GM George Koltanowski Memorial

GM Koltanowski, “Father” of the US Swiss System

Start Date: 7:00pm Friday, February 20th (Registration closes at 6:50pm.)

Location: 2622 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca

Tournament Format: Six rounds, one game every Friday at 7:00pm.
Rounds:  Feb 20th, 27th, March 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th

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. 

 

“Nobody ever won a game by resigning!” Ralph Nagel vs Frisco Del Rosario Round 1. Here white resigned, but white could have gained an advantage by playing the next two moves accurately!

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)

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.

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Current Pairings

Current Standings

GM George Koltanowski Memorial 2026

Standings after Round 1 – GM George Koltanowski Memorial 2026

# Place Name ID Rating Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total Prize
1 1-7 Theodore James Coyne 13848228 2267 2268 W16 ~4         1  
2   Elliott Winslow 10363365 2237 2238 W17 ~6         1  
3   Alexander Paul Chin 17050697 2110 2112 W18 ~5         1  
4   Austin Edward Cambon 12890251 2023 2024 W19 ~1         1  
5   Michael Walder 10345120 1980 1982 W20 ~3         1  
6   Steven Gaffagan 12542809 1935 1936 W21 ~2         1  
7   Kanav Deorah 31626402 1139 1139 B— ~8         1  
8 8-15 Roger M Poehlmann 12191230 2200 2200 H— ~7         ½  
9   Max Virgil 31363560 2029 2019 D11 ~12         ½  
10   Swagatha Selvam 16203181 1882 1882 H— ~13         ½  
11   Dev Isak Kosuri 31395538 1654 1673 D9 ~14         ½  
12   Stella Liu 17042064 1545 1545 H— ~9         ½  
13   Vincent W Liu 30188920 1462 1462 H— ~10         ½  
14   Douglas W Jackson 30711786 1002 1002 H— ~11         ½  
15   Zesen Li 32432396 599 599 H— ~16         ½  
16 16-21 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1800 1798 L1 ~15         0  
17   Mark Gregory Paetz 10487579 1722 1720 L2 ~21         0  
18   Samuel Joseph Petty 12582250 1701 1698 L3 ~20         0  
19   Dahlia Quinn 30654447 1528 1526 L4 H—     H—   0  
20   Samuel Agdamag 14874734 1524 1521 L5 ~18         0  
21   Christopher Bei 16093122 1421 1419 L6 ~17         0  
 

Cal Chess Senior State Championship

SwissSys Standings. 2025 CalChess Women’s & Senior Championship 3-: Senior Merged (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 IM Timothy Taylor 10153557 2281 W12 L4 W13 W8 W3 4.0 375.00
2 NM Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2235 W26 D10 D9 W19 W4 4.0 375.00
3 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2230 W5 W21 D4 W10 L1 3.5 75.00
4 NM Mike Walder 10345120 1940 W25 W1 D3 W9 L2 3.5 125.00
5 Armin Vale Cruz 16292302 1798 L3 W11 W21 D13 W9 3.5 125.00
6 Phil Long 30601449 1639 D8 L19 W26 W23 W10 3.5 125.00
7 NM Larry Snyder 10465117 2049 D14 W23 D19 H— H— 3.0  
8 Michael Condon 10402395 2033 D6 D15 W17 L1 D14 2.5  
9 Rudy Tia 12658822 1907 W18 W24 D2 L4 L5 2.5  
10 Roger Smith 14437543 1836 W20 D2 W22 L3 L6 2.5  
11 Sam Bridle 12498212 1833 L21 L5 D16 X24 W23 2.5  
12 Stewart Katz 12458563 1817 L1 W25 D15 W20 U— 2.5  
13 Kevin Fong 17254586 1705 H— W16 L1 D5 D15 2.5  
14 Richard Newey 12400775 1643 D7 D17 D23 D15 D8 2.5  
15 Rico Adkins 12470464 1625 D19 D8 D12 D14 D13 2.5  
16 Tom Boyd 10495768 1600 H— L13 D11 W21 D17 2.5  
17 Necip Sayiner 13792774 1500 H— D14 L8 W25 D16 2.5 150.00
18 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1936 L9 L22 H— H— W25 2.0  
19 Clarence Lehman 10497272 1900 D15 W6 D7 L2 U— 2.0  
20 Raymons Montalvo 12540951 1600 L10 D26 W24 L12 H— 2.0  
21 Kannappan Singaram 14439398 1243 W11 L3 L5 L16 B— 2.0  
22 Rahim Gran 12427338 1928 D24 W18 L10 U— U— 1.5  
23 Romeo Bayot 17289363 1117 B— L7 D14 L6 L11 1.5 150.00
24 Douglas Larsen 12576655 1762 D22 L9 L20 F11 H— 1.0  
25 Mohammad Soltani 12889183 1631 L4 L12 B— L17 L18 1.0  
26 Daniel Oshima 12415774 1800 L2 D20 L6 U— U— 0.5  

Cal Chess Women's State Championship

SwissSys Standings. 2025 CalChess Women’s & Senior Championship 3-: Women’s Merged (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 WIM Ruiyang Yan 15462690 2347 W7 W3 D2 W4 W5 4.5 400.00
2 WFM Natalia Tsodikova 12634942 2191 W8 W14 D1 W10 W4 4.5 400.00
3 Zlata Mokeeva 31128131 2039 W5 L1 W13 D7 W10 3.5 200.00
4 WFM Uyanga Byambaa 14271351 2120 W11 W10 W9 L1 L2 3.0  
5 Rayna Yan 30157975 1636 L3 W12 W14 W9 L1 3.0 175.00
6 Renate Otterbach 14565208 1036 H— L9 W11 H— W7 3.0 175.00
7 Olivia Xu 31352797 1574 L1 B— W12 D3 L6 2.5  
8 Loida Guo 30392341 1530 L2 W11 L10 W12 H— 2.5  
9 Rosalyn Chu 30566652 1289 H— W6 L4 L5 B— 2.5  
10 Railia Borobova 30627771 2070 W13 L4 W8 L2 L3 2.0  
11 Stella Yang 31228017 678 L4 L8 L6 B— W13 2.0 75.00
12 Shritha Sri Podduturi 16311660 598 B— L5 L7 L8 W14 2.0 75.00
13 Raaga Guruswami 17191014 664 L10 B— L3 D14 L11 1.5  
14 Olja Dimitrijevic 32363115 unr. B— L2 L5 D13 L12 1.5  

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) Farid Watson 7 wins

5)NM Todd Rumph 6 wins

6)NM Derek O’Connor: 6 wins

7) NM Theodore Coyne 6 wins (4 in a row!)

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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