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 Championship:
SwissSys Standings. CCA_NYSC26: Championship Section!
| # | Place | Name | ID | Rating | Team | St | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | IM Josiah Stearman | 14006506 | 2551 | SKESTE | NY | W37 (w) | W2 (b) | W20 (w) | D3 (b) | W8 (w) | W9 (w) | 5.5 | $2,100.00/2026 NY State Champion! |
| 2 | 2 | Connor Junda Wang | 16470052 | 2132 | CHOWAN | NY | W87 (b) | L1 (w) | W43 (b) | W58 (w) | W27 (b) | W10 (b) | 5.0 | $1,200.00 |
| 3 | 3-9 | Deepak Aaron | 12877422 | 2383 | NY | W67 (b) | W15 (w) | W29 (b) | D1 (w) | L9 (b) | W13 (w) | 4.5 | $385.72 | |
| 4 | FM Jasmine Su | 16377701 | 2356 | CT | W57 (w) | D22 (b) | L54 (w) | W31 (b) | W26 (w) | W20 (b) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 5 | Priyansh Garg | 17279963 | 2271 | NY | W59 (w) | W24 (b) | W31 (w) | L10 (b) | W17 (b) | D7 (w) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 6 | IM Jay Richard Bonin | 10098327 | 2263 | NY | D17 (b) | L31 (w) | W85 (b) | W67 (w) | W52 (b) | W19 (w) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 7 | Leo Xiaohang Shen | 17132332 | 2243 | NY | W40 (w) | D27 (b) | W25 (w) | W54 (b) | D10 (w) | D5 (b) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 8 | James J Marsh | 16400887 | 2242 | NY | W68 (b) | D16 (w) | W56 (b) | W52 (w) | L1 (b) | W21 (w) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 9 | Armaan Chandragupta Jain | 30230374 | 2158 | NY | W70 (b) | D48 (w) | W47 (b) | W23 (w) | W3 (w) | L1 (b) | 4.5 | $385.72 | ||
| 10 | 10-17 | FM Igor Sorkin | 12684250 | 2423 | NY | W55 (b) | W53 (w) | D13 (b) | W5 (w) | D7 (b) | L2 (w) | 4.0 | ||
| 11 | Alisher Podavonov | 14655085 | 2251 | NY | L58 (b) | W60 (w) | W57 (b) | L17 (w) | W41 (w) | W37 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 12 | Royce Zhang | 30154455 | 2228 | RI | W42 (b) | D56 (w) | D16 (b) | D28 (w) | W23 (b) | D17 (w) | 4.0 | |||
| 13 | Neil Natarajan | 30048585 | 2182 | FANMNAT | CT | W61 (w) | W62 (b) | D10 (w) | D27 (b) | W22 (w) | L3 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 14 | Mark DeDona | 14684907 | 2165 | NY | W30 (w) | D49 (b) | D38 (w) | D41 (b) | D37 (w) | W42 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 15 | Leonhard Chang | 17018215 | 2094 | WANCHA | NJ | W63 (w) | L3 (b) | W62 (w) | L38 (b) | W45 (w) | W43 (b) | 4.0 | ||
| 16 | Carlos Daniel Villar-lopez | 30950789 | 2071 | NY | W85 (w) | D8 (b) | D12 (w) | L22 (b) | W46 (w) | W32 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 17 | Adrian Harrison Sommerstein | 30575100 | 2051 | NY | D6 (w) | W76 (b) | W34 (w) | W11 (b) | L5 (w) | D12 (b) | 4.0 | |||
| 18 | 18-31 | Landon Meadors | 31453265 | 2231 | REYMEA | DE | D41 (w) | D71 (b) | W40 (w) | L24 (b) | D60 (w) | W49 (b) | 3.5 | |
| 19 | Lucas Lu | 17119897 | 2207 | LUMLUL | NY | W60 (w) | D38 (b) | D41 (w) | D37 (b) | W54 (w) | L6 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 20 | WFM Lacey Wang | 30313152 | 2186 | WANCHA | CT | W82 (b) | W45 (w) | L1 (b) | D29 (w) | W28 (b) | L4 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 21 | Kushagra Bhargava | 16956146 | 2167 | POTBHA | CT | W75 (b) | D47 (w) | D58 (b) | W48 (w) | D24 (b) | L8 (b) | 3.5 | ||
| 22 | Justin Lee | 16713783 | 2128 | NY | W72 (b) | D4 (w) | D48 (b) | W16 (w) | L13 (b) | D29 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 23 | Mubassar Uddin | 14603572 | 2128 | NY | D76 (w) | W79 (b) | W46 (w) | L9 (b) | L12 (w) | W65 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 24 | Andrew Zhang | 30277790 | 2092 | ZHAZHA | NY | W73 (b) | L5 (w) | W45 (b) | W18 (w) | D21 (w) | U--- | 3.5 | ||
| 25 | WCM Alice Chovanec | 16898466 | 2090 | CHOWAN | NY | W65 (w) | D32 (w) | L7 (b) | D49 (b) | W71 (w) | H--- | 3.5 | ||
| 26 | Arabella Fang | 16483587 | 2087 | FANMNAT | NY | L31 (b) | D75 (w) | W82 (b) | W47 (w) | L4 (b) | W58 (w) | 3.5 | ||
| 27 | Theodore Bernstein | 31096166 | 2075 | NJ | W84 (b) | D7 (w) | W32 (b) | D13 (w) | L2 (w) | D31 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 28 | Jin Ma | 16813308 | 2070 | NY | L47 (b) | W70 (w) | W71 (w) | D12 (b) | L20 (w) | W54 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 29 | Eric Ren | 16753438 | 2001 | CT | W74 (b) | W66 (w) | L3 (w) | D20 (b) | D34 (w) | D22 (b) | 3.5 | |||
| 30 | Derek Li Chen | 14883880 | 1990 | NY | L14 (b) | W55 (w) | D53 (b) | D66 (w) | D35 (b) | W52 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 31 | Aiden Zhu | 31945797 | 1916 | NC | W26 (w) | W6 (b) | L5 (b) | L4 (w) | W56 (b) | D27 (w) | 3.5 | |||
| 32 | 32-50 | FM Daniel E Shapiro | 10094879 | 2254 | NY | W39 (w) | D25 (b) | L27 (w) | W61 (b) | H--- | L16 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 33 | David E Carter | 10029732 | 2202 | VT | D44 (b) | D78 (w) | D59 (b) | D42 (w) | H--- | H--- | 3.0 | |||
| 34 | John Riddell | 10084369 | 2200 | NY | W43 (b) | D58 (w) | L17 (b) | W59 (w) | D29 (b) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 35 | Marzouq Chowdhury | 31319470 | 2154 | NY | D86 (w) | L46 (b) | W69 (w) | D39 (b) | D30 (w) | D41 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 36 | Steven A Taylor | 11282008 | 2100 | NY | L45 (b) | D82 (w) | D75 (b) | D78 (w) | H--- | W72 (b) | 3.0 | |||
| 37 | Charles Huang | 30427161 | 2067 | MA | L1 (b) | W87 (w) | W78 (b) | D19 (w) | D14 (b) | L11 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 38 | Jeremiah Beckles | 16109946 | 2060 | NY | W64 (b) | D19 (w) | D14 (b) | W15 (w) | U--- | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 39 | Theodore V Pimanoff | 17124861 | 2035 | NY | L32 (b) | D64 (w) | L50 (b) | D35 (w) | W83 (b) | W71 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 40 | Pranav Prasanna | 17334890 | 2025 | NJ | L7 (b) | W73 (w) | L18 (b) | D64 (w) | D47 (b) | W70 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 41 | WFM Allyson Yu | 30721310 | 2022 | NY | D18 (b) | W50 (w) | D19 (b) | D14 (w) | L11 (b) | D35 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 42 | Premsai Nallapareddygari | 31083400 | 2020 | NJ | L12 (w) | D65 (b) | W79 (w) | D33 (b) | W48 (w) | L14 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 43 | Harry Li | 16988211 | 2011 | MA | L34 (w) | W51 (b) | L2 (w) | W76 (b) | W66 (b) | L15 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 44 | Samuel Cheng | 30067638 | 2007 | YANCHE | NY | D33 (w) | L54 (b) | L65 (w) | W63 (b) | W78 (w) | H--- | 3.0 | ||
| 45 | Jeremy Zheng | 14973085 | 1990 | NY | W36 (w) | L20 (b) | L24 (w) | W81 (b) | L15 (b) | X--- | 3.0 | |||
| 46 | Jesse Hoffman | 14804351 | 1966 | NY | D52 (b) | W35 (w) | L23 (b) | D53 (w) | L16 (b) | W68 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 47 | Kristian Jacome | 14531740 | 1966 | NERJAC | NY | W28 (w) | D21 (b) | L9 (w) | L26 (b) | D40 (w) | W69 (b) | 3.0 | ||
| 48 | Liam Siu | 30022059 | 1959 | SIUSIU | NY | W51 (w) | D9 (b) | D22 (w) | L21 (b) | L42 (b) | W77 (w) | 3.0 | ||
| 49 | Eugene Wong | 17157923 | 1915 | NY | W81 (b) | D14 (w) | L52 (b) | D25 (w) | W68 (b) | L18 (w) | 3.0 | |||
| 50 | Brian Dai | 31223384 | 1877 | CT | H--- | L41 (b) | W39 (w) | D74 (w) | W51 (b) | U--- | 3.0 | |||
| 51 | 51-65 | Brian Arthur | 14176605 | 2157 | NY | L48 (b) | L43 (w) | D70 (b) | W82 (w) | L50 (w) | W78 (b) | 2.5 | ||
| 52 | Adam Gordon | 16577100 | 2131 | NY | D46 (w) | W86 (b) | W49 (w) | L8 (b) | L6 (w) | L30 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 53 | Samuel Pozen | 16509885 | 2120 | NY | W88 (w) | L10 (b) | D30 (w) | D46 (b) | U--- | D61 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 54 | Jude Kazan | 16350155 | 2095 | NY | D78 (b) | W44 (w) | W4 (b) | L7 (w) | L19 (b) | L28 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 55 | Jason Bai | 30173780 | 2067 | CT | L10 (w) | L30 (b) | W73 (w) | D62 (b) | W75 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 56 | Mark Leo Kogan | 30053068 | 2062 | NJ | W77 (w) | D12 (b) | L8 (w) | D65 (b) | L31 (w) | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 57 | Matt Chan | 13910194 | 2055 | CT | L4 (b) | W72 (w) | L11 (w) | L71 (b) | W76 (w) | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 58 | Samuel Nemiroff | 17055610 | 2034 | NY | W11 (w) | D34 (b) | D21 (w) | L2 (b) | D65 (w) | L26 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 59 | Tim Walters | 30208592 | 2019 | NJ | L5 (b) | W84 (w) | D33 (w) | L34 (b) | W77 (w) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 60 | Winston Ruiying Chen | 31394432 | 2015 | NY | L19 (b) | L11 (b) | W84 (w) | W85 (w) | D18 (b) | U--- | 2.5 | |||
| 61 | Eric Cheng | 16921202 | 1997 | NY | L13 (b) | W80 (w) | D66 (b) | L32 (w) | D64 (b) | D53 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 62 | Angel Lopez | 12833885 | 1988 | NY | W80 (b) | L13 (w) | L15 (b) | D55 (w) | D67 (b) | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 63 | Grayson Xiang | 30650149 | 1946 | NY | L15 (b) | D68 (w) | L67 (b) | L44 (w) | W80 (b) | W75 (b) | 2.5 | |||
| 64 | Shiv Dubey | 17241381 | 1942 | NY | L38 (w) | D39 (b) | D81 (w) | D40 (b) | D61 (w) | H--- | 2.5 | |||
| 65 | Wilson Liu | 30799156 | 1917 | NY | L25 (b) | D42 (w) | W44 (b) | D56 (w) | D58 (b) | L23 (w) | 2.5 | |||
| 66 | 66-73 | Alex Sinnott | 13513605 | 2188 | NY | W69 (w) | L29 (b) | D61 (w) | D30 (b) | L43 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | ||
| 67 | Leon Chu | 17015896 | 2043 | NY | L3 (w) | D77 (b) | W63 (w) | L6 (b) | D62 (w) | U--- | 2.0 | |||
| 68 | Misha Raitzin | 16170786 | 2023 | NY | L8 (w) | D63 (b) | D77 (w) | W72 (b) | L49 (w) | L46 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 69 | Alek Safarian | 32544394 | 2002 | NY | L66 (b) | D74 (w) | L35 (b) | D70 (w) | W84 (b) | L47 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 70 | Marissa Lu | 17119902 | 1983 | LUMLUL | NY | L9 (w) | L28 (b) | D51 (w) | D69 (b) | W73 (w) | L40 (b) | 2.0 | ||
| 71 | Myra Nigam | 31420695 | 1982 | PA | H--- | D18 (w) | L28 (b) | W57 (w) | L25 (b) | L39 (b) | 2.0 | |||
| 72 | Melanie Liang | 30351272 | 1959 | LIALIA | NY | L22 (w) | L57 (b) | W80 (b) | L68 (w) | W85 (b) | L36 (w) | 2.0 | ||
| 73 | Christian Mingdong Wang | 32054208 | 1928 | NY | L24 (w) | L40 (b) | L55 (b) | W80 (w) | L70 (b) | W83 (w) | 2.0 | |||
| 74 | 74-79 | Alan Shaw | 10030048 | 2200 | VT | L29 (w) | D69 (b) | D76 (w) | D50 (b) | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | ||
| 75 | David Johnathan Carr | 30315361 | 1995 | NY | L21 (w) | D26 (b) | D36 (w) | D77 (b) | L55 (b) | L63 (w) | 1.5 | |||
| 76 | Charles B Bernstein | 31390648 | 1958 | NY | D23 (b) | L17 (w) | D74 (b) | L43 (w) | L57 (b) | H--- | 1.5 | |||
| 77 | Dean Clark Tichy | 31329150 | 1954 | NY | L56 (b) | D67 (w) | D68 (b) | D75 (w) | L59 (b) | L48 (b) | 1.5 | |||
| 78 | WCM Charlotte Tai-en Chang | 31490450 | 1953 | CHASPE | NY | D54 (w) | D33 (b) | L37 (w) | D36 (b) | L44 (b) | L51 (w) | 1.5 | ||
| 79 | Natasha C Christiansen | 11366805 | 1892 | MA | H--- | L23 (w) | L42 (b) | H--- | D82 (b) | U--- | 1.5 | |||
| 80 | 80-85 | Edison Burgos Rodriguez | 12542136 | 2100 | L62 (w) | L61 (b) | L72 (w) | L73 (b) | L63 (w) | W84 (b) | 1.0 | |||
| 81 | WFM Supreetha Potluri | 16053696 | 2087 | POTBHA | L49 (w) | H--- | D64 (b) | L45 (w) | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 82 | Dore A Sheppard | 10076692 | 2001 | NY | L20 (w) | D36 (b) | L26 (w) | L51 (b) | D79 (w) | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 83 | Dave Finnerman | 12671728 | 1926 | NY | H--- | H--- | U--- | U--- | L39 (w) | L73 (b) | 1.0 | |||
| 84 | Calliste Herve-mignucci | 16787928 | 1913 | CT | L27 (w) | L59 (b) | L60 (b) | B--- | L69 (w) | L80 (w) | 1.0 | |||
| 85 | Michael Semel | 12394665 | 1900 | NY | L16 (b) | B--- | L6 (w) | L60 (b) | L72 (w) | U--- | 1.0 | |||
| 86 | 86 | Milo Su | 31296341 | 1970 | NY | D35 (b) | L52 (w) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | ||
| 87 | 87-88 | Nirupam Kushalnagar | 17349316 | 1967 | NY | L2 (w) | L37 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | ||
| 88 | Darren Wu | 30136086 | 1955 | NY | L53 (b) | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |