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Tuesday Night Marathon - 2021 Sep - Oct - In-Person

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 to Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Tuesday Night Marathon - September-October 2021

 

Final Standings -- Prize Winners 

Dates -- Tournament Format -- Byes -- Prize Fund

Registration -- Eligibility -- Tournament Rules -- FAQ
 


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UPDATE: TNM Pre-Round Lectures Are Back!

Join us from 5:30 pm onward for an in-person lecture before our weekly TNM round. FM Paul Whitehead is taking on the role to show us current and historical games and matches, or possibly themes in chess that deepen our understanding. Lectures are free and open to anyone and will last until about 6:20 pm.
 

1. Dates & Location

  • Seven Tuesdays in September-October 2021: Sept 7, 14, 21, and 29, Oct 5, 12, and 19.
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute - Chess Room 4th Floor
    57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 (click here to map)

     

2. Tournament format:

  • Tournament Format: individual Swiss.
  • Total Round: 7 --- One round every Tuesday for seven weeks.
  • Round Times: each Tuesday 6:30PM Pacific Time (GMT+8).
  • Time Control: G/120;d5  (Game in 120 minutes with a 5-second delay with each move.)
  • Games will be US Chess regular-rated. Tournament results will be submitted immediately after last round is finished.
  • Two Sections: 1800+ and under1800.
  • Pairings are based on US Chess Sept 2021 montly regular supplemental rating. The higher rating between the OTB and the online rating (ONL) may be used for pairing purposes. The Chief TD has discretion to use a player's online or live rating for pairing purposes in extreme cases where fairness will be preserved by doing so.
  • Playup: Players must have a 1600 USCF OTB or ONL supplemental 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 but would like to stay in the tournament.
  • A maximum of 2 half-point byes can be requested in this tournament.
  • Round 1-5 byes must be requested by noon on Monday before the start of that week's round.
  • Round 6-7 byes must be requested before start of Round 1. Round 7 bye is irrevocable to prevent prize fund manipulations.
  • Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to total 2 rounds.
     

4. Prize Fund --  $1200 based on 40 paid entries.

  1800+ u1800
1st Place $250 $200
2nd Place $175 $150
3rd Place $100 $75
Best under2000 $75  
Best under1800 $75  
Best under1600   $50
Best under1400   $50
  • Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing prize checks.
  • Per IRS rules anyone with a cumulative $600-plus prizes for any calendar year will need to fill out a W-9 form. Mechanics' Institute will provide a 1099 form by the end of January of the total amount of prizes of the previous calendar year.
     

5. Registration

6. Eligibility

  • Players must have current US Chess Federation membership. The 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/player-search
     

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

  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G120;d5 means game in 120 minutes (2 hours) with a 5-second delay before each move. This means you get 120 minutes, your opponent gets 120 minutes, and at each move the clock counts down from 5 to 0 before the player's time starts. If player doesn't use up the whole 5 seconds, that time is lost.
  • How many games/rounds?
    The 7SS before the time control means there are seven rounds, or seven games that a player can play in the tournament. The tournaments are never elimination, so win or lose, you can stay in the tournament.
  • Players Database
    For players who are interested in playing in our tournament.
    PLEASE fill out our Players database: https://forms.gle/X3hChCWbusHp4Ze56 to get email notifications about last minute changes and invitational opportunities. 

 

 

Prize Winners: 

Prizes. TNM_finalround: 1800+

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
1 FM Ezra Chambers (6.0/2314) 419.00 1st Place: $419
17 Sean Kelly (5.0/1786) 293.00 2nd Place: $293
5 Ako Heidari (4.5/1996) 126.00 Best u2000: $126
2 IM Elliott Winslow (4.5/2269) 84.00 3rd Place: $168;
2-way split: $84 each
3 Nathan Fong (4.5/2049) 84.00
15 Samuel Brownlow (4.0/1795) 126.00 Best u1800: $126

 

Prizes. TNM_finalround: Under 1800

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool
6 Daniel Wang (6.5/1581) 335.00 1st Place: $335
7 Stephen Parsons (5.5/1544) 251.00 2nd Place: $251
17 Christopher Dessert (5.0/1418) 63.00 Best u1600: $126;
Best u1400: $126;
3rd Place: $126;

6-way split of $378: $63 each
21 Matt Long (5.0/1306) 63.00
1 Teodoro Porlares (5.0/1749) 63.00
2 Marty Cortinas (5.0/1720) 63.00
36 Deandr Stallworth (5.0/0) 63.00
44 Anton Maliev (5.0/0) 63.00
 
Standings: 

SwissSys Standings. TNM_finalround: 1800+

# Name ID Rating Fed Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 FM Ezra Chambers 15191101 2314   W22 W17 W6 W3 W4 W5 U--- 6.0 419.00
2 Sean Kelly 16962568 1786   W5 D4 W14 L6 W17 W15 D3 5.0 293.00
3 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2269   W18 D19 W20 L1 D14 W6 D2 4.5 84.00
4 Nathan Fong 13001390 2049   W9 D2 H--- W12 L1 W14 D6 4.5 84.00
5 Ako Heidari 15206848 1996   L2 W22 W19 W8 D6 L1 W13 4.5 126.00
6 Nicholas Weng 15499404 2001   W16 W12 L1 W2 D5 L3 D4 4.0  
7 Steven Svoboda 10451671 1936   L12 L16 W11 W22 W8 U--- W15 4.0  
8 James Mahooti 12621393 1800   H--- H--- W15 L5 L7 W10 W14 4.0  
9 Samuel Brownlow 12747074 1795   L4 H--- D13 L15 W19 W16 W18 4.0 126.00
10 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1994   L19 L18 W21 W16 W13 L8 H--- 3.5  
11 Joel Carron 16600505 1676   L17 L15 L7 X21 W22 H--- W20 3.5  
12 Adam Stafford 14257838 1665   W7 L6 W18 L4 L15 D20 W19 3.5  
13 Kevin Sun 16898540 1622   W15 L14 D9 W20 L10 W18 L5 3.5  
14 Guy Argo 12517167 1938   H--- W13 L2 W19 D3 L4 L8 3.0  
15 Kayven Riese 12572270 1900   L13 W11 L8 W9 W12 L2 L7 3.0  
16 Adam Mercado 16571026 1793   L6 W7 L17 L10 B--- L9 X21 3.0  
17 Alex Chin 17050697 1992   W11 L1 W16 H--- L2 U--- U--- 2.5  
18 Anthony Acosta 12633251 1818   L3 W10 L12 H--- W20 L13 L9 2.5  
19 Ilia Gimelfarb 17158733 1752   W10 D3 L5 L14 L9 W22 L12 2.5  
20 Tony Lama 12328450 1805   H--- X21 L3 L13 L18 D12 L11 2.0  
21 Glenn Kaplan 12680193 1766   H--- F20 L10 F11 H--- B--- F16 2.0  
22 Mark Drury 12459313 1830   L1 L5 B--- L7 L11 L19 U--- 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. TNM_finalround: Under 1800

# Name ID Rating Fed Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Daniel Wang 15361305 1581   W34 W18 W15 W2 D4 W17 W5 6.5 335.00
2 Stephen Parsons 16566932 1544   W35 W19 W10 L1 W5 D4 W9 5.5 251.00
3 Teodoro Porlares 12773115 1749   W31 L5 W29 L19 W41 W18 W4 5.0 63.00
4 Marty Cortinas 12590374 1720   B--- W39 W16 W14 D1 D2 L3 5.0 63.00
5 Christopher Dessert 15048166 1418   W12 W3 W21 W9 L2 W8 L1 5.0 63.00
6 Matt Long 13377410 1306   L13 W32 W7 W21 H--- D12 W16 5.0 63.00
7 Deandr Stallworth 30255378 unr.   W28 L15 L6 W35 W33 W14 W17 5.0 63.00
8 Anton Maliev 30250562 unr.   L18 W31 W20 W15 W14 L5 W19 5.0 63.00
9 John Chan 12561007 1500   H--- W27 W26 L5 W37 W13 L2 4.5  
10 Aaron Craig 12872385 1451   W11 W45 L2 W42 D13 U--- W27 4.5  
11 Dean Guo 30257083 unr.   L10 W30 W28 L16 W15 H--- W22 4.5  
12 Benjamin Anderson 30235937 unr.   L5 H--- X48 W38 W27 D6 H--- 4.5  
13 Adam Ginzberg 30268083 unr.   W6 L17 W35 W18 D10 L9 W26 4.5  
14 Richard Hack 12796129 1543   W24 W20 W17 L4 L8 L7 W33 4.0  
15 Georgios Tsolias 17266862 1538   W25 W7 L1 L8 L11 W41 W30 4.0  
16 Sebastian Suarez 16875347 1520   W41 W42 L4 W11 L17 W20 L6 4.0  
17 Paul Reed 13373197 1440   W32 W13 L14 W45 W16 L1 L7 4.0  
18 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1389   W8 L1 W41 L13 W42 L3 W32 4.0  
19 Andrew Imbens 30102682 1318   W37 L2 W43 W3 W22 U--- L8 4.0  
20 Jp Fairchild 30150098 1177   W33 L14 L8 W44 W45 L16 W28 4.0  
21 Romeo Barreyro 17018168 1702   H--- W23 L5 L6 W24 L26 W37 3.5  
22 Nick Casares 10424364 1600   H--- L29 W24 X26 L19 W37 L11 3.5  
23 Tobiah Rex 30164211 1173   W47 L21 D37 L27 L28 W46 W34 3.5  
24 Thomas Gu 17005685 768   L14 W33 L22 X43 L21 X38 D29 3.5  
25 David Nichol 12934283 546   L15 L37 X49 W28 H--- L27 X38 3.5  
26 Eli Chanoff 30204815 unr.   H--- X38 L9 F22 W47 W21 L13 3.5  
27 Adam Laskowitz 30258766 unr.   H--- L9 W34 W23 L12 W25 L10 3.5  
28 Albert Starr 12844781 1500   L7 X48 L11 L25 W23 X45 L20 3.0  
29 Jerry Morgan 13159224 1462   H--- W22 L3 L37 W46 U--- D24 3.0  
30 Richard Ahrens 16953298 1210   L45 L11 W32 L33 W44 X42 L15 3.0  
31 Natan Gimelfarb 16757673 1139   L3 L8 L44 W34 W43 L32 W39 3.0  
32 Ian Atroshchenko 30214657 unr.   L17 L6 L30 B--- W39 W31 L18 3.0  
33 Harry Elworthy 30256579 unr.   L20 L24 B--- W30 L7 W35 L14 3.0  
34 Andrejs Gulbis 16741331 1029   L1 H--- L27 L31 B--- X47 L23 2.5  
35 William Thibault 16716976 983   L2 X44 L13 L7 X48 L33 D40 2.5  
36 Vittorio Banfi 30308530 unr.   H--- H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- W46 2.5  
37 Elias Colfax-Lamoureux 30242818 unr.   L19 W25 D23 W29 L9 L22 L21 2.5  
38 Lisa Willis 12601676 1583   H--- F26 W47 L12 H--- F24 F25 2.0  
39 David Olson 13913131 1400   W44 L4 L42 L41 L32 W43 L31 2.0  
40 Pratyush Hule 16317000 825   H--- H--- H--- U--- U--- U--- D35 2.0  
41 Jeffrey Dallatezza 30264869 unr.   L16 X49 L18 W39 L3 L15 U--- 2.0  
42 Jabez Wesly 30210917 unr.   W49 L16 W39 L10 L18 F30 U--- 2.0  
43 James Dorsch 30249167 unr.   H--- H--- L19 F24 L31 L39 B--- 2.0  
44 Ryan Gill 30240310 unr.   L39 F35 W31 L20 L30 B--- F45 2.0  
45 Trent Hancock 30174249 unr.   W30 L10 W46 L17 L20 F28 F44 2.0  
46 Ryan Deal 30281032 unr.   H--- H--- L45 H--- L29 L23 L36 1.5  
47 Samuel White 30269966 unr.   L23 H--- L38 X48 L26 F34 U--- 1.5  
48 Damien Seperi 16757144 1083   H--- F28 F12 F47 F35 U--- U--- 0.5  
49 Paul Krezanoski 16897133 1418   L42 F41 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. TNM_finalround: Extra Game

# Name ID Rating Fed Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total
1 Brendyn Estolas 12869947 2052   U--- W26 U--- U--- U--- U--- W3 U--- 2.0
2 Noah Chambers 16694473 unr.   U--- W23 U--- L9 U--- W11 U--- U--- 2.0
3 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1448   U--- U--- U--- D19 L11 W26 L1 L5 1.5
4 Gaziz Makhanov 16828914 1893   U--- W22 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
5 Adam Mercado 16571026 1793   U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W3 1.0
6 Marty Cortinas 12590374 1720   W23 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
7 ROMEO BE BARREYRO 17018168 1702   W25 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
8 JERRY MORGAN 13159224 1462   W27 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
9 Natan Gimelfarb 16757673 1090   U--- U--- U--- W2 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
10 Richard Ahrens 16953298 1088   U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W29 U--- U--- 1.0
11 Pratyush Hule 16317000 825   U--- U--- U--- L13 W3 L2 U--- U--- 1.0
12 Judit Sztaray 14708926 807   U--- W28 U--- L17 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
13 Thomas Gu 17005685 768   U--- U--- U--- W11 U--- L15 U--- U--- 1.0
14 David Nichol 12934283 546   U--- U--- W24 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
15 Zian Hu 30297435 unr.   U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W13 U--- U--- 1.0
16 Samuel White 30269966 unr.   U--- U--- U--- W25 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
17 Ian Atroshchenko 30214657 unr.   U--- U--- U--- W12 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
18 Benjamin Anderson 30235937 unr.   U--- U--- W30 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
19 Joel Carron 16600505 1676   U--- U--- U--- D3 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
20 Eli Chanoff 30204815 unr.   U--- D21 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
21 Jeffrey Dallatezza 30264869 unr.   U--- D20 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
22 Alex Silvestre 15446526 2131   U--- L4 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
23 TONY A LAMA 12328450 1805   L6 L2 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
24 Cesar Tamondong 12439091 1600   U--- U--- L14 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
25 NICK CASARES JR 10424364 1600   L7 U--- U--- L16 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
26 Albert Starr 12844781 1500   U--- L1 U--- U--- U--- L3 U--- U--- 0.0
27 JOHN CHAN 12561007 1500   L8 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
28 William Thibault 16716976 983   U--- L12 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
29 Andrejs Gulbis 16741331 889   U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L10 U--- U--- 0.0
30 Angad Sharma 30281155 unr.   U--- U--- L18 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
 
Pairings: 

Pairings

 

Bd Res White Res Black
1   IM Elliott Winslow (2269 b 4.0)   Sean Kelly (1786 b 4.5)
2   Nicholas Weng (2001 WW 3.5)   Nathan Fong (2049 B 4.0)
3   Kevin Sun (1622 w 3.5)   Ako Heidari (1996 BB 3.5)
4   Guy Argo (1938 W 3.0)   James Mahooti (1800 WW 3.0)
5   Kayven Riese (1900 WW 3.0)   Steven Svoboda (1936 B 3.0)
6   Samuel Brownlow (1795 W 3.0)   Anthony Acosta (1818 BB 2.5)
7   Adam Stafford (1665 w 2.5)   Ilia Gimelfarb (1752 b 2.5)
8   Glenn Kaplan (1766 W 2.0)   Adam Mercado (1793 BB 2.0)
11   Joel Carron (1676 b 2.5)   Tony Lama (1805 b 2.0)
  ½ Kristian Clemens (1994 b 3.0)   BYE
 

Pairings for Round 7. Sep-Oct 2021 Tuesday Night Marathon: Under 1800

Bd Res White Res Black
9   Daniel Wang (1581 w 5.5)   Christopher Dessert (1418 w 5.0)
10   Marty Cortinas (1720 WW 5.0)   Teodoro Porlares (1749 w 4.0)
12   John Chan (1500 WW 4.5)   Stephen Parsons (1544 b 4.5)
13   Sebastian Suarez (1520 w 4.0)   Matt Long (1306 BB 4.0)
14   Paul Reed (1440 b 4.0)   Deandr Stallworth (unr. BB 4.0)
15   Anton Maliev (unr. b 4.0)   Andrew Imbens (1318 B 4.0)
16   Nick Casares (1600 b 3.5)   Dean Guo (unr. BB 3.5)
17   Aaron Craig (1451 B 3.5)   Adam Laskowitz (unr. B 3.5)
18   Eli Chanoff (unr. W 3.5)   Adam Ginzberg (unr. b 3.5)
19   Richard Hack (1543 w 3.0)   Harry Elworthy (unr. B 3.0)
20   Richard Ahrens (1210 WW 3.0)   Georgios Tsolias (1538 b 3.0)
21   Albert Starr (1500 b 3.0)   Jp Fairchild (1177 b 3.0)
22   Ian Atroshchenko (unr. W 3.0)   Nursultan Uzakbaev (1389 b 3.0)
23   Thomas Gu ( 768 w 3.0)   Jerry Morgan (1462 b 2.5)
24   Elias Colfax-Lamoureux (unr. w 2.5)   Romeo Barreyro (1702 BB 2.5)
25   Andrejs Gulbis (1029 W 2.5)   Tobiah Rex (1173 b 2.5)
26   David Nichol ( 546 w 2.5)   Lisa Willis (1583 b 2.0)
27   David Olson (1400 b 2.0)   Natan Gimelfarb (1139 b 2.0)
28   Trent Hancock (unr. W 2.0)   Ryan Gill (unr. b 2.0)
29   William Thibault ( 983 w 2.0)   Pratyush Hule ( 825 - 1.5)
30   Ryan Deal (unr. WW 1.5)   Vittorio Banfi (unr. - 1.5)
  1 James Dorsch (unr. W 1.0)   BYE
  ½ Benjamin Anderson (unr. w 4.0)   BYE
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