^{Austin Chess Tour 3: Open Qualifier #4}

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{November 15, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 100 players}

^{BROADCAST LINK}

 

 

^{FINAL STANDINGS}

 

 

 

^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 November 9, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after November 10, 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	Vladimir	Belous	16004571	2576
2	Lucius	Melillo	15570195	2359
3	Rohit	Gundam	14908373	2265
4	Colin	Albert	15325998	2223
5	Reynier	Solis	30474566	2166
6	David	Khachatryan	30288921	2073
7	Evan	Bates	30745116	2043
8	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	2035
9	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	2006
10	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1976
11	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1974
12	Justin	Trey	15592064	1958
13	Kai	Lan	30658202	1953
14	Pranav	Santhosh	30579866	1949
15	Tanish	Seelam	17061896	1937
16	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1886
17	Brian	Perez-Daple	13704827	1845
18	Ronan	Spelman	14729023	1838
19	Alex	Li	13915520	1827
20	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1819
21	Jay	Choi	31876704	1805
22	Lucas	Yu	30915089	1804
23	Kai	Wang	30528820	1800

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Savva	Pavlov	32533755	1786
2	Ishrath Amina	Taj	15702336	1766
3	Arjun	Bharadwaj	32590165	1730
4	Ruthvik	Kamireddy	30283179	1684
5	Yiheng	Chen	30441678	1678
6	Abhik	Rudra	31170585	1644
7	Nishant	Shrestha	32559432	1625
8	Kenneth	Li	16604425	1614
9	Alan	Ni	30701271	1609
10	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1609
11	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1601
12	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1551
13	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1545
14	Martin	Tang	31982613	1531
15	John-Paul	Verow	15208097	1491
16	Grace	Peng	30665735	1490
17	Riaan	Abrol	30161373	1480
18	Ahir	Bhattacharjee	31246619	1463
19	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1460
20	Taran	Thota	16230677	1459
21	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1450
22	Nathan	Lu	30209766	1442
23	Alice	Sun	30540358	1436
24	Manuel	Castillo	30048995	1419
25	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1416
26	Anirudha Satish	Joshi	30414835	1400

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1194
2	Ruichen	Song	30286869	1163
3	Doyoon	Kim	32410552	1159
4	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1127
5	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	1110
6	Aahan	Chakraborty	30456077	1106
7	Shourya	Kodali	30404637	1050
8	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	1022
9	Suhun	Kim	30565441	1003

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Winston	Shetty	32019028	967
2	Anvita	Gudibanda	31399781	921
3	Hayden	Barnett	30094314	907
4	Arjun	Rao	30579277	896
5	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	880
6	Kisna	Prabhakar	32368011	865
7	Augie	Lewis Jr	32243907	831
8	Tanav	Seelam	30343181	827
9	Colin	Coker	30847464	822
10	Evan	Wu	32003699	815
11	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	814
12	Bharat	Umarji	32306126	784
13	Tanish	Kanike	30432364	687
14	Abdulkareem	Abdulrahman	32467863	684
15	Adhrit	Arun	32166101	548
16	Atharv	Umarji	31571035	547
17	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	529
18	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	488
19	Clayton	Carlisle	31272090	481
20	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	401
21	Anirudh	Manikandaraam	32315342	Unrated
22	Dan	Leytham	32629707	Unrated
23	Borislav	Melo Lapshin	32674838	Unrated