Archived Tournament

2025 Summer Tuesday Night Marathon

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Info

  • Date: Tue, Jul 8 - Tue, Aug 19, 2025
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF & FIDE
  • Location: 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 100

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Tuesday, August 19: 6:30 pm
  • Onsite Registration: every Tuesday 5:30-6:15pm
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $70
    • Play-up fee: $15
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $100
    • Play-up fee: $20
  • Late fee: $10
  • $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.

Two ways to check your entries:

  • Check the live entries on the Jumbula site here by clicking on the View Entries button.
  • Check the processed entries here a day before the event.

 

Tournament Format

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 7
  • Time control: 90 min basetime + 30 sec increment
  • Round Times: 7/8 6:30pm 7/15 6:30pm 7/22 6:30pm 7/29 6:30pm 8/5 6:30pm 8/12 6:30pm 8/19 6:30pm
  • Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600

Play-up "200-rating point rule":

  • Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section.
  • Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual regular rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.

US Chess rating will be used for section determination and pairings.  FIDE or other ratings are only used if no US Chess rating is available. 

Pairings are based on the July 2025 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

 

Prize Fund

Total Prize Fund: $2,400

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

Byes

Byes are available for players in any rounds if 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 pairings will be done on Tuesday at 6:20 pm onsite. If you need a Round 1 bye, please email us by 4:00 pm.

  • Round 2-6 byes must be requested before the pairing of the round by Monday, 6 pm. Pairings usually are posted shortly after 8 pm on Monday, the day before the round.

  • Round 7 bye must be requested before the start of Round 5. 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 three rounds.
     

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-chessT

Tournament Rules

Our Pre-TNM Lecturers for the 2025 Summer TNM:

August 5 - NM Daniel Cremisi

August 12 - IM Elliott Winslow

August 19 - GM Priyadharshan Kannappan

  • Forfeit time:
    • 30 minutes without prior notice
    • 60 minutes with prior notice. Please email to chessroom@milibrary.org or call us to request this!
      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.
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess and FIDE regular rated. Modified FIDE rules apply.
     
  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G90+30 means game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment with each move. This means you get 90 minutes, your opponent gets 90 minutes, and with each move players get 30 seconds added to their clock.


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.

Rounds

  • Download Round 1 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 1
  • Download Round 2 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 2
  • Download Round 3 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 3
  • Download Round 4 as PGN Watch Replay of Round 4

Rounds are starting on time at Mechanics' so be sure to be on time. Clocks will not be delayed in starting for any reason.

For pgn files and to replay the games via a pgn viewer, please see above.

Round 1 games in pdf format

Round 2 games in pdf format.

Round 3 games in pdf format.

Round 4 games in pdf format.

Standings

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Alex Hayden Shrauger 15328908 2200 W8 W22 D7 W3 W4     4.5
2 Aryan Achuthan 15445324 2264 L21 W19 W17 W15 W11   H--- 4.0
3 FM Andy C L 12559999 2313 D28 W26 W12 L1 W10     3.5
4 Jeremy David Cawthon 15038608 2014 W33 D17 W21 W7 L1     3.5
5 Bradley R Diller 10079993 2069 D16 L12 W24 W30 W17     3.5
6 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2254 H--- D31 W25 H--- W20 H---   3.5
7 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2200 W25 W10 D1 L4 D9     3.0
8 Edward Lewis 12601629 1922 L1 D24 W32 D29 W23     3.0
9 Darian Nguyen 14751121 2092 D15 H--- D16 W18 D7   H--- 3.0
10 Quincy Chen 13716492 2034 W27 L7 W28 W21 L3     3.0
11 Jimmy Heiserman 12799690 2303 H--- D14 W31 W22 L2     3.0
12 Phineas F Horowitz 14209057 1912 D20 W5 L3 H--- X29 H---   3.0
13 Christopher Timothy Atkeson 17080462 2078 H--- D15 D30 H--- W21     3.0
14 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1957 H--- D11 H--- W16 H---     3.0
15 Easwar Gnana Hari Sekar 16418483 1887 D9 D13 W34 L2 D18     2.5
16 Neil Kulkarni 16246077 1869 D5 D30 D9 L14 W22     2.5
17 Christophe Bambou 12734479 2130 W32 D4 L2 X--- L5     2.5
18 Patrick M McCollum 11040519 2000 L26 W32 W23 L9 D15     2.5
19 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1916 L23 L2 W27 D26 W31     2.5
20 Max Hao 16083648 2110 D12 W34 H--- H--- L6     2.5
21 Adam Mercado 16571026 1942 W2 W23 L4 L10 L13     2.0
22 Michael Walder 10345120 2020 W24 L1 W26 L11 L16     2.0
23 WFM Uyanga Byambaa 14271351 2116 W19 L21 L18 W28 L8     2.0
24 Roger Christopher Smith 14437543 1836 L22 D8 L5 W31 D25     2.0
25 Catalino, Jr Santos 13585436 1923 L7 W27 L6 H--- D24     2.0
26 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1796 W18 L3 L22 D19 H---     2.0
27 Kshitij Tomar 16314696 1857 L10 L25 L19 W34 W32     2.0
28 Steven Gaffagan 12542809 1944 D3 H--- L10 L23 B---     2.0
29 Sanat Singhal 15580756 2068 H--- H--- H--- D8 F12     2.0
30 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1971 H--- D16 D13 L5 U---     1.5
31 Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 12586903 1950 H--- D6 L11 L24 L19     1.0
32 Stephen Parso 16566932 1917 L17 L18 L8 B--- L27     1.0
33 Jared E Peters 10487871 1800 L4 B--- U--- U--- U---     1.0
34 Leo Ni 30407439 1943 H--- L20 L15 L27 U---     0.5

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Clarence Jones 14950296 1758 W29 W10 W26 X2 W3     5.0
2 Hugo Osmar Santiago 14842497 1980 B--- W21 W8 F1 W12     4.0
3 Serena Liu 16887121 1694 H--- W30 W6 W4 L1     3.5
4 Daniel Robert Perlov 16465203 1720 W28 W14 H--- L3 W8     3.5
5 Mikhail Chernobil 12878856 1889 L10 W29 D19 W28 W16     3.5
6 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1605 H--- W27 L3 W26 W21     3.5
7 Daniel Sevall 12811060 unr. D27 W17 W24 H--- H---     3.5
8 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1781 W31 W9 L2 X--- L4     3.0
9 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1667 W15 L8 L14 W22 W20     3.0
10 Michael Horgan 14210651 1609 W5 L1 W23 H--- H---     3.0
11 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1668 W18 D26 W25 L12 H---     3.0
12 Guy Argo 12517167 1791 H--- H--- W32 W11 L2     3.0
13 Stephen Touset 14197801 1615 L26 L18 W29 W24 W19     3.0
14 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1484 W16 L4 W9 H--- H---     3.0
15 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1444 L9 W31 H--- H--- W18 H---   3.0
16 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1707 L14 D28 W27 X25 L5     2.5
17 Nicholas Morello 31114079 1679 H--- L7 H--- H--- W27     2.5
18 David Siegel 12595160 1473 L11 W13 D22 D19 L15     2.0
19 Jinfeng Liu 16244917 1625 U--- W20 D5 D18 L13     2.0
20 Sawyer Stults 31608516 1530 L21 L19 W31 W23 L9     2.0
21 Chase Wang 15015852 1720 W20 L2 H--- H--- L6     2.0
22 Rayna Yan 30157975 1722 L25 H--- D18 L9 W29     2.0
23 Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1683 H--- H--- L10 L20 W28     2.0
24 Nicholas James Latourette 12779071 1685 H--- H--- L7 L13 W31     2.0
25 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1589 W22 H--- L11 F16 H--- H--- H--- 2.0
26 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 W13 D11 L1 L6 U---     1.5
27 Carl Anthony Pickering 30689170 1655 D7 L6 L16 W30 L17     1.5
28 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1538 L4 D16 W30 L5 L23     1.5
29 John Chan 12561007 1600 L1 L5 L13 W31 L22     1.0
30 Tao Ni 30260481 1617 H--- L3 L28 L27 U---     0.5
31 Nick, Jr Casares 10424364 1600 L8 L15 L20 L29 L24     0.0
32 Max Tsebrii 32509962 unr. U--- U--- L12 U--- U---     0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: Under 1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Holden Fe 30663319 1264 W33 W16 H--- W22 W2     4.5
2 Sacha Marino Sloan 32301287 1333 W10 W14 W20 W17 L1     4.0
3 Bennett McCutcheon 30503085 1461 H--- W34 W15 H--- W5   H--- 4.0
4 Zachary Wickliffe 32140128 1408 W26 W6 L5 W19 D8     3.5
5 Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1375 W32 W25 W4 H--- L3 H---   3.5
6 Eric Liu 12929670 1299 W23 L4 D11 W29 W14     3.5
7 Victor Lue 14058177 1597 H--- L17 W30 W18 W15     3.5
8 David Paul Toczyski 30713291 1375 H--- H--- W10 W24 D4     3.5
9 Max Tsebrii 32509962 unr. H--- H--- B--- D14 X17     3.5
10 Mason Tobias 32440186 1057 L2 W33 L8 X34 W22     3.0
11 Sean Danganan 32500049 unr. L25 B--- D6 W20 D19     3.0
12 Tomas Coghlan 30648379 1310 W28 H--- L17 D21 W24     3.0
13 Gurkirat Singh 32509376 unr. H--- H--- L24 W31 W27     3.0
14 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W30 L2 W18 D9 L6     2.5
15 Milan Patel 30830536 1132 W22 H--- L3 W16 L7     2.5
16 Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 1395 W31 L1 D21 L15 W32     2.5
17 Nick Hollon 30477149 1344 H--- W7 W12 L2 F9     2.5
18 Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 1288 H--- W29 L14 L7 W28 H--- H--- 2.5
19 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1273 H--- H--- W23 L4 D11     2.5
20 Felix Elias Merk 16761910 1398 H--- X27 L2 L11 W30     2.5
21 Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1154 H--- H--- D16 D12 H---     2.5
22 David R Olson 13913131 1400 L15 W28 W25 L1 L10     2.0
23 Anthony Patrick Carion 31307134 883 L6 W26 L19 L28 X34     2.0
24 Nathan Sanso 16912921 634 H--- H--- W13 L8 L12     2.0
25 Bowie Chen 32358809 1250 W11 L5 L22 H--- H---     2.0
26 Alexander Kojevnikov 31856555 1152 L4 L23 D28 H--- W33     2.0
27 Daniel Morris 30424176 1078 H--- F20 D29 W33 L13     2.0
28 Paul Blum 12748433 912 L12 L22 D26 W23 L18     1.5
29 Shivam Patel 32448767 1414 H--- L18 D27 L6 D31     1.5
30 Steven Lee Myers 30700928 1191 L14 H--- L7 B--- L20     1.5
31 Rohan Priyadarshi 16760860 1115 L16 H--- H--- L13 D29   H--- 1.5
32 Andrew Singer 30803745 1092 L5 H--- H--- H--- L16     1.5
33 Douglas Alan Burkhardt 31265165 876 L1 L10 B--- L27 L26     1.0
34 Robert Turner 12407483 1336 H--- L3 H--- F10 F23   H--- 1.0

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Alex Hayden Shrauger 15328908 2200 W8 W22 D7 W3 W4     4.5
2 Aryan Achuthan 15445324 2264 L21 W19 W17 W15 W11   H--- 4.0
3 FM Andy C L 12559999 2313 D28 W26 W12 L1 W10     3.5
4 Jeremy David Cawthon 15038608 2014 W33 D17 W21 W7 L1     3.5
5 Bradley R Diller 10079993 2069 D16 L12 W24 W30 W17     3.5
6 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2254 H--- D31 W25 H--- W20 H---   3.5
7 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2200 W25 W10 D1 L4 D9     3.0
8 Edward Lewis 12601629 1922 L1 D24 W32 D29 W23     3.0
9 Darian Nguyen 14751121 2092 D15 H--- D16 W18 D7   H--- 3.0
10 Quincy Chen 13716492 2034 W27 L7 W28 W21 L3     3.0
11 Jimmy Heiserman 12799690 2303 H--- D14 W31 W22 L2     3.0
12 Phineas F Horowitz 14209057 1912 D20 W5 L3 H--- X29 H---   3.0
13 Christopher Timothy Atkeson 17080462 2078 H--- D15 D30 H--- W21     3.0
14 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1957 H--- D11 H--- W16 H---     3.0
15 Easwar Gnana Hari Sekar 16418483 1887 D9 D13 W34 L2 D18     2.5
16 Neil Kulkarni 16246077 1869 D5 D30 D9 L14 W22     2.5
17 Christophe Bambou 12734479 2130 W32 D4 L2 X--- L5     2.5
18 Patrick M McCollum 11040519 2000 L26 W32 W23 L9 D15     2.5
19 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1916 L23 L2 W27 D26 W31     2.5
20 Max Hao 16083648 2110 D12 W34 H--- H--- L6     2.5
21 Adam Mercado 16571026 1942 W2 W23 L4 L10 L13     2.0
22 Michael Walder 10345120 2020 W24 L1 W26 L11 L16     2.0
23 WFM Uyanga Byambaa 14271351 2116 W19 L21 L18 W28 L8     2.0
24 Roger Christopher Smith 14437543 1836 L22 D8 L5 W31 D25     2.0
25 Catalino, Jr Santos 13585436 1923 L7 W27 L6 H--- D24     2.0
26 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1796 W18 L3 L22 D19 H---     2.0
27 Kshitij Tomar 16314696 1857 L10 L25 L19 W34 W32     2.0
28 Steven Gaffagan 12542809 1944 D3 H--- L10 L23 B---     2.0
29 Sanat Singhal 15580756 2068 H--- H--- H--- D8 F12     2.0
30 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1971 H--- D16 D13 L5 U---     1.5
31 Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 12586903 1950 H--- D6 L11 L24 L19     1.0
32 Stephen Parso 16566932 1917 L17 L18 L8 B--- L27     1.0
33 Jared E Peters 10487871 1800 L4 B--- U--- U--- U---     1.0
34 Leo Ni 30407439 1943 H--- L20 L15 L27 U---     0.5

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Clarence Jones 14950296 1758 W29 W10 W26 X2 W3     5.0
2 Hugo Osmar Santiago 14842497 1980 B--- W21 W8 F1 W12     4.0
3 Serena Liu 16887121 1694 H--- W30 W6 W4 L1     3.5
4 Daniel Robert Perlov 16465203 1720 W28 W14 H--- L3 W8     3.5
5 Mikhail Chernobil 12878856 1889 L10 W29 D19 W28 W16     3.5
6 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1605 H--- W27 L3 W26 W21     3.5
7 Daniel Sevall 12811060 unr. D27 W17 W24 H--- H---     3.5
8 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1781 W31 W9 L2 X--- L4     3.0
9 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1667 W15 L8 L14 W22 W20     3.0
10 Michael Horgan 14210651 1609 W5 L1 W23 H--- H---     3.0
11 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1668 W18 D26 W25 L12 H---     3.0
12 Guy Argo 12517167 1791 H--- H--- W32 W11 L2     3.0
13 Stephen Touset 14197801 1615 L26 L18 W29 W24 W19     3.0
14 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1484 W16 L4 W9 H--- H---     3.0
15 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1444 L9 W31 H--- H--- W18 H---   3.0
16 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1707 L14 D28 W27 X25 L5     2.5
17 Nicholas Morello 31114079 1679 H--- L7 H--- H--- W27     2.5
18 David Siegel 12595160 1473 L11 W13 D22 D19 L15     2.0
19 Jinfeng Liu 16244917 1625 U--- W20 D5 D18 L13     2.0
20 Sawyer Stults 31608516 1530 L21 L19 W31 W23 L9     2.0
21 Chase Wang 15015852 1720 W20 L2 H--- H--- L6     2.0
22 Rayna Yan 30157975 1722 L25 H--- D18 L9 W29     2.0
23 Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1683 H--- H--- L10 L20 W28     2.0
24 Nicholas James Latourette 12779071 1685 H--- H--- L7 L13 W31     2.0
25 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1589 W22 H--- L11 F16 H--- H--- H--- 2.0
26 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 W13 D11 L1 L6 U---     1.5
27 Carl Anthony Pickering 30689170 1655 D7 L6 L16 W30 L17     1.5
28 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1538 L4 D16 W30 L5 L23     1.5
29 John Chan 12561007 1600 L1 L5 L13 W31 L22     1.0
30 Tao Ni 30260481 1617 H--- L3 L28 L27 U---     0.5
31 Nick, Jr Casares 10424364 1600 L8 L15 L20 L29 L24     0.0
32 Max Tsebrii 32509962 unr. U--- U--- L12 U--- U---     0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Summer TNM: Under 1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Holden Fe 30663319 1264 W33 W16 H--- W22 W2     4.5
2 Sacha Marino Sloan 32301287 1333 W10 W14 W20 W17 L1     4.0
3 Bennett McCutcheon 30503085 1461 H--- W34 W15 H--- W5   H--- 4.0
4 Zachary Wickliffe 32140128 1408 W26 W6 L5 W19 D8     3.5
5 Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1375 W32 W25 W4 H--- L3 H---   3.5
6 Eric Liu 12929670 1299 W23 L4 D11 W29 W14     3.5
7 Victor Lue 14058177 1597 H--- L17 W30 W18 W15     3.5
8 David Paul Toczyski 30713291 1375 H--- H--- W10 W24 D4     3.5
9 Max Tsebrii 32509962 unr. H--- H--- B--- D14 X17     3.5
10 Mason Tobias 32440186 1057 L2 W33 L8 X34 W22     3.0
11 Sean Danganan 32500049 unr. L25 B--- D6 W20 D19     3.0
12 Tomas Coghlan 30648379 1310 W28 H--- L17 D21 W24     3.0
13 Gurkirat Singh 32509376 unr. H--- H--- L24 W31 W27     3.0
14 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W30 L2 W18 D9 L6     2.5
15 Milan Patel 30830536 1132 W22 H--- L3 W16 L7     2.5
16 Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 1395 W31 L1 D21 L15 W32     2.5
17 Nick Hollon 30477149 1344 H--- W7 W12 L2 F9     2.5
18 Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 1288 H--- W29 L14 L7 W28 H--- H--- 2.5
19 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1273 H--- H--- W23 L4 D11     2.5
20 Felix Elias Merk 16761910 1398 H--- X27 L2 L11 W30     2.5
21 Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1154 H--- H--- D16 D12 H---     2.5
22 David R Olson 13913131 1400 L15 W28 W25 L1 L10     2.0
23 Anthony Patrick Carion 31307134 883 L6 W26 L19 L28 X34     2.0
24 Nathan Sanso 16912921 634 H--- H--- W13 L8 L12     2.0
25 Bowie Chen 32358809 1250 W11 L5 L22 H--- H---     2.0
26 Alexander Kojevnikov 31856555 1152 L4 L23 D28 H--- W33     2.0
27 Daniel Morris 30424176 1078 H--- F20 D29 W33 L13     2.0
28 Paul Blum 12748433 912 L12 L22 D26 W23 L18     1.5
29 Shivam Patel 32448767 1414 H--- L18 D27 L6 D31     1.5
30 Steven Lee Myers 30700928 1191 L14 H--- L7 B--- L20     1.5
31 Rohan Priyadarshi 16760860 1115 L16 H--- H--- L13 D29   H--- 1.5
32 Andrew Singer 30803745 1092 L5 H--- H--- H--- L16     1.5
33 Douglas Alan Burkhardt 31265165 876 L1 L10 B--- L27 L26     1.0
34 Robert Turner 12407483 1336 H--- L3 H--- F10 F23   H--- 1.0

 

Pairings

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM

SwissSys Report: 2025 Summer TNM