Current Tournament

NOTICE 4/17/26: Round 4 is Thursday, 4/23. Email [email protected] with any questions or bye requests.

Current Tournament

This is a five-round Swiss format chess tournament. All USCF and club tournament rules will apply. Pairings and standings will be posted here as they become available. For a full schedule of tournaments, see the events page. If you cannot make your scheduled game, please use the contact form so we can adjust the pairings.

Pairings for April 23rd
Posted April 22nd

#		White		Black
1	10	Vafa Bahmanzad (1891)	1	OLM Alaa Moussa (2200)
2	18	Advit Venkatesh (1768)	4	CM Marius Gabriel Lucan (2028)
3	3	Ralph Gholmeih (2103)	16	Sahishnu Gopi (1786)
4	15	Jim Boyd (1819)	7	Sai Krishna (1967)
5	9	Siddharth Kaushik (1891)	26	Matthew Mohyi (1578)
6	14	Jack Manata (1861)	8	Andy Zhong (1951)
7	12	Brent Underwood (1870)	17	Pejman Sagart (1771)
8	19	Emon Bayrooti (1764)	11	Ramil Macaspac (1878)
9	13	Fred De Leon (1864)	21	Robby Murphy (1699)
10	5	Jim Mennella (2000)	23	Atticus Honeycutt (1654)
11	24	Tom Williams (1600)	28	Anton Czanik (1487)
12	25	Tom Fogec (1600)	29	Ashwath Pradeep (1456)
13	20	Howard Heller (1738)	34	Bowen Jing (1343)
14	58	Christopher Lin (unr.)	32	Luke Froning (1394)
15	41	Jason Jeu (1207)	36	Jim Hillard (1300)
16	45	Anika Macha (1164)	43	Bhagavat Nair (1172)
17	56	Julian German (unr.)	35	Jacob Lozover (1334)
18	33	Brian Jing (1346)	38	Uthran Narayanan (1234)
19	39	Gary Kellison (1229)	55	Charles Clark (unr.)
20	40	John Goddard (1212)	46	Jose Esteban (1153)
21	62	Jun Kang (unr.)	51	Howard Whitlock (869)
22	53	David Povall (723)	30	Rex Pimentel (1439)
23	48	Dean McCleary (1084)	57	Drake Gentile (unr.)
24	59	Henry Posalski (unr.)	49	Mark Boettger (912)
25	52	Rick Brown (838)	63	Tyler Wang (unr.)
26	47	Steve Rack (1142)	54	Caroline Broussard (107)
27	61	Richard Kelley (unr.)	60	Dylan Silva (unr.)
	22	John Wickersham (1656)		BYE
	27	Keith Wilson (1500)		BYE
	31	Chris Mitchell (1410)		BYE
	37	Matthew Potter (1286)		BYE
	42	Ken Zgombic (1200)		BYE

Current Standings

#	Name	Rtng	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	OLM Alaa Moussa	2200	B-	B-	B-	W21	W2	W7	W8	7.0
2	CM Marius Gabriel Lucan	2028	B-	B-	B-	W8	L1	W3	W7	6.0
3	Vafa Bahmanzad	1891	B-	B-	B-	H-	W13	L2	W14	5.5
4	Sahishnu Gopi	1786	B-	B-	U-	D14	W19	W22	W13	5.5
5	Advit Venkatesh	1768	B-	B-	U-	W35	W20	W16	D6	5.5
6	Ralph Gholmeih	2103	B-	B-	B-	H-	U-	W12	D5	5.0
7	Sai Krishna	1967	B-	B-	B-	W11	W14	L1	L2	5.0
8	Siddharth Kaushik	1891	B-	B-	B-	L2	W18	W9	L1	5.0
9	Jim Boyd	1819	B-	B-	B-	H-	D21	L8	W16	5.0
10	Matthew Mohyi	1578	B-	U-	U-	W24	W26	W28	W17	5.0
11	Alex Dyer	2127	B-	B-	B-	L7	H-	W17	U-	4.5
12	Andy Zhong	1951	B-	B-	H-	H-	H-	L6	W23	4.5
13	Brent Underwood	1870	B-	B-	B-	H-	L3	W21	L4	4.5
14	Jack Manata	1861	B-	B-	B-	D4	L7	W18	L3	4.5
15	Pejman Sagart	1771	H-	H-	H-	H-	H-	W35	W21	4.5
16	Ramil Macaspac	1878	B-	B-	B-	H-	D17	L5	L9	4.0
17	Fred De Leon	1864	B-	B-	B-	H-	D16	L11	L10	4.0
18	Emon Bayrooti	1764	B-	B-	U-	B-	L8	L14	W29	4.0
19	Robby Murphy	1699	B-	B-	U-	D23	L4	H-	W30	4.0
20	Atticus Honeycutt	1654	B-	B-	U-	W28	L5	D23	H-	4.0
21	Jim Mennella	2000	B-	B-	B-	L1	D9	L13	L15	3.5
22	Andrew Norman	1977	B-	B-	B-	H-	U-	L4	U-	3.5
23	Tom Williams	1600	B-	B-	U-	D19	D24	D20	L12	3.5
24	Tom Fogec	1600	B-	B-	U-	L10	D23	D29	H-	3.5
25	Anton Czanik	1487	B-	U-	U-	L26	W43	W31	H-	3.5
26	Ashwath Pradeep	1456	B-	U-	U-	W25	L10	W39	D28	3.5
27	Bowen Jing	1343	U-	U-	U-	H-	W60	W50	W35	3.5
28	Howard Heller	1738	B-	B-	U-	L20	H-	L10	D26	3.0
29	Keith Wilson	1500	B-	U-	U-	H-	W50	D24	L18	3.0
30	Luke Froning	1394	U-	U-	U-	W36	W44	W32	L19	3.0
31	Jim Hillard	1300	U-	U-	U-	W47	W45	L25	W46	3.0
32	Jason Jeu	1207	U-	U-	U-	W34	W37	L30	W48	3.0
33	Bhagavat Nair	1172	U-	U-	U-	W62	D38	D37	W42	3.0
34	Christopher Lin	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L32	W47	X54	W43	3.0
35	John Wickersham	1656	B-	B-	U-	L5	H-	L15	L27	2.5
36	Chris Mitchell	1410	B-	U-	U-	L30	H-	U-	W51	2.5
37	Jacob Lozover	1334	U-	U-	U-	W59	L32	D33	W52	2.5
38	Matthew Potter	1286	U-	U-	U-	W56	D33	D42	H-	2.5
39	Uthran Narayanan	1234	U-	U-	U-	W48	W49	L26	D41	2.5
40	Anika Macha	1164	H-	U-	U-	U-	U-	W53	W50	2.5
41	Julian German	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L43	W58	W45	D39	2.5
42	Brian Jing	1346	U-	U-	U-	H-	W46	D38	L33	2.0
43	Gary Kellison	1229	U-	U-	U-	W41	L25	W56	L34	2.0
44	John Goddard	1212	U-	U-	U-	W53	L30	L48	W58	2.0
45	Ken Zgombic	1200	U-	U-	U-	W57	L31	L41	W56	2.0
46	Jose Esteban	1153	U-	U-	U-	W58	L42	W49	L31	2.0
47	Howard Whitlock	869	U-	U-	U-	L31	L34	W61	W59	2.0
48	Charles Clark	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L39	W62	W44	L32	2.0
49	Jun Kang	unr.	U-	U-	U-	W54	L39	L46	W55	2.0
50	Rex Pimentel	1439	H-	H-	H-	U-	L29	L27	L40	1.5
51	Dean McCleary	1084	U-	U-	U-	H-	L52	W59	L36	1.5
52	David Povall	723	U-	U-	U-	H-	W51	U-	L37	1.5
53	Drake Gentile	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L44	D59	L40	W60	1.5
54	Sebastian Erbe	1166	U-	U-	U-	L49	W61	F34	U-	1.0
55	Mark Boettger	912	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	W62	L49	1.0
56	Rick Brown	838	U-	U-	U-	L38	W57	L43	L45	1.0
57	Henry Posalski	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L45	L56	L58	W62	1.0
58	Tyler Wang	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L46	L41	W57	L44	1.0
59	Steve Rack	1142	U-	U-	U-	L37	D53	L51	L47	0.5
60	Dereck Williams	884	H-	U-	U-	U-	L27	U-	L53	0.5
61	Caroline Broussard	107	U-	U-	U-	H-	L54	L47	U-	0.5
62	Dylan Silva	unr.	U-	U-	U-	L33	L48	L55	L57	0.0
63	Richard Kelley	unr.	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	U-	0.0

Tournament Results

Prize winners for the tournament ending on March 25th are as follows:

$193 Tournament Winner/RU: Ralph Gholmieh
$193 Tournament Winner/RU: Andrew Norman
$110 Best Under 2000: Andy Zhong
$110 Best Under 1800: Emon Bayrooti
$220 Best Under 1600/Biggest Upset: Atticus Honeycutt
$25 Best Under 1400: Brian Jing
$25 Best Under 1400: Matthew Potter
$25 Best Under 1400: Jacob Lozover
$25 Best Under 1400: Sebastian Erbe
$25 Best Under 1400: Dean McCleary

Full results for completed tournaments can be found on our USCF tournament history page.