GM George Koltanowski Memorial
Start Date: 7:00pm Friday, February 16th (Registration closes at 6:50pm.)
Location: 2622 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca
Tournament Format: Six rounds, one game every Friday at 7pm.
Rounds: Feb 16th, Feb 23rd, March 1st, Mar 8th, Mar 15th, and Mar 22nd
Fee: $70
GM’s, IM’s, and NMs free.
(Entry fee deducted from winnings.)
Time Control: G/90, 30 second increment. If a player is more than 20 minutes late, their game will be forfeited.
Tournament is USCF rated.
Prize fund: $500.00
1st Place $200: 2nd Place $120
1st U2000 $65: 1st U1800 $60: 1st U1600 $55.
To play in the adult Friday night tournament a player must be an adult, or a minor 13 years of age or older or if under 13 years, have at least a 1300 rating.
Byes:
Max number of half point byes: 2
Half point byes are available for rounds 1-5 (maximum two)
Number of rounds in tourney: 6
Byes for round 5 must be selected before round one and are irrevocable.
Bye note: No half point byes for the final round!
USCF: Tournament will follow USCF rules. USCF membership must be current through the end of the tournament. Do you need to renew your USCF Membership? Renew here!
Current Pairings
Pairings for Round 5. Koltanowski: Koltanowski
Current Standings
SwissSys Report:
SwissSys Standings. Koltanowski: Koltanowski
# | Name | Rating | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
1 | Kushan Tyagi | 2229 | 2241 | W15 (w) | W10 (b) | W5 (w) | W6 (b) | H— | U— | 4.5 |
2 | Taewoo Lumen Kim | 1426 | 1675 | L11 (w) | W13 (w) | W12 (b) | W4 (b) | W5 (w) | 4.0 | |
3 | Elliott Winslow | 2182 | 2165 | W7 (b) | L4 (w) | W16 (b) | W8 (w) | D6 (b) | 3.5 | |
4 | Jacob Mar Goldman | 1845 | 1877 | W8 (w) | W3 (b) | H— | L2 (w) | W10 (b) | 3.5 | |
5 | Steven Gaffagan | 2058 | 2041 | W16 (w) | W11 (b) | L1 (b) | W17 (w) | L2 (b) | 3.0 | |
6 | Michael Walder | 2017 | 2018 | W13 (b) | H— | B— | L1 (w) | D3 (w) | 3.0 | |
7 | Max Virgil | 1814 | 1825 | L3 (w) | H— | D18 (b) | W16 (b) | W11 (w) | 3.0 | |
8 | Dylan Aidlen | 1222 | 1372 | L4 (b) | W20 (w) | W11 (w) | L3 (b) | X15 | 3.0 | |
9 | Mohammad Soltani | 1631 | 1602 | D14 (b) | L16 (w) | L13 (b) | B— | X18 | 2.5 | |
10 | Thomas F Maser | 1935 | 1906 | W20 (b) | L1 (w) | D17 (b) | H— | L4 (w) | 2.0 | |
11 | Michael Anderson | 1925 | 1881 | W2 (b) | L5 (w) | L8 (b) | W13 (w) | L7 (b) | 2.0 | |
12 | Frisco Del Rosario | 1900 | 1871 | H— | H— | L2 (w) | L19 (w) | W17 (b) | 2.0 | |
13 | Luis Alberto Quintana Cova | 1518 | 1524 | L6 (w) | L2 (b) | W9 (w) | L11 (b) | B— | 2.0 | |
14 | Jared E Peterson | 1876 | 1866 | D9 (w) | X18 | U— | U— | U— | 1.5 | |
15 | Tobias Stowell | 1738 | 1736 | L1 (b) | H— | H— | H— | F8 | 1.5 | |
16 | Mark Gregor Paetz | 1700 | 1695 | L5 (b) | W9 (b) | L3 (w) | L7 (w) | H— | 1.5 | |
17 | Samuel Agdamag | 1535 | 1544 | H— | H— | D10 (w) | L5 (b) | L12 (w) | 1.5 | |
18 | Liam Dew | 1330 | 1364 | H— | F14 | D7 (w) | H— | F9 | 1.5 | |
19 | Alex Chin | 2006 | 2014 | U— | U— | U— | W12 (b) | U— | 1.0 | |
20 | Elizabeth Shaughnessy | 1500 | 1465 | L10 (w) | L8 (b) | H— | U— | U— | 0.5 |
SwissSys Standings. Koltanowski: Extra Rated
# | Name | Rating | Post | Rd 1 | Total |
1 | Alex Chin | 2006 | 2007 | W4 (w) | 1.0 |
2 | Abel Talamantez | 1800 | 1803 | W6 (b) | 1.0 |
3 | Mohammad Soltani | 1631 | 1642 | W5 (b) | 1.0 |
4 | Luis Quintana Cova | 1491 | 1489 | L1 (b) | 0.0 |
5 | Samuel Agdamag | 1461 | 1449 | L3 (w) | 0.0 |
6 | Dylan Aidlen | 1392 | 1388 | L2 (w) | 0.0 |
Berkeley Chess Club all time winners
The following list is for those that got clear first or tied for first place in any BCC Marathon since the 2007 BCC Grand Re Opening until the end of 2023
1)IM Elliott Winslow 25 wins! (3 in a row!) 3 with a Perfect score 6/6, or 7/7!
2)NM Roger Poehlmann 20 wins!
3)IM Ladia Jirasek 13 wins (5 in a row!) 1 was a Perfect score 6/6!
4) Farid Watson 7 wins
5)NM Todd Rumph 6 wins
6)NM Derek O’Connor: 6 wins
7)Steven Krasnov 5 wins
8) FM Ruiyang Yan 4 wins
9)Greg Lope 4 wins
10)WFM Uyanga Byambaa 4 wins two with perfect 6/6 scores!
11)FM Robin Cunningham 4 wins
12)Salar Jahedi 4 wins
13)2 wins each. , IM Josiah Stearman, NM Michael Lei Wang, Joshua Cao, Ethan Chamberlain, NM Robert Hatarik, David Trestor, Craig Andries, Julian Chan, Thomas Sauerwald
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