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18th Smith Memorial Tournament

Saturday, July 26, 2025

In-Person Over-The-Board Event

Open for everyone!
 

List of registered players -- Pairings

Date & Location -- Tournament Format -- Byes -- Prize Fund

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 

Wearing a mask is optional.
Tournament capacity: 80 players.

 

1. Date & Location

  • Saturday, July 26, 2025
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
    57 Post Street, 4th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104 (click here to map)
     

2. Tournament Format:

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 4
  • Round Times: 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm
  • Time Control: G/40;d5  (Game in 40 minutes with a 5-second delay at each move.)
  • Games will be US Chess regular-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after the last round is finished.
  • NEW - We are back to three sections: 2000+, 1600-1999, and u1600 & unrated players.
  • Pairings are based on the July 2025 regular supplemental US Chess rating.
  • Play-up rule:
    Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section;
    Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.
     

3. Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any round in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • Max of 2 half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1-2 byes must be requested 15 minutes prior to the round start time.
  • Round 3-4 byes must be requested before the start of Round 1. Round 4 bye is irrevocable to prevent prize-fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.
     

4. Prize Fund --  $1000 based on 60 paid entries 

  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
1st Place $200 $150 $100
2nd Place $150 $100 $85
3rd Place $80 $70 $65
  • 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. 

 

5. Registration:

6. Eligibility

  • Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. 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
     

7. Tournament Rules

  • Standard US Chess rules apply.
  • Forfeit time is 40 minutes.

8. FAQ

  • 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. 

 

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: 

 Standings 

SwissSys Standings. 59th Stamer Memorial Tournament: 2000+ (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 NM Aryan Achuthan 15445324 2200 W15 W6 W4 W3 4.0 473.00
2 NM Pranav Sairam 15424820 2197 W21 W9 H--- H--- 3.0 144.60
3 NM Jacob Chiang 16093205 2193 W16 W14 W5 L1 3.0 144.60
4 Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan 16545130 2183 W32 W13 L1 W8 3.0 144.60
5 NM Neil S Bhaduri 16717750 2162 W26 W23 L3 W13 3.0 144.60
6 Kanwar Sethi 16874098 2138 W12 L1 W17 W14 3.0 144.60
7 Suyuan Gui 16962930 2153 D17 W30 L8 W18 2.5  
8 Theodore Biyiasas 13989054 2144 D27 W20 W7 L4 2.5  
9 Liam Liu 30390852 2059 W22 L2 W27 D11 2.5  
10 Rehaan Malhotra 30118209 2006 L23 D28 W24 W22 2.5  
11 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1943 H--- H--- W23 D9 2.5 55.50
12 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1842 L6 W15 H--- W20 2.5 55.50
13 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 2024 W18 L4 W28 L5 2.0  
14 Vivaan Pavuluri 30203278 1950 W24 L3 W29 L6 2.0  
15 Katherine Zhuge 16715925 1911 L1 L12 B--- W30 2.0  
16 Tapas Aarav Natraj 17303765 1899 L3 D22 D30 W29 2.0  
17 Easwar Gnana Hari Sekar 16418483 1862 D7 D25 L6 W28 2.0  
18 Kshitij Tomar 16314696 1819 L13 W32 W19 L7 2.0  
19 David Jin 17168834 2063 D28 D27 L18 D23 1.5  
20 Zee Chin 16965808 2015 D30 L8 W26 L12 1.5  
21 Leo Ni 30407439 1905 L2 D26 L22 W27 1.5  
22 Om Suthar 16851816 1823 L9 D16 W21 L10 1.5  
23 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1793 W10 L5 L11 D19 1.5  
24 Zachary Rhinehart 31643723 1735 L14 B--- L10 D26 1.5  
25 NM Daniel Cremisi 14543654 2378 H--- D17 U--- U--- 1.0  
26 Leo H Chen 30141602 1887 L5 D21 L20 D24 1.0  
27 Andrew Andi Wu 30233610 1844 D8 D19 L9 L21 1.0  
28 Suhas Varma Indukuri 16887781 1837 D19 D10 L13 L17 1.0  
29 Adithya Chitta 16695036 1819 H--- H--- L14 L16 1.0  
30 Colin Yi 16685250 1813 D20 L7 D16 L15 1.0  
31 Hugo Osmar Santiago 14842497 1980 U--- U--- U--- H--- 0.5  
32 Anand Sethuraman 16418477 1896 L4 L18 U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 59th Stamer Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999 (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Fang Sun 17170023 1933 W12 W36 W8 W6 4.0 362.00
2 Matthew Zhang 30792537 1691 W24 W34 D6 W7 3.5 250.00
3 Xiaoshan Chen 31974206 1828 D23 W35 W21 D5 3.0 101.67
4 Sriaditya Pendyala 16681146 1737 W40 D15 D13 W23 3.0 101.67
5 Kayden Pak Mo 30496791 1573 D27 W29 W15 D3 3.0 101.67
6 Noah T Lee 31732158 1923 W22 W32 D2 L1 2.5  
7 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1910 W39 D13 W16 L2 2.5  
8 WCM Sungwon Byun 32485173 1738 B--- W14 L1 D11 2.5  
9 Ethan Wangchen Gao 30512285 1703 L14 D39 W35 W28 2.5  
10 Ansh Shenvi Priolkar 30065668 1658 W25 D28 D23 D13 2.5  
11 Avik Saha 17251957 1631 H--- H--- W25 D8 2.5  
12 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1570 L1 W33 W31 D16 2.5  
13 Sarang Athreya Sankrithi 30016260 1549 X--- D7 D4 D10 2.5  
14 Varun Karthik Turaga 31603312 1516 W9 L8 W36 H--- 2.5  
15 Jayden Jin 31148952 1512 W30 D4 L5 W32 2.5  
16 Sanushya Subramaniam 16401325 1481 W19 W18 L7 D12 2.5  
17 Ritwik Saha 30418328 1425 H--- H--- D19 W30 2.5  
18 Anjali Rao 30140885 1724 W41 L16 D28 D21 2.0  
19 Max Katkin Meacham 32316130 1625 L16 W41 D17 D22 2.0  
20 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1589 H--- L23 H--- W34 2.0  
21 Kayvan Sylvan 12669392 1570 D29 W27 L3 D18 2.0  
22 Clem Xi Yue 17078702 1562 L6 W26 D30 D19 2.0  
23 Ayaan Shokeen 30424086 1533 D3 W20 D10 L4 2.0  
24 Aida Amin 16668895 1514 L2 W37 H--- H--- 2.0  
25 Scott Yixuan Liu 31371030 1507 L10 W38 L11 W36 2.0  
26 Matthew Wang 30902582 1377 L32 L22 B--- W38 2.0  
27 Felix Y Chen 30173387 1353 D5 L21 W39 H--- 2.0  
28 Ayden Wang 30427645 1342 W38 D10 D18 L9 2.0  
29 Alexandra Zhuge 30510499 1333 D21 L5 W37 H--- 2.0  
30 Olivia Xu 31352797 1663 L15 W40 D22 L17 1.5  
31 Samarth Ram Bharadwaj 30155483 1657 H--- H--- L12 D33 1.5  
32 Yudhin Bogi 31006232 1583 W26 L6 D34 L15 1.5  
33 Youting Long 31264173 1466 L36 L12 W40 D31 1.5  
34 Dev Sangal Lopez 17106398 1416 W37 L2 D32 L20 1.5  
35 Eshaan Kashyap Amin 30205762 1338 B--- L3 L9 D39 1.5  
36 Neal Sundar 17307025 1616 W33 L1 L14 L25 1.0  
37 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1587 L34 L24 L29 W40 1.0  
38 Necip Sayiner 13792774 1571 L28 L25 W41 L26 1.0  
39 Viyaan Khurana 30515391 1555 L7 D9 L27 D35 1.0  
40 Aiden Liao 17075676 1530 L4 L30 L33 L37 0.0  
41 Theodore Miller 30635618 1522 L18 L19 L38 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 59th Stamer Memorial Tournament: U1600 (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Vik Markova-Raina 31664870 1272 W16 W8 W7 D3 3.5 222.50
2 Aneesh Banerjee 31464834 1211 W18 D5 X13 W7 3.5 222.50
3 Daniel Lin 31648783 1441 W11 D13 W6 D1 3.0 55.50
4 Siva Sankrithi 12806955 1400 W12 L7 W16 W8 3.0 55.50
5 Joylin Li 30158030 1265 D6 D2 W12 W11 3.0 56.00
6 Benjamin Elster 32471329 unr. D5 W9 L3 W14 2.5 56.00
7 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 W15 W4 L1 L2 2.0  
8 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W10 L1 W14 L4 2.0  
9 James Fu 31422544 1212 L17 L6 W19 W16 2.0  
10 Teresa Long 31662752 1037 L8 L16 B--- D12 1.5  
11 Vivaan Krishna Sankrithi 30504185 1007 L3 D19 W15 L5 1.5  
12 Felix Hu 17121442 926 L4 W15 L5 D10 1.5  
13 Zhuoxuan Li 32469259 unr. W19 D3 F2 U--- 1.5  
14 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1303 H--- H--- L8 L6 1.0  
15 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1115 L7 L12 L11 B--- 1.0  
16 James Obrien 32478668 unr. L1 W10 L4 L9 1.0  
17 Sungwon Byun 32485173 unr. W9 U--- U--- U--- 1.0  
18 Dante Moussapour 32484940 unr. L2 B--- U--- U--- 1.0  
19 Shanaya Gupta 30657296 1263 L13 D11 L9 U--- 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 59th Stamer Memorial Tournament: Extra Rated (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Total Prize
1 Abel Talamantez 12465386 1800 W2 1.0  
2 Aneesh Banerjee 31464834 1211 L1 0.0  
 
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