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

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{September 27, 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
1	1	COLIN B ALBERT	2223	W17	W9	W2	W4	4.0
2	2-3	LUCIUS MELILLO	2370	W19	W15	L1	W8	3.0
3		KRRISH KAUL	1920	L5	W10	W15	W12	3.0
4	4-7	EVAN BATES	2034	W7	D8	W5	L1	2.5
5		ERIC ZOLIDIS	1812	W3	W16	L4	D9	2.5
6		RAHUL MYNALA	2196	D10	W11	D8	D7	2.5
7		MICHAEL D THOMAS	1873	L4	W13	W19	D6	2.5
8	8-14	ERIC ALEXANDER DUMITRU	1950	W12	D4	D6	L2	2.0
9		KAI ZHOU LAN	1953	W13	L1	D11	D5	2.0
10		BENJAMIN CAI	1892	D6	L3	W17	D11	2.0
11		ALEXANDER RAMEY	1721	B---	L6	D9	D10	2.0
12		RONAN P SPELMAN	1825	L8	B---	W16	L3	2.0
13		ARJUN, JR. BHARADWAJ	unr.	L9	L7	B---	W18	2.0
14		TANISH SEELAM	1871	L16	D17	D18	W19	2.0
15	15-17	JULIAN JOSEPH	1978	W18	L2	L3	D16	1.5
16		ASHER CHODNIEWICZ	2002	W14	L5	L12	D15	1.5
17		SHAHIN CAZARES MASOUMI	1909	L1	D14	L10	B---	1.5
18	18	ALEX LI	1864	L15	D19	D14	L13	1.0
19	19	CHASE RUGBY LONIE	1914	L2	D18	L7	L14	0.5

 

^{SECTION B:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	1	AUSTIN JOHN	1624	W21	W15	W3	W6	4.0
2	2	ALEXANDER MATOS	1636	W5	W10	D6	W7	3.5
3	3-5	ANIKA SHAMBHAVI KAUL	1525	W19	W4	L1	W10	3.0
4		YIXIN WANG	1634	W12	L3	W15	W8	3.0
5		YIHENG ETHAN CHEN	1514	L2	W23	W13	W16	3.0
6	6-9	JAMAL ABDULLA	1621	W23	W11	D2	L1	2.5
7		PRANAV KANDI	1526	D16	W22	W18	L2	2.5
8		SUBBU SIVARAJU	1450	D22	W17	W16	L4	2.5
9		ESHA PIDATHALA	1544	L11	D12	W21	W17	2.5
10	10-14	NISHANTH MOHAN KUMAR	1567	W13	L2	W11	L3	2.0
11		JAMES KERESEY	1432	W9	L6	L10	W24	2.0
12		SURYA BEJAWADA	1497	L4	D9	D19	W18	2.0
13		RIAAN ABROL	1449	L10	W24	L5	W23	2.0
14		ANISH ARUN	1612	L15	D21	W20	H---	2.0
15	15-20	AMUDHA PRATHEEP KUMAR	1477	W14	L1	L4	D20	1.5
16		SCOTT RAY, II RICHMOND	1663	D7	W20	L8	L5	1.5
17		BECKHAM CHODNIEWICZ	1528	D18	L8	W22	L9	1.5
18		GRACE PENG	1402	D17	W19	L7	L12	1.5
19		DALLIN BATES	1649	L3	L18	D12	B---	1.5
20		WILLIAM GRYTA	1411	W24	L16	L14	D15	1.5
21	21-23	CHARVITH LINGUTLA	1494	L1	D14	L9	D22	1.0
22		ALBERT GAO	1576	D8	L7	L17	D21	1.0
23		SAI KARTHIK SIVARAJU	1487	L6	L5	W24	L13	1.0
24	24	JEFFREY Q CHUI	1528	L20	L13	L23	L11	0.0

 

^{SECTION C:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	1	AKHIL GOPU	1392	W20	W3	W2	W5	4.0
2	2-4	ADVAITHKRISHNA RAJESHKANNA	1263	W17	W7	L1	W10	3.0
3		SAMVIK INDRAKANTI	1078	W13	L1	W12	W14	3.0
4		ZACHARY KINNEY	1194	L16	W11	W17	W9	3.0
5	5-8	AARIV KUSHWAHA	1122	W14	W16	D6	L1	2.5
6		ZAYN SHANMUGANATHAN	1171	W12	D9	D5	D8	2.5
7		IGOR TRAVKIN	1051	W11	L2	D14	W15	2.5
8		GEOFF GIBY PARACKAL	1223	D18	W15	D9	D6	2.5
9	9-13	RUICHEN SONG	1011	W19	D6	D8	L4	2.0
10		KARTHIK KAMMARI	1170	L15	W13	W16	L2	2.0
11		SHRIHAAN SATOSKAR	1100	L7	L4	W19	W16	2.0
12		LACHLAN HENSON	999	L6	W20	L3	W17	2.0
13		JACK MYER BRYANT	1333	L3	L10	W20	W18	2.0
14	14-15	ASHER JOSEPH	1381	L5	W18	D7	L3	1.5
15		DOYOON KIM	881	W10	L8	D18	L7	1.5
16	16-19	CIAN MUNJAL	1003	W4	L5	L10	L11	1.0
17		DHARSAN SANAKYAN	1034	L2	W19	L4	L12	1.0
18		SATHVIK GONDLE	1019	D8	L14	D15	L13	1.0
19		ALICE SUN	1210	L9	L17	L11	W20	1.0
20	20	SHREYAN JEEDIGUNTA	1146	L1	L12	L13	L19	0.0

 

^{SECTION D:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total
1	1-2	ZACHARY KATTAWAR	711	W32	W7	W5	W11	4.0
2		SAVVA PAVLOV	unr.	W22	W30	W6	W4	4.0
3	3	ARJUN RAO	807	D15	W28	W17	W10	3.5
4	4-9	MOHITH THANDU GIRIRAJ	736	W34	W13	W9	L2	3.0
5		SHOURYA KODALI	847	W38	W8	L1	W25	3.0
6		KISNA PRABHAKAR	754	W24	W18	L2	W19	3.0
7		ADITYA KAVITA SINGH	897	W14	L1	W29	W16	3.0
8		VIBHAV NARRA	707	W33	L5	W23	W13	3.0
9		ANAY SINGHAL	871	W36	W29	L4	W14	3.0
10	10-12	ASHRITH MUTHU	872	W31	D12	W15	L3	2.5
11		ABINAYA SATHYANATH	908	D20	W35	W27	L1	2.5
12		NITHIS B MUTHUKRISHNAN	727	W19	D10	L13	W27	2.5
13	13-26	PRANEEL KATOORU	951	W16	L4	W12	L8	2.0
14		ANIRUDH MANIKANDARAAM	570	L7	W34	W26	L9	2.0
15		NATALIA ISABEL TORRES DE LA CRUZ	unr.	D3	W21	L10	D17	2.0
16		MOHAMMAD SHAYAAN AAFTAB	705	L13	W24	W18	L7	2.0
17		ADITYA VIVEKANANDA	840	D27	W37	L3	D15	2.0
18		DHRUV NARENDRA KAYATHI	unr.	W25	L6	L16	W29	2.0
19		ROMAN OKHAPKIN	unr.	L12	W31	W30	L6	2.0
20		ABDULKAREEM ABDULRAHMAN	696	D11	L27	W28	D21	2.0
21		TANAV SEELAM	892	D28	L15	W35	D20	2.0
22		KAIDEN TINH	753	L2	L23	W37	W32	2.0
23		AARON AJAY GADIGE	unr.	L30	W22	L8	W31	2.0
24		IAN MATHEW WANG	unr.	L6	L16	W33	W30	2.0
25		BISHOP TUGGLE	706	L18	B---	W32	L5	2.0
26		VIDISH NARRA	880	L29	W33	L14	W36	2.0
27	27-28	HARSHATH KARTHIKEYAN	unr.	D17	W20	L11	L12	1.5
28		ATHARV UMARJI	545	D21	L3	L20	W35	1.5
29	29-36	PARTH TRIPATHI	405	W26	L9	L7	L18	1.0
30		SHOURYA MANJUNATH	758	W23	L2	L19	L24	1.0
31		SHAARWIN SOOD	187	L10	L19	W34	L23	1.0
32		CHAITRA NERSU	unr.	L1	W36	L25	L22	1.0
33		PARTH KHANDELWAL	unr.	L8	L26	L24	B---	1.0
34		MURARI MADDIPATI	unr.	L4	L14	L31	W37	1.0
35		ZAVIAN ROZARIO	105	B---	L11	L21	L28	1.0
36		AVANYA KAUL	166	L9	L32	B---	L26	1.0
37	37	RIVAAN PARCHUR	106	H---	L17	L22	L34	0.5
38	38	JOSHUA MESSIAH	unr.	L5	---	---	---	0.0

 

^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 September 21, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after September 22, 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	Lucius	Melillo	15570195	2370
2	Colin	Albert	15325998	2223
3	Rahul	Mynala	17287571	2179
4	Evan	Bates	30745116	2034
5	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1974
6	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1964
7	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1950
8	Kai	Lan	30658202	1932
9	Asher	Chodniewicz	30288162	1923
10	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1920
11	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1917
12	Shahin	Masoumi	16669663	1909
13	Benjamin	Cai	16322627	1892
14	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1881
15	Alex	Li	13915520	1859
16	Ronan	Spelman	14729023	1825
17	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1822
18	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1812

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Scott	Richmond	12858050	1712
2	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1660
3	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1660
4	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1649
5	Alexander	Matos	16953544	1636
6	Austin	John	15506120	1634
7	Jamal	Abdulla	31016268	1621
8	Anish	Arun	31187934	1612
9	Albert	Gao	30496668	1576
10	Nishanth	Mohan	30498414	1567
11	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1533
12	Grace	Peng	30665735	1532
13	Martin	Tang	31982613	1531
14	Surya	Bejawada	17310034	1528
15	Yiheng Ethan	Chen	30441678	1516
16	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1512
17	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1505
18	Beckham	Chodniewicz	30288144	1498
19	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1494
20	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1487
21	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1477
22	Riaan	Abrol	30161373	1449
23	James	Keresey	31877606	1432
24	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1428
25	William	Gryta	31951621	1411

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1385
2	Jack	Bryant	17051245	1372
3	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1321
4	Shreyan	Jeedigunta	31469701	1291
5	Alice	Sun	30540358	1270
6	Nicholas	Donovan	14223134	1226
7	Geoff	Parackal	17192703	1199
8	Ruichen	Song	30286869	1193
9	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1172
10	Shravan	Indrakanti	16771001	1164
11	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1164
12	Srikar	Pidathala	16941865	1141
13	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127
14	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	1120
15	Shrihaan	Satoskar	30855918	1080
16	Advaithkrishna	Rajeshkanna	31630743	1066
17	Igor	Travkin	31501714	1051
18	Aariv	Kushwaha	16338850	1043
19	Dharsan	Sanakyan	32254212	1034
20	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	1031
21	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	1001

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Lachlan	Henson	32279234	999
2	Cian	Munjal	30746192	962
3	Praneel	Katooru	31034004	951
4	Kaiden	Tinh	32079864	916
5	Abinaya	Sathyanath	30562585	908
6	Tanav	Seelam	30343181	892
7	Vidish	Narra	32322633	886
8	Anay	Singhal	32418002	871
9	Mohammad Shayaan	Aaftab	31753494	850
10	Zachary	Kattawar	32413580	848
11	Shourya	Kodali	30404637	847
12	Aditya	Vivekananda	32249808	840
13	Arjun	Rao	30579277	807
14	Aditya	Singh	30514602	806
15	Kisna	Prabhakar	32368011	743
16	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	742
17	Mohith	Thandu Giriraj	31402208	736
18	Nithis	Muthukrishnan	31841578	727
19	Abdulkareem	Abdulrahman	32467863	713
20	Bishop	Tuggle	32290769	706
21	Vibhav	Narra	32322654	677
22	Anirudh	Manikandaraam	32315342	570
23	Atharv	Umarji	31571035	545
24	Braedyn	Rose	30720850	522
25	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	475
26	Parth	Tripathi	32050291	405
27	Shaarwin	Sood	32463738	187
28	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	166
29	Jagadeesh	Balaraman	32517602	106
30	Zavian	Rozario	31014637	105
31	Isabel	Torres	32584332	Unrated
32	Naresh	Maddipati	78641	Unrated
33	Harshath	Karthikeyan	31930271	Unrated
34	Joshua	Messiah	32578876	Unrated
35	Dhruv	Kayathi	32576628	Unrated
36	Ian	Wang	32576611	Unrated
37	Roman	Okhapkin	32573009	Unrated
38	Aaron	Gadige	32512409	Unrated
39	Parth	Khandelwal	32474853	Unrated
40	Chaitra	Nersu	32230008	Unrated
41	Savva	Pavlov	32533755	Unrated