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22nd Donnelly Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Apr 18 , 2026
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 80

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Saturday, April 18: 9:30 am
  • Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $40
    • Play-up fee: $10
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $50
    • Play-up fee: $15
  • Late fee: $10
  • $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.
  • Two ways to check your entries:
    • Check the live entries on the Jumbula page.
    • Check the processed entries here a day before the event.
  • Please note our late fee may be in effect and is usually added 24 hours before the start of a tournament in case capacity reaches 90%.

Tournament Format

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 4
  • Time control: 40 min basetime + 5 sec delay
  • Round Times: 4/18 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm
  • Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600
  • Play-up rule:
    • Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section;
    • Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.
  • Pairings are based on the Apr 2026 regular supplemental US Chess rating.

Prize Fund

1000 b/60

  • Prize explanations are coming after the event.
  • Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
  • Per IRS regulations, anyone who receives $2000 or more in cumulative prizes during a calendar year must complete a W-9, and Mechanics’ Institute will issue a 1099-MISC form for tax reporting purposes.

 

  • Prize Fund:

    • $1000 based on 60 paid entries
    • Actual Payout: $1233 based on 74 fully paid entries - 123% payout.
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $247 $150 $195 $100 $123
2nd Place $150 $185 $100 $123 $85 $105
3rd Place $80 $99 $70 $86 $65 $80

 

Prizes: 22nd Donnelly Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
1 Sebastian Suarez (4.0/2314) 247.00 1st Place: $247 2000+
3 WIM Laurie Qiu (3.5/2226) 185.00 2nd Place: $185
2 Luke Widjaja (3.0/2252) 33.00 (3-way) 3rd Place: $99;
3-way split: $33 each
8 Kanwar Sethi (3.0/2107) 33.00 (3-way)
9 Daniel Videna (3.0/2044) 33.00 (3-way)
1 Isaac Dan Zhao (4.0/1947) 185.00 1st Place: $185 1600-1999
5 Youting Long (3.5/1746) 104.50 (2-way) 2nd Place: $123;
3rd Place: $86;
2-way split of $209: $104.50 each
10 Wes Pereira (3.5/1708) 104.50 (2-way)
3 Peter Vu (3.5/1422) 123.00 1st Place: $123 u1600
2 Aneesh Banerjee (3.0/1477) 37.00 (5-way) 2nd Place: $105;
3rd Place: $80;
5-way split of $185: $37.00 each
7 Teresa Long (3.0/1204) 37.00 (5-way)
8 Zane Chu (3.0/1178) 37.00 (5-way)
10 Kyle Weaver (3.0/1152) 37.00 (5-way)
19 Ryan Bernstein (3.0/0) 37.00 (5-way)

 

Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any round in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • Byes can be requested up to 15 minutes prior to the round start time.
  • Last round bye must be requested by the start of Round 1.
  • Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.

Eligibility

Tournament Rules

  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess regular and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated). 

  • 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 eliminated, so win or lose, you can stay in the tournament. 

     

 

Sick Policy:
The Mechanics' Institute Chess Club asks that any player who is feeling unwell withdraw from the tournament to help protect the health of others. The club reserves the right to deny entry to players who appear visibly ill. Players who withdraw due to illness before the start of the tournament will receive a full refund as a credit to their Jumbula account.


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.

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.

 

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 22nd Donnelly Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2314 W14 W7 W8 W3 4.0 247.00
2 WIM Laurie Qiu 30582856 2226 W16 D4 W17 W8 3.5 185.00
3 Luke Widjaja 16010621 2252 W15 W5 W13 L1 3.0 33.00
4 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 2107 W23 D2 W12 D7 3.0 33.00
5 Daniel Videna 17066495 2044 W19 L3 W16 W13 3.0 33.00
6 Tyler Wilken 12774656 2127 L18 W22 D19 W17 2.5  
7 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2126 W11 L1 W18 D4 2.5  
8 Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2201 W22 W18 L1 L2 2.0  
9 Jed L Devaro 12491980 2192 D17 L13 W11 D12 2.0  
10 Zee Chin 16965808 1985 L13 L16 W23 W19 2.0  
11 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1873 L7 W15 L9 W22 2.0  
12 Noah T Lee 31732158 1869 H--- W21 L4 D9 2.0  
13 Andrew Yu 31681086 1689 W10 W9 L3 L5 2.0  
14 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 1975 L1 D23 D20 D18 1.5  
15 Hayden Brongersma 31240441 1922 L3 L11 D22 W23 1.5  
16 Beckett Spence 31980852 1909 L2 W10 L5 D20 1.5  
17 Tapas Aarav Natraj 17303765 1878 D9 W20 L2 L6 1.5  
18 Jesse Ning Dill 30040722 1876 W6 L8 L7 D14 1.5  
19 Mikhail Grigorev 30142525 1838 L5 B--- D6 L10 1.5  
20 Pranav Db 30518186 1744 D21 L17 D14 D16 1.5  
21 Leo Ni 30407439 1986 D20 L12 U--- U--- 0.5  
22 Olivia Xu 31352797 1900 L8 L6 D15 L11 0.5  
23 Surya Raghav 30516469 1849 L4 D14 L10 L15 0.5  

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 22nd Donnelly Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Isaac Dan Zhao 31617557 1947 W17 W22 W5 W4 4.0 185.00
2 Youting Long 31264173 1746 W34 D10 W11 W8 3.5 104.50
3 Wes Pereira 30599160 1708 D24 W23 W12 W10 3.5 104.50
4 Preron Chakrabarty 30136237 1745 W13 W28 W9 L1 3.0  
5 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1713 W33 W26 L1 W18 3.0  
6 Calvin Hou 31435398 1709 W20 L18 W29 W19 3.0  
7 Keshav V Raman 30692470 1366 B--- L8 W17 W21 3.0  
8 Jonah Zachariah Butler 14187207 1870 D12 W7 W18 L2 2.5  
9 Allen Yang 15771758 1704 W30 W29 L4 D14 2.5  
10 Asher Ruiqing Luo 30747710 1682 W15 D2 W25 L3 2.5  
11 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1672 H--- W24 L2 W26 2.5  
12 Angela Zixi Wang 30598637 1637 D8 W21 L3 W25 2.5  
13 Shahin Aghevli 30622638 1558 L4 W31 D15 W22 2.5  
14 Samson Volker 32016257 1432 L22 W34 W28 D9 2.5  
15 William Fitzgerald 17048414 1413 L10 B--- D13 W23 2.5  
16 Sujan K Rachuri 14917052 1729 L29 W20 L19 W28 2.0  
17 Raghav Ramesh 16240742 1646 L1 W30 L7 W33 2.0  
18 Wilson Han 30974362 1617 W27 W6 L8 L5 2.0  
19 Kaihan Liu 31034862 1533 H--- H--- W16 L6 2.0  
20 Jessica Zhang 30961558 1480 L6 L16 W34 W27 2.0  
21 Austin Bo Chen 31293249 1761 D23 L12 W33 L7 1.5  
22 Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy 30528417 1695 W14 L1 D26 L13 1.5  
23 Jeff C Andersen 11296106 1612 D21 L3 W32 L15 1.5  
24 Vivaan Maheshwari 30936750 1478 D3 L11 L27 W34 1.5  
25 Andrew Yu 31364087 1449 H--- W27 L10 L12 1.5  
26 Vihaan Kumar 30424067 1448 W32 L5 D22 L11 1.5  
27 Guy Argo 12517167 1796 L18 L25 W24 L20 1.0  
28 Rayna Yan 30157975 1672 W31 L4 L14 L16 1.0  
29 Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1522 W16 L9 L6 U--- 1.0  
30 Daniel Wills 31285792 1457 L9 L17 B--- U--- 1.0  
31 Zihe Zachary Zhao 31705698 1316 L28 L13 H--- H--- 1.0  
32 Russell L Siegelman 12475098 1700 L26 D33 L23 U--- 0.5  
33 Sudhiksha Bankuru 17196617 1514 L5 D32 L21 L17 0.5  
34 Zoe Ladwig 32468586 1580 L2 L14 L20 L24 0.0  

SwissSys 11.79.7 - Standings. 22nd Donnelly Memorial Tournament: U1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Peter Vu 31973857 1422 W12 W10 W7 D2 3.5 123.00
2 Aneesh Banerjee 31464834 1477 W16 D3 W4 D1 3.0 37.00
3 Teresa Long 31662752 1204 W18 D2 D9 W11 3.0 37.00
4 Zane Chu 16983078 1178 W14 W15 L2 W8 3.0 37.00
5 Kyle Weaver 32642649 1152 L6 W14 W12 W15 3.0 37.00
6 Ryan Bernstein 33083546 unr. W5 L7 W10 W9 3.0 37.00
7 Maxwell A Sills 12766996 1209 W17 W6 L1 H--- 2.5  
8 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 L11 W13 W16 L4 2.0  
9 Braden Kelly 30647686 1329 H--- W11 D3 L6 2.0  
10 Ryan Banerjee 31919401 1169 W19 L1 L6 W17 2.0  
11 Aarna Sriram 31515429 1142 W8 L9 W15 L3 2.0  
12 Sriram Rao 32330354 1006 L1 W19 L5 W18 2.0  
13 Eva Aksutina 32402586 887 L15 L8 B--- D14 1.5  
14 Dustin Chase-Woods 33089593 unr. L4 L5 W19 D13 1.5  
15 Pratham Jain 31759460 1222 W13 L4 L11 L5 1.0  
16 Merlin Ethan Mackley 31277598 1140 L2 W18 L8 U--- 1.0  
17 Zhanxi Ni 31173125 109 L7 B--- L18 L10 1.0  
18 Dj Laserna 32953052 unr. L3 L16 W17 L12 1.0  
19 Sebastian Bogoslovskii 33071727 unr. L10 L12 L14 B--- 1.0  

 

Pairings

Pairings are posted on the wall of the club. We do not post pairings online for 1-day events.