^{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}

^{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	Kai	Lan	30658202	1975
3	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1946
4	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1830
5	Kai	Wang	30528820	1800
6	JULIO ALBERTO	AGUILAR HUANG	30684354	1745
7	Anish	Arun	31187934	1697
8	Ethan	Chen	30441678	1677
9	Massa	Jin	16948104	1675
10	Alan	Ni	30701271	1658
11	Guna advik reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1651
12	Abhik	Rudra	31170585	1644
13	Srihaas	Desu	30037713	1638
14	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1602
15	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1601

Section B: U1600

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Parv	Parikh	30065214	1434
2	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1428
3	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1387
4	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1365
5	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1302
6	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1301
7	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	1256
8	Advika	Raina	30497120	1254
9	Tejaswini	Viswanath	16557594	1250
10	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	1229
11	Ethan	Wang	32089623	1219

Section C: U1200

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Ananyasree	Anbalagan	30669157	1141
2	Venkata Naga Sai	Uppuluri	30575167	1136
3	Suriya	Ezhilarasan	30664569	1082
4	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	999
5	Rihaan	Anbalagan	31932744	990
6	Cian	Munjal	30746192	961
7	Kisna	Prabhakar	32368011	958
8	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	957
9	Aditya	Singh	30514602	918
10	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	900
11	Mohith	Thandu Giriraj	31402208	882
12	Phoenix	Fernsler	32457334	879
13	Vedant	Rungta	30661607	878
14	Aaron	Frommer	31454994	875
15	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	833
16	Shrieesh	Sriram	32079991	724

Section D: U800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	770
2	Nithis B	Muthukrishnan	31841578	770
3	Max	Madof	32368859	758
4	Reyansh	Singavarapu	31340405	754
5	Adhrit	Arun	32166101	717
6	Liam	Hamner	30731442	635
7	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	622
8	Dev	Mohan	31081295	610
9	Nikhil	Prashanth	32008438	607
10	Vedhav Ram	Karthik	32252838	560
11	Daniil	Larionov	31382782	554
12	dhanasekar	jayakumar	31183121	546
13	Kannan	Asanani	32392968	542
14	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	477
15	Ishan	Kuntal	31853712	462
16	Aarav	Agarwal	32345289	443
17	Reyansh	Vuppala	32534195	428
18	Dhrutika	Jayakumar	31761470	415
19	Parth	Khandelwal	32474853	411

Section E: U400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Rishaan	Senthil Bagavathy	31907240	418
2	Callie	Tan	30909620	352
3	Sahaan	Vivek	30585433	347
4	Muadh	Muhammad	31777447	271
5	Avyaan	Raina	32427026	114
6	Aadhya	Undavalli	32050041	103
7	Ishika	Gunuru	32658697	Unrated
8	Mir	Senoussi	32697735	Unrated
9	Noah	Lopez	32748097	Unrated
10	Pavani	Vruman	32751080	Unrated
11	Ranadhir Varma	Sakhinati	32629288	Unrated
12	Teja Reddy	Marlapalli	32710794	Unrated
13	William	Young	32606484	Unrated