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23rd McClain Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999

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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.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
04 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Si Hao Huang1747
Avg top 10
1,610
Participants
18
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×16
🇨🇴Colombia×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Max Katkin Meacham led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
1234R1R2R3R4
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

Max Katkin Meacham never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Max Katkin Meacham beat Rayna Yan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Max Katkin Meacham 4 wins (R1–R4)Rayna Yan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Max Katkin Meacham*
1
1
1
2Rayna Yan
0
*
3Necip Sayiner
0
*
4Si Hao Huang
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Meacham, Max Katkin1634USA+6B+3N+4B+2N4.08.510.510.502424+58.8
2Yan, Rayna1549USA+8N+11B+7N1B3.08.09.05.001714+27.2
3Sayiner, Necip1577USA+12N1B+11N+14B3.06.07.03.001703+19.6
4Huang, Si Hao1747USA+17N+7B1N=5B2.58.59.03.751673-15.6
5Pang, Elena Hingyip1619USA+9B+13NF=4N2.55.55.54.251865+36.4
6Korde, Varad Y1460USA1N+12B+8N9B2.08.09.03.0015690.0
7DB, Pranav1541USA+10B4N2B+13N2.07.08.02.501599+11.6
8Aher, Sandesh1592USA2B+15N6B+16N2.06.06.51.501692+15.6
9Gupta, Shanaya1491USA5N+16BF+6N2.05.05.02.501581+10.0
10Zhang, Jessica1563USA7N+17BF=18N1.53.03.00.751565+0.4
11Shah, Ansh0USA+15B2N3B12N1.07.08.01.0013820.0
12Yu, Andrew1561USA3B6NF+11B1.06.06.01.00780-19.2
13Amin, Eshaan Kashyap1544USA+16N5B14N7B1.05.56.00.501368-36.4
14Chen, Felix Y1535USAFF+13B3N1.04.04.01.001561+2.8
15Cantor Pardo, Joaquin1628COL11N8B=16N=17B1.03.54.00.501427-29.2
16Cantor Pardo, Antonio1544COL13B9N=15B8B0.55.06.00.501236-56.8
17Liao, Aiden1520USA4B10NF=15N0.55.05.00.501366-21.2
18Rapaka, Anish1625USAFFF=10B0.51.51.50.751562-4.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets