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22nd McClain Memorial Tournament

Saturday, December 2, 2023

In-Person Over-The-Board Event

Open for everyone!
 

Final Results -- Prize Winners

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

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 

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

 

1. Date & Location

  • Saturday, Dec 2, 2023
  • 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: 10AM, 12PM, 2PM, 4PM
  • 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 Dec 2023 OTB or ONL supplemental regular US Chess rating. The higher rating will be used for pairing purposes.
  • Play-up rule: Players must have an 1800 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section, players must have a 1400 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section, and players must have a 1000 USCF OTB or ONL 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
  • 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:  22nd McClain Memorial Tournament
      Date:  Dec 2, 2023    
                 
  Pay out % $1,000 100%
based on 60 paid entries
       
 
Actual Payout
$950 95% 57 paid entries        
                 
  2000+ 1600-1999 1200-1599 u1200
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $190 $120 $114 $80 $76 $55 $52
2nd Place $120 $114 $80 $76 $70 $67 $45 $43
3rd Place $80 $76 $60 $57 $50 $48 $40 $38

 

Prizes. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Jimmy Heiserman (3.5/2335) 200.00 1st Place: $200
6 Jeremy Cawthon (3.0/1999) 120.00 2nd Place: $120
3 Alex Shrauger (2.5/2073) 16.00 3rd Place: $80
5-way split: $16 each
8 Suyuan Gui (2.5/1965) 16.00
9 Yuvraj Sawhney (2.5/1916) 16.00
10 Ranen Lardent (2.5/1905) 16.00
11 Kian Jamali (2.5/1902) 16.00

 

Prizes. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
7 Tapas Natraj (4.0/1683) 114.00 1st Place: $114
2 Prescott Yu (3.0/1720) 26.60 2nd Place: $76;
3rd Place: $57;
5-way split of $133: $26.60 each
5 Sriaditya Pendyala (3.0/1717) 26.60
6 Liri ("Gogo") Dancig-Perlman (3.0/1703) 26.60
11 Rehaan Malhotra (3.0/1627) 26.60
18 Ansh Shrivastava (3.0/1527) 26.60

 

Prizes. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
9 Tingxuan Liu (3.5/1200) 80.00 1st Place: $80
4 Vidyuth Harish (3.0/1310) 70.00 2nd Place: $70
5 Tingshun Liu (2.5/1261) 25.00 3rd Place: $50;
2-way split: $25 each
6 Pardhu Kanaparthi (2.5/1241) 25.00

 

Prizes. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: u1200

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 Anthony Khludov (3.5/998) 52.25 1st Place: $52.25
3 John Pirone (3.0/736) 42.75 2nd Place: $42.75
2 Varad Korde (2.5/786) 38.00 3rd Place: $38
Standings: 

 Standings 

SwissSys Report: 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament

SwissSys Standings. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Jimmy Heiserman 12799690 2335 W4 W9 D3 W8 3.5 200.00
2 Jeremy Cawthon 15038608 1999 D8 D6 W12 W3 3.0 120.00
3 Alex Shrauger 15328908 2073 W7 W10 D1 L2 2.5 16.00
4 Suyuan Gui 16962930 1965 L1 W13 W9 D5 2.5 16.00
5 Kian Jamali 16761438 1902 W13 D12 D8 D4 2.5 16.00
6 Yuvraj Sawhney 17095004 1916 D14 D2 H--- W12 2.5 16.00
7 Ranen Lardent 12614986 1905 L3 D11 W14 W10 2.5 16.00
8 Zee Chin 16965808 1852 D2 W14 D5 L1 2.0  
9 Arvin Agrawal 16421711 1868 W11 L1 L4 W13 2.0  
10 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 1802 X--- L3 W11 L7 2.0  
11 Alexander Su 12857329 2020 L9 D7 L10 B--- 1.5  
12 Calvin Rummens 30450844 1800 W15 D5 L2 L6 1.5  
13 Hugo Santiago 14842497 2040 L5 L4 B--- L9 1.0  
14 James Ely 10488281 2093 D6 L8 L7 U--- 0.5  
15 Kyle Chan 30063365 1984 L12 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Tapas Natraj 17303765 1683 W22 W8 W2 W4 4.0 114.00
2 Ansh Shrivastava 30136879 1527 W5 W14 L1 W13 3.0 26.60
3 Prescott Yu 16009618 1720 L11 W24 W14 W12 3.0 26.60
4 Sriaditya Pendyala 16681146 1717 W24 W11 W12 L1 3.0 26.60
5 Liri ("Gogo") Dancig-Perlman 17151222 1703 L2 W16 W21 W15 3.0 26.60
6 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 1627 D17 W23 W20 D7 3.0 26.60
7 Fredrick Dutter 12343420 1914 H--- W10 D15 D6 2.5  
8 James Lin 16084360 1464 W13 L1 D18 W20 2.5  
9 Henry Lien 15156603 1674 W21 L12 D10 W17 2.5  
10 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1418 B--- L7 D9 W18 2.5  
11 Anusha Natraj 30240656 1605 W3 L4 L13 W23 2.0  
12 Hayes Marvin 30636603 1593 W19 W9 L4 L3 2.0  
13 Patrick Donnelly 12716964 1641 L8 W22 W11 L2 2.0  
14 Ahmet Gurcan 15468140 1631 W16 L2 L3 W21 2.0  
15 Glenn Kaplan 12680193 1597 H--- W17 D7 L5 2.0  
16 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1462 L14 L5 B--- W22 2.0  
17 Sanushya Subramaniam 16401325 1429 D6 L15 W25 L9 1.5  
18 Andrew Ballantyne 17079795 1615 H--- H--- D8 L10 1.5  
19 Pavel Kolesnikov 30194161 1717 L12 L21 D23 W25 1.5  
20 Alan Hung 13977877 1720 H--- W25 L6 L8 1.5  
21 John Chan 12561007 1513 L9 W19 L5 L14 1.0  
22 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1522 L1 L13 W24 L16 1.0  
23 Neal Sundar 17307025 1427 D25 L6 D19 L11 1.0  
24 Adit Rajaram 30399924 1549 L4 L3 L22 B--- 1.0  
25 Thomas Gu 17005685 1617 D23 L20 L17 L19 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Tingxuan Liu 17234081 1200 W2 D5 W4 W3 3.5 80.00
2 Vidyuth Harish 16094497 1310 L1 W6 W5 W7 3.0 70.00
3 Tingshun Liu 30055687 1261 W6 D4 W8 L1 2.5 25.00
4 Pardhu Kanaparthi 30250581 1241 W10 D3 L1 W9 2.5 25.00
5 Albert Starr 12844781 1500 D8 D1 L2 W10 2.0  
6 Asher Luo 30747710 1192 L3 L2 B--- W8 2.0  
7 Michael Shpizner 12490460 1200 D9 W10 H--- L2 2.0  
8 Sudhiksha Bankuru 17196617 1220 D5 W9 L3 L6 1.5  
9 Pratyush Hule 16317000 1388 D7 L8 W10 L4 1.5  
10 Craig Yamamoto 12217820 1500 L4 L7 L9 L5 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: u1200

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Anthony Khludov 31352739 998 W4 W7 W2 D3 3.5 52.25
2 John Pirone 30758788 736 W5 W3 L1 W4 3.0 42.75
3 Varad Korde 30095270 786 W6 L2 W7 D1 2.5 38.00
4 Byron Li 30846286 555 L1 W5 B--- L2 2.0  
5 Robert Price 31586951 unr. L2 L4 W6 B--- 2.0  
6 Zhanxi Ni 31173125 101 L3 B--- L5 W7 2.0  
7 Oliver Gollman 31574639 unr. B--- L1 L3 L6 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. 22nd McClain Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated Games

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total
1 Hugo Santiago 14842497 2040 W3 1.0
2 Asher Luo 30747710 1192 W4 1.0
3 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1462 L1 0.0
4 Byron Li 30846286 555 L2 0.0
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