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Falconer Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 to Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Falconer Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon
March - April 2022

 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners -- Complete list of games (pdf&pgn)

Dates -- Tournament format -- Byes -- Prize Fund

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 

All attendees must wear masks and bring proof of vaccination. Please do not email us vaccination cards. Players not fully vaccinated or who have a medical exemption must take a rapid test on site. Please reach out to us prior to the event if this is the case. 

Capacity will be capped at 60 players in order to be able to space the boards out.



Follow the top games broadcasted live via DGT Boards, both in the Chess Room and online:

Pre-TNM Lectures are back! Arrive at 5:45pm and listen to GM Nick de Firmian or FM Paul Whitehead covering some of the exciting news from the chess world as well as interesting games from our own tournaments!
Special Guest on March 8: IM John Donaldson will do the pre-TNM lecture and also will have his newest book for sale.
 

1. Dates & Location

  • Seven Tuesdays in March-April 2022: 
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
    57 Post Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 (click here to map)
     

2. Tournament Format:

  • Tournament Format: individual Swiss
  • Total Rounds: 7 (1 round each Tuesday night: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12)
  • Round Times: Tuesday at 6:30PM Pacific Time (GMT+8)
  • Time Control: G/120;d5  (Game in 120 minutes with 5-second delay on each move.)
  • Games will be US Chess regular-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after last round finished.
  • Sections: 1800+ and under1800.
  • Pairings are based on the March 2022 OTB supplemental regular US Chess rating.
  • Play-up: Players must have a 1600 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental or actual rating in order to be eligible to play up to the 1800+ section.

3. Byes

  • Byes are available for players in any rounds in case they can't participate that evening, but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • A maximum of three half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1-5 byes must be requested 60 minutes prior to the round start time.
  • Round 6-7 byes must be requested before start of Round 3. Round 7 bye is irrevocable to prevent possible prize-fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a half-point bye for any missed round, up to total three rounds.
     

4. Prize Fund --  $2400 based on 80 paid entries

  1800+ u1800
1st Place $500 $400
2nd Place $350 $300
3rd Place $200 $150
Best under2000 $150  
Best under1800 $150  
Best under1600   $100
Best under1400   $100
  • Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
  • Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600+ prizes in any calendar year will need to fill out a W9 and Mechanics' Institute will be providing a 1099 form. 
     

5. Registration

6. Eligibility

7. Tournament Rules

  • Standard US Chess rules apply.
  • Forfeit time is 60 minutes: if player is not present at the board by 7:30pm, the opponent will be awarded a forfeit win.

8. FAQ

Flyer: 
PDF icon FalconerTNM_updated2.pdf
Prize Winners: 

Prize Winners

Prizes. Falconer: 1800+

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
3 Eugenio Garcia (6.0/2103) 431.00 1st Place: $431
9 Nicholas Weng (5.5/1974) 302.00 2nd Place: $302
5 Michael Walder (5.0/2073) 173.00 3rd Place: $173
11 Luke Widjaja (4.5/1901) 129.00 Best u2000: $129
31 Sebastian Suarez (4.5/1601) 129.00 Best u1800: $129

Prizes. Falconer: u1800

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
6 Dean Guo (5.5/1565) 204.75 1st Place: $345;
2nd Place: $259;
3rd Place: $129;
Best u1600: $86;
4-way split of $819: $204.75 each
11 Austin Bourdier (5.5/1513) 204.75
21 Karl Stuart Kingma (5.5/1373) 204.75
45 Steve Sobel (5.5/0) 204.75
31 Rishabh Bhatnagar (5.0/1220) 86.00 Best u1400: $86
 
Standings: 

 Standings

SwissSys Report: Falconer

SwissSys Standings. Falconer: 1800+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Eugenio Garcia 14637025 2103 W12 H--- W21 W2 W9 D3 W5 6.0 431.00
2 Nicholas Weng 15499404 1974 W14 D5 W26 L1 W15 W12 W3 5.5 302.00
3 Michael Walder 10345120 2073 W24 D26 W25 W5 W6 D1 L2 5.0 173.00
4 Yusheng Xia 13471910 2294 W11 H--- L9 H--- W13 W21 D6 4.5  
5 Elliott Winslow 10363365 2258 W22 D2 X27 L3 W11 W9 L1 4.5  
6 Nathan Fong 13001390 2082 W23 W10 W17 L9 L3 W18 D4 4.5  
7 Luke Widjaja 16010621 1901 L15 L24 D28 W20 W16 W23 W9 4.5 129.00
8 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 1601 L26 B--- D12 D18 W25 H--- W15 4.5 129.00
9 Edward Lewis 12601629 1982 W28 W15 W4 W6 L1 L5 L7 4.0  
10 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1935 W29 L6 W24 D17 D21 H--- H--- 4.0  
11 Mikhail Molodyk 13573825 1851 L4 W19 W20 H--- L5 W24 D14 4.0  
12 James Bowen 12786949 1813 L1 W28 D8 W16 D17 L2 W18 4.0  
13 Jashith Karthi 30016333 1618 D18 L25 W14 D26 L4 W20 X23 4.0  
14 Kevin Sun 16898540 1683 L2 D22 L13 W29 H--- X27 D11 3.5  
15 Stephen Parsons 16566932 1660 W7 L9 W23 D25 L2 W19 L8 3.5  
16 Christopher Dessert 15048166 1602 D30 L27 W22 L12 L7 W28 W24 3.5  
17 Sean Kelly 16962568 2008 W19 W20 L6 D10 D12 U--- U--- 3.0  
18 Kayven Riese 12572270 1900 D13 L21 W29 D8 W26 L6 L12 3.0  
19 Abel Talamantez 12465386 1800 L17 L11 W31 D24 H--- L15 B--- 3.0  
20 Joshua Lamstein 15487526 1740 W31 L17 L11 L7 B--- L13 W28 3.0  
21 Arjun Sankar 14542170 1677 H--- W18 L1 W27 D10 L4 U--- 3.0  
22 Sadia Qureshi 14024572 1836 L5 D14 L16 F28 H--- B--- H--- 2.5  
23 Timothy Werby 13187254 1805 L6 W31 L15 H--- W28 L7 F13 2.5  
24 Adam Mercado 16571026 1800 L3 W7 L10 D19 X27 L11 L16 2.5  
25 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 H--- W13 L3 D15 L8 U--- U--- 2.0  
26 Guy Argo 12517167 1874 W8 D3 L2 D13 L18 U--- U--- 2.0  
27 Jesse A Turner 20052503 1893 H--- W16 F5 L21 F24 F14 U--- 1.5  
28 Joel Carron 16600505 1740 L9 L12 D7 X22 L23 L16 L20 1.5  
29 Glenn Kaplan 12680193 1673 L10 H--- L18 L14 H--- U--- U--- 1.0  
30 Mansoor Taj Mohammed 16086550 1882 D16 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
31 David Askin 13776967 2007 L20 L23 L19 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. Falconer: u1800

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Dean Guo 30257083 1565 W34 L3 W30 W27 W19 D6 W10 5.5 204.75
2 Austin Bourdier 30032406 1513 D36 H--- W18 W15 D7 W11 W3 5.5 204.75
3 Karl Stuart Kingma 12782822 1373 W38 W1 W8 W22 W11 D9 L2 5.5 204.75
4 Steve Sobel 30220542 unr. D16 H--- D10 W34 W12 W7 W9 5.5 204.75
5 Romeo Barreyro 17018168 1669 L30 X36 W39 L6 X33 W25 W13 5.0  
6 Rishabh Bhatnagar 13521193 1220 W15 W27 H--- W5 H--- D1 H--- 5.0 86.00
7 Georgios Tsolias 17266862 1540 W31 W18 L22 X23 D2 L4 W19 4.5  
8 Anton Maliev 30250562 1530 W35 X30 L3 L20 W39 W18 H--- 4.5  
9 Venugopal Mani 16419753 1528 W25 W41 L19 W13 W20 D3 L4 4.5  
10 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 W42 L19 D4 W16 W24 X22 L1 4.5  
11 Paul Reed 13373197 1499 W44 W20 D14 W19 L3 L2 W21 4.5  
12 Tobiah Rex 30164211 1348 H--- W21 F13 W32 L4 W24 X23 4.5  
13 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1678 W39 L22 X12 L9 W27 W28 L5 4.0  
14 Dominic Croce 13542398 1570 W24 W17 D11 H--- H--- H--- U--- 4.0  
15 Matt Long 13377410 1549 L6 W35 W33 L2 L17 W40 W30 4.0  
16 John Chan 12561007 1500 D4 W40 D23 L10 L18 W35 W31 4.0  
17 Jp Fairchild 30150098 1473 W45 L14 H--- H--- W15 L19 W32 4.0  
18 Drew Clark 30178041 1301 W26 L7 L2 W41 W16 L8 W27 4.0  
19 Christian Brickhouse 30261226 701 W28 W10 W9 L11 L1 W17 L7 4.0  
20 Brent Tam 30465597 unr. W29 L11 W26 W8 L9 L21 X28 4.0  
21 Ashwin Vaidyanathan 30205719 1571 H--- L12 L34 W37 W44 W20 L11 3.5  
22 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1482 W37 W13 W7 L3 H--- F10 U--- 3.5  
23 Deandre Stallworth 30255378 1357 W32 H--- D16 F7 H--- W34 F12 3.5  
24 Ambrogino Giusti 30223021 1226 L14 D32 W36 W38 L10 L12 W34 3.5  
25 David Nichol 12934283 1161 L9 H--- W40 W43 D28 L5 H--- 3.5  
26 Nick Casares Jr 10424364 1600 L18 D34 L20 D36 L35 W45 W38 3.0  
27 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W33 L6 W41 L1 L13 W36 L18 3.0  
28 Lucas Radaelli 17063872 1442 L19 X42 D38 W44 D25 L13 F20 3.0  
29 David Olson 13913131 1400 L20 L44 L32 W45 L36 X42 W41 3.0  
30 Simone Pagan Griso 17322263 1308 W5 F8 L1 H--- H--- X41 L15 3.0  
31 Matthew Grange 30403587 1219 L7 L43 W42 L33 W38 W39 L16 3.0  
32 Nick Hollon 30477149 unr. L23 D24 W29 L12 D40 X33 L17 3.0  
33 Jason Todd Temple 16455590 1325 L27 W45 L15 W31 F5 F32 D37 2.5  
34 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1225 L1 D26 W21 L4 W43 L23 L24 2.5  
35 Pratyush Hule 16317000 1165 L8 L15 W45 L39 W26 L16 D36 2.5  
36 Shubhankar Sharan 30358414 1100 D2 F5 L24 D26 W29 L27 D35 2.5  
37 William Lyles 20011248 893 L22 L39 H--- L21 H--- W44 D33 2.5  
38 Neil Alberg 30409204 unr. L3 B--- D28 L24 L31 W43 L26 2.5  
39 Thomas Gu 17005685 1321 L13 W37 L5 W35 L8 L31 U--- 2.0  
40 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1227 H--- L16 L25 X42 D32 L15 U--- 2.0  
41 Richard Ahrens 16953298 1037 W43 L9 L27 L18 W45 F30 L29 2.0  
42 Juan Elias 30325735 1008 L10 F28 L31 F40 B--- F29 W43 2.0  
43 Lisa Willis 12601676 1500 L41 W31 D44 L25 L34 L38 L42 1.5  
44 William Thibault 16716976 970 L11 W29 D43 L28 L21 L37 U--- 1.5  
45 Dawn Adams 16307202 812 L17 L33 L35 L29 L41 L26 B--- 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. Falconer: Extra Games

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Joshua Lamstein 15487526 1740 U--- W8 1.0
2 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1678 W13 U--- 1.0
3 Georgios Tsolias 17266862 1540 W16 U--- 1.0
4 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W15 U--- 1.0
5 Simone Pagan Griso 17322263 1308 U--- W14 1.0
6 Brent Tam 30465597 unr. U--- W17 1.0
7 Abel Talamantez 12465386 1800 U--- D11 0.5
8 Romeo Barreyro 17018168 1669 D9 L1 0.5
9 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 1601 D8 U--- 0.5
10 John Chan 12561007 1500 D12 U--- 0.5
11 Tobiah Rex 30164211 1348 U--- D7 0.5
12 Steve Sobel 30220542 unr. D10 U--- 0.5
13 Erika Malykin 12910007 1713 L2 U--- 0.0
14 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 U--- L5 0.0
15 Jason Todd Temple 16455590 1325 L4 U--- 0.0
16 Swaminathan Sankar 14080777 1227 L3 U--- 0.0
17 Dawn Adams 16307202 812 U--- L6 0.0
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