2026 West Orange Chess Club Championship
Participants (With Ratings)
Open Section
- Mark Kernighan – 2200
- Peter Radomskyj – 2200
- Vladimir Lipman – 2196
- Mark Kogan – 2117
- Stephen Hrop – 1942
- Vladimir Santillan – 1919
- Lev Zilbermintz – 1904
- Howard Weiss – 1900
- William Culbertson – 1889
- Jaron Bernard – 1880
- Fermin Arias – 1853
- Albert Li – 1851
- Alberto Martinez – 1800
- Sadiq Sekou – 1738
- Shea Paris – 1686
- Samvel Hovsepyan – 1636
- Zander Venutolo – 1439
- Mark Hecht – 1435
Under 1800 Section
- Robert Tobin – 1585
- Delmari Ferguson – 1554
- Josh Goldsmith – 1510
- Devina Shah – 1430
- Neil Rao – 1423
- Nathan Kuo – 1423
- Michael Weinstein – 1391
- Ryan Martin – 1372
- Lily Xing – 1273
- Vivaan Sharda – 1250
- Leo Xiao – 1244
- Rishi Sambasivan – 1236
- Udeg Ahuja – 1209
- Pranshu Khandelwal – 1156
Under 1200 Section
- Ezra Yarmush – 1103
- Himansh Rathod – 1094
- Tanishka Shah – 1052
- Raghav Sambasivan – 982
- Robert Wachtel – 921
- Hannah Kuo – 918
- Prisha Sampat – 803
- Myra Jogani – 731
- Patrick Falco – 701
- Aarav Sharma – 696
- Caden Reinman – 683
- Jason Velder – unrated
Under 600 Section
- Nikhil Gupta – 573
- Neil Jhaveri – unrated
- Saumik Islam – unrated
- Ayaansh Kamdar – unrated
Round One Results
Open Section
Li 0-1 Kernighan
Lipman 1-0 Sekou
Paris 0-1 Kogan
Zilbermintz 1/2-1/2 Hovsepyan
Venutolo 0-1 Culbertson
Bernard 1-0 Hecht
1/2 point byes
Radomskyj
Weiss
Martinez
Under 1800 Section
Xing 0-1 Tobin
Ferguson 1/2-1/2 Sharda
Xiao 0-1 Goldsmith
Shah 1-0 Sambasivan
Ahuja 0-1 Rao
Kuo 1-0 Khandelwal
Wachtel (U1200) 0-1 Weinstein (U1800) – cross section pairing made in error
1 point bye – Martin
Under 1200 Section
Jogani 0-1 Yarmush
Rathod 1-0 Falco
Sharma 0-1 Sambasivan
Kuo 1-0 Reinman
Velder 1-0 Sampat
1 point bye – Wachtel (due to incorrect cross section pairing)
Under 600 Section
Islam 0-1 Gupta
Jhaveri 1-0 Kamdar
Round Two Results
Open Section
Kernighan 1-0 Bernard
Kogan 1/2-1/2 Lipman
Culbertson 1-0 Radomskyj
Arias 1-0 Hrop
Santillan 1-0 Martinez
Hovsepyan 1-0 Weiss
Paris 0-1 Li
Sekou 1-0 Venutolo
1/2 point byes
Zilbermintz
Hecht
Under 1800 Section
Tobin 1/2-1/2 Kuo
Goldsmith 1/2-1/2 Martin
Rao 1/2-1/2 Shah
Weinstein 0-1 Ferguson
Sharda 1/2-1/2 Xiao
Sambasivan 1-0 Ahuja
1 point bye – Khandelwal
1/2 point bye – Xing
Under 1200 Section
Yarmush 0-1 Kuo
Wachtel 0-1 Rathod
Sambasivan 1/2-1/2 Velder
Sampat 0-1 Shah
Reinman 0-1 Jogani
Falco 0-1 Sharma
Under 600 Section
Gupta 1-0 Jhaveri
Kamdar 0-1 Islam
Standings (with colors) After Round Two
Open Section
Kernighan – 2 BW
Culbertson – 2 BW
Lipman – 1 ½ WB
Kogan – 1 ½ BW
Santillan – 1 ½ W
Arias – 1 ½ W
Hovsepyan – 1 ½ BW
Zilbermintz – 1 W
Bernard – 1 WB
Li – 1 WB
Sekou – 1 BW
Radomskyj -1/2 B
Hrop – ½ B
Weiss – ½ B
Martinez – ½ B
Hecht – ½ B
Paris – 0 WW
Venutolo – 0 WB
Under 1800 Section
Tobin – 1 ½ BW
Ferguson – 1 ½ WB
Goldsmith – 1 ½ BW
Shah – 1 ½ WB
Rao – 1 ½ BW
Kuo – 1 ½ WB
Martin – 1 ½ B
Weinstein – 1 BW
Sharda – 1 BW
Sambasivan – 1 BW
Khandelwal – 1 B
Xing – ½ W
Xiao – ½ WB
Ahuja – 0 WB
Under 1200 Section
Rathod – 2 WB
Kuo – 2 WB
Shah – 1 ½ B
Sambasivan – 1 ½ BW
Velder – 1 ½ WB
Yarmush – 1 BW
Wachtel – 1 W
Jogani – 1 WB
Sharma – 1 WB
Sampat – 0 BW
Falco – 0 BW
Reinman – 0 BW
Under 600 Section
Gupta – 2 BW
Jhaveri – 1 WB
Islam – 1 WB
Kamdar – 0 BW
Round Three Results
Open Section
Culbertson 0-1 Kernighan
Lipman 1/2-1/2 Santillan
Kogan 0-1 Arias
Bernard 0-1 Hovsepyan
Li 1/2-1/2 Zilbermintz
Radomskyj 1-0 Sekou
Hrop 1/2-1/2 Weiss
Hecht 0-1 Paris
1 point bye – Venutolo
1/2 point bye – Martinez
Under 1800 Section
Ferguson 1-0 Rao
Kuo 0-1 Goldsmith
Martin 1-0 Shah
Sambasivan 1/2-1/2 Weinstein
Khandelwal 1/2-1/2 Sharda
Xiao 1-0 Xing
1 point bye – Ahuja
1/2 point bye – Tobin
Under 1200 Section
Rathod 1-0 Kuo
Shah 1-0 Velder
Yarmush 1-0 Sambasivan
Jogani 0-1 Wachtel
Sharma 1-0 Sampat
Reniman 0-1 Falco
Under 600 Section
Kamdar 0-1 Gupta
Jhaveri 0-1 Islam
Standings (with colors) After Round Three
Open Section
Kernighan – 3 BWB
Arias – 2 1/2 WB
Hovsepyan – 2 1/2 BWB
Lipman – 2 WBW
Santillan – 2 WB
Culbertson – 2 BWW
Radomskyj – 1 1/2 BW
Kogan – 1 1/2 BWW
Zilbermintz – 1 1/2 WB
Li – 1 1/2 WBW
Hrop – 1 BW
Weiss – 1 BB
Bernard – 1 WBW
Martinez – 1 B
Sekou – 1 BWB
Paris – 1 WWB
Venutolo – 1 WB
Hecht – 1/2 BW
Under 1800 Section
Ferguson – 2 1/2 WBW
Goldsmith – 2 1/2 BWB
Martin – 2 1/2 BW
Tobin – 2 BW
Shah – 1 1/2 WBB
Rao – 1 1/2 BWB
Kuo – 1 1/2 WBW
Weinstein – 1 1/2 BWB
Sharda – 1 1/2 BWB
Xiao – 1 1/2 WBW
Sambasivan – 1 1/2 BWW
Khandelwal – 1 1/2 BW
Ahuja – 1 WB
Xing – 1/2 WB
Under 1200 Section
Rathod – 3 WBW
Shah – 2 1/2 BW
Yarmush – 2 BWW
Wachtel – 2 WB
Kuo – 2 WBB
Sharma – 2 WBW
Sambasivan – 1 1/2 BWB
Velder – 1 1/2 WBB
Jogani – 1 WBW
Falco – 1 BWB
Sampat – 0 BWB
Reinman – 0 BWW
Under 600 Section
Gupta – 3 BWB
Islam – 2 WBB
Jhaveri – 1 WBW
Kamdar – 0 BWW
Round Four Results
Open Section
Hovsepyan 0-1 Arias
Lipman 1-0 Culbertson
Santillan 1-0 Radomskyj
Zilbermintz 0-1 Kogan
Weiss 0-1 Li
Sekou 1/2-1/2 Hrop
Martinez 0-1 Paris
Venutolo 1-0 Hecht
0 point byes
Kernighan
Bernard
Under 1800 Section
Goldsmith 1/2-1/2 Ferguson
Tobin 1-0 Martin
Shah 1-0 Xiao
Rao 1-0 Sambasivan
Weinstein 1-0 Kuo
Sharda 1/2-1/2 Ahuja
1 point bye – Xing
0 point bye – Khandelwal
Under 1200 Section
Shah 1-0 Rathod
Wachtel 0-1 Yarmush
Kuo 1-0 Sharma
Sambasivan 1/2-1/2 Jogani
Velder 1-0 Falco
Sampat 0-1 Reinman
Under 600 Section
Islam 0-1 Gupta
Jhaveri 1-0 Kamdar
Standings (with colors) After Round Four
Open Section
Arias – 3 1/2 WBB
Kernighan – 3 BWB
Lipman – 3 WBWW
Santillan – 3 WBW
Kogan – 2 1/2 BWWB
Li – 2 1/2 WBWB
Hovsepyan – 2 1/2 BWBW
Culbertson – 2 BWWB
Paris – 2 WWBB
Venutolo – 2 WBW
Radomskyj – 1 1/2 BWB
Hrop – 1 1/2 BWB
Zilbermintz – 1 1/2 WBW
Sekou – 1 1/2 BWBW
Weiss – 1 BBW
Bernard – 1 WBW
Martinez – 1 BW
Hecht – 1/2 BWB
Under 1800 Section
Tobin – 3 BWW
Ferguson – 3 WBWB
Goldsmith – 3 BWBW
Shah – 2 1/2 WBBW
Rao – 2 1/2 BWBW
Weinstein – 2 1/2 BWBW
Martin – 2 1/2 BWB
Sharda – 2 BWBW
Kuo – 1 1/2 WBWB
Xing – 1 1/2 WB
Xiao – 1 1/2 WBWB
Sambasivan – 1 1/2 BWWB
Ahuja – 1 1/2 WBB
Khandelwal – 1 1/2 BW
Under 1200 Section
Shah – 3 1/2 BWW
Yarmush – 3 BWWB
Rathod – 3 WBWB
Kuo – 3 WBBW
Velder – 2 1/2 WBBW
Sambasivan – 2 BWBW
Wachtel – 2 WBW
Sharma – 2 WBWB
Jogani – 1 1/2 WBWB
Falco – 1 BWBB
Reinman – 1 BWWB
Sampat – 0 BWBW
Under 600 Section
Gupta – 4 BWBB
Jhaveri – 2 WBWW
Islam – 2 WBBW
Kamdar – 0 BWWB
Round Five Results
Open Section
Arias 0-1 Lipman
Kernighan 1-0 Santillan
Li 0-1 Kogan
Culbertson 1-0 Hovsepyan
Paris 1/2-1/2 Ventolo
Radomskyj 1/2-1/2 Hrop
Sekou 1/2-1/2 Zilbermintz
Hecht 1-0 Martinez
0 point byes
Weiss
Bernard
Under 1800 Section
Ferguson 1-0 Tobin
Shah 0-1 Goldsmith
Weinstein 0-1 Rao
Martin 1-0 Kuo
Ahuja 0-1 Xing
Xiao 1-0 Khandelwal
1 point bye – Sambasivan
0 point bye – Sharda
Under 1200 Section
Kuo 0-1 Shah
Rathod 0-1 Yarmush
Sharma 1-0 Velder
Reinman 0-1 Sambasivan
Falco 1-0 Jogani
1 point bye – Sampat
0 point bye – Wachtel
Under 600 Section
Gupta 1-0 Jhaveri
Kamdar 0-1 Islam
Final Standings (with colors)
Open Section
Kernighan – 4 BWBW
Lipman – 4 WBWWB
Kogan – 3 1/2 BWWBB
Arias – 3 1/2 WBBW
Santillan – 3 WBWB
Culbertson – 3 BWWBW
Li – 2 1/2 WBWBW
Paris – 2 1/2 WWBBW
Hovsepyan – 2 1/2 BWBWB
Venutolo – 2 1/2 WBWB
Radomskyj – 2 BWBW
Hrop – 2 BWBB
Zilbermintz – 2 WBWB
Sekou – 2 BWBWW
Hecht – 1 1/2 BWBW
Weiss – 1 BBW
Bernard – 1 WBW
Martinez – 1 BWB
Under 1800 Section
Ferguson – 4 WBWBW
Goldsmith – 4 BWBWB
Rao – 3 1/2 BWBWB
Martin – 3 1/2 BWBW
Tobin – 3 BWWB
Shah – 2 1/2 WBBWW
Weinstein – 2 1/2 BWBWW
Xing – 2 1/2 WBB
Xiao – 2 1/2 WBWBW
Sambasivan – 2 1/2 BWWB
Sharda – 2 BWBW
Kuo – 1 1/2 WBWBB
Ahuja – 1 1/2 WBBW
Khandelwal – 1 1/2 BWB
Under 1200 Section
Shah – 4 1/2 BWWB
Yarmush – 4 BWWBB
Rathod – 3 WBWBW
Sambasivan – 3 BWBWB
Kuo – 3 WBBWW
Sharma – 3 WBWBW
Velder – 2 1/2 WBBWB
Wachtel – 2 WBW
Falco – 2 BWBBW
Jogani – 1 1/2 WBWBB
Sampat – 1 BWBW
Reinman – 1 BWWBW
Under 600 Section
Gupta – 5 BWBBW
Islam – 3 WBBWB
Jhaveri – 2 WBWWB
Kamdar – 0 BWWBW
Title of 2026 West Orange Chess Club Champion still to be determined through a tiebreaker between Mark Kernighan and Vladimir Lipman.
Official United States Chess Federation Tournament Report: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202604280173