^{Austin Chess Tour 3: Junior Qualifier #2}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{September 6, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided} 

^{Capacity: 100 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	Emerson Aurelius Johnson	30729099	1976	W10	W5	W3	D2	3.5	8	9	9.5	24
2	2	Alexander Ramey	30280135	1721	W9	D6	W4	D1	3.0	8.5	9.5	8	25
3	3-6	Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1953	W7	D4	L1	W8	2.5	8	9.5	6.5	23
4		Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1758	W8	D3	L2	W9	2.5	7	8	6.5	21.5
5		Krrish Kaul	16596843	1920	W11	L1	W10	D6	2.5	7	8	6.5	19.5
6		Ilan Shvets	31345345	1788	D12	D2	W9	D5	2.5	6.5	7.5	6	20.5
7	7	Jay Choi	31876704	1664	L3	L8	W11	W10	2.0	2.5	6	3	14.5
8	8	Alan Ni	30701271	1609	L4	W7	D12	L3	1.5	5.5	8	4	19
9	9-12	Asher Chodniewicz	30288162	2002	L2	W12	L6	L4	1.0	6	9	3	23.5
10		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1674	L1	W11	L5	L7	1.0	5.5	9	3	20
11		Dallin Bates	30745147	1649	L5	L10	L7	W12	1.0	4	6.5	1	15.5
12		Yixin Wang	31926688	1634	D6	L9	D8	L11	1.0	3.5	6	3	14

 

^{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	1-3	Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1514	W16	W9	W4	D2	3.5	8.5	10	9.5	27
2		Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1450	W20	W7	W8	D1	3.5	7.5	8.5	9.5	22.5
3		Martin Tang	31982613	1531	D11	W17	W13	W7	3.5	5.5	7	8	18
4	4-5	Shreya Palamarthy	30125312	1483	W6	W14	L1	W9	3.0	8	9.5	8	24.5
5		Riaan Abrol	30161373	1449	L13	W12	W18	W8	3.0	5	6	6	17.5
6	6	Ryan Bhargav	31339682	1301	L4	D10	W19	W15	2.5	6.5	6.5	4.5	16.5
7	7-12	Adhyan Reddy Danda	30645449	1515	W18	L2	W16	L3	2.0	5	9.5	6	24
8		Sai Karthik Sivaraju	31922646	1487	W12	W15	L2	L5	2.0	4.5	9.5	7	22.5
9		Omkumar Gangadharan	30755307	1375	W19	L1	W14	L4	2.0	4.5	8	6	22
10		Asher Joseph	30561022	1381	L14	D6	D17	W13	2.0	3	7	3.5	16.5
11		Akhil Gopu	32029095	1392	D3	D13	D15	H---	2.0	3	6.5	4.5	18.5
12		Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian	16790958	1328	L8	L5	B---	W18	2.0	3	6	2	16
13	13-17	Alice Sun	30540358	1210	W5	D11	L3	L10	1.5	7	10.5	5.5	22
14		Beckham Chodniewicz	30288144	1528	W10	L4	L9	D16	1.5	5.5	8.5	4.5	21
15		Derek Han	30417250	1281	W17	L8	D11	L6	1.5	5.5	8	5	18
16		Jack Myer Bryant	17051245	1333	L1	W19	L7	D14	1.5	3.5	7	3.5	20
17		Ahir Bhattacharjee	31246619	1482	L15	L3	D10	W19	1.5	3.5	7	2	16.5
18	18	Rutvik Papisetti	30383392	1349	L7	W20	L5	L12	1.0	4.5	7.5	3	14
19	19-20	Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1525	L9	L16	L6	L17	0.0	5	7.5	0	16
20		Geoff Giby Parackal	17192703	1223	L2	L18	---	---	0.0	1	4.5	0	12.5

 

^{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	Shreyan Jeedigunta	31469701	1146	W17	W14	W4	W3	4.0	8	10	10	27
2	2-8	Aryan Vasudeva	32317397	1176	W8	D5	D7	W13	3.0	9	11	7.5	26.5
3		Edison Chodniewicz	30280271	1131	W22	W13	W12	L1	3.0	8	9.5	9	26.5
4		Jaishnavi, Jr Vemulapalli	30058090	1127	W27	W24	L1	W9	3.0	8	9	8	24.5
5		Sathvik Gondle	31642308	1019	W25	D2	D6	W14	3.0	8	9	7.5	21.5
6		Thomas Madathil	30300299	1019	D21	W11	D5	W12	3.0	7.5	9	7	23.5
7		Arini Kamala Jain	32090268	932	D20	W10	D2	W16	3.0	7.5	9	7	23.5
8		Jacob S Joy	32164370	942	L2	W25	W18	W15	3.0	7	8	6	17.5
9	9-11	Doyoon Kim	32410552	881	D10	W23	W20	L4	2.5	7	8.5	7	21
10		Sahel Abdul Shukur	31703782	1083	D9	L7	W27	W21	2.5	7	8	5	21
11		Shourya Kodali	30404637	847	D23	L6	W25	W20	2.5	6	7	5	16
12	12-19	Venkata Naga Sai Aks Uppuluri	30575167	890	W15	W16	L3	L6	2.0	5	10	7	27
13		Advika Raina	30497120	968	W19	L3	W26	L2	2.0	5	9	6	23.5
14		Cian Munjal	30746192	1003	W28	L1	W24	L5	2.0	4.5	9	6	23
15		Shrihaan Satoskar	30855918	1100	L12	W30	W17	L8	2.0	4	7	5	17
16		Keren Jolly Anand	30535449	1045	W30	L12	W22	L7	2.0	3.5	6.5	6	17.5
17		Spruha Borkar	30213862	916	L1	W28	L15	W26	2.0	3	7.5	4	20
18		Aahan Chakraborty	30456077	1139	L26	W21	L8	W27	2.0	2.5	6.5	4	17
19		Kaavini Satish Kumar	32459355	786	L13	L22	W30	W28	2.0	2	4	3	10.5
20	20-24	Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	1171	D7	W26	L9	L11	1.5	6	9	5	23
21		Aditya Vivekananda	32249808	840	D6	L18	W23	L10	1.5	6	9	4	19
22		Om N Palsule	31348373	912	L3	W19	L16	D24	1.5	5.5	8.5	3.5	22.5
23		Arjun Borkotoky	30230684	1025	D11	L9	L21	W29	1.5	4.5	7	3	17
24		Praneel Katooru	31034004	951	W29	L4	L14	D22	1.5	4	7	4.5	18.5
25	25-27	Sricharan Ramkumar	31031249	805	L5	L8	L11	W30	1.0	5.5	8.5	1	18.5
26		Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	914	W18	L20	L13	L17	1.0	5.5	7.5	4	19
27		Evan Wu	32003699	902	L4	W29	L10	L18	1.0	5	8	3	18
28	28-29	Shlok Modi	31936852	802	L14	L17	D29	L19	0.5	4.5	6.5	1	14
29		Daksha Sureboyana	30732493	766	L24	L27	D28	L23	0.5	3	4.5	1	11.5
30	30	Ashrith Muthu	32201223	872	L16	L15	L19	L25	0.0	5	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	Vedant Rungta	30661607	615	W28	W11	W3	D6	W2	4.5	14.5	15.5	14	48
2	2-4	Vihaan Gandra	31590020	675	W12	W13	W7	W4	L1	4.0	15	18	14	55.5
3		Shriyan Siddamshetti	31406568	684	W24	W9	L1	W20	W14	4.0	12.5	14.5	12	43.5
4		Liam Ethan Hamner	30731442	648	W18	W25	W8	L2	W10	4.0	12	13.5	13	45.5
5	5-7	Leo Alexander Krol	31927710	652	W19	L8	W12	W9	D7	3.5	12.5	14.5	10.5	42.5
6		Mohammad Shayaan Aaftab	31753494	705	D16	W17	D15	D1	W13	3.5	12.5	14.5	10	45.5
7		Vibhav Kumar	32344589	585	W27	W26	L2	W8	D5	3.5	12	13.5	11.5	44
8	8-14	Riyan Mandal	32266466	445	W10	W5	L4	L7	W20	3.0	14	16	10	51
9		Anirudh Manikandaraam	32315342	570	W17	L3	W11	L5	W18	3.0	12.5	14.5	9	41.5
10		Adhvay Sriram	31817443	642	L8	W19	W27	W16	L4	3.0	11.5	13	9	40.5
11		Aarush Samant	31926450	714	W20	L1	L9	W25	W22	3.0	11.5	13	8	40.5
12		Arihaan Sahai	32497128	478	L2	W23	L5	W17	W21	3.0	11.5	13	7	35.5
13		Vihaan Vinayaka Nadella	31964219	575	W23	L2	W28	W15	L6	3.0	11.5	12.5	10	39
14		Rangashri Srivathsan	32068413	630	W29	D15	D16	W18	L3	3.0	11	11	10.5	36.5
15	15-16	Suhas Petla	32076556	419	W21	D14	D6	L13	D16	2.5	8.5	14	9	44
16		Sairam Sriram	31759211	527	D6	W30	D14	L10	D15	2.5	8.5	13	8.5	38.5
17	17-24	Reyansh Singavarapu	31340405	754	L9	L6	W25	L12	W19	2.0	9.5	13	4	36.5
18		Nathan Scharf	32141780	446	L4	W21	W30	L14	L9	2.0	9	13	7	37.5
19		Shaurya Sinha	32326900	452	L5	L10	W24	W26	L17	2.0	8.5	12	5	32
20		Aadhya Desu	31732481	548	L11	W29	W26	L3	L8	2.0	7.5	11.5	7	35.5
21		Aarav Bhaniram Jain	32163043	588	L15	L18	W29	W28	L12	2.0	5.5	8.5	5	27
22		Anirudh Muraliraju	31744787	501	L26	L28	W23	W27	L11	2.0	5.5	8.5	5	23.5
23		Lakshithaa Gangadharan	32000243	404	L13	L12	L22	B---	W29	2.0	5	8	2	22
24		Aiden David Spadaccini	32085633	481	L3	L27	L19	W29	W28	2.0	4.5	8.5	3	25
25	25-27	Tanish Veerapaneni	30541660	474	W30	L4	L17	L11	D26	1.5	7.5	11.5	5.5	30.5
26		Lucien Gaboriau	32314336	687	W22	L7	L20	L19	D25	1.5	7.5	11	5.5	34
27		Zoha Iman Chandwani	32026905	406	L7	W24	L10	L22	H---	1.5	7	10.5	4	28.5
28	28	Revant Reddy Pochugari	31141570	423	L1	W22	L13	L21	L24	1.0	9	13.5	4	37
29	29-30	Anant Choudhary	30129621	441	L14	L20	L21	L24	L23	0.0	7.5	10.5	0	27.5
30		Hariom Sawarna	32514180	669	L25	L16	L18	---	---	0.0	3.5	6	0	21

 

^{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	Mate Penzes	32545469	unr.	W15	W9	W14	W2	W3	5.0	12.5	14.5	15	47
2	2	Karthik Koundinya Bhattiprol	31407344	363	W8	W18	W7	L1	W4	4.0	14.5	16	13	51.5
3	3-6	Ayush Ginnavaram	32011044	371	W10	D4	W9	W14	L1	3.5	14.5	16.5	12	52
4		Neil Yang	32400553	259	W20	D3	W15	W7	L2	3.5	12.5	13.5	12	44
5		Amos Chua	32553052	unr.	W6	L7	D8	W18	W14	3.5	11.5	13	9.5	43
6		Aslan Karaca	32231405	177	L5	W13	W17	W10	D8	3.5	11.5	13	9.5	36.5
7	7-10	Madhushri Srivathsan	32068424	312	W13	W5	L2	L4	W16	3.0	13	15	10	45.5
8		Muadh Ibn Muhammad	31777447	159	L2	W19	D5	W12	D6	3.0	13	14	8	39
9		Aarav Kumar	32407077	324	W12	L1	L3	W20	W17	3.0	12	13	8	42.5
10		Shivani Siddamshetti	32525698	161	L3	W16	W20	L6	W13	3.0	11	12	8	36.5
11	11-12	Avanya Kaul	32455874	166	D16	L15	L13	B---	W18	2.5	5.5	7.5	4.5	22.5
12		Ariket Mazumder	32521554	105	L9	B---	D18	L8	W21	2.5	5	8	5.5	24.5
13	13-17	Vashistha Srivastava	32347685	unr.	L7	L6	W11	W15	L10	2.0	10	13.5	5	37
14		Adhitya Manikandaraam	32426612	361	W21	W17	L1	L3	L5	2.0	9	14	9	44.5
15		Anirudh Reddy Uppala	32489898	301	L1	W11	L4	L13	W20	2.0	8.5	13.5	5	40.5
16		Eleanor Grace Johnson	32552022	unr.	D11	L10	D19	W21	L7	2.0	6.5	9.5	6	26
17		Avyaan Raina	32427026	104	B---	L14	L6	W19	L9	2.0	6	9.5	6	28
18	18-19	Teresa Madathil	32492494	280	W19	L2	D12	L5	L11	1.5	8.5	12.5	6.5	34
19		Aadhya Undavalli	32050041	unr.	L18	L8	D16	L17	B---	1.5	5	8	1.5	26.5
20	20-21	Chaitra Nersu	32230008	unr.	L4	W21	L10	L9	L15	1.0	8.5	12	4	35
21		Max Lewis Bryant	31865614	108	L14	L20	B---	L16	L12	1.0	5	7	2	24.5

 

^{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 31, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after September 1, 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	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	2010
2	Emerson	Johnson	30729099	1976
3	Kai	Lan	30658202	1932
4	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1926
5	Ilan	Shvets	31345345	1788
6	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1728
7	Kai	Wang	30528820	1700
8	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1674
9	Jay	Choi	31876704	1664
10	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1649
11	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1634
12	Alan	Ni	30701271	1609

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Martin	Tang	31982613	1553
2	Beckham	Chodniewicz	30288144	1539
3	Anil Kumar	Danda	30645449	1515
4	Yiheng	Chen	30441678	1514
5	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1501
6	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1487
7	Ahir	Bhattacharjee	31246619	1482
8	Shreya	Palamarthy	30125312	1450
9	Riaan	Abrol	30161373	1449
10	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1444
11	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1417
12	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1392
13	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1389
14	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1381
15	Omkumar	Gangadharan	30755307	1375
16	Jack	Bryant	17051245	1368
17	Derek	Han	30417250	1281
18	Vividh	Balasubramanian	16790958	1222
19	Alice	Sun	30540358	1210

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Shreyan	Jeedigunta	31469701	1198
2	Edison	Chodniewicz	30280271	1189
3	Aryan	Vasudeva	32317397	1176
4	Aahan	Chakraborty	30456077	1139
5	Arjun	Borkotoky	30230684	1136
6	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127
7	Jaishnavi	Vemulapalli	30058090	1127
8	Advika	Raina	30497120	1090
9	Sahel	Abdul Shukiur	31703782	1083
10	Shrihaan	Satoskar	30855918	1080
11	Geoff	Parackal	17192703	1057
12	Keren Jolly	Anand	30535449	1045
13	Thomas	Madathil	30300299	1019
14	Jacob	Joy	32164370	983
15	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	982
16	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	965
17	Praneel	Katooru	31034004	951
18	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	924
19	Arini	Jain	32090268	920
20	Spruha	Borkar	30213862	916
21	Om	Palsule	31348373	912
22	Cían	Munjal	30746192	890
23	Venkata Naga Sai Akshith Kumar	Uppuluri	30575167	890
24	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	860
25	Kaavini	Satish Kumar	32459355	854
26	Shourya	Kodali	30404637	847
27	Sricharan	Ramkumar	31031249	805
28	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	802
29	Shlok	Modi	31936852	802

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Aarush	Samant	31926450	792
2	Daksha	Sureboyana	30732493	766
3	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	754
4	Mohammad Shayaan	Aaftab	31753494	730
5	Lucien	Gaboriau	32314336	687
6	Shriyan	Siddamshetti	31406568	684
7	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	675
8	Leo	Krol	31927710	652
9	Liam	Hamner	30731442	648
10	Adhvay	Sriram	31817443	642
11	Hariom	Sawarna	32514180	606
12	Vedant	Rungta	30661607	604
13	Aarav	Jain	32163043	588
14	Vibhav	Kumar	32344589	583
15	Anirudh	Manikandaraam	32315342	570
16	Aadhya	Desu	31732481	548
17	Rangashri	Srivathsan	32068413	513
18	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	506
19	Shaurya	Sinha	32326900	500
20	Suhas	Petla	32076556	488
21	Aiden	Spadaccini	32085633	481
22	Tanish	Veerapaneni	30541660	474
23	Arihaan	Sahai	32497128	472
24	Nathan	Scharf	32141780	446
25	Riyan	Mandal	32266466	445
26	Anant	Choudhary	30129621	441
27	Revant	Pochugari	31141570	423
28	Vihaan	Nadella	31964219	421
29	Zoha Iman	Chandwani	32026905	406
30	Lakshithaa	Gangadharan	32000243	405

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Ayush	Ginnavaram	32011044	371
2	Karthik Koundinya	Bhattiprol	31407344	363
3	Adhitya	Manikandaraam	32426612	361
4	Aarav	Kumar	32407077	324
5	Madhushri	Srivathsan	32068424	319
6	Anirudh Reddy	Uppala	32489898	301
7	Teresa	Madathil	32492494	290
8	Neil	Yang	32400553	259
9	Aslan	Karaca	32231405	177
10	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	166
11	Shivani	Siddamshetti	32525698	161
12	Max	Bryant	31865614	108
13	Ariket	Mazumder	32521554	105
14	Avyaan	Raina	32427026	104
15	Anirudh	Muraliraju	31744787	Unrated
16	Aadhya	Undavalli	32050041	Unrated
17	Mate	Penzes	32545469	Unrated
18	Muadh	Muhammad	31777447	Unrated
19	Vashistha	Srivastava	32347685	Unrated
20	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	Unrated
21	Chaitra	Nersu	32230008	Unrated
22	Amos	Chua	32553052	Unrated