^{Austin Chess Tour 2: Junior Qualifier #1}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{January 11, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided} 

^{Capacity: 80 players}

^{BROADCAST LINK}

^PAIRINGS:

 

^{SECTION A:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1		Yueqi Jin (1635 0.0)		Beckam Chodniewicz (1423 0.0)
2		Alexander Ramey (1671 1.0)		Kai Zhou Lan (1762 1.0)
	0	Asher Chodniewicz (1732 2.0)		BYE

 

^{SECTION B:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
3		Advaith Jijesh (1388 2.0)		Guna Ar Sanepalli (1445 2.0)
4		Arjun M Phatak (1329 1.0)		Jay Choi (1216 2.0)
5		Anish Arun (1319 1.0)		Anika Shambhavi Kaul (1264 1.0)
6		Rishi Attaluri (1313 1.0)		Grace Peng (1225 1.0)
7		Subbu Sivaraju (1203 1.0)		Avantika Maneesh (1316 0.5)
8		Yiheng Ethan Chen (1242 0.0)		Amudha Pratheep Kumar (1234 0.5)
	0	Beckam Chodniewicz (1423 1.0)		BYE

 

^{SECTION C:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
9		Edison Chodniewicz (1016 2.0)		Mourya Jaydev (1017 2.0)
10		Yixin Wang ( 955 2.0)		Venkata Vishruth Julakanti (1038 1.5)
11		Kevin Yu ( 948 1.5)		Thomas Madathil ( 906 1.5)
12		Ashwin Phatak (1018 1.0)		Fermin Antony Alexis ( 882 1.0)
13		Keren Anand ( 895 1.0)		Joseph Madathil (1006 1.0)
14		Christopher Krum ( 847 1.0)		Lucas Tyrone Sanner ( 935 1.0)
15		Shreyan Jeedigunta ( 930 1.0)		Akarsh Paida ( 821 1.0)
16		Himakar Gogineni ( 902 0.5)		Armaan Bhatia ( 885 0.5)
17		Darshan Vijayaraj ( 955 0.0)		Zayn Shanmuganathan ( 821 0.5)
	1	Viti Singhal ( 870 0.0)		BYE

 

^{SECTION D:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
18		Chaitanya Sai Pusarla ( 646 3.0)		Winston Shetty ( 750 3.0)
19		Akhil Gopu ( 697 2.0)		Vedant Rungta ( 563 2.5)
20		Mokshaniketh, Mr Dhulipalla ( 609 2.0)		Nirvaan Dharak Patel ( 473 2.0)
21		Reyansh Singavarapu ( 638 1.5)		Daniel Zhang Xiao ( 787 1.0)
22		Aadhya Desu ( 611 1.0)		Maysaa Patel ( 735 1.0)
23		Karthikeya Golla ( 598 1.0)		Sahith Papudippu ( 635 1.0)
24		Aarav Nanjala ( 427 1.0)		Prajith Prakash ( 651 0.5)
	1	Shrieesh Sriram ( 496 0.5)		BYE

 

^{SECTION E:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
25		Jacob Joy (unr. 2.0)		Aarush Yerubandi (unr. 3.0)
26		Yashica, Jr Dhanasekar ( 307 2.0)		Kavish Bhutiany ( 196 2.5)
27		Parth Tripathi ( 151 2.0)		Hirak Gaurang Buch (unr. 2.0)
28		Arjun Sehgal (unr. 1.0)		Vivaan Gupta ( 331 1.5)
29		Viraat Kansal (unr. 0.0)		Tara Pradeep ( 265 1.0)
	1	Sourya Namuduri (unr. 0.0)		BYE
	0	Rangashri Srivathsan ( 159 0.0)		BYE
	0	Sonny Yang (unr. 0.0)		BYE

 

^STANDINGS:

 

^{SECTION A:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Asher Chodniewicz	30288162	1732	W3	W2	2.0	1	2	3	3
2	2-3	Alexander Ramey	30280135	1671	W4	L1	1.0	0	2	2	3
3		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1762	L1	W4	1.0	0	2	1	3
4	4-5	Yueqi Jin	16948104	1635	L2	L3	0.0	1	2	0	3
5		Beckam Chodniewicz	30288144	1423	U---	U---	0.0	0	0	0	0

 

^{SECTION B:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1445	W6	W5	2.0	1	2	3	3
2		Jay Choi	31876704	1216	W11	W4	2.0	1	1.5	3	2.5
3		Advaith Jijesh	30646434	1388	W13	W7	2.0	0.5	0.5	3	1
4	4-10	Beckam Chodniewicz	30288144	1423	W9	L2	1.0	0	3	2	4
5		Anish Arun	31187934	1319	W10	L1	1.0	0	2.5	2	3
6		Rishi Attaluri	30041126	1313	L1	W12	1.0	0	2.5	1	4
7		Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1203	B---	L3	1.0	0	2	1	3
8		Arjun M Phatak	30823825	1329	D12	D11	1.0	0	1	1.5	1.5
9		Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1264	L4	W13	1.0	0	1	1	2
10		Grace Peng	30665735	1225	L5	B---	1.0	0	1	0	2
11	11-12	Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1316	L2	D8	0.5	1	3	0.5	4.5
12		Amudha Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1234	D8	L6	0.5	1	2	1	2.5
13	13	Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1242	L3	L9	0.0	1	3	0	4

 

^{SECTION C:}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	Edison Chodniewicz	30280271	1016	W10	W7	2.0	1	2	3	3
2		Mourya Jaydev	31782885	1017	W16	W9	2.0	1	1.5	3	2.5
3		Yixin Wang	31926688	955	W18	W11	2.0	0.5	0.5	3	1
4	4-6	Venkata Vishruth Julakanti	30548138	1038	W13	D5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	3.5
5		Kevin Yu	30551486	948	W17	D4	1.5	1.5	2	2.5	3
6		Thomas Madathil	30300299	906	D8	W15	1.5	1	1.5	2	2.5
7	7-14	Lucas Tyrone Sanner	31293157	935	W14	L1	1.0	0	2.5	2	3
8		Ashwin Phatak	31123362	1018	D6	D12	1.0	0	2.5	1.5	3.5
9		Christopher Krum	31824661	847	W19	L2	1.0	0	2	2	3
10		Keren Anand	30535449	895	L1	W19	1.0	0	2	1	3
11		Fermin Antony Alexis	31820506	882	B---	L3	1.0	0	2	1	3
12		Joseph Madathil	17112653	1006	D15	D8	1.0	0	1.5	1.5	2.5
13		Shreyan Jeedigunta	31469701	930	L4	W18	1.0	0	1.5	1	2.5
14		Akarsh Paida	31911398	821	L7	B---	1.0	0	1	0	2
15	15-17	Armaan Bhatia	31075404	885	D12	L6	0.5	1	2.5	1	3.5
16		Himakar Gogineni	31829515	902	L2	D17	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5
17		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	821	L5	D16	0.5	0.5	2	0.5	3
18	18-19	Viti Singhal	17299808	870	L3	L13	0.0	1	3	0	4
19		Darshan Vijayaraj	30277730	955	L9	L10	0.0	1	2	0	3

 

^{SECTION D:}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-2	Winston Shetty	32019028	750	W12	W8	W7	3.0	2.5	3.5	6	8
2		Chaitanya Sai Pusarla	31983444	646	W14	W11	W10	3.0	1.5	2	6	5
3	3	Vedant Rungta	30661607	563	W15	D7	W8	2.5	2.5	3	5	8
4	4-6	Mokshaniketh, Mr Dhulipalla	16830564	609	W13	L5	W9	2.0	3.5	4.5	4	8
5		Akhil Gopu	32029095	697	W9	W4	F---	2.0	3	3	5	6
6		Nirvaan Dharak Patel	30454826	473	L7	B---	W11	2.0	2	2	2	6
7	7	Reyansh Singavarapu	31340405	638	W6	D3	L1	1.5	2.5	7	4	13
8	8-13	Sahith Papudippu	31370229	635	W10	L1	L3	1.0	3.5	6.5	3	13
9		Karthikeya Golla	32045902	598	L5	W13	L4	1.0	3	5.5	2	10
10		Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	787	L8	W12	L2	1.0	2	5	2	10
11		Aarav Nanjala	31785076	427	B---	L2	L6	1.0	1.5	4.5	2	8
12		Aadhya Desu	31732481	611	L1	L10	W14	1.0	1.5	4.5	1	9
13		Maysaa Patel	31407351	735	L4	L9	W15	1.0	1.5	3.5	1	7
14	14-15	Shrieesh Sriram	32079991	496	L2	D15	L12	0.5	1.5	4.5	1	8
15		Prajith Prakash	31414048	651	L3	D14	L13	0.5	1.5	4	1	7

 

^{SECTION E:}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Aarush Yerubandi	31792104	unr.	W7	W9	W3	3.0	3.5	4.5	6	9.5
2	2	Kavish Bhutiany	30575313	196	W10	W4	D7	2.5	3	3	5.5	5.5
3	3-6	Yashica, Jr Dhanasekar	31183121	307	W6	W5	L1	2.0	5	6.5	5	12
4		Jacob Joy	32215683	unr.	W11	L2	W8	2.0	3.5	3.5	4	7.5
5		Parth Tripathi	32050291	151	B---	L3	W10	2.0	2	2	3	5
6		Hirak Gaurang Buch	32227548	unr.	L3	W10	W11	2.0	2	2	3	5
7	7	Vivaan Gupta	31350475	331	L1	B---	D2	1.5	2.5	5.5	1.5	11.5
8	8-9	Arjun Sehgal	32021203	unr.	L9	W11	L4	1.0	1.5	3.5	2	7
9		Tara Pradeep	32013873	265	W8	L1	F---	1.0	1	4	3	8
10	10-13	Sourya Namuduri	32229727	unr.	L2	L6	L5	0.0	3.5	6	0	11.5
11		Viraat Kansal	32229685	unr.	L4	L8	L6	0.0	3	5	0	9
12		Rangashri Srivathsan	32068413	159	---	---	---	0.0	0	0	0	0
13		Sonny Yang	32026527	unr.	---	---	---	0.0	0	0	0	0

 

^{Note that this is a scholastic event, only players who are 18 years of age or under can play in this tournament.}

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

^{SECTION A: 1600+ USCF rated} 

^{SECTION B: 1200 - 1599 USCF rated} 

^{SECTION C: 800 - 1199 USCF rated} 

^{SECTION D: 400 - 799 USCF rated}

^{SECTION E: Under 400 USCF rated or unrated}

^{**Players are not allowed to play up or down**} 

^{ENTRY FEES:} 

^{Early Bird: $40 by 11:59pm, January 5, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after January 6, 2025}

 

^PRIZES: 

Trophies for 1st Place, Medals for 2nd and 3rd

 

^{Junior Qualifier Points:} 

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

^{1st Place: 25 JQ Points}

^{2nd Place: 18 JQ Points}

^{3rd Place: 15 JQ Points}

^{4th Place: 12 JQ Points}

^{5th Place: 10 JQ Points}

^{6th Place: 8 JQ Points}

^{7th Place: 6 JQ Points}

^{8th Place: 4 JQ Points}

^{9th Place: 2 JQ Points}

^{10th Place: 1 JQ Points}

For more information about the point system, visit

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

 

^{TIME CONTROL:} 

 

^{Section A: G/60, d5 (60 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

^{Section B: G/45, d5 (45 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

^{Section C: G/45, d5 (45 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

^{Section D: G/30, d5 (30 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

^{Section E: G/30, d5 (30 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

 

^{4-Round Swiss System Schedule}

^SECTION A:

^{1st round: 10:00 AM}

^{2nd round: 12:15 PM}

^{Lunch Break: 2:30-3:30 PM}

^{3rd round: 3:30 PM}

^{4th round: 5:45 PM}

 

^{SECTIONS B and C:}

^{1st round: 10:00 AM}

^{2nd round: 11:45 AM}

^{Lunch Break: 1:30-2:30 PM}

^{3rd round: 2:30 PM}

^{4th round: 4:15 PM}

 

^{SECTIONS D and E:}

^{1st round: 10:00 AM}

^{2nd round: 11:15 AM}

^{3rd round: 12:30 PM}

^{Lunch Break: 1:30 PM}

^{4th round: 2:30 PM}

^{5th round: 3:45 PM}

^{Closing ceremony: After the last game of the section finishes.}

^{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 for an 80% refund. We reserve the right to charge a 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: 1600+

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Kai	Lan	30658202	1762
2	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	1732
3	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1671
4	Massa	Jin	16948104	1600

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1441
2	Beckham	Chodniewicz	30288144	1423
3	Advaith	Jijesh	30646434	1388
4	Rishi	Attaluri	30041126	1340
5	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1332
6	Arjun	Phatak	30823825	1329
7	Anish	Arun	31187934	1298
8	Yiheng Ethan	Chen	30441678	1276
9	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1271
10	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1234
11	Grace	Peng	30665735	1225
12	Jay	Choi	31876704	1216
13	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1203

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Vishruth	Julakanti	30548138	1038
2	Edison	Chodniewicz	30280271	1024
3	Ashwin	Phatak	31123362	1018
4	Mourya	Jaydev	31782885	1017
5	Joseph	Madathil	17112653	1006
6	Kevin	Yu	30551486	980
7	Darshan	Vijayaraj	30277730	955
8	Yixin	Wang	31926688	955
9	Lucas	Sanner	31293157	935
10	Shreyan	Jeedigunta	31469701	930
11	Thomas	Madathil	30300299	906
12	Himakar	Gogineni	31829515	902
13	Keren Jolly	Anand	30535449	895
14	Armaan	Bhatia	31075404	885
15	Vivek	Kumar	17299808	870
16	Christopher	Krum	31824661	847
17	Akarsh	Paida	31911398	821
18	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	712

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	787
2	Sahith	Papudippu	31370229	743
3	Maysaa	Patel	31407351	735
4	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	694
5	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	657
6	Prajith	Prakash	31414048	651
7	Chaitanya	Pusarla	31983444	646
8	Aadhya	Desu	31732481	611
9	Mokshaniketh	Dhulipalla	16830564	609
10	Winston	Shetty	32019028	600
11	Karthikeya	Golla	32045902	598
12	Vedant	Rungta	30661607	564
13	Shrieesh	Sriram	32079991	497
14	Nirvaan	Patel	30454826	473
15	Aarav	Nanjala	31785076	427

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Tara	Pradeep	32013873	334
2	Yashica	Dhanasekar	31183121	308
3	Kavish	Bhutiany	30575313	196
4	Vivaan	Gupta	31350475	Unrated
5	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	Unrated
6	Fermin	Alexis	31820506	Unrated
7	Hirak	Buch	32227548	Unrated
8	Viraat	Kansal	32229685	Unrated
9	Jacob	Joy	32215683	Unrated
10	Arjun	Sehgal	32021203	Unrated
11	Sourya	Namuduri	32229727	Unrated
12	Sonny	Yang	32026527	Unrated