Tom Dorsch Memorial Friday Night Marathon

Tom Dorsch President of Calchess for many years

Start Date: 7:00pm Friday, May 15th (Registration closes at 6:50pm.)

Location: 2622 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca

Tournament Format: Six rounds, one game every Friday at 7:00pm.
Rounds:  May 15th, 22nd, 29th, June 5th, 12th, and 19th

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 30 minutes late without contacting director, 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. 

 

Experience vs Youth! Berkeley Chess Club’s Youngest Member Jayden Xu (10 years old) battling it out against our most experienced Member Alan Glasscoe. In this Game Experience beat youth!

Byes: 
Max number of half point byes: 2

Half point byes are available for rounds 1-6 (maximum two)

Number of rounds in tourney: 6
Byes for round 6 must be selected before round 1 and are irrevocable.
Bye note: Half point byes *are* allowed for the final round (if selected before round 1)!

Tournament Director is: Elliott Winslow (email: ecwinslow@gmail.com / call or text: (415) 400-9790)

(Assistant Director: Douglas Jackson)

for any bye requests / late arrival / other problems!

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!

Recent Pairings/Results

2026 Tom Dorsch Memorial FNM

Results for Round 3: May 29, 2026 – Tom Dorsch Memorial FNM

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 6 1 Zeno Kalonaris (1883 2) 5 0 Max Virgil (1954 1½)
2 1 1 Elliott Winslow (2217 1) 7 0 Jared E Peterson (1801 1½)
3 11 ½ Samuel Joseph Petty (1698 1) 9 ½ Nicholas Andrew Delateur (1748 1)
4 10 1 X Mark Gregory Paetz (1700 ½) 16 0 F Kanav Deorah (1212 1)
5 12 0 Zoe Ladwig (1580 ½) 13 1 Vincent W Liu (1520 ½)
  15 1 Christopher Sunga (1253 ½)     BYE
  3 ½ Austin Edward Cambon (2032 2)     BYE
  8 ½ Tobias Stowell (1762 1½)     BYE
  2 ½ Alexander Paul Chin (2075 1)     BYE
  14 ½ Stella Liu (1503 ½)     BYE
  4 ½ Michael Walder (1969 1)     BYE

 

Standings

2026 Tom Dorsch Memorial FNM

SwissSys Standings. Tom Dorsch Memorial FNM

# Place Name ID Rating Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 1 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1883 1953 W14 W5 W7       3
2 2 Austin Edward Cambon 12890251 2032 2035 W10 W15 H— H—     2½
3 3-4 Elliott Winslow 10363365 2217 2202 D9 D11 W8       2
4   Tobias Stowell 15940546 1762 1764 H— W13 H—       2
5 5-13 Alexander Paul Chin 17050697 2075 2058 X— L1 H—       1½
6   Michael Walder 10345120 1969 1951 D12 D9 H—       1½
7   Max Virgil 31363560 1954 1942 H— W16 L1       1½
8   Jared E Peterson 10487871 1801 1790 D13 W12 L3       1½
9   Nicholas Andrew Delateur 12751841 1748 1779 D3 D6 D11       1½
10   Mark Gregory Paetz 10487579 1700 1686 L2 D14 X15       1½
11   Samuel Joseph Petty 12582250 1698 1726 H— D3 D9       1½
12   Vincent W Liu 30188920 1520 1572 D6 L8 W16       1½
13   Christopher Sunga 31374608 1253 1283 D8 L4 B—       1½
14 14-15 Stella Liu 17042064 1503 1510 L1 D10 H—       1
15   Kanav Deorah 31626402 1212 1211 B— L2 F10       1
16 16 Zoe Ladwig 32468586 1580 1554 H— L7 L12       ½

 

 

2026 CalChess Senior State Championship

2026 CalChess Senior State Championship after Round 3 (of 5)

# Place Name ID Rating Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 1-2 IM Timothy W Taylor 10153557 2285 2295 W22 W16 W7     3
2   Steven D Cross 10479011 2200 2217 W33 W11 W6     3
3 3-4 Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2181 2183 W20 W14 D8     2½
4   Kayven Riese 12572270 1900 1901 D31 W30 W19     2½
5 5-15 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2216 2210 W13 L7 W21     2
6   Michael Aigner 12595730 2200 2194 W27 W10 L2     2
7   Romulo C Fuentes 12137150 2200 2203 W34 W5 L1     2
8   Bradley R Diller 10079993 2122 2121 W23 D12 D3     2
9   Jim Musumeci 12455674 2040 2043 H— W26 H—     2
10   Rahim Gran 12427338 1917 1919 W35 L6 W24     2
11   Armin Vale Cruz 16292302 1912 1916 W15 L2 W27     2
12   Natasha Christiansen 11366805 1904 1913 W28 D8 H—     2
13   Stewart re Katz 12458563 1847 1849 L5 W34 W29     2
14   Phil Long 30601449 1806 1804 B— L3 W28     2
15   Mohammad Soltani 12889183 1600 1695 L11 W23 W22     2
16 16-21 H Viadiu-Ilarraza 12586903 1957 1952 W25 L1 D20     1½
17   Felix Hernandez 13976078 1939 1906 L29 D24 W30     1½
18   Clarence E Lehman 10497272 1905 1875 D30 L21 W31     1½
19   Frisco Del Rosario 10987792 1900 1886 H— W29 L4 H—   1½
20   Daniel T Oshima 12415774 1800 1804 L3 W31 D16     1½
21   Jared E Peterson 10487871 1800 1822 H— W18 L5 H—   1½
22 22-29 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1880 1861 L1 W25 L15     1
23   Sam Bridle 12498212 1800 1779 L8 L15 W34     1
24   Kevin M Fong 17254586 1712 1713 H— D17 L10     1
25   Jinfeng Liu 16244917 1664 1652 L16 L22 W35     1
26   Rico Adkins 12470464 1653 1697 W32 L9 U—     1
27   Tyrone J Anderson 13086321 1541 1540 L6 W35 L11     1
28   Romeo Bayot 17289363 1293 1289 L12 B— L14     1
29   Robert Turner 12407483 1232 1311 W17 L19 L13   H— 1
30 30-31 Mohammad Reza Asgari 17058928 1408 1425 D18 L4 L17     ½
31   Douglas W Jackson 30711786 1037 1076 D4 L20 L18     ½
32 32-35 Michael Walder 10345120 1952 1928 L26 U— U—   H— 0
33   Stewart Katz 12458563 1847 1844 L2 U— U—     0
34   Michael A Lindsay 32645600 1524 1510 L7 L13 L23     0
35   Michael Shpizner 12490460 1200 1190 L10 L27 L25     0

2026 CalChess Women's State Championship

SwissSys Standings. 2026 CalChess Women’s Championship after Round 3 (of 5)

# Place Name ID Rating Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 1 WIM Laurie Qiu 30582856 2248 2255 W7 W6 W8     3
2 2-3 WIM Omya Vidyarthi 15782318 2176 2184 W13 W4 D3     2½
3   WFM Jenny Qi 17050786 2123 2135 W15 W11 D2     2½
4 4-9 WFM Olivia Smith 31256739 2104 2110 W16 L2 W10     2
5   WFM Uyanga Byambaa 14271351 2071 2077 W12 D10 D11     2
6   WFM Badam Norovsambuu 14681055 2011 2010 W17 L1 W13   H— 2
7   Lauren Goodkind 12778910 1871 1869 L1 W17 W18     2
8   Serena Liu 16887121 1846 1844 W21 W19 L1     2
9   Olivia Xu 31352797 1843 1846 L10 W20 W15     2
10 10-12 WFM Natalya Tsodikova 12634942 2244 2229 W9 D5 L4     1½
11   Zlata Mokeeva 31128131 2100 2090 W20 L3 D5     1½
12   Mahima Chiles 32547045 1437 1442 L5 H— W19     1½
13 13-18 Rayna Yan 30157975 1738 1731 L2 W16 L6     1
14   Elizabeth Shaughnessy 12254060 1500 1501 W18 U— U— U— U— 1
15   Stella Liu 17042064 1490 1485 L3 W21 L9     1
16   Aditi Sinha 16969048 1199 1198 L4 L13 W21     1
17   Sasha Anjal Chugh 30923072 1148 1219 L6 L7 W20     1
18   Imelda Meili Hau 32196802 159 158 L14 B— L7     1
19 19 Renate Otterbach 14565208 1128 1119 H— L8 L12 H—   ½
20 20-21 Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1475 1435 L11 L9 L17     0
21   Wendy Muse Sinek 30278668 587 585 L8 L15 L16 H—   0

Berkeley Chess Club all time winners

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 2024

1) IM Elliott Winslow 30 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) NM Theodore Coyne 8 wins (4 in a row!)

5) Farid Watson 7 wins

6) NM Todd Rumph 6 wins

7) NM Derek O’Connor: 6 wins

8) Steven Krasnov 5 wins

9) FM Ruiyang Yan 4 wins

10) Greg Lope 4 wins

11) WFM Uyanga Byambaa 4 wins two with perfect 6/6 scores!

12) FM Robin Cunningham 4 wins

13) Salar Jahedi 4 wins

14) 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, NM Kushan Tyagi, NM Dmytro Dzhanhirov, FM Andy Lee (2 time BCC Champion)

 

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BCC Championship 2025 Oct-Dec 19,  2025 Fridays 7:00pm $90 FM Andy Lee N/A
IM John Grefe Memorial 2026 January 9th-Feb 13th Fridays 7:00pm $70

IM Elliott Winslow

N/A

 
GM George Koltanowski Memorial Feb 20th-March 27th Fridays 7:00pm $70 NM Theodore Coyne N/A
GM Marcel Sisniega Memorial April 3rd-May 8th Fridays 7:00pm $70

NM Theodore Coyne/Zeno Kalonaris

 

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Tom Dorsch Memorial May 15th-June 19th Fridays 7:00pm $70   EXPRESS REGISTRATION
Alan Glasscoe Memorial June 26th-July 31st Fridays 7:00pm $70   EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Walter Browne Memorial TBD Fridays 7:00pm $70   TBD
Richard Shorman Memorial TBD Fridays 7:00pm $70

 

 

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BCC Championship 2026 TBD Fridays 7:00pm $90   TBD