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24th McClain Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Oct 3 - Sun, Oct 4, 2026
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF & FIDE
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 80

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Saturday, October 3: 9:30 am
  • Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am
  • 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: 4
  • Time control: 90 min basetime + 30 sec increment
  • Round Times: 10/3 10:00am 2:30pm 10/4 10:00am 2:30pm
  • Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 u1600

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 Oct 2026 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

 

Prize Fund

  • 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.

Total Prize Fund: $2600 based on 80 fully paid entries.

Actual Prize Fund: $1,333 based on 41 fully paid entries - 51% payout.

  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $425 $218 $325 $167 $250 $128
2nd Place $325 $167 $225 $115 $150 $77
3rd Place $225 $115 $125 $64 $100 $51
Best under2200 $100 $51        
Best under2000 $100 $51        
Best under1800     $75 $38    
Best under1600     $75 $38    
Best under1400         $50 $26
Best under1200         $50 $26

 

Prizes: 24th McClain Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
9 Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy (3.5/1816) 218.00 1st Place: $218 2000+
13 Darsh Thekkoot (3.0/1771) 167.00 2nd Place: $167
11 Pranav Db (2.5/1796) 83.00 (2-way) 3rd Place: $115;
Top u2200: $51;
2-way split of $166: $83 each
1 Rajdeep Pinge (2.5/1974) 83.00 (2-way)
2 Alejandro L Canales (2.0/1887) 10.20 (5-way) Top u2000: $51;
5-way split: $10.20 each
3 WCM Serena Yuan (2.0/1884) 10.20 (5-way)
7 Dev Isak Kosuri (2.0/1830) 10.20 (5-way)
8 Ansh Ankit Doshi (2.0/1818) 10.20 (5-way)
10 Anirudh Gutta (2.0/1815) 10.20 (5-way)
2 Serena Liu (3.0/1784) 76.80 (5-way) 1st Place: $167;
2nd Place: $115;
3rd Place: $64;
Top u1800: $38;
5-way split of $384: $76.80 each		 1600-1999
4 Yuvan Nandhakumar (3.0/1734) 76.80 (5-way)
5 Jinfeng Liu (3.0/1715) 76.80 (5-way)
7 Rishan Biswas (3.0/1693) 76.80 (5-way)
9 Ayden Wang (3.0/1670) 76.80 (5-way)
15 Samuel Allen Saliva (2.0/1546) 38.00 Top u1600: $38
3 Keller Ma (4.0/1366) 128.00 1st Place: $128 u1600
7 Anthony Lawson Defranco (3.0/1140) 64.00 (2-way) 2nd Place: $77;
3rd Place: $51;
2-way split of $128: $64 each
9 Jacob Eugene Norris (3.0/874) 64.00 (2-way)
5 Yousuf Jamal (2.5/1194) 26.00 Top u1200: $26
6 Arnav Parisaboyina (2.0/1167) 26.00 Top u1400: $26

 

Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any rounds if they can't participate that round but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • A maximum of two half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1 through 3 byes must be requested 15 minutes before the official round times.
  • Round 4 (last round) bye must be requested before the start of Round 1, and it is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to two rounds.

Eligibility

Tournament Rules

  • 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.

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.

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.

Standings

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 24th McClain Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy 30528417 1816 D10 W12 W5 W6 3.5 218.00
2 Darsh Thekkoot 32087041 1771 H--- W11 D4 W5 3.0 167.00
3 Rajdeep Pinge 33104882 1974 H--- H--- D7 W10 2.5 83.00
4 Pranav Db 30518186 1796 W12 D10 D2 D9 2.5 83.00
5 Alejandro L Canales 16913725 1887 W8 W7 L1 L2 2.0 10.20
6 WCM Serena Yuan 16843308 1884 H--- H--- W8 L1 2.0 10.20
7 Dev Isak Kosuri 31395538 1830 W13 L5 D3 D11 2.0 10.20
8 Ansh Ankit Doshi 31985518 1818 L5 W13 L6 W12 2.0 10.20
9 Anirudh Gutta 30214880 1815 D11 H--- D10 D4 2.0 10.20
10 Si Hao Huang 31312861 1871 D1 D4 D9 L3 1.5  
11 Ritvik Reddy Vuluvala 31499676 1868 D9 L2 D12 D7 1.5  
12 Eli Seidel 17241710 1846 L4 L1 D11 L8 0.5  
13 Pranavi Pramod 16800145 1773 L7 L8 U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 24th McClain Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Serena Liu 16887121 1784 D16 W11 D8 W7 3.0 76.80
2 Yuvan Nandhakumar 30681247 1734 L11 W16 W9 W8 3.0 76.80
3 Jinfeng Liu 16244917 1715 W13 L5 W10 W14 3.0 76.80
4 Rishan Biswas 30138290 1693 W14 D8 D12 W11 3.0 76.80
5 Ayden Wang 30427645 1670 W18 W3 D7 D6 3.0 76.80
6 Khesav Prabhu 31631254 1695 H--- H--- W17 D5 2.5  
7 Pranav Khandelwal 31756384 1680 W19 W12 D5 L1 2.5  
8 Daniel Sevall 12811060 1844 W10 D4 D1 L2 2.0  
9 Wilson Han 30974362 1632 H--- H--- L2 W16 2.0  
10 Raymond Shao 30785440 1622 L8 W13 L3 W12 2.0  
11 Samuel Allen Saliva 31845587 1546 W2 L1 W15 L4 2.0 38.00
12 Ayaan Saligram 30287676 1738 W17 L7 D4 L10 1.5  
13 Felix Y Chen 30173387 1514 L3 L10 D16 W17 1.5  
14 Ahaan Jain 31453870 1428 L4 W19 D18 L3 1.5  
15 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1662 H--- H--- L11 U--- 1.0  
16 Gautam Chowdary Aetukuri 31207729 1620 D1 L2 D13 L9 1.0  
17 Anushka Patil 30595539 1548 L12 B--- L6 L13 1.0  
18 Aditi Sinha 16969048 1422 L5 H--- D14 U--- 1.0  
19 Srikar Yenamandra 32000581 1428 L7 L14 H--- U--- 0.5  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 24th McClain Memorial Tournament: U1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Keller Ma 31327889 1366 W8 W2 W3 W4 4.0 128.00
2 Anthony Lawson Defranco 32790409 1140 W9 L1 W6 W5 3.0 64.00
3 Jacob Eugene Norris 15477817 874 W7 W9 L1 W6 3.0 64.00
4 Yousuf Jamal 33227780 1194 W10 D6 W8 L1 2.5 26.00
5 Arnav Parisaboyina 32434426 1167 L6 W7 W10 L2 2.0 26.00
6 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W5 D4 L2 L3 1.5  
7 Sasha Anjali Chugh 30923072 1334 L3 L5 W9 H--- 1.5  
8 Arjun Bemgal 31186524 1111 L1 B--- L4 D10 1.5  
9 Tyler Bard 13221335 1448 L2 L3 L7 B--- 1.0  
10 Isaac Eaves 33254972 unr. L4 H--- L5 D8 1.0  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 24th McClain Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total Prize
1 Tyler Bard 13221335 1448 W2 1.0  
2 Bharath Patil 31737054 1678 L1 0.0