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24th Pafnutieff Memorial Tournament - 2000 and Over

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26 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in San Francisco, CA, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2042, and top seed was Christopher Woojin Yoo (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2609).

Christopher Woojin Yoo (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2609) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Daniel Cremisi (3.0) and Reyansh Paragiri (3.0). Yoo won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: David Jin (1756) beat Jenny Qi (WFM, 1998), a +242-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMChristopher Woojin Yoo2609
Avg top 10
2,042
Participants
26
Titled players · 2
GM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

GM Christopher Woojin Yoo led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
6
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4
Yoo3.5Cremisi3Kumar3Paragiri3Jin3Liu2.5
R3–R4 · LEAD HELD

GM Christopher Woojin Yoo held the sole lead from R3 through R4 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Christopher Woojin Yoo drew with Daniel Cremisi (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Christopher Woojin Yoo won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMChristopher Woojin Yoo*
½
1
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2Daniel Cremisi
½
*—
½
3Jay Dave Kumar
0
—*—
4Reyansh Paragiri—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yoo, Christopher WoojinGM2609USA+10B+5N+9B=2N3.58.010.08.502545-1.8
2Cremisi, Daniel2186USA+19N+11B=3N=1B3.08.59.56.252236+6.8
3Paragiri, Reyansh1983USA+12B+15N=2B=4N3.08.09.56.502040+11.9
4Jin, David1756USA+20B+22N=6N=3B3.06.57.54.752108+72.0
5Kumar, Jay Dave1918USA+25B−1B+19N+9N3.06.56.53.002140+42.4
6Srinivasan, Sivavishnu1958USA+21B+7N=4B−8N2.58.09.05.001920-7.6
7Pavuluri, Vivaan1905USA+16N−6B+18N=11B2.56.07.54.001917+2.0
8Liu, Liam1900USA=17B+26NF+6B2.54.04.03.252163+38.8
9Sethi, Kanwar2015USA+14N+13B−1N−5B2.08.510.54.001976-11.6
10Natraj, Tapas Aarav1750USA−1N+14B=16N=13B2.07.59.03.751861+19.2
11Shi, Evan1818USA+24B−2N=12B=7N2.07.58.53.251878+9.2
12Krishnan, Sreyshthaa1720USA−3N+23B=11N=20B2.06.07.02.501829+22.0
13Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1756USA+26B−9N=15B=10N2.05.55.51.751859+20.8
14Jain, Kanishk1815USA−9B−10N+25B+21N2.05.05.01.001814-0.8
15Chen, Leo H1723USA+23N−3B=13NF1.56.06.02.001844+18.4
16Bhosale, Arnav1723USA−7B+21N=10BF1.55.55.52.001798+12.0
17Yenamandra, Srinadh1765USA=8N−19B=20N=18B1.55.06.02.501692-17.2
18Ivanenko, Anthony Vladimir1789USA−22B+25N−7B=17N1.55.05.00.751768-3.0
19Xu, Olivia1705USA−2B+17N−5B−24N1.07.58.51.501679-9.6
20Raghav, Surya1722USA−4NF=17B=12N1.06.56.51.751622-15.6
21Wang, Chase1739USA−6N−16B+23N−14B1.06.07.01.001630-22.4
22Qi, JennyWFM1998USA+18N−4BFF1.04.54.51.501773-22.8
23Rajaram, Adit1795USA−15B−12N−21B+25N1.04.54.50.001541-53.6
24Zhang, Matthew1700USA−11NFF+19B1.03.03.01.001761+6.8
25Huang, Si Hao1750USA−5N−18B−14N−23B0.06.57.50.001029-63.2
26Chalissery, Neil1948USA−13N−8BFF0.04.54.50.001028-26.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets