The 36th Anniversary Tournament for ChessPalace will be on Sunday, August 16, 2026.

  • 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: $80 advance registration by August 14th ($99 thereafter) $50 for chess club members

Sign up early to save.

$80 by 8/15/26 ($99 thereafter)

Registration closes at 9:30 am.

36th Anniversary Tournament

$80.00

Play at the Tournament
NameRating
IM Dushyant Sharma2329
NM Ike Miller2200
NM Rey Del Pilar2200
NM Forest Sherwood2152
Arsenio Valencerina2131
Bert Navarro2042
Remigio1982
Minh Nguyen1903
Ryan Kim1882
Brian Lantz1887
Max Alberhasky1872
Silas Jensen1772
Ferdinand Catunao1667
Adam Tan1656
Bryan Rivera1621
Angie Zheng1500
Carl Eberly1319
Carmen Childress1300
Nolan Truong1274
Jolin Jiang1218
Yasha Sabui1200
Glenn Cravens1196
Trevor Chan1132
Rishaan Mishra1066
Leon Park769
Luke Harmon660
Sycamore Yuan500
George Prokopenko500
Otniel Serrano0
Connor Knox0

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.