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
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Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $40
- Play-up fee: $10
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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.
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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.