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Archived Tournament

53rd Capps Memorial Tournament

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Top 6 games are broadcasted on Chess.com with a 15-minute delay:

https://www.chess.com/events/53rd-capps-memorial-tournament/games

 

IMPORTANT: Saturday rounds have been adjusted due to the GM Judit Polgar event:

Round 1: 9:30am

Round 2: 1:30pm


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Info

  • Date: Sat, Nov 1 - Sun, Nov 2, 2025
  • 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, November 1: 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: 11/1 9:30am 1:30pm 11/2 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 Nov 2025 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 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. 

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

Actual Prize Fund: $2178 based on 67 paid entries -- 84% payout.

  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $425 $356 $325 $272 $250 $209
2nd Place $325 $272 $225 $188 $150 $126
3rd Place $225 $188 $125 $105 $100 $84
Best under2200 $100

$84

        
Best under2000 $100 $84        
Best under1800     $75 $63    
Best under1600     $75 $63    
Best under1400         $50 $42
Best under1200         $50 $42

Prizes: 53rd Capps Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
2 Theodore Biyiasas (3.0/2189) 196.80 Bestu2200/1 - $84;
Best u200/1 - $84;
Place: 1 - $356;
Place: 2 - $272;
Place: 3 - $188;
5-way split of $984 each: $196.80 each		 2000+
22 Beckett Spence (3.0/1813) 196.80
3 Reyansh Paragiri (3.0/2132) 196.80
7 Zlata Mokeeva (3.0/1999) 196.80
9 Vivaan Pavuluri (3.0/1990) 196.80
1 Hovik Manvelyan (3.5/1823) 188.33 Place: 1 - $272;
Place: 2 - $188;
Place: 3 - $105;
3-way split of $565: $188.33 each		 1600-1999
5 Michael Liu (3.5/1667) 188.33
17 Darsh Goel (3.5/1562) 188.33
20 Clem Xi Yue (3.0/1533) 31.50 Best u1600/1 - $63;
Best u1800/1 - $63;
4-way split of $126: $31.50 each
26 Matthew Wang (3.0/1479) 31.50
3 Sreyshthaa Krishnan (3.0/1766) 31.50
22 Ayden Wang (3.0/1495) 31.50
3 Jack March Soloway (4.0/1427) 209.00 Place: 1 - $209 u1600
9 Vasisht Macharla (3.0/1331) 84.00 Best u1800/1 - $42;
Place: 2 - $126;
​Place: 3 - $84;
3-way split of $252: $84 each
2 Albert Martin Starr (3.0/1500) 84.00
4 Vikram Scherfke (3.0/1423) 84.00
10 Lucas Zhang (2.5/1285) 21.00 Best u1600/1 - $42;
2-way split: $21 each
7 Robert Turner (2.5/1341) 21.00

 

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

  • 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.
  • 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.

Standings

  • Processed entries are posted at least the day before the tournament.
  • Standings will be updated periodically during the tournament.
  • Final standings will be posted after Round 4 finished.

SwissSys Standings. 53rd Capps Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Theodore Biyiasas 13989054 2189 W9 W13 W11 U--- 3.0 196.80
2 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2132 W16 W4 D3 D6 3.0 196.80
3 Zlata Mokeeva 31128131 1999 W17 W14 D2 D7 3.0 196.80
4 Vivaan Pavuluri 30203278 1990 W19 L2 W22 W13 3.0 196.80
5 Beckett Spence 31980852 1813 L13 B--- W12 W11 3.0 196.80
6 WFM Jenny Qi 17050786 2086 H--- W8 D7 D2 2.5  
7 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 2052 D10 W23 D6 D3 2.5  
8 Colin Yi 16685250 1956 H--- L6 W16 W17 2.5  
9 Daniel Sevall 12811060 1930 L1 D10 W18 W19 2.5  
10 Eli Seidel 17241710 1843 D7 D9 D15 W20 2.5  
11 Zee Chin 16965808 1991 W18 W20 L1 L5 2.0  
12 Daniel Videna 17066495 1943 H--- H--- L5 W22 2.0  
13 Rudy Goce, Jr Tia 12658822 1942 W5 L1 W21 L4 2.0  
14 Stewart Katz 12458563 1855 X--- L3 D20 H--- 2.0  
15 Sanat Singhal 15580756 2064 H--- D21 D10 U--- 1.5  
16 Cailen Jeremiah Melville 14006141 1925 L2 D19 L8 W21 1.5  
17 Olivia Xu 31352797 1830 L3 D18 X23 L8 1.5  
18 Nikunj Chandrakant Oza 12497585 1826 L11 D17 L9 B--- 1.5  
19 Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri 17010328 1822 L4 D16 B--- L9 1.5  
20 Vidyuth Harish 16094497 1811 B--- L11 D14 L10 1.5  
21 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1839 H--- D15 L13 L16 1.0  
22 Chase Wang 15015852 1836 H--- H--- L4 L12 1.0  
23 Javier, Iii Silva 16089208 2197 H--- L7 F17 U--- 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 53rd Capps Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1823 W14 W18 D4 W10 3.5 188.33
2 Michael Liu 16415524 1667 W23 W17 W10 D4 3.5 188.33
3 Darsh Goel 30538395 1562 W11 W19 D6 W9 3.5 188.33
4 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1766 W15 W13 D1 D2 3.0 31.50
5 Clem Xi Yue 17078702 1533 D8 D12 W22 W15 3.0 31.50
6 Ayden Wang 30427645 1495 H--- W8 D3 W12 3.0 31.50
7 Matthew Wang 30902582 1479 H--- H--- W18 W13 3.0 31.50
8 Varun Karthik Turaga 31603312 1632 D5 L6 X25 W22 2.5  
9 Felix Y Chen 30173387 1493 D12 W25 W11 L3 2.5  
10 Rakshita Dhanasekar 16966452 1771 W22 W20 L2 L1 2.0  
11 Thomas Gu 17005685 1699 L3 W26 L9 W23 2.0  
12 Necip Sayiner 13792774 1614 D9 D5 W23 L6 2.0  
13 Marco Antonio Rodriguezlabrador 16313452 1604 W27 L4 W16 L7 2.0  
14 Raymond A Montalvo 12540951 1600 L1 L16 W27 W24 2.0  
15 Joshua Hua 30191695 1583 L4 W27 W19 L5 2.0  
16 Harshit Ramesh 16265234 1515 L18 W14 L13 W19 2.0  
17 Paul Krezanoski 16897133 1481 W21 L2 H--- H--- 2.0  
18 Jeff C Andersen 11296106 1630 W16 L1 L7 H--- 1.5  
19 Theodore Miller 30635618 1658 W26 L3 L15 L16 1.0  
20 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1610 W24 L10 U--- U--- 1.0  
21 Kaihan Liu 31034862 1607 L17 L23 H--- D27 1.0  
22 Pranav Db 30518186 1588 L10 W24 L5 L8 1.0  
23 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1554 L2 W21 L12 L11 1.0  
24 Anish Rapaka 30668600 1487 L20 L22 W26 L14 1.0  
25 Emma N Hellmer 32448954 1614 H--- L9 F8 U--- 0.5  
26 Jessica Zhang 30961558 1541 L19 L11 L24 H--- 0.5  
27 Sandesh Aher 16730310 1448 L13 L15 L14 D21 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 53rd Capps Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Jack March Soloway 15000121 1427 W19 W9 W3 W2 4.0 209.00
2 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W18 W12 W5 L1 3.0 84.00
3 Vikram Scherfke 16492162 1423 W10 W13 L1 W7 3.0 84.00
4 Vasisht Macharla 30508930 1331 W15 W14 H--- H--- 3.0 84.00
5 Robert Turner 12407483 1341 W20 W11 L2 H--- 2.5 21.00
6 Lucas Zhang 31973976 1285 L14 D15 B--- W9 2.5 21.00
7 Calvin Dees 30307126 1518 L9 X19 W12 L3 2.0  
8 Vihaan Kumar 30424067 1359 L12 W18 D11 D10 2.0  
9 Anushka Patil 30595539 1249 W7 L1 W16 L6 2.0  
10 Neev Srinivasan 31703537 1091 L3 D17 W14 D8 2.0  
11 Daniel Morris 30424176 1069 W16 L5 D8 H--- 2.0  
12 Maxime Stuck 32271129 1063 W8 L2 L7 W18 2.0  
13 Atma Persaud 31330313 1014 W17 L3 H--- H--- 2.0  
14 Abimanyu Hari 32602076 722 W6 L4 L10 W16 2.0  
15 Rex Forehand 31617062 925 L4 D6 H--- H--- 1.5  
16 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1373 L11 W20 L9 L14 1.0  
17 Devika Eby 30597651 1339 L13 D10 H--- U--- 1.0  
18 Aiden Huang 31903628 1168 L2 L8 H--- L12 0.5  
19 Clay Heckel 13917814 1099 L1 F7 U--- U--- 0.0  
20 Vedanth Thunga 30401705 1055 L5 L16 U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Pairings

  • Pairings are posted on the wall of the club.
  • Pairings and standings will be updated here as time permits.
  • Round 3 will be paired on Sunday morning at 9:30am. We ask you to email or call the club with any bye or withdrawal request.