Tournament Information

NEW  TOURNAMENT SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28TH  2026

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Tournament Details

 "THE FEBRUARY 2026 WINTER QUAD CHESS TOURNAMENT"

 hosted by The Santa Paula Chess Club 

DATE OF EVENT: Saturday FEBRUARY 28TH 2026 

LOCATION: The Santa Paula Oddfellows Lodge # 314

868 E. Main ST. Santa Paula Ca, 93060

"THE FEBRUARY 2026 WINTER QUAD CHESS TOURNAMENT"

TOURNAMENT PLAYERS LIST .

 

1  Hayk Agopian                   Rating 2086                    USCF ID# 32571661

2 Ethan Deshaies.                 Rating 2038                  USCF ID 30625139

3  Craig Anderson               Rating: 1915                     USCF# 10448816

4  Andrew Smith                   Rating 1864                   USCF ID# 16041081

5 Mike Fitzgerald                    Rating 1855                  USCF ID# 11243681

6 Charles A Scolieri               Rating: 1723                   USCF I.D.#12513652

7  Michael Kendall                Rating : 1345                    USCF I.D.# 32398562

8 James W McCulley                Rating 1300                      USCF  ID#12580602

9 Daniel Jin Woo Song             Rating  1253                USCF  ID# 30962711

10 Timothy "Mr. White" White     Rating 1025       USCF  ID#32568006

11 Elijah Rodriguez                       Rating 955                      USCF ID# 32759854

12 John R Kroon                            Unrated                              USCF ID# 32837743

13 Jacob Newman                        Unrated                            USCF ID# 32865178 

14 Zayn Fadriquela                        Unrated                        USCF ID # 32898693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is a Quad Tournament in Chess?

 

A Quad Tournament in chess is a type of tournament format where four players compete in a round-robin style tournament. In a quad tournament, four players are paired up to play against each other in three rounds. Each player plays three games, one against the other in their quad.

After all the players have entered, they’re ordered from higher to lower ratings to ensure a balanced competition. The round-robin format ensures that each player gets to play against every other player, which can provide a more balanced competition and more games for each player.

 

Simply, a Quad is a four-player Round-Robin tournament. If there are twelve players in a tournament to play in a Quad format, the 12 players are put in order of their ratings.

  • Then, the top 4 players (1-4) play a round-robin against each other,
  • the next four (5-8) play a round-robin against each other,
  • and the bottom four (9-12) play a round-robin against each other.

Each round-robin requires three rounds of play.

 

 

Scoring in Quad Tournament

 

The scoring system for a quad tournament is usually based on the number of points won. A win is worth one point, a draw is worth a half point, and a loss is worth zero points. At the end of the tournament, the player with the most points in their quad is declared the winner.

In the case of a tie 

The most common tiebreaker is the Buchholz system, which adds up the scores of all the opponents each player faced during the tournament.

or the

TD might decide to do a manual tie-breaker too. The winner of a Quad Tournament is determined by the player with the most points at the end of the tournament. Points are awarded for wins and draw, as explained earlier.

 

 

What if the total number of players is not a multiple of four?

What if there are 14 players?

Then the top four (1 to 4) play against each other, the next four (5 to 8) play each other, and the bottom six (9 to 14) play a mini-swiss tournament with a total of 3 rounds. Similarly, if there are 18 players, then there will be three sections (1 to 4, 5 to 8, 9 to 12) and the last six players (13 to 18) play a mini-swiss.

 

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