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The Tuesday Night Marathon

The Mechanics' Tuesday Night Marathon (TNM) has a rich tradition that dates back at least 50 years. The idea of playing serious chess one night a week has appealed to a broad range of players from Senior Master to beginners, who find the time commitment fits their schedule quite comfortably. Today we think of seven rounds as the normal duration for a TNM, but that has not always been the case. In 1975 they played 12 rounds per tournament. Recently the Marathon switched to having sudden death for the second time control. It was probably the last tournament in the world to still feature adjourned games, the rest of the chess community having given up the practice years ago due to the rise in playing strength of computers. The Mechanics' Institute still has several hundred adjourned move envelopes, which will no doubt become collector's items.

The TNM provides strong competition for players ranging in strength from Master to beginner. The Marathon is a perfect fit for those who can't commit an entire weekend to chess. No matter what your strength, the Tuesday Night Marathon might be the right tournament for you!

Testimonials

"Thanks as always for putting on such a great tournament. Looking forward to the next one." Joel C.
"Thank you so much for running just another successful event. Chess community really owes you for the energy and efforts you put into making Bay Area a United States' premier chess hub." Felix G.
"I really enjoyed playing the last four weeks. How do I sign up for the next one?" Paul K.

 

Current Marathon Standings • Pairings for the Next Round • Flyer and Registration Info

2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

November 5th to December 17th
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Prize Winners:

PRIZE FUND
Tournament Name: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon
  Date: November - December 2024        
                 
Pay out % $2,500 100% based on 80 paid entries      
Actual Payout $2,500 100% 80 paid entries      
                 
  2000+ 1600-1999 1200-1599 U1200
  Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual Projected Actual
1st Place $400 $400 $300 $300 $200 $200 $150 $150
2nd Place $300 $300 $200 $200 $100 $100 $80 $80
3rd Place $200 $200 $100 $100 $60 $60 $60 $60
Best u2200 $150 $150            
Best u1800     $80 $80        
Best u1400         $60 $60    
Best u1000             $60 $60

 

Prizes: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

# Name Cash Prize credited to pool Section
2 IM Elliott Winslow (5.5/2200) 400.00 1st Place: $400 2000+
7 Max Hao (5.0/2065) 225.00 2nd Place: $300;
Best u2200 $150;
2-way split of $450: $225 each
1 FM Ruiyang Yan (5.0/2345) 225.00
4 WFM Natalya Tsodikova (4.5/2138) 33.33 3rd Place: $100;
3-way split: $33.33 each
8 Sivavishnu Srinivasan (4.5/2028) 33.33
10 Edward Lewis (4.5/2006) 33.33
3 Roger Christopher Smith (5.5/1808) 250.00 1st Place: $300;
2nd Place: $200;
2-way split of $500: $250 each		 1600-1999
9 Nguyen Hoang Duy Pham (5.5/1748) 250.00
7 Yonathan Admassu (5.0/1753) 60.00 3rd Place: $100;
Best u1800: $80;
3-way split of $180: $60 each
20 Clarke Raymond Vandenhoven (5.0/1620) 60.00
21 Nursultan Uzakbaev (5.0/1616) 60.00
5 Isaac S Mays-Smith (6.0/1429) 150.00 1st Place: $200;
2nd Place: $100;
2-way split of $300: $150 each		 1200-1599
10 Romeo Nehme (6.0/1359) 150.00
15 Brett Fisher (5.0/1289) 60.00 3rd Place: $60;
Best u1400: $60
2-way split of $120: $60 each
7 Shardul S Golwalkar (5.0/1406) 60.00
1 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth (5.5/1169) 150.00 1st Place: $150 u1200
5 Paul Blum (5.0/937) 80.00 2nd Place: $80
3 Andrew Braithwaite (4.5/970) 60.00 3rd Place: $60;
Best u1000: $60
2-way split of $120: $60 each
7 Steven Lee Myers (4.5/864) 60.00
Standings:

 Standings

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Standings. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 2000+

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2200 W10 L5 D9 W15 W13 W7 W4 5.5 400.00
2 FM Ruiyang Yan 15462690 2345 H--- H--- W15 W17 W7 D4 H--- 5.0 225.00
3 Max Hao 16083648 2065 W12 W8 D7 L4 H--- W10 W5 5.0 225.00
4 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2138 W16 W6 D5 W3 H--- D2 L1 4.5 33.33
5 Sivavishnu Srinivasan 16778004 2028 W20 W1 D4 H--- H--- W6 L3 4.5 33.33
6 Edward Lewis 12601629 2006 W18 L4 W21 D9 W11 L5 W8 4.5 33.33
7 Christophe Bambou 12734479 2130 H--- W14 D3 W8 L2 L1 W17 4.0  
8 Bradley R Diller 10079993 2119 W11 L3 W10 L7 D12 W15 L6 3.5  
9 Michael Walder 10345120 1953 H--- D17 D1 D6 L10 X18 D12 3.5  
10 Adam Mercado 16571026 1937 L1 X18 L8 W18 W9 L3 D15 3.5  
11 Hector Viadiu-Ilarraza 12586903 1907 L8 D12 W19 W14 L6 H--- H--- 3.5  
12 Hayes Alexander Marvin 30636603 1881 L3 D11 W16 H--- D8 D17 D9 3.5  
13 CM Pranav Senthilkumar 14020007 2158 D15 H--- H--- H--- L1 W16 U--- 3.0  
14 Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko 30902660 2023 W21 L7 L17 L11 L15 W20 B--- 3.0  
15 Stephen Parsons 16566932 1926 D13 W19 L2 L1 W14 L8 D10 3.0  
16 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1924 L4 H--- L12 D19 B--- L13 X18 3.0  
17 Phineas F Horowitz 14209057 1839 H--- D9 W14 L2 H--- D12 L7 3.0  
18 Liwei Yang 31640875 1810 L6 F10 B--- L10 W19 F9 F16 2.0  
19 Chase Wang 15015852 1714 H--- L15 L11 D16 L18 H--- H--- 2.0  
20 Leo Ni 30407439 1880 L5 H--- H--- H--- U--- L14 U--- 1.5  
21 Robert Crompton 31442886 1850 L14 B--- L6 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1600-1999

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Roger Christopher Smith 14437543 1808 H--- W18 W17 W11 W8 W3 L4 5.5 250.00
2 Nguyen Hoang Duy Pham 30742570 1748 W27 W24 H--- D9 W17 W6 H--- 5.5 250.00
3 Yonathan Admassu 15323127 1753 W4 L11 X21 W5 W19 L1 W8 5.0 60.00
4 Clarke Raymond Vandenhoven 30441457 1620 L3 W20 W16 L17 W18 W19 W1 5.0 60.00
5 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1616 L6 W22 W10 L3 X13 X17 W11 5.0 60.00
6 Leonid Alzhin 14144415 1752 W5 L19 D12 X21 W14 L2 X17 4.5  
7 Marlon Rigel 30206555 1734 D9 W16 W13 L8 W15 D11 H--- 4.5  
8 Gagik Babayan 15695454 1624 W28 W26 D11 W7 L1 W9 L3 4.5  
9 Nicholas Morello 31114079 1584 D7 W25 W23 D2 H--- L8 W15 4.5  
10 Jason B Ochoa 12440572 1727 W22 L17 L5 W28 L12 X23 W19 4.0  
11 John Chan 12561007 1657 W20 W3 D8 L1 X23 D7 L5 4.0  
12 Thejas Prasad 12890181 1621 L13 W27 D6 H--- W10 D16 H--- 4.0  
13 Yali Dancig Perlman 16280288 1792 W12 H--- L7 H--- F5 W24 H--- 3.5  
14 John Boyer 16865157 1630 H--- H--- H--- W18 L6 L15 W16 3.5  
15 Daniel J Sisti 12734121 1478 L19 B--- W24 H--- L7 W14 L9 3.5  
16 Frederic Dutter 12343420 1900 H--- L7 L4 W25 X22 D12 L14 3.0  
17 Raghu Rajaram 12698822 1800 W25 W10 L1 W4 L2 F5 F6 3.0  
18 Hoa Long Tam 16919862 1711 H--- L1 W27 L14 L4 W28 D20 3.0  
19 Carl Anthony Pickering 30689170 1639 W15 W6 H--- H--- L3 L4 L10 3.0  
20 Zack Schuster 30179651 1488 L11 L4 D25 W27 H--- D21 D18 3.0  
21 Paul Krezanoski 16897133 1428 H--- H--- F3 F6 H--- D20 W27 3.0  
22 Richard Hack 12796129 1500 L10 L5 H--- H--- F16 D27 W28 2.5  
23 Karl Stuart Kingma 12782822 1795 H--- B--- L9 H--- F11 F10 U--- 2.0  
24 Tao Ni 30260481 1633 B--- L2 L15 H--- H--- L13 U--- 2.0  
25 Nicolas T Horde 30573134 1622 L17 L9 D20 L16 H--- H--- H--- 2.0  
26 Arvind Sankar 13890891 1907 H--- L8 W28 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
27 Nick, Jr Casares 10424364 1600 L2 L12 L18 L20 W28 D22 L21 1.5  
28 Renate Otterbach 14565208 1050 L8 H--- L26 L10 L27 L18 L22 0.5  

SwissSys Standings. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: 1200-1599

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Isaac S Mays-Smith 30338290 1429 W4 W21 W16 W11 L2 W6 W7 6.0 150.00
2 Romeo Nehme 16271243 1359 H--- W14 W5 W18 W1 W8 H--- 6.0 150.00
3 Shardul S Golwalkar 12797243 1406 H--- H--- L14 W12 W10 W18 W8 5.0 60.00
4 Brett Fisher 31540384 1289 L1 X19 W12 L8 W19 W11 W9 5.0 60.00
5 David Siegel 12595160 1414 W6 D18 L2 H--- D11 W17 W14 4.5  
6 Charlie Schaezlein 31629140 1270 L5 B--- H--- W23 W18 L1 W13 4.5  
7 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1484 H--- H--- B--- W14 L8 W13 L1 4.0  
8 Joseph Karwat 16761266 1336 D11 H--- X24 W4 W7 L2 L3 4.0  
9 Alexander Robins 31932004 1287 H--- L11 W22 H--- W20 W16 L4 4.0  
10 Christian Brickhouse 30261226 1224 H--- L13 W20 H--- L3 W21 W15 4.0  
11 William Fitzgerald 17048414 1209 D8 W9 W13 L1 D5 L4 W16 4.0  
12 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 W20 L16 L4 L3 D22 W19 X21 3.5  
13 Clarence Harris 12543396 1400 D17 W10 L11 W16 W21 L7 L6 3.5  
14 Peter James Rushton 16453812 1222 W19 L2 W3 L7 H--- B--- L5 3.5  
15 Sawyer Stults 31608516 1314 H--- W17 F18 H--- L16 W20 L10 3.0  
16 Bryan D Martin 14691010 1268 B--- W12 L1 L13 W15 L9 L11 3.0  
17 Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1226 D13 L15 B--- L21 X24 L5 D20 3.0  
18 Rick Davis 31466027 1513 W22 D5 X15 L2 L6 L3 U--- 2.5  
19 Lawrence R Trosen 14465442 1380 L14 F4 H--- B--- L4 L12 X24 2.5  
20 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1315 L12 X22 L10 X24 L9 L15 D17 2.5  
21 Richard William Ahrens 16953298 1087 B--- L1 H--- W17 L13 L10 F12 2.5  
22 Nick Hollon 30477149 1326 L18 F20 L9 H--- D12 F24 B--- 2.0  
23 Neeraj Rao 30789296 1192 H--- H--- H--- L6 U--- U--- U--- 1.5  
24 Christopher D Rhodes 32132687 1599 H--- H--- F8 F20 F17 F22 F19 1.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: u1200

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total Prize
1 Kyle Ewart Coventry Booth 30715175 1169 H--- L4 W10 W7 W11 W6 W2 5.5 150.00
2 Paul Blum 12748433 937 W14 D9 D8 W12 W4 W5 L1 5.0 80.00
3 Andrew Braithwaite 31237898 970 L11 L8 B--- H--- W14 W9 W7 4.5 60.00
4 Steven Lee Myers 30700928 864 H--- W1 W9 W5 L2 L7 W10 4.5 60.00
5 John Pirone 30758788 1033 H--- W10 W12 L4 W9 L2 H--- 4.0  
6 Kevin Bess 32145132 unr. H--- H--- L11 B--- W8 L1 W12 4.0  
7 Alexander Kojevnikov 31856555 unr. H--- H--- W14 L1 W12 W4 L3 4.0  
8 Andrew Singer 30803745 969 L12 W3 D2 H--- L6 H--- X13 3.5  
9 Brian Keith Langendorf 30893468 635 B--- D2 L4 W13 L5 L3 W14 3.5  
10 Douglas Alan Burkhardt 31265165 653 H--- L5 L1 H--- X13 W14 L4 3.0  
11 Zachary Halle 31331691 872 W3 L12 W6 H--- L1 U--- U--- 2.5  
12 Joel Thomas Ramos 30551530 809 W8 W11 L5 L2 L7 H--- L6 2.5  
13 Murugan Gunasekaran 32167043 unr. H--- H--- H--- L9 F10 B--- F8 2.5  
14 Owen Michael Lopez-Oneal 31909069 783 L2 B--- L7 H--- L3 L10 L9 1.5  

SwissSys Standings. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Kristian Clemens 13901075 1924 U--- U--- U--- W15 U--- W14 2.0
2 Alexander Pa Chin 17050697 1997 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W12 1.0
3 Adam Mercado 16571026 1937 U--- W13 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
4 Jason B Ochoa 12440572 1727 U--- U--- U--- U--- W19 U--- 1.0
5 Nursultan Uzakbaev 17137317 1616 U--- U--- U--- W18 L6 U--- 1.0
6 Albert Martin Starr 12844781 1500 U--- U--- U--- U--- W5 U--- 1.0
7 Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1484 U--- U--- W18 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
8 Thu Anh Le 17248797 1315 U--- W16 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
9 Andrew Singer 30803745 969 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W17 1.0
10 Richard William Ahrens 16953298 1087 D11 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
11 Brian Keith Langendorf 30893468 635 D10 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
12 Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko 30902660 2023 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L2 0.0
13 Karl Stuart Kingma 12782822 1795 U--- L3 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
14 Leonid Alzhin 14144415 1752 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L1 0.0
15 John Chan 12561007 1657 U--- U--- U--- L1 U--- U--- 0.0
16 Christopher D Rhodes 32132687 1599 U--- L8 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
17 Lawrence R Trosen 14465442 1380 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- L9 0.0
18 Danny Du Uy Cao 16939797 1226 U--- U--- L7 L5 U--- U--- 0.0
19 Peter James Rushton 16453812 1222 U--- U--- U--- U--- L4 U--- 0.0
Pairings:

Pairings. 

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

SwissSys Report: 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon

Pairings for Round 6. 2024 Winter Tuesday Night Marathon: Extra Rated

Bd Res White Res Black
34 1 Alexander Pa Chin (1997 0.0) 0 Anthony Vladimir Ivanenko (2023 0.0)
35 0 Leonid Alzhin (1752 0.0) 1 Kristian Clemens (1924 1.0)
36 1 Andrew Singer ( 969 0.0) 0 Lawrence R Trosen (1380 0.0)