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1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament

Saturday, April 13, 2024

In-Person Over-The-Board Event

Open for everyone!
 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners

Date & Location -- Tournament Format -- Byes -- Prize Fund

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 

Wearing a mask is optional.
Tournament capacity: 80 players.

Special $150 Brilliancy Prize to honor Richard Shorman

 

1. Date & Location

  • Saturday, April 13, 2024
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
    57 Post Street, 4th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104 (click here to map)

     

2. Tournament Format:

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 4
  • Round Times: 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm
  • Time Control: G/40;d5  (Game in 40 minutes with a 5-second delay at each move.)
  • Games will be US Chess regular-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after the last round is finished.
  • NEW: Four sections: 2000+, 1600-1999, 1200-1599, u1200 & unrated players
  • Pairings are based on the April 2024 regular supplemental US Chess rating.
  • Play-up rule:
    Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section;
    Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section;
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    layers must have a 1000 USCF regular supplemental rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1200-1599 section.

3. Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any rounds in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • Max of 2 half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1-2 byes must be requested 15 minutes prior to the round start time.
  • Round 3-4 byes must be requested before the start of Round 1. Round 4 bye is irrevocable to prevent prize-fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.
     

4. UPDATED Prize Fund --  $1000 based on 60 paid entries 

  2000+ 1600-1999 1200-1599 u1200
1st Place $200 $120 $80 $55
2nd Place $120 $80 $70 $45
3rd Place $80 $60 $50 $40
 

Special $150 Brilliancy Prize to honor Richard Shorman: This prize is intended to highlight individuals who played games of great originality and featuring stunning sacrifices or interesting tactics. Games result may be any result, it does not need to be a won game.
Nominate your own game for the prize by sending us an email to [email protected] and attaching your game in .pgn format and a short explanation why you think your game should be awarded the prize.
Deadline to submit the games: Sunday, April 14 by 9:00 pm PT. Winner will be selected by IM John Donaldson and will be announced before the Tuesday Night Marathon round start at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16.

 

  • Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
  • Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600+ prizes in any calendar year will need to fill out a W9 and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form. 

 

5. Registration - No onsite registration! Please register online!

6. Eligibility

  • Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
  • Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
  • Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess
     

7. Tournament Rules

  • Standard US Chess rules apply.
  • Forfeit time is 40 minutes.

8. FAQ

  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G40;d5 means game in 40 minutes with a 5-second delay on each move. This means you get 40 minutes, your opponent gets 40 minutes, and at each move the clock counts down from 5 to 0 before the player's time starts. If a player doesn't use up the whole 5 seconds, the remainder of that time is lost.
  • How many games/rounds?
    The 4SS before the time control means it is a Swiss System tournament with four rounds, or four games, that a player can play in the tournament. The tournaments are never elimination, so win or lose, you can stay in the tournament. 
 
 
Prize Winners: 

 

  Tournament Name: 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament  
    Date: Apr 12, 2024      
                 
    Pay out % $1,000 100%
based on 60 paid entries
     
   
Actual Payout
$1,283 128.33% 77 paid entries      
                 
  2000+ 1600-1999 1200-1599 u1200
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $263 $120 $158 $80 $105 $55 $72
2nd Place $120 $158 $80 $105 $70 $92 $45 $59
3rd Place $80 $105 $60 $79 $50 $66 $40 $53

 

Prizes. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
3 Dylan Tang (3.5/2267) 210.50 1st Place: $263;
2nd Place: $158;
2-way split of $421: $210.50 each
10 Laurie Qiu (3.5/2068) 210.50
1 Daniel Cremisi (3.0/2389) 26.25 3rd Place: $105;
4-way split: $26.25 each
2 Jacob Chiang (3.0/2270) 26.25
5 Vishva Nanugonda (3.0/2150) 26.25
19 Kanwar Sethi (3.0/1940) 26.25

 

Prizes. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Jeremy Cawthon (3.5/1989) 131.50 1st Place: $158;
2nd Place: $105;
2-way split of $263: $131.50 each
12 Rehaan Malhotra (3.5/1662) 131.50
4 Zhuoyuan Wu (3.0/1789) 19.75 3rd Place: $79;
4-way split: $19.75 each
5 Adam Mercado (3.0/1781) 19.75
6 Tapas Natraj (3.0/1780) 19.75
15 Bowen Gui (3.0/1639) 19.75

 

Prizes. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
10 Tingshun Liu (4.0/1240) 105.00 1st Place: $105
4 Louka Waharte (3.0/1416) 31.60 2nd Place: $92;
3rd Place: $66;
5-way split: $31.60
11 Stanley Kwok (3.0/1236) 31.60
12 Noah Math (3.0/1229) 31.60
14 Steven Whitney (3.0/1195) 31.60
15 Loida Guo (3.0/1188) 31.60

 

Prizes. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599 -- u1200 players

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
8 Ammar Alqatari (u1200) 72.00 1st Place: $72
13 Joylin Li (u1200) 56.00 2nd Place: $59;
3rd Place: $53;
2-way split of $112: $56 each
14 Rick Davis (u1200) 56.00
Standings: 

 Final Standings 

SwissSys Report: 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament

SwissSys Standings. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Dylan Tang 16551237 2267 W14 W6 W8 H--- 3.5 210.50
2 Laurie Qiu 30582856 2068 W18 W4 D5 W8 3.5 210.50
3 Daniel Cremisi 14543654 2389 W20 D12 W10 D5 3.0 26.25
4 Jacob Chiang 16093205 2270 W13 L2 W21 W12 3.0 26.25
5 Vishva Nanugonda 16380312 2150 W15 W16 D2 D3 3.0 26.25
6 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 1940 W17 L1 W11 W9 3.0 26.25
7 Arun Dixit 14607904 2225 H--- D11 D12 W16 2.5  
8 Kritin Gopalakrishnan 16545130 2094 W21 W23 L1 L2 2.0  
9 Hanchi Yao 16512998 2085 L16 W22 W13 L6 2.0  
10 Mika Laitinen 15783930 2071 D22 W19 L3 D17 2.0  
11 Hayden Karkainen 16044122 2051 D19 D7 L6 W22 2.0  
12 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 16778004 2047 X--- D3 D7 L4 2.0  
13 James Jones 10168350 2006 L4 W18 L9 W21 2.0  
14 Sergey Ostrovsky 12599678 2004 L1 L17 B--- W20 2.0  
15 Yuvraj Sawhney 17095004 1992 L5 D20 W23 H--- 2.0  
16 Zee Chin 16965808 1967 W9 L5 W17 L7 2.0  
17 Max Hao 16083648 2079 L6 W14 L16 D10 1.5  
18 Michael Xiao 16380636 1861 L2 L13 W19 H--- 1.5  
19 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1825 D11 L10 L18 W23 1.5  
20 Adam Stevens 30508143 2021 L3 D15 D22 L14 1.0  
21 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 1970 L8 B--- L4 L13 1.0  
22 Arvin Agrawal 16421711 1888 D10 L9 D20 L11 1.0  
23 Kar Lun Cheng 30599116 1804 B--- L8 L15 L19 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Jeremy Cawthon 15038608 1989 W6 D9 W8 W3 3.5 131.50
2 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 1662 W25 W19 D4 W11 3.5 131.50
3 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 1789 W14 W13 W5 L1 3.0 19.75
4 Adam Mercado 16571026 1781 W15 W22 D2 H--- 3.0 19.75
5 Tapas Natraj 17303765 1780 W16 W24 L3 W18 3.0 19.75
6 Bowen Gui 30315855 1639 L1 W28 W29 W13 3.0 19.75
7 Fredrick Dutter 12343420 1900 H--- W18 D10 D12 2.5  
8 Sriaditya Pendyala 16681146 1720 D12 W17 L1 W20 2.5  
9 Carson Armstrong 31136758 1698 W28 D1 L11 W19 2.5  
10 Jeff Andersen 11296106 1684 D23 W26 D7 H--- 2.5  
11 Ethan Han 30036213 1577 H--- W23 W9 L2 2.5  
12 Evan Shi 16997990 1573 D8 W30 D19 D7 2.5  
13 Patrick Donnelly 12716964 1651 W29 L3 W22 L6 2.0  
14 Marco Rodriguez 16313452 1630 L3 L20 W26 W24 2.0  
15 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1614 L4 H--- D17 W29 2.0  
16 Wangchen Gao 30512285 1578 L5 W27 H--- H--- 2.0  
17 Travis Liu 17303697 1475 D30 L8 D15 W28 2.0  
18 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1454 B--- L7 W30 L5 2.0  
19 Marlon Rigel 30206555 1789 W21 L2 D12 L9 1.5  
20 Cesar Tamondong 12439091 1688 L22 W14 D24 L8 1.5  
21 Pranavi Pramod 16800145 1639 L19 D25 D23 H--- 1.5  
22 Vihan Grover 30105977 1512 W20 L4 L13 D23 1.5  
23 Ansh Shenvi Priolkar 30065668 1510 D10 L11 D21 D22 1.5  
24 Tingxuan Liu 17234081 1493 W27 L5 D20 L14 1.5  
25 Chase Wang 15015852 1481 L2 D21 H--- H--- 1.5  
26 Tao Ni 30260481 1408 H--- L10 L14 W30 1.5  
27 Gary Carleton 12461979 1667 L24 L16 H--- H--- 1.0  
28 John Chan 12561007 1537 L9 L6 B--- L17 1.0  
29 Anubhav Maheshwari 15362513 1458 L13 B--- L6 L15 1.0  
30 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1655 D17 L12 L18 L26 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Tingshun Liu 30055687 1240 W18 W17 W10 W3 4.0 105.00
2 Louka Waharte 15774743 1416 D13 W8 W14 D5 3.0 31.60
3 Stanley Kwok 16599891 1236 W21 W9 W12 L1 3.0 31.60
4 Noah Math 30248722 1229 L9 W18 W19 W10 3.0 31.60
5 Steven Whitney 31635559 1195 H--- W13 W9 D2 3.0 31.60
6 Loida Guo 30392341 1188 L10 W16 W20 W11 3.0 31.60
7 Binh Nguyen 31695943 1206 X--- L10 D17 W12 2.5  
8 Ammar Alqatari (u1200) 31830062 unr. H--- L2 W21 W17 2.5 72.00
9 Albert Starr 12844781 1500 W4 L3 L5 X19 2.0  
10 Romeo Nehme 16271243 1443 W6 W7 L1 L4 2.0  
11 Viyaan Khurana 30515391 1344 W19 L14 W15 L6 2.0  
12 Vedant Verma 16994832 1260 W20 W15 L3 L7 2.0  
13 Joylin Li (u1200) 30158030 1169 D2 L5 D16 W20 2.0 56.00
14 Rick Davis (u1200) 31466027 1144 W16 W11 L2 U--- 2.0 56.00
15 Ishaan Agarwal 15787797 1106 W22 L12 L11 W21 2.0  
16 Banks Bennion 30175646 1388 L14 L6 D13 W22 1.5  
17 Brian Langendorf (u1200) 30893468 618 W23 L1 D7 L8 1.5  
18 Jonathan Schneckloth (u1200) 31795762 unr. L1 L4 D22 B--- 1.5  
19 Tony Kachakji (u1200) 30228920 1002 L11 W22 L4 F9 1.0  
20 Adriano Hernandez (u1200) 31834765 unr. L12 B--- L6 L13 1.0  
21 Joseph Johnson 12458866 1537 L3 H--- L8 L15 0.5  
22 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1352 L15 L19 D18 L16 0.5  
23 Charles James 12448028 1318 L17 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

 

SwissSys Standings. 1st Richard Shorman Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated Games

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Sergey Ostrovsky 12599678 2004 U--- W4 1.0
2 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1454 W3 U--- 1.0
3 Kar Lun Cheng 30599116 1804 L2 U--- 0.0
4 John Chan 12561007 1537 U--- L1 0.0

 

 

 

 

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