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3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Feb 21 , 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, February 21: 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: 2/21 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 Feb 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 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. 

 

  • Prize Fund:

    • $1000 based on 60 paid entries
    • Actual Payout: $1250 based on 75 paid entries -- 125% payout.
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $250 $150 $188 $100 $125
2nd Place $150 $188 $100 $125 $85 $106
3rd Place $80 $100 $70 $88 $65 $81

Prizes: 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize Section
1 Christopher W Yoo (4.0/2662) 250.00 1st Place: $250 2000+
5 Theodore Biyiasas (3.0/2183) 144.00 2nd Place: $188;
3rd Place: $100;
2-way split of $288: $144 each
14 William Nobles (3.0/1953) 144.00
7 Jesse Ning Dill (4.0/1720) 188.00 1st Place: $188 1600-1999
8 Elena Hingyi Pang (3.0/1711) 71.00 2nd Place: $125;
3rd Place: $88;
3-way split of $213: $73 each
9 Austin Bo Chen (3.0/1689) 71.00
10 Youting Long (3.0/1686) 71.00
2 Craig Yamamoto (3.5/1500) 115.50 1st Place: $125;
2nd Place: $106;
2-way split of $231: $115.50 each		 u1600
5 Shivam Patel (3.5/1294) 115.50
1 Albert Mart Starr (3.0/1523) 16.20 3rd Place: $81;
5-way split: $16.20 each
3 Laksh Sharma (3.0/1467) 16.20
11 Emilio Berkley (3.0/1054) 16.20
25 Gerard La Donahue (3.0/0) 16.20
26 Gannon Clarkson (3.0/0) 16.20

 

 

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

  • 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. 
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess regular and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated). 

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.\

SwissSys Report: 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Christopher W Yoo 15244943 2662 W8 W11 W6 W10 4.0 250.00
2 Theodore Biyiasas 13989054 2183 L3 W19 W15 W11 3.0 144.00
3 William Nobles 15753375 1953 W2 D5 W4 H--- 3.0 144.00
4 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2320 D14 W20 L3 W16 2.5  
5 Andrew Guo 16192001 2318 W21 D3 W14 U--- 2.5  
6 Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2253 W22 W10 L1 D7 2.5  
7 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2142 W18 L9 W12 D6 2.5  
8 Kr Gopalakrishnan 16545130 2115 L1 D17 W20 W14 2.5  
9 Suyuan Gui 16962930 2170 W19 W7 U--- U--- 2.0  
10 Laurie Qiu 30582856 2162 W12 L6 W13 L1 2.0  
11 Keith Esses 10352240 2153 W17 L1 W18 L2 2.0  
12 Kanishk Jain 16575412 1888 L10 W22 L7 W20 2.0  
13 Sreyshth Krishnan 30452740 1855 H--- D15 L10 W19 2.0  
14 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 2112 D4 W16 L5 L8 1.5  
15 Noah T Lee 31732158 1906 H--- D13 L2 D18 1.5  
16 Andrew Zou 30100762 1904 H--- L14 W17 L4 1.5  
17 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1880 L11 D8 L16 B--- 1.5  
18 Olivia Xu 31352797 1836 L7 B--- L11 D15 1.5  
19 Colin Yi 16685250 1938 L9 L2 X22 L13 1.0  
20 Advit Am Kulkarni 30046098 1835 B--- L4 L8 L12 1.0  
21 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 2009 L5 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
22 Stephen Zhu 16412414 1970 L6 L12 F19 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Jesse Ning Dill 30040722 1720 W15 W12 W6 W5 4.0 188.00
2 Elena Hingyi Pang 30492712 1711 H--- H--- W15 W7 3.0 71.00
3 Austin Bo Chen 31293249 1689 L9 W24 W25 W14 3.0 71.00
4 Youting Long 31264173 1686 W16 D22 D14 W12 3.0 71.00
5 Varun Kart Turaga 31603312 1814 D14 W20 W8 L1 2.5  
6 Ishaan Sinha 17223886 1675 W24 W9 L1 D8 2.5  
7 Vikram Scherfke 16492162 1595 D17 W18 W22 L2 2.5  
8 Samarth Bharadwaj 30155483 1544 W11 W23 L5 D6 2.5  
9 Neev Srinivasan 31703537 1477 W3 L6 W23 D10 2.5  
10 Gary Rober Harris 12834452 1820 D19 L13 W21 D9 2.0  
11 Boaz Telem 30823295 1766 L8 W19 L12 W22 2.0  
12 Angela Zixi Wang 30598637 1612 W25 L1 W11 L4 2.0  
13 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1577 H--- W10 H--- U--- 2.0  
14 Asher Ruiqing Luo 30747710 1566 D5 W17 D4 L3 2.0  
15 Wilson Han 30974362 1500 L1 W26 L2 W24 2.0  
16 Sudhiksha Bankuru 17196617 1476 L4 D21 D26 W23 2.0  
17 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 D7 L14 H--- H--- 1.5  
18 Ethan Wangche Gao 30512285 1766 D20 L7 D19 H--- 1.5  
19 Andrew X Yu 31681086 1566 D10 L11 D18 H--- 1.5  
20 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1529 D18 L5 H--- H--- 1.5  
21 Ryan Pan 32395451 1517 L23 D16 L10 W25 1.5  
22 Daniel Wills 31285792 1410 W26 D4 L7 L11 1.5  
23 Jamie Duif Calvin 10123640 1746 W21 L8 L9 L16 1.0  
24 Anushka Patil 30595539 1471 L6 L3 B--- L15 1.0  
25 Andrew Yu 31364087 1290 L12 B--- L3 L21 1.0  
26 Shayne K Bowler 10024790 1648 L22 L15 D16 U--- 0.5  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Craig Yamamoto 12217820 1500 W11 D9 W20 W3 3.5 115.50
2 Shivam Patel 32448767 1294 W17 W14 D8 W10 3.5 115.50
3 Albert Mart Starr 12844781 1523 W15 W13 W12 L1 3.0 16.20
4 Laksh Sharma 30644675 1467 W16 D10 D18 W8 3.0 16.20
5 Emilio Berkley 31091883 1054 W7 L8 W19 W18 3.0 16.20
6 Gerard La Donahue 32821365 unr. L10 W16 W17 W12 3.0 16.20
7 Gannon Clarkson 32306489 unr. L5 W23 W22 W13 3.0 16.20
8 Teresa Long 31662752 1306 W23 W5 D2 L4 2.5  
9 Sicheng Ao 30287271 1207 W21 D1 L10 W14 2.5  
10 Perry Cate 32758780 1073 W6 D4 W9 L2 2.5  
11 Rani Jaiswal 32758727 924 L1 D21 W24 W20 2.5  
12 Elaine Xue 30959879 1277 W27 W22 L3 L6 2.0  
13 Rishaan Nair 30632658 1127 W25 L3 W26 L7 2.0  
14 Justin Yee 30102961 1022 W28 L2 W25 L9 2.0  
15 Kyle Weaver 32642649 980 L3 L25 W21 W26 2.0  
16 Byron Li 30846286 894 L4 L6 W27 W25 2.0  
17 Adhvith Gautham 31484502 763 L2 W28 L6 W22 2.0  
18 Nathan S Weltzien 32751287 unr. D20 W24 D4 L5 2.0  
19 Mixtli Carter 32876831 unr. L22 W27 L5 W23 2.0  
20 Peter Jam Rushton 16453812 1123 D18 W26 L1 L11 1.5  
21 Anagha Gautham 31484153 745 L9 D11 L15 W27 1.5  
22 Barak Michener 30707689 1000 W19 L12 L7 L17 1.0  
23 John Edwards-El 12822107 783 L8 L7 X28 L19 1.0  
24 Erick L Guzman 12813518 524 H--- L18 L11 H--- 1.0  
25 Iksha Nair 32337820 341 L13 W15 L14 L16 1.0  
26 Imelda Meili Hau 32196802 123 B--- L20 L13 L15 1.0  
27 Joel Thomas Ramos 30551530 747 L12 L19 L16 L21 0.0  
28 Grady Kempf 3252982 unr. L14 L17 F23 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total Prize
1 Andrew Yu 31364087 1290 W4 1.0  
2 Abel Talamantez 12465386 1800 D3 0.5  
3 Anushka Patil 30595539 1471 D2 0.5  
4 Zhipeng Li 31827554 1065 L1 0.0  

SwissSys Report: 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Christopher W Yoo 15244943 2662 W8 W11 W6 W10 4.0 250.00
2 Theodore Biyiasas 13989054 2183 L3 W19 W15 W11 3.0 144.00
3 William Nobles 15753375 1953 W2 D5 W4 H--- 3.0 144.00
4 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2320 D14 W20 L3 W16 2.5  
5 Andrew Guo 16192001 2318 W21 D3 W14 U--- 2.5  
6 Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2253 W22 W10 L1 D7 2.5  
7 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2142 W18 L9 W12 D6 2.5  
8 Kr Gopalakrishnan 16545130 2115 L1 D17 W20 W14 2.5  
9 Suyuan Gui 16962930 2170 W19 W7 U--- U--- 2.0  
10 Laurie Qiu 30582856 2162 W12 L6 W13 L1 2.0  
11 Keith Esses 10352240 2153 W17 L1 W18 L2 2.0  
12 Kanishk Jain 16575412 1888 L10 W22 L7 W20 2.0  
13 Sreyshth Krishnan 30452740 1855 H--- D15 L10 W19 2.0  
14 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 2112 D4 W16 L5 L8 1.5  
15 Noah T Lee 31732158 1906 H--- D13 L2 D18 1.5  
16 Andrew Zou 30100762 1904 H--- L14 W17 L4 1.5  
17 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1880 L11 D8 L16 B--- 1.5  
18 Olivia Xu 31352797 1836 L7 B--- L11 D15 1.5  
19 Colin Yi 16685250 1938 L9 L2 X22 L13 1.0  
20 Advit Am Kulkarni 30046098 1835 B--- L4 L8 L12 1.0  
21 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 2009 L5 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
22 Stephen Zhu 16412414 1970 L6 L12 F19 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Jesse Ning Dill 30040722 1720 W15 W12 W6 W5 4.0 188.00
2 Elena Hingyi Pang 30492712 1711 H--- H--- W15 W7 3.0 71.00
3 Austin Bo Chen 31293249 1689 L9 W24 W25 W14 3.0 71.00
4 Youting Long 31264173 1686 W16 D22 D14 W12 3.0 71.00
5 Varun Kart Turaga 31603312 1814 D14 W20 W8 L1 2.5  
6 Ishaan Sinha 17223886 1675 W24 W9 L1 D8 2.5  
7 Vikram Scherfke 16492162 1595 D17 W18 W22 L2 2.5  
8 Samarth Bharadwaj 30155483 1544 W11 W23 L5 D6 2.5  
9 Neev Srinivasan 31703537 1477 W3 L6 W23 D10 2.5  
10 Gary Rober Harris 12834452 1820 D19 L13 W21 D9 2.0  
11 Boaz Telem 30823295 1766 L8 W19 L12 W22 2.0  
12 Angela Zixi Wang 30598637 1612 W25 L1 W11 L4 2.0  
13 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1577 H--- W10 H--- U--- 2.0  
14 Asher Ruiqing Luo 30747710 1566 D5 W17 D4 L3 2.0  
15 Wilson Han 30974362 1500 L1 W26 L2 W24 2.0  
16 Sudhiksha Bankuru 17196617 1476 L4 D21 D26 W23 2.0  
17 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 D7 L14 H--- H--- 1.5  
18 Ethan Wangche Gao 30512285 1766 D20 L7 D19 H--- 1.5  
19 Andrew X Yu 31681086 1566 D10 L11 D18 H--- 1.5  
20 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1529 D18 L5 H--- H--- 1.5  
21 Ryan Pan 32395451 1517 L23 D16 L10 W25 1.5  
22 Daniel Wills 31285792 1410 W26 D4 L7 L11 1.5  
23 Jamie Duif Calvin 10123640 1746 W21 L8 L9 L16 1.0  
24 Anushka Patil 30595539 1471 L6 L3 B--- L15 1.0  
25 Andrew Yu 31364087 1290 L12 B--- L3 L21 1.0  
26 Shayne K Bowler 10024790 1648 L22 L15 D16 U--- 0.5  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Craig Yamamoto 12217820 1500 W11 D9 W20 W3 3.5 115.50
2 Shivam Patel 32448767 1294 W17 W14 D8 W10 3.5 115.50
3 Albert Mart Starr 12844781 1523 W15 W13 W12 L1 3.0 16.20
4 Laksh Sharma 30644675 1467 W16 D10 D18 W8 3.0 16.20
5 Emilio Berkley 31091883 1054 W7 L8 W19 W18 3.0 16.20
6 Gerard La Donahue 32821365 unr. L10 W16 W17 W12 3.0 16.20
7 Gannon Clarkson 32306489 unr. L5 W23 W22 W13 3.0 16.20
8 Teresa Long 31662752 1306 W23 W5 D2 L4 2.5  
9 Sicheng Ao 30287271 1207 W21 D1 L10 W14 2.5  
10 Perry Cate 32758780 1073 W6 D4 W9 L2 2.5  
11 Rani Jaiswal 32758727 924 L1 D21 W24 W20 2.5  
12 Elaine Xue 30959879 1277 W27 W22 L3 L6 2.0  
13 Rishaan Nair 30632658 1127 W25 L3 W26 L7 2.0  
14 Justin Yee 30102961 1022 W28 L2 W25 L9 2.0  
15 Kyle Weaver 32642649 980 L3 L25 W21 W26 2.0  
16 Byron Li 30846286 894 L4 L6 W27 W25 2.0  
17 Adhvith Gautham 31484502 763 L2 W28 L6 W22 2.0  
18 Nathan S Weltzien 32751287 unr. D20 W24 D4 L5 2.0  
19 Mixtli Carter 32876831 unr. L22 W27 L5 W23 2.0  
20 Peter Jam Rushton 16453812 1123 D18 W26 L1 L11 1.5  
21 Anagha Gautham 31484153 745 L9 D11 L15 W27 1.5  
22 Barak Michener 30707689 1000 W19 L12 L7 L17 1.0  
23 John Edwards-El 12822107 783 L8 L7 X28 L19 1.0  
24 Erick L Guzman 12813518 524 H--- L18 L11 H--- 1.0  
25 Iksha Nair 32337820 341 L13 W15 L14 L16 1.0  
26 Imelda Meili Hau 32196802 123 B--- L20 L13 L15 1.0  
27 Joel Thomas Ramos 30551530 747 L12 L19 L16 L21 0.0  
28 Grady Kempf 3252982 unr. L14 L17 F23 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys 11.79.2 - Standings. 3rd Fischer Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total Prize
1 Andrew Yu 31364087 1290 W4 1.0  
2 Abel Talamantez 12465386 1800 D3 0.5  
3 Anushka Patil 30595539 1471 D2 0.5  
4 Zhipeng Li 31827554 1065 L1 0.0  

 

Pairings

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