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

Season Eleven:  2025-2026 Second Match!

 

Presented By The Chess Center of New York

With Grateful Appreciation To Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School

First Game At 10:00 AM!

November 9, 2025

New York, NY

Visit Us At www.magnusleague.org!

 

FOR THE USCF-RATED RESULTS, CLICK HERE!

(Live) Games From Round 1 November 9th!

(Live) Games From Round 2 November 9th!

 

Varsity Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-3

IM Tanitoluwa Adewumi

16649696

2504

CGPS

10

NY

W12 (w)

W8 (b)

2.0

$116.67

1st-2nd-3rd

2

 

CM Luc William Crim Hoffman

16202460

2232

LYCEE

12

NY

W13 (b)

W6 (w)

2.0

$116.67

1st-2nd-3rd

3

 

Tim Shvarts

16156007

2178

SJD824

11

NY

W9 (b)

W7 (w)

2.0

$116.67

1st-2nd-3rd

4

4-5

Christopher J Williams

16250362

1998

CGPS

9

NY

D5 (b)

W11 (w)

1.5

 

5

 

Samuel Pozen

16509885

1885

ECFSBX

9

NY

D4 (w)

W12 (b)

1.5

 

6

6-10

Arhan Javeri

16378223

2019

CGPS

9

NY

W14 (w)

L2 (b)

1.0

 

7

 

Adam Gordon

16577100

1960

CGPS

9

NY

W10 (w)

L3 (b)

1.0

 

8

 

Louis Barry

16995547

1891

STUY

11

NY

W11 (b)

L1 (w)

1.0

 

9

 

Riaan Javeri

16378238

1766

CGPS

9

NY

L3 (w)

W14 (b)

1.0

 

10

 

Jesse Lee

16262240

1743

P334M

8

NY

L7 (b)

W13 (w)

1.0

 

11

11-14

Kevin Bradley Stern

16419450

2179

DALTN

9

NY

L8 (w)

L4 (b)

0.0

 

12

 

Misha Raitzin

16170786

1953

SACHSL

10

NY

L1 (b)

L5 (w)

0.0

 

13

 

Gavin Liu

30736471

1920

IJH949

10

NY

L2 (w)

L10 (b)

0.0

 

14

 

Noah Gillston

15800411

1870

FRIENY

11

NY

L6 (b)

L9 (w)

0.0

 

 

 

 

Junior-Varsity Section

#

Place

Name

ID

Rating

Team

Grd

St

Rd 1

Rd 2

Total

Prize

1

1-4

Kyla Mcroy

17137715

1760

SACHSL

9

NY

W20 (b)

W17 (w)

2.0

$75.00

1st-2nd-3rd

2

 

Andrew Beckles

16112536

1743

SACHSL

12

NY

W23 (w)

W16 (b)

2.0

$75.00

1st-2nd-3rd

3

 

Jude Badawi

16942303

1677

CGPS

7

NY

W13 (w)

W14 (b)

2.0

$75.00

1st-2nd-3rd

4

 

You Zhou

30825175

1640

STUY

12

NY

W24 (w)

W8 (w)

2.0

$75.00

1st-2nd-3rd

5

5-7

Milana Ward

16110640

1642

CGPS

11

NY

D15 (b)

W19 (w)

1.5

 

6

 

Nathanael Bredwood

16445503

1598

SACHSL

10

NY

H---

W21 (b)

1.5

 

7

 

Ryan Isaiah Saavedra

30882071

1302

CBS827

11

NY

B---

D9 (b)

1.5

 

8

8-17

Jonathon Zheng

16881748

1812

BTECH

11

NY

W12 (w)

L4 (b)

1.0

 

9

 

Chris DeDona

16078015

1688

GPS653

10

NY

D19 (b)

D7 (w)

1.0

 

10

 

David Ologunleko

30329721

1665

SACHSL

10

NY

L16 (w)

W23 (b)

1.0

 

11

 

Arjun Sarin Pradhan

16810507

1573

CGPS

8

NY

D21 (w)

D15 (b)

1.0

 

12

 

Yidong Dennis Chen

30211648

1563

SACMW

8

NY

L8 (b)

W24 (w)

1.0

 

13

 

Arianna Lu

16446141

1528

SACHSL

11

NY

L3 (b)

W22 (b)

1.0

 

14

 

Charles Huang

17137695

1506

SACHSL

9

NY

W18 (w)

L3 (w)

1.0

 

15

 

Gabriel Bussa

30321485

1447

SACHSL

10

NY

D5 (w)

D11 (w)

1.0

 

16

 

Martina Ciccia

16974410

1379

J54M

7

NY

W10 (b)

L2 (w)

1.0

 

17

 

Lance Wolf

16631191

1364

CGPS

9

NY

W22 (w)

L1 (b)

1.0

 

18

18-21

Roberto Hernandez

16108388

1676

CBS827

11

NY

L14 (b)

D20 (w)

0.5

 

19

 

Gabe Bencosme-lee

16567427

1543

SACHSL

9

NY

D9 (w)

L5 (b)

0.5

 

20

 

Leo Slabin

16856828

1534

BROWN

8

NY

L1 (w)

D18 (b)

0.5

 

21

 

Victor Marcos Moura-smith

32601906

1376

IPN829

10

NY

D11 (b)

L6 (w)

0.5

 

22

22-24

Oliver Hy Lam

17131014

1602

P334M

7

NY

L17 (b)

L13 (w)

0.0

 

23

 

Noah Reyes

30942058

1433

IJH963

9

NY

L2 (b)

L10 (w)

0.0

 

24

 

Dave Vaval

16590644

1423

SACHSL

9

NY

L4 (b)

L12 (b)

0.0

 

 

Novice Section

#

Place

Name

USCF
ID#

Rating

Team

Grade

State

Round 1

Round 2

Total

Prize!

1

1-5

Benjamin Ostow

15458137

1212

CGPS

12

NY

W12 (w)

W8 (b)

2.0

$30.00

1st-2nd

2

 

Subi Bencosme-lee

16470527

1200

SACHSL

11

NY

W11 (b)

W9 (w)

2.0

$30.00

1st-2nd

3

 

Kristina Pyfrom

30329735

992

SACHSL

11

NY

W18 (w)

W10 (b)

2.0

$30.00

1st-2nd

4

 

Naomi Villion

30395680

970

NFT877

8

NY

W14 (b)

W7 (w)

2.0

$30.00

1st-2nd

5

 

Bryce Chen

32425691

764

STUY

9

NY

W6 (w)

X14

2.0

$30.00

1st-2nd

6

6-13

Lucas Henry Jang

17190190

1246

CGPS

8

NY

L5 (b)

W15 (w)

1.0

 

7

 

John Thomas Mcdowell

32424354

1184

HORACE

8

NY

W13 (w)

L4 (b)

1.0

 

8

 

Jayleen Rivera

16457732

1043

SACHSL

11

NY

W15 (b)

L1 (w)

1.0

 

9

 

Roy Mkouonga

32611247

1026

DMB948

11

NY

W16 (w)

L2 (b)

1.0

 

10

 

Fredy Guachiac Tambriz

16581902

1014

FORTHA

11

NY

W17 (b)

L3 (w)

1.0

 

11

 

Sofia Madeline Fanti

31128412

856

CGPS

7

NY

L2 (w)

W18 (b)

1.0

 

12

 

Ricardo Erick Leal

32200141

695

BXCHS

10

NY

L1 (b)

W16 (w)

1.0

 

13

 

Adrian Mejia

32292656

496

CGPS

8

NY

L7 (b)

W17 (w)

1.0

 

14

14-18

Isaac Mah

30650251

1325

YORK

10

NY

L4 (w)

F5

0.0

 

15

 

Ayishetu Abdulai

32603581

unr.

BXCHS

10

NY

L8 (w)

L6 (b)

0.0

 

16

 

Nature Bartlett

32237069

unr.

PVS928

7

NY

L9 (b)

L12 (b)

0.0

 

17

 

Noah Langrin-jiminez

32603577

unr.

BXCHS

9

NY

L10 (w)

L13 (b)

0.0

 

18

 

Alan Jiminez

32670640

unr.

BXCHS

10

NY

L3 (b)

L11 (w)

0.0

 

 

 

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

 

$800 In Individual Prizes November 9th!

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).