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25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Jun 20 , 2026
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 80

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Saturday, June 20: 9:30 am
  • Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $40
    • Play-up fee: $10
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $50
    • Play-up fee: $15
  • Late fee: $10
  • $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.
  • Two ways to check your entries:
    • Check the live entries on the Jumbula page.
    • Check the processed entries here a day before the event.
  • Please note our late fee may be in effect and is usually added 24 hours before the start of a tournament in case capacity reaches 90%.

Tournament Format

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 4
  • Time control: 40 min basetime + 5 sec delay
  • Round Times: 6/20 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm
  • Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600
  • Play-up rule:
    • Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section;
    • Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.
  • Pairings are based on the June 2026 regular supplemental US Chess rating.

Prize Fund

1000 b/60

  • 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:

    • $1000 based on 60 paid entries
    • Actual Payout: $1,333 based on 80 paid entries - 133%
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $267 $150 $200 $100 $133
2nd Place $150 $200 $100 $133 $85 $113
3rd Place $80 $107 $70 $93 $65 $87

 

Prizes: 25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
1 FM Austin R Mei (3.5/2336) 233.50 (2-way) 1st Place: $267;
2nd Place: $200;
2-way split: $233.50 each		 2000+
2 Theodore James Coyne (3.5/2297) 233.50 (2-way)
4 Christopher Timothy Atkeson (3.0/2080) 53.50 (2-way) 3rd Place: $107;
2-way split: $53.50 each
18 Sreyshthaa Krishnan (3.0/1875) 53.50 (2-way)
3 Wes Pereira (3.5/1754) 200.00 1st Place: $200 1600-1999
2 Fan Jin (3.0/1759) 56.50 (4-way) 2nd Place: $133;
3rd Place: $93;
4-way split of $226: $56.50 each
5 Kaihan Liu (3.0/1702) 56.50 (4-way)
9 Stephen J Balhoff (3.0/1640) 56.50 (4-way)
11 Yuvan Nandhakumar (3.0/1623) 56.50 (4-way)
1 Yinuo Huang (4.0/1516) 123.00 (2-way) 1st Place: $133;
2nd Place: $113;
2-way split of $246: $123 each		 u1600
16 Ryan Gai (4.0/1217) 123.00 (2-way)
12 Ethan Lam (3.5/1273) 87.00 3rd Place: $87

 

Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any round in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • Byes can be requested up to 15 minutes prior to the round start time.
  • Last round bye must be requested by the start of Round 1.
  • Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.

Eligibility

Tournament Rules

  • Forfeit time: 40 minutes
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games are US Chess regular and quick rated (so called dual-rated.)

  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G40;d5 means game in 40 minutes with a 5-second delay on each move. This means you get 40 minutes, your opponent gets 40 minutes, and at each move the clock counts down from 5 to 0 before the player's time starts. If a player doesn't use up the whole 5 seconds, the remainder of that time is lost.

  • How many games/rounds?
    The 4SS before the time control means it is a Swiss System tournament with four rounds, or four games, that a player can play in the tournament. The tournaments are never eliminated, so win or lose, you can stay in the tournament. 

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.

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.

 

SwissSys 11.80.1 - Standings. 25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 FM Austin R Mei 16090452 2336 W20 W11 W3 D2 3.5 233.50
2 Theodore James Coyne 13848228 2297 W13 W12 W5 D1 3.5 233.50
3 Christopher Timothy Atkeson 17080462 2080 W16 W14 L1 W6 3.0 53.50
4 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1875 L5 W23 W20 W9 3.0 53.50
5 CM Isaac Dan Zhao 31617557 2052 W4 W18 L2 D7 2.5  
6 Mikhail Grigorev 30142525 1831 W21 D9 W10 L3 2.5  
7 Eli Seidel 17241710 1810 W10 D17 D9 D5 2.5  
8 Youting Long 31264173 1804 L12 B--- W16 D11 2.5  
9 Daniel Videna 17066495 2074 W15 D6 D7 L4 2.0  
10 Tapas Aarav Natraj 17303765 1955 L7 W15 L6 W18 2.0  
11 Om Suthar 16851816 1951 W19 L1 D14 D8 2.0  
12 Jason D Wright 12707147 1935 W8 L2 W17 U--- 2.0  
13 Ethan R Mei 16090467 1927 L2 W22 D18 D14 2.0  
14 Andrew Zou 30100762 1926 W22 L3 D11 D13 2.0  
15 Sean X Zhang 17109032 1887 L9 L10 X23 W20 2.0  
16 Xiaoshan Chen 31974206 1906 L3 D21 L8 B--- 1.5  
17 Noah T Lee 31732158 1906 H--- D7 L12 D19 1.5  
18 Preron Chakrabarty 30136237 1823 W23 L5 D13 L10 1.5  
19 Neal Sundar 17307025 1806 L11 L20 B--- D17 1.5  
20 WCM Serena Yuan 16843308 1931 L1 W19 L4 L15 1.0  
21 Arjun Sankar 14542170 2024 L6 D16 U--- U--- 0.5  
22 Tyler Wilken 12774656 2085 L14 L13 U--- U--- 0.0  
23 Sergey Ostrovsky 12599678 2001 L18 L4 F15 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.1 - Standings. 25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Wes Pereira 30599160 1754 W12 W20 W7 D3 3.5 200.00
2 Fan Jin 17197998 1759 W11 L7 W9 W12 3.0 56.50
3 Kaihan Liu 31034862 1702 W13 W21 D6 D1 3.0 56.50
4 Stephen J Balhoff 14645581 1640 H--- D5 W21 W6 3.0 56.50
5 Yuvan Nandhakumar 30681247 1623 D8 D4 W20 W13 3.0 56.50
6 Aleksander Veksler 12846589 1816 W15 W10 D3 L4 2.5  
7 Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1646 W17 W2 L1 H--- 2.5  
8 Abhijoy Narayan Mukherjee 16250617 1457 D5 L14 W16 W17 2.5  
9 Melissa Xu 16962396 1718 H--- W18 L2 D10 2.0  
10 Raghav Ramesh 16240742 1653 W16 L6 D17 D9 2.0  
11 Aditi Sudarshan Patil 30724876 1602 L2 L12 B--- W20 2.0  
12 Romeo Nehme 16271243 1598 L1 W11 W18 L2 2.0  
13 Elliott Regan 15032065 1562 L3 X19 W14 L5 2.0  
14 Austin Bo Chen 31293249 1694 L20 W8 L13 D15 1.5  
15 Shan Ramesh Lee 16920675 1611 L6 D16 D19 D14 1.5  
16 Neeraj Rao 30789296 1527 L10 D15 L8 B--- 1.5  
17 Kaio Deeter 31951986 1503 L7 B--- D10 L8 1.5  
18 Teresa Long 31662752 1412 B--- L9 L12 D19 1.5  
19 Vivek Srinivasan 16108498 1631 L21 F13 D15 D18 1.0  
20 Anirudh Gutta 30214880 1547 W14 L1 L5 L11 1.0  
21 Samuel Saliva 31845587 1494 W19 L3 L4 U--- 1.0  

SwissSys 11.80.1 - Standings. 25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Yinuo Huang 30352590 1516 W30 W18 W7 W6 4.0 123.00
2 Ryan Gai 17304052 1217 W34 W15 W13 W5 4.0 123.00
3 Ethan Lam 30150899 1273 W37 D26 W21 W13 3.5 87.00
4 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 L20 W28 W26 W18 3.0  
5 Ziyad Ashraf 30855990 1455 W8 W29 W17 L2 3.0  
6 Sudhi Anant Addagarla 30200181 1339 W24 W11 W23 L1 3.0  
7 Cameron Lee Troy 30632621 1311 W31 W20 L1 W23 3.0  
8 Emilio Berkley 31091883 1176 L5 W32 W14 W12 3.0  
9 Azad Zahoory 32242866 1096 L15 W34 W19 W17 3.0  
10 Richard Schulz 33153797 unr. B--- L17 W30 W15 3.0  
11 Sasha Anjali Chugh 30923072 1210 W35 L6 H--- W26 2.5  
12 Shlok Patel 30882766 1432 L26 W31 W20 L8 2.0  
13 Perry Cate 32758780 1430 W22 W19 L2 L3 2.0  
14 Ryan Bernstein 33083546 1428 L23 W25 L8 W28 2.0  
15 Angelina Ramesh Lee 16920660 1389 W9 L2 W24 L10 2.0  
16 Viaan Rai 30209467 1323 D27 L23 W35 D21 2.0  
17 Timothy Bayaraa 15616166 1292 W25 W10 L5 L9 2.0  
18 Pranav Anandakumar 31555228 1271 W32 L1 W22 L4 2.0  
19 Maxwell A Sills 12766996 1218 W33 L13 L9 W31 2.0  
20 Zachary Candell 15483586 1197 W4 L7 L12 W33 2.0  
21 Nevaan Vikram Jadhav 30679257 1166 H--- W27 L3 D16 2.0  
22 Blake Ding 32289546 1120 L13 W38 L18 W34 2.0  
23 Raymond Liu 31430334 1117 W14 W16 L6 L7 2.0  
24 Svaksha Sudharshan 32012388 1087 L6 X33 L15 W35 2.0  
25 Brody Chambers 30492645 1061 L17 L14 W38 W30 2.0  
26 Harrison Lin 32171675 1127 W12 D3 L4 L11 1.5  
27 Riya Shankar 30498401 1072 D16 L21 L28 W37 1.5  
28 John Edwards-El 12822107 701 H--- L4 W27 L14 1.5  
29 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1244 W38 L5 U--- U--- 1.0  
30 Aditi Sinha 16969048 1199 L1 W37 L10 L25 1.0  
31 Anagha Gautham 31484153 1065 L7 L12 W32 L19 1.0  
32 Sriram Rao 32330354 967 L18 L8 L31 W38 1.0  
33 Robert Pena 32809532 872 L19 F24 W37 L20 1.0  
34 Proneil Chakrabarty 32220894 841 L2 L9 B--- L22 1.0  
35 Aaryav Addagarla 30928849 796 L11 B--- L16 L24 1.0  
36 Zhizhang J Wei 14055952 1146 H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
37 Gautham Muthukumar 32706172 979 L3 L30 L33 L27 0.0  
38 Adhvith Gautham 31484502 909 L29 L22 L25 L32 0.0  

SwissSys 11.80.1 - Standings. 25th Henry Gross Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Sean X Zhang 17109032 1887 U--- U--- U--- W4 1.0  
2 Vivek Srinivasan 16108498 1631 U--- U--- W5 U--- 1.0  
3 Nevaan Vikram Jadhav 30679257 1166 U--- W6 U--- U--- 1.0  
4 Neal Sundar 17307025 1806 U--- U--- U--- L1 0.0  
5 Robert Pena 32809532 872 U--- U--- L2 U--- 0.0  
6 Richard Schulz 33153797 unr. U--- L3 U--- U--- 0.0  

 

Pairings

Pairings are posted on the wall of the club. We do not post pairings online for 1-day events.