Dec 07

Austin Chess Tour: Junior Qualifier #5

PRIZES: 

Trophies for 1st Place, Medals for 2nd and 3rd Places + Junior Qualifier Points to top 10 Places in the main section

This is a scholastic USCF Rated tournament - only players who are 18 years of age and under can play.

 

Dec 14

Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #5

PRIZES: 

Open 1800+: $400, $200, $100 + medals + OQ Points to top 10

Open U1800:  $200, $100, $50 + medals

Open U1400:  $100, $75, $50 + medals

Open U1000:  chess books + medals

Jan 15

2025 AGCA Invitational - Winter Edition

Dates: January 15-20, 2025

The tournament will have 3 sections: GM Norm, IM Norm and 1st Austin Chess Tour Finals.

 

We are excited to announce the first 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 2025 AGCA Invitational Tournament - Spring 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.

Open Qualifier Points:

Place Player Tournament 1  2 3 4    5    Total
1 Rohit Gundam 25 7 0 25   57
2 Lucius Melillo 0 21.5 21.5 0   43
3 Emerson Johnson 0 13.5 0 18   31.5
4 Evan Bates 0 13.5 5.375 11.25   30.125
5 Rahul Mynala 0 21.5 5.375 0   26.875
6 Vishnu Subramony 10 0 15 0   25
7 Justin Trey 13.5 7 0 3.25   23.75
8 Yakshwag Reddy Raju 0 0 21.5 0   21.5
9 Richmond Holdren 18 0 0 3.25   21.25
10 Eric Dumitru 0 0 5.375 11.25   16.625
11 Chase Lonie 0 7 5.375 3.25   15.625
12 Tanvi Borse 13.5 0 0 0   13.5
13 Atharva Bist 0 7 5.375 0   12.375
14 Yangyang Shen 0 0 0 11.25   11.25
15 Nathan Brown 0 0 0 11.25   11.25
16 Brian Perez-Daple 8 0 0 0   8
17 Pranav Santosh 0 1.5 5.375 0   6.875
18 Julian Joseph 0 0 5.375 0   5.375
19 Prasanna Borse 0 0 5.375 0   5.375
20 Eric Zolidis 0 0 0 3.25   3.25
21 Steven Linett 0 1.5 0 0   1.5

 

Junior Qualifier Points:

Place Player Tournament 1 2 3 4    5    Total
1 Evan Bates 15 9 21.5 13.75   59.25
2 Krrish Kaul 25 0 0.5 13.75   39.25
3 Emerson Johnson 0 25 11.25 0   36.25
4 Kai Lan 15 16.5 0.5 0   32
5 Eric Dumitru 8 16.5 4 0   28.5
6 Julian Joseph 0 0 21.5 6   27.5
7 Yangyang Shen 0 1.75 0 25   26.75
8 Tanvi Borse 0 0 11.25 13.75   25
9 Pranav Santhosh 15 9 0 0   24
10 Chase Lonie 0 9 11.25 0   20.25
11 Rithik Ganesh 0 0 0 13.75   13.75
12 Eric Zolidis 0 1.75 11.25 0   13
13 Aditya Grandhi 10 0 0 0   10
14 Vishnu Subramony 5 0 4 1   10
15 Aadhya Rajagopalan 0 9 0 0   9
16 Jan Frans Van Der Linden 0 0 0 6   6
17 Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy 0 0 0 6   6
18 Alexander Ramey 5 0 0 0   5
19 Avni Senapati 0 0 4 0   4
20 Massa Jin 0 1.75 0 1   2.75
21 Eric Shi 0 1.75 0 0   1.75
22 Dallin Bates 0 0 0 1   1
23 Adhyan Danda 0 0 0 0   0
24 Shrish Darur 0 0 0 0   0