^{Austin Chess Tour 3: Junior Qualifier #5}

^{In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{December 20, 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	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	EMERSON AURELIUS JOHNSON	2058	W6	W7	W10	D2	3.5	8.5	10.5	9.5	28.5
2		JULIAN JOSEPH	1959	W16	W12	W4	D1	3.5	8.5	10	9.5	24.5
3		KRRISH KAUL	1946	D18	W8	W15	W10	3.5	5.5	6.5	8	20.5
4	4-5	JAY CHOI	1794	W9	W11	L2	W8	3.0	7.5	9.5	8	25.5
5		GUNA A.R. SANEPALLI	1810	L8	W21	W20	W9	3.0	5	5.5	6	14
6	6-7	VISHNU SUBRAMONY	1717	L1	W19	W11	D7	2.5	8	8.5	5.5	22
7		KAI YI WANG	1847	W19	L1	W13	D6	2.5	7.5	8	6.5	19.5
8	8-12	NIDHISH REDDY BUMIREDDY	1607	W5	L3	W14	L4	2.0	6	11	6	26.5
9		ANIKA SHAMBHAVI SHAM KAUL	1602	L4	W17	W12	L5	2.0	5	9.5	5	21
10		ASHER CHODNIEWICZ	1904	W21	W14	L1	L3	2.0	5	9	7	23
11		KAI ZHOU LAN	1935	W17	L4	L6	W15	2.0	4	8.5	5	20
12		YIXIN WANG	1830	W13	L2	L9	W18	2.0	3.5	8	5	21
13	13-17	JEFFREY Q CHUI	1613	L12	W16	L7	D14	1.5	5	7.5	3.5	18
14		JULIO ALBERTO AGUILAR HUANG	1745	W20	L10	L8	D13	1.5	4.5	6.5	4.5	18.5
15		CHARVITH LINGUTLA	1478	H---	W18	L3	L11	1.5	3	6.5	4.5	16
16		ANISH ARUN	1697	L2	L13	D18	W21	1.5	3	6.5	2	17
17		ALAN NI	1658	L11	L9	D21	W19	1.5	3	5	2	12
18	18-20	YUEQI JIN	1672	D3	L15	D16	L12	1.0	5	8.5	3	19.5
19		YIHENG ETHAN CHEN	1627	L7	L6	B---	L17	1.0	4	6.5	1	14
20		SUBBU SIVARAJU	1556	L14	B---	L5	U---	1.0	1.5	4.5	2	10.5
21	21	SRIHAAS K DESU	1638	L10	L5	D17	L16	0.5	5	8	1	17

 

^{SECTION B:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	AKHIL GOPU	1387	D13	W10	W9	W2	3.5	7	8.5	8	25
2	2-3	RYAN BHARGAV	1327	W16	W14	W4	L1	3.0	7	8	9	21.5
3		THARUN AVINASHKARTHI	1458	W19	L4	W15	W9	3.0	5.5	5.5	7	17.5
4	4-8	RUTVIK PAPISETTI	1287	W12	W3	L2	D5	2.5	8.5	10.5	7.5	24.5
5		ZANDER PAUL KUHN	1457	L9	W16	W8	D4	2.5	7	8	5.5	22
6		ASHER JOSEPH	1452	W15	L9	W10	D7	2.5	6.5	7.5	6.5	20.5
7		PARV PARIKH	1447	L14	W12	W11	D6	2.5	6.5	7.5	5.5	17.5
8		KARTHIK KAMMARI	1180	H---	W13	L5	W15	2.5	5	5	5.5	12.5
9	9-12	ARINI KAMALA JAIN	1254	W5	W6	L1	L3	2.0	5.5	11.5	7	27
10		ANANYASREE ANBALAGAN	1203	W11	L1	L6	W14	2.0	4.5	9	5	22.5
11		ZAYN SHANMUGANATHAN	1301	L10	W19	L7	W13	2.0	3.5	6	4	14.5
12		CIAN MUNJAL	1113	L4	L7	W19	W16	2.0	3.5	6	3	15
13	13	TEJASWINI VISWANATH	1221	D1	L8	W14	L11	1.5	5.5	9	4	21.5
14	14-18	ETHAN WANG	1227	W7	L2	L13	L10	1.0	6	9	4	23.5
15		HIMAKAR GOGINENI	1229	L6	W17	L3	L8	1.0	6	9	3	20
16		VENKATA NAGA SAI AKS UPPULURI	1213	L2	L5	W17	L12	1.0	5.5	8.5	2	18.5
17		SATHVIK GONDLE	1282	L18	L15	L16	W19	1.0	2	4.5	1	9
18		CHARVITH LINGUTLA	1478	W17	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	1	4	1
19	19	ADVIKA RAINA	1254	L3	L11	L12	L17	0.0	5	8	0	15

 

^{SECTION C:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	RISHAAN NAIR	1157	W13	W12	D3	W8	3.5	8	10	9	26
2		JAISHNAVI, JR. VEMULAPALLI	1110	W22	D7	W4	W10	3.5	8	9	8.5	24.5
3		RIHAAN ANBALAGAN	989	W28	W14	D1	W9	3.5	8	8	9	22
4	4-6	KISNA PRABHAKAR	958	W17	W19	L2	W7	3.0	8	9	8	23
5		PHOENIX FERNSLER	879	W15	L8	W12	W16	3.0	6.5	8.5	7	22
6		ZACHARY KINNEY	1167	L7	W22	W13	W14	3.0	6.5	7.5	6	18.5
7	7-11	ADITYA KAVITA SINGH	918	W6	D2	W15	L4	2.5	9.5	11.5	7.5	26.5
8		DANIEL ZHANG XIAO	1076	W29	W5	D10	L1	2.5	9	9.5	8	24
9		EDWARD MITCHELL	1083	D23	W11	W20	L3	2.5	8	9	7	22
10		EASTON PRUD'HOMME	971	W25	W24	D8	L2	2.5	7	8	8	22.5
11		SIHYUN LEE	873	D20	L9	W22	W19	2.5	5.5	6.5	5	17
12	12-18	ASHRITH MUTHU	962	W18	L1	L5	W24	2.0	5	9.5	5	23.5
13		SAIRAM SRIRAM	910	L1	W17	L6	W25	2.0	5	9.5	4	20
14		MATE PENZES	811	W16	L3	W27	L6	2.0	5	9	6	21.5
15		SURIYA EZHILARASAN	1082	L5	W29	L7	W21	2.0	4	7.5	4	18.5
16		AARUSH YERUBANDI	957	L14	W28	W24	L5	2.0	3	6	5	17
17		VITI SINGHAL	820	L4	L13	W28	W23	2.0	3	6	3	15
18		AKSHAJ PADMANABHUNI	822	L12	D27	D23	W28	2.0	1.5	3.5	3.5	9.5
19	19-21	AARON LIPSHY FROMMER	unr.	B---	L4	D21	L11	1.5	4	7	4	17
20		KEREN JOLLY ANAND	1077	D11	W23	L9	U---	1.5	3.5	6	5	15
21		ADITYA VIVEKANANDA	999	L24	W25	D19	L15	1.5	3	5	4	14
22	22-26	AARAV BHANIRAM JAIN	885	L2	L6	L11	W27	1.0	6	9.5	1	21
23		MOHITH THANDU GIRIRAJ	882	D9	L20	D18	L17	1.0	6	8.5	3	18.5
24		VIHAAN GANDRA	833	W21	L10	L16	L12	1.0	5.5	8	4	22
25		AVYAAN RAINA	822	L10	L21	W29	L13	1.0	4	6.5	2	16
26		KARTHIK KAMMARI	1180	W27	U---	U---	U---	1.0	0	0.5	4	1.5
27	27	ABHINAV KAPALAVAI	943	L26	D18	L14	L22	0.5	5	7.5	1.5	14.5
28	28-29	REYANSH SINGAVARAPU	825	L3	L16	L17	L18	0.0	6	9.5	0	20.5
29		SHRIEESH SRIRAM	836	L8	L15	L25	---	0.0	3	5.5	0	14

 

^{SECTION D:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	EASHANTH REDDY CHEEMALAVAGUPALLI	773	W3	W2	W6	W8	W7	5.0	14	17	15	53
2	2-3	DEV MOHAN	610	W13	L1	W16	W10	W8	4.0	14	16	11	48
3		NIKHIL PRASHANTH	555	L1	W24	W20	W14	W6	4.0	12	13	10	40
4	4-5	ADITYA RANJITH	482	W15	D5	L7	W21	W9	3.5	11.5	13	10	40.5
5		ELEANOR GRACE JOHNSON	770	W19	D4	L9	W12	W15	3.5	11.5	13	10	39
6	6-13	ADHRIT M ARUN	717	W23	W10	L1	W11	L3	3.0	15	16	11	46
7		NITHIS B MUTHUKRISHNAN	770	L10	W25	W4	W9	L1	3.0	14.5	15	9	46
8		MAX MADOF	758	W25	W22	W11	L1	L2	3.0	13	13.5	12	41
9		RISHI KOTHA	443	W18	W14	W5	L7	L4	3.0	12	14	12	42
10		DANIIL LARIONOV	554	W7	L6	W17	L2	W14	3.0	12	14	9	45
11		ARYAN RAM GUNTUPALLI	632	W24	W16	L8	L6	W17	3.0	10	11	10	36
12		REYANSH VUPPALA	428	L14	W15	W22	L5	W21	3.0	9	10	8	32.5
13		DANIEL SUH	unr.	L2	L19	W25	W22	W18	3.0	8.5	9	6	25
14	14-20	SHOURYA MANJUNATH	634	W12	L9	W19	L3	L10	2.0	10.5	14.5	8	43
15		ADHITYA MANIKANDARAAM	740	L4	L12	W23	W19	L5	2.0	9	12.5	5	34
16		AARAV AGARWAL	443	W17	L11	L2	L18	W22	2.0	8	12	6	37
17		LIAM ETHAN HAMNER	635	L16	W23	L10	W20	L11	2.0	8	11	6	32
18		PRANSHU KARNATAK	665	L9	L20	W24	W16	L13	2.0	8	11	5	30
19		YASHICA, JR. DHANASEKAR	546	L5	W13	L14	L15	X24	2.0	7	10.5	4	29
20		DHRUTIKA JAYAKUMAR	415	L22	W18	L3	L17	W23	2.0	6	10	5	28
21	21	PARTH KHANDELWAL	387	H---	H---	H---	L4	L12	1.5	3	6.5	4.5	18
22	22-24	VEDHAV RAM KARTHIK	560	W20	L8	L12	L13	L16	1.0	10	13	5	37
23		AVANYA KAUL	477	L6	L17	L15	W25	L20	1.0	6.5	9.5	2	27
24		RISHAAN SENTHIL BAGAVATHY	418	L11	L3	L18	B---	F19	1.0	5	9	1	25
25	25	HITHESH KARTHIK	536	L8	L7	L13	L23	---	0.0	7	10	0	29

 

^{SECTION E:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	ISHAN S KUNTAL	383	W19	W3	W20	W2	W7	5.0	12	14.5	15	44
2	2-6	VARSHITHA NARISETTY	unr.	B---	W12	W11	L1	D4	3.5	12.5	12.5	11.5	42.5
3		SATHVIK NARISETTY	unr.	W15	L1	W18	W12	D6	3.5	12	14	10.5	40.5
4		NOAH JACOB LOPEZ	unr.	W13	L11	W8	W5	D2	3.5	11.5	13.5	10.5	43
5		WILLIAM YOUNG	unr.	W9	W16	D10	L4	W12	3.5	11.5	13	11.5	40
6		TEJA REDDY MARLAPALLI	unr.	L7	B---	W9	W11	D3	3.5	10.5	10.5	8.5	34.5
7	7-9	MUADH IBN MUHAMMAD	310	W6	L20	W14	X21	L1	3.0	12.5	12.5	9	35.5
8		ISHIKA GUNURU	unr.	W17	L10	L4	W15	W14	3.0	11	13	8	36
9		AARAV KUMAR	323	L5	W22	L6	X20	W11	3.0	9	9	6	30
10	10	PARTH KHANDELWAL	387	W22	W8	D5	U---	U---	2.5	3.5	7	10.5	20.5
11	11-19	PAVANI VRUMAN	unr.	W14	W4	L2	L6	L9	2.0	10.5	14	9	42.5
12		SAHAAN VIVEK	347	W23	L2	W21	L3	L5	2.0	9.5	13	8	41.5
13		ZOHA IMAN CHANDWANI	390	L4	L21	L15	W18	W17	2.0	8.5	12	3	30.5
14		RANADHIR VARMA SAKHINATI	unr.	L11	W15	L7	W16	L8	2.0	8	11	6	35
15		IKSHA NAIR	203	L3	L14	W13	L8	W23	2.0	7.5	11	4	29.5
16		KRIYA KRISHNA	unr.	W18	L5	L19	L14	B---	2.0	7	10.5	5	29.5
17		ADHIRA PRASAD	308	L8	L19	W22	W23	L13	2.0	6	9	5	21
18		ATHARVAA PRASAD	150	L16	W23	L3	L13	W22	2.0	4.5	8	5	21.5
19		CALLIE TAN	unr.	L1	W17	W16	---	---	2.0	3.5	8.5	7	25
20	20-21	OR SAASSON	unr.	H---	W7	L1	F9	---	1.5	2.5	7.5	6	24
21		AMIT SASSON	unr.	H---	W13	L12	F7	---	1.5	2	4	6	11
22	22-23	MIR ADEL SENOUSSI	unr.	L10	L9	L17	B---	L18	1.0	6.5	10	1	26.5
23		JAYITH KOTHAPATI	unr.	L12	L18	B---	L17	L15	1.0	6	8	2	22

 

 

^{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, December 14, 2025} 

^{$50 on or after December 15, 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/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/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}

^{SECTIONS A and B:}

^{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}

 

^SECTION 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	2064
2	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1999
3	Kai	Lan	30658202	1975
4	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1946
5	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	1904
6	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1830
7	Kai	Wang	30528820	1800
8	Jay	Choi	31876704	1794
9	JULIO ALBERTO	AGUILAR HUANG	30684354	1745
10	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1738
11	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1717
12	Anish	Arun	31187934	1697
13	Ethan	Chen	30441678	1677
14	Massa	Jin	16948104	1675
15	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1661
16	Alan	Ni	30701271	1658
17	Guna advik reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1651
18	Srihaas	Desu	30037713	1638
19	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1602
20	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1601

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1476
2	Tharun	Avinashkarthi	30675122	1458
3	Zander	Kuhn	30397966	1457
4	Parv	Parikh	30065214	1434
5	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1428
6	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1387
7	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1365
8	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1302
9	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1301
10	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	1256
11	Advika	Raina	30497120	1254
12	Arini	Jain	32090268	1254
13	Tejaswini	Viswanath	16557594	1250
14	Himskar	Gogineni	31829515	1229
15	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	1229
16	Ethan	Wang	32089623	1219

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1160
2	Rishaan	Nair	30632658	1157
3	Jaishnavi	Vemulapalli	30058090	1147
4	Ananyasree	Anbalagan	30669157	1141
5	Venkata Naga Sai	Uppuluri	30575167	1136
6	Edward	Mitchell	30709803	1083
7	Suriya	Ezhilarasan	30664569	1082
8	Keren	Anand	30535449	1077
9	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	1076
10	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	999
11	Rihaan	Anbalagan	31932744	990
12	Easton	Prud'homme	31926230	972
13	Cian	Munjal	30746192	961
14	Kisna	Prabhakar	32368011	958
15	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	957
16	Abhinav	Kapalavai	17045518	946
17	Aditya	Singh	30514602	918
18	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	910
19	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	900
20	Mohith	Thandu Giriraj	31402208	882
21	Phoenix	Fernsler	32457334	879
22	Aaron	Frommer	31454994	875
23	SIHYUN	LEE	31407399	868
24	Aarav	Jain	32163043	854
25	Shrieesh	Sriram	32079991	836
26	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	833
27	Viti	Singhal	17299808	820
28	Akshaj	Padmanabhuni	31309494	817
29	Mate	Penzes	32545469	811

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Daniel	Suh	32191476	782
2	Eashanth	Cheemalavagupalli	31406454	773
3	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	770
4	Nithis B	Muthukrishnan	31841578	770
5	Max	Madof	32368859	758
6	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	754
7	Adhitya	Manikandaraam	32426612	740
8	Adhrit	Arun	32166101	717
9	Pranshu	Karnatak	32416967	665
10	Liam	Hamner	30731442	635
11	Aryan Ram	Guntupalli	32596310	632
12	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	622
13	Dev	Mohan	31081295	610
14	Nikhil	Prashanth	32008438	607
15	Vedhav Ram	Karthik	32252838	560
16	Daniil	Larionov	31382782	554
17	dhanasekar	jayakumar	31183121	546
18	Hithesh	Karthik	31541270	536
19	Aditya	Ranjith	32413970	482
20	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	477
21	Ishan	Kuntal	31853712	462
22	Aarav	Agarwal	32345289	443
23	Rishi	Kotha	31793731	443
24	Reyansh	Vuppala	32534195	428
25	Rishaan	Senthil Bagavathy	31907240	418
26	Dhrutika	Jayakumar	31761470	415
27	Parth	Khandelwal	32474853	411

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zoha Iman	Chandwani	32026905	390
2	Callie	Tan	30909620	352
3	Sahaan	Vivek	30585433	347
4	Aarav	Kumar	32407077	323
5	Iksha	Nair	32337820	323
6	Adhira	Prasad	32500232	308
7	Muadh	Muhammad	31777447	271
8	Kriya	Krishna	32638852	158
9	Atharvaa	Prasad	32500228	150
10	Avyaan	Raina	32427026	114
11	Jayith	Kothapati	32610337	107
12	Aadhya	Undavalli	32050041	103
13	Ishika	Gunuru	32658697	Unrated
14	Mir	Senoussi	32697735	Unrated
15	Noah	Lopez	32748097	Unrated
16	Pavani	Vruman	32751080	Unrated
17	Ranadhir Varma	Sakhinati	32629288	Unrated
18	Sathvik	Narisetty	32617612	Unrated
19	Teja Reddy	Marlapalli	32710794	Unrated
20	Varshitha	Narisetty	32617545	Unrated
21	William	Young	32606484	Unrated