New York State Championship 2026

September 04, 2026 - September 07, 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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Pairings for Under 2100:

Pairings for Round 6. CCA_NYSC26: Under 2100 Section
Bd # Res White # Res Black
34 5 1 Courtney Barnes (2012 5.0) 12 0 Samuel Mehlhaff (1974 4.5)
35 31 0 Stuart Jarzab (1879 4.0) 1 1 Zachary T Calderon (2060 4.0)
36 17 1 Jack Wen (1933 4.0) 60 0 Aleem Awan (1797 4.0)
37 27 1 Abhinav Chinnambeti (1882 4.0) 62 0 Kritarth Acharya (1794 4.0)
38 68 0 Finn Arjun Dhamija (1744 4.0) 33 1 Aarav Singh (1879 4.0)
39 13 1 Nirupam Kushalnagar r/e (1967 3.5) 8 0 Dimitry Gorelik (2002 3.5)
40 32 ½ Ani Sargsyan (1879 3.5) 59 ½ Brad Davis (1798 3.5)
41 45 1 Layton Lin (1834 3.0) 4 0 Dale Eugene Sharp (2014 3.0)
42 52 1 Liam Cheng (1807 3.0) 6 0 Dean Howard (2006 3.0)
43 46 1 Matthew Mark Shirvell (1829 3.0) 10 0 Jorge Jimenez Acosta (2000 3.0)
44 54 0 Samuel M Curran (1806 3.0) 14 1 Leonard B Chipkin (1954 3.0)
45 16 0 Owen Chance Anatra (1941 3.0) 35 1 CM Clifford J Shaw (1853 3.0)
46 20 ½ Leah Yang (1913 3.0) 40 ½ Luca Festa (1840 3.0)
47 24 1 Ben Chai (1894 3.0) 75 0 Shawn M Cimorelli (1682 3.0)
48 29 0 Lige Bi (1881 3.0) 66 1 Todd Imada (1747 2.5)
49 34 ½ David A Kolb (1872 3.0) 47 ½ Liam Kojuharov (1827 3.0)
50 80 0 Timothy Harrison Blomquist (1542 3.0) 21 1 Glen Gausewitz (1908 2.5)
51 50 ½ Aaron Krayn (1814 2.5) 36 ½ Eric Luce (1846 2.5)
52 39 1 Jared S Montal (1841 2.5) 63 0 Samuel Zheng (1793 2.5)
54 7 ½ Brian Lawson (2004 2.0) 57 ½ John L Phillips (1800 2.0)
55 49 0 David J Yoo (1822 2.0) 11 1 Audrey Zhou (1975 2.0)
56 53 ½ Abhinav Korra (1807 2.0) 15 ½ Vahan Sargsyan (1950 2.0)
57 61 0 Joshua A Kuperman (1795 2.0) 19 1 Ayden Spellman (1920 2.0)
58 73 0 Sathvik Birudavolu (1698 2.0) 22 1 Michael K Goodman (1900 2.0)
59 76 ½ Sebastian Van Dooijeweert (1669 2.0) 28 ½ Thanveen Tej Katta (1882 2.0)
60 81 ½ Shyra Nigam (1542 2.0) 37 ½ Noah Hsu (1843 2.0)
61 38 0 Cory Northrup (1843 2.0) 82 1 Tiger Watson (1518 2.0)
62 41 1 Evan Mccormick (1839 1.5) 85 0 Nandan Peddibhotla (1121 2.0)
63 71 0 John P Lawless (1707 1.5) 70 1 Jerry Liang (1725 1.5)
64 83 1 Tejas Shivakumar (1497 1.5) 84 0 Judy Dean (1400 1.0)
65 65 ½ Noah Kaye (1758 0.5) 87 ½ Ryan Harrison Margolis ( 860 1.0)
79 Evelyn Liu (1571 0.5) Please wait by pairing chart
9 ½ Edward A Frumkin (2000 1.5) BYE
30 ½ Connor John Riddell (1880 3.0) BYE
2 ½ Jeremy Larsen (2052 2.5) BYE
55 0 Robert A Simmons (1804 2.0) BYE
69 ½ Brendan Boyle (1727 3.0) BYE
64 ½ Andrew R Temmallo (1780 3.0) BYE
78 ½ Senulya Savindee Waduthanthree (1592 2.0) BYE
77 ½ Thihansa Ovindee Waduthanthree (1613 1.5) BYE


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