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24th JJ Dolan Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Aug 15 , 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, August 15: 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: 8/15 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 Aug 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 paid entries - 123% payout.
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $247 $150 $185 $100 $123
2nd Place $150 $185 $100 $123 $85 $105
3rd Place $80 $99 $70 $86 $65 $80

Prizes: 24th JJ Dolan Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
2 FM Jiangwei Yu (3.5/2356) 247.00 1st Place: $247 2000+
1 IM Kyron Griffith (3.0/2467) 56.80 (5-way) 2nd Place: $185;
3rd Place: $99;
5-way split of $284: $56.80 each
3 Sebastian Suarez (3.0/2334) 56.80 (5-way)
5 Dmitry Vayntrub (3.0/2221) 56.80 (5-way)
7 Rohan Das (3.0/2185) 56.80 (5-way)
9 Abhishek Mallela (3.0/2148) 56.80 (5-way)
1 Albert Ming (3.5/1924) 185.00 1st Place: $185 1600-1999
2 David Vayntrub (3.0/1815) 52.25 (4-way) 2nd Place: $123;
3rd Place: $86;
4-way split of $209: $52.25 each
4 Wes Pereira (3.0/1776) 52.25 (4-way)
9 Raghav Ramesh (3.0/1620) 52.25 (4-way)
19 Vincent Yang (3.0/1366) 52.25 (4-way)
9 Andrew W Peng (4.0/1319) 123.00 1st Place: $123 u1600
3 Louka Waharte (3.5/1400) 92.50 (2-way) 2nd Place: $105;
3rd Place: $80;
2-way split of $185: $92.50 each
15 Justin Yee (3.5/1230) 92.50 (2-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

  • Forfeit time: 40 minutes
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games are 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 11.80.3 - Standings. 24th JJ Dolan Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 FM Jiangwei Yu 17349851 2356 W15 D9 W8 W3 3.5 247.00
2 IM Kyron Griffith 12860484 2467 W14 W6 D7 H--- 3.0 56.80
3 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2334 W18 W11 W13 L1 3.0 56.80
4 Dmitry Vayntrub 12911242 2221 L11 W18 W16 W7 3.0 56.80
5 Rohan Das 15263634 2185 L16 W21 W11 W13 3.0 56.80
6 Abhishek Mallela 12888811 2148 W19 L2 W20 W12 3.0 56.80
7 WIM Laurie Qiu 30582856 2258 X--- W16 D2 L4 2.5  
8 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 16778004 2168 H--- W10 L1 W17 2.5  
9 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2145 W20 D1 W17 U--- 2.5  
10 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1941 H--- L8 W18 D14 2.0  
11 Mikhail Grigorev 30142525 1940 W4 L3 L5 W20 2.0  
12 Youting Long 31264173 1841 H--- H--- W14 L6 2.0  
13 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1834 B--- W17 L3 L5 2.0  
14 Jacob Cameron Sevall 15760681 2140 L2 W19 L12 D10 1.5  
15 CM Isaac Dan Zhao 31617557 2006 L1 L20 W21 D16 1.5  
16 Kanishk Jain 16575412 1882 W5 L7 L4 D15 1.5  
17 Yashodhan S Gogte 13531225 2193 W21 L13 L9 L8 1.0  
18 Tapas Aarav Natraj 17303765 1985 L3 L4 L10 W21 1.0  
19 Adithya Chitta 16695036 1875 L6 L14 B--- U--- 1.0  
20 Eli Seidel 17241710 1853 L9 W15 L6 L11 1.0  
21 WCM Serena Yuan 16843308 1931 L17 L5 L15 L18 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.3 - Standings. 24th JJ Dolan Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Albert Ming 14284981 1924 D14 W19 W7 W4 3.5 185.00
2 David Vayntrub 15326038 1815 W10 L4 W15 W6 3.0 52.25
3 Wes Pereira 30599160 1776 D16 D20 W10 W11 3.0 52.25
4 Raghav Ramesh 16240742 1620 W5 W2 W13 L1 3.0 52.25
5 Vincent Yang 30520097 1366 L4 W21 W14 W9 3.0 52.25
6 Calvin Hou 31435398 1783 W15 D7 W16 L2 2.5  
7 Hsing Li 30242303 1609 W12 D6 L1 W13 2.5  
8 Georgia Pincus 33122236 1739 D17 D14 L11 W16 2.0  
9 Yuvan Nandhakumar 30681247 1689 W21 L13 W20 L5 2.0  
10 Neeraj Rao 30789296 1590 L2 W17 L3 W18 2.0  
11 Teresa Long 31662752 1403 H--- H--- W8 L3 2.0  
12 Shrihayagrivan Karthigayan 30866683 1293 L7 L15 W21 W19 2.0  
13 Ahaan Jain 31453870 1287 B--- W9 L4 L7 2.0  
14 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1592 D1 D8 L5 D15 1.5  
15 Prescott Yu 16009618 1583 L6 W12 L2 D14 1.5  
16 Ethan Y Wang 31156044 1520 D3 W18 L6 L8 1.5  
17 Michael Kvasov 30897279 1460 D8 L10 H--- H--- 1.5  
18 Stephen J Balhoff 14645581 1662 H--- L16 D19 L10 1.0  
19 Darsh Thekkoot 32087041 1646 H--- L1 D18 L12 1.0  
20 Zihe Zachary Zhao 31705698 1563 H--- D3 L9 U--- 1.0  
21 Rosalyn Chu 30566652 1436 L9 L5 L12 B--- 1.0  

SwissSys 11.80.3 - Standings. 24th JJ Dolan Memorial Tournament: U1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Andrew W Peng 33109111 1319 W19 W7 W15 W4 4.0 123.00
2 Louka Waharte 15774743 1400 W17 W12 D3 W9 3.5 92.50
3 Justin Yee 30102961 1230 W29 W16 D2 W15 3.5 92.50
4 Marcelo Carmona 33153861 1365 W27 W25 W11 L1 3.0  
5 Kyle Weaver 32642649 1265 W28 L21 W18 W20 3.0  
6 Rishaan Nair 30632658 1255 W33 L15 W27 W21 3.0  
7 David Mozersky 32227621 1195 W8 L1 W29 W16 3.0  
8 Bradley L Harger 30545920 1455 L7 W10 W23 D12 2.5  
9 Natalie Pietromonaco 32659600 1356 H--- W30 W21 L2 2.5  
10 Nevaan Vikram Jadhav 30679257 1346 D13 L8 W30 X23 2.5  
11 Alex Yuen 32595736 1307 W20 W18 L4 D14 2.5  
12 Yiran Mao 33173641 1254 W22 L2 W19 D8 2.5  
13 Caden Kim 15496740 1158 D10 L23 W31 W24 2.5  
14 Max Zawadzki 32605117 1113 L16 W32 W25 D11 2.5  
15 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W26 W6 L1 L3 2.0  
16 Sicheng Ao 30287271 1325 W14 L3 W17 L7 2.0  
17 Cayden Chen 32474750 1191 L2 W33 L16 W29 2.0  
18 Viaan Rai 30209467 1154 W31 L11 L5 W30 2.0  
19 Adhyan Banuri 30249765 1094 L1 W31 L12 W26 2.0  
20 Mixtli Carter 32876831 1073 L11 W24 W26 L5 2.0  
21 Wesley Berg 32419919 1064 W24 W5 L9 L6 2.0  
22 Arjun Saravana Kumar 32099073 800 L12 L27 W33 W25 2.0  
23 Shaikat Hossain 17207363 1015 H--- W13 L8 F10 1.5  
24 Nicholas M Brown 12446259 1302 L21 L20 W32 L13 1.0  
25 Renate Otterbach 14565208 1224 W32 L4 L14 L22 1.0  
26 Clayton Gibb 30128897 1215 L15 W28 L20 L19 1.0  
27 Aarna Sriram 31515429 1177 L4 W22 L6 U--- 1.0  
28 Samuel Tseng Brown 16380615 940 L5 L26 H--- H--- 1.0  
29 Iksha Nair 32337820 785 L3 B--- L7 L17 1.0  
30 Maxim Donets 31755339 106 B--- L9 L10 L18 1.0  
31 Erik E Vandekieft 12621923 1329 L18 L19 L13 D32 0.5  
32 Nicolas Keil 33203950 unr. L25 L14 L24 D31 0.5  
33 Venpa Ram Kumar 32099550 898 L6 L17 L22 U--- 0.0  

 

Pairings

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