Austin Chess Tour 2: Junior Qualifier #3

In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament 

 

March 1, 2025

12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100

Austin, TX 78729

* USCF Membership Required *

Free Parking Provided 

Capacity: 80 players

FINAL STANDINGS USCF

 

FINAL STANDINGS:

 

SECTION A: 

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. T-Op. cumul.
1 1 Kai Zhou Lan 30658202 1799 W5 W2 W3 D4  3.5 5.5 7 9.5 18.5
2 2 Yangyang Shen 17080503 1906 W4 L1 D6 W3  2.5 6.5 8 6 20.5
3 3-6 Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy 30719653 1581 W6 D5 L1 L2  1.5 5.5 9 5.5 21
4   Nived Ratheesh 30687838 1665 L2 W6 L5 D1  1.5 5.5 9 3.5 21
5   Alexander Ramey 30280135 1657 L1 D3 W4 L6  1.5 4.5 8 3.5 20.5
6   Eric Zolidis 31316562 1751 L3 L4 D2 W5  1.5 4.5 7 2 18.5

 

SECTION B:

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. T-Op. cumul.
1 1 Alexander Matos 16953544 1338 W15 W11 W8 D2  3.5 6.5 7 9.5 19.5
2 2-5 Dallin Bates 30745147 1461 W12 D4 W3 D1  3.0 9.5 10.5 8 27
3   Tharun Avinashkarthi 30675122 1247 W10 W9 L2 W8  3.0 7 9 8 23
4   Yiheng Ethan Chen 30441678 1293 W6 D2 W13 H---  3.0 6.5 6.5 7.5 16.5
5   Martin Tang 31982613 1200 L9 W10 W14 W12  3.0 5 6 6 13
6 6-7 Rithik Ganesh 17293416 1488 L4 W12 W11 D7  2.5 7 8 5.5 20.5
7   Yixin Wang 31926688 1267 W13 L8 W9 D6  2.5 6.5 7.5 6.5 20.5
8 8-10 Adhyan Reddy Danda 30645449 1425 W16 W7 L1 L3  2.0 5.5 9.5 7 24.5
9   Charvith Lingutla 30639612 1335 W5 L3 L7 W14  2.0 5.5 9.5 5 23.5
10   Amudha Pratheep Kumar 31456373 1361 L3 L5 W16 W13  2.0 4 7.5 3 17.5
11 11 Kyler Hedderly 16974404 1262 W14 L1 L6 D16  1.5 4 7.5 4.5 18.5
12 12-15 Nathan Lu 30209766 1279 L2 L6 W15 L5  1.0 6 9 2 19.5
13   Parv Parikh 30065214 1432 L7 W16 L4 L10  1.0 5 8 3 17.5
14   Jeffrey Q Chui 30882595 1391 L11 W15 L5 L9  1.0 4 7 3 15.5
15   Grace Peng 30665735 1243 L1 L14 L12 B---  1.0 2 5.5 0 14.5
16 16 Samvik Indrakanti 16771001 1264 L8 L13 L10 D11  0.5 4.5 6.5 0.5 17.5

 

SECTION C:

# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul. T-Op. cumul.
1 1 Avantika Maneesh 31486157 1181 W2 W16 W10 W5  4.0 7.5 8.5 10 25
2 2-4 Praneel Katooru 31034004  955 L1 W18 W12 W6  3.0 8 8 6 21
3   Easton Prud'Homme 31926230  895 W12 L5 W16 W9  3.0 6 7 7 21
4   Akarsh Paida 31911398  904 L9 W15 W11 W10  3.0 5.5 7 6 18
5 5-8 Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian 16790958 1120 W17 W3 D6 L1  2.5 9.5 10 8 26.5
6   Chaitanya Sai Pusarla 31983444  789 W7 W9 D5 L2  2.5 8 10 8 24.5
7   Rishaan Nair 30632658 1003 L6 D17 W14 W13  2.5 5.5 6 4.5 16.5
8   Himakar Gogineni 31829515  905 D11 W13 L9 W16  2.5 5 6 6 17
9 9-10 Ryan Bhargav 31339682 1086 W4 L6 W8 L3  2.0 5.5 11 6 27
10   Maysaa Patel 31407351  704 W15 W11 L1 L4  2.0 4.5 10 7 21
11 11-15 Shayn Royal 32264797 1086 D8 L10 L4 W17  1.5 5 8 3 20.5
12   Vladimir Travkin 31501724 1067 L3 W14 L2 H---  1.5 4.5 7.5 3 16
13   Shreyan Jeedigunta 31469701 1048 D14 L8 W17 L7  1.5 4.5 7 4 15
14   Fermin Antony Alexis 31820506  819 D13 L12 L7 W18  1.5 3 5.5 3 11.5
15   Igor Travkin 31501714  990 L10 L4 W18 H---  1.5 2 5 2 13
16 16 Karthik Kammari 31494364 1052 W18 L1 L3 L8  1.0 5.5 9.5 4 23
17 17 Darshan Vijayaraj 30277730  914 L5 D7 L13 L11  0.5 5.5 8 1.5 19.5
18 18 Reyansh Singavarapu 31340405  824 L16 L2 L15 L14  0.0 4 7 0 15

 

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 1-2 Andrew Mysyk 30759787  573 L3 W8 W6 W11 W4  4.0 12 13 10 41
2   Milan Raghu 30239639  620 W12 W7 W5 L4 W3  4.0 12 12 13 41
3 3-4 Alex Ivan Salas 30539001  722 W1 D4 W7 W5 L2  3.5 14.5 16.5 12 52
4   Sahith Papudippu 31370229  613 W8 D3 W11 W2 L1  3.5 13.5 14.5 12 45
5 5-6 Nikhil Dematampitiya 31428978  698 W9 W11 L2 L3 W8  3.0 11.5 12.5 10 39
6   Shrieesh Sriram 32079991  476 L11 W9 L1 W12 W7  3.0 9 9 7 26
7 7-10 Dhruva Mamillapalli 31959396  587 W10 L2 L3 W9 L6  2.0 10.5 14.5 7 41
8   Sathvika Sridharkumar 31807157  527 L4 L1 W12 W10 L5  2.0 8.5 12.5 5 37
9   Tanush Reddy Maddi 31478978  547 L5 L6 W10 L7 W12  2.0 7 10 4 29
10   Mayurika Harisankar 31685801  203 L7 W12 L9 L8 W11  2.0 5 7 5 21
11 11 Ashrith Muthu 32201223  599 W6 L5 L4 L1 L10  1.0 11.5 15.5 5 44
12 12 Dan Trung Tran 32227304  545 L2 L10 L8 L6 L9  0.0 9 13 0 34

 

SECTION E:

# 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 Armaan Shahpuri 31916976 unr. W16 D11 W12 W17 W2  4.5 11 13 13 43
2 2-3 Josiah Nicholas Bailey 32323157 unr. W21 W4 W7 W6 L1  4.0 14 15 14 47.5
3   Aryan Vasudeva 32317397 unr. L15 W10 W9 W7 W6  4.0 11.5 13.5 10 44
4 4-5 Aditya Malaraju 32040462 unr. W17 L2 D5 W13 W11  3.5 12.5 14.5 9.5 47
5   Parth Tripathi 32050291  269 L6 W16 D4 W15 W8  3.5 11.5 13.5 8.5 44.5
6 6-10 Vidish Narra 32322633 unr. W5 W9 W15 L2 L3  3.0 14.5 16.5 12 49.5
7   Anish Kunal Dhubala 32027017 unr. W18 W13 L2 L3 W15  3.0 12.5 14.5 10 45.5
8   Madhushri Srivathsan 32068424  112 W23 L12 W14 W11 L5  3.0 11 12 10 34.5
9   Hirak Gaurang Buch 32227548  378 W19 L6 L3 W21 W12  3.0 11 12 8 35
10   Sourya Namuduri 32229727  103 L13 L3 B--- W16 W17  3.0 10.5 10.5 5 28.5
11 11-14 Suhas Petla 32076556 unr. W22 D1 W18 L8 L4  2.5 8.5 13.5 10 40.5
12   Hithesh Karthik 31541270  109 H--- W8 L1 W20 L9  2.5 7.5 12 8 36.5
13   Goutham Krishna Nara Manchiganti 32323455 unr. W10 L7 D20 L4 W22  2.5 7 11 7.5 33
14   Vibhav Narra 32322654 unr. W20 L15 L8 W18 H---  2.5 5.5 8.5 7 29.5
15 15-19 Delton Chen 31680402  308 W3 W14 L6 L5 L7  2.0 12 16 9 47.5
16   Yoganand Mukunthan 32328004 unr. L1 L5 W19 L10 W21  2.0 8.5 13 4 31.5
17   Abirami Muthu 32181895  343 L4 W21 W22 L1 L10  2.0 7.5 12 7 33.5
18   Rangashri Srivathsan 32068413  388 L7 W23 L11 L14 W20  2.0 7.5 10.5 5 33.5
19   Arjav Rajesh 32339358 unr. L9 L20 L16 W22 X23  2.0 4 7 2 20.5
20 20 Angelo Anthony Merlino 32202158  168 L14 W19 D13 L12 L18  1.5 8.5 11 5.5 29.5
21 21-23 Laya Ashok 32329069 unr. L2 L17 W23 L9 L16  1.0 8 12 3 34
22   Durga Sri Ashvita Taragalla 31754737  101 L11 B--- L17 L19 L13  1.0 6 8.5 3 26.5
23   Sai Yashmit, Jr Paidimarri 32248824 unr. L8 L18 L21 B--- F19  1.0 3 6 1 18

 

SECTIONS:

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** 
**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.

ENTRY FEES: 

Early Bird: $40 by 11:59pm, February 23, 2025 

$50 on or after February 24, 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

 

5-Round Swiss System Schedule

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 Yangyang Shen 17080503 1996
2 Kai Lan 30658202 1803
3 Eric Zolidis 31316562 1751
4 Nived Ratheesh 30687838 1673
5 Alexander Ramey 30280135 1671
6 Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy 30719653 1581

Section B: U1600

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Dallin Bates 30745147 1509
2 Rithik Ganesh 17293416 1488
3 Jeffrey Chui 814954203 1391
4 Adhyan Reddy Danda 30645449 1378
5 Amudha Pratheep Kumar 31456373 1360
6 Charvith Lingutla 30639612 1326
7 Yiheng Chen 30441678 1288
8 Alexander Matos 16953544 1270
9 Kyler Hedderly 16974404 1262
10 Nathan Lu 30209766 1260
11 Samvik Indrakanti 16771001 1257
12 Tharun Avinashkarthi 30675122 1247
13 Grace Peng 30665735 1243
14 Yixin Wang 31926688 1240
15 Avantika Maneesh 31486157 1232
16 Martin Tang 31982613 1200

Section C: U1200

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Vladimir Travkin 31501724 1163
2 Shayn Royal 32264797 1086
3 Ryan Bhargav 31339682 1086
4 Vividh Balasubramanian 16790958 1064
5 Karthik Kammari 31494364 1039
6 Praneel Katooru 31034004 978
7 Aarohan Ratnagiri 30411039 958
8 Shreyan Jeedigunta 31469701 930
9 Himakar Gogineni 31829515 923
10 Igor Travkin 31501714 920
11 Akarsh Paida 31911398 904
12 Rishaan Nair 30632658 900
13 Easton Prud'Homme 31926230 896
14 Maysaa Patel 31407351 890
15 Darshan Vijayaraj 30277730 869
16 Fermin Alexis 31820506 819

Section D: U800

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Aditya Malaraju 32040462 914
2 Chaitanya Pusarla 31983444 789
3 Milan Raghu 30239639 730
4 Alex Salas 30539001 722
5 Reyansh Singavarapu 31340405 638
6 Nikhil Dematampitiya 31428978 635
7 Dhruva Mamillapalli 31959396 613
8 Sahith Papudippu 31370229 613
9 Ashrith Muthu 32201223 599
10 Andrew Mysyk 30759787 573
11 Tanush Maddi 31478978 546
12 Sathvika Sridharkumar 31807157 528
13 Shrieesh Sriram 32079991 476
14 Mayurika Harisankar 31685801 421

Section E: U400

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Hirak Buch 32227548 378
2 Abirami Muthu 32181895 343
3 Delton Chen 31680402 250
4 Parth Tripathi 32050291 196
5 Hithesh Karthik 31541270 180
6 Rangashri Srivathsan 32068413 159
7 Madhushri Srivathsan 32068424 107
8 Venkata Namuduri 32229727 103
9 Vidish Narra 32322633 Unrated
10 Armaan Shahpuri 31916976 Unrated
11 Goutham Krishna Narayan Manchiganti 32323455 Unrated
12 Arjav Rajesh NA Unrated
13 Angelo Merlino 32202158 Unrated
14 Laya Ashok 32329069 Unrated
15 Yoganand Mukunthan 32328004 Unrated
16 Anish Kunal Dhubala 32027017 Unrated
17 Josiah Bailey 32323157 Unrated
18 Vibhav Narra 32322654 Unrated
19 Dan Tran 32227304 Unrated
20 Durga Sri Ashvita Taragalla 31754737 Unrated
21 Sai Paidimarri 32248824 Unrated
22 Aryan Vasudeva 32317397 Unrated
23 Suhas Petla 32076556 Unrated