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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

May 6 - GM Patrick Wolff

May 13 - IM John Donaldson

May 20 - IM Elliott Winslow

May 27 - GM Vinay Bhat

June 3 - TBA

June 10 -  NM Daniel Cremisi

June 17 - IM Elliott Winslow

 
Current Marathon Standings • Pairings for the Next Round • Flyer and Registration Info

2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

May 6th to June 17th
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Prize Winners:

 

 
Standings:

 Standings

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 1-4 Rohan Das 15263634 2099 W16 W15           2.0
2   GM Mark Heimann 12802899 2597 W23 W13           2.0
3   Jimmy Heiserman 12799690 2306 W27 W14           2.0
4   Sebastian Suarez 16875347 2200 W24 W12           2.0
5 5-10 WFM Olivia Smith 31256739 2137 W17 D6           1.5
6   WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2246 W32 D5           1.5
7   Bradley R Diller 10079993 2070 W25 D11           1.5
8   Sudarshan Seshadri 12906250 2022 D11 W29           1.5
9   Arthur Liou 12906142 2030 H--- W28           1.5
10   Theodore James Coyne 13848228 2263 W31 H---           1.5
11 11-22 Daniel Cremisi 14543654 2380 D8 D7           1.0
12   Christophe Bambou 12734479 2119 W22 L4         H--- 1.0
13   CM Pranav Senthilkumar 14020007 2198 W26 L2           1.0
14   CM Chinguun Bayaraa 14271324 2176 W30 L3           1.0
15   IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2200 W33 L1           1.0
16   Stephen Parsons 16566932 1840 L1 W33           1.0
17   Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko 30902660 1913 L5 W32           1.0
18   Alex Hayden Shrauger 15328908 2206 H--- D20           1.0
19   Yuvraj Singh Sawhney 17095004 2052 H--- D21           1.0
20   Jeremy David Cawthon 15038608 2009 H--- D18           1.0
21   Kristian Clemens 13901075 1965 H--- D19           1.0
22   Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1848 L12 W31           1.0
23 23-30 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 16778004 2068 L2 D26           0.5
24   Steven Gaffagan 12542809 1956 L4 D25           0.5
25   Roger Christopher Smith 14437543 1826 L7 D24   H---       0.5
26   Andrew Zavgorodniy 32143889 1937 L13 D23     H---     0.5
27   Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2015 L3 H---           0.5
28   Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 12586903 1937 H--- L9           0.5
29   Arjun Sankar 14542170 1905 H--- L8           0.5
30   Phineas F Horowitz 14209057 1921 L14 H---           0.5
31 31-33 Michael Walder 10345120 2012 L10 L22           0.0
32   Adam Mercado 16571026 1958 L6 L17           0.0
33   Edward Lewis 12601629 1950 L15 L16           0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 1-3 Rayna Yan 30157975 1681 W12 W10           2.0
2   Nicholas Andrew Delateur 12751841 1674 W13 X15           2.0
3   Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1661 W24 W11           2.0
4 4-9 Hayes Alexander Marvin 30636603 1919 W17 D6           1.5
5   Gagik Babayan 15695454 1725 D7 W21           1.5
6   John Boyer 16865157 1669 W18 D4           1.5
7   Michael David Abraham 12776147 1564 D5 W23       H---   1.5
8   Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1643 W19 H---         H--- 1.5
9   Phil Ploquin 12535882 1637 H--- X22           1.5
10 10-16 Orynbay Zhanaidarov 31676886 1639 W20 L1           1.0
11   Thejas Prasad 12890181 1758 W25 L3           1.0
12   Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1564 L1 W24           1.0
13   Stephen Touset 14197801 1545 L2 W25           1.0
14   Robert H, Iii Smith 12463327 1725 H--- H---           1.0
15   Carl Anthony Pickering 30689170 1621 W23 F2           1.0
16   Paul Krezanoski 16897133 1495 H--- H---   H--- U---     1.0
17 17-22 Jason B Ochoa 12440572 1643 L4 D19           0.5
18   Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1512 L6 D20     H---     0.5
19   David Siegel 12595160 1462 L8 D17           0.5
20   Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 L10 D18           0.5
21   John Chan 12561007 1601 H--- L5           0.5
22   Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1506 H--- F9           0.5
23 23-25 Sergey Khristoforov 14509354 1835 L15 L7           0.0
24   Sawyer Stults 31608516 1471 L3 L12           0.0
25   Nick, Jr Casares 10424364 1600 L11 L13           0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon: u1600

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 1-5 Sacha Marino Sloan 32301287 1056 W11 W15           2.0
2   Zachary Wickliffe 32140128 1347 W16 W12           2.0
3   Christian Brickhouse 30261226 1267 W25 W10           2.0
4   Felix Elias Merk 16761910 1267 W28 W14     H---     2.0
5   William Fitzgerald 17048414 1263 W29 W9           2.0
6 6-8 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 D13 W23           1.5
7   Robert Turner 12407483 1230 W17 H---   H---   H---   1.5
8   Dominic A Vazquez 30703139 1217 W18 H---       H---   1.5
9 9-22 David R Olson 13913131 1400 W20 L5           1.0
10   Max Jiam 31363005 unr. W19 L3           1.0
11   Eric Liu 12929670 1307 L1 W24           1.0
12   Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 30715175 1246 W27 L2           1.0
13   Steven Lee Myers 30700928 1171 D6 D21           1.0
14   Alexander Kojevnikov 31856555 1044 W26 L4           1.0
15   Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1329 W30 L1           1.0
16   Renate Otterbach 14565208 1113 L2 X---           1.0
17   Shaikat Hossain 17207363 unr. L7 W30           1.0
18   Mason Tobias 32440186 unr. L8 B---           1.0
19   Thu Anh Le 17248797 1217 L10 W28     H---     1.0
20   Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 1137 L9 W29           1.0
21   Andrew Singer 30803745 1051 H--- D13           1.0
22   David Paul Toczyski 30713291 1369 H--- H---           1.0
23 23-27 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 D24 L6           0.5
24   Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1167 D23 L11           0.5
25   John Pirone 30758788 1033 L3 H---       H---   0.5
26   Bowie Chen 32358809 1279 L14 H--- H---         0.5
27   Jo L Thomas Ramos 30551530 821 L12 H---           0.5
28 28-30 Paul Blum 12748433 1009 L4 L19           0.0
29   Douglas Alan Burkhardt 31265165 863 L5 L20 H---         0.0
30   Yinpok R Lee 32231030 1104 L15 L17           0.0
Pairings:

Pairings. 

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2nd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon