2025 World Chess Festival - Hawaii
Advanced Registrations (43 Players)
Last Update: 10/8/25 @ 6:56am

World Chess Festival Open
NameUSCF
Rating
ScheduleState/
Country
USCF ID#Expiration
Date
Byes
Over 1800
Jake Senczakowicz-Gibo21602 dayAZ170441925/31/2026
Under 1800
Tyler Hijirida16973 dayHI153013804/30/2027
Caleb Borengasser16492 dayHI324587617/31/2026
JP Bennett14313 dayHI3118788810/31/2025
Luke Jones13433 dayHI3032237011/30/2026
Under 1400
Edward Kim13483 dayHI319704857/31/2026
Ashton Szarnicki10473 dayCA158142067/31/2025 
Anthony Miranda8873 dayHI308775895/31/2027
Debabrata Deb7513 dayHI3078459010/31/2025 

Scholastic Youth Tournaments
NameUSCF
Rating
USCF ID#Expiration
Date
SectionNotes
Sunday December 28
Nathan Iwata98132005719 9/301/2025Under 1200
Alphaeus Tse9793152750311/301/2025Under 1200
Noah Cheng97431850255 5/31/2026Under 1200
Sandhya Sathish Kumar681300239938/31/2027Under 800
Yoshiki Cho587322791751/31/2027Under 800
Louis Feng529313759588/31/2026Under 800
Maggie Bennett435305322475/31/2024Under 800
Kasumi Cho415322791061/31/2027Under 800
Dean Zaba224306236475/31/2027Under 400 & UNR
Alex ZabaUNR324604565/31/2027Under 400 & UNR
Monday December 29
Sandhya Sathish Kumar681300239938/31/2027Under 800
Yoshiki Cho587322791751/31/2027Under 800
Louis Feng529313759588/31/2026Under 800
Kasumi Cho415322791061/31/2027Under 800
Dean Zaba224306236475/31/2027Under 400 & UNR
Alex ZabaUNR324604565/31/2027Under 400 & UNR
Tuesday December 30
Sandhya Sathish Kumar681300239938/31/2027Under 800
Yoshiki Cho587322791751/31/2027Under 800
Louis Feng529313759588/31/2026Under 800
Kasumi Cho415322791061/31/2027Under 800
Dean Zaba224306236475/31/2027Under 400 & UNR
Alex ZabaUNR324604565/31/2027Under 400 & UNR

Beginner Tournaments
NameRatingUSCF ID#Expiration
Date
Notes
Sunday December 28
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/2027
Christian PeraltaUNR
Monday December 29
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/2027
Tuesday December 30
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/2027

Adult & Youth Action Quads
NameUSCF
Rating
USCF ID#Expiration
Date
Quad #Notes
Ashton Szarnicki960158142067/31/20251
Louis Feng529313759588/31/20261
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/20271

Adult & Youth Blitz Hexes
NameUSCF Blitz
Rating
USCF ID#Expiration
Date
Hex #Notes
Louis Feng529313759588/31/20261
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/20271

Adult & Youth Quick Hexes
NameUSCF Quick
Rating
USCF ID#Expiration
Date
Hex #Notes
Ashton Szarnicki960158142067/31/20251
Louis Feng529313759588/31/20261
Kotua NewtonUNR325037667/31/20271

In the event a player competes from another country, their FIDE rating (which is the main "worldwide" rating) will be converted to a USCF rating and be used as the official rating.
The US Chess Federation (USCF) has a revised formula for converting FIDE ratings to US Chess ratings that went into effect on March 1, 2024:
FIDE rating <= 2000: USChess = 932 + 0.564 * FIDE
FIDE rating > 2000: USChess = 20 + 1.02 * FIDE
This will be noted by "(FC)". They are required to have USCF memberships.