Michigan Chess Association

Michigan Master/Expert & Class

This event is a strict class event. Players must play in the class in which their rating indicates. Unrated players must play in the Novice section. The tournament has been held in January at the Radisson Lansing for several years.

Year	Dates	Site	Location	Players	Master/Expert Champion	Expert Champion	Class A Champion	Class B Champion	Class C Champion	Class D Champion	Class E Champion	Novice U1000 Champion	Novice U600 Champion
2025	January 18-19	Ramada Lansing Hotel	Lansing	219	Savio Joseph Benher (1st - ON) Derek Clasby (MI Champ)	Kazuma David	Waleed Yassine	Hongyi Tan	Joshua Vu (1st - IN) Nicholas Houser (MI Champ)	Josh Johnson	Vivaan Bhatt	Isaiah Rauhaus	Kasi Chandrapatla
2024	January 20-21	Doubletree by Hilton Lansing	Lansing	175	Anshul Shetty (1st - IL) Jesse Ren (MI Champ)	Tony Nichols	Devin McCleary	Richard Espartinez	Jairo Reynoso	Henry Billings	George Zhang	Jeremiah Furtado	Ariz Abbas
2023	January 21-22	Causeway Bay Hotel	Lansing	230	GM Aleksey Sorokin (TX) Jesse Ren (MI Champ)	Ethan Lyu	Alicia Paans	Erik Lemmen	Cory Ives	Stan Halstead	Mike Layne	Mahmoud Elewa Daniel Dodge	-