2025 U.S. Junior & U.S. Senior Championships: Round 5

July 19, 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.

2025.07.19
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ROUND 5 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
U.S. JUNIOR
Nico Chasin (2) vs. Andy Woodward (3.5)
Justin Wang (1.5) vs. Brew Hardaway (3)
Sandeep Sethuraman (1.5) vs. Abhi Mishra (3)
Grayson Rorrer (1) vs. Kirk Ghazarian (3)
Shar Deviprasath (0.5) vs. Evan Park (1)

U.S. SENIOR
Igor Novikov (2) vs. Vladimir Akopian (3)
Alexander Goldin (2.5) vs. Larry Christiansen (2.5)
Alexander Shabalov (2) vs. Joel Benjamin (2)
Alex Fishbein (1.5) vs. Gregory Kaidanov (2)
Tim Taylor (1) vs. Max Dlugy (1.5)

U.S. GIRLS’ JUNIOR
Ruiyang Yan (3.5) vs. Zoey Tang (2.5)
Megan Paragua (3) vs. Rose Atwell (2.5)
Jasmine Su (2.5) vs. Rochelle Wu (1)
Iris Mou (2.5) vs. Chloe Gaw (0.5)
Rachael Li (2) vs. Laurie Qiu

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