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2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament

Saturday, April 5, 2025

In-Person Over-The-Board Event

Open for everyone!
 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners

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, April 5, 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 Apr 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.

Prize Winners: 

 

Tournament Name:  2nd Shorman Memorial
  Date:  Apr 5, 2025    
             
  Pay out % $1,000 100%
based on 60 paid entries
    
 
Actual Payout
 $1,000 100% 60 paid entries    
             
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $200 $200 $150 $150 $100 $100
2nd Place $150 $150 $100 $100 $85 $85
3rd Place $80 $80 $70 $70 $65 $65

 

Prizes: 2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
2 Erdene Baasansuren (4.0/2320) 200.00 1st Place: $200 2000+
3 Patrick Liu (3.0/2288) 57.50 2nd Place: $150;
3rd Place: $80;
4-way split of $230: $57.50 each
6 Hanchi Yao (3.0/2193) 57.50
8 Zhuoyuan Wu (3.0/2015) 57.50
18 Roger Smith (3.0/1836) 57.50
4 Beckett Spence (3.5/1758) 150.00 1st Place: $150 1600-1999
6 Sreyshthaa Krishnan (3.0/1712) 28.33 2nd Place: $100;
3rd Place: $70;
10 Arnav Bhosale (3.0/1647) 28.33
13 Preron Chakrabarty (3.0/1589) 28.33
14 Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri (3.0/1580) 28.33
15 Tingxuan Liu (3.0/1580) 28.33
17 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally (3.0/1541) 28.33
7 Dev Kosuri (4.0/1238) 100.00 Place: $100 u1600
1 Jeff Andersen (3.5/1543) 85.00 Place: 2 - $85
3 Matthew Thayer (3.0/1429) 32.50 3rd Place: $65;
2-way split: $32.50
4 Rosalyn Chu (3.0/1289) 32.50
Standings: 

 Standings 

 

SwissSys Report: 2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Erdene Baasansuren 15473161 2320 W16 W8 W9 W6 4.0 200.00
2 Patrick Liu 16667410 2288 W10 W11 D6 D4 3.0 57.50
3 Hanchi Yao 16512998 2193 W19 L6 W17 W9 3.0 57.50
4 Zhuoyuan Wu 16772836 2015 D18 W14 W13 D2 3.0 57.50
5 Roger Smith 14437543 1836 L9 B--- W18 W13 3.0 57.50
6 Daniel Cremisi 14543654 2384 W15 W3 D2 L1 2.5  
7 Luke Widjaja 16010621 2224 W12 L9 W10 D8 2.5  
8 Jashith Karthi 30016333 2195 W17 L1 W11 D7 2.5  
9 Reyansh Paragiri 30233070 2001 W5 W7 L1 L3 2.0  
10 Daniel Simboli 13854971 1959 L2 W19 L7 W16 2.0  
11 Yuelin Shi 16286905 1888 W14 L2 L8 W17 2.0  
12 Kanishk Jain 16575412 1955 L7 L15 D14 W18 1.5  
13 Ansh Shrivastava 30136879 1820 H--- W18 L4 L5 1.5  
14 Amarsaikhan Dashtogtokh 30595498 2100 L11 L4 D12 H--- 1.0  
15 Liam Liu 30390852 1991 L6 W12 U--- U--- 1.0  
16 Zee Chin 16965808 1976 L1 L17 W19 L10 1.0  
17 Tapas Natraj 17303765 1925 L8 W16 L3 L11 1.0  
18 Suhas Indukuri 16887781 1838 D4 L13 L5 L12 0.5  
19 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1899 L3 L10 L16 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament: 1600-

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Beckett Spence 31980852 1758 D15 W10 W5 W8 3.5 150.00
2 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1712 W19 W7 D8 D3 3.0 28.33
3 Arnav Bhosale 16925844 1647 W20 D22 W17 D2 3.0 28.33
4 Preron Chakrabarty 30136237 1589 W25 L8 W15 W12 3.0 28.33
5 Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri 17010328 1580 W21 W12 L1 W13 3.0 28.33
6 Tingxuan Liu 17234081 1580 L22 W9 W20 W14 3.0 28.33
7 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1541 W26 L2 W21 W16 3.0 28.33
8 Red Tengco 31130036 1883 W27 W4 D2 L1 2.5  
9 Aiden Liao 17075676 1406 D17 L6 W27 W19 2.5  
10 Nathan Cook 14414026 1404 D14 L1 W23 W17 2.5  
11 Fredrick Dutter 12343420 1900 H--- L17 D24 W22 2.0  
12 Thomas Gu 17005685 1715 W18 L5 W22 L4 2.0  
13 Travis Liu 17303697 1649 H--- W24 D14 L5 2.0  
14 Sri Ansh Dumpala 16709284 1595 D10 W23 D13 L6 2.0  
15 Fan Jin 17197998 1533 D1 D16 L4 W24 2.0  
16 Ansh Shenvi Priolkar 30065668 1701 D24 D15 D19 L7 1.5  
17 Matthew Ong 31566682 1601 D9 W11 L3 L10 1.5  
18 Joshua Hua 30191695 1510 L12 L21 W25 D20 1.5  
19 Matthew Zhang 30792537 1509 L2 W25 D16 L9 1.5  
20 Calvin Hou 31435398 1430 L3 W27 L6 D18 1.5  
21 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1395 L5 W18 L7 D23 1.5  
22 Ayaan Shokeen 30424086 1322 W6 D3 L12 L11 1.5  
23 Jason Ochoa 12440572 1703 H--- L14 L10 D21 1.0  
24 Anish Nalakonda 16969295 1506 D16 L13 D11 L15 1.0  
25 Matthew Wang 30902582 1398 L4 L19 L18 W27 1.0  
26 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1763 L7 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
27 Tingshun Liu 30055687 1572 L8 L20 L9 L25 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2nd Shorman Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Dev Kosuri 31395538 1238 W6 W7 W3 W8 4.0 100.00
2 Jeff Andersen 11296106 1543 W13 W8 W4 H--- 3.5 85.00
3 Matthew Thayer 31273037 1429 W9 W11 L1 W7 3.0 32.50
4 Rosalyn Chu 30566652 1289 W10 W5 L2 W11 3.0 32.50
5 Anish Rapaka 30668600 1230 W12 L4 D6 W13 2.5  
6 Eric Liu 12929670 880 L1 W10 D5 W12 2.5  
7 Albert Starr 12844781 1522 W14 L1 W13 L3 2.0  
8 Stanley Kwok 16599891 1268 X--- L2 W15 L1 2.0  
9 Anay Vaddadi 31761192 1083 L3 L12 W14 W15 2.0  
10 Arjun Korukanti 31631603 1054 L4 L6 B--- W16 2.0  
11 Michael Shpizner 12490460 1238 W15 L3 H--- L4 1.5  
12 Felix Hu 17121442 392 L5 W9 D16 L6 1.5  
13 Jonathan Dai 31493104 1204 L2 W16 L7 L5 1.0  
14 Jessica Zhang 30961558 1143 L7 L15 L9 B--- 1.0  
15 DOUGLAS JORDAN 15761197 983 L11 W14 L8 L9 1.0  
16 John Edwards-El 12822107 945 H--- L13 D12 L10 1.0  
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