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

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{May 17, 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	Lucius Melillo	15570195	2314	W10	D2	W5	W4	3.5	8	9.5	8.5	26
2	2-3	Rahul Mynala	17287571	2124	W9	D1	W14	D3	3.0	9	10.5	8	26
3		Colin B Albert	15325998	2256	W15	W12	D4	D2	3.0	6.5	7	8.5	20
4	4-7	Rohit Gundam	14908373	2287	W8	W14	D3	L1	2.5	8.5	10	8	25.5
5		Shahin Cazares Masoumi	16669663	1824	W6	W16	L1	D8	2.5	8	9.5	7.5	20
6		Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1929	L5	W7	D8	W12	2.5	7	8	5	21
7		Michael D Thomas	14793323	1834	D16	L6	W11	W13	2.5	5.5	6	5	11.5
8	8-9	Alex Li	13915520	1848	L4	W13	D6	D5	2.0	5	8	4.5	21.5
9		Ben Austin	15852652	1845	L2	W10	W12	---	2.0	2.5	5.5	5	14.5
10	10-11	Tanish Seelam	17061896	1870	L1	L9	W15	D11	1.5	4.5	8	2.5	17
11		Jan Frans Van Der Linden	32000530	1786	L12	W15	L7	D10	1.5	3	5.5	3.5	11.5
12	12-15	Yangyang Shen	17080503	1886	W11	L3	L9	L6	1.0	6.5	9.5	4	22
13		Nathan Brown	15518872	1825	L14	L8	B---	L7	1.0	3.5	6	1	13.5
14		Julian Joseph	16783177	1940	W13	L4	L2	---	1.0	3	6	4	17
15		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1846	L3	L11	L10	B---	1.0	3	6	0	14.5
16	16	Jonathan Christian Huerta	14086076	1947	D7	L5	---	---	0.5	2.5	5	2	12.5

 

^{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	1-2	Landon David Howard	14930533	1609	W15	W6	W3	D2	3.5	9	10.5	9.5	27.5
2		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1572	W8	W20	W14	D1	3.5	7	8.5	9.5	21
3	3-5	Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1591	W13	W12	L1	W11	3.0	7.5	9	8	22
4		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1635	W18	D14	D6	W7	3.0	6	7	7.5	19.5
5		John Ramey	30387710	1618	D7	D17	W8	W9	3.0	6	7	6.5	18.5
6	6	Lucas Yu	30915089	1784	W10	L1	D4	W14	2.5	8.5	10	6	26.5
7	7-13	Rithik Ganesh	17293416	1482	D5	D9	W10	L4	2.0	5	10	5.5	23.5
8		Mahir Agarwal	32435268	unr.	L2	W19	L5	W17	2.0	4	8	4	20.5
9		Adhyan Reddy Danda	30645449	1463	D20	D7	W17	L5	2.0	3.5	7.5	5.5	17.5
10		Yueqi Jin	16948104	1569	L6	W13	L7	W15	2.0	3.5	7.5	4	17.5
11		Pranav Kandi	31493287	1297	D17	D18	W12	L3	2.0	3	7	5.5	19
12		Vyas, Iv Omshankar	30543508	1623	W19	L3	L11	W18	2.0	3	6.5	5	17
13		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1416	L3	L10	B---	W19	2.0	2.5	5.5	2	13
14	14-16	Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1604	W16	D4	L2	L6	1.5	6.5	10	5.5	24
15		Jay Choi	31876704	1454	L1	W16	D18	L10	1.5	4	7.5	4	17
16		Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1443	L14	L15	D19	B---	1.5	2	3.5	1	10.5
17	17-18	Nathan Victor Esche	32245121	1587	D11	D5	L9	L8	1.0	6	9	3.5	21.5
18		Yixin Wang	31926688	1508	L4	D11	D15	L12	1.0	5.5	8.5	2.5	22
19	19-20	Aaron A, Mr Reyes	12775560	1501	L12	L8	D16	L13	0.5	4.5	6.5	1	12
20		Justin Ralph Baldovi Guerra	12912297	1614	D9	L2	---	---	0.5	2	5.5	2	15

 

^{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	1-2	Landon David Howard	14930533	1609	W15	W6	W3	D2	3.5	9	10.5	9.5	27.5
2		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1572	W8	W20	W14	D1	3.5	7	8.5	9.5	21
3	3-5	Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1591	W13	W12	L1	W11	3.0	7.5	9	8	22
4		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1635	W18	D14	D6	W7	3.0	6	7	7.5	19.5
5		John Ramey	30387710	1618	D7	D17	W8	W9	3.0	6	7	6.5	18.5
6	6	Lucas Yu	30915089	1784	W10	L1	D4	W14	2.5	8.5	10	6	26.5
7	7-13	Rithik Ganesh	17293416	1482	D5	D9	W10	L4	2.0	5	10	5.5	23.5
8		Mahir Agarwal	32435268	unr.	L2	W19	L5	W17	2.0	4	8	4	20.5
9		Adhyan Reddy Danda	30645449	1463	D20	D7	W17	L5	2.0	3.5	7.5	5.5	17.5
10		Yueqi Jin	16948104	1569	L6	W13	L7	W15	2.0	3.5	7.5	4	17.5
11		Pranav Kandi	31493287	1297	D17	D18	W12	L3	2.0	3	7	5.5	19
12		Vyas, Iv Omshankar	30543508	1623	W19	L3	L11	W18	2.0	3	6.5	5	17
13		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1416	L3	L10	B---	W19	2.0	2.5	5.5	2	13
14	14-16	Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1604	W16	D4	L2	L6	1.5	6.5	10	5.5	24
15		Jay Choi	31876704	1454	L1	W16	D18	L10	1.5	4	7.5	4	17
16		Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1443	L14	L15	D19	B---	1.5	2	3.5	1	10.5
17	17-18	Nathan Victor Esche	32245121	1587	D11	D5	L9	L8	1.0	6	9	3.5	21.5
18		Yixin Wang	31926688	1508	L4	D11	D15	L12	1.0	5.5	8.5	2.5	22
19	19-20	Aaron A, Mr Reyes	12775560	1501	L12	L8	D16	L13	0.5	4.5	6.5	1	12
20		Justin Ralph Baldovi Guerra	12912297	1614	D9	L2	---	---	0.5	2	5.5	2	15

 

^{SECTION D:}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Igor Travkin	31501714	946	W13	W21	W5	W6	4.0	7	8	10	23.5
2	2	Sahasran Shankar	32452888	unr.	W25	W18	D6	W7	3.5	6.5	7	9	21.5
3	3-4	Aarav Sen	30417722	810	W15	L5	W22	W12	3.0	6.5	7.5	7	21
4		Cyrus Greger Elmburg	31425627	756	L5	W19	W23	W14	3.0	6	7	6	20.5
5	5-11	Zachary Kattawar	32413580	unr.	W4	W3	L1	D8	2.5	10	12.5	7.5	30
6		Tanav Seelam	30343181	877	W20	W23	D2	L1	2.5	9	10	8	25.5
7		Ash Gutierrez	32335522	828	W24	W10	D8	L2	2.5	8.5	9.5	8	23.5
8		Samanyu Kovvuru	31230473	922	W17	D12	D7	D5	2.5	7	9	7	25
9		Evan Wu	32003699	880	L12	W11	W15	D10	2.5	7	9	5.5	22
10		Anay Singhal	32418002	unr.	W16	L7	W21	D9	2.5	7	8	6.5	21.5
11		Shourya Kodali	30404637	892	D19	L9	W13	W18	2.5	6	7.5	5	18.5
12	12-17	Lachlan Henson	32279234	529	W9	D8	D18	L3	2.0	5	9.5	6.5	24.5
13		Vihaan Gandra	31590020	651	L1	W24	L11	W22	2.0	3.5	8.5	4	19
14		Joe Fazackerley	31562659	unr.	L21	W20	W16	L4	2.0	3.5	7.5	5	16.5
15		Parsa Mokhtari	32432438	unr.	L3	W25	L9	W21	2.0	3.5	7	4	17
16		Monisha Allu	31962879	764	L10	W26	L14	W19	2.0	3.5	6	4	15.5
17		Yughan Elango	30332945	620	L8	L22	W26	W23	2.0	2	4.5	3	14
18	18-20	Skanda Manapragada	31041144	807	W22	L2	D12	L11	1.5	5.5	9	5	23.5
19		Oliver Yi Chen Zhang	31990964	575	D11	L4	W25	L16	1.5	5	8	4	15.5
20		Nithis B Muthukrishnan	31841578	513	L6	L14	W24	D25	1.5	3.5	6	2.5	14.5
21	21-24	Soham A Shah	30048529	696	W14	L1	L10	L15	1.0	6.5	10.5	4	25.5
22		Doyoon Kim	32410552	unr.	L18	W17	L3	L13	1.0	5.5	8.5	3	19
23		Sairam Sriram	31759211	unr.	W26	L6	L4	L17	1.0	4.5	7.5	4	17
24		Sonny Yang	32026527	unr.	L7	L13	L20	W26	1.0	3.5	6	1	14.5
25	25	Aarush Yerubandi	31792104	662	L2	L15	L19	D20	0.5	5	8.5	0.5	19.5
26	26	Karthik Shanmugasundar	32006727	504	L23	L16	L17	L24	0.0	4	6	0	12

 

^SECTIONS:

^{All players will be divided into 4 sections:} 

^{SECTION A: 1800+  Open USCF 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.}

^{ENTRY FEES:} 

^{Early Bird: $50 by May 11, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after May 12, 2025}

 

^PRIZES: 

Section A: $400, $200, $100

Section B: $200, $100, $50

Section C: $100, $75, $50

Section D: Chess books

Medals will be awarded to top 3 finishers in all sections

 

^{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:} 

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

^{Section B: G/60, d5 (60 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/45, d5 (45 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)}

 

^{4-Round Swiss System Schedule}

^{SECTIONS A and B:}

^{1st round: 10:00 AM}

^{2nd round: 12:15 PM}

^{Lunch Break: 2:30 PM}

^{3rd round: 3:30 PM}

^{4th round: 5:45 PM}

^{SECTIONS C and D:}

^{1st round: 10:00 AM}

^{2nd round: 11:45 AM}

^{Lunch Break: 1:30 PM}

^{3rd round: 2:30 PM}

^{4th round: 4:15 PM}

^{Closing ceremony for each section will take place after the final round of that section.}

^{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 $15 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+

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Lucius	Melillo	155470195	2314
2	Rohit	Gundam	14908373	2281
3	Colin	Albert	15325998	2256
4	Rahul	Mynala	17287571	2145
5	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1974
6	Jonathon	Huerta	0	1947
7	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1931
8	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1894
9	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1893
10	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1874
11	Alex	Li	13915520	1848
12	Kai	Lan	30658202	1846
13	Benjamin	Austin	15852652	1845
14	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1834
15	Nathan	Brown	15518872	1825
16	Shahin	Masoumi	16669663	1824

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jan	Van Der Linden	32000530	1786
2	Lucas	Yu	30915089	1738
3	Justin	Guerra	12912297	1689
4	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1663
5	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1648
6	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1635
7	John	Ramey	30387710	1618
8	Kai	Wang	30528820	1600
9	Nathan	Esche	32245121	1587
10	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1550
11	Landon	Howard	14930533	1550
12	Massa	Jin	16948104	1538
13	Rithik	Ganesh	17293416	1535
14	Aaron A	Reyes	12775560	1501
15	Vyas	Omshankar	30543508	1500
16	Eric	Vance	31905773	1467
17	Adhyan	Danda	30645449	1463
18	Jay	Choi	30876704	1454
19	Ethan	Chen	30441678	1443
20	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1413
21	Mahir	Agarwal	32435268	Unrated

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1399
2	Angel G	Reyes	12775561	1395
3	Sri Charan	Admala	31330610	1389
4	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1386
5	Tharun	Avinashkarthi	30675122	1376
6	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1370
7	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1326
8	Don	Mcclure	12777849	1314
9	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1306
10	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1297
11	Shan	C	31859659	1297
12	Amogh	Chauhan	16905312	1284
13	Grace	Peng	3066573	1270
14	Ishaan	Chokshi	16722607	1162
15	Charles	Wong	30761132	1161
16	Riaan	Abrol	30161373	1151
17	Benjamin	King	30889457	1146
18	Alice	Sun	30540358	1137
19	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1122
20	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1093
21	Christopher	Krum	31824661	1089
22	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1033
23	Vladimir	Travkin	31501724	1022
24	Aarohan	Ratnagiri	30411039	1020

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Igor	Travkin	31501714	946
2	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	929
3	Samanyu	Kovvuru	31230473	922
4	Tanav	Seelam	30343181	887
5	Evan	Wu	32003699	820
6	Neeharika	Bollepalli	31041144	807
7	Nathan	Carbaugh	31774301	803
8	Monisha	Allu	31962879	764
9	Aarav	Sen	30417722	761
10	Cyrus	Elmburg	31425627	756
11	Shourya	Kodali	30404637	723
12	Soham	Shah	30048529	696
13	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	662
14	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	651
15	Yughan	Elango	30332945	620
16	Oliver	Zhang	31990964	550
17	Nithis Balasubramani	Muthukrishnan	31841578	513
18	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	483
19	Parsa	Mokhtari	32432438	465
20	Sonny	Yang	32026527	462
21	Anay	Singhal	32418002	Unrated
22	Sahasran	Shankar	32452888	Unrated
23	Lachlan	Henson	32279234	Unrated
24	Zachary	Kattawar	32413580	Unrated
25	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	Unrated
26	Joe	Fazackerley	0	Unrated
27	Karthik	Shanmugasundar	32006727	Unrated