23rd McClain Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999
18 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1610, and top seed was Si Hao Huang (🇺🇸 USA, 1747).
Max Katkin Meacham (🇺🇸 USA, 1634) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Rayna Yan (3.0) and Necip Sayiner (3.0). Meacham broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Varad Y Korde (1460) beat Sandesh Aher (1592), a +132-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsMax Katkin Meacham led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Max Katkin Meacham never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Max Katkin Meacham beat Rayna Yan (Black).
Max Katkin Meacham 4 wins (R1–R4)Rayna Yan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Max Katkin Meacham | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Rayna Yan | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Necip Sayiner | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Si Hao Huang | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meacham, Max Katkin | 1634 | USA | +6B | +3N | +4B | +2N | 4.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 2424 | +58.8 |
| 2 | Yan, Rayna | 1549 | USA | +8N | +11B | +7N | −1B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1714 | +27.2 |
| 3 | Sayiner, Necip | 1577 | USA | +12N | −1B | +11N | +14B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1703 | +19.6 |
| 4 | Huang, Si Hao | 1747 | USA | +17N | +7B | −1N | =5B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1673 | -15.6 |
| 5 | Pang, Elena Hingyip | 1619 | USA | +9B | +13N | F | =4N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1865 | +36.4 |
| 6 | Korde, Varad Y | 1460 | USA | −1N | +12B | +8N | −9B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 7 | DB, Pranav | 1541 | USA | +10B | −4N | −2B | +13N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1599 | +11.6 |
| 8 | Aher, Sandesh | 1592 | USA | −2B | +15N | −6B | +16N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1692 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Gupta, Shanaya | 1491 | USA | −5N | +16B | F | +6N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1581 | +10.0 |
| 10 | Zhang, Jessica | 1563 | USA | −7N | +17B | F | =18N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1565 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Shah, Ansh | 0 | USA | +15B | −2N | −3B | −12N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1382 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Yu, Andrew | 1561 | USA | −3B | −6N | F | +11B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 780 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Amin, Eshaan Kashyap | 1544 | USA | +16N | −5B | −14N | −7B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1368 | -36.4 |
| 14 | Chen, Felix Y | 1535 | USA | F | F | +13B | −3N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1561 | +2.8 |
| 15 | Cantor Pardo, Joaquin | 1628 | COL | −11N | −8B | =16N | =17B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1427 | -29.2 |
| 16 | Cantor Pardo, Antonio | 1544 | COL | −13B | −9N | =15B | −8B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1236 | -56.8 |
| 17 | Liao, Aiden | 1520 | USA | −4B | −10N | F | =15N | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1366 | -21.2 |
| 18 | Rapaka, Anish | 1625 | USA | F | F | F | =10B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1562 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Meacham, Max KatkinUSA+58.84.0 pts · #1
- 2Pang, Elena HingyipUSA+36.42.5 pts · #3
- 3Yan, RaynaUSA+27.23.0 pts · #4
- 1Cantor Pardo, AntonioCOL-56.80.5 pts · #16
- 2Amin, Eshaan KashyapUSA-36.41.0 pts · #10
- 3Cantor Pardo, JoaquinCOL-29.21.0 pts · #13
- R3+132 Elo gap
- R3+113 Elo gap
- R2+101 Elo gap