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The Tuesday Night Marathon

The Mechanics' Tuesday Night Marathon (TNM) has a rich tradition that dates back at least 50 years. The idea of playing serious chess one night a week has appealed to a broad range of players from Senior Master to beginners, who find the time commitment fits their schedule quite comfortably. Today we think of seven rounds as the normal duration for a TNM, but that has not always been the case. In 1975 they played 12 rounds per tournament. Recently the Marathon switched to having sudden death for the second time control. It was probably the last tournament in the world to still feature adjourned games, the rest of the chess community having given up the practice years ago due to the rise in playing strength of computers. The Mechanics' Institute still has several hundred adjourned move envelopes, which will no doubt become collector's items.

The TNM provides strong competition for players ranging in strength from Master to beginner. The Marathon is a perfect fit for those who can't commit an entire weekend to chess. No matter what your strength, the Tuesday Night Marathon might be the right tournament for you!

Testimonials

"Thanks as always for putting on such a great tournament. Looking forward to the next one." Joel C.
"Thank you so much for running just another successful event. Chess community really owes you for the energy and efforts you put into making Bay Area a United States' premier chess hub." Felix G.
"I really enjoyed playing the last four weeks. How do I sign up for the next one?" Paul K.

TNM Lectures

1/7
IM Elliott Winslow
1/14
IM John Donaldson
1/21
IM John Donaldson
1/28
IM Elliott Winslow
2/4
IM Elliott Winslow
2/11
NM Daniel Cremisi
2/18
GM Vinay Bhat

2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon

January 7th to February 18th
Prize Winners:

 

 
Standings:

 

SwissSys Report: 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Standings. 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+ 

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Daniel Cremisi 2398 W19 W6 W9 H--- D2 W5   5.0
2 CM Chinguun Bayaraa 2083 D3 W10 W6 W11 D1 W4   5.0
3 Jimmy Heiserman 2298 D2 W21 D4 H--- W11 D8   4.0
4 Dmytro Dzhanhirov 2238 W15 D11 D3 W19 D5 L2   3.5
5 IM Elliott Winslow 2215 W24 D8 H--- W14 D4 L1   3.5
6 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 2177 W14 L1 L2 W20 D16 W17 H--- 3.5
7 WFM Laurie Qiu 2155 H--- U--- U--- X15 W19 W16   3.5
8 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 2092 W18 D5 L11 D17 W14 D3   3.5
9 Christopher Timothy Atkeson 2181 W16 W23 L1 W13 U--- U---   3.0
10 Rohan Das 2146 H--- L2 D16 W23 H--- H---   3.0
11 WFM Olivia Smith 2144 W20 D4 W8 L2 L3 D18   3.0
12 Christophe Bambou 2137 L23 D16 D20 W18 D17 D13   3.0
13 Kyle Chan 2048 H--- H--- W23 L9 H--- D12   3.0
14 Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko 1969 L6 W15 X18 L5 L8 W20   3.0
15 Edward Lewis 2024 L4 L14 D24 F7 B--- X22   2.5
16 Sudarshan Seshadri 2003 L9 D12 D10 W24 D6 L7   2.5
17 Kristian Clemens 1916 H--- H--- H--- D8 D12 L6   2.5
18 Phineas F Horowitz 1859 L8 W24 F14 L12 W21 D11   2.5
19 Bradley R Diller 2089 L1 H--- W21 L4 L7 H---   2.0
20 Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 1934 L11 H--- D12 L6 W23 L14   2.0
21 Joshua Nitin Fernandes 1923 H--- L3 L19 H--- L18 W23   2.0
22 Ivan Zhou 2163 H--- H--- H--- U--- U--- F15   1.5
23 Varun Agrawal 1913 W12 L9 L13 L10 L20 L21   1.0
24 Patrick M McCollum 2010 L5 L18 D15 L16 U--- U---   0.5

SwissSys Standings. 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999 

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Jeremy David Cawthon 1984 W16 W3 W4 D10 D7 W5   5.0
2 Stephen Parsons 1919 W18 D11 W14 D7 D3 X10   4.5
3 Nguyen Hoang Duy Pham 1810 W30 L1 W19 W18 D2 W11   4.5
4 Mikhail Alexandrovich Molodyk 1925 W29 W31 L1 H--- W20 D8   4.0
5 Frederic Dutter 1900 W24 D20 W26 W6 H--- L1   4.0
6 Roger Christopher Smith 1843 W19 L23 W33 L5 X26 W12   4.0
7 Marlon Rigel 1761 H--- W34 W23 D2 D1 H---   4.0
8 Gagik Babayan 1686 D32 W27 L10 W14 W23 D4   4.0
9 Isaac S Mays-Smith 1518 W28 L10 L17 B--- W18 W19   4.0
10 Hayes Alexander Marvin 1905 H--- W9 W8 D1 D11 F2   3.5
11 Christopher Powers 1828 W25 D2 H--- X23 D10 L3   3.5
12 Yonathan Admassu 1765 L31 W25 W22 D20 W17 L6   3.5
13 Leonid Alzhin 1727 H--- L26 W34 W32 W15 U---   3.5
14 Thejas Prasad 1671 W15 H--- L2 L8 W33 W24   3.5
15 Richard V Finacom 1929 L14 W24 D20 W21 L13 D17   3.0
16 Phil Ploquin 1682 L1 H--- H--- D33 W30 D22   3.0
17 Nicholas Morello 1673 H--- D32 W9 H--- L12 D15   3.0
18 Hoa Long Tam 1645 L2 W35 W31 L3 L9 W32   3.0
19 Carl Anthony Pickering 1619 L6 W28 L3 W31 W32 L9 H--- 3.0
20 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 1435 B--- D5 D15 D12 L4 H---   3.0
21 Michael Horgan 1418 H--- H--- H--- L15 D29 W30   3.0
22 Charlie Schaezlein 1395 H--- D33 L12 D24 W31 D16   3.0
23 Clarke Raymond Vandenhoven 1737 W35 W6 L7 F11 L8 H---   2.5
24 John Boyer 1638 L5 L15 W35 D22 W27 L14   2.5
25 Nursultan Uzakbaev 1618 L11 L12 L30 B--- H--- W29   2.5
26 Paul Krezanoski 1461 H--- W13 L5 H--- F6 H---   2.5
27 Bennett McCutcheon 1431 H--- L8 L28 W35 L24 W33   2.5
28 Rayna Yan 1742 L9 L19 W27 L30 F35 B---   2.0
29 Jimmy Qinmo Fan 1648 L4 W30 L32 H--- D21 L25   2.0
30 John Chan 1601 L3 L29 W25 W28 L16 L21   2.0
31 Nick, Jr Casares 1600 W12 L4 L18 L19 L22 W35   2.0
32 David Siegel 1438 D8 D17 W29 L13 L19 L18   2.0
33 Nicolas T Horde 1584 H--- D22 L6 D16 L14 L27   1.5
34 Tao Ni 1555 H--- L7 L13 H--- H--- U---   1.5
35 Daniel J Sisti 1492 L23 L18 L24 L27 X28 L31 H--- 1.0

SwissSys Standings. 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon: Under 1600 

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Albert Martin Starr 1530 W18 W16 W3 L2 W11 W10   5.0
2 Bilguun Bayaraa 1359 W36 W6 W22 W1 W10 L3   5.0
3 Sawyer Stults 1348 W30 W24 L1 W22 W8 W2   5.0
4 Satyakam Dash 1480 W27 L10 W18 W26 D6 W14   4.5
5 David Paul Toczyski 1294 H--- W32 H--- D7 W29 W11   4.5
6 Immanuel Huang unr. W26 L2 W39 W15 D4 W16   4.5
7 Brett Fisher 1394 W28 W39 L10 D5 D21 X17 H--- 4.0
8 Shanhuan Fan 1380 W40 L22 W27 B--- L3 W20   4.0
9 Joseph Karwat 1367 W20 D15 L14 D24 W18 W21   4.0
10 Nick Hollon 1295 W37 W4 W7 W14 L2 L1   4.0
11 Sanjay D'Mello 1532 H--- W23 W15 W12 L1 L5   3.5
12 Christian Brickhouse 1280 W41 H--- X33 L11 H--- H---   3.5
13 Thu Anh Le 1233 D32 L14 H--- D28 W37 W30   3.5
14 Dahlia Madden 1195 H--- W13 W9 L10 W24 L4   3.5
15 Steven Lee Myers 977 W17 D9 L11 L6 X39 W29   3.5
16 William Fitzgerald 1346 W31 L1 L29 X35 W22 L6   3.0
17 Alexander Robins 1342 L15 H--- W20 H--- X33 F7   3.0
18 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 1183 L1 W31 L4 W32 L9 X39   3.0
19 Merlin Ethan Mackley 1182 L24 D30 D32 D25 W38 H---   3.0
20 Renate Otterbach 1026 L9 W34 L17 X39 W26 L8   3.0
21 Andrew Singer 995 H--- H--- W25 H--- D7 L9   3.0
22 Andrew Braithwaite 931 W25 W8 L2 L3 L16 W34 H--- 3.0
23 Douglas Alan Burkhardt 664 W34 L11 L26 H--- H--- X33   3.0
24 Richard Hack 1500 W19 L3 H--- D9 L14 D31   2.5
25 Dominic A Vazquez 1312 L22 W40 L21 D19 D31 D32   2.5
26 Lawrence R Trosen 1261 L6 X36 W23 L4 L20 H---   2.5
27 Ummon Karpe 1161 L4 W41 L8 H--- H--- H---   2.5
28 Jeremy Alejandro Figueroa 1073 L7 U--- W41 D13 H--- H--- H--- 2.5
29 DANIEL SMITH 1052 H--- D38 W16 H--- L5 L15   2.5
30 John Pirone 1004 L3 D19 D38 W34 H--- L13   2.5
31 Alexander Kojevnikov 992 L16 L18 B--- H--- D25 D24   2.5
32 Zachary Wickliffe unr. D13 L5 D19 L18 B--- D25   2.5
33 Imanola Amadeus Avendano 1489 W35 H--- F12 H--- F17 F23   2.0
34 Peter James Rushton 1267 L23 L20 W36 L30 W41 L22   2.0
35 Danny Du Uy Cao 1166 L33 H--- H--- F16 W36 U---   2.0
36 Paul Blum 1010 L2 F26 L34 B--- L35 W41   2.0
37 Zachary Halle 913 L10 U--- H--- W41 L13 H---   2.0
38 Dhivya Mylsamy unr. L39 D29 D30 H--- L19 H---   2.0
39 Jack Conklin 1215 W38 L7 L6 F20 F15 F18   1.0
40 Richard William Ahrens 1071 L8 L25 H--- H--- U--- U--- H--- 1.0
41 Brian Keith Langendorf 746 L12 L27 L28 L37 L34 L36   0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated 

# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 SAMUEL AGDAMAG 1467 U--- W8 1.0
2 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 1183 U--- W6 1.0
3 Zachary Wickliffe unr. W7 U--- 1.0
4 Stephen Parsons 1919 U--- D5 0.5
5 Rayna Yan 1742 U--- D4 0.5
6 DAVID R OLSON 1400 U--- L2 0.0
7 Alexander Robins 1342 L3 U--- 0.0
8 Douglas Alan Burkhardt 664 U--- L1 0.0
 
Pairings:

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SwissSys Report: 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2025 New Year Tuesday Night Marathon