2025 U.S. Junior & U.S. Senior Championships: Round 3

July 17, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Live from University Tower, the nation’s best chess players (under 21 and over 50) compete in ten-player classical round robin events (players below) for prize money, scholarships, and entry into the U.S. Championships. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the move-by-move.

2025.07.17
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ROUND 3 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
U.S. JUNIOR
Kirk Ghazarian (1.5) vs. Abhi Mishra (1.5)
Shar Deviprasath (0.5) vs. Andy Woodward (2)
Justin Wang (0.5) vs. Nico Chasin (1.5)
Grayson Rorrer (0.5) vs. Brew Hardaway (1)
Sandeep Sethuraman (0.5) vs. Evan Park (0.5)

U.S. SENIOR
Igor Novikov (1.5) vs. Alexander Goldin (1.5)
Alexander Shabalov (0.5) vs. Gregory Kaidanov (1.5)
Alex Fishbein (0.5) vs. Larry Christiansen (1.5)
Max Dlugy (0.5) vs. Joel Benjamin (1)
Tim Taylor (0.5) vs. Vladimir Akopian (1)

U.S. GIRLS’ JUNIOR
Rose Atwell (2) vs. Zoey Tang (1)
Iris Mou (1.5) vs. Rachael Li (1)
Ruiyang Yan (1.5) vs. Rochelle Wu (0.5)
Megan Paragua (1.5) vs. Chloe Gaw (0.5)
Jasmine Su (0.5) vs. Laurie Qiu

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