^{Austin Chess Tour 3: Junior Qualifier #1}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{August 9, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided} 

^{Capacity: 100 players}

^{TOURNAMENT BROADCAST}

^{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	Emerson Aurelius Johnson	30729099	1903	W8	W2	W3	W5	4.0	7	7.5	10	20
2	2-4	Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1852	W7	L1	W4	D3	2.5	9	9.5	6.5	24.5
3		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1680	W5	W6	L1	D2	2.5	8.5	10	7.5	24.5
4		Simon Nguyen	30307066	1606	D6	W8	L2	W7	2.5	4.5	5	6	11.5
5	5	Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1625	L3	W7	W6	L1	2.0	4	8.5	5	21.5
6	6	Alan Ni	30701271	1659	D4	L3	L5	W8	1.5	5	7.5	3	19.5
7	7-8	Dallin Bates	30745147	1645	L2	L5	D8	L4	0.5	5	7.5	1	18.5
8		Anish Arun	31187934	1658	L1	L4	D7	L6	0.5	4.5	8.5	1	20

 

^{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	Gilad Yelovitch	16746227	1224	D8	W10	W7	W2	3.5	7.5	9	8	23.5
2	2-4	Riaan Abrol	30161373	1390	W11	W3	W6	L1	3.0	9	10	9	25
3		Omkumar Gangadharan	30755307	1230	W15	L2	W14	W8	3.0	6	7	7	22
4		Jeffery Elvin Zheng	31262556	1143	B---	L8	W15	W9	3.0	5	5	6	14
5	5-7	Rishan Pathak	30773243	1276	W9	D7	D8	D6	2.5	7	9	7	25
6		Akhil Gopu	32029095	1321	W10	W14	L2	D5	2.5	7	8	7.5	22
7		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1425	W13	D5	L1	W14	2.5	7	8	6.5	20.5
8	8-9	Jack Myer Bryant	17051245	1373	D1	W4	D5	L3	2.0	5.5	11.5	6	28
9		Pranav Kandi	31493287	1552	L5	W12	W11	L4	2.0	3.5	7	5	16.5
10	10-13	Jay Choi	31876704	1559	L6	L1	D12	W15	1.5	4.5	8	2	19.5
11		Suri Ngoc, Ms Nguyen	30413767	1248	L2	B---	L9	D13	1.5	3	6	2.5	15.5
12		Eshaann Madhan	31155145	1273	L14	L9	D10	B---	1.5	2.5	4.5	1	11
13		James Hetu Huang	32470119	1271	L7	L15	B---	D11	1.5	2	4.5	1.5	12
14	14-15	Charvith Lingutla	30639612	1506	W12	L6	L3	L7	1.0	6	9	4	22
15		Ryan Bhargav	31339682	1381	L3	W13	L4	L10	1.0	5	8	3	16.5

 

^{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	Geoff Giby Parackal	17192703	1057	W17	W10	W2	W3	4.0	8	9	10	24
2	2-5	Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127	W6	W5	L1	W8	3.0	9.5	12	8	29
3		Lalith Surya Aniketh Pothuri	17025818	1067	W12	W4	W9	L1	3.0	9	11	9	28
4		Armaan Bhatia	31075404	891	W19	L3	W10	W9	3.0	7	7.5	7	22.5
5		Aahan Chakraborty	30456077	1050	W14	L2	W12	W11	3.0	6.5	8	7	19.5
6	6-8	Thomas Madathil	30300299	891	L2	W17	D7	W16	2.5	7	8	5	19.5
7		Samvik Indrakanti	16771001	1087	W16	L9	D6	W14	2.5	6	7.5	6	19
8		Rheyan Pathak	30773274	1014	W11	H---	W15	L2	2.5	6	6	7	17
9	9-13	Dharsan Sanakyan	32254212	1039	W18	W7	L3	L4	2.0	5.5	9.5	7	23
10		Sahel Abdul Shukur	31703782	1174	W20	L1	L4	W15	2.0	4.5	8.5	5	22
11		Lachlan Henson	32279234	769	L8	B---	W13	L5	2.0	4.5	7.5	4	18.5
12		Maysaa Patel	31407351	870	L3	W18	L5	W19	2.0	4	7.5	4	18.5
13		Ruichen Song	30286869	1048	D15	D19	L11	W17	2.0	2.5	4.5	4.5	12.5
14	14-16	Keerthana Reddy Panta	30307085	830	L5	D16	W19	L7	1.5	4.5	7.5	3.5	18
15		Aditya Vivekananda	32249808	802	D13	W20	L8	L10	1.5	4	6.5	5	16.5
16		Vidish Narra	32322633	886	L7	D14	W20	L6	1.5	4	6.5	3.5	14.5
17	17-18	Evan Wu	32003699	839	L1	L6	W18	L13	1.0	5.5	9.5	2	20.5
18		Kaavini Satish Kumar	32459355	796	L9	L12	L17	W20	1.0	3	5	1	13
19	19	Arjun Borkotoky	30230684	1136	L4	D13	L14	L12	0.5	5.5	8.5	1.5	19
20	20	Colin Coker	30847464	939	L10	L15	L16	L18	0.0	4	6	0	14.5

 

^{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	Doyoon Kim	32410552	636	W12	W13	W21	W9	W2	5.0	12.5	14.5	15	50
2	2-4	Shourya Manjunath	31407630	475	W15	W10	W16	W11	L1	4.0	14	16.5	14	49.5
3		Nithis B Muthukrishnan	31841578	507	W25	L20	W30	W10	W11	4.0	9.5	10.5	11	39.5
4		Shriyan Siddamshetti	31406568	623	W27	L9	W23	W21	W6	4.0	9.5	10.5	11	38
5	5-8	Dhruva Mamillapalli	31959396	556	D16	W7	L6	W30	W17	3.5	12	13	9.5	42
6		Leo Alexander Krol	31927710	381	H---	W18	W5	W20	L4	3.5	12	12	11	34.5
7		Phoenix Fernsler	32457334	756	D14	L5	W18	W22	W9	3.5	11.5	13	8.5	40.5
8		Sairam Sriram	31759211	402	L11	B---	W28	D17	W20	3.5	9	9	8	36
9	9-15	Vihaan Vinayaka Nadella	31964219	421	B---	W4	W17	L1	L7	3.0	15	15	11	44.5
10		Vibhav Narra	32322654	677	W19	L2	W12	L3	W21	3.0	13.5	15.5	9	46
11		Oliver Yi Chen Zhang	31990964	604	W8	W23	W20	L2	L3	3.0	13	14.5	12	47
12		Rangashri Srivathsan	32068413	513	L1	W15	L10	W25	W24	3.0	12.5	14	7	40
13		Kavish Bhutiany	30575313	425	W26	L1	D24	W16	D14	3.0	12	13.5	9	40
14		Nikhil Krishna Sainath	30714706	602	D7	L16	W26	W24	D13	3.0	10.5	12	8	34.5
15		Vedant Rungta	30661607	621	L2	L12	W27	W23	W22	3.0	10	11	6	35
16	16-19	Pranav Mahendran	31090058	713	D5	W14	L2	L13	W26	2.5	9.5	15	7.5	44.5
17		Jay Belaramani Brandt	32328750	620	W29	W22	L9	D8	L5	2.5	7	11.5	10	38
18		Mayurika Harisankar	31685801	666	H---	L6	L7	W27	W28	2.5	6	9.5	5	26.5
19		Arjun Vatsa	31864324	529	L10	L25	W31	D28	W30	2.5	4	7.5	5	24.5
20	20-23	Adhvika Gorantla	32021466	693	W31	W3	L11	L6	L8	2.0	10	14	9	43
21		Anirudh Manikandaraam	32315342	600	W24	W30	L1	L4	L10	2.0	9.5	14.5	9	45.5
22		Zoha Iman Chandwani	32026905	412	B---	L17	W25	L7	L15	2.0	7	10.5	7	29
23		Adhitya Manikandaraam	32426612	403	B---	L11	L4	L15	W31	2.0	6.5	10.5	5	30
24	24-29	Chirant Gambhir Mysooru Santhosh	32481201	718	L21	W31	D13	L14	L12	1.5	8.5	11.5	5.5	34
25		Tara Pradeep	32013873	627	L3	W19	L22	L12	D29	1.5	8	12	4.5	32.5
26		Aditya Chandran Arvind	16564228	616	L13	D27	L14	W29	L16	1.5	7.5	10.5	4	29
27		Suhas Petla	32076556	488	L4	D26	L15	L18	B---	1.5	7	11	2	26
28		Saiakshay Elangovan	32177531	603	L30	W29	L8	D19	L18	1.5	7	10	5	25.5
29		Hithesh Karthik	31541270	452	L17	L28	B---	L26	D25	1.5	4.5	7	2.5	23.5
30	30-31	Monisha Allu	31962879	765	W28	L21	L3	L5	L19	1.0	9.5	13.5	5	39.5
31		Parsa Mokhtari	32432438	553	L20	L24	L19	B---	L23	1.0	5	7.5	1	24.5

 

^{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	Vibhav Kumar	32344589	390	W20	W18	W17	W2	W5	5.0	11.5	13.5	15	47.5
2	2-4	Yashica, Jr Dhanasekar	31183121	299	W21	W11	W3	L1	W6	4.0	15.5	17.5	13	51
3		Hariom Sawarna	32514180	unr.	W13	W9	L2	W10	W8	4.0	13	16	12	47
4		Anirudh Muraliraju	31744787	unr.	L30	W27	W25	W12	W9	4.0	10.5	11	10	29
5	5-7	Lakshithaa Gangadharan	32000243	205	W33	W8	D7	W15	L1	3.5	14	14	12.5	46.5
6		Sviatoslav Shtuka	32496903	unr.	W14	D15	W22	W7	L2	3.5	13	15	12	50.5
7		Asher Willis	32529216	unr.	W23	W25	D5	L6	W15	3.5	11.5	13	11.5	45.5
8	8-14	Rishaan Senthil Bagavathy	31907240	unr.	W10	L5	W23	W14	L3	3.0	13.5	15.5	10	45.5
9		Aarav Kumar	32407077	280	W19	L3	W18	W17	L4	3.0	12	14	10	43
10		Anirudh Reddy Uppala	32489898	218	L8	W21	W11	L3	W22	3.0	12	14	8	42
11		Yuvan Kotha	32492263	unr.	W12	L2	L10	W26	W18	3.0	12	13	8	40
12		Jatasya Silaparasetti	32207271	271	L11	W19	W20	L4	W17	3.0	11	13	8	38
13		Madhushri Srivathsan	32068424	319	L3	L17	W33	W16	W20	3.0	10.5	10.5	6	35
14		Neil Yang	32400553	215	L6	W29	W26	L8	W19	3.0	10	11	8	34
15	15-16	Teresa Madathil	32492494	262	W29	D6	W16	L5	L7	2.5	9.5	14.5	10	47
16		Adhira Prasad	32500232	138	W27	D22	L15	L13	W25	2.5	6	9.5	8	30
17	17-24	Dev Mohan	32401523	105	W28	W13	L1	L9	L12	2.0	10	15	9	41
18		Avanya Kaul	32455874	118	W35	L1	L9	W21	L11	2.0	10	15	7	37
19		Kavya Mahulkar	32013709	unr.	L9	L12	W28	W23	L14	2.0	9	12	5	33
20		Shaarwin Sood	32463738	unr.	L1	W28	L12	W29	L13	2.0	8.5	13.5	6	34
21		Shivani Siddamshetti	32525698	unr.	L2	L10	W24	L18	W28	2.0	8	12	4	33
22		Muadh Ibn Muhammad	31777447	unr.	W26	D16	L6	D25	L10	2.0	8	11.5	8	38
23		Ryan Babber	32275650	119	L7	W24	L8	L19	W33	2.0	7	10.5	5	29.5
24		Kiaan Modi	32523195	unr.	L25	L23	L21	W27	W26	2.0	5	7	3	19
25	25	Atharvaa Prasad	32500228	177	W24	L7	L4	D22	L16	1.5	10	14	6	40.5
26	26-32	Max Lewis Bryant	31865614	103	L22	W33	L14	L11	L24	1.0	7	10	4	27
27		Krishiv Gupta	32525722	unr.	L16	L4	L29	L24	B---	1.0	6	10	0	24
28		Ariket Mazumder	32521554	unr.	L17	L20	L19	W33	L21	1.0	6	8	2	24
29		Rivaan Parchur	32517602	unr.	L15	L14	W27	L20	U---	1.0	5	8	3	24
30		Vihaan Vinayaka Nadella	31964219	421	W4	---	---	---	---	1.0	0	4	5	10
31		Adhitya Manikandaraam	32426612	403	W34	---	---	---	---	1.0	0	2	5	0
32		Zoha Iman Chandwani	32026905	412	X36	---	---	---	---	1.0	0	0	4	0
33	33-36	Maha Lakshmi Guduri	32526206	unr.	L5	L26	L13	L28	L23	0.0	7	10.5	0	29.5
34		Theo Johnson	32525333	unr.	L31	F35	F35	---	---	0.0	0	3	0	5
35		Colby Johnson	32526582	unr.	L18	F34	F34	---	---	0.0	0	2	0	7
36		Ojas Malviya	31298531	unr.	F32	---	---	---	---	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, August 3, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after August 4, 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	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1903
2	Kai	Lan	30658202	1852
3	Anish	Arun	31187934	1687
4	Alexaner	Ramey	30280135	1680
5	Alan	Ni	30701271	1659
6	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1645
7	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1625
8	Simon	Nguyen	30307066	1606

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1570
2	Jay	Choi	31876704	1557
3	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1506
4	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1428
5	Sameer	Abrol	30161373	1390
6	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1381
7	Jack	Bryant	17051245	1373
8	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1321
9	Gilad	Yelovitch	16746227	1313
10	Rishan	Pathak	30773243	1276
11	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1273
12	James	Huang	32470119	1271
13	Suri	Nguyen	30413767	1248
14	Omkumar	Gangadharan	30755307	1230
15	Jeffery	Zheng	31262556	1227

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Arjun	Borkotoky	30230684	1136
2	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127
3	Sahel	Abdul Shukur	31703782	1108
4	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1081
5	Lalith	Pothuri	17025818	1067
6	Ayan	Chakraborty	30456077	1050
7	Ruichen	Song	30286869	1048
8	Dharsan	Sanakyan	32254212	1039
9	Rheyan	Pathak	30773274	1014
10	Thomas	Madathil	30300299	983
11	Geoff	Parackal	17192703	953
12	Colin	Coker	30847464	939
13	Lachlan	Henson	32279234	924
14	Armaan	Bhatia	31075404	891
15	Vidish	Narra	32322633	886
16	Maysaa	Patel	31407351	870
17	Evan	Wu	32003699	839
18	Keerthana Reddy	Panta	30307085	830
19	Kaavini	Satish Kumar	32459355	819
20	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	802

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Monisha	Allu	31962879	765
2	Phoenix	Fernsler	32457334	756
3	Chirant	Gambhir	32481201	718
4	Pranav	Mahendran	31090058	713
5	Adhvika	Gorantla	32021466	693
6	Vibhav	Narra	32322654	677
7	Mayurika	Harisankar	31685801	666
8	Tara	Pradeep	32013873	627
9	Shriyan	Siddamshetti	31406568	623
10	Jay	Brandt	32328750	620
11	Aditya	Chandran Arvind	16564228	611
12	Oliver	Zhang	31990964	604
13	Saiakshay	Elangovan	32177531	603
14	Nikhil	Sainath	30714706	602
15	Anirudh	Manikandaraam	32315342	600
16	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	597
17	Vedant	Rungta	30661607	560
18	Dhruva	Mamillapalli	31959396	550
19	Sumeet	Vatsa	31864324	525
20	Rangashri	Srivathsan	32068413	513
21	Nithis	Muthukrishnan	31841578	500
22	Suhas	Petla	32076556	488
23	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	475
24	Parsa	Mokhtari	32432438	465
25	Hithesh	Karthik	31541270	452
26	Kavish	Bhutiany	30575313	425
27	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	421

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Vihaan	Nadella	31964219	397
2	Zoha Iman	Chandwani	32026905	395
3	Vibhav	Kumar	32344589	390
4	Leo	Krol	31927710	381
5	Madhushri	Srivathsan	32068424	319
6	Yashica	Dhanasekar	31183121	299
7	Adhitya	Manikandaraam	32426612	297
8	Aarav	Kumar	32407077	290
9	Teresa	Madathil	32492494	262
10	Neil	Yang	32400553	246
11	Anirudh Reddy	Uppala	32489898	218
12	Lakshithaa	Gangadharan	32000243	205
13	Atharvaa	Prasad	32500228	177
14	Yuvan	Kotha	32492263	175
15	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	138
16	Adhira	Prasad	32500232	138
17	Ryan	Babber	32275650	119
18	Dev	Mohan	32401523	105
19	Max	Bryant	31865614	103
20	Jatasya	Silaparasetti	32207271	103
21	Kavya	Mahulkar	32013709	Unrated
22	Anirudh	Muraliraju	31744787	Unrated
23	Muadh	Muhammad	31777447	Unrated
24	Rishaan	Senthil Bagavathy	31907240	Unrated
25	Asher	Willis	32529216	Unrated
26	Rivaan	Parchur	32517602	Unrated
27	Ariket	Mazumder	32521554	Unrated
28	Colby	Johnson	32526582	Unrated
29	Maha Lakshmi	Guduri	32526206	Unrated
30	Krishiv	Gupta	32525722	Unrated
31	Shivani	Siddamshetti	32525698	Unrated
32	Sviatoslav	Shtuka	32496903	Unrated
33	Shaarwin	Sood	32463738	Unrated
34	Ojas	Malviya	31298531	Unrated
35	Kiaan	Modi	32523195	Unrated
36	Hariom	Sawarna	32514180	Unrated
37	Theo	Johnson	32525333	Unrated