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

Season Eleven:  2025-2026 Kickoff Match!

Presented By The Chess Center of New York

With Grateful Appreciation To Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School

First Game At 10:00 AM!

October 5, 2025

New York, NY

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FOR THE USCF-RATED RESULTS, CLICK HERE!

(Live) Games From (Rounds 1-2) October 5^th!

Varsity Section

#	Place	Name	USCF ID#	Rating	Team	Grade	State	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Prize!
1	1-4	FM Megan Althea Paragua	17106692	2323	CGPS	7	NY	W19 (w)	W10 (b)	2.0	$87.50 1st-2nd-3rd
2		Dominic Nathan Paragua	17106686	2078	CGPS	11	NY	W16 (w)	W13 (b)	2.0	$87.50 1st-2nd-3rd
3		Christopher J Williams	16250362	1955	CGPS	9	NY	W14 (w)	W8 (b)	2.0	$87.50 1st-2nd-3rd
4		Louis Barry	16995547	1848	STUY	11	NY	W12 (w)	W9 (w)	2.0	$87.50 1st-2nd-3rd
5	5-6	Adam Gordon	16577100	1948	CGPS	9	NY	W18 (b)	D7 (w)	1.5
6		Riaan Javeri r/e	16378238	1732	CGPS	9	NY	H---	W15 (w)	1.5
7	7-14	Tim Shvarts	16156007	2186	SJD824	11	NY	D15 (b)	D5 (b)	1.0
8		Austin Zhao	17280624	2048	SACMW	8	NY	W17 (b)	L3 (w)	1.0
9		Arhan Javeri	16378223	2003	CGPS	9	NY	W20 (w)	L4 (b)	1.0
10		WCM Alice Chovanec	16898466	1973	TRINI	7	NY	W21 (b)	L1 (w)	1.0
11		Samant Robert Sen	16723842	1964	DALTN	8	NY	L13 (w)	W20 (b)	1.0
12		Misha Raitzin	16170786	1962	SACHSL	10	NY	L4 (b)	W21 (w)	1.0
13		Sascha Mayers	30308086	1852	BERCAR	9	NY	W11 (b)	L2 (w)	1.0
14		Owen J Pang	16840995	1808	DALTN	7	NY	L3 (b)	W19 (b)	1.0
15	15-18	Samuel Pozen	16509885	1919	ECFSBX	9	NY	D7 (w)	L6 (b)	0.5
16		Leah Yang	30127892	1896	JERIHS	9	NY	L2 (b)	D18 (w)	0.5
17		Chloe A Stark	16138806	1884	CGPS	12	NY	L8 (w)	H---	0.5
18		Nicholas D Bear	16056078	1796	TRINI	10	NY	L5 (w)	D16 (b)	0.5
19	19-21	Ishaan Rajendran	16484910	1938	COLLG	8	NY	L1 (b)	L14 (w)	0.0
20		Nico Alvarado-yoshida	16059387	1866	BTECH	10	NY	L9 (b)	L11 (w)	0.0
21		Jeremy K Yoon	16880148	1858	HUNHS	8	NY	L10 (w)	L12 (b)	0.0

Junior-Varsity Section

#	Place	Name	USCF ID#	Rating	Team	Grade	State	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Prize!
1	1-3	David Ologunleko	30329721	1645	SACHSL	10	NY	W29 (b)	W17 (w)	2.0	$100.00 1st-2nd-3rd
2		You Zhou	30825175	1610	STUY	12	NY	W34 (b)	W15 (w)	2.0	$100.00 1st-2nd-3rd
3		Jude Badawi	16942303	1608	CGPS	7	NY	W35 (w)	W19 (b)	2.0	$100.00 1st-2nd-3rd
4	4-13	Kyla Mcroy	17137715	1759	SACHSL	9	NY	W26 (w)	D12 (b)	1.5
5		Riaan Javeri	16378238	1732	CGPS	9	NY	W18 (w)	H---	1.5
6		Andrew Beckles	16112536	1721	SACHSL	12	NY	D20 (b)	W25 (w)	1.5
7		Anderson Woo	17191700	1686	CGPS	9	NY	H---	W27 (w)	1.5
8		Arjun Sarin Pradhan	16810507	1669	CGPS	8	NY	W28 (w)	H---	1.5
9		Milana Ward	16110640	1631	CGPS	11	NY	W30 (w)	H---	1.5
10		Myles Sussman	31518258	1593	TREVO	9	NY	W21 (b)	D13 (w)	1.5
11		Marko Scekic	32026416	1581	QMB819	12	NY	D22 (b)	W32 (w)	1.5
12		Lance Wolf	16631191	1385	CGPS	9	NY	W16 (b)	D4 (w)	1.5
13		Maximilian Sharma	17250672	1374	BROWN	7	NY	W33 (w)	D10 (b)	1.5
14	14-22	Aarush Bandreddi	16421685	1682	SPEYR	8	NY	D27 (b)	D20 (w)	1.0
15		Nathanael Bredwood	16445503	1587	SACHSL	10	NY	W31 (w)	L2 (b)	1.0
16		Jackson Joyce	31717849	1577	PTT608	8	NY	L12 (w)	W35 (b)	1.0
17		Carlo He	30337885	1547	SAHYMS	7	NY	W23 (w)	L1 (b)	1.0
18		Leo Slabin	16856828	1545	BROWN	8	NY	L5 (b)	W34 (w)	1.0
19		Gabe Bencosme-lee	16567427	1537	SACHSL	9	NY	W24 (b)	L3 (w)	1.0
20		Daniel Novikov	17164448	1504	BROWN	8	NY	D6 (w)	D14 (b)	1.0
21		Eli Sidman	16764890	1461	SVE790	9	NY	L10 (w)	W33 (b)	1.0
22		Arianna Lu	16446141	1433	SACHSL	11	NY	D11 (w)	D23 (b)	1.0
23	23-32	Somario Blagrove	17118570	1736	SASGMS	8	NY	L17 (b)	D22 (w)	0.5
24		Christopher DeDona	16078015	1715	FOREST	10	NY	L19 (w)	D30 (b)	0.5
25		Yidong Dennis Chen	30211648	1570	SACMW	8	NY	D32 (b)	L6 (b)	0.5
26		Victor Marcos Moura-Smith	32601906	1550	IPN829	10	NY	L4 (b)	D29 (w)	0.5
27		Charles Huang	17137695	1516	SACHSL	9	NY	D14 (w)	L7 (b)	0.5
28		Noah-alexander Betances	16691295	1503	SACHSL	10	NY	L8 (b)	D31 (w)	0.5
29		Mattingly Taveras	30600257	1501	SAHYMS	7	NY	L1 (w)	D26 (b)	0.5
30		Caleb Sharma	17250666	1480	BROWN	7	NY	L9 (b)	D24 (w)	0.5
31		Adriella Nelson	16892816	1460	SASGMS	8	NY	L15 (b)	D28 (b)	0.5
32		Martina Ciccia	16974410	1377	J54M	7	NY	D25 (w)	L11 (b)	0.5
33	33-35	Dave Vaval	16590644	1526	SACHSL	9		L13 (b)	L21 (w)	0.0
34		Gabriel Bussa	30321485	1477	SACHSL	10	NY	L2 (w)	L18 (b)	0.0
35		Leandro G Almanzar	30698093	1463	SAHYMS	7	NY	L3 (b)	L16 (w)	0.0

Novice Section

#	Place	Name	USCF ID#	Rating	Team	Grade	State	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Prize!
1	1-5	Leiland Olson	16342690	1356	STUY	9	NY	W15 (w)	W14 (b)	2.0	$30.00 1st-2nd
2		Lucas Henry Jang	17190190	1037	CGPS	8	NY	W22 (b)	W8 (w)	2.0	$30.00 1st-2nd
3		Alain Chocolatl	31728719	922	BXCHS	12	NY	W7 (w)	W9 (b)	2.0	$30.00 1st-2nd
4		Ricardo Erick Leal	32200141	555	BXCHS	10	NY	W11 (w)	W13 (b)	2.0	$30.00 1st-2nd
5		Nicky Liu	30751635	unr.	STUY	12	NY	W12 (b)	W10 (w)	2.0	$30.00 1st-2nd
6	6	Henry Schiffman	15273803	741	CGPS	12	NY	H---	W17 (b)	1.5
7	7-17	Ryan Isaiah Saavedra	30882071	1272	CBS827	11	NY	L3 (b)	W18 (w)	1.0
8		Jack Bohan Cooper	31812297	1243	DALTN	7	NY	W16 (w)	L2 (b)	1.0
9		Samantha Edwards	30310272	1237	SACHSL	9	NY	W18 (b)	L3 (w)	1.0
10		Benjamin Ostow	15458137	1232	CGPS	12	NY	W19 (w)	L5 (b)	1.0
11		Subi Bencosme-lee	16470527	1207	SACHSL	11	NY	L4 (b)	W19 (w)	1.0
12		Isaac Mah	30650251	1174	YORK	10	NY	L5 (w)	W21 (b)	1.0
13		Nikola Scekic	32546789	1094	QMB819	9	NY	W20 (b)	L4 (w)	1.0
14		Emma Hu	31560374	1076	SAHYMS	8	NY	W21 (w)	L1 (w)	1.0
15		Kristina Pyfrom	30329735	964	SACHSL	11	NY	L1 (b)	W20 (w)	1.0
16		Sofia Madeline Fanti	31128412	823	CGPS	7	NY	L8 (b)	W22 (w)	1.0
17		Amursan Selvin	31886410	419	SAHYMS	7	NY	B---	L6 (w)	1.0
18	18-22	Bryce Chen	32425691	771	STUY	9	NY	L9 (w)	L7 (b)	0.0
19		Ed Torreblanca	32389427	643	BXCHS	10	NY	L10 (b)	L11 (b)	0.0
20		Ayishetu Abdulai	32603581	unr.	BXCHS	10	NY	L13 (w)	L15 (b)	0.0
21		Noah Langrin Jiminez	32603577	unr.	BXCHS	9	NY	L14 (b)	L12 (w)	0.0

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

$800 In Individual Prizes October 5th!

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).