We are excited to announce the second season of Austin Chess Tour!
It shall consist of 5 Open and 5 Junior Qualifiers and a Final Round-Robin Tournament.
The winner of the Final Round-Robin Tournament will get to participate in the IM Norm Section of the 2026 AGCA Invitational Tournament - Winter Edition.
Who can participate in the Final Round-Robin Tournament?
7 spots of the Round-Robin Tournament will go to participants with the most points earned in Open Qualifiers and 3 spots to participants from Junior Qualifiers. ** Please note: Out of the 5 tournaments, only the best 4 results will be counted in determining the qualifying players, with the lowest score excluded. Additionally, if a player qualifies through the Open Qualifiers, their score for the Junior Qualifiers will not be counted toward the final standings.
Top 10 spots from the main section of each tournament shall earn points according to the table below:
1st Place: 25 points
2nd Place: 18 points
3rd Place: 15 points
4th Place: 12 points
5th Place: 10 points
6th Place: 8 points
7th Place: 6 points
8th Place: 4 points
9th Place: 2 points
10th Place: 1 points
What happens if there are ties within a tournament?
In case of ties the points will be added and divided equally (e.g. 2-way tie for 4th place will give 11 points to 4th and 5th finishers).
Will Open Qualifier (OQ) points count toward Junior Qualifier (JQ) points or vice verca?
No, Junior and Open Qualifiers will have their separate point systems. JQ points are only counted toward the 3 Junior Qualifier spots and OQ points are only counted toward the 7 Open Qualifier spots.
2nd Season's Open Qualifier Points:
| Place |
Player |
Open 1 |
Open 2 |
Open 3 |
Open 4 |
Open 5 |
Total |
Qualification |
| 1 |
Colin B Albert |
0 |
25 |
21.5 |
8.14 |
16.5 |
71.14 |
Qualified |
| 2 |
Rahul Mynala |
10.43 |
16.5 |
8 |
0 |
16.5 |
51.43 |
Qualified |
| 3 |
Vladimir Belous |
0 |
0 |
21.5 |
25 |
0 |
46.5 |
|
| 4 |
Lucius Melillo |
0 |
16.5 |
0.58 |
0 |
25 |
42.08 |
|
| 5 |
Rohit Gundam |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
34 |
Qualified |
| 6 |
Chase Rugby Lonie |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
19.43 |
Qualified |
| 7 |
Guillermo Javier Blano Amaro |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
18 |
Qualified |
| 8 |
Yangyang Shen |
10.43 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.43 |
|
| 9 |
Julian Joseph |
0 |
6 |
0 |
8.14 |
0 |
14.14 |
Qualified |
| 10 |
Tanish Seelam |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
11.5 |
Qualified |
| 11 |
Atharva Bist |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
| 12 |
Guillermo Vazquez |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
| 13 |
Logan C Shafer |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
| 14 |
Prasanna Borse |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.43 |
|
| 15 |
Steven J Linett |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.43 |
|
| 16 |
Emerson Aurelius Johnson |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.43 |
|
| 17 |
Ruben O Garcia |
10.43 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.43 |
|
| 18 |
Asher Chodniewicz |
0 |
1.5 |
0 |
8.14 |
0 |
9.64 |
|
| 19 |
Shahin Masoumi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
| 20 |
Michael Thomas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
| 21 |
Evan Bates |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
8.14 |
0 |
8.72 |
|
| 22 |
Kevin Liu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.14 |
0 |
8.14 |
|
| 23 |
Justin Trey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.14 |
0 |
8.14 |
|
| 24 |
Andrew Sun-Rong Mao |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.14 |
0 |
8.14 |
|
| 25 |
Rachel Li |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
| 26 |
Guillermo Javier Blanco Amaro |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
| 27 |
Pranav Santhosh |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
| 28 |
Alex Li |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
| 29 |
Ben Austin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
| 30 |
Kai Lan |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
| 31 |
Eric Dumitru |
1.5 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
2.08 |
|
| 32 |
Leonid Burd |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
1 |
0 |
1.58 |
|
| 33 |
Lohit Krishna Naraya Polisetti |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 34 |
Neil Lad |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 35 |
Oscar Yihang Zhang |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 36 |
William Molina |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 37 |
Mohit Sreejan Bayyarapu |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 38 |
Harish Chandran |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 39 |
Abhinav Naveen Mysore |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 40 |
Vishnu Chetlapali |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
0 |
0 |
0.58 |
|
| 41 |
Jan Frans Van Der Linden |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
|
2nd Season's Juinor Qualifier Points:
| Place |
Player |
Junior 1 |
Junior 2 |
Junior 3 |
Junior 4 |
Junior 5 |
Total |
Qualification |
| 1 |
Kai Lan |
25 |
8 |
25 |
16.5 |
15 |
89.5 |
Qualified |
| 2 |
Evan Bates |
0 |
25 |
0 |
25 |
9 |
59 |
Qualified |
| 3 |
Yangyang Shen |
0 |
8 |
18 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
59 |
|
| 4 |
Krrish Kaul |
0 |
16.5 |
0 |
11 |
9 |
36.5 |
Qualified |
| 5 |
Asher Chodniewicz |
18 |
16.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34.5 |
|
| 6 |
Eric Zolidis |
0 |
12 |
11.25 |
5 |
0 |
28.25 |
|
| 7 |
Alexander Ramey |
13.5 |
2.33 |
11.25 |
0 |
0 |
27.08 |
|
| 8 |
Nived Ratheesh |
0 |
8 |
11.25 |
0 |
0 |
19.25 |
|
| 9 |
Alan Ni |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
|
| 10 |
Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy |
0 |
0 |
11.25 |
5 |
0 |
16.25 |
|
| 11 |
Beckham Chodniewicz |
13.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
15.83 |
|
| 12 |
Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
|
| 13 |
Yueqi Jin |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
| 14 |
Ilan Shvets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
| 15 |
Julian Joseph |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
| 16 |
Lucas Yu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
| 17 |
Vishnu Subramony |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
| 18 |
Guna Sanepalli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.33 |
2.33 |
2.66 |
|
| 19 |
Eric Dumitru |
0 |
2.33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
|
| 20 |
Vaughn Daemian |
0 |
2.33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
|
| 21 |
Tharun Sridhar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
2.33 |
|
| 22 |
Kai Yi Wang |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.33 |
0 |
0.33 |
|
| 23 |
Tanvi Borse |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.33 |
0 |
0.33 |
|
