New York State Championship 2026
September 04, 2026 - September 07, 2026
To contact Continental Chess, please email: director@chess.us (at least one hour before your game).
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.
Entry Fee Discounts For New York State Chess Association Members
Thank You, 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 1800:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_NYSC26: Under 1800 Section
| # | Place | Name | ID | Rating | Team | St | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-4 | Wesley Ross | 31345016 | 1775 | NY | W42 (b) | W41 (w) | W20 (b) | W24 (w) | D7 (b) | D2 (w) | 5.0 | 625.00 | |
| 2 | Alex Benjamin Cooper | 31635840 | 1715 | NY | W56 (b) | W25 (w) | D12 (b) | W9 (w) | W14 (b) | D1 (b) | 5.0 | 625.00 | ||
| 3 | Devin P Barry | 12708039 | 1611 | NY | W68 (b) | W6 (w) | L11 (b) | W52 (w) | W29 (b) | W7 (w) | 5.0 | 625.00 | ||
| 4 | Tanuj Nimmagadda | 31200099 | 1376 | MD | D30 (b) | W50 (w) | W19 (b) | W21 (w) | W12 (b) | H--- | 5.0 | 625.00 | ||
| 5 | 5-9 | Chris DeDona | 16078015 | 1747 | NY | W33 (b) | L32 (w) | W34 (b) | D42 (w) | W36 (b) | W11 (w) | 4.5 | 75.00 | |
| 6 | Bryce Manning | 31330902 | 1715 | NY | W55 (w) | L3 (b) | D46 (w) | W64 (b) | W44 (w) | W21 (w) | 4.5 | 75.00 | ||
| 7 | Gene L Millard | 10676932 | 1700 | NY | W57 (b) | W60 (w) | W32 (b) | W11 (w) | D1 (w) | L3 (b) | 4.5 | 75.00 | ||
| 8 | Prateek C* Karanam r/e | 30660262 | 1615 | VEMKAR | NY | D44 (b) | D36 (w) | H--- | W66 (w) | W25 (b) | W24 (w) | 4.5 | 75.00 | |
| 9 | Raghav Kalyana Sundaram | 16130747 | 1371 | WA | B--- | D64 (w) | W66 (b) | L2 (b) | W28 (w) | W20 (w) | 4.5 | 200.00 | ||
| 10 | 10-13 | Narayana Gaddam | 31539319 | 1718 | NY | D43 (w) | L26 (b) | W33 (w) | D30 (b) | W51 (w) | W31 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 11 | Ioannis Prodromos Kapotis | 32599030 | 1716 | NY | W31 (w) | W40 (b) | W3 (w) | L7 (b) | W23 (w) | L5 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 12 | Wayne Chien | 31414365 | 1672 | NY | W45 (w) | W53 (b) | D2 (w) | W22 (b) | L4 (w) | D13 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 13 | Ronnie Wayne Smith | 16584148 | 1510 | NC | L20 (w) | W70 (b) | W40 (w) | H--- | W42 (b) | D12 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 14 | 14-27 | Elvin Gao | 31948699 | 1766 | NY | D22 (w) | W51 (b) | W26 (w) | D23 (b) | L2 (w) | D18 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 15 | David Dennis Harvey | 12264080 | 1743 | NY | D50 (b) | L52 (w) | W35 (b) | W63 (w) | D22 (b) | D19 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 16 | Eli Roane | 12926141 | 1722 | NY | D35 (b) | D34 (w) | L25 (b) | W56 (w) | W52 (b) | D22 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 17 | Kirk Jobe | 14221707 | 1718 | NY | L25 (b) | W57 (w) | W56 (b) | W32 (w) | D24 (b) | U--- | 3.5 | |||
| 18 | Kelvin Mcalister | 12519171 | 1709 | IL | D34 (b) | W35 (w) | D52 (b) | L36 (w) | W32 (b) | D14 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 19 | Dylan Xavier O'brien | 31035637 | 1685 | WINOBR | NY | D37 (w) | W47 (b) | L4 (w) | D45 (b) | W55 (w) | D15 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 20 | Ian Wohlhieter | 30673143 | 1683 | MA | W13 (b) | W38 (w) | L1 (w) | D37 (b) | W26 (w) | L9 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 21 | Evan Su Yuan | 30544163 | 1595 | NY | W27 (b) | D49 (w) | W48 (w) | L4 (b) | W37 (w) | L6 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 22 | Timothy Kevin Ryan | 16145144 | 1576 | NY | D14 (b) | W28 (w) | W49 (b) | L12 (w) | D15 (w) | D16 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 23 | Nia Skerritt | 31685035 | 1567 | SKESTE | NY | D66 (b) | W44 (w) | W67 (b) | D14 (w) | L11 (b) | D33 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 24 | Alomgir Monsur | 16814647 | 1561 | MONMON | NY | W61 (w) | W67 (w) | W64 (b) | L1 (b) | D17 (w) | L8 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 25 | Mihailo Popovic | 31370069 | 1553 | PA | W17 (w) | L2 (b) | W16 (w) | D28 (b) | L8 (w) | W47 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 26 | Harshith Kaparthi | 30917712 | 1523 | NY | D29 (b) | W10 (w) | L14 (b) | W41 (w) | L20 (b) | W48 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 27 | Craig Nemiroff | 30575741 | 1453 | NY | L21 (w) | W71 (b) | L42 (b) | D34 (w) | W63 (b) | W44 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 28 | 28-38 | Charilaos Aneziris | 12751933 | 1792 | NY | D51 (w) | L22 (b) | W38 (b) | D25 (w) | L9 (b) | W59 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 29 | John Eric Hanson | 12326830 | 1700 | NY | D26 (w) | W43 (b) | D37 (w) | W31 (b) | L3 (w) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 30 | David Li | 30375278 | 1593 | NY | D4 (w) | L48 (b) | W47 (w) | D10 (w) | W38 (b) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 31 | Nicholas M Schneider | 30033945 | 1593 | NY | L11 (b) | W46 (w) | W60 (b) | L29 (w) | W39 (b) | L10 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 32 | Aadvik Iyer | 31465705 | 1588 | NJ | W62 (w) | W5 (b) | L7 (w) | L17 (b) | L18 (w) | W57 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 33 | Sahas Muthinti | 30851827 | 1570 | VT | L5 (w) | H--- | L10 (b) | W68 (w) | W66 (b) | D23 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 34 | Michael Joh Keane | 12910192 | 1565 | NY | D18 (w) | D16 (b) | L5 (w) | D27 (b) | W49 (b) | D37 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 35 | Sheldon Zhu | 30043646 | 1560 | NY | D16 (w) | L18 (b) | L15 (w) | D46 (b) | W60 (w) | W62 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 36 | Eric Richardson | 13135521 | 1556 | FL | H--- | D8 (b) | W65 (w) | W18 (b) | L5 (w) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 37 | Seojoon Choi | 30628203 | 1511 | NY | D19 (b) | W63 (w) | D29 (b) | D20 (w) | L21 (b) | D34 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 38 | Yixiao Li | 33059954 | 1323 | NY | W71 (w) | L20 (b) | L28 (w) | W54 (b) | L30 (w) | W51 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 39 | 39-48 | Gautam Venkata Medabalmi | 31452364 | 1747 | NY | L53 (w) | L45 (b) | W58 (w) | W48 (b) | L31 (w) | D43 (b) | 2.5 | ||
| 40 | Nicholas Secours | 12770510 | 1656 | NY | W46 (b) | L11 (w) | L13 (b) | W57 (w) | D45 (b) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 41 | Andrew Palmer | 12630765 | 1630 | VT | W59 (w) | L1 (b) | D45 (w) | L26 (b) | H--- | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 42 | Jacob Ornelas | 12814850 | 1577 | NM | L1 (w) | W58 (b) | W27 (w) | D5 (b) | L13 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 43 | Edward S Murphy | 12653388 | 1559 | NY | D10 (b) | L29 (w) | L63 (b) | D61 (w) | W68 (b) | D39 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 44 | Zen Jiang | 30049564 | 1546 | CT | D8 (w) | L23 (b) | W61 (b) | W49 (w) | L6 (b) | L27 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 45 | Lam Nguyen | 30809540 | 1506 | NGUNGU | NY | L12 (b) | W39 (w) | D41 (b) | D19 (w) | D40 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | ||
| 46 | Sophia Qin | 30899050 | 1499 | NY | L40 (w) | L31 (b) | D6 (b) | D35 (w) | D56 (b) | W66 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 47 | Dakaylah Winfield | 13416985 | 1458 | WINOBR | NY | D63 (b) | L19 (w) | L30 (b) | W65 (b) | W64 (w) | L25 (w) | 2.5 | ||
| 48 | Alex Jambunathan | 32919755 | 1332 | NY | H--- | W30 (w) | L21 (b) | L39 (w) | W50 (b) | L26 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 49 | 49-62 | George L Oliveras | 12520533 | 1706 | NY | W58 (w) | D21 (b) | L22 (w) | L44 (b) | L34 (w) | D54 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 50 | Ronald C Toifel | 10224829 | 1600 | DEATOI | NY | D15 (w) | L4 (b) | D55 (w) | D59 (b) | L48 (w) | D61 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 51 | Christian Meadors | 32012686 | 1582 | WADMEA | DE | D28 (b) | L14 (w) | D68 (b) | W60 (w) | L10 (b) | L38 (w) | 2.0 | ||
| 52 | Edwin Doscher | 13211475 | 1566 | NY | H--- | W15 (b) | D18 (w) | L3 (b) | L16 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | |||
| 53 | Knut Catania | 14673206 | 1562 | NY | W39 (b) | L12 (w) | B--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 2.0 | |||
| 54 | Sam Brueningsen | 32191890 | 1558 | VT | L67 (b) | L66 (w) | B--- | L38 (w) | D61 (b) | D49 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 55 | Allison J Zhang | 31378780 | 1534 | ZHAZHA | NY | L6 (b) | D68 (w) | D50 (b) | W67 (w) | L19 (b) | U--- | 2.0 | ||
| 56 | Avyukt Sathish | 17350471 | 1532 | MD | L2 (w) | W59 (b) | L17 (w) | L16 (b) | D46 (w) | H--- | 2.0 | |||
| 57 | Alex Wong | 30387888 | 1521 | NY | L7 (w) | L17 (b) | W62 (w) | L40 (b) | W67 (b) | L32 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 58 | Eugeniusz Kizysztof Lugowski | 12518248 | 1500 | NY | L49 (b) | L42 (w) | L39 (b) | L62 (w) | B--- | W68 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 59 | Isaac Podhoretz | 31275604 | 1499 | NY | L41 (b) | L56 (w) | X71 | D50 (w) | H--- | L28 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 60 | Trishaan Dhamija | 30314974 | 1470 | NY | W70 (w) | L7 (b) | L31 (w) | L51 (b) | L35 (b) | W67 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 61 | Ziyang Su | 32544084 | 1456 | NY | L24 (b) | D65 (b) | L44 (w) | D43 (b) | D54 (w) | D50 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 62 | Nicolas W Stemkoski | 30971981 | 1280 | NY | L32 (b) | L69 (w) | L57 (b) | W58 (b) | W65 (w) | L35 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 63 | 63-66 | Scott Boyce | 12415480 | 1600 | NY | D47 (w) | L37 (b) | W43 (w) | L15 (b) | L27 (w) | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 64 | Noah Chen | 30876554 | 1567 | NY | W65 (w) | D9 (b) | L24 (w) | L6 (w) | L47 (b) | U--- | 1.5 | |||
| 65 | Katherine Sossan | 13557626 | 1525 | SOSIZM | NY | L64 (b) | D61 (w) | L36 (b) | L47 (w) | L62 (b) | B--- | 1.5 | ||
| 66 | Nikolas Maldonado | 31424383 | 1514 | NY | D23 (w) | W54 (b) | L9 (w) | L8 (b) | L33 (w) | L46 (b) | 1.5 | |||
| 67 | 67-69 | Arthur L Alowitz | 12104800 | 1618 | NY | W54 (w) | L24 (b) | L23 (w) | L55 (b) | L57 (w) | L60 (b) | 1.0 | ||
| 68 | Danzan Khasykov | 32704767 | 1314 | KHAKHA | NY | L3 (w) | D55 (b) | D51 (w) | L33 (b) | L43 (w) | L58 (b) | 1.0 | ||
| 69 | Luca Negris | 32804591 | 1109 | NY | U--- | W62 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 70 | 70-71 | Prateek C Karanam | 30660262 | 1615 | ?????? | NY | L60 (b) | L13 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 71 | Rodney Stancil | 12520671 | 1590 | MI | L38 (b) | L27 (w) | F59 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |