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2023 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 to Tuesday, December 19, 2023

2023 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon
Nov - Dec 2023

US Chess & FIDE-rated event
 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners -- Complete list of games (pdf&pgn)

Dates -- Tournament Format -- Byes -- Prize Fund

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 

Max capacity: 80
Masks are optional in the chess room.

Pre-TNM Lectures are back! Arrive at 5:45pm and listen to FM Paul Whitehead or a guest speaker covering some of the exciting news from the chess world as well as interesting games from our own tournaments!

NEW: Any change/update request? Please use our new Change Request Form.
 

1. Dates & Location

  • Seven Tuesdays in Nov - Dec 2023: 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
    57 Post Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 (click here to map)
     

2. Tournament Format:

  • Tournament Format: individual Swiss
  • Total Rounds: 7 (1 round each Tuesday night: 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19)
  • Round Times: Tuesday at 6:30PM Pacific Time (GMT+8)
  • Time Control: G/120;d5  (Game in 120 minutes with 5-second delay on each move.)
  • Games will be US Chess regular-rated as well as FIDE-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after last round finished.
  • Four Sections: 2000+, 1600-1999, 1200-1599 and under1200
  • Pairings are based on the Nov 2023 OTB supplemental regular US Chess rating.
  • Play-up "200-rating point rule":
    Players must have a 1800 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental or actual regular rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section.
    Players must have a 1400 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental or actual regular rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.
    P    layers must have a 1000 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental or actual regular 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 that evening, but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • A maximum of three half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1-6 byes must be requested prior to the pairing of the round. Pairings usually are posted shortly after noon on Monday, the day before the round.
  • Round 7 bye must be requested before start of Round 4. Round 7 bye is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to a total of three rounds.
     

4. Prize Fund --  $2400 based on 80 paid entries  

  2000+ 1600-1999 1200-1599 u1200
1st Place $400 $300 $200 $150
2nd Place $300 $200 $100 $80
3rd Place $200 $100 $60 $60
Best under2200 $150      
Best under1800   $80    
Best under1400     $60  
Best under1000       $60
  • 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

6. Eligibility

7. Tournament Rules

  • Modified FIDE-rules apply.
  • Forfeit time is 30 minutes without prior notice, 60 minutes if we are notified.
    A player will be awarded a forfeit win against any opponent who doesn't show up according to the prescribed rules, and every effort will be made to find that player an extra game.

8. FAQ

 

Prize Winners: 

Tournament Name:  2023 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon
  Date:  November-December, 2023        
                 
  Pay out % $2,500 100%
based on 80 paid entries
        
  Actual Payout $2,438 98% 78 paid entries        
                 
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $400 $392 $300 $294 $200 $195 $150 $146
2nd Place $300 $294 $200 $196 $100 $98 $80 $78
3rd Place $200 $196 $100 $98 $60 $59 $60 $59
Best u2200 $150 $147            
Best u1800     $80 $78        
Best u1400         $60 $59    
Best u1000             $60 $59

 

Prizes. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Archit Dasika (6.5/2218) 392.00 1st Place: $392
4 Christophe Bambou (5.0/2107) 294.00 2nd Place: $294
11 Edward Lewis (4.5/1932) 171.50 3rd Place: $196;
Best u2200: $147;
2-way split of $343: $171.50 each
2 WFM Natalya Tsodikova (4.5/2181) 171.50

Prizes. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Michael Walder (6.0/1922) 294.00 1st Place: $294
3 Wilson Wong (5.5/1863) 196.00 2nd Place: $196
21 Sheng Jian (5.0/1590) 98.00 3rd Place: $98
26 Nicolas T Horde (4.5/1526) 13.06 Best u1800: $78.40;
6-way split: $13.06 each
7 Guy Argo (4.5/1767) 13.06
11 Fernando Toledo Guerrero (4.5/1693) 13.06
12 Gregory Rousso (4.5/1677) 13.06
18 Chunhui Gu (4.5/1613) 13.06
23 Hoa Long Tam (4.5/1583) 13.06

Prizes. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1200-1599

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Hayes Alexander Marvin (6.0/1593) 196.00 1st Place: $196
9 Pratyush Hule (4.5/1388) 43.12 2nd Place: $98;
3rd Place: $58.80;
Best u1400: $58.80;
5-way split of 215.6: 43.12 each
3 Nicholas Morello (4.5/1481) 43.12
4 Drew H Clark (4.5/1437) 43.12
12 Oliver Peter Nystrom Burke (4.5/1276) 43.12
13 Anubhav Maheshwari (4.5/1274) 43.12

Prizes. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: Under 1200

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
16 Brett Fisher (5.5/0) 112.70 1st Place: $147;
2nd Place: $78.40;
2-way split of $225.4: $112.70 each
17 Hector McKemey (5.5/0) 112.70
18 Mitchell Walters (5.0/0) 58.80 3rd Place: $58.80;
Best u1000: $58.80;
2-way split of $117.60: $58.8 each
7 Andrew Singer (4.0/987) 58.80

 

Standings: 

 Standings

 

SwissSys Report: Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Standings. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Archit Dasika 14903402 2218 H--- W12 W7 W4 X6 W8 W10 6.5 392.00
2 Christophe Bambou 12734479 2107 H--- W5 D4 W10 W7 H--- H--- 5.0 294.00
3 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2181 L4 W15 D16 W12 H--- W10 H--- 4.5 171.50
4 Edward Lewis 12601629 1932 W3 W9 D2 L1 L8 W17 W7 4.5 171.50
5 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1944 H--- L2 L14 W17 W9 H--- W8 4.0  
6 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2174 W11 W17 H--- H--- F1 H--- U--- 3.5  
7 William Gray 13217831 1964 H--- X14 L1 W9 L2 X15 L4 3.5  
8 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 16778004 1962 L17 D11 B--- W16 W4 L1 L5 3.5  
9 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 1802 B--- L4 D12 L7 L5 X13 W17 3.5  
10 Catalino, Jr Santos 13585436 1969 H--- H--- W17 L2 W13 L3 L1 3.0  
11 Jared E Peterson 10487871 1922 L6 D8 L15 B--- H--- H--- H--- 3.0  
12 Kayven Riese 12572270 1900 W18 L1 D9 L3 L17 B--- D16 3.0  
13 David Jin 13334633 2066 H--- H--- H--- L14 L10 F9 B--- 2.5  
14 George A Sanguinetti 10478103 1904 H--- F7 W5 W13 U--- U--- U--- 2.5  
15 Michael Gene Anderson 10471133 1900 H--- L3 W11 H--- H--- F7 U--- 2.5  
16 Zee Chin 16965808 1852 H--- H--- D3 L8 H--- U--- D12 2.5  
17 Stephen Parsons 16566932 1802 W8 L6 L10 L5 W12 L4 L9 2.0  
18 Kyle Chan 30063365 1984 L12 H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Michael Walder 10345120 1922 W19 X13 W12 W5 X8 W3 U--- 6.0 294.00
2 Wilson Wong 14507850 1863 D27 W4 W14 D15 W9 D11 W12 5.5 196.00
3 Sheng Jian 31211361 1590 L5 W18 W13 W7 X19 L1 W11 5.0 98.00
4 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1914 L14 L2 W18 W26 W6 X19 D9 4.5  
5 Guy Argo 12517167 1767 W3 W20 W7 L1 H--- H--- H--- 4.5 13.07
6 Fernando Toledo Guerrero 30689523 1693 W10 W9 D15 L8 L4 X22 W16 4.5 13.07
7 Gregory Rousso 17073094 1677 W16 W25 L5 L3 W27 H--- W13 4.5 13.07
8 Chunhui Gu 30213918 1613 W23 W11 H--- W6 F1 H--- H--- 4.5 13.07
9 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1583 W18 L6 W25 W12 L2 W16 D4 4.5 13.07
10 Nicolas T Horde 30573134 1526 L6 H--- H--- H--- W14 W24 X23 4.5 13.07
11 Arivoli Tirouvingadame 12842184 1725 W28 L8 H--- W29 W15 D2 L3 4.0  
12 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1663 W26 W30 L1 L9 X23 W15 L2 4.0  
13 Brian Daily 15231780 1663 W22 F1 L3 W30 D24 W25 L7 3.5  
14 Rayna Yan 30157975 1628 W4 H--- L2 L16 L10 W26 W24 3.5  
15 Robert Crompton 31442886 1563 W31 W27 D6 D2 L11 L12 H--- 3.5  
16 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1522 L7 D17 W31 W14 W22 L9 L6 3.5  
17 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1774 L25 D16 L24 L18 B--- W30 D22 3.0  
18 Lee Cooper 14563710 1702 L9 L3 L4 W17 X28 W29 U--- 3.0  
19 Igor Krayushkin 12902786 1658 L1 W24 W26 W23 F3 F4 U--- 3.0  
20 Nick, Jr Casares 10424364 1610 W24 L5 L22 L27 L26 X31 W25 3.0  
21 Clarke Raymond Vandenhoven 30441457 1511 H--- L29 H--- L24 W31 X27 U--- 3.0  
22 Sam Calvert 16725524 1490 L13 W31 W20 H--- L16 F6 D17 3.0  
23 Karl Stuart Kingma 12782822 1819 L8 W28 W29 L19 F12 H--- F10 2.5  
24 Andre Persidsky 12545869 1781 L20 L19 W17 W21 D13 L10 L14 2.5  
25 Richard Hack 12796129 1600 W17 L7 L9 D28 W30 L13 L20 2.5  
26 John Chan 12561007 1513 L12 B--- L19 L4 W20 L14 D30 2.5  
27 Sadhana Arivoli 15655807 1621 D2 L15 H--- W20 L7 F21 U--- 2.0  
28 Thomas Gu 17005685 1589 L11 L23 H--- D25 F18 H--- H--- 2.0  
29 Venugopal Mani 16419753 1538 H--- W21 L23 L11 H--- L18 U--- 2.0  
30 Aradhana Arivoli 16325318 1412 B--- L12 H--- L13 L25 L17 D26 2.0  
31 Se, Jr Henderson 12528520 1700 L15 L22 L16 B--- L21 F20 U--- 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1200-1599

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Hayes Alexander Marvin 30636603 1593 W16 D10 H--- W6 W5 W8 X4 6.0 196.00
2 Nicholas Morello 31114079 1481 D17 D4 W13 L3 W15 W9 H--- 4.5 43.12
3 Drew H Clark 30178041 1437 L5 W9 D15 W2 L6 X14 X10 4.5 43.12
4 Pratyush Hule 16317000 1388 H--- D2 H--- W17 X14 W5 F1 4.5 43.12
5 Oliver Peter Nystrom Burke 31407524 1276 W3 W7 W10 W8 L1 L4 D9 4.5 43.12
6 Anubhav Maheshwari 15362513 1274 H--- W12 H--- L1 W3 W11 H--- 4.5 43.12
7 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W9 L5 L14 L10 D13 W16 W15 3.5  
8 Michael R Hilliard 12279170 1403 W13 W15 H--- L5 W10 L1 L11 3.5  
9 Joseph Karwat 16761266 1351 L7 L3 W11 W13 W12 L2 D5 3.5  
10 Nick Hollon 30477149 1226 W14 D1 L5 W7 L8 X12 F3 3.5  
11 Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1076 D12 L14 L9 W16 X17 L6 W8 3.5  
12 Clarence Harris 12543396 1400 D11 L6 B--- D15 L9 F10 W16 3.0  
13 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1159 L8 W16 L2 L9 D7 D15 B--- 3.0  
14 Sandesh Aher 16730310 1414 L10 W11 W7 H--- F4 F3 U--- 2.5  
15 Richard William Ahrens 16953298 1044 B--- L8 D3 D12 L2 D13 L7 2.5  
16 David R Olson 13913131 1400 L1 L13 H--- L11 B--- L7 L12 1.5  
17 Charles James 12448028 1324 D2 H--- H--- L4 F11 U--- U--- 1.5  

SwissSys Standings. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: Under 1200

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Brett Fisher 31540384 unr. W7 X9 H--- W14 L2 W3 W4 5.5 112.70
2 Hector McKemey 31535262 unr. W15 W10 W6 W3 W1 L4 D5 5.5 112.70
3 Mitchell Walters 31506613 unr. W14 W13 B--- L2 W5 L1 W8 5.0 58.80
4 Zack Schuster 30179651 1062 H--- H--- H--- W13 W8 W2 L1 4.5  
5 Gabriella Cowger 31365920 unr. L10 W12 W11 W6 L3 W9 D2 4.5  
6 Nikhil Sangani 31350033 1003 W17 W16 L2 L5 W14 W10 U--- 4.0  
7 Andrew Singer 30803745 987 L1 W11 H--- L9 D13 W16 W12 4.0 58.80
8 Kevin Dolan 31210853 1120 L16 H--- W17 W10 L4 W13 L3 3.5  
9 Paul Blum 12748433 1009 W12 F1 L14 W7 W16 L5 D10 3.5  
10 Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 993 W5 L2 W16 L8 W12 L6 D9 3.5  
11 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 30715175 817 H--- L7 L5 X18 H--- L12 X17 3.0  
12 John Pirone 30758788 725 L9 L5 W18 W17 L10 W11 L7 3.0  
13 Steven Lee Myers 30700928 1000 W18 L3 H--- L4 D7 L8 H--- 2.5  
14 Sean Land 16441206 810 L3 W18 W9 L1 L6 H--- U--- 2.5  
15 Aaron Adams 30809012 957 L2 H--- H--- F16 D17 H--- U--- 2.0  
16 Jason Ellement 30811668 733 W8 L6 L10 X15 L9 L7 L18 2.0  
17 Zachary Halle 31331691 587 L6 H--- L8 L12 D15 B--- F11 2.0  
18 David Brockman 31163360 unr. L13 L14 L12 F11 H--- H--- W16 2.0  

SwissSys Standings. Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 1802 W10 U--- U--- U--- W9 2.0  
2 David Jin 13334633 2066 U--- U--- W11 U--- U--- 1.0  
3 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1774 U--- U--- U--- W12 U--- 1.0  
4 Zack Schuster 30179651 1062 U--- W5 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
5 Brett Fisher 31540384 unr. B--- L4 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
6 Kumaravel Mohankumar 30623163 unr. U--- W13 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
7 Nick Hollon 30477149 1226 U--- U--- U--- U--- D8 0.5  
8 Akhilesh Balachandran 31580038 unr. U--- U--- U--- U--- D7 0.5  
9 Clarke Raymond Vandenhoven 30441457 1511 U--- U--- U--- U--- L1 0.0  
10 Aradhana Arivoli 16325318 1412 L1 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
11 Clarence Harris 12543396 1400 U--- U--- L2 U--- U--- 0.0  
12 Pratyush Hule 16317000 1388 U--- U--- U--- L3 U--- 0.0  
13 Emily Henriksson 31203903 unr. U--- L6 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
Pairings: 

Pairings. 

Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

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