^{2025 AGCA Championship - Fall Edition}

^{USCF Rated Tournament} 

^{** Section A is FIDE Rated **}

^{October 10-12, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 100 players}

^{BROADCAST LINK}

 

 

 

^{FINAL STANDINGS:} 

 

^{SECTION A:} 

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	KAMIL DRAGUN	2564	W4	W18	W3	W6	W8	5.0	13	15	15	49.5
2	2	LEONID BURD	2070	W14	D7	D11	W18	W6	4.0	10.5	12.5	11.5	43
3	3-5	LOHIT KRISHNA NARAYA POLISETTI	2165	W13	W25	L1	D12	W11	3.5	12.5	13.5	11	45
4		EMERSON AURELIUS JOHNSON	2025	L1	W27	W17	D11	W13	3.5	12	13.5	9	37.5
5		OSCAR YIHANG ZHANG	2110	D11	W20	L6	W7	W12	3.5	11	12.5	9.5	46.5
6	6-10	ISAAC GEORGE	2060	W23	W19	W5	L1	L2	3.0	14.5	16	12	46
7		TANISH SEELAM	1881	W9	D2	D12	L5	W18	3.0	13	15	9.5	45.5
8		DAVID S KHACHATRYAN	2075	D17	D22	W19	W20	L1	3.0	10.5	12	9.5	40.5
9		YANGYANG SHEN	2012	L7	W14	D22	D10	W20	3.0	9.5	11	7.5	34
10		EVAN BATES	2034	L19	D23	W24	D9	W17	3.0	8.5	10	7	28
11	11-16	KAI ZHOU* LAN	1953	D5	W24	D2	D4	L3	2.5	10.5	16	9	45
12		PRANAV SANTHOSH	1976	D24	W21	D7	D3	L5	2.5	8	13	9	37.5
13		MICHAEL D THOMAS	1964	L3	D16	W21	W22	L4	2.5	7.5	12.5	7	34.5
14		LAWRENCE ZHANG	1930	L2	L9	B---	W25	D15	2.5	6.5	10.5	4.5	31
15		ERIC ALEXANDER DUMITRU	2020	D22	D17	L20	W23	D14	2.5	5	8.5	7	28
16		SHAHIN CAZARES MASOUMI	1909	L25	D13	D23	H---	W22	2.5	4	6.5	5	22
17	17-21	ELLERY ZHANG	1949	D8	D15	L4	W19	L10	2.0	10.5	14	6.5	38.5
18		JULIAN JOSEPH	1978	W27	L1	W25	L2	L7	2.0	9.5	14.5	8	41
19		CHASE RUGBY LONIE	1899	W10	L6	L8	L17	W25	2.0	9	12	6	40
20		MAHIT S MALLIKARJUNAIAH	1748	B---	L5	W15	L8	L9	2.0	8.5	12	7	33.5
21		JAY CHOI	1615	D26	L12	L13	D24	B---	2.0	6.5	9	3.5	22.5
22	22-24	MICHAEL R S WILLIAMS	1895	D15	D8	D9	L13	L16	1.5	10.5	13.5	6	36
23		ROY VILLANUEVA	1928	L6	D10	D16	L15	D24	1.5	9.5	12.5	4	35
24		ERIC ZOLIDIS	1812	D12	L11	L10	D21	D23	1.5	8	11	4	32.5
25	25	MIRANSH PURVEN VYAS	2031	W16	L3	L18	L14	L19	1.0	8.5	12	5	34.5
26	26	KAI ZHOU LAN	1953	D21	---	---	---	---	0.5	0	1.5	2.5	3.5
27	27	ILAN SHVETS	1813	L18	L4	---	---	---	0.0	2	5.5	0	17

 

^{SECTION B MERGED:} 

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	YIXIN WANG	1687	D12	W8	W16	D5	W2	4.0	13	15.5	11.5	50.5
2		ANISH ARUN	1613	W24	W14	W15	W9	L1	4.0	12	13.5	14	43.5
3		AUSTIN JOHN	1634	W13	L4	W25	W15	W10	4.0	11	12	11	41.5
4	4-7	GABRIEL GARZA	1507	W18	W3	L9	W11	D5	3.5	13.5	16	11.5	47
5		YUEQI JIN	1664	W27	D16	W23	D1	D4	3.5	11	12	11.5	37
6		SCOTT RAY, II RICHMOND	1712	D8	D7	D13	W23	W12	3.5	11	12	9	38.5
7		ALAN NI	1591	H---	D6	W14	D12	W13	3.5	10.5	10.5	9	32
8	8-11	SUBBU SIVARAJU	1563	D6	L1	W26	W24	D9	3.0	12	12.5	8	38
9		RUTHVIK KAMIREDDY	1717	D26	W25	W4	L2	D8	3.0	11.5	12	10	41
10		TARAN THOTA	1532	L19	W20	W18	W17	L3	3.0	11	13	9	37.5
11		VYAS, IV OMSHANKAR	1597	L14	W21	W19	L4	W20	3.0	10	12	8	33
12	12-18	ESHA PIDATHALA	1551	D1	W26	D17	D7	L6	2.5	9.5	14	9	41
13		ROSS E JOHNSON	1505	L3	B---	D6	W16	L7	2.5	9.5	13.5	6.5	37
14		AADHYA JAY RAJAGOPALAN	1783	W11	L2	L7	W19	D17	2.5	9	15	7.5	46
15		JEFFREY Q CHUI	1578	W20	W19	L2	L3	D18	2.5	8.5	14.5	9.5	42.5
16		GRACE PENG	1532	W28	D5	L1	L13	W23	2.5	7.5	12.5	8	35.5
17		DALLIN BATES	1628	W21	D23	D12	L10	D14	2.5	7	11	9	34.5
18		GUNA A.R. SANEPALLI	1704	L4	W27	L10	W25	D15	2.5	6.5	11	6.5	35
19	19-22	YIHENG ETHAN CHEN	1675	W10	L15	L11	L14	W24	2.0	9.5	12.5	6	39
20		RISHI ATTALURI	1764	L15	L10	W27	W22	L11	2.0	8.5	11.5	5	30.5
21		KAI YI WANG	1766	L17	L11	L22	W26	W25	2.0	6	9	3	28.5
22		MARTIN* TANG	1677	L25	L24	W21	L20	W26	2.0	5	7	4	20.5
23	23-24	SAI KARTHIK SIVARAJU	1436	B---	D17	L5	L6	L16	1.5	8.5	12	6	37.5
24		AKHIL GOPU	1390	L2	W22	H---	L8	L19	1.5	7	11	5	32
25	25	ANISH MITTAPALLI	1387	W22	L9	L3	L18	L21	1.0	9.5	13.5	5	34.5
26	26	NATHAN VICTOR ESCHE	1608	D9	L12	L8	L21	L22	0.5	9.5	12.5	2.5	34
27	27-28	SURYA BEJAWADA	1528	L5	L18	L20	---	---	0.0	4.5	8	0	23
28		MARTIN TANG	1677	L16	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	2.5	0	8

 

^{SECTION C and D Combined MERGED:} 

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	ASHER JOSEPH	1385	D3	W21	W14	W9	W4	4.5	10.5	12	12.5	41
2	2	SATHVIK GONDLE	1060	L6	W15	W11	W16	W10	4.0	10	11.5	10	36
3	3-5	OLIVER WERTHER	1222	D1	B---	W5	L4	W9	3.5	13.5	13.5	9.5	44.5
4		SHRIHAAN SATOSKAR	1058	W7	W11	D9	W3	L1	3.5	13	15	12.5	47
5		RUTVIK PAPISETTI	1332	W10	D19	L3	W13	W6	3.5	11.5	13.5	10	40
6	6-8	ALICE SUN	1272	W2	L9	W13	W7	L5	3.0	12.5	14.5	10	44.5
7		VENKATA NAGA SAI AKS UPPULURI	965	L4	W12	W15	L6	W14	3.0	11	12.5	8	41.5
8		ZACHARY KINNEY	1172	L19	H---	W18	D14	W16	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.5	26
9	9-12	ADVIKA RAINA	1077	X---	W6	D4	L1	L3	2.5	9.5	14	9.5	44.5
10		JAISHNAVI, JR. VEMULAPALLI	1159	L5	H---	W21	W12	L2	2.5	7.5	11.5	6.5	28.5
11		REYANSH SINGAVARAPU	686	W17	L4	L2	W15	D13	2.5	7	12.5	7.5	36.5
12		ADHRIT M ARUN	241	D13	L7	W17	L10	W18	2.5	6	10.5	6.5	28
13	13-17	ARJUN RAO	807	D12	W18	L6	L5	D11	2.0	9.5	13	7	38.5
14		TANAV SEELAM	822	D18	W20	L1	D8	L7	2.0	8	12.5	7.5	35.5
15		AARUSH YERUBANDI	780	W16	L2	L7	L11	B---	2.0	7.5	11.5	5	32.5
16		EVAN WU	900	L15	W17	W20	L2	L8	2.0	6.5	10.5	7	27.5
17		ABDULKAREEM ABDULRAHMAN	696	L11	L16	L12	B---	W20	2.0	5	7.5	2	25
18	18-19	SAIRAM SRIRAM	565	D14	L13	L8	W20	L12	1.5	7	10	4.5	31.5
19		ANDRISH REDDY	1154	W8	D5	---	---	---	1.5	3	6.5	7	16.5
20	20	ELEANOR GRACE JOHNSON	137	B---	L14	L16	L18	L17	1.0	5	7	4	21
21	21	DEREK HAN	1292	H---	L1	L10	---	---	0.5	2.5	7	2	19

 

^{All players will be divided into 4 sections:} 

^{SECTION A: 1800+ Open USCF and FIDE rated}

^{SECTION B: 1400 - 1799 Open USCF rated}

^{SECTION C: 1000 - 1399 Open USCF rated}

^{SECTION D: U1000 Open USCF rated}

^{**Players are not allowed to play up or down** 
**The higher of the official or most recent rating will determine section selection.**
**If two adjacent sections each have an odd number of players, and the highest-rated player in the lower section is within 50 rating points of the higher section, they may be moved up to balance the sections**
These rules are to avoid byes and better pairings for all.} 

^{**Maximum number of players per section is 32**} 

^{ENTRY FEES:} 

^{Early Bird: $100 by September 30, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$120 on or after October 1, 2025}

^{Re-entry Fee: $40 (from 3-day to 2-day schedule) by 8am, October 11. Please, email us at info@austin-chess.com to complete re-entry.}

 

^PRIZES: 

Section A: $1000, $500, $250

Section B: $500, $250, $125

Section C: $300, $150, $100

Section D: $200, $150, $100

Medals will be awarded to top 3 finishers in all sections

^{**USCF Rules will be used for prizes**} 

 

^{Open Qualifier Points:} 

^{Top 10 places in Section A will earn points according to the following table:}

^{1st Place: 25 OQ Points}

^{2nd Place: 18 OQ Points}

^{3rd Place: 15 OQ Points}

^{4th Place: 12 OQ Points}

^{5th Place: 10 OQ Points}

^{6th Place: 8 OQ Points}

^{7th Place: 6 OQ Points}

^{8th Place: 4 OQ Points}

^{9th Place: 2 OQ Points}

10th Place: 1 OQ Points

 

For more information about the point system, visit

https://austin-chess.com/tournaments/

 

^{TIME CONTROL:} 

3-day Schedule:

Rounds 1-5: G/90; +30 (90 minutes per player with 30-second increment)

2-day Schedule:

Round 1: G/60; +10 (60 minutes per player with 10-second increment)

Rounds 2-5: G/90; +30 (90 minutes per player with 30-second increment)

^{**Forfeit time for no-show is 1 hour**} 

 

^{5-Round Swiss System Schedule}

^{3-day Schedule:}

^{1st round: October 10, 7:00 PM (Friday)}

^{2nd round: October 11, 1:00 PM (Saturday)}

^{3rd round: October 11, 6:30 PM (Saturday)}

^{4th round: October 12, 10:00 AM (Sunday)}

^{5th round: October 12, 3:15 PM (Sunday)}

 

^{2-day Schedule:}

^{1st round: October 11, 9:00 AM (Saturday)}

^{2nd round: October 11, 1:00 PM (Saturday)}

^{3rd round: October 11, 6:30 PM (Saturday)}

^{4th round: October 12, 10:00 AM (Sunday)}

^{5th round: October 12, 3:15 PM (Sunday)}

 

^{Closing ceremony for each section will take place after the final round.}

^{NOTE: Half-point byes are acceptable for all rounds, limit 1. Must commit before the 1st round.}

^{PLAYERS MAY NOT POSSESS CELL PHONES DURING THE TOURNAMENT.  Please leave your phone at home, in your car, or turned off (vibrate/silent not acceptable) on top of your table.} 

^{Any violators may be subject to disqualification and forfeiture.} 

 

CANCELLATION POLICY: If you do not wish to participate in our tournament after paying the entry fee, please email us at info@austin-chess.com no later than 24 hours in advance. We reserve the right to charge a $20 service fee for cancellations. NO refunds will be issued if we are notified of cancellation within 24 hours of the start of the event. 

WITHDRAWAL POLICY: If you would like to withdraw from the tournament after it begins, please alert the tournament director. NO refunds will be issued after the tournament begins. 

NO-SHOW POLICY: There are NO refunds or credit for players who do not show up for their scheduled tournament matches.

 

^{For additional questions, please contact us at info@austin-chess.com}

Section A: Open 1800+ (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Kamil	Dragun	16429174	2564
2	Gil	Popilski	15756217	2472
3	Lohit	Polisetti	17028955	2165
4	Oscar	Zhang	30067435	2069
5	Evan	Bates	30745116	2034
6	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1976
7	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1964
8	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1917
9	Benjamin	Cai	16322627	1892
10	Mahit	Mallikarjunaiah	16782367	1800

Section A: Open 1800+ (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Leonid	Burd	32140016	2100
2	Isaac	George	15162000	2060
3	Miransh	Vyas	30722465	2024
4	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	2021
5	Pranav	Santhosh	30579866	1976
6	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1974
7	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1950
8	Ellery	Zhang	30167442	1949
9	Roy	Villanueva	14264808	1943
10	Kai	Lan	30658202	1932
11	Lawrence	Zhang	30167437	1930
12	Michael	Williams	17081527	1914
13	Shahin	Masoumi	16669663	1909
14	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1879
15	Jay	Choi	31876704	1816
16	Ilan	Shvets	31345345	1813
17	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1812
18	David	Khachatryan		Unrated

Section B: Open U1800 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Kai	Wang	30528820	1700
2	Ruthvik	Kamireddy	30283179	1690
3	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1675
4	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1628
5	Nathan	Esche	32245121	1608
6	Gabriel	Garza	30346166	1507
7	Anish	Mittapalli	30165841	1402

Section B: Open U1800 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Aadhya	Rajagopalan	30065644	1785
2	Rishi	Attaluri	30041126	1779
3	Austin	John	15506120	1721
4	Scott	Richmond	12858050	1712
5	Martin	Tang	31982613	1677
6	Massa	Jin	16948104	1664
7	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1660
8	Anish	Arun	31187934	1612
9	Alan	Ni	30701271	1609
10	Taran	Thota	16230677	1568
11	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1563
12	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1550
13	Surya	Bejawada	17310034	1539
14	Grace	Peng	30665735	1532
15	Yiheng Ethan	Chen	30441678	1516
16	Ross	Johnson	12755968	1505
17	Vyas	Omshankar	30543508	1500
18	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1473
19	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1436
20	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1428

Section C: Open U1400 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1194
2	Andrish	Reddy	32539660	1100
3	Shrihaan	Satoskar	30855918	1080

Section C: Open U1400 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1387
2	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1349
3	Derek	Han	30417250	1292
4	Oliver	Werther	30759552	1271
5	Alice	Sun	30540358	1270
6	Jaishnavi	Vemulapalli	30058090	1127
7	Advika	Raina	30497120	1090
8	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	1049

Section D: Open U1000 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Venkata Naga Sai Akhsith Kumar	Uppuluri	30575167	965
2	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	754
3	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	137

Section D: Open U1000 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Evan	Wu	32003699	862
2	Arjun	Rao	30579277	807
3	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	772
4	Tanav	Seelam	30343181	767
5	Abdulkareem	Abdulrahman	32467863	713
6	Sriram	Subramanian	31759211	565
7	Adhrit	Arun	32166101	241