The New York State Magnus High School And Junior High Chess League

Season Eleven:  2025-2026 Third Match!

 

Presented By The Chess Center of New York

With Grateful Appreciation To Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School

First Game At 10:00 AM!

February  1, 2026

New York, NY

Visit Us At www.magnusleague.org!

 

FOR THE USCF-RATED RESULTS, CLICK HERE!

(Live) Games From February 1st!

 

Varsity Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-2

FM Megan Althea Paragua

17106692

2333

CGPS

7

NY

W4 (w)

W5 (b)

2.0

$150.00

1st-2nd

2

 

Christopher J Williams

16250362

2042

CGPS

9

NY

W8 (w)

W6 (b)

2.0

$150.00

1st-2nd

3

3-5

Dominic Nathan Paragua

17106686

2081

CGPS

11

NY

L5 (b)

W8 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

4

 

Louis Barry

16995547

1939

STUY

11

NY

L1 (b)

W7 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

5

 

Nico Alvarado-yoshida

16059387

1841

BTECH

10

NY

W3 (w)

L1 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

6

6-7

Samuel Nemiroff

17055610

2005

SPEYR

7

NY

D7 (b)

L2 (w)

0.5

 

7

 

Arhan Javeri

16378223

1970

CGPS

9

NY

D6 (w)

L4 (b)

0.5

 

8

8

Alexandra Lussie

15864723

1807

PUI159

11

NY

L2 (b)

L3 (b)

0.0

 

 

 

Junior-Varsity Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-6

Gavin Liu

30736471

1873

IJH949

10

NY

W7 (w)

D5 (b)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

2

 

Roberto Hernandez

16108388

1805

CBS827

11

NY

W8 (b)

D4 (w)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

3

 

Skylar Lin

30279329

1694

J54M

7

NY

W9 (b)

D6 (w)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

4

 

Anderson Woo

17191700

1672

CGPS

9

NY

W13 (w)

D2 (b)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

5

 

Jude Badawi

16942303

1657

CGPS

7

NY

W10 (b)

D1 (w)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

6

 

Ryan Isaiah Saavedra

30882071

1637

CBS827

11

NY

W14 (w)

D3 (b)

1.5

$50.00

1st-2nd-3rd

7

7-10

Yidong Dennis Chen

30211648

1618

TVD088

8

NY

L1 (b)

W11 (w)

1.0

 

8

 

Arjun Sarin Pradhan

16810507

1578

CGPS

8

NY

L2 (w)

W12 (b)

1.0

 

9

 

Gabriel Negussie

17203877

1446

SACMW

8

NY

L3 (w)

W14 (b)

1.0

 

10

 

Noah Betances

16691295

1342

SACHSL

10

NY

L5 (w)

W13 (b)

1.0

 

11

11-12

Chris DeDona

16078015

1761

GPS653

10

NY

D12 (w)

L7 (b)

0.5

 

12

 

Leo Slabin

16856828

1531

BROWN

8

NY

D11 (b)

L8 (w)

0.5

 

13

13-14

Martina Ciccia

16974410

1469

J54M

7

NY

L4 (b)

L10 (w)

0.0

 

14

 

Lance Wolf

16631191

1380

CGPS

9

NY

L6 (b)

L9 (w)

0.0

 

 

Novice Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1

Roy Mkouonga

32611247

1130

DMB948

11

NY

X

W3 (b)

2.0

$100.00

1st

2

2

Bryce Chen

32425691

987

STUY

9

NY

D3 (w)

B---

1.5

$50.00

2nd

3

3

Lucas Henry Jang

17190190

1253

CGPS

8

NY

D2 (b)

L1 (w)

0.5

 

4

4-6

Benjamin Ostow

15458137

1295

CGPS

12

NY

U---

U---

0.0

 

5

 

Jaelynn Rivera

16457732

1017

SACHSL

11

NY

U---

U---

0.0

 

6

 

Fia (Sofia) Fanti

31128412

984

CGPS

7

NY

U---

U---

0.0

 

 

Tied Players Are Listed Above In Order Of Their Pre-Tournament Ratings

 

$800 In Individual Prizes February 1st!

1.   Varsity Section (rated 1800/above within 12 months of match date, or players rated 1700/above who also scored 2-0 in a J-V or Varsity Section, Season 10 or Season 11 match) or invitees: 

$200 to First, $100 to Second, $50 to Third!

 

        2. Junior-Varsity Section (rated Under 1900 Official Rating at match date and also rated 1300/above within past 12 months of match date) or invitees: 

$150 to First, $100 to Second, $50 to Third, with $25 minimum prize to all players scoring 2-0!

(accelerated pairings may be used)

 

        3.  Novice Section (Under 1400 Official Rating or Unrated at match date):  $100 to First, $50 to Second

(there is a $50 prize limit to Unrated Players in the Novice Section)

Prizes not claimed at site may be paid by PayPal (may take a couple of weeks).