^{Austin Chess Tour 2: Junior Qualifier #5}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{May 3, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided} 

^{Capacity: 80 players}

^{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	Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1846	W12	W2	W5	W4	4.0	7.5	8.5	10	24.5
2	2-3	Alan Ni	30701271	1559	X16	L1	W11	W9	3.0	7.5	7.5	6	19.5
3		Yangyang Shen	17080503	1886	W9	W8	D4	D5	3.0	7	9	8.5	26
4	4-7	Krrish Kaul	16596843	1867	W6	W7	D3	L1	2.5	9.5	12	8	29.5
5		Julian Joseph	16783177	1940	W15	W11	L1	D3	2.5	8.5	9.5	7.5	24
6		Ilan Shvets	31345345	1586	L4	W13	D8	W12	2.5	5.5	6.5	5	18.5
7		Evan Bates	30745116	1990	W13	L4	W12	H---	2.5	4.5	4.5	6	13
8	8-10	Tharun Sridhar	30747478	1705	W14	L3	D6	D11	2.0	4	7.5	5.5	20
9		Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1591	L3	W10	W14	L2	2.0	4	7.5	5	18.5
10		Beckham Chodniewicz	30288144	1569	L11	L9	B---	W13	2.0	2.5	4.5	2	11.5
11	11	Tanvi Borse	15992594	1743	W10	L5	L2	D8	1.5	6	8.5	4.5	21
12	12-15	Alexander Ramey	30280135	1572	L1	W15	L7	L6	1.0	6	10	3	22
13		Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1626	L7	L6	W15	L10	1.0	5	7.5	2	14
14		Yixin Wang	31926688	1508	L8	B---	L9	L15	1.0	3	5	2	11.5
15		Sahasra Vijay	30183383	1623	L5	L12	L13	W14	1.0	2.5	5	1	14.5
16	16	Asher Chodniewicz	30288162	1828	F2	---	---	---	0.0	0	0	0	0

 

^{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	1-6	Anish Arun	31187934	1554	W13	W2	W8	L4	3.0	8	9	9	23
2		Asher Joseph	30561022	1301	W10	L1	W9	W7	3.0	7	9	7	23
3		Amudha Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1248	W9	L7	W12	W11	3.0	5.5	6.5	7	20.5
4		Yueqi Jin	16948104	1569	L12	W15	W11	W1	3.0	5.5	6.5	6	20.5
5		Jay Choi	31876704	1454	L11	W14	W13	W8	3.0	4.5	5.5	6	16.5
6		Dallin Bates	30745147	1483	W14	D11	W7	H---	3.0	4.5	4.5	7.5	13.5
7	7-10	Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1386	W16	W3	L6	L2	2.0	6	9.5	7	21.5
8		Grace Peng	30665735	1237	W15	W12	L1	L5	2.0	4	8	7	21
9		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1416	L3	W16	L2	W12	2.0	4	7.5	4	18
10		Adhyan Reddy Danda	30645449	1463	L2	L13	W14	W15	2.0	2	6	3	13
11	11	Pranav Kandi	31493287	1297	W5	D6	L4	L3	1.5	9	12	5.5	26.5
12	12-16	Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1372	W4	L8	L3	L9	1.0	7	10	4	24
13		Sarah Gabrielle Johnson	31695045	1344	L1	W10	L5	L14	1.0	6	9	3	19
14		Eshaann Madhan	31155145	1306	L6	L5	L10	W13	1.0	6	9	1	19.5
15		Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1399	L8	L4	W16	L10	1.0	4.5	7.5	2	16
16		Edison Chodniewicz	30280271	1202	L7	L9	L15	B---	1.0	3	5	0	13

 

^{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	Aryan Vasudeva	32317397	833	W4	W3	W8	W2	4.0	9	11.5	10	28
2	2-5	Karthik Kammari	31494364	1081	W18	W11	W10	L1	3.0	8	9	9	23
3		Suriya Ezhilarasan	30664569	1052	W17	L1	W19	W7	3.0	7.5	8.5	7	24
4		Zachary Kinney	30884894	999	L1	W18	W17	W6	3.0	7.5	8.5	6	22
5		Gleb Uzdyaev	30883658	920	W9	L6	W13	W12	3.0	7	9	7	22.5
6	6-9	Venkata Vishruth Julakanti	30548138	1009	W16	W5	D7	L4	2.5	8.5	10	8	24.5
7		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	1093	W19	W12	D6	L3	2.5	7.5	8.5	8	24
8		Darsh Mishra	17097771	1031	D21	W14	L1	W16	2.5	7.5	8	6	18.5
9		Advaithkrishna Rajeshkanna	31630743	1066	L5	D16	W11	W10	2.5	7	8.5	4.5	22.5
10	10-15	Praneel Katooru	31034004	945	W13	W15	L2	L9	2.0	4.5	9.5	7	22.5
11		Keshava, Jr Neelakandan	30687487	850	W14	L2	L9	W21	2.0	4.5	8	5	18.5
12		Rishaan Nair	30632658	989	W22	L7	W15	L5	2.0	4.5	7.5	6	20
13		Alice Sun	30540358	1086	L10	W21	L5	W20	2.0	3	6.5	4	18
14		Vladimir Travkin	31501724	1022	L11	L8	W18	W17	2.0	3	6.5	3	15
15		Ryan Bhargav	31339682	1165	W20	L10	L12	W19	2.0	3	6	5	18
16	16	Om N Palsule	31348373	838	L6	D9	W21	L8	1.5	5.5	8	3.5	20.5
17	17-20	Evan Wu	32003699	880	L3	W20	L4	L14	1.0	6	9	3	18
18		Darshan Vijayaraj	30277730	932	L2	L4	L14	W22	1.0	5	8	1	18
19		Igor Travkin	31501714	946	L7	W22	L3	L15	1.0	4.5	7.5	3	20
20		Advika Raina	30497120	964	L15	L17	W22	L13	1.0	3	5	2	12
21	21	Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	861	D8	L13	L16	L11	0.5	5.5	8	2	18.5
22	22	Ash Gutierrez	32335522	828	L12	L19	L20	L18	0.0	3	5	0	12

 

^{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	Dharsan Sanakyan	32254212	647	W16	W6	W5	W2	W7	5.0	13	14	15	44
2	2-3	Anay Singhal	32418002	unr.	W8	W3	W4	L1	W9	4.0	15	17.5	13	53
3		Andrew Mysyk	30759787	680	W11	L2	W8	W5	W4	4.0	12.5	14.5	11	47
4	4-9	Ian Joseph Johnson	31695081	690	W15	W9	L2	W11	L3	3.0	13	14.5	11	44
5		Reyansh Singavarapu	31340405	746	W14	W13	L1	L3	W12	3.0	12	13.5	10	39
6		Shrieesh Sriram	32079991	535	W7	L1	L10	W17	W11	3.0	12	13	8	40
7		Soham A Shah	30048529	696	L6	W14	W12	W10	L1	3.0	11.5	13	9	38
8		Liam Ethan Hamner	30731442	455	L2	B---	L3	W16	W10	3.0	11	11	6	35
9		Zane Kinney	30884904	550	W10	L4	W16	W13	L2	3.0	10.5	11.5	10	40
10	10-15	Nuraiz Pirani	30857208	713	L9	W17	W6	L7	L8	2.0	9.5	12.5	7	35
11		Nikhil Prashanth	32008438	795	L3	W12	W13	L4	L6	2.0	9	13	7	41
12		Shaurya Sinha	32326900	402	B---	L11	L7	W15	L5	2.0	6.5	9.5	6	29
13		Aditya Vivekananda	32249808	592	B---	L5	L11	L9	W17	2.0	6	9	5	29
14		Vedant Rungta	30661607	560	L5	L7	L15	B---	W16	2.0	5.5	8.5	2	26
15		Yugan Balamurugan	32014043	527	L4	L16	W14	L12	B---	2.0	4	7	3	23
16	16-17	Monisha Allu	31962879	764	L1	W15	L9	L8	L14	1.0	8.5	13.5	4	36
17		Sourya Namuduri	32229727	511	U---	L10	B---	L6	L13	1.0	3.5	6.5	2	20

 

^{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	Anay A Shah	16825825	360	W18	W7	W12	W5	W2	5.0	12.5	14.5	15	46
2	2-4	Kabir Goenka	31690249	377	W8	W16	W6	W3	L1	4.0	15	17	14	55
3		Sonny Yang	32026527	unr.	W14	W9	W13	L2	W6	4.0	12	14	13	48
4		Cian Munjal	30746192	310	L6	W21	W17	W8	W11	4.0	11	12	10	35
5	5	Max Madof	32368859	unr.	W10	D12	W14	L1	W7	3.5	13	15	11	44
6	6-11	Doyoon Kim	32410552	unr.	W4	W15	L2	W13	L3	3.0	14	16	11	53
7		Ayush Ginnavaram	32011044	121	B---	L1	W9	W12	L5	3.0	14	14	9	42
8		Parsa Mokhtari	32432438	unr.	L2	W10	W19	L4	W13	3.0	13	15	8	45
9		Venkata Advaith Bysani	32003672	305	W21	L3	L7	W18	W14	3.0	10.5	11.5	8	34
10		Madhushri Srivathsan	32068424	378	L5	L8	W21	W17	W15	3.0	10.5	11.5	6	33
11		Tristan Jones	32369680	unr.	L13	W22	W15	W16	L4	3.0	10	11	9	36
12	12	Vihaan Chouhan	31147478	291	W20	D5	L1	L7	W16	2.5	8	15	8	48
13	13-20	Parth Tripathi	32050291	377	W11	W19	L3	L6	L8	2.0	11	15	9	47
14		Delton Chen	31680402	381	L3	W18	L5	W19	L9	2.0	10.5	14.5	6	42
15		Yoganand Mukunthan	32328004	253	W26	L6	L11	W20	L10	2.0	8.5	11.5	7	32.5
16		Evangelia Michelle Johnson	31695099	160	W25	L2	W20	L11	L12	2.0	8	12	8	37.5
17		Sairam Sriram	31759211	unr.	L23	W26	L4	L10	W22	2.0	7.5	11.5	5	24.5
18		Karin Ryckman	32437128	unr.	L1	L14	W22	L9	W25	2.0	6.5	11.5	4	32.5
19		Neil Yang	32400553	246	W22	L13	L8	L14	W21	2.0	6	9	6	27
20		Pranshu Karnatak	32416967	unr.	L12	W25	L16	L15	W26	2.0	5	7.5	5	26
21	21-24	Kayden Paul	32408994	unr.	L9	L4	L10	W26	L19	1.0	8.5	12.5	2	31.5
22		Iksha Nair	32337820	unr.	L19	L11	L18	W25	L17	1.0	6.5	9.5	2	25.5
23		Shaurya Sinha	32326900	402	W17	---	---	---	---	1.0	0	2	5	5
24		Aditya Vivekananda	32249808	592	W27	---	---	---	---	1.0	0	2	5	0
25	25-26	Niva Asanani	32433556	unr.	L16	L20	D26	L22	L18	0.5	5.5	7.5	1.5	20.5
26		Avyaan Raina	32427026	unr.	L15	L17	D25	L21	L20	0.5	5.5	7.5	1.5	20.5
27	27	Sourya Namuduri	32229727	511	L24	---	---	---	---	0.0	0	3	0	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, April 27, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after April 28, 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	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1974
2	Evan	Bates	30745116	1957
3	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1891
4	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	1888
5	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1867
6	Kai	Lan	30658202	1846
7	Tanvi	Borse	15992594	1743
8	Tharun	Sridhar	30747478	1705
9	Ilan	Shvets	31345345	1671
10	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1661
11	Guna	Sanepalli	30790886	1650
12	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1625
13	Beckham	Chodniewicz	30288144	1618
14	Sahasra	Vijay	30183383	1616
15	Alan	Ni	30701271	1613
16	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1603

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Anish	Arun	31187934	1544
2	Massa	Jin	16948104	1529
3	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1497
4	Adhyan	Danda	30645449	1482
5	Jay	Choi	31876704	1454
6	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1413
7	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1399
8	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1386
9	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1370
10	Sarah	Johnson	31695045	1344
11	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1326
12	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1306
13	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1302
14	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1243
15	Grace	Peng	30665735	1203

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Edison	Chodniewicz	30280271	1188
2	Alice	Sun	30540358	1186
3	Vladimir	Travkin	31501724	1116
4	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1086
5	Darsh	Mishra	17097771	1080
6	Advaithkrishna	Rajeshkanna	31630743	1066
7	Suriya	Ezhilarasan	30664569	1052
8	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1027
9	Vishruth	Julakanti	30548138	1009
10	Igor	Travkin	31501714	983
11	Rishaan	Nair	30632658	983
12	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	974
13	Advika	Raina	30497120	964
14	Praneel	Katooru	31034004	945
15	Darshan	Vijayaraj	30277730	932
16	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	929
17	Gleb	Uzdyaev	30883658	920
18	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	861
19	Keshava	Neelakandan	30687487	850
20	Om	Palsule	31348373	838
21	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	836
22	Aryan	Vasudeva	32317397	833
23	Evan	Wu	32003699	820

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	746
2	Nuraiz	Pirani	30857208	713
3	Soham	Shah	30048529	696
4	Ian	Johnson	31695081	690
5	Shrawan	Singhal	3241800	681
6	Andrew	Mysyk	30759787	679
7	Nikhil	Prashanth	32008438	653
8	Dharsan	Sanakyan	32254212	647
9	Zane	Kinney	30884904	599
10	Vedant	Rungta	30661607	556
11	Shrieesh	Sriram	32079991	535
12	Monisha	Allu	31962879	514
13	Liam	Hamner	30731442	455
14	Yugan	Balamurugan	32014043	413
15	Parsa	Mokhtari	0	Unrated

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Delton	Chen	31680402	381
2	Kabir	Goenka	31690249	377
3	Cian	Munjal	30746192	374
4	Anay	Shah	16825825	360
5	Venkata	Namuduri	32229727	335
6	Madhushri	Srivathsan	32068424	322
7	Venkata Advaith	Bysani	32003672	305
8	Vihaan	Chouhan	31147478	291
9	Parth	Tripathi	32050291	269
10	Neil	Yang	32400553	246
11	Evangelia	Johnson	31695099	160
12	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	157
13	Ayush	Ginnavaram	32011044	121
14	Sonny	Yang	32026527	Unrated
15	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	Unrated
16	Karin	Ryckman	32437128	Unrated
17	Max	Madof	32368859	Unrated
18	Iksha	Nair	32337820	Unrated
19	Tristan	Jones	32369680	Unrated
20	Avyaan	Raina	32427026	Unrated
21	Pranshu	Karnatak	32416967	Unrated
22	Kayden	Paul	32408994	Unrated
23	Yoganand	Mukunthan	32328004	Unrated
24	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	Unrated
25	Shaurya	Sinha	32326900	Unrated
26	Niva	Asanani	32433556	Unrated