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54th Capps Memorial Tournament

Carroll Capps (1917-1971) was a chess master and science fiction writer, and he began playing in the Northern California Chess League. At the start of World War II, Capps enlisted in the Navy and became a photographer in the South Pacific. When the war ended, he returned to the Bay Area, where he served as President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League and won the Northern California and San Francisco chess championships several times. He was also a longtime member of the Mechanics’ Institute. As a science fiction writer, he went by the pseudonym C. C. MacApp. His novellas include A Guest of Ganymede and The Mercurymen, the latter earning him a Nebula Award nomination in 1966. 

 

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

https://www.chess.com/events/54th-capps-memorial-tournament


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Info

  • Date: Sat, Oct 24 - Sun, Oct 25, 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 24: 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: 10/24 10:00am 2:30pm 10/25 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: $2665 based on 82 fully paid entries - 103% payout.

  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $425 $436 $325 $333 $250 $256
2nd Place $325 $333 $225 $231 $150 $154
3rd Place $225 $231 $125 $128 $100 $103
Best under2200 $100 $103        
Best under2000 $100 $103        
Best under1800     $75 $77    
Best under1600     $75 $77    
Best under1400         $50 $51
Best under1200         $50 $51

 

Prizes: 54th Capps Memorial Tournament

# Name Place Cash Prize credited to pool Section
1 GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (4.0/2640) 1st 436.00 1st Place: $436 2000+
11 Yuvraj Singh Sawhney (3.5/1978) 2nd 333.00 2nd Place: $333
34 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally (3.0/1813) 3rd 100.00 Best u2000 $100
5 Xiaofei Li (3.0/2118) 3T 66.20 (5-way) 3rd Place: $231;
Best u2200: $100;
5-way split of $331: $66.20 each
2 FM Andrew Boekhoff (3.0/2303) 3T 66.20 (5-way)
3 Reyansh Paragiri (3.0/2212) 3T 66.20 (5-way)
7 Reyansh Gupta (3.0/2049) 3T 66.20 (5-way)
10 Zelin Fang (3.0/2023) 3T 66.20 (5-way)
17 Wilson Han (3.5/1632) 1st 192.25 (4-way) 1st Place: $333;
2nd Place: $231;
3rd Place: $128;
Best u1800: $77;
4-way split of $798: $192.25 each		 1600-1999
1 CM Isaac Dan Zhao (3.5/1946) 1T 192.25 (4-way)
3 Ivan Tam (3.5/1851) 1T 192.25 (4-way)
5 Srinadh Yenamandra (3.5/1776) 1T 192.25 (4-way)
21 Jonathan Dai (2.0/1573) 5th 25.67 (3-way) Best u1600: $77;
3-way split: $25.67 each
25 Ryan Gai (2.0/1521) 5T 25.67 (3-way)
29 Srikar Yenamandra (2.0/1428) 5T 25.67 (3-way)
3 Yi Li (3.5/1436) 1st 205.00 (2-way) 1st Place: $256;
2nd Place: $154;
2-way split of $410: $205 each		 u1600
7 Sumanth Pavuluri (3.5/1260) 1T 205.00 (2-way)
1 John Chan (3.0/1500) 3rd 103.00 3rd Place: $103
6 Mohit Kumar Rout (2.5/1290) 4th 25.50 (2-way) Best u1400 $51;
2-way split: $25.50 each
9 Rishaan Nair (2.5/1207) 4T 25.50 (2-way)
11 Arjun Bemgal (2.0/1111) 6th 25.50 (2-way) Best u1200: $51;
2-way split: $25.50 each
12 Shivaansh Girish (2.0/1078) 6T 25.50 (2-way)

 

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

  • Standings will be updated periodically during the tournament.
  • Final standings will be posted after Round 4 finished.

 

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 54th Capps Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 GM Christopher Woojin Yoo 15244943 2640 W19 W16 W9 W3 4.0 436.00
2 Yuvraj Singh Sawhney 17095004 1978 W31 D26 W13 W10 3.5 333.00
3 FM Andrew Boekhoff 12685687 2303 W20 W11 W15 L1 3.0 71.83
4 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2212 W35 D17 D8 W16 3.0 71.83
5 Xiaofei Li 15155458 2118 D21 W7 D17 W22 3.0 71.83
6 Reyansh Gupta 17164653 2049 H--- H--- W26 W17 3.0 71.83
7 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1813 W18 L5 W20 W14 3.0 71.83
8 Darsh Thekkoot 32087041 1771 D28 W24 D4 W15 3.0 71.83
9 Vivaan Pavuluri 30203278 2134 W36 W29 L1 D11 2.5  
10 Zlata Mokeeva 31128131 2103 D13 W28 W12 L2 2.5  
11 Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri 17010328 1976 W32 L3 W23 D9 2.5  
12 Rudransh Pathak 15361216 1929 H--- W25 L10 W26 2.5  
13 Si Hao Huang 31312861 1871 D10 W21 L2 W28 2.5  
14 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 2038 L29 W36 W31 L7 2.0  
15 Zelin Fang 17083043 2023 W30 W22 L3 L8 2.0  
16 Olivia Xu 31352797 1971 W33 L1 W29 L4 2.0  
17 Isaac Lien 30356989 1942 W23 D4 D5 L6 2.0  
18 Adit Rajaram 30399924 1932 L7 D30 W25 D21 2.0  
19 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1918 L1 L33 X36 W31 2.0  
20 Andrew Yu 31681086 1899 L3 W32 L7 W30 2.0  
21 Kaihan Liu 31034862 1877 D5 L13 W24 D18 2.0  
22 Surya Raghav 30516469 1868 W27 L15 W33 L5 2.0  
23 Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy 30528417 1816 L17 B--- L11 W29 2.0  
24 Saatvik Krishnan 15210955 1944 D25 L8 L21 W35 1.5  
25 Ansh Ankit Doshi 31985518 1818 D24 L12 L18 W32 1.5  
26 Pranav Db 30518186 1796 W34 D2 L6 L12 1.5  
27 David Jin 17168834 2047 L22 W35 U--- U--- 1.0  
28 Matthew Zhang 30792537 1920 D8 L10 D30 L13 1.0  
29 Ritvik Reddy Vuluvala 31499676 1868 W14 L9 L16 L23 1.0  
30 Matthew Wang 30902582 1861 L15 D18 D28 L20 1.0  
31 Yudhin Bogi 31006232 1853 L2 W34 L14 L19 1.0  
32 Kevin Zang 13315152 1829 L11 L20 W35 L25 1.0  
33 Stewart Katz 12458563 1821 L16 W19 L22 U--- 1.0  
34 Jason D Wright 12707147 1920 L26 L31 U--- U--- 0.0  
35 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1888 L4 L27 L32 L24 0.0  
36 WCM Serena Yuan 16843308 1884 L9 L14 F19 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 54th Capps Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 CM Isaac Dan Zhao 31617557 1946 D24 W9 W22 W11 3.5 192.25
2 Ivan Tam 17267452 1851 W14 W12 W11 D3 3.5 192.25
3 Srinadh Yenamandra 30683548 1776 W15 W21 W10 D2 3.5 192.25
4 Wilson Han 30974362 1632 W20 W23 D7 W8 3.5 192.25
5 Khesav Prabhu 31631254 1695 W30 D22 H--- W17 3.0  
6 Necip Sayiner 13792774 1674 L22 W24 W25 W15 3.0  
7 Roshan Jagath 31371448 1669 W19 D8 D4 W10 3.0  
8 Leonardo Lien 30771959 1722 W25 D7 W23 L4 2.5  
9 Calvin Dees 30307126 1798 H--- L1 H--- W22 2.0  
10 Mohammad Soltani 12889183 1759 W16 W13 L3 L7 2.0  
11 Avyukth Ganapathy Viswanath 30613480 1698 W26 W29 L2 L1 2.0  
12 Pranav Khandelwal 31756384 1680 W18 L2 L17 W26 2.0  
13 Theodore Miller 30635618 1671 W27 L10 H--- H--- 2.0  
14 Sawyer Stults 31608516 1623 L2 H--- D24 W25 2.0  
15 Raymond Shao 30785440 1622 L3 W30 W29 L6 2.0  
16 Natesh Pillai 15913395 1613 L10 L18 W27 W29 2.0  
17 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1573 L23 W28 W12 L5 2.0 25.67
18 Ryan Gai 17304052 1521 L12 W16 H--- H--- 2.0 25.67
19 Srikar Yenamandra 32000581 1428 L7 U--- W30 W24 2.0 25.67
20 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1869 L4 W26 H--- U--- 1.5  
21 Ayden Wang 30427645 1670 W28 L3 H--- U--- 1.5  
22 Felix Y Chen 30173387 1514 W6 D5 L1 L9 1.5  
23 Lawrence M Reifurth 12341360 1729 W17 L4 L8 U--- 1.0  
24 Neev Srinivasan 31703537 1665 D1 L6 D14 L19 1.0  
25 Anushka Patil 30595539 1548 L8 W27 L6 L14 1.0  
26 Jessica Zhang 30961558 1548 L11 L20 W28 L12 1.0  
27 Yulan Wang 30518588 1509 L13 L25 L16 B--- 1.0  
28 Vihaan Kumar 30424067 1451 L21 L17 L26 W30 1.0  
29 Keller Ma 31327889 1366 B--- L11 L15 L16 1.0  
30 Samuel Allen Saliva 31845587 1546 L5 L15 L19 L28 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 54th Capps Memorial Tournament: U1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Probable Prize
1 Yi Li 32825319 1436 W10 W8 D2 W5 3.5 205.00
2 Sumanth Pavuluri 32260411 1260 W16 W3 D1 W4 3.5 205.00
3 John Chan 12561007 1500 W14 L2 W10 W8 3.0 103.00
4 Mohit Kumar Rout 30672059 1290 W15 D5 W7 L2 2.5 25.50
5 Rishaan Nair 30632658 1207 W11 D4 W13 L1 2.5 25.50
6 Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 1429 H--- H--- W14 U--- 2.0  
7 Robert Turner 12407483 1371 D13 W9 L4 H--- 2.0  
8 Zelan Fang 30629764 1237 W17 L1 W9 L3 2.0  
9 Arjun Bemgal 31186524 1111 W12 L7 L8 W17 2.0 25.50
10 Shivaansh Girish 32467199 1078 L1 W17 L3 W14 2.0 25.50
11 Myles Murillo 33335138 unr. L5 W15 D12 H--- 2.0  
12 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 L9 L13 D11 W15 1.5  
13 Jacob Eugene Norris 15477817 874 D7 W12 L5 U--- 1.5  
14 Alex Alaniz 31522693 1117 L3 W16 L6 L10 1.0  
15 Saurjyesh Potla 32024889 854 L4 L11 W16 L12 1.0  
16 Iksha Nair 32337820 737 L2 L14 L15 B--- 1.0  
17 Yashraj Singh Sawhney 30692941 536 L8 L10 B--- L9 1.0  

SwissSys 11.80.4 - Standings. 54th Capps Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total Prize
1 Bharath Patil 31737054 1678 W3 U--- 1.0  
2 Saurjyesh Potla 32024889 854 U--- W4 1.0  
3 Srikar Yenamandra 32000581 1428 L1 U--- 0.0  
4 Yashraj Singh Sawhney 30692941 536 U--- L2 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.