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Standings 2025 U.S. Junior Championship Standings After Round 8 + # Place Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 1 GM Andy Woodward 2567 W7 (b) W8 (w) W9 (b) D5 (w) D6 (b) D2 (b) D4 (w) W10 (b) —3 (w) 6.0 2 2-4 GM Abhimanyu Mishra 2611 D10 (b) W5 (w) D3 (b) W6 (w) D7 (b) D1 (w) D8 (b) D4 (w) —9 (b) 5.0 3 GM Kirk Ghazarian 2511 D4 (w) W10 (b) D2 (w) W7 (w) D8 (b) W9 (w) D5 (b) L6 (w) —1 (b) 5.0 4 GM Brewington Hardaway 2498 D3 (b) D7 (w) W8 (b) W9 (w) L5 (b) W6 (w) D1 (b) D2 (b) —10 (w) 5.0 5 5-6 IM Justin Wang 2529 D9 (b) L2 (b) D6 (w) D1 (b) W4 (w) D10 (b) D3 (w) W7 (b) —8 (w) 4.5 6 IM Nico Chasin 2459 D8 (b) W9 (w) D5 (b) L2 (b) D1 (w) L4 (b) W10 (w) W3 (b) —7 (w) 4.5 7 7 IM Sandeep Sethuraman 2417 L1 (w) D4 (b) W10 (w) L3 (b) D2 (w) D8 (w) D9 (b) L5 (w) —6 (b) 3.0 8 8-9 IM Grayson Rorrer 2516 D6 (w) L1 (b) L4 (w) D10 (b) D3 (w) D7 (b) D2 (w) L9 (w) —5 (b) 2.5 9 FM Sharvesh Deviprasath 2434 D5 (w) L6 (b) L1 (w) L4 (b) D10 (w) L3 (b) D7 (w) W8 (b) —2 (w) 2.5 10 10 IM Evan Park 2429 D2 (w) L3 (w) L7 (b) D8 (w) D9 (b) D5 (w) L6 (b) L1 (w) —4 (b) 2.0 2025 U.S. Junior Girls Championship Standings After Round 8 + # Place Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 1 WGM Zoey Tang 2371 D8 (b) D5 (w) D7 (b) W3 (w) W4 (b) W9 (w) D2 (b) W10 (w) —6 (b) 6.0 2 2-3 FM Megan Paragua 2249 D3 (w) W9 (b) W10 (w) D8 (b) W7 (w) D4 (b) D1 (w) D6 (w) —5 (b) 5.5 3 WFM Rachael Li 2162 D2 (b) D6 (w) W5 (b) L1 (b) W9 (w) W10 (b) W8 (w) D7 (b) —4 (w) 5.5 4 4 FM Ruiyang Yan 2209 W9 (w) D10 (b) W8 (w) W7 (b) L1 (w) D2 (w) D6 (b) D5 (w) —3 (b) 5.0 5 5-6 WIM Iris Mou 2271 W6 (b) D1 (b) L3 (w) W9 (b) D10 (w) L8 (b) W7 (w) D4 (b) —2 (w) 4.5 6 Jasmine Su 2189 L5 (w) D3 (b) W9 (w) W10 (b) D8 (w) D7 (b) D4 (w) D2 (b) —1 (w) 4.5 7 7 FM Rose Atwell 2271 W10 (w) W8 (b) D1 (w) L4 (w) L2 (b) D6 (w) L5 (b) D3 (w) —9 (b) 3.5 8 8 WGM Rochelle Wu 2213 D1 (w) L7 (w) L4 (b) D2 (w) D6 (b) W5 (w) L3 (b) L9 (w) —10 (b) 2.5 9 9 WFM Laurie Qiu 2031 L4 (b) L2 (w) L6 (b) L5 (w) L3 (b) L1 (b) W10 (w) W8 (b) —7 (w) 2.0 10 10 WIM Chloe Gaw 2172 L7 (b) D4 (w) L2 (b) L6 (w) D5 (b) L3 (w) L9 (b) L1 (b) —8 (w) 1.0 2025 U.S. Senior Championship Standings After Round 8 + # Place Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 1-3 GM Vladimir Akopian 2586 D9 (b) D4 (w) W10 (b) W6 (w) D7 (b) D3 (w) D2 (b) D5 (b) —8 (w) 5.0 2 GM Larry Christiansen 2571 W4 (b) D10 (w) L6 (b) W7 (w) D3 (b) D5 (b) D1 (w) W8 (b) —9 (w) 5.0 3 GM Alexander Goldin 2541 W10 (b) D6 (w) D7 (b) D5 (b) D2 (w) D1 (b) D8 (w) W9 (b) —4 (w) 5.0 4 4-6 GM Alex Shabalov 2478 L2 (w) D1 (b) W8 (w) D9 (b) D5 (w) W10 (w) L6 (b) W7 (w) —3 (b) 4.5 5 GM Joel Benjamin 2473 D8 (b) D7 (w) D9 (b) D3 (w) D4 (b) D2 (w) W10 (b) D1 (w) —6 (b) 4.5 6 GM Alex Fishbein 2368 L7 (w) D3 (b) W2 (w) L1 (b) W8 (w) D9 (b) W4 (w) D10 (b) —5 (w) 4.5 7 7 GM Igor Novikov 2485 W6 (b) D5 (b) D3 (w) L2 (b) D1 (w) D8 (b) D9 (w) L4 (b) —10 (w) 3.5 8 8 GM Gregory Kaidanov 2505 D5 (w) W9 (w) L4 (b) D10 (w) L6 (b) D7 (w) D3 (b) L2 (w) —1 (b) 3.0 9 9-10 GM Maxim Dlugy 2514 D1 (w) L8 (b) D5 (w) D4 (w) L10 (b) D6 (w) D7 (b) L3 (w) —2 (b) 2.5 10 IM Timothy Taylor 2147 L3 (w) D2 (b) L1 (w) D8 (b) W9 (w) L4 (b) L5 (w) D6 (w) —7 (b) 2.5 U.S. Championship – Round 8 Games + 2025 US Junior Championship – Round 8 + ABHIMANYUMISHRA ROUND 8 BREWINGTONHARDAWAY Follow Live Game EVANPARK ROUND 8 ANDYWOODWARD Follow Live Game KIRKGHAZARIAN ROUND 8 NICOCHASIN Follow Live Game SANDEEPSETHURAMAN ROUND 8 JUSTINWANG Follow Live Game GRAYSONRORRER ROUND 8 SHARVESHDEVIPRASATH Follow Live Game U.S. Championship – Round 8 Games + 2025 US Junior Girls Championship – Round 8 + ZOEYTANG ROUND 8 CHLOEGAW Follow Live Game ROCHELLEWU ROUND 8 LAURIEQIU Follow Live Game ROSEATWELL ROUND 8 RACHAELLI Follow Live Game RUIYANGYAN ROUND 8 IRISMOU Follow Live Game MEGAN ALTHEAPARAGUA ROUND 8 JASMINE ZHIXINSU Follow Live Game U.S. Championship – Round 8 Games + 2025 US Senior Championship – Round 8 + JOELBENJAMIN ROUND 8 VLADIMIRAKOPIAN Follow Live Game GREGORYKAIDANOV ROUND 8 LARRYCHRISTIANSEN Follow Live Game MAXIMDLUGY ROUND 8 ALEXANDERGOLDIN Follow Live Game ALEXANDERSHABALOV ROUND 8 IGORNOVIKOV Follow Live Game TIMOTHYTAYLOR ROUND 8 ALEXANDERFISHBEIN Follow Live Game Related CHESS NEWS prev next Invitational Recap POSTGAME FINAL: Magnus Plays His Best Chess on Clutch Day! | #ChampionsShowdown Read the Article Invitational Recap POSTGAME DAY 2: Magnus Turns on the Afterburner | #ChampionsShowdown Read the Article Invitational Recap POSTGAME DAY 1: Gukesh Smashes Fabi! | #ChampionsShowdown Read the Article Invitational Recap POSTGAME FINAL: Champions are Crowned! #USChessChamps Read the Article Invitational Recap POSTGAME ROUND 10: Wesley Pounces! 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