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Scholastic Tournament at the UN Plaza

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Info

  • Date: Sun, Sep 21 , 2025
  • Eligibility: K-12
  • Rating: USCF
  • Capacity: 60

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Sunday, September 21: 9:00 am
  • Onsite Registration: 9:45 - 10 AM
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $0
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $0
  • Players must check in by 9:45 am, otherwise they'll lose their spot.
  • On-site registrations will be taken to fill up spots for players who haven't checked in by 9:45 am.

  • 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: 4
  • Time control: 30 min basetime + 5 sec delay
  • Round Times: 10/5 10:00am and remaining rounds are on a rolling schedule
  • Sections: USCF-rated Non-rated
  • Sections might be adjusted based on signups to best serve the players.
  • Play-ups are allowed free of charge for scholastic players as long as they are within 200-rating points to the next section.
  • US Chess rating will be used for section determination and pairings for the USCF-rated section(s).
  • Estimated strength will be used for the non-rated section.
  • Pairings are based on the Oct 2025 regular supplemental regular US Chess rating.

Prize Fund

  • Trophies to Top 5 players.
  • Medals to all others.

Byes

Byes are available for players in any rounds if they can't participate in any round but would like to stay in the tournament.

  • A maximum of two half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1 pairings will be done on Sunday at 9:50 am onsite. If you need a Round 1 bye, please email us by 9:45 am.
  • Round 2-4 byes must be requested 10-15 minutes before next round start (i.e. before the pairings are done for the next round.)
  • Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to two rounds.

Eligibility

  • Players must have current US Chess Federation membership for the USCF-rated sections. Expiration date of their US Chess membership must be later than the last day of the tournament.
  • Not sure if you have a membership? Need to check the expiration date of your members? Visit: https://new.uschess.org/player-search
  • Become a member or renew your membership: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess

Tournament Rules

  • Time Control: G/30;d5  (Game in 30 minutes with a 5-second delay at each move.)
  • Forfeit time: 30 minutes. 
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated). Tournament results will be submitted immediately after the last round is finished.
  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G30;d5: Game in 30 minutes with a 5-second delay with each move. This means you get 30 minutes, your opponent gets 30 minutes, and at each move the clock will count back 5 seconds before the time starts. One game may last up to 1 hour.


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.

 

Final Standings

SwissSys Standings. Scholastic Tournament at the UN Plaza: USCF-rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med-C1 T-Med T-Solk Prize
1 Austin Bo Chen 31293249 1641 W16 W15 W12 W4 4.0 4 4 8.5 1st Place Trophy
2 Brett Fisher 31540384 1385 B--- B--- W5 D6 3.5 6.5 3 6 2nd Place Trophy
3 Ethan C Leung 32541981 unr. W14 W11 D6 W12 3.5 4.5 4.5 9.5 3rd Place Trophy
4 Derek Diaz Ko 32579655 unr. B--- W20 W8 L1 3.0 6 5 9 4th Place Trophy
5 Aiden Smuckler 32564452 unr. W10 W7 L2 W13 3.0 5.5 5 10 5th Place Trophy
6 Maksym Tsebrii 32509962 1313 W22 W24 D3 D2 3.0 5.5 4.5 9  
7 Caden Chan 31296416 861 W19 L5 W23 W16 3.0 4 4 8.5  
8 Harrison Lin 32171675 987 W26 W13 L4 W18 3.0 4 4 7.5  
9 Wen Larson 32181097 560 W31 L12 W25 W17 3.0 3 3 5  
10 Jalen Hui Wong 32223669 532 L5 W19 D11 W23 2.5 4.5 4.5 9  
11 Anthony Biggica 30501542 829 W30 L3 D10 W14 2.5 4.5 4.5 8  
12 Ronan Petersen 32209929 863 W27 W9 L1 L3 2.0 6.5 6.5 11.5  
13 Samyak Patil 30595653 611 W17 L8 W21 L5 2.0 5 5 10  
14 Ean Park 32420302 529 L3 W30 W15 L11 2.0 4.5 4.5 8  
15 Byron Li 30846286 788 W21 L1 L14 W25 2.0 4 4 9  
16 Dylan Asher Skurow 32467183 474 L1 W28 W24 L7 2.0 4 4 9  
17 Preston Lung 32438143 678 L13 W18 W27 L9 2.0 4 4 8  
18 Santhrupth Gopinath 32097097 534 W29 L17 W20 L8 2.0 4 4 8  
19 Lucas Junhay Chin 32404620 209 L7 L10 W28 W30 2.0 3.5 3.5 6.5  
20 Matthew Tang 30537754 812 W28 L4 L18 W26 2.0 3 3 6.5  
21 Royce Cho 32573720 unr. L15 W26 L13 W24 2.0 3 3 6  
22 Arjun Reddy Patimidi 30817946 374 L6 L25 W31 W27 2.0 2 2 5  
23 Julian Collin Liang 32352161 659 H--- W29 L7 L10 1.5 4 3.5 6.5  
24 Mo Liu 31224649 753 W25 L6 L16 L21 1.0 4 4 8  
25 Jacob Liang 32566821 unr. L24 W22 L9 L15 1.0 4 4 8  
26 Travis Wong 32003625 344 L8 L21 W30 L20 1.0 4 4 7  
27 Ethan Gimelfarb 32096487 235 L12 W31 L17 L22 1.0 4 4 6  
28 Evaan Mathew 31161887 125 L20 L16 L19 W31 1.0 4 4 6  
29 Henry Richard Hamdani 32566700 unr. L18 L23 B--- U--- 1.0 2.5 1.5 3.5  
30 Aarna Reddy Patimidi 31631588 129 L11 L14 L26 L19 0.0 4 4 7.5  
31 Nikolai Mathew 32579322 unr. L9 L27 L22 L28 0.0 3 3 7  

SwissSys Standings. Scholastic Tournament at the UN Plaza: Non-rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med-C1 T-Med T-Solk Prize
1 Raymond Shao   unr. W10 W21 W15 W7 4.0 4 4 8 1st Place Trophy
2 Iain Huynh   unr. W6 W17 W4 D3 3.5 6 6 10.5 2nd Place Trophy
3 Edward Lim   unr. W16 W12 W8 D2 3.5 4 4 8.5 3rd Place Trophy
4 Alan Chen   unr. W25 W9 L2 W11 3.0 4.5 4.5 9 4th Place Trophy
5 Aaron Kwan   unr. L9 W25 W10 W15 3.0 3.5 3.5 7 5th Place Trophy
6 Brandon Lee   unr. L2 W19 W16 W8 3.0 3 3 7  
7 Gabriel Debowski   unr. H--- W26 W17 L1 2.5 2 2 6  
8 Samvid Kumar   unr. W18 W11 L3 L6 2.0 5 5 9.5  
9 Kyler Bass   unr. W5 L4 W13 U--- 2.0 5 5 8  
10 Anmdrade Evan Gabriel   unr. L1 W24 L5 W16 2.0 4 4 8  
11 Xander Elbogen   unr. W26 L8 W12 L4 2.0 4 4 8  
12 Paige Shum   unr. W14 L3 L11 W24 2.0 4 4 7.5  
13 Charlie Changrui Zhang   unr. L20 W18 L9 W17 2.0 3 3 6.5  
14 Milan Tanabe   unr. L12 L16 W24 W18 2.0 2 2 4  
15 Adrian Debowski   unr. H--- W20 L1 L5 1.5 5 5 9  
16 Ilya Rasumov-Rahe   unr. L3 W14 L6 L10 1.0 5 5 10.5  
17 Davy Mankin   unr. W19 L2 L7 L13 1.0 4.5 4.5 8.5  
18 Felix Hendricks Zelenskiy   unr. L8 L13 W19 L14 1.0 4 4 6.5  
19 Eva Rasumov-Rahe   unr. L17 L6 L18 B--- 1.0 2 2 5  
20 Julian McCann   unr. W13 L15 U--- U--- 1.0 1.5 1.5 3.5  
21 Ella Wong   unr. W24 L1 U--- U--- 1.0 0 0 4  
22 Jade Forest   unr. H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5 0 0 0  
23 Henry Richard Hamdani 32566700 unr. H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5 0 0 0  
24 Achyut Patimidi   unr. L21 L10 L14 L12 0.0 4 4 8  
25 Taichi Ishiyama   unr. L4 L5 U--- U--- 0.0 0 3 6  
26 Hugh Drubrough   unr. L11 L7 U--- U--- 0.0 0 2 4.5  

SwissSys Standings. Scholastic Tournament at the UN Plaza: Extra Games

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total T-Med-C1 T-Med T-Solk Prize
1 Anushka Patil 30595539 1286 W3 1.0 0 0 0  
2 Aiden Smuckler 32564452 unr. W4 1.0 0 0 0  
3 Henry Richard Hamdani 32566700 unr. L1 0.0 0 0 1  
4 Derek Diaz Ko 32579655 unr. L2 0.0 0 0 1  

 

Pairings

Pairings are posted online and you will be able to access it via a QR code.