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

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{August 30, 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	Rohun Trakru	14723608	2138	W16	W9	W2	W4	4.0	7.5	9	10	24
2	2-3	Eric Alexander Dumitru	17164035	1943	W6	W12	L1	W8	3.0	8.5	10	8	26.5
3		Michael D Thomas	14793323	1873	W5	D4	D14	W10	3.0	7	8.5	7.5	22.5
4	4-7	Rohit Gundam	14908373	2267	W18	D3	W8	L1	2.5	9	9.5	7.5	24.5
5		Rahul Mynala	17287571	2197	L3	W7	D6	W16	2.5	8	9.5	5	22
6		Siddharth Kunal Patel	31908590	1844	L2	W15	D5	W14	2.5	7	8.5	5	19.5
7		Matthew Raudaskoski	13528490	1807	W15	L5	W9	H---	2.5	6	6	6	12.5
8	8-11	Krrish Kaul	16596843	1895	W11	W10	L4	L2	2.0	4.5	9.5	7	26
9		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1852	W13	L1	L7	W17	2.0	4	8	5	19
10		Ronan P Spelman	14729023	1825	W17	L8	W12	L3	2.0	3.5	6.5	6	19
11		Daniel Joseph Guel	15701903	1762	L8	W17	D13	D12	2.0	3	5	4.5	14.5
12	12-16	Alex Li	13915520	1864	W14	L2	L10	D11	1.5	5.5	8.5	4.5	22.5
13		Asher Chodniewicz	30288162	2010	L9	D16	D11	D15	1.5	5	7	3	15.5
14		Justin Trey	15592064	2100	L12	W18	D3	L6	1.5	4.5	7.5	4	17
15		Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1914	L7	L6	W18	D13	1.5	4.5	7	2.5	14
16		Tanish Seelam	17061896	1871	L1	D13	W17	L5	1.5	4	8	3.5	18
17	17-18	Roy Villanueva	14264808	1943	L10	L11	L16	L9	0.0	5.5	7.5	0	19
18		Ben Austin	15852652	1894	L4	L14	L15	U---	0.0	3	5.5	0	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	Tristan Stephon Yates	16485337	1550	W4	W23	W14	W3	4.0	8	9.5	10	26
2	2	Scott Ray, Ii Richmond	12858050	1705	D15	W29	W11	W5	3.5	7.5	8	8	24
3	3-10	Yueqi Jin	16948104	1544	W30	W9	W13	L1	3.0	9	10.5	9	27
4		Nagaprasad Rudrapatna	15411390	1770	L1	W12	W16	W14	3.0	8.5	10.5	6	27
5		Nathan Victor Esche	32245121	1499	W22	W21	W6	L2	3.0	8	9.5	9	24
6		Yixin Wang	31926688	1547	W20	W7	L5	W19	3.0	8	9.5	8	25
7		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1680	W25	L6	W18	W15	3.0	7	8	7	20.5
8		Srihaas K Desu	30037713	1441	D11	D28	W30	W13	3.0	6	7	6.5	19.5
9		Eric Russell Osgood	15439906	1596	W26	L3	W29	W17	3.0	6	6.5	7	18.5
10		Taran Thota	16230677	1395	L16	B---	W28	W20	3.0	4.5	4.5	5	12.5
11	11-12	Austin John	15506120	1623	D8	W31	L2	W22	2.5	8	8.5	6	20
12		Grace Peng	30665735	1404	D28	L4	W33	W24	2.5	5.5	6	5	13.5
13	13-19	Beckham Chodniewicz	30288144	1587	W17	W18	L3	L8	2.0	5	10	7	25.5
14		Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1439	W32	W16	L1	L4	2.0	5	10	7	22
15		Goodness O Atanda	30286122	1519	D2	W24	D20	L7	2.0	4.5	9.5	6	23
16		Jay Choi	31876704	1559	W10	L14	L4	W29	2.0	4.5	8	5	21
17		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1425	L13	W32	W21	L9	2.0	3.5	7.5	5	19.5
18		Martin Tang	31982613	1451	W33	L13	L7	W28	2.0	3	6.5	5	17.5
19		John-Paul Verow	15208097	1425	L21	W33	W23	L6	2.0	3	6.5	5	16.5
20	20-27	Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1761	L6	W25	D15	L10	1.5	5.5	8.5	4	20.5
21		Esha Pidathala	16808204	1588	W19	L5	L17	D25	1.5	5	8	4.5	20.5
22		Alan Ni	30701271	1659	L5	D26	W31	L11	1.5	4	7	3.5	18.5
23		Tanvi Borse	15992594	1702	W27	L1	L19	H---	1.5	3.5	7.5	4	17
24		John Ramey	30387710	1631	D31	L15	W26	L12	1.5	3.5	6	4	14.5
25		Satvik Arora	30149347	1509	L7	L20	B---	D21	1.5	3	6	1.5	15.5
26		Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1429	L9	D22	L24	B---	1.5	3	6	1.5	14.5
27		Albert Gao	30496668	1512	L23	L30	D32	W31	1.5	3	4.5	2	10
28	28-30	Riley Shero	16672488	1560	D12	D8	L10	L18	1.0	7	10	3.5	21.5
29		Sai Karthik Sivaraju	31922646	1308	B---	L2	L9	L16	1.0	5	8.5	3	20
30		Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1758	L3	W27	L8	U---	1.0	4.5	7.5	3	17.5
31	31-32	Tharun Avinashkarthi	30675122	1467	D24	L11	L22	L27	0.5	4.5	7	2	15.5
32		Stephen K Morales	12483386	1600	L14	L17	D27	U---	0.5	3.5	5.5	1	14
33	33	Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1625	L18	L19	L12	U---	0.0	4	6.5	0	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	Parv Parikh	30065214	1332	W20	W8	W3	W6	4.0	8	9.5	10	25.5
2		James Hetu Huang	32470119	1271	W23	W9	W5	W15	4.0	7	8	10	20
3	3-7	Yeshwin Gadde	30158720	1193	W25	W4	L1	W10	3.0	9	9.5	8	24
4		Ruichen Song	30286869	1048	W7	L3	W24	W12	3.0	8	9.5	7	22
5		Jack Myer Bryant	17051245	1373	W24	W21	L2	W8	3.0	7.5	8.5	8	23
6		Akhil Gopu	32029095	1321	W26	W17	W10	L1	3.0	7.5	7.5	9	21.5
7		Shreyan Jeedigunta	31469701	1193	L4	W23	W22	W9	3.0	6	7	6	17
8	8-16	Alice Sun	30540358	1096	W14	L1	W19	L5	2.0	5	10.5	6	24.5
9		Chaitanya Sai Pusarla	31983444	1069	W13	L2	W18	L7	2.0	5	10.5	6	24.5
10		Zubin Rajaram Coonse	31767693	1004	W12	W18	L6	L3	2.0	5	9.5	7	26.5
11		Anushka Borse	16724907	963	W16	L19	W13	L14	2.0	4	7.5	6	13.5
12		Edison Chodniewicz	30280271	1189	L10	W25	W17	L4	2.0	3.5	7	5	18.5
13		Zachary Kinney	30884894	1194	L9	W20	L11	W22	2.0	3.5	6.5	4	17.5
14		Christopher Krum	31824661	1261	L8	L24	W26	W11	2.0	3.5	5.5	3	15
15		Srikar Pidathala	16941865	1194	L17	W26	W21	L2	2.0	2.5	6.5	5	18.5
16		Mridul Karnatak	30701511	1187	L11	L22	W23	W21	2.0	2	5	3	14
17	17-20	Samvik Indrakanti	16771001	1087	W15	L6	L12	D18	1.5	5.5	8.5	4.5	23.5
18		Sahel Abdul Shukur	31703782	1174	W22	L10	L9	D17	1.5	4.5	6.5	4.5	20.5
19		Nicholas C Donovan	14223134	1273	L21	W11	L8	D20	1.5	4.5	6.5	3.5	18.5
20		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127	L1	L13	W25	D19	1.5	4	8	2.5	17.5
21	21-25	Darsh Mishra	17097771	1121	W19	L5	L15	L16	1.0	5.5	8.5	4	19.5
22		Kurt Glathar	32535270	unr.	L18	W16	L7	L13	1.0	5.5	8.5	3	17.5
23		Sterling Bates	30740184	1096	L2	L7	L16	W26	1.0	5	9	1	19
24		Jeffery Elvin Zheng	31262556	1143	L5	W14	L4	U---	1.0	5	8	3	18
25		Lalith Surya Aniketh Pothuri	17025818	1067	L3	L12	L20	B---	1.0	3.5	6.5	0	15.5
26	26	Aariv Kushwaha	16338850	1122	L6	L15	L14	L23	0.0	5	8	0	18

 

^{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	Savva Pavlov	32533755	unr.	W15	W5	W12	W4	4.0	8	10	10	26
2	2	Andrish Reddy	32539660	unr.	D3	W22	W21	W6	3.5	7.5	9	8	24
3	3-9	Mohammad Shayaan Aaftab	31753494	705	D2	D8	W26	W12	3.0	8.5	9.5	6.5	24.5
4		Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	914	W11	W10	W13	L1	3.0	8	10	9	28
5		Evan Wu	32003699	839	W14	L1	W25	W18	3.0	8	9	7	23
6		Cian Munjal	30746192	746	W29	W7	W23	L2	3.0	8	8	9	20.5
7		Sathvik Gondle	31642308	933	W19	L6	W20	W10	3.0	7	8.5	7	21
8		Doyoon Kim	32410552	636	D22	D3	W16	W13	3.0	7	8.5	6.5	20.5
9		Abraham Obubo	30539388	840	B---	L16	W22	W11	3.0	5.5	5.5	6	12
10	10-20	Shreehan Nagabhijeet Pippalla	16427946	727	W17	L4	W14	L7	2.0	5	10	6	24
11		Kisna Prabhakar	32368011	603	L4	W29	W17	L9	2.0	4.5	7.5	5	19
12		Maysaa Patel	31407351	870	W27	W25	L1	L3	2.0	4	8.5	7	21.5
13		Sricharan Ramkumar	31031249	829	W26	W24	L4	L8	2.0	4	8	7	22.5
14		Devin Naquin	32544934	unr.	L5	W15	L10	W24	2.0	4	8	4	20
15		Zachary Kattawar	32413580	743	L1	L14	W28	W21	2.0	3.5	8	3	19.5
16		Alexa Nadette Guthery	32470008	unr.	L24	W9	L8	W27	2.0	3.5	7	4	17.5
17		Hariom Sawarna	32514180	unr.	L10	W27	L11	W25	2.0	3	5.5	4	16
18		Jesse Larrew	32485268	unr.	L21	W28	W24	L5	2.0	2.5	6	5	16.5
19		Vihaan Gandra	31590020	675	L7	L26	W29	W23	2.0	2.5	5.5	3	15.5
20		Charles Naquin	32480538	215	L25	B---	L7	W26	2.0	2	5	3	14
21	21-23	Eashanth Reddy Cheemalavagupalli	31406454	760	W18	D23	L2	L15	1.5	5.5	9	5.5	21.5
22		Spruha Borkar	30213862	916	D8	L2	L9	W29	1.5	5.5	9	3	20.5
23		Tanav Seelam	30343181	892	W28	D21	L6	L19	1.5	4	7	5.5	17.5
24	24-28	Sahith Papudippu	31370229	725	W16	L13	L18	L14	1.0	6	8	4	20
25		Avanya Kaul	32455874	118	W20	L12	L5	L17	1.0	5.5	8.5	4	21
26		Noah Chen	32526942	unr.	L13	W19	L3	L20	1.0	5.5	8.5	3	19.5
27		Pranshu Karnatak	32416967	238	L12	L17	B---	L16	1.0	4	6	1	15
28		Daniel Moshe Aaronson	30851365	419	L23	L18	L15	B---	1.0	3.5	5.5	0	13.5
29	29	Shreyas Cherukupally	32549713	unr.	L6	L11	L19	L22	0.0	5.5	8.5	0	20

 

^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**} 

^{ENTRY FEES:} 

^{Early Bird: $50 by August 24, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after August 25, 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	Rohit	Gundam	14908373	2267
2	Rahul	Mynala	17287571	2196
3	Rohun	Trakru	14723608	2138
4	Justin	Trey	15592064	2100
5	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	2010
6	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1943
7	Roy	Villanueva	14264808	1943
8	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1917
9	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1895
10	Ben	Austin	15852652	1894
11	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1875
12	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1871
13	Alex	Li	13915520	1864
14	Siddharth	Patel	31908590	1858
15	Kai	Lan	30658202	1852
16	Matthew	Raudaskoski	13528490	1830
17	Ronan	Spelman	14729023	1825
18	Daniel	Guel	15701903	1807

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Guna Advik Reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1782
2	Nagaprasad	Rudrapatna	15411390	1763
3	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1761
4	Kai	Wang	30528820	1758
5	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1721
6	Scott	Richmond	12858050	1705
7	Tanvi	Borse	15992594	1702
8	John	Ramey	30387710	1631
9	Austin	John	15506120	1624
10	Alan	Ni	30701271	1609
11	Stephen	Morales	12483386	1600
12	Eric	Osgood	15439906	1596
13	Beckham	Chodniewicz	30288144	1587
14	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1579
15	Albert	Gao	30496668	1576
16	Riley	Shero	16672488	1560
17	Jay	Choi	31876704	1559
18	Tristan	Yates	16485337	1550
19	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1533
20	Goodness	Atanda	30286122	1519
21	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1512
22	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1510
23	Nathan	Esche	32245121	1504
24	Yueqi	Jin	16948104	1500
25	Satvik	Arora	30149347	1486
26	Tharun	Avinashkarthi	30675122	1467
27	Taran	Thota	16230677	1459
28	Srihaas	Desu	30037713	1453
29	Martin	Tang	31982613	1451
30	Grace	Peng	30665735	1430
31	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1428
32	John-Paul	Verow	15208097	1425
33	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1416

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jack	Bryant	17051245	1333
2	Parv	Parikh	30065214	1330
3	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1321
4	Nicholas	Donovan	14223134	1273
5	James	Huang	32470119	1271
6	Christopher	Krum	31824661	1261
7	Jeffery	Zheng	31262556	1217
8	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1194
9	Shreyan	Jeedigunta	31469701	1193
10	Yeshwin	Gadde	30158720	1193
11	Edison	Chodniewicz	30280271	1189
12	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1171
13	Srikar	Pidathala	16941865	1141
14	Mridul	Karnatak	30701511	1122
15	Darsh	Mishra	17097771	1121
16	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1120
17	Kurt	Glathar	32535270	1109
18	Sterling	Bates	30740184	1096
19	Alice	Sun	30540358	1096
20	Sahel	Abdul Shukur	31703782	1083
21	Chaitanya	Pusarla	31983444	1069
22	Lalith	Pothuri	17025818	1067
23	Aariv	Kushwaha	16338850	1043
24	Anushka	Borse	16724907	1042
25	Ruichen	Song	30286869	1011
26	Zubin	Coonse	31767693	1004

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	969
2	Arpita	Gedam	30213862	916
3	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	914
4	Evan	Wu	32003699	900
5	Tanav	Seelam	30343181	892
6	Cian	Munjal	30746192	890
7	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	881
8	Maysaa	Patel	31407351	870
9	Zachary	Kattawar	32413580	848
10	Abraham	Obubo	30539388	840
11	Sricharan	Ramkumar	31031249	829
12	Kisna	Prabhakar	32368011	754
13	Eashanth	Cheemalavagupalli	31406454	746
14	Shreehan	Pippalla	16427946	727
15	Sahith	Papudippu	31370229	725
16	Jesse	Larrew	32485268	716
17	Mohammad Shayaan	Aaftab	31753494	706
18	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	675
19	Daniel	Aaronson	30851365	419
20	Pranshu	Karnatak	32416967	315
21	Charles	Naquin	32480538	215
22	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	138
23	Noah	Chen	32526942	Unrated
24	Andrish	Reddy	32539660	Unrated
25	Devin	Naquin	32544934	Unrated
26	Savva	Pavlov	32533755	Unrated
27	Hariom	Sawarna	32514180	Unrated
28	Alexa	Guthery	32470008	Unrated
29	Shreyas	Cherukupally	32549713	Unrated