Event Registrants for Tallahassee Chess Fest - Quick *

--- Open Section ---
Registrant Name Rating Sch Byes
William Wu 2190
Vivan Mulay 2085
Steven Lenhert 2060
Richard Kennedy 1993
Winston Wu 1722
Robin Johnston 1660
Jonathan Walker 1519
Colin Meagher 1415
Brandon Robertson 1269
Avi Patel
Shreyansh Sawant
Elijah Bolds
--- U1400 Section ---
Registrant Name Rating Sch Byes
German Gregorio Llamas 1309 1
Nat Heburn 933/19
Madiyar Kurbangali
Yoshi Hutt
Sebastian Menes
Sathish Sundaramoorthy
King-Jahkei Lewis-Ball
--- U800 Section ---
Registrant Name Rating Sch Byes
Yohan Esakkimuthu 788
Lily Schroeder 588/12
Boone Martin 556/22
VICTOR ECHENIQUE 530/15
Christian Rassam 474
Laksh Gutta 421/07
Raya Hughes
Mansur Kurbangali
Anvvy Paidakula
Konrad Kiker
Chance Waters
Ohna Koontz
Sasank Vemana
Jordan Peliotes
* Online registrants only. May not include entries otherwise received (mail, phone, etc.)

Event Summary

Name: Tallahassee Chess Fest - Quick  
Desc:

Sponsored by the Challenger Learning Center (CLC), the Tallahassee Young Knights (TYK) Chess Club is organizing a USCF-rated chess tournament in March 2025 at CLC, in the heart of Tallahassee downtown area. The main event is a 4-round Quick tournament (with side-event of a 6-round Blitz in a separate announcement). 

Due to space limitations, we will only accept the first 32 participants.

Free Activities on Friday (3/28) and Saturday (3/29) in the 2025 Chess Fest:

  • Classic Chess Movie: “Searching for Bobby Fischer”

  • GM (grandmaster) Showdown w/ live commentating (Julio Becerra vs. Nikola Mitkov)

  • Lectures by GMs, Simul with GMs

  • Demonstrations and hands-on activities designed to teach, challenge, and entertain chess lovers of all ages/skill levels

  • (see details at https://www.challengertlh.com/chess/ )

Tournament Details:

Date: March 30th (Sunday), 2025

Location: Challenger Learning Center, 200 S Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301

Format: 4SS, G/20, d5 (4 Swiss rounds, 20 min w/ 5 sec delay in each move)  

Sections: Open, U1400, U800

Check in: 9:30am (first game is expected to start at 10am sharp)

Round Times: 10am-11am-1pm-2pm. One half point bye is allowed in any round before the start of Round 2.

Registration fee: $30 online by 3/29/2025 (with $10 discount if payment received by 3/8/2025). On-site payment is acceptable (cash only) with $5 late fee.

Prizes: Open ($100 + trophy 1st, $60 2nd, $40 1st U1600), U1400 ($80 + trophy 1st, $50 2nd, $40 1st U1100), U800 ($80 + trophy 1st, $50 2nd)

Notes: Active USCF membership is required. You are strongly encouraged to bring your own chess sets and clocks (a limited number will be provided by the organizer).  


Location: 200 S Duval St, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Starts: Sunday 30 Mar 2025
Ends: Sunday 30 Mar 2025
Reg Ends: Wednesday 26 Mar 2025 2:00PM
Rounds: 4
Organizer Name: TYK Chess Club
Organizer eMail: tykchess@gmail.com