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3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

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Pre-TNM lecture schedule:

May 5:  GM Sam Shankland

May 12: IM John Donaldson

May 19: IM Ladia Jirasek

May 26: IM Elliott Winslow

June 2: GM Vinay Bhat

June 9: NM Daniel Cremisi

June 16: IM Elliott Winslow


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Info

  • Date: Tue, May 5 - Tue, Jun 16, 2026
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF & FIDE
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 120

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Tuesday, June 16: 6:30 pm
  • 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 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: 5/5 6:30pm 5/12 6:30pm 5/19 6:30pm 5/26 6:30pm 6/2 6:30pm 6/9 6:30pm 6/16 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 May 2026 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 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:

    • $2400 based on 80 paid entries
      • Actual Payout: coming after the tournament finished.
    • Special Prize for the 2000+ section only: $4000 donated by Jeremy’s wife, Gwen Feldman.
    • Special prizes will be raffled out among all participants: books of Jeremy’s, such as How to Reassess Your Chess. These gifts are donated by the Silman-James Press.
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  See the special prize
distribution below		 Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place   $300   $200  
2nd Place   $200   $100  
3rd Place   $100   $50  
Best under1800   $75      
Best under1600   $75      
Best under1400       $50  
Best under1200       $50  
  2000+
  MI
Projected		 Donated
100% guaranteed		 Total Projected Actual
1st Place $500 $1500 $2000  
2nd Place $300 $1000 $1300  
3rd Place $200 $750 $950  
Best under2200 $100 $500 $600  
Best under2000 $100 $250 $350  

 

 

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

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.

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

Round 1 -- updated Round 1

Round 2 -- updated Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Standings

Standings are updated after each round.

SwissSys 11.79.8 - Standings. 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+ (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 GM Christopher Woojin Yoo 15244943 2663 W20 W17 D2 W7 W4     4.5
2 GM Mark Heimann 12802899 2547 W40 W10 D1 W8 W12     4.5
3 Quincy Chen 13716492 2077 W31 W18 H--- H--- W9     4.0
4 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2314 W35 W13 H--- W19 L1     3.5
5 Aadit Bhatia 16689603 2279 W37 L19 X32 W27 H---     3.5
6 Jimmy Heiserman 12799690 2262 D16 W15 L9 W10 W19     3.5
7 CM Pranav Senthilkumar 14020007 2183 W38 W9 H--- L1 W20     3.5
8 Bradley R Diller 10079993 2129 H--- W24 W34 L2 W13     3.5
9 FM Andy C Lee 12559999 2322 W32 L7 W6 W16 L3     3.0
10 Yusheng Xia 13471910 2247 W27 L2 W22 L6 W26     3.0
11 Arthur Ismakov 12654576 2139 D29 H--- L27 W30 W28     3.0
12 WFM Olivia Smith 31256739 2104 H--- W33 D16 W28 L2 H---   3.0
13 Andrew Zavgorodniy 32143889 2088 W36 L4 W31 W29 L8 H---   3.0
14 Phillip Seitzer 12687814 2034 H--- F16 W30 W23 H---     3.0
15 Stephen Parsons 16566932 1968 H--- L6 W18 H--- W27     3.0
16 Chase Wang 15015852 1912 D6 X14 D12 L9 W31     3.0
17 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2258 W26 L1 L29 H--- W34     2.5
18 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2217 D28 L3 L15 W35 W29     2.5
19 Jeremy David Cawthon 15038608 2119 W30 W5 D25 L4 L6     2.5
20 Sudarshan Seshadri 12906250 2004 L1 D29 W33 X34 L7     2.5
21 Kevin Kane 12698544 1999 H--- H--- B--- H--- U---     2.5
22 Varun Agrawal 30082646 1997 L25 W26 L10 W37 H---     2.5
23 Michael Walder 10345120 1969 H--- F28 W35 L14 W36     2.5
24 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1943 H--- L8 H--- H--- X32     2.5
25 IM Varun Krishnan 12908029 2440 W22 H--- D19 U--- U---     2.0
26 Divija Hasteer 13975247 1883 L17 L22 W40 W33 L10     2.0
27 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1883 L10 W40 W11 L5 L15     2.0
28 Cailen Jeremiah Melville 14006141 1868 D18 X23 H--- L12 L11     2.0
29 Ritesh Dharmatti 17075682 1844 D11 D20 W17 L13 L18     2.0
30 Christopher Powers 30462548 1832 L19 W37 L14 L11 W38     2.0
31 Rajdeep Pinge 33104882 unr. L3 B--- L13 X--- L16     2.0
32 Phineas F Horowitz 14209057 1951 L9 W38 F5 D36 F24     1.5
33 Adam Mercado 16571026 1939 H--- L12 L20 L26 B---     1.5
34 Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri 17010328 1925 H--- X39 L8 F20 L17     1.5
35 William Gray 13217831 1923 L4 D36 L23 L18 W37   H--- 1.5
36 Calvin Dees 30307126 1806 L13 D35 H--- D32 L23     1.5
37 Edward Lewis 12601629 1920 L5 L30 W38 L22 L35     1.0
38 Daniel Robert Perlov 16465203 1847 L7 L32 L37 W40 L30     1.0
39 Christopher Timothy Atkeson 17080462 2080 H--- F34 U--- U--- U---     0.5
40 Patrick McCollum 11040519 2000 L2 L27 L26 L38 U---     0.0

SwissSys 11.79.8 - Standings. 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999 (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 CM Isaac Dan Zhao 31617557 1947 W19 W12 D5 W11 W8     4.5
2 Jared E Peterson 10487871 1801 W35 D14 W20 D5 W17     4.0
3 Daniel Sevall 12811060 1798 L27 W21 W32 W13 W11   H--- 4.0
4 Carl Anthony Pickering 30689170 1783 L17 W38 W36 D22 W14     3.5
5 Dev Isak Kosuri 31395538 1741 W21 W27 D1 D2 H--- H--- H--- 3.5
6 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1691 D28 D30 W29 W31 H---     3.5
7 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1647 H--- X34 H--- H--- W20     3.5
8 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 W15 W13 L11 W12 L1   H--- 3.0
9 Nazaret Ramirez 32866278 1782 L20 W23 D27 D26 W30     3.0
10 John Boyer 16865157 1766 D33 W26 D14 H--- D15     3.0
11 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1700 W38 W17 W8 L1 L3     3.0
12 Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1647 W23 L1 W18 L8 W22 H---   3.0
13 Anirudh Gutta 30214880 1631 W18 L8 W28 L3 W31     3.0
14 David Siegel 12595160 1627 W31 D2 D10 W25 L4 H---   3.0
15 Neeraj Rao 30789296 1577 L8 D37 W33 W27 D10     3.0
16 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1571 H--- D24 L31 W29 W25     3.0
17 Sawyer Stults 31608516 1559 W4 L11 W24 W32 L2     3.0
18 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1449 L13 B--- L12 W36 X26     3.0
19 Nick Casares 10424364 1600 L1 L31 B--- D21 W33     2.5
20 Cibran Anton De La Fuente Alvarez 32830874 1529 W9 D32 L2 W24 L7   H--- 2.5
21 John Chan 12561007 1512 L5 L3 W37 D19 W36     2.5
22 Keshav V Raman 30692470 1489 H--- B--- D25 D4 L12     2.5
23 Andrew Burkett Rosston 32504699 1454 L12 L9 H--- W38 W32     2.5
24 Zachary Wickliffe 32140128 1696 H--- D16 L17 L20 W37     2.0
25 Venkatagiri Acharya 15616537 1670 H--- W33 D22 L14 L16     2.0
26 Sacha Marino Sloan 32301287 1573 H--- L10 X35 D9 F18     2.0
27 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1564 W3 L5 D9 L15 D28     2.0
28 Milan Patel 30830536 1488 D6 H--- L13 H--- D27     2.0
29 Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1473 H--- H--- L6 L16 W38     2.0
30 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 30715175 1466 H--- D6 H--- H--- L9     2.0
31 Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 1405 L14 W19 W16 L6 L13     2.0
32 Jamie Duif Calvin 10123640 1683 W37 D20 L3 L17 L23 H---   1.5
33 Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 1522 D10 L25 L15 B--- L19     1.5
34 William Fitzgerald 17048414 1449 H--- F7 H--- H--- U--- U---   1.5
35 Bennett McCutcheon 30503085 1572 L2 H--- F26 H--- U---   H--- 1.0
36 David Paul Toczyski 30713291 1545 H--- H--- L4 L18 L21     1.0
37 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1474 L32 D15 L21 H--- L24     1.0
38 Joseph Karwat 16761266 1506 L11 L4 H--- L23 L29     0.5

SwissSys 11.79.8 - Standings. 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: u1600 (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Romeo Belmes Barreyro 17018168 1500 W18 W9 W4 W15 W3     5.0
2 Robert Turner 12407483 1251 W12 H--- W17 H--- W7 H---   4.0
3 Connor Harriman 31650582 1419 W14 W10 W22 H--- L1     3.5
4 Alexander Menchtchikov 32554854 1368 W11 W26 L1 H--- W16 H--- H--- 3.5
5 Bryan D Martin 14691010 1203 L26 W23 W12 W18 D8   H--- 3.5
6 John Pirone 30758788 1071 H--- X8 H--- W10 H---     3.5
7 Eric Wind 33098903 unr. W13 X27 W15 H--- L2     3.5
8 Samuel Schlenker 32793928 1311 H--- F6 W14 W21 D5     3.0
9 Mason Tobias 32440186 1231 W20 L1 W19 H--- H--- H---   3.0
10 Alexander Kojevnikov 31856555 1146 W28 L3 W11 L6 W19     3.0
11 Joseph Clark 33104488 unr. L4 W28 L10 W26 W15     3.0
12 Anthony Lawson Defranco 32790409 unr. L2 W13 L5 W20 W18     3.0
13 Steven Lee Myers 30700928 1157 L7 L12 H--- W24 X21     2.5
14 Braxton Wardle 31661706 633 L3 H--- L8 W28 X22     2.5
15 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W19 W17 L7 L1 L11     2.0
16 Ummon Karpe 12932259 1316 H--- F22 W23 H--- L4     2.0
17 Kyle Weaver 32642649 1184 W24 L15 L2 H--- H--- H---   2.0
18 Sriram Rao 32330354 972 L1 W20 W26 L5 L12     2.0
19 Paul Blum 12748433 958 L15 W24 L9 X22 L10   H--- 2.0
20 Tyler Garrett 33118372 unr. L9 L18 W28 L12 W26 H---   2.0
21 Alexander Robins 31932004 1305 H--- H--- H--- L8 F13     1.5
22 Merlin Ethan Mackley 31277598 1249 H--- X16 L3 F19 F14     1.5
23 Rachid Ben Cherif 32790058 1032 H--- L5 L16 H--- H--- U--- U--- 1.5
24 Cassandra Telenko 32821432 unr. L17 L19 H--- L13 W28 H---   1.5
25 Bryan Ng 33151319 unr. H--- H--- H--- U--- U---     1.5
26 Tom Sui 33062385 unr. W5 L4 L18 L11 L20     1.0
27 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 H--- F7 U--- U--- U---   H--- 0.5
28 Hyunjug Yu 32665166 unr. L10 L11 L20 L14 L24     0.0

SwissSys 11.79.8 - Standings. 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total
1 Cailen Jeremiah Melville 14006141 1868 W6 U--- U--- 1.0
2 Phil Ploquin 12535882 1647 W8 U--- U--- 1.0
3 Rajdeep Pinge 33104882 unr. U--- W7 U--- 1.0
4 Abel Talamantez 12465386 unr. U--- U--- W9 1.0
5 Eric Wind 33098903 unr. W10 U--- U--- 1.0
6 Danny Kharaev 15798012 1683 L1 U--- U--- 0.0
7 Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 1522 U--- L3 U--- 0.0
8 Keshav V Raman 30692470 1489 L2 U--- U--- 0.0
9 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1449 U--- U--- L4 0.0
10 John Pirone 30758788 1071 L5 U--- U--- 0.0

 

Pairings

Round 2-7 pairings are posted on Monday by 8pm.

 

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

 

         

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon