The 35th Anniversary Tournament for ChessPalace will be on Sunday, August 17, 2025.

  • Venue: Indoors at 6803 International Ave. 206, Cypress, CA 90630 Parking is free
  • Lunch is included for participating players (Potluck for snacks/desserts)
  • Door prizes will be raffled throughout the day!
  • Awards/Prizes: $1,000 Prize Fund

Tournament Details:

  • Check In: 9-9:15 am (Please register in advance so we can get a head count for lunch and space capacity).
  • Round 1 at 10 AM
  • Time Control: 5 Rounds: Game 30 min +10 sec Increment (G/30;+10)
  • Sections: Under 1400 and Open
  • Games will be US Chess rated
  • Entry Fee: $70 advance registration by August 10th ($20 more thereafter) $10 for chess club members

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$70 by 8/16/25

($20 more thereafter)

Registration closes at 9:30 am.

35th Anniversary Tournament

$70.00

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Registered Players

#NameRating
1NM Gabriel Sam2340
2Eduardo Ortiz2315
3NM Eric Cooke2235
4Martin Leung2019
5He, William1883
6Cody Oldham1855
7Max Alberhasky1854
8Ryan Kim1833
9Jorda, Danilo1800
10Minh Nhat Nguyen1791
11Jake Nemeth1752
12Shaina Bagorio1700
13Genlaiza Pearl1700
14Elijah Bean1695
15Stanley Wei1665
16Gaurav Datta1636
17Albert Bao1345
18Kaitlyn Otey1308
19Cravens, Glenn1167
20Raiyan Shameem1043
21George Prokopenko874
22Yasha Sabui864
23Abdelrahman, Mohamed821
24Tzovinar Satchyan778
25David Huy Nguyen683
26Charles Chen641
27Abdelrahman, Yassine610
28Mher Satchyan609
29Jenny Wall530
30Ram Gandhi412
31Gabriel Lammatao326
32Abdelrahman, Yahia308
33Marco Moreno0
34Kevin Rogers0
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Past Anniversary Champions

  • 2023 Thanh Nguyen
  • 2022 Karl Tolentino
  • 2019 Ed Ortiz & Wan Kim
  • 2018 Gabriel Sam
  • 2017 Eduardo Ortiz
  • 2016 Enrico Sevillano
  • 2015 Brandon Clarke
  • 2014 Ilia Serpik & Gabriel Sam
  • 2013 Pablo Pena
  • 2012 Craig Faber & Karl Tolentino
  • 2011 Zhanibek Amanov
  • 2010 Joel Banawa
  • 2009 Melikset Khachiyan
  • 2008 Enrico Sevillano
  • 2007 Reynaldo del Pilar
  • 2006 Craig Clawitter & Jaime Gutierrez
  • 2005 Jake Banawa & Joel Banawa
  • 2004 Eduardo Ortiz
  • 2003 Pedro Tidoy Jr.