Saturday, May 4, 2024
Saturday, May 4, 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. -- Tournament is full. Waitlist is open, players will be notified at 8:30am if there is an opening.
1. Date & Location
- Saturday, May 4, 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 May 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;
Players 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 |
- 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!
- Mechanics' Institute Member: $40
- Non-Member: $50
- Play-up: $15 for members, $20 for non-members.
- $20 late fee
- $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.
- Click HERE to Register: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2024Tournaments/2ndRayConwayMemorialTournament
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.
Mechanics' Institute Chess Club reserves the right to update any details of this event (including but not limited to sections, time control, round times, prize fund, etc.) as we get closer to the event date to ensure an excellent tournament experience for players.
Prize Winners:
Prizes. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 2000+
# | Name | Cash | Prize credited to pool |
2 | Jiangwei Yu (3.5/2367) | 270.00 | 1st Place: $270 |
3 | Ethan Guo (3.0/2239) | 135.00 | 2nd Place: $162; 3rd Place: $108; 2-way split of $270: $135 each |
10 | Kanwar Sethi (3.0/2015) | 135.00 |
Prizes. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999
# | Name | Cash | Prize credited to pool |
10 | Matthew Ma (4.0/1707) | 162.00 | 1st Place: $162 |
6 | Tapas Natraj (3.5/1785) | 94.50 | 2nd Place: $108; 3rd Place: $81; 2-way split of $189: $94.50 each |
11 | Ansh Shrivastava (3.5/1703) | 94.50 |
Prizes. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599
# | Name | Cash | Prize credited to pool |
1 | Shane Cueva (4.0/1532) | 108.00 | 1st Place: $108 |
15 | Derek Lin (3.5/1187) | 95.00 | 2nd Place: $95 |
6 | Steven Whitney (3.0/1357) | 22.66 | 3rd Place: $68; 3-way split: $22.66 each |
8 | Vedant Verma (3.0/1336) | 22.66 | |
10 | Nicholas Delateur (3.0/1325) | 22.66 |
Prizes. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: u1200
# | Name | Cash | Prize credited to pool |
11 | Aaron Rumph (3.5/0) | 74.00 | 1st Place: $74 |
7 | Pedraam Nikzad (3.0/0) | 38.33 | 2nd Place: $61; 3rd Place: $54; 3-way split of $115: $38.33 each |
8 | Jean-Marc Ruffalo-Burgat (3.0/0) | 38.33 | |
9 | Justin Rezende (3.0/0) | 38.33 |
Standings:
SwissSys Report: 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament
SwissSys Standings. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 2000+
# | Name | ID | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Prize |
1 | Jiangwei Yu | 17349851 | 2367 | W13 | W7 | W9 | D2 | 3.5 | 270.00 |
2 | Ethan Guo | 16761994 | 2239 | W14 | D6 | W5 | D1 | 3.0 | 135.00 |
3 | Kanwar Sethi | 16874098 | 2015 | W12 | L5 | W18 | X9 | 3.0 | 135.00 |
4 | Laurie Qiu | 30582856 | 2134 | H--- | H--- | W17 | D7 | 2.5 | |
5 | Christophe Bambou | 12734479 | 2099 | W11 | W3 | L2 | D6 | 2.5 | |
6 | Hanchi Yao | 16512998 | 2090 | W17 | D2 | D12 | D5 | 2.5 | |
7 | Max Hao | 16083648 | 2063 | W18 | L1 | W11 | D4 | 2.5 | |
8 | Ako Heidari | 15206848 | 1846 | D10 | W13 | H--- | H--- | 2.5 | |
9 | Jashith Karthi | 30016333 | 2202 | W16 | W15 | L1 | F3 | 2.0 | |
10 | Sivavishnu Srinivasan | 16778004 | 2029 | D8 | L12 | D15 | W17 | 2.0 | |
11 | Reyansh Paragiri | 30233070 | 1946 | L5 | W16 | L7 | W15 | 2.0 | |
12 | Daniel Cremisi | 14543654 | 2391 | L3 | W10 | D6 | U--- | 1.5 | |
13 | Jeremy Cawthon | 15038608 | 1996 | L1 | L8 | D14 | W18 | 1.5 | |
14 | Ethan Sun | 16964125 | 1990 | L2 | L17 | D13 | B--- | 1.5 | |
15 | Marina Xiao | 16380642 | 1812 | B--- | L9 | D10 | L11 | 1.5 | |
16 | Adam Stevens | 30508143 | 1966 | L9 | L11 | B--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
17 | Kian Jamali | 16761438 | 1862 | L6 | W14 | L4 | L10 | 1.0 | |
18 | Michael Xiao | 16380636 | 1860 | L7 | B--- | L3 | L13 | 1.0 |
SwissSys Standings. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999
# | Name | ID | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Prize |
1 | Matthew Ma | 30022553 | 1707 | W27 | W28 | W9 | W4 | 4.0 | 162.00 |
2 | Tapas Natraj | 17303765 | 1785 | W21 | D15 | W20 | W8 | 3.5 | 94.50 |
3 | Ansh Shrivastava | 30136879 | 1703 | W16 | D8 | W15 | W13 | 3.5 | 94.50 |
4 | Kevin Babb | 15480497 | 1750 | W23 | W6 | W12 | L1 | 3.0 | |
5 | Rehaan Malhotra | 30118209 | 1735 | W26 | L12 | W17 | W14 | 3.0 | |
6 | Rayna Yan | 30157975 | 1535 | W10 | L4 | W25 | W18 | 3.0 | |
7 | Christopher Powers | 30462548 | 1884 | L12 | D22 | W28 | W19 | 2.5 | |
8 | Caleb Martinez | 31785847 | 1830 | W30 | D3 | W11 | L2 | 2.5 | |
9 | Gogo Dancig-Perlman | 17151222 | 1777 | W22 | W19 | L1 | D12 | 2.5 | |
10 | Sean Zhang | 17109032 | 1701 | L6 | D23 | W30 | W20 | 2.5 | |
11 | Colin Yi | 16685250 | 1699 | D17 | W29 | L8 | W22 | 2.5 | |
12 | Ishan Goteti | 17016988 | 1638 | W7 | W5 | L4 | D9 | 2.5 | |
13 | Yali Dancig-Perlman | 16280288 | 1824 | L20 | W26 | W27 | L3 | 2.0 | |
14 | Neev Grover | 16652883 | 1696 | L28 | W16 | W29 | L5 | 2.0 | |
15 | Jeff Andersen | 11296106 | 1690 | W24 | D2 | L3 | H--- | 2.0 | |
16 | Vihan Grover | 30105977 | 1518 | L3 | L14 | B--- | W28 | 2.0 | |
17 | Ansh Shenvi Priolkar | 30065668 | 1510 | D11 | D18 | L5 | W27 | 2.0 | |
18 | Fredrick Dutter | 12343420 | 1900 | H--- | D17 | D19 | L6 | 1.5 | |
19 | Evan Shi | 16997990 | 1645 | W25 | L9 | D18 | L7 | 1.5 | |
20 | Anthony Maparara | 12939190 | 1618 | W13 | H--- | L2 | L10 | 1.5 | |
21 | Simon Moisselin | 30713258 | 1582 | L2 | L25 | D24 | W29 | 1.5 | |
22 | Sarvagnya Brahmanapally | 16466227 | 1567 | L9 | D7 | W23 | L11 | 1.5 | |
23 | Vidyuth Harish | 16094497 | 1546 | L4 | D10 | L22 | B--- | 1.5 | |
24 | Travis Liu | 17303697 | 1451 | L15 | D30 | D21 | H--- | 1.5 | |
25 | Raghu Rajaram | 12698822 | 1905 | L19 | W21 | L6 | U--- | 1.0 | |
26 | Chasse Wang | 15015852 | 1537 | L5 | L13 | H--- | H--- | 1.0 | |
27 | John Chan | 12561007 | 1512 | L1 | B--- | L13 | L17 | 1.0 | |
28 | Tingxuan Liu | 17234081 | 1508 | W14 | L1 | L7 | L16 | 1.0 | |
29 | Ethan Ma | 30021432 | 1455 | B--- | L11 | L14 | L21 | 1.0 | |
30 | Phil Ploquin | 12535882 | 1622 | L8 | D24 | L10 | U--- | 0.5 |
SwissSys Standings. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: 1200-1599
# | Name | ID | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Prize |
1 | Shane Cueva | 31433064 | 1532 | W19 | W7 | W3 | W4 | 4.0 | 108.00 |
2 | Derek Lin | 31804223 | 1187 | W6 | W10 | D13 | W9 | 3.5 | 95.00 |
3 | Steven Whitney | 31635559 | 1357 | W12 | W11 | L1 | W13 | 3.0 | 22.67 |
4 | Vedant Verma | 16994832 | 1336 | W17 | W18 | W9 | L1 | 3.0 | 22.67 |
5 | Nicholas Delateur | 12751841 | 1325 | L18 | W12 | W17 | W10 | 3.0 | 22.67 |
6 | Pranav Karthikeyan | 30560065 | 1366 | L2 | W20 | W15 | H--- | 2.5 | |
7 | Banks Bennion | 30175646 | 1336 | W21 | L1 | W18 | H--- | 2.5 | |
8 | Craig Yamamoto | 12217820 | 1500 | L15 | L13 | W14 | W16 | 2.0 | |
9 | Albert Starr | 12844781 | 1500 | W16 | W15 | L4 | L2 | 2.0 | |
10 | Wes Pereira | 30599160 | 1340 | W20 | L2 | W11 | L5 | 2.0 | |
11 | Shreya Munjal | 16293311 | 1194 | W14 | L3 | L10 | W17 | 2.0 | |
12 | Joylin Li | 30158030 | 1186 | L3 | L5 | W20 | W18 | 2.0 | |
13 | Rosalyn Chu | 30566652 | 1036 | H--- | W8 | D2 | L3 | 2.0 | |
14 | Tingshun Liu | 30055687 | 1369 | L11 | D16 | L8 | W20 | 1.5 | |
15 | Rick Davis | 31466027 | 1251 | W8 | L9 | L6 | H--- | 1.5 | |
16 | Clem Yue | 17078702 | 1227 | L9 | D14 | W19 | L8 | 1.5 | |
17 | Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu | 30250735 | 1122 | L4 | W19 | L5 | L11 | 1.0 | |
18 | Olivia Xu | 31352797 | 1030 | W5 | L4 | L7 | L12 | 1.0 | |
19 | Charlie Schaezlein | 31629140 | 1305 | L1 | L17 | L16 | H--- | 0.5 | |
20 | Arav Munjal | 16640722 | 1181 | L10 | L6 | L12 | L14 | 0.0 | |
21 | Sandeep Grover | 31354192 | 1049 | L7 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |
SwissSys Standings. 2nd Ray Conway Memorial Tournament: u1200
# | Name | ID | Rating | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Total | Prize |
1 | Aaron Rumph | 30178787 | unr. | W12 | D5 | W7 | W2 | 3.5 | 74.00 |
2 | Pedraam Nikzad | 31847242 | unr. | B--- | W10 | W8 | L1 | 3.0 | 38.33 |
3 | Jean-Marc Ruffalo-Burgat | 31850692 | unr. | H--- | D9 | W11 | W6 | 3.0 | 38.33 |
4 | Justin Rezende | 31819875 | unr. | L5 | W12 | W10 | W8 | 3.0 | 38.33 |
5 | Yatharth Arora | 31354831 | 753 | W4 | D1 | L6 | W9 | 2.5 | |
6 | Binh Nguyen | 31695943 | 1190 | W7 | L8 | W5 | L3 | 2.0 | |
7 | Connor Gullstad | 31868326 | unr. | L6 | W11 | L1 | W10 | 2.0 | |
8 | Matthew Drew | 31818916 | unr. | W11 | W6 | L2 | L4 | 2.0 | |
9 | Joseph Delateur | 31733214 | 882 | L10 | D3 | W12 | L5 | 1.5 | |
10 | Christopher Lutz | 31864367 | unr. | W9 | L2 | L4 | L7 | 1.0 | |
11 | Erick Guzman | 12813518 | 662 | L8 | L7 | L3 | H--- | 0.5 | |
12 | Paloma Guzman | 30835635 | 101 | L1 | L4 | L9 | H--- | 0.5 |
Location:
Mechanics' Institute