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October 21 @ 1:00 pm - December 16 @ 6:00 pm

          GM Daniel King Marathon

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

Location: 2622 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca

Tournament Format: Six rounds, one game every Friday at 7pm.
Rounds: Sept 15th, 22nd, 29th, Oct 6th, 13th, and 20th

Fee: $60
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)

Byes for round 5 must be selected before round one and are irrevocable.

Number of rounds in tourney: 6
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

Current Standings

SwissSys Standings. GM Daniel King Marathon 9-15 to 10-20: 2023 GM Daniel King FNM

# Name Rating Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total
1 Elliott Winslow 2192 2194 W18 (b) W10 (w)         2.0
2 Alexander Pa Chin 2008 2012 W13 (w) W12 (b)         2.0
3 Michael Walder 1999 2029 W15 (b) W9 (w)         2.0
4 Neil Chalissery 1872 1874 W24 (w) H—         1.5
5 Mark Gregor Paetz 1769 1771 W20 (b) H—         1.5
6 Arivoli Tirouvingadame 1650 1652 W26 (w) H—         1.5
7 Peter Sherwood 1600 1604 W22 (w) H—         1.5
8 Tyrone Jermaine Anderson 1501 1575 H— W23 (b)         1.5
9 Kevin Derek Chor 2206 2192 W17 (w) L3 (b)         1.0
10 Max Yue Li 1759 1758 W25 (w) L1 (b)         1.0
11 Tobias Stowell 1742 1743 W21 (b) U—         1.0
12 Mohammad Soltani 1620 1618 W16 (b) L2 (w)         1.0
13 Mohammad R Asgari 1535 1546 L2 (b) W19 (w)         1.0
14 Sadhana Arivoli 1519 1519 H— H—         1.0
15 Mitchell Th Allen 1477 1480 L3 (w) W26 (b)         1.0
16 Philips Ossai 1012 1104 L12 (w) W24 (b) H—       1.0
17 Max Virgil 1598 1597 L9 (b) H—         0.5
18 Jossy Chalissery 1585 1584 L1 (w) H—         0.5
19 Elizabeth Shaughnessy 1425 1409 H— L13 (b)         0.5
20 Christopher Sunga 1244 1240 L5 (w) D22 (b)   H—     0.5
21 Aradhana Arivoli 1154 1152 L11 (w) H—         0.5
22 Liam Dew unr. 1222 L7 (b) D20 (w)         0.5
23 Michael Gene Anderson 2023 1998 U— L8 (w)         0.0
24 Samuel Agdamag 1462 1418 L4 (b) L16 (w)         0.0
25 Palash Agrawal 1193 1191 L10 (b) U—         0.0
26 Grishma Raj Dahal 1128 1119 L6 (b) L15 (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 2022

1)IM Elliott Winslow 23 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

 

Game Archives

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Tournament Name

Dates

Times

Winner

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IM John Grefe Marathon January 6th-Feb 10th Friday’s 7:00pm $60

Samuel Tugendhaft

EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Koltanowski Marathon Feb 17th-March 24th Friday’s 7:00pm $60 FM Ruiyang Yan EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Walter Browne Marathon March 31st-May 5th Friday’s 7:00pm $60

IM Elliott Winslow

FM Ruiyang Yan

EXPRESS REGISTRATION
Neil Falconer Marathon May 12th-June 16th Friday’s 7:00pm $60 Kushan Tyagi EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Jesse Kraai Marathon June 23rd-July 28th Friday’s 7:00pm $60 IM Elliott Winslow EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Marcel Sisniega Marathon Aug 4th- Sept 8th Friday’s 7:00pm $60 IM Elliott Winslow EXPRESS REGISTRATION
GM Daniel King Marathon Sept 15th- Oct 20th Friday’s 7:00pm $60   EXPRESS REGISTRATION
BCC Championship Oct 27th- Dec 22nd Friday’s 7:00pm $80   EXPRESS REGISTRATION