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52nd Capps Memorial Tournament (FIDE-rated)

Saturday, October 26, 2024 to Sunday, October 27, 2024

4-Round Swiss -- Full Weekend, FIDE-Rated Tournament

Open to Everyone!

 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners

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

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules  -- Change Request Form -- FAQ
 

Masks are optional in the chess room.
Tournament capacity: 80 players

Top 6 boards are broadcasted on Chess.com.

1. Dates & Location

• Saturday, October 26 - Sunday, October 27

• 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: 4

• Round Times: Saturday 10:00 am, 2:00 pm and Sunday 10:00 am, 2:00 pm

• Time Control: G/90+30s inc  (Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment after each move.)

• Games will be US Chess regular-rated and FIDE-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after the last round is finished.

• Sections: 2000+, 1600-1999 and under1600.

• Pairings are based on the Oct 2024 supplemental regular US Chess ratings.

• Play-up: Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section, and similarly, players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.

• Unrated players can only play in the u1600 section.

• To request any change, please use the Change Request Form.

3. Byes

• Byes are available for players in any round in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.

• A maximum of 2 half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.

• Round 1-3 byes must be requested 15 minutes prior to the round start time.

• Round 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 half-point bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.

• To request a bye after registration, please use the Change Request Form.

4. Prize Fund

• $2600 based on 80 paid entries. 

  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
1st Place $425 $325 $250
2nd Place $325 $225 $150
3rd Place $225 $125 $100
Best under2200 $100    
Best under2000 $100    
Best under1800   $75  
Best under1600   $75  
Best under1400     $50
Best under1200     $50

• Under prizes are based on USCF OTB rating.

• 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 W-9 form and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form at the end of the calendar year.
 

5. Registration

• Onsite Registration: Saturday, October 26: 9:30 am-9:45 am

• Mechanics' Institute Member: $70

• Non-Member: $100

• Play-up for member: $15

• Play-up for non-member: $20

• Late fee on the day of the tournament: $20

• $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

• Free entry for GM/IM/WGM/WIMs by June 15. 

• Click here to register: https://mechanics-institute.jumbula.com/2024Tournaments/52ndCappsMemorialMemorialTournament

• To request any change, please use the Change Request Form.

 

6. Eligibility

 

• Players must have a current US Chess Federation membership. The 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/player-search
 

7. Tournament Rules

• Standard US Chess and modified FIDE rules apply.

• Forfeit time is 60 minutes. Please be considerate of your opponent, and don't be late! Let us know if you can't make it to one round!

8. FAQ

• What do the time controls mean?
The time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
For example, G/90+30inc means game in 90 minutes with a 90-second increment with each move. This means you get 90 minutes, your opponent gets 90 minutes, and at each move 30 seconds are added to your clock.

• How many games/rounds?
The 4SS before the time control means there are four rounds or four games 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: 

 

PRIZE FUND
Tournament Name:  52nd Capps Memorial    
  Date:  Oct 26-27, 2024    
  Pay out % $2,600 100%
based on 80 paid entries
   
 
Actual Payout
$2,438 94% 75 paid entries    
             
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $425 $398 $325 $305 $250 $234
2nd Place $325 $305 $225 $211 $150 $141
3rd Place $225 $211 $125 $117 $100 $94
Best Under2200 $100 $94        
Best Under2000 $100 $94        
Best Under1800     $75 $70    
Best Under1600     $75 $70    
Best Under1400         $50 $47
Best Under1200         $50 $47

 

 

Prizes: 52nd Capps Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
1 Daniel Cremisi (3.5/2396) 398.00 1st Place: $398 2000+
4 CM Pranav Senthilkumar (3.0/2167) 305.00 2nd Place: $305
18 Vivaan Pavuluri (2.5/1811) 108.00 Best u2000: $108
3 Luke Widjaja (2.5/2179) 106.33 3rd Place: $211;
Best u2200: $108;
3-way split of $319: $106.33 each
5 Theodore Biyiasas (2.5/2146) 106.33
8 Reyansh Paragiri (2.5/2006) 106.33
4 Robert Crompton (4.0/1767) 305.00 1st Place: $305 1600-1999
12 Serena Liu (3.5/1670) 211.00 2nd Place: $211
5 Shubham Patankar (3.0/1760) 37.40 3rd Place: $117;
Best u1800: $70;
5-way split of $187: $37.50 each
1 Roger Christopher Smith (3.0/1846) 37.40
10 Avik Saha (3.0/1675) 37.40
11 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally (3.0/1673) 37.40
16 Jiaming Zhao (3.0/1619) 37.40
21 Rakshita Dhanasekar (2.5/1569) 35.00 Best u1600: $70;
2-way split: $35 each
20 Vihan Grover (2.5/1597) 35.00
2 Varad Yatin Korde (4.0/1486) 234.00 1st Place: $234 u1600
6 Ritwik Saha (3.5/1277) 141.00 2nd Place: $141
5 Charlie Schaezlein (3.0/1288) 47.00 3rd Place: $94;
Best u1400: $47
3-way split of $141: $47 each
3 Hugo Pu (3.0/1413) 47.00
9 Olivia Xu (3.0/1222) 47.00
17 Si Hao Huang (2.5/906) 47.00 Best u1200: $47
Standings: 

Standings 

 

SwissSys Report: 52nd Capps Memorial Tournament

SwissSys Standings. 52nd Capps Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Daniel Cremisi 14543654 2396 W11 W15 D2 W5 3.5 398.00
2 CM Pranav Senthilkumar 14020007 2167 W17 W8 D1 D4 3.0 305.00
3 Luke Widjaja 16010621 2179 D12 W16 L5 W7 2.5 99.75
4 Theodore Biyiasas 13989054 2146 W18 D5 D7 D2 2.5 99.75
5 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2006 W13 D4 W3 L1 2.5 99.75
6 Vivaan Pavuluri 30203278 1811 L8 B--- D13 W12 2.5 99.75
7 Jacob Chiang 16093205 2182 D16 W12 D4 L3 2.0  
8 Vian Yang 15804394 1998 W6 L2 H--- H--- 2.0  
9 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 1820 L14 D11 D16 W13 2.0  
10 Rayna Yan 30157975 1818 L15 W17 H--- H--- 2.0  
11 Reyansh Gupta 17164653 1959 L1 D9 L12 W16 1.5  
12 Adithya Chitta 16695036 1842 D3 L7 W11 L6 1.5  
13 Michael Xiao 16380636 1818 L5 W18 D6 L9 1.5  
14 Suyuan Gui 16962930 2116 W9 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
15 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 2059 W10 L1 U--- U--- 1.0  
16 Ansh Shrivastava 30136879 1856 D7 L3 D9 L11 1.0  
17 Swagatha Selvam 16203181 1828 L2 L10 H--- H--- 1.0  
18 Caleb Martinez Cespedes 31785847 1820 L4 L13 U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 52nd Capps Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Robert Crompton 31442886 1767 W13 W19 W10 W4 4.0 305.00
2 Serena Liu 16887121 1670 W29 D3 W9 W6 3.5 211.00
3 Roger Christopher Smith 14437543 1846 W21 D2 D7 W18 3.0 37.40
4 Shubham Patankar 15259967 1760 W34 W25 W5 L1 3.0 37.40
5 Avik Saha 17251957 1675 W27 W30 L4 W19 3.0 37.40
6 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1673 W35 W28 W8 L2 3.0 37.40
7 Jiaming Zhao 30988843 1619 W32 D9 D3 W14 3.0 37.40
8 Yali Dancig Perlman 16280288 1792 D22 W33 L6 W25 2.5  
9 Cailen Jeremiah Melville 14006141 1776 W12 D7 L2 W26 2.5  
10 Matthew Ma 30022553 1733 W24 W26 L1 H--- 2.5  
11 Thomas Gu 17005685 1654 L30 W27 D29 W33 2.5  
12 Vihan Grover 30105977 1597 L9 W32 D30 W29 2.5 35.00
13 Rakshita Dhanasekar 16966452 1569 L1 W35 D20 W30 2.5 35.00
14 Colin Yi 16685250 1743 D23 W22 D18 L7 2.0  
15 Tianmu Wang 16996027 1710 L25 W31 D26 H--- 2.0  
16 Robert Huskins 30406693 1698 L26 W34 H--- H--- 2.0  
17 Andrew A Ballantyne 17079795 1668 L28 W24 D25 D20 2.0  
18 Deepak Sundaram 16637170 1637 D31 W23 D14 L3 2.0  
19 Beckett Spence 31980852 1616 W20 L1 W28 L5 2.0  
20 Preron Chakrabarty 30136237 1417 L19 B--- D13 D17 2.0  
21 Elija Balanga 31879479 1612 L3 L29 D31 W34 1.5  
22 Jeff C Andersen 11296106 1603 D8 L14 D33 D32 1.5  
23 Ethan Wangchen Gao 30512285 1558 D14 L18 H--- H--- 1.5  
24 Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy 30528417 1551 L10 L17 X35 D28 1.5  
25 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1526 W15 L4 D17 L8 1.5  
26 Xiaoshan Chen 31974206 1517 W16 L10 D15 L9 1.5  
27 John Chan 12561007 1500 L5 L11 D34 B--- 1.5  
28 Jinfeng Liu 16244917 1463 W17 L6 L19 D24 1.5  
29 Devika Eby 30597651 1447 L2 W21 D11 L12 1.5  
30 Eric Japson 16252148 1443 W11 L5 D12 L13 1.5  
31 Ethan Ma 30021432 1430 D18 L15 D21 H--- 1.5  
32 Vasisht Nishtala 15809673 1426 L7 L12 B--- D22 1.5  
33 Richard Jiang 30505064 1405 B--- L8 D22 L11 1.5  
34 Ansh Shenvi Priolkar 30065668 1560 L4 L16 D27 L21 0.5  
35 Youcheng Ding 31719768 1480 L6 L13 F24 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 52nd Capps Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Varad Yatin Korde 30095270 1486 W12 W11 W4 W6 4.0 234.00
2 Ritwik Saha 30418328 1277 W15 W13 D3 W8 3.5 141.00
3 Hugo Pu 31093860 1413 W18 W10 D2 H--- 3.0 47.00
4 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1288 W7 W16 L1 W13 3.0 47.00
5 Olivia Xu 31352797 1222 W20 W19 L6 W14 3.0 47.00
6 Rishan Kayal 30407160 1235 D8 W17 W5 L1 2.5  
7 Si Hao Huang 31312861 906 L4 W22 W15 D9 2.5 47.00
8 Sebastian Herger 32045942 unr. D6 W21 W16 L2 2.5  
9 Clem Xi Yue 17078702 1334 L13 H--- W17 D7 2.0  
10 Arav Munjal 16640722 1179 W22 L3 H--- H--- 2.0  
11 Gary Edward, Jr Gross 30390036 1111 X23 L1 H--- H--- 2.0  
12 Keller Ma 31327889 1023 L1 L20 W18 W19 2.0  
13 Taylor Yuhao Shen 31488238 932 W9 L2 W19 L4 2.0  
14 John Edwards-El 12822107 914 H--- H--- W20 L5 2.0  
15 Jonathan Dai 31493104 769 L2 W18 L7 W20 2.0  
16 Rahul Agrawal 31420424 1029 W17 L4 L8 H--- 1.5  
17 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 L16 L6 L9 W21 1.0  
18 Sicheng Ao 30287271 1002 L3 L15 L12 W22 1.0  
19 Brian Keith Langendorf 30893468 702 W21 L5 L13 L12 1.0  
20 Andrew Cresalia 32082303 unr. L5 W12 L14 L15 1.0  
21 Alexandra Zhuge 30510499 1274 L19 L8 D22 L17 0.5  
22 Indrajeet Nandy 31575244 unr. L10 L7 D21 L18 0.5  
23 Arjun Duraisamy Sadeesh 31963178 unr. F11 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
Pairings: 

Pairings

 

 

 

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