!
Thank You Again, Everyone, for joining us in Albany, New York for America's longest-running annual tournament!
Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
Standings for Under 1500:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_NYSC25: Under 1500 Section!
| # | Place | Name | ID | Rating | Team | St | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Seojoon Choi | 30628203 | 1337 | NY | W27 (b) | W2 (w) | W18 (b) | W21 (w) | W14 (w) | D5 (b) | 5.5 | 900.00 | |
| 2 | 2-3 | Salah Al-din Bouillon | 30250381 | 1498 | NY | W40 (w) | L1 (b) | W36 (b) | W24 (w) | W15 (b) | W12 (w) | 5.0 | 500.00 | |
| 3 | Shuman Lyu | 17184813 | 1287 | NY | D31 (b) | D17 (w) | W39 (b) | W18 (w) | W9 (b) | W10 (w) | 5.0 | 500.00 | ||
| 4 | 4-5 | Dylan Xavier O'brien | 31035637 | 1378 | NY | W23 (b) | D36 (w) | L10 (b) | W30 (w) | W24 (b) | W14 (w) | 4.5 | 250.00 | |
| 5 | Ryan Matthew Guon | 30723768 | 1302 | NY | D6 (b) | W45 (w) | W32 (b) | D10 (w) | W21 (b) | D1 (w) | 4.5 | 250.00 | ||
| 6 | 6-12 | Adam Scott Rosenberg | 31432845 | 1360 | NY | D5 (w) | L16 (b) | W29 (w) | W23 (b) | D8 (w) | W20 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 7 | Daniel J Pike | 12496335 | 1359 | NY | L30 (b) | W37 (w) | L11 (b) | W39 (w) | W32 (b) | W21 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 8 | Shreya Om Vemulapalli | 30729152 | 1333 | VEMCHE | NY | L39 (b) | W25 (w) | D30 (b) | W28 (w) | D6 (b) | W18 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 9 | Oliver Fox Mueller | 30803299 | 1318 | NY | L13 (w) | W41 (b) | W38 (w) | W19 (b) | L3 (w) | W28 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 10 | Harishan Karunenthiran | 30954583 | 1303 | ON | D28 (b) | W31 (w) | W4 (w) | D5 (b) | W11 (w) | L3 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 11 | Darren Zhang | 30537633 | 1170 | NY | L21 (b) | W34 (b) | W7 (w) | W32 (w) | L10 (b) | W19 (w) | 4.0 | 200.00 | ||
| 12 | Vadim Tantsyura | 32551225 | unr. | NY | W43 (w) | L21 (w) | W33 (b) | W20 (b) | W13 (w) | L2 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 13 | 13-15 | Sheldon Zhu | 30043646 | 1487 | ZOUZHU | NY | W9 (b) | W30 (w) | L21 (b) | W27 (w) | L12 (b) | D15 (w) | 3.5 | |
| 14 | Amir Sharipov | 30977636 | 1352 | NJ | H--- | W44 (b) | W28 (w) | W15 (w) | L1 (b) | L4 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 15 | Viaan Ishan Ghosh | 31788923 | 1266 | NJ | W17 (b) | X--- | W19 (w) | L14 (b) | L2 (w) | D13 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 16 | 16-27 | Aidan Wang | 31644872 | 1389 | ZHOWAN | NY | L29 (b) | W6 (w) | L24 (b) | W36 (w) | H--- | H--- | 3.0 | |
| 17 | Aanarian Stevens | 12877911 | 1363 | NY | L15 (w) | D3 (b) | L34 (w) | W40 (b) | D25 (w) | W37 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 18 | Max Li | 30536623 | 1358 | MA | W37 (w) | W38 (b) | L1 (w) | L3 (b) | W34 (w) | L8 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 19 | Peter Mateunas | 12360360 | 1347 | LIUMAT | NY | W25 (b) | W39 (w) | L15 (b) | L9 (w) | W37 (w) | L11 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 20 | Jordan Beck | 30250390 | 1346 | NY | L24 (b) | W26 (w) | W22 (b) | L12 (w) | W27 (b) | L6 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 21 | Aadit Krishna Joshi | 17152932 | 1344 | NY | W11 (w) | W12 (b) | W13 (w) | L1 (b) | L5 (w) | L7 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 22 | Gyanesh Prasad | 31399424 | 1332 | NY | D45 (b) | D24 (w) | L20 (w) | L37 (b) | W43 (b) | W36 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 23 | Craig Nemiroff | 30575741 | 1283 | NY | L4 (w) | H--- | W31 (b) | L6 (w) | D36 (b) | W38 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 24 | Lawrence A Brooks | 30790959 | 1267 | NY | W20 (w) | D22 (b) | W16 (w) | L2 (b) | L4 (w) | D26 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 25 | Aadvik Iyer | 31465705 | 1201 | NJ | L19 (w) | L8 (b) | D40 (w) | X45 | D17 (b) | W32 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 26 | Evan Hu | 30832472 | 1157 | NY | L32 (b) | L20 (b) | W45 (w) | D29 (w) | W30 (b) | D24 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 27 | Nicholas Rossi | 31379731 | 1151 | NY | L1 (w) | W40 (b) | W35 (w) | L13 (b) | L20 (w) | W34 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 28 | 28-30 | Bulat Aiusheev | 31639198 | 1429 | NY | D10 (w) | X--- | L14 (b) | L8 (b) | W38 (w) | L9 (w) | 2.5 | ||
| 29 | Chentian Yang | 31723040 | 1328 | NY | W16 (w) | L32 (w) | L6 (b) | D26 (b) | H--- | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 30 | Leo Cao | 31779242 | 1261 | NJ | W7 (w) | L13 (b) | D8 (w) | L4 (b) | L26 (w) | W43 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 31 | 31-39 | Mohan Wu | 31372035 | 1395 | NY | D3 (w) | L10 (b) | L23 (w) | L38 (b) | W40 (w) | H--- | 2.0 | ||
| 32 | Elvin Gao | 31948699 | 1346 | CHEGAO | NY | W26 (w) | W29 (b) | L5 (w) | L11 (b) | L7 (w) | L25 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 33 | Shivani Sathiesh | 30526905 | 1333 | SATARU | VA | L38 (w) | W43 (b) | L12 (w) | L34 (b) | D35 (w) | H--- | 2.0 | ||
| 34 | John Sebastiano Denora | 32235338 | 1324 | NY | L42 (b) | L11 (w) | W17 (b) | W33 (w) | L18 (b) | L27 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 35 | Thomas DeDona | 15154434 | 1300 | NY | D44 (w) | H--- | L27 (b) | U--- | D33 (b) | H--- | 2.0 | |||
| 36 | Stephen J Barlow | 17308227 | 1257 | W41 (w) | D4 (b) | L2 (w) | L16 (b) | D23 (w) | L22 (b) | 2.0 | ||||
| 37 | Jessica Yongxin Liu | 31952635 | 1222 | NY | L18 (b) | L7 (b) | W43 (w) | W22 (w) | L19 (b) | L17 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 38 | Christopher Rich | 31975656 | 999 | NY | W33 (b) | L18 (w) | L9 (b) | W31 (w) | L28 (b) | L23 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 39 | Richard N Bland | 32549217 | unr. | VT | W8 (w) | L19 (b) | L3 (w) | L7 (b) | H--- | H--- | 2.0 | |||
| 40 | 40-41 | David C Sutor | 12480719 | 1319 | NY | L2 (b) | L27 (w) | D25 (b) | L17 (w) | L31 (b) | W45 (b) | 1.5 | ||
| 41 | Thomas Allen Fleischman | 16524463 | 629 | NY | L36 (b) | L9 (w) | B--- | U--- | H--- | U--- | 1.5 | |||
| 42 | 42-43 | Rory Linus Shing | 17061126 | 1400 | WA | W34 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | ||
| 43 | Victor Brice Esposito | 16815311 | 1210 | NY | L12 (b) | L33 (w) | L37 (b) | B--- | L22 (w) | L30 (w) | 1.0 | |||
| 44 | 44-45 | John N Hartnett | 12592268 | 1400 | NY | D35 (b) | L14 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | ||
| 45 | Leonard Xing | 30492876 | 1090 | CT | D22 (w) | L5 (b) | L26 (b) | F25 | U--- | L40 (w) | 0.5 |