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Upcoming Tournament

2025 Mechanics' Institute Monthly Quads - Dec

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Info

  • Date: Sat, Dec 13 , 2025
  • Eligibility: Open to Everyone!
  • Rating: USCF
  • Location: Mechanics' Institute, 4th Floor, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Capacity: 80

Registration

  • Online Registration Open Until: Saturday, December 13: 2:00 pm
  • Onsite Registration: until 2:30pm
  • Entry fee for Mechanics' Institute Members: $30
  • Entry fee for Non-Members: $40
  • 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 is now in effect and is added 24 hours before the start of a tournament in case capacity reaches 75%.

Tournament Format

  • Tournament Format: Round Robin
  • Total Rounds: 3
  • Time control: 30 min basetime + 5
  • Round Times: 12/13 3:10pm 4:20pm 5:30pm

Number of quads are based on signups.

Players are grouped into quads in rating order from highest to lowest. If the final group does not have exactly four players, it will become a small Swiss pairing group. Unrated players will be placed in the lower sections, with no more than two unrated players per group.

Prize Fund

$60 -- Winner takes it ALL!

  • 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 must fill out a W-9; the Mechanics' Institute will also provide a 1099 form. 

Byes

No byes are available!

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

Tournament Rules

  • Time Control: G/30;d5  (Game in 30 minutes with a 5-second delay at each move.)
  • Forfeit time: 30 minutes. 
  • We provide clocks and set it up for players.
  • Games will be US Chess and quick-rated (so-called dual-rated). Tournament results will be submitted immediately after the last round is finished.
  • What do the time controls mean?
    Time controls tell you how much time you have for each game.
    G30;d5: Game in 30 minutes with a 5-second delay with each move. This means you get 30 minutes, your opponent gets 30 minutes, and at each move the clock will count back 5 seconds before the time starts. One game may last up to 1 hour.


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.

Standings

Processed entries are coming 1 day before the event starts.

Final standings will be posted after the event is finished.

Pairings

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