^{2025 AGCA Championship - Spring Edition}

^{USCF Rated Tournament} 

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

 

^{March 21-23, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 92 players}

 

^{BOARDS 1-6 BROADCAST LINK}

 

 

^{FINAL STANDINGS:}

 

^{SECTION A:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-2	Vladimir Belous	16004571	2568	W27	D34	W9	W4	W3	4.5	12.5	14.5	13	49.5
2		Colin B Albert	15325998	2245	D22	W39	W26	W11	W8	4.5	10.5	11	12.5	39
3	3-4	Guillermo Vazquez	15636002	2615	W20	W15	W8	W13	L1	4.0	14	16.5	14	51.5
4		Logan C Shafer	16019966	2256	X44	W12	W6	L1	W16	4.0	14	14	12	43.5
5	5-7	Rachael Li	15452300	2320	W37	W10	L13	W20	D7	3.5	12.5	14.5	11.5	43
6		Guillermo Javier Blanco Amaro	15945317	2087	W24	W41	L4	W21	D9	3.5	12	13.5	11.5	41.5
7		Rahul Mynala	17287571	2118	L25	W43	W32	W14	D5	3.5	10	11	9.5	33
8	8-19	Lucius Melillo	15570195	2315	W21	W14	L3	W18	L2	3.0	14.5	17	11	51
9		Neil Lad	16299917	2085	W28	W25	L1	D12	D6	3.0	13	15	10.5	46.5
10		William Molina	12623645	2009	W19	L5	D24	W37	D11	3.0	12.5	14.5	9	40
11		Evan Bates	30745116	1967	D35	W17	W34	L2	D10	3.0	12.5	14	10	40
12		Harish Chandran	15751871	2000	W38	L4	W23	D9	D17	3.0	12	13	9.5	39.5
13		Lohit Krishna Narayana Polisetti	17028955	2121	W29	W33	W5	L3	---	3.0	11	11	12	36
14		Leonid Burd	32140016	2027	W30	L8	W25	L7	W27	3.0	10.5	12.5	9	36
15		Oscar Yihang Zhang	30067435	2069	W43	L3	L21	W32	W26	3.0	10	11	8	35.5
16		Abhinav Naveen Mysore	16444940	1989	D32	D23	W41	W34	L4	3.0	9.5	11	9.5	36
17		Eric Alexander Dumitru	17164035	1834	D26	L11	W35	W33	D12	3.0	9.5	11	8	37
18		Mohit Sreejan Bayyarapu	15582120	2019	H---	D22	W27	L8	W28	3.0	9.5	9.5	8	30
19		Vishnu Chetlapalli	30144870	1835	L10	L37	W43	W25	W33	3.0	8.5	9.5	6	26.5
20	20-24	Shriyan Vuyyuru	17035355	2054	L3	W29	W22	L5	D21	2.5	8.5	14.5	7.5	43.5
21		Sanjay Jaishankar	17101591	1950	L8	W36	W15	L6	D20	2.5	8.5	13.5	7.5	41.5
22		Rishi Kolli	30358373	1934	D2	D18	L20	D23	W32	2.5	8	14	6.5	41
23		Arjun Bupeshnath	15891702	1879	D42	D16	L12	D22	W36	2.5	8	12.5	6.5	31.5
24		Arush Sunil	16427438	1916	L6	W40	D10	W31	---	2.5	5.5	9	7.5	28
25	25-31	Ellery Zhang	30167442	1932	W7	L9	L14	L19	W38	2.0	10	13.5	6	37.5
26		Samuel Gu	30050913	2003	D17	W35	L2	D28	L15	2.0	9.5	14	7.5	38.5
27		Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1932	L1	W30	L18	W40	L14	2.0	8.5	13	6	35.5
28		Yangyang Shen	17080503	1906	L9	W38	D33	D26	L18	2.0	7.5	10.5	6.5	35
29		Pranav Santhosh	30579866	1885	L13	L20	D30	W39	D31	2.0	7	10.5	4	32.5
30		Alex Li	13915520	1857	L14	L27	D29	D38	W40	2.0	5.5	8.5	3.5	23.5
31		Prasanna Borse	12938906	1938	H---	L32	W39	L24	D29	2.0	4	7	5.5	22
32	32-37	John B Dotson	10346355	1800	D16	W31	L7	L15	L22	1.5	10.5	14	6.5	39
33		Julian Joseph	16783177	1992	W40	L13	D28	L17	L19	1.5	8.5	12	6.5	34.5
34		Jeremy Bader	14928004	2061	W36	D1	L11	L16	---	1.5	7.5	12	7	36
35		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1799	D11	L26	L17	L36	W39	1.5	7	10	3.5	33
36		Srihas Sai Sarvesh Maddipati	17152864	1882	L34	L21	D38	W35	L23	1.5	7	9.5	3.5	27
37		Xavier Negron	14909287	1926	L5	W19	H---	L10	---	1.5	6	9.5	5	26.5
38	38-41	Tanvi Borse	15992594	1805	L12	L28	D36	D30	L25	1.0	7.5	10.5	2.5	29
39		Akshay Jaishankar	30035327	1724	B---	L2	L31	L29	L35	1.0	5.5	10	4	25.5
40		Lawrence Zhang	30167437	1803	L33	L24	B---	L27	L30	1.0	5.5	8.5	2	23.5
41		Michael D Thomas	14793323	1843	B---	L6	L16	---	---	1.0	3	6.5	4	21
42	42	Shriyan* Vuyyuru	17035355	2054	D23	---	---	---	---	0.5	0	2.5	2.5	6.5
43	43-44	Tanish Seelam	17061896	1894	L15	L7	L19	---	---	0.0	6	9.5	0	23.5
44		Prasanna* Borse	12938906	1938	F4	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	0	0	0

 

^{SECTION B:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Alan Ni	30701271	1350	B---	W8	W5	W4	D2	4.5	14	14	13.5	43
2	2	Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang	30684354	1568	D11	W13	W15	W10	D1	4.0	11	13	12	41.5
3	3-6	John Ramey	30387710	1526	W9	L7	W20	W8	D4	3.5	12.5	14	10.5	44.5
4		Ilan Shvets	31345345	1558	W22	W20	W7	L1	D3	3.5	12	13	12.5	45
5		Eric Zolidis	31316562	1751	D10	W18	L1	W19	W7	3.5	11	12.5	9.5	46.5
6		Scott R, Ii Richmond	12858050	1573	D16	D23	D19	W22	W10	3.5	8.5	9.5	9	33
7	7-9	Eric Russell Osgood	15439906	1566	W24	W3	L4	W18	L5	3.0	12.5	14	11	39.5
8		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1581	W19	L1	W21	L3	W16	3.0	11	12.5	9	42
9		Aryan Vuyyuru	17064058	1654	L3	D21	D12	W20	W15	3.0	9.5	11	6.5	35
10	10-14	Anish Arun	31187934	1544	D5	W11	W16	L2	L6	2.5	9.5	15.5	9.5	44.5
11		Mayurkumar Pravinlal Bhakta	15537150	1636	D2	L10	D17	W21	D12	2.5	7	12.5	6.5	38
12		Aadhya Jay Rajagopalan	30065644	1573	D21	L15	D9	W17	D11	2.5	6.5	11	6.5	30.5
13		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1657	D15	L2	L18	B---	W22	2.5	4.5	8.5	4.5	31
14		Andrew D Felter	12550244	1566	L20	L19	B---	H---	W18	2.5	3	4.5	3.5	18
15	15-18	Dallin Bates	30745147	1461	D13	W12	L2	D16	L9	2.0	9.5	13.5	7.5	37
16		Jay Choi	31876704	1415	D6	W17	L10	D15	L8	2.0	9.5	13	7.5	40
17		Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1663	D23	L16	D11	L12	W19	2.0	8.5	11	5	32
18		Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1293	B---	L5	W13	L7	L14	2.0	7	10.5	7	28.5
19	19-23	Surya Bejawada	17310034	1441	L8	W14	D6	L5	L17	1.5	10.5	14	5.5	36
20		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1391	W14	L4	L3	L9	D21	1.5	10	13.5	5.5	38
21		Rishi Attaluri	30041126	1400	D12	D9	L8	L11	D20	1.5	9.5	12.5	5	34
22		Alexander Matos	16953544	1338	L4	B---	D23	L6	L13	1.5	8	11.5	4.5	32
23		Eric Vance	31905773	1531	D17	D6	D22	---	---	1.5	3	6.5	6	18.5
24	24	Alan* Ni	30701271	1350	L7	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	3	0	11

 

^{SECTION C:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-5	John-Paul Verow	15208097	1343	W22	W13	W5	W6	L3	4.0	13	14	14	46.5
2		Yixin Wang	31926688	1267	W10	W20	W7	L3	W6	4.0	13	14	13	47
3		Srijani Sai Maddipati	17091200	1373	D14	W18	D13	W2	W1	4.0	12.5	14.5	11	45.5
4		Shreya Palamarthy	30125312	1230	W18	L9	W14	W10	W7	4.0	11.5	13.5	11	40
5		Nathan Lu	30209766	1279	W23	W15	L1	W17	W8	4.0	11	12	12	42
6	6-12	Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1289	W11	W17	W9	L1	L2	3.0	14	16	12	52
7		Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1320	W8	W16	L2	W15	L4	3.0	13	15	11	47
8		Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1181	L7	W12	W20	W9	L5	3.0	13	14	9	44
9		Amudha Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1361	W21	W4	L6	L8	W13	3.0	12	13	10	41.5
10		Andrew Monroe Marsh	31805539	1115	L2	W21	W16	L4	W15	3.0	12	13	8	40
11		Eshaann Madhan	31155145	1177	L6	W24	L15	W16	W17	3.0	9	10	7	35
12		Mridul Karnatak	30701511	1061	L16	L8	W21	W22	W19	3.0	8	9	6	26.5
13	13-14	Shan C	31859659	1191	B---	L1	D3	W14	L9	2.5	9.5	13.5	7.5	42.5
14		Afaf Bouardi	16091921	1200	D3	W19	L4	L13	W20	2.5	8	13	7.5	40
15	15-19	Alice Sun	30540358	1042	W24	L5	W11	L7	L10	2.0	10	14	8	39
16		Sai Karthik Sivaraju	31922646	1220	W12	L7	L10	L11	W23	2.0	10	13	6	35
17		Bradley Jacob Fehner	31822115	1100	W25	L6	W22	L5	L11	2.0	9	13	8	35
18		Grace Peng	30665735	1243	L4	L3	D19	D20	W21	2.0	8	12	3.5	34.5
19		Derek Han	30417250	1179	H---	L14	D18	W23	L12	2.0	5.5	8.5	5.5	20
20	20	Keren Anand	30535449	986	B---	L2	L8	D18	L14	1.5	7.5	11.5	5	33
21	21-24	Martin Tang	31982613	1200	L9	L10	L12	W24	L18	1.0	9	12	2	28.5
22		Robert N, Jr Edwards	12614945	1182	L1	W23	L17	L12	L24	1.0	7	11	4	32
23		Advay Sankar	30290783	1132	L5	L22	W24	L19	L16	1.0	6	10	3	28.5
24		Lucas Tyrone Sanner	31293157	1208	L15	L11	L23	L21	W22	1.0	5	8	1	24
25	25	Grace* Peng	30665735	1243	L17	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	2	0	8

 

^{SECTION D:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Tyler Wallace	32215695	unr.	W13	W15	W2	W4	W3	5.0	12	13	15	42.5
2	2	Sri Charan Admala	31330610	unr.	W6	W5	L1	W10	W9	4.0	13.5	16	12	47.5
3	3	Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	836	D4	W16	W6	W12	L1	3.5	13	13.5	11.5	41
4	4-8	Ananyasree Anbalagan	30669157	978	D3	W14	W15	L1	D5	3.0	12.5	13.5	10	42.5
5		Sathvik Gondle	31642308	672	W10	L2	W17	D9	D4	3.0	12	14	9.5	43
6		Anushka Borse	16724907	845	L2	W7	L3	W13	W11	3.0	12	13.5	7	38
7		Rihaan Anbalagan	31932744	763	L15	L6	B---	W14	W12	3.0	7	7	5	21.5
8		Jay Burns	32364968	unr.	W11	W17	W9	---	---	3.0	6.5	6.5	12	20.5
9	9-10	Jonathan Giambalvo	32355601	unr.	W16	W12	L8	D5	L2	2.5	9	13.5	10	42.5
10		Aahan Chakraborty	30456077	884	L5	D11	W16	L2	W15	2.5	6	10.5	6	33
11	11-13	Aarav Sen	30417722	761	L8	D10	D14	W15	L6	2.0	7.5	11.5	5.5	31.5
12		Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	795	W14	L9	W13	L3	L7	2.0	7.5	11	8	32
13		Amelie Stoffels	30424129	656	L1	B---	L12	L6	W16	2.0	5.5	10.5	4	31
14	14	Skanda Manapragada	31041144	926	L12	L4	D11	L7	B---	1.5	6.5	9.5	1.5	28.5
15	15-17	Augie Hiram, Jr Lewis	32243907	902	W7	L1	L4	L11	L10	1.0	10	15	5	41.5
16		Abinaya Sathyanath	30562585	881	L9	L3	L10	B---	L13	1.0	6.5	10	1	31.5
17		Ash Gutierrez	32335522	unr.	W18	L8	L5	---	---	1.0	5	9	5	21.5
18	18	Jose Cartagena	31985497	879	L17	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	2	0	5

 

^{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 March 9, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$120 on or after March 10, 2025}

^{Re-entry Fee: $40 (from 3-day to 2-day schedule) by 8am, March 22nd. 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: March 21, 7:00 PM (Friday)}

^{2nd round: March 22, 1:00 PM (Saturday)}

^{3rd round: March 22, 6:30 PM (Saturday)}

^{4th round: March 23, 10:00 AM (Sunday)}

^{5th round: March 23, 3:15 PM (Sunday)}

 

^{2-day Schedule:}

^{1st round: March 22, 9:00 AM (Saturday)}

^{2nd round: March 22, 1:00 PM (Saturday)}

^{3rd round: March 22, 6:30 PM (Saturday)}

^{4th round: March 23, 10:00 AM (Sunday)}

^{5th round: March 23, 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	Guillermo	Vazquez	15636002	2615
2	Vladimir	Belous	16004571	2568
3	Rachael	Li	15452300	2320
4	Lohit	Polisetti	17028955	2121
5	Mohit	Bayyarapu	15582120	2019
6	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1931
7	Xavier	Negron	14909287	1927
8	Pranav	Santhosh	30579866	1885
9	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1850
10	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1843

Section A: Open 1800+ (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Lucius	Melillo	15570195	2315
2	Logan	Shafer	16019966	2256
3	Colin	Albert	15325998	2245
4	Rahul	Mynala	17287571	2118
5	Guillermo	Blanco Amaro	15945317	2087
6	Neil	Lad	16299917	2085
7	Oscar	Zhang	30067435	2069
8	Jeremy	Bader	14928004	2061
9	Shriyan	Vuyyuru	17035355	2054
10	Leonid	Burd	32140016	2027
11	William	Molina	12623645	2009
12	Samuel	Gu	30050913	2003
13	Harish	Chandran	15751871	2000
14	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1992
15	Abhinav	Mysore	16444940	1989
16	Evan	Bates	30745116	1967
17	Sanjay	Jaishankar	17101591	1950
18	Prasanna	Borse	12938906	1938
19	Rishi	Kolli	30358373	1934
20	Ellery	Zhang	30167442	1932
21	Arush	Sunil	16427438	1916
22	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1906
23	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1894
24	Srihas	Maddipati	17152864	1882
25	Arjun	Bupeshnath	15891702	1879
26	Alex	Li	13915520	1857
27	Vishnu	Chetlapalli	30144870	1835
28	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1834
29	Akshay	Jaishankar	30035327	1826
30	Kai	Lan	30658202	1819
31	Tanvi	Borse	15992594	1805
32	Lawrence	Zhang	30167437	1803
33	John	Dotson	10346355	1800

Section B: Open U1800 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Mayurkumar	Bhakta	15537150	1636
2	Julio Alberto	Aguilar Huang	30684354	1568

Section B: Open U1800 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1751
2	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1663
3	Aryan	Vuyyuru	17064058	1654
4	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1621
5	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1581
6	Aadhya	Rajagopalan	30065644	1573
7	Scott	Richmond	12858050	1573
8	John	Ramey	30387710	1571
9	Andrew	Felter	12550244	1566
10	Eric	Osgood	15439906	1566
11	Ilan	Shvets	31345345	1558
12	Anish	Arun	31187934	1544
13	Eric	Vance	31905773	1531
14	Alan	Ni	30701271	1473
15	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1461
16	Yiheng	Chen	30441678	1455
17	Alexander	Matos	16953544	1453
18	Surya	Bejawada	17310034	1441
19	Jay	Choi	31876704	1415
20	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1407
21	Rishi	Attaluri	30041126	1400

Section C: Open U1400 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Sheeya	Palamarthy	30125312	1230
2	Shan	C	31859659	1191

Section C: Open U1400 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Srijani	Maddipati	17091200	1373
2	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1373
3	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1361
4	John-Paul	Verow	15208097	1343
5	Martin	Tang	31982613	1324
6	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1289
7	Nathan	Lu	30209766	1279
8	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1267
9	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1220
10	Lucas	Sanner	31293157	1203
11	Afaf	Bouardi	16091921	1200
12	Grace	Peng	30665735	1194
13	Robert	Edwards	12614945	1182
14	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1181
15	Derek	Han	30417250	1179
16	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1177
17	Advay	Sankar	30290783	1132
18	Andrew	Marsh	31805539	1115
19	Bradley	Fehner	31822115	1100
20	Mridul	Karnatak	30701511	1061
21	Alice	Sun	30540358	1048
22	Keren Jolly	Anand	30535449	1046

Section D: Open U1000 (2day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Aarav	Sen	30417722	761
2	Sri Charan	Admala	31330610	Unrated
3	Jay	Burns	32364968	Unrated

Section D: Open U1000 (3day)

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Ananyasree	Anbalagan	30669157	978
2	Skanda	Manapragada	31041144	926
3	Aahan	Chakraborty	30456077	884
4	Abinaya	Sathyanath	30562585	881
5	Jose	Cartagena	31985497	879
6	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	853
7	Anushka	Borse	16724907	845
8	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	836
9	Augie	Lewis	32243907	785
10	Rihaan	Anbalagan	31932744	763
11	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	672
12	Amelie	Stoffels	30424129	656
13	Tyler	Wallace	32215695	Unrated
14	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	Unrated
15	Jonathan	Giambalvo	32355601	Unrated