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      NM Tom Dorsch Memorial 

NM Tom Dorsch. President of Calchess for many years

Start Date: 7:00pm Friday, May 30th (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 30th, June 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, and July 11th

No Round July 4th!

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, 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 1-5 (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! [/fusion_text]

Current Pairings

NM Tom Dorsch Memorial

 

SwissSys Report: Tom Dorsch Memorial 2025

 

 

SwissSys Report: Tom Dorsch Memorial 2025

Pairings for Round 3. Tom Dorsch Memorial 2025: Extra Rated

Bd Res White Res Black
10 0 Janico Bracken (1230 0.0) 1 Reza Asgari (1543 1.5)

Current Standings

NM Tom Dorsch Memorial

SwissSys Standings. Tom Dorsch Memorial 2025: Open

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 NM Dmytro Dzhanhirov 32073210 2247 W16 W6 W8 W9     4.0
2 Max Virgil 31363560 1940 H— D15 W17 W10     3.0
3 NM Roger Poehlmann 12191230 2200 D15 W10 D11 D6     2.5
4 NM Mike Walder 10345120 2012 H— H— H— W11     2.5
5 Hovik Manvelyan 12909955 1910 D17 D13 W16 D7     2.5
6 Roger Smith 14437543 1826 W18 L1 W14 D3     2.5
7 Vedant Verma 16994832 1815 L14 W19 W15 D5     2.5
8 NM Theo Coyne 13848228 2263 W12 W14 L1 U— H—   2.0
9 IM Elliott Winslow 10363365 2200 H— H— W12 L1     2.0
10 Joel Alcaraz 13733818 1819 W20 L3 W13 L2     2.0
11 Daniel Oshima 12415774 1800 X21 H— D3 L4     2.0
12 Marlon Rigel 30206555 1797 L8 W20 L9 W17 H—   2.0
13 Sreyshthaa Krishnan 30452740 1743 H— D5 L10 W20     2.0
14 Zoe Ladwig 32468586 unr. W7 L8 L6 W16     2.0
15 Samuel Petty 12582250 1688 D3 D2 L7 H—     1.5
16 Mark Paetz 10487579 1721 L1 W18 L5 L14     1.0
17 Zeno Kalonaris 16307134 1641 D5 H— L2 L12     1.0
18 Casey Marantz-Yip 31097116 1459 L6 L16 H— H—     1.0
19 Shaunak Marde 30121223 1331 H— L7 L20 H—     1.0
20 Douglas Jackson 30711786 949 L10 L12 W19 L13     1.0
21 NM Richard Russell 12456377 2347 F11 U— U— U—     0.0

Girls K-12 CalChess NGTOC Qualifier

SwissSys Standings. 2025 Girls K-12 CalChess NGTOC Qualifier: Championship (Standings (no tiebrk))

# Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total Prize
1 WIM Omya Vidyarthi 15782318 2164 W5 W8 W2 W3 W4 5.0 750.00
2 WFM Jenny Qi 17050786 2083 W6 W4 L1 W13 W3 4.0 100.00
3 Zlata Mokeeva 31128131 2040 W7 W9 W8 L1 L2 3.0 12.50
4 Serena Liu 16887121 1677 W12 L2 W7 W6 L1 3.0 12.50
5 Carissa Penn 15602522 1125 L1 W13 W10 H— D9 3.0 12.50
6 Anika Prasad 30110098 1015 L2 W12 W9 L4 W10 3.0 12.50
7 Teresa Long 31662752 989 L3 W11 L4 D9 W12 2.5  
8 Rayna Yan 30157975 1681 W11 L1 L3 L10 W13 2.0  
9 Elaine Xue 30959879 1277 W10 L3 L6 D7 D5 2.0  
10 Raaga Guruswami 17191014 653 L9 B— L5 W8 L6 2.0  
11 Kwanita Amarthaluri 31763753 700 L8 L7 D13 L12 B— 1.5  
12 Stella Yang 31228017 699 L4 L6 H— W11 L7 1.5  
13 Chloe Yang 30774286 632 B— L5 D11 L2 L8 1.5  

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 29 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 5 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, 

 

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