18th Smith Memorial Tournament

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Jul 26 , 2025
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF
  • Location: 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 95219
  • Capacity: 80

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Saturday, July 26: 9:30 am
  • Onsite Registration: 9:30-9:45am
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $40
    • Play-up fee: $10
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $50
    • Play-up fee: $15
  • Late fee: $10
  • $5 admin fee for all cancellations & refunds.
  • Two ways to check your entries:
    • Check the live entries on the Jumbula site:
    • Check the processed entries here a day before the event.
  • Please note our late fee may be in effect and is usually added 24 hours before the start of a tournament in case capacity reaches 75%.

Tournament Format

  • Tournament Format: Swiss System
  • Total Rounds: 4
  • Time control: 40 min min basetime + 5 second delay
  • Round Times: 7/26 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm
  • Sections: 2000+ 1600-1999 Under1600
  • Play-up rule:
    • Players must have an 1800 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 2000+ section;
    • Players must have a 1400 USCF regular supplemental or actual rating to be eligible to play up to the 1600-1999 section.
  • Pairings are based on the July 2025 regular supplemental US Chess rating.

Prize Fund

  • Prize explanations are coming after the event.
  • 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. 

 

  • Prize Fund:

    • $1000 based on 60 paid entries
    • Actual Payout: $1333 based on 80 paid entries.
  2000+ 1600-1999 u1600
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place 200 267 150 200 100 133
2nd Place 150 200 100 133 85 113
3rd Place 80 107 70 93 65 87

 

Prizes: 18th Smith Memorial Tournament

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
1 Kyron Griffith (3.5/2485) 267.00 Place: 1 - $267 2000+
2 Dylan Tang (3.0/2310) 61.40 Place: 2 - $200;
Place: 3 - $107;
5-way split of $307: $61.40 each
3 Hanchi Yao (3.0/2215) 61.40
4 Michael Aigner (3.0/2200) 61.40
5 Nathaniel A Zhang (3.0/2168) 61.40
16 Reyansh Gupta (3.0/1933) 61.40
1 Romulo Silvestre (4.0/1929) 200.00 Place: 1 - $200 1600-1999
7 Thomas Gu (3.5/1696) 133.00 Place: 2 - $133
5 Daniel Perlov (3.0/1720) 23.25 Place: 3 - $93;
4-way split: $23.25 each
11 Fan Jin (3.0/1649) 23.25
15 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally (3.0/1619) 23.25
23 Varun Turaga (3.0/1556) 23.25
7 Ryan Wolk (3.5/1333) 123.00 Place: 1 - $133;
Place: 2 - $113;
2-way split of $246: $123 each
u1600
8 Pranav Db (3.5/1325) 123.00
1 Jeff Andersen (3.0/1566) 29.00 Place: 3 - $87;
3-way split: $29 each
12 Aneesh Banerjee (3.0/1225) 29.00
16 Trent Park (3.0/1106) 29.00

 

 

Byes

Byes are available for players in any round in case they can't participate but would like to stay in the tournament.

Byes can be requested up to 15 minutes prior to the round start time.

Last round bye must be requested by the start of Round 1.

Late registrations will receive a 0.5 bye for any missed round, up to a total of 2 rounds.

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-chessT

Tournament Rules

  • 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. 
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess regular and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated). 

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.

 

SwissSys Standings. 18th Smith Memorial Tournament: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Kyron Griffith 12860484 2485 W12 W8 W5 D2 3.5 267.00
2 Dylan Tang 16551237 2310 W23 W16 D3 D1 3.0 61.40
3 Hanchi Yao 16512998 2215 W19 W10 D2 D4 3.0 61.40
4 Michael Aigner 12595730 2200 H--- W17 W9 D3 3.0 61.40
5 Nathaniel A Zhang 14885012 2168 W6 W11 L1 W15 3.0 61.40
6 Reyansh Gupta 17164653 1933 L5 W18 W21 W10 3.0 61.40
7 Easwar Gnana Hari Sekar 16418483 1887 D22 D14 D8 W16 2.5  
8 Kritin Gopalakrishnan 16545130 2161 W13 L1 D7 D14 2.0  
9 Austin Jin 17144712 2070 D14 W22 L4 D13 2.0  
10 Zee Chin 16965808 2023 W20 L3 W17 L6 2.0  
11 Jeremy Da Cawthon 15038608 2014 W21 L5 L15 W20 2.0  
12 Kanishk Jain 16575412 1976 L1 D13 D20 W21 2.0  
13 Evan Shi 16997990 1891 L8 D12 W19 D9 2.0  
14 Colin Yi 16685250 1876 D9 D7 D16 D8 2.0  
15 Kshitij Tomar 16314696 1857 L16 W23 W11 L5 2.0  
16 Tapas Natraj 17303765 2041 W15 L2 D14 L7 1.5  
17 Xiaoshan Chen 31974206 1860 W18 L4 L10 D19 1.5  
18 Sanat Singhal 15580756 2068 L17 L6 W23 U--- 1.0  
19 Leo Ni 30407439 1943 L3 D20 L13 D17 1.0  
20 Naren Viswanath 30613470 1801 L10 D19 D12 L11 1.0  
21 Advik Garg 16429697 1799 L11 B--- L6 L12 1.0  
22 Christopher Atkeson 17080462 2078 D7 L9 U--- U--- 0.5  
23 Andrew Zou 30100762 1944 L2 L15 L18 U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 18th Smith Memorial Tournament: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Romulo Silvestre 16920915 1929 W9 W23 W12 W7 4.0 200.00
2 Thomas Gu 17005685 1696 D18 W26 W10 W13 3.5 133.00
3 Daniel Perlov 16465203 1720 D26 W25 W27 D6 3.0 23.25
4 Fan Jin 17197998 1649 W28 D27 D19 W17 3.0 23.25
5 Sarvagnya Brahmanapally 16466227 1619 W33 L12 W14 W19 3.0 23.25
6 Varun Turaga 31603312 1556 W20 W21 D7 D3 3.0 23.25
7 Fredrick Dutter 12343420 1900 W34 W17 D6 L1 2.5  
8 Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu 30250735 1632 D13 L10 W26 W27 2.5  
9 Richard Jiang 30505064 1606 L1 H--- W32 W21 2.5  
10 Avyukth Viswanath 30613480 1530 D16 W8 L2 W22 2.5  
11 Shan Lee 16920675 1497 L21 W31 D22 W23 2.5  
12 Lilia Vernik 17306848 1475 W32 W5 L1 D15 2.5  
13 Aiden Liao 17075676 1457 D8 W24 W16 L2 2.5  
14 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1796 D25 D19 L5 W29 2.0  
15 Adit Rajaram 30399924 1726 L17 W30 D23 D12 2.0  
16 Wangchen Gao 30512285 1678 D10 W18 L13 H--- 2.0  
17 Stephen Zhu 16412414 1590 W15 L7 W20 L4 2.0  
18 Ayaan Shokeen 30424086 1544 D2 L16 D24 W31 2.0  
19 Navaneet Jonnalagada 16499405 1454 W22 D14 D4 L5 2.0  
20 Matthew Zhang 30792537 1696 L6 W34 L17 D25 1.5  
21 Austin Chen 31293249 1669 W11 L6 D29 L9 1.5  
22 Max Meacham 32316130 1632 L19 W33 D11 L10 1.5  
23 Tao Ni 30260481 1617 W29 L1 D15 L11 1.5  
24 Asher Luo 30747710 1611 D30 L13 D18 D28 1.5  
25 Surya Raghav 30516469 1590 D14 L3 D28 D20 1.5  
26 Travis Liu 17303697 1579 D3 L2 L8 W33 1.5  
27 Elena Pang 30492712 1535 W31 D4 L3 L8 1.5  
28 Ishaan Jain 30037150 1490 L4 D32 D25 D24 1.5  
29 Elvin Wang 30639957 1401 L23 B--- D21 L14 1.5  
30 Arnav Mythil 30444684 1369 D24 L15 L31 W34 1.5  
31 Sriaditya Pendyala 16681146 1682 L27 L11 W30 L18 1.0  
32 Roger Pan 17124442 1644 L12 D28 L9 H--- 1.0  
33 Angelina Lee 16920660 1408 L5 L22 W34 L26 1.0  
34 John Chan 12561007 1600 L7 L20 L33 L30 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 18th Smith Memorial Tournament: u1600

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total Prize
1 Ryan Wolk 15444728 1333 W14 W16 W11 D2 3.5 123.00
2 Pranav Db 30518186 1325 W24 W6 W12 D1 3.5 123.00
3 Jeff Andersen 11296106 1566 D17 W23 W7 H--- 3.0 29.00
4 Aneesh Banerjee 31464834 1225 L11 W24 W23 W12 3.0 29.00
5 Trent Park 16337113 1106 W8 L12 W16 W11 3.0 29.00
6 Albert Starr 12844781 1500 W18 L2 W13 D9 2.5  
7 James Rao 15359876 1359 D10 W21 L3 W18 2.5  
8 Elaine Xue 30959879 1348 L5 W19 D10 W17 2.5  
9 Kunal Borde 31338771 1291 W15 L11 W22 D6 2.5  
10 Eshaanth Sandeep 31277722 1145 D7 D17 D8 W20 2.5  
11 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1538 W4 W9 L1 L5 2.0  
12 Gabriel Enkhjargal 16221790 1433 W13 W5 L2 L4 2.0  
13 Jasper Verma 31502720 1154 L12 W15 L6 W23 2.0  
14 Emilio Berkley 31091883 1008 L1 B--- D17 D16 2.0  
15 Vincent Stokes 32518410 unr. L9 L13 W24 W22 2.0  
16 Rayan Jain 17009798 1284 W20 L1 L5 D14 1.5  
17 David Vayntrub 15326038 1244 D3 D10 D14 L8 1.5  
18 Raghav Sandeep 31277682 1203 L6 D20 W19 L7 1.5  
19 Skanda Kaashyap 30249637 539 H--- L8 L18 B--- 1.5  
20 Ryan Baxley 30323577 unr. L16 D18 W21 L10 1.5  
21 Aiden Huang 31903628 1088 H--- L7 L20 H--- 1.0  
22 Nathan Sansoni 16912921 634 H--- H--- L9 L15 1.0  
23 Daniel Navi 32477668 511 B--- L3 L4 L13 1.0  
24 Samuel Brown 16380615 965 L2 L4 L15 H--- 0.5  

 

Pairings

Pairings are posted on the wall of the club. We do not post pairings online for 1-day events.