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

Season Eleven:  2025-2026 Sixth Match!

 

Presented By The Chess Center of New York

With Grateful Appreciation To Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School

First Game At 10:00 AM!

March 15, 2026

New York, NY

Visit Us At www.magnusleague.org!

 

FOR THE USCF-RATED RESULTS, CLICK HERE!

(Live) Games From March 15th!

 

Varsity Section

#

 

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

 

1

FM Megan Althea Paragua

17106692

2336

CGPS

7

NY

W7 (w)

W5 (b)

2.0

$200.00

1st!

2

 

2

Arhan Javeri

16378223

1957

CGPS

9

NY

W3 (w)

D4 (b)

1.5

$100.00

2nd

3

 

3-5

Dominic Nathan Paragua

17106686

2069

CGPS

11

NY

L2 (b)

W9 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

4

 

 

Jin Ma

16813308

2016

COLDSP

9

NY

D8 (b)

D2 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

5

 

 

Nico Alvarado-Yoshida

16059387

1766

BTECH

10

NY

W6 (b)

L1 (w)

1.0

$16.67

3rd

6

 

6-9

Christopher J Williams

16250362

2058

CGPS

9

NY

L5 (w)

D7 (b)

0.5

 

7

 

 

Louis Barry

16995547

1963

STUY

11

NY

L1 (b)

D6 (w)

0.5

 

8

 

 

Chloe A Stark

16138806

1883

CGPS

12

NY

D4 (w)

U---

0.5

 

9

 

 

You Zhou

30825175

1738

STUY

12

NY

H---

L3 (b)

0.5

 

 

 

Junior-Varsity Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-2

Skylar Lin

30279329

1701

J54M

7

NY

W14 (w)

W9 (b)

2.0

$125.00

1st-2nd

2

 

Jude Badawi

16942303

1686

CGPS

7

NY

W8 (b)

W6 (w)

2.0

$125.00

1st-2nd

3

3-5

Yunhui Ma

16857748

1702

DPM307

7

NY

W7 (b)

D5 (w)

1.5

$16.67

3rd

4

 

Anderson Woo

17191700

1687

CGPS

9

NY

H---

W12 (w)

1.5

$16.67

3rd

5

 

Jia Rui Weng

30736851

1644

SACBS1

7

NY

W10 (b)

D3 (b)

1.5

$16.67

3rd

6

6-10

Chris DeDona

16078015

1733

GPS309

10

NY

W15 (w)

L2 (b)

1.0

 

7

 

Daniel Novikov

17164448

1577

BROWN

8

NY

L3 (w)

W15 (b)

1.0

 

8

 

Martina Ciccia

16974410

1469

J54M

7

NY

L2 (w)

W14 (b)

1.0

 

9

 

Matthew Marin

17302097

1398

SACBS1

7

NY

W12 (b)

L1 (w)

1.0

 

10

 

Lucas Henry Jang

17190190

1205

CGPS

8

NY

L5 (w)

B---

1.0

 

11

11-15

Ryan Isaiah Saavedra

30882071

1651

CBS827

11

NY

U---

U---

0.0

 

12

 

Yidong Dennis Chen

30211648

1636

TVD088

8

NY

L9 (w)

L4 (b)

0.0

 

13

 

Arianna Lu

16446141

1635

SACHSL

11

NY

U---

U---

0.0

 

14

 

Lance Wolf

16631191

1472

CGPS

9

NY

L1 (b)

L8 (w)

0.0

 

15

 

Alana Wilson

30227567

1451

MM

8

NY

L6 (b)

L7 (w)

0.0

 

 

Novice Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-2

Jayleen Rivera

16457732

1018

SACHSL

11

NY

X6

D2 (b)

1.5

$75.00

1st-2nd

2

 

Ricardo Erick Leal

32200141

875

BXCHS

10

NY

W3 (b)

D1 (w)

1.5

$75.00

1st-2nd

3

3-5

Roy Mkouonga

32611247

1158

DMB948

11

NY

L2 (w)

W5 (w)

1.0

 

4

 

Zhangir Yestayev

31648338

1027

NBO302

9

NY

L5 (b)

B---

1.0

 

5

 

Ed Torreblanca

32389427

699

BXCHS

10

NY

W4 (w)

L3 (b)

1.0

 

6

6

Noah Langrin-Jiminez

32603577

149

BXCHS

9

NY

F1

U---

0.0

 

 

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

 

$800 In Individual Prizes March 15th!

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).