POSTGAME ROUND 8: Only Two Rounds Left to Make Their Mark!

July 23 2025

Invitational Recap

POSTGAME Round 8: Only Two Rounds Left to Make Their Mark!

Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the top moments of today’s games.

2025 U.S. Junior Championship Standings After Round 8
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#	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
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#	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
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#	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