^{Austin Chess Tour 2: Junior Qualifier #4}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{April 5, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided} 

^{Capacity: 92 players}

^{TOURNAMENT BROADCAST LINK}

 

^{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	Evan Bates	30745116	1957	W9	W3	D2	W4	3.5	8	10	9	27
2	2-3	Yangyang Shen	17080503	1867	W13	W6	D1	D5	3.0	8	8.5	8.5	21.5
3		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1843	W7	L1	W6	W8	3.0	7.5	9	7	23
4	4-5	Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang	30684354	1568	B---	W5	D8	L1	2.5	8	8	7	21.5
5		Krrish Kaul	16596843	1860	W11	L4	W7	D2	2.5	6.5	8	6.5	22.5
6	6-9	Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1610	W10	L2	L3	W13	2.0	4.5	8	5	19
7		Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1625	L3	B---	L5	W11	2.0	4	7	3	17.5
8		Lucas Yu	30915089	1796	D12	W10	D4	L3	2.0	3.5	7.5	6	18.5
9		Eric Zolidis	31316562	1723	L1	W12	D11	D10	2.0	3	7.5	4.5	17.5
10	10-12	Tanvi Borse	15992594	1794	L6	L8	W12	D9	1.5	5	7	2.5	17.5
11		Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1637	L5	W13	D9	L7	1.5	4	6.5	4	15
12		Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1622	D8	L9	L10	B---	1.5	3.5	5.5	2	13
13	13	Nived Ratheesh	30687838	1645	L2	L11	B---	L6	1.0	3.5	6.5	1	17.5

 

^{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	Martin Tang	31982613	1323	W4	W12	W7	W3	4.0	7	8	10	23.5
2	2	Yixin Wang	31926688	1373	W8	D3	W9	D5	3.0	7	8.5	8	21.5
3	3-6	Esha Pidathala	16808204	1482	W13	D2	W8	L1	2.5	9	9.5	7.5	22
4		Jay Choi	31876704	1438	L1	W10	D6	W7	2.5	8.5	9.5	5	23.5
5		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1407	W10	L7	W12	D2	2.5	6	7	6.5	20.5
6		Eshaann Madhan	31155145	1231	L12	W13	D4	W11	2.5	5	5.5	5	13
7	7-8	Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1361	W9	W5	L1	L4	2.0	5	10.5	7	25
8		Dallin Bates	30745147	1497	L2	W14	L3	W12	2.0	4	8	4	21.5
9	9-11	Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1455	L7	W11	L2	D10	1.5	4.5	7.5	3.5	20.5
10		Nathan Lu	30209766	1246	L5	L4	B---	D9	1.5	4	6.5	1.5	15
11		Asher Joseph	30561022	1324	D14	L9	W13	L6	1.5	3.5	6	4	10.5
12	12-13	Grace Peng	30665735	1381	W6	L1	L5	L8	1.0	7	11	4	25.5
13		Parv Parikh	30065214	1368	L3	L6	L11	B---	1.0	4	6.5	0	16.5
14	14	Alexander Matos	16953544	1453	D11	L8	---	---	0.5	1.5	3.5	2	8

 

^{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	Ryan Bhargav	31339682	1099	W18	W10	W3	D2	3.5	8	8.5	9.5	23
2	2-5	Shreyan Jeedigunta	31469701	977	W9	D8	W6	D1	3.0	8	10	8	28.5
3		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	872	W12	W15	L1	W9	3.0	7.5	9	8	21.5
4		Rishaan Nair	30632658	983	W16	L6	W17	W10	3.0	5.5	6.5	7	18.5
5		Akarsh Paida	31911398	1016	L6	W16	W19	W8	3.0	5.5	6	6	18
6	6-7	Fermin Antony Alexis	31820506	822	W5	W4	L2	D7	2.5	9	11.5	7.5	27
7		Colin Coker	30847464	900	H---	W13	D8	D6	2.5	6	6	6	17
8	8-12	Aditya Kavita Singh	30514602	806	W11	D2	D7	L5	2.0	5.5	10.5	6.5	24
9		Lucas Tyrone Sanner	31293157	1109	L2	W14	W11	L3	2.0	5	9.5	5	23
10		Darshan Vijayaraj	30277730	858	W17	L1	W15	L4	2.0	4.5	9	6	23.5
11		Karthik Kammari	31494364	988	L8	W12	L9	W16	2.0	4	7	4	16.5
12		Advaithkrishna Rajeshkanna	31630743	1066	L3	L11	W13	W18	2.0	3.5	7	3	16
13	13-15	Himakar Gogineni	31829515	989	D14	L7	L12	W17	1.5	4.5	7	3	15
14		Evan Wu	32003699	822	D13	L9	L16	W19	1.5	3	5	3	12
15		Akhil Gopu	32029095	1017	W19	L3	L10	H---	1.5	2.5	5.5	4	16
16	16-19	Ash Gutierrez	32335522	unr.	L4	L5	W14	L11	1.0	6.5	9.5	2	20
17		Praneel Katooru	31034004	1017	L10	W18	L4	L13	1.0	4	7	3	17
18		Anvita Gudibanda	31399781	921	L1	L17	B---	L12	1.0	3	6.5	1	15.5
19		Keshava, Jr Neelakandan	30687487	834	L15	B---	L5	L14	1.0	3	6	2	13

 

^{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	Aryan Vasudeva	32317397	678	W16	W10	D4	W7	W2	4.5	13	15	13.5	47.5
2	2-3	Alex Ivan Salas	30539001	768	W3	W9	W8	W4	L1	4.0	15	18	14	54.5
3		Venkata Suhruth Madasu	31970830	623	L2	W22	W15	W14	W6	4.0	11.5	11.5	10	36
4	4-5	Sahith Papudippu	31370229	714	W13	W11	D1	L2	W10	3.5	13.5	16	11.5	48.5
5		Shourya Bandaru	32193247	741	L17	D18	W13	W11	W12	3.5	9	10.5	8	33.5
6	6-9	Arini Kamala Jain	32090268	700	L10	W16	W17	W9	L3	3.0	11.5	13	9	37.5
7		Mayurika Harisankar	31685801	415	H---	W20	W12	L1	D8	3.0	11.5	11.5	9.5	37
8		Karthikeya Golla	32045902	694	W18	W17	L2	D12	D7	3.0	11	12.5	10.5	44.5
9		Andrew Mysyk	30759787	676	W22	L2	W19	L6	W15	3.0	10.5	10.5	9	35
10	10-14	Siddharth Gokulakrishna	32159988	517	W6	L1	D11	W18	L4	2.5	9	15	8.5	46.5
11		Vihaan Gandra	31590020	639	W14	L4	D10	L5	W19	2.5	8.5	13.5	7.5	39
12		Nikhil Prashanth	32008438	653	W19	W15	L7	D8	L5	2.5	8	13	10	40
13		Daksha Sureboyana	30732493	523	L4	D14	L5	W20	W17	2.5	7.5	12.5	5	34.5
14		Thomas Vu	32084884	792	L11	D13	W20	L3	W18	2.5	6.5	12	6	30.5
15	15-16	Aarush Yerubandi	31792104	723	W21	L12	L3	W16	L9	2.0	8.5	12.5	7	35
16		Prajith Prakash	31414048	480	L1	L6	W22	L15	W21	2.0	6	10.5	4	31.5
17	17-20	Aarav Bhaniram Jain	32163043	566	W5	L8	L6	D19	L13	1.5	10	13.5	6	37.5
18		Sathvika Sridharkumar	31807157	512	L8	D5	W21	L10	L14	1.5	9	12.5	5	35
19		Jasper Shang	31964303	454	L12	W21	L9	D17	L11	1.5	7.5	10.5	5	34.5
20		Akshay Battineni	32356022	unr.	H---	L7	L14	L13	W22	1.5	5	8	3	20.5
21	21	Shourya Manjunath	31407630	555	L15	L19	L18	W22	L16	1.0	5	7	2	21
22	22	Parth Tripathi	32050291	477	L9	L3	L16	L21	L20	0.0	7.5	11.5	0	28

 

^{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	Mohith Thandu Giriraj	31402208	unr.	W4	W6	W8	W5	W2	5.0	13	15.5	15	52
2	2-4	Aditya Vivekananda	32249808	157	B---	W12	W3	W13	L1	4.0	13.5	13.5	13	40.5
3		Liam Ethan Hamner	30731442	301	W21	W16	L2	W6	W9	4.0	12	12.5	12	43
4		Rangashri Srivathsan	32068413	348	L1	W19	W14	X18	W7	4.0	11	11	9	33
5	5-11	Diya Mohan	31081295	262	W14	W13	W7	L1	L6	3.0	13	15	12	49
6		Zoha Iman Chandwani	32026905	388	W19	L1	W21	L3	W5	3.0	13	13.5	9	43
7		Madhushri Srivathsan	32068424	322	W10	W9	L5	W16	L4	3.0	12.5	15	11	45
8		Dan Trung Tran	32227304	322	X---	W11	L1	L9	W14	3.0	12.5	12.5	9	38
9		Shaurya Sinha	32326900	unr.	W15	L7	W22	W8	L3	3.0	11.5	12.5	10	42
10		Aarav Agarwal	32345289	unr.	L7	L15	W19	W22	W13	3.0	8	9	6	30
11		Kannan Nayan Asanani	32392968	unr.	X---	L8	L18	W20	W15	3.0	8	8	7	24
12	12	Cian Munjal	30746192	374	D17	L2	L20	W19	W21	2.5	4	8	5.5	25.5
13	13-18	Hirak Gaurang Buch	32227548	389	W20	L5	W17	L2	L10	2.0	9	12.5	8	39.5
14		Neil Yang	32400553	unr.	L5	W20	L4	W17	L8	2.0	8.5	12	6	38.5
15		Joylin Lois Joseph	31821206	187	L9	W10	L16	W21	L11	2.0	8.5	11.5	6	34
16		Liam Villa	32394944	unr.	W18	L3	W15	L7	---	2.0	7.5	11.5	8	35
17		Jathin Mupparaju	32371113	unr.	D12	D22	L13	L14	W20	2.0	6	8.5	5.5	26.5
18		Angelo Anthony Merlino	32202158	161	L16	B---	W11	F4	---	2.0	2.5	5	6	15
19	19-22	Alexander Kai Wang	32398554	unr.	L6	L4	L10	L12	W22	1.0	9.5	13	1	33.5
20		Dev Mohan	32401523	unr.	L13	L14	W12	L11	L17	1.0	8.5	11	3	32
21		Aadvik Palvannanathan	32382354	unr.	L3	X---	L6	L15	L12	1.0	7.5	11.5	3	32.5
22		Hithesh Karthik	31541270	322	H---	D17	L9	L10	L19	1.0	6	9	4	22.5

 

^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, March 30, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after March 31, 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	Evan	Bates	30745116	1957
2	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1867
3	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1860
4	Kai	Lan	30658202	1819
5	Tanvi	Borse	15992594	1805
6	Lucas	Yu	30915089	1796
7	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1723
8	Nived	Ratheesh	30687838	1665
9	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1663
10	Julio Alberto	Aguilar Huang	30684354	1638
11	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1625
12	Kai	Wang	30528820	1622
13	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1610

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1539
2	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1497
3	Alexander	Matos	16953544	1453
4	Jay	Choi	30876704	1438
5	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1373
6	Parv	Parikh	30065214	1369
7	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1361
8	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1355
9	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1340
10	Nathan	Lu	30209766	1327
11	Grace	Peng	30665735	1304
12	Yiheng	Chen	30441678	1288
13	Martin	Tang	31982613	1236
14	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1234

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Lucas	Sanner	31293157	1109
2	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1086
3	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1017
4	Akarsh	Paida	31911398	1016
5	Praneel	Katooru	31034004	1015
6	Advaithkrishna	Rajeshkanna	31630743	1004
7	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	988
8	Rishaan	Nair	30632658	983
9	Shreyan	Jeedigunta	31469701	977
10	Anvita	Gudibanda	31399781	921
11	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	915
12	Himakar	Gogineni	31829515	905
13	Colin	Coker	30847464	900
14	Keshava	Neelakandan	30687487	899
15	Darshan	Vijayaraj	30277730	858
16	Evan	Wu	32003699	830
17	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	821
18	Fermin	Alexis	31820506	819
19	Aditya	Singh	30514602	806

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Thomas	Vu	32084884	792
2	Akshay	Battineni	32356022	781
3	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	723
4	Alex	Salas	30539001	722
5	Sahith	Papudippu	31370229	714
6	Aryan	Vasudeva	32317397	678
7	Andrew	Mysyk	30759787	676
8	Nikhil	Prashanth	32008438	653
9	Karthikeya	Golla	32045902	652
10	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	639
11	Venkata Suhruth	Madasu	31970830	623
12	Arini	Jain	32090268	568
13	Daksha	Sureboyana	30732493	523
14	Siddharth	Gokulakrishna	32159988	517
15	Sathvika	Sridharkumar	31807157	512
16	Shourya	Bandaru	32193247	498
17	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	488
18	Prajith	Prakash	31414048	480
19	Jasper	Shang	31964303	454
20	Mayurika	Harisankar	31685801	415

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Alex	Wang	32398554	561
2	Hirak	Buch	32227548	390
3	Rangashri	Srivathsan	32068413	388
4	Cian	Munjal	30746192	374
5	Zoha Iman	Chandwani	32026905	347
6	Hithesh	Karthik	31541270	322
7	Dan	Tran	32227304	321
8	Liam	Hamner	30731442	301
9	Aarav	Jain	32163043	291
10	Parth	Tripathi	32050291	269
11	Diya	Mohan	31081295	262
12	Joylin	Joseph	31821206	187
13	Angelo	Merlino	32202158	168
14	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	157
15	Lakshithaa	Gangadharan	32000243	145
16	Madhushri	Srivathsan	32068424	112
17	Aarav	Agarwal	32345289	Unrated
18	Jathin	Mupparaju	32371113	Unrated
19	Shaurya	Sinha	32326900	Unrated
20	Mohith	Thandu Giriraj	31402208	Unrated
21	Dev	Mohan	None	Unrated
22	Bidita	Karki	5	Unrated
23	Liam	Villa	32394944	Unrated
24	Kannan	Asanani	32392968	Unrated
25	Aadvik	Palvannanathan	32382354	Unrated
26	Neil	Yang	32400553	Unrated