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

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament}

^{December 6, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

^{Free Parking Provided}

^{Capacity: 100 players}

^{BROADCAST LINK}

^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	EMERSON AURELIUS JOHNSON	2058	W11	W7	W12	D3	3.5	8	10	9.5	26
2	2-4	EVAN BATES	2082	W9	W10	D3	D6	3.0	8	10	8.5	25
3		DAVID S KHACHATRYAN	2049	W15	W16	D2	D1	3.0	7.5	8	8.5	24
4		ERIC ALEXANDER DUMITRU	2052	W19	L5	W15	W10	3.0	5.5	6	7	17
5	5-9	BEN AUSTIN	1869	W6	W4	L10	D7	2.5	8	10	7.5	25
6		JUSTIN TREY	2081	L5	W19	W11	D2	2.5	7.5	8	5.5	20.5
7		CHASE RUGBY LONIE	1909	W14	L1	W16	D5	2.5	7	7.5	6.5	22.5
8		PRANAV KANDI	1818	W18	L12	D9	W16	2.5	6.5	7	6	17
9		MICHAEL R S WILLIAMS	1885	L2	W17	D8	W15	2.5	6.5	7	5	18.5
10	10-12	KAI ZHOU LAN	1935	W13	L2	W5	L4	2.0	5.5	10	6	25
11		ERIC ZOLIDIS	1859	L1	W13	L6	W17	2.0	4	8	4	18
12		YANGYANG SHEN	1993	W17	W8	L1	---	2.0	3	6.5	7	16.5
13	13-14	GUNA A.R. SANEPALLI	1810	L10	L11	W19	H---	1.5	2.5	4.5	2	10.5
14		SAVVA PAVLOV	1789	L7	B---	L18	D19	1.5	2	4.5	2.5	9
15	15-18	KAI YI WANG	1847	L3	W18	L4	L9	1.0	7	10	3	22.5
16		YIXIN WANG	1830	B---	L3	L7	L8	1.0	5	8	3	21
17		BRIAN PEREZ-DAPLE	1824	L12	L9	B---	L11	1.0	4.5	7	1	16
18		KRRISH KAUL	1946	L8	L15	W14	---	1.0	2	4.5	2	11.5
19	19	RONAN P SPELMAN	1850	L4	L6	L13	D14	0.5	5	8	0.5	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	1-2	ARJUN BHARADWAJ	1731	D13	W23	W12	W3	3.5	7	8	8	20.5
2		NIVED RATHEESH	1691	W25	D15	W19	W5	3.5	6	6.5	8.5	19.5
3	3-4	CHARVITH LINGUTLA	1478	W23	W14	W6	L1	3.0	8	9	9	22.5
4		DALLIN BATES	1579	W7	D9	D8	W14	3.0	7.5	9.5	7.5	25
5	5-11	YUEQI JIN	1672	W21	D12	W9	L2	2.5	8	9	7.5	24
6		SUBBU SIVARAJU	1556	W16	W20	L3	D8	2.5	7.5	8.5	7.5	24
7		AKHIL GOPU	1387	L4	W18	W17	D13	2.5	7	9	5.5	19
8		ASHWATH BADRINARAYANAN	1739	W22	D19	D4	D6	2.5	7	8	7	22.5
9		THARUN AVINASHKARTHI	1458	W26	D4	L5	W19	2.5	7	7.5	6.5	21.5
10		YIHENG ETHAN CHEN	1627	L12	W13	W21	D11	2.5	6.5	7.5	5.5	19
11		ABHIK RUDRA	1583	L15	W25	W16	D10	2.5	6.5	7	5.5	16
12	12-18	AHIR BHATTACHARJEE	1477	W10	D5	L1	D15	2.0	5	10.5	6	27
13		AKHIL KAKARLA	1528	D1	L10	W20	D7	2.0	5	9.5	4.5	23
14		BRETT CHAPMAN HENDRICK	1775	W24	L3	W15	L4	2.0	5	9	6	24
15		ADVAITHKRISHNA RAJESHKANNA	1428	W11	D2	L14	D12	2.0	4.5	10	6	26
16		DAN LEYTHAM	unr.	L6	W24	L11	W22	2.0	3.5	7	4	16.5
17		NIDHISH REDDY BUMIREDDY	1607	L19	W22	L7	W20	2.0	2.5	6	4	17
18		KESHAV S DHAMANWALA	1557	L20	L7	W25	W21	2.0	2	5	3	13
19	19	SAI KARTHIK SIVARAJU	1476	W17	D8	L2	L9	1.5	7	10.5	5.5	26
20	20-24	GRACE PENG	1324	W18	L6	L13	L17	1.0	6	8.5	4	19
21		NISHANTH MOHAN KUMAR	1517	L5	W26	L10	L18	1.0	5	7.5	3	17
22		SAMVIK INDRAKANTI	1531	L8	L17	W23	L16	1.0	5	7.5	2	16
23		JEREMY LOVELACE	1654	L3	L1	L22	W26	1.0	4.5	8	1	20
24		ESHA PIDATHALA	1549	L14	L16	D26	D25	1.0	3	5	1.5	11.5
25	25-26	AMUDHA PRATHEEP KUMAR	1517	L2	L11	L18	D24	0.5	5.5	9	0.5	18.5
26		ANIKA SHAMBHAVI KAUL	1602	L9	L21	D24	L23	0.5	3	5.5	1	12

^{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	IGOR TRAVKIN	1102	W2	W11	W3	W4	4.0	8.5	10	10	26
2	2-3	MOHIT MUKKOLLU	1276	L1	W5	W9	W7	3.0	8.5	10	6	26.5
3		RUTVIK PAPISETTI	1287	W13	W7	L1	W8	3.0	8	9	8	22
4	4-6	ZACHARY KINNEY	1167	W12	D9	W10	L1	2.5	7	8	7.5	22
5		RUICHEN SONG	1149	D6	L2	W14	W9	2.5	7	7	5	16.5
6		JACK, III PARKER	1331	D5	L10	W13	W12	2.5	5	6	5	12.5
7	7-8	CIAN MUNJAL	1113	W10	L3	W11	L2	2.0	4.5	9	6	22
8		VEDANT TRIVIKRAM PHATAK	1201	L9	W14	W12	L3	2.0	2.5	5.5	5	16.5
9	9-11	THOMAS MADATHIL	1074	W8	D4	L2	L5	1.5	7	10	5.5	23.5
10		ZAYN SHANMUGANATHAN	1301	L7	W6	L4	D11	1.5	6	8.5	3.5	23
11		VENKATA NAGA SAI AKS UPPULURI	1213	W14	L1	L7	D10	1.5	3.5	7.5	4.5	19.5
12	12-13	AAHAN CHAKRABORTY	1070	L4	W13	L8	L6	1.0	5.5	8	3	18.5
13		JAISHNAVI, JR. VEMULAPALLI	1110	L3	L12	L6	W14	1.0	3.5	6.5	1	16
14	14	DANIEL ZHANG XIAO	1076	L11	L8	L5	L13	0.0	4.5	7	0	15.5

^{SECTION D:}

#	Place	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	SAIRAM SRIRAM	910	W11	W30	W15	W4	4.0	8	8.5	10	25
2	2-3	ARJUN RAO	880	W23	W26	W6	D3	3.5	8.5	9.5	9.5	24.5
3		COLIN COKER	940	W20	W27	W16	D2	3.5	7.5	8.5	9.5	23.5
4	4-11	NITHIS B MUTHUKRISHNAN	770	W35	W7	W5	L1	3.0	10	10	9	25
5		RICHARD SULLIVAN	921	W21	W8	L4	W18	3.0	8	10	8	25
6		SAURABH KHANDELWAL	unr.	W29	W17	L2	W15	3.0	7.5	8.5	8	24.5
7		AARUSH YERUBANDI	957	W28	L4	W21	W12	3.0	7.5	8.5	7	23.5
8		ADHRIT M ARUN	717	W13	L5	W31	W17	3.0	7.5	8	7	22.5
9		ABINAYA SATHYANATH	973	W22	D12	W25	D13	3.0	7	8.5	8	22
10		ADRIAN SPELLING	unr.	L12	W20	W24	W16	3.0	6.5	8.5	6	21.5
11		SAMPREETH REDDY NALLAMILLI	614	L1	W36	W27	W25	3.0	6.5	6.5	6	19
12	12-14	AKSHAJ PADMANABHUNI	822	W10	D9	W19	L7	2.5	9	11	7.5	26
13		ZACHARY KATTAWAR	975	L8	W14	W22	D9	2.5	8.5	10.5	5.5	24
14		LITHIK SIRIPANGA	857	D25	L13	W30	W29	2.5	5	5.5	5	15.5
15	15-24	SHRIEESH SRIRAM	836	W32	W19	L1	L6	2.0	5	10	7	25
16		HARIOM SAWARNA	863	W33	W31	L3	L10	2.0	4	8	7	19.5
17		ANAY SINGHAL	895	W34	L6	W28	L8	2.0	4	8	6	19
18		CLAYTON CARLISLE	747	L19	W23	W26	L5	2.0	4	8	5	20
19		EVAN WU	990	W18	L15	L12	W32	2.0	4	7.5	5	21.5
20		SHOURYA MANJUNATH	634	L3	L10	W36	W26	2.0	4	7.5	3	19.5
21		ARYA SANTOSH	626	L5	W35	L7	W27	2.0	4	7	4	19
22		ADITYA SANTOSH	683	L9	W33	L13	W31	2.0	3.5	7	4	17.5
23		ERIC ANDERS NORDSTROM	542	L2	L18	W35	W28	2.0	3	6.5	3	17.5
24		ELEANOR GRACE JOHNSON	770	L26	W34	L10	W30	2.0	2	5.5	4	14
25	25	REYANSH VUPPALA	428	D14	W29	L9	L11	1.5	6.5	9.5	5	21
26	26-34	KEVIN M LIMITI	unr.	W24	L2	L18	L20	1.0	6	9.5	4	21.5
27		ATHARV UMARJI	797	W36	L3	L11	L21	1.0	5	8.5	4	19.5
28		PRANSHU KARNATAK	665	L7	W32	L17	L23	1.0	5	8	3	18
29		VIHAAN GANDRA	833	L6	L25	W33	L14	1.0	5	8	2	19
30		AVANYA KAUL	477	X---	L1	L14	L24	1.0	4.5	8.5	3	19
31		ISHA BADIGINCHALA	unr.	B---	L16	L8	L22	1.0	4	7	3	18
32		PARTH KHANDELWAL	387	L15	L28	W34	L19	1.0	4	6	2	16
33		AARAV AGARWAL	443	L16	L22	L29	W36	1.0	3	5	1	13
34		ARYA S BADIGINCHALA	553	L17	L24	L32	W35	1.0	3	5	1	12
35	35-36	AZHAAN NONE, JR. AZAM	unr.	L4	L21	L23	L34	0.0	5	8	0	17
36		YASHVARDHAN PAL	unr.	L27	L11	L20	L33	0.0	4	7	0	14

^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 30, 2025 by 11:59pm}

^{$60 on or after December 1, 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: 1800+

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	David	Khachatryan	30288921	2073
2	Justin	Trey	15592064	2068
3	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	2064
4	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	2052
5	Evan	Bates	30745116	2043
6	Jeremy	Bader	14928004	2031
7	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	2017
8	Kai	Lan	30658202	1975
9	Krrish	Kaul	16596843	1946
10	Michael	Williams	17081527	1885
11	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1884
12	Ben	Austin	15852652	1869
13	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1859
14	Ronan	Spelman	14729023	1850
15	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1830
16	Brian	Perez-Daple	13704827	1824
17	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1818
18	Guna advik reddy	Sanepalli	30790886	1810
19	Kai	Wang	30528820	1800

Section B: U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Savva	Pavlov	32533755	1789
2	Brett	Hendrick	13705581	1775
3	Ashwath	Badrinarayanan	30906827	1748
4	Arjun	Bharadwaj	32590165	1731
5	Nived	Ratheesh	30687838	1691
6	Ethan	Chen	30441678	1677
7	Massa	Jin	16948104	1675
8	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1661
9	Jeremy	Lovelace	12728055	1654
10	Abhik	Rudra	31170585	1644
11	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1609
12	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1602
13	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1579
14	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1577
15	Keshav	Dhamanwala	16449795	1557
16	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1551
17	AMUDHA	PRATHEEP KUMAR	31456373	1530
18	Akhil	Kakarla	15496713	1529
19	Grace	Peng	30665735	1528
20	Nishanth	Mohan Kumar	30598414	1517
21	Karthik	Sivaraju	31922646	1490
22	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1476
23	Tharun	Avinashkarthi	30675122	1458
24	Ahir	Bhattacharjee	31246619	1445
25	Advaithkrishna	Rajeshkanna	31630743	1428
26	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1416
27	Dan	Leytham	32629707	1406

Section C: U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jack	Parker	30822387	1331
2	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1302
3	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	1301
4	Mohit	Mukkollu	15348106	1276
5	Sai	Uppuluri	30575167	1213
6	Vedant	Phatak	31626871	1201
7	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1160
8	Ruichen	Song	30286869	1149
9	Jaishnavi	Vemulapalli	30058090	1147
10	Cian	Munjal	30746192	1113
11	Igor	Travkin	31501714	1101
12	Aahan	Chakraborty	30456077	1094
13	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	1076
14	Thomas	Madathil	30300299	1074

Section D: U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Evan	Wu	32003699	990
2	Zachary	Kattawar	32413580	975
3	Aarush	Yerubandi	31792104	957
4	Colin	Coker	30847464	940
5	Anay	Singhal	32418002	939
6	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	924
7	Richard	Sullivan	13560703	921
8	Arjun	Rao	30579277	887
9	Abinaya	Sathyanath	30562585	882
10	Abraham	Obubo	30539388	865
11	Hariom	Sawarna	32514180	863
12	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	833
13	Akshaj	Padmanabhuni	31309494	817
14	Eleanor Grace	Johnson	32552022	770
15	Nithis B	Muthukrishnan	31841578	770
16	Shrieesh	Sriram	32079991	724
17	Adhrit	Arun	32166101	717
18	Aditya	Santosh	17112700	683
19	Arya	Santosh	17112742	626
20	Shourya	Manjunath	31407630	622
21	Sampreeth	Nallamilli	15583028	614
22	Yashvardhan	Pal	32608251	605
23	Arya S	Badiginchala	32611398	553
24	Atharv	Umarji	31571035	547
25	Eric	Nordstrom	30583768	542
26	Clayton	Carlisle	31272090	481
27	Avanya	Kaul	32455874	458
28	Aarav	Agarwal	32345289	443
29	Reyansh	Vuppala	32534195	428
30	Parth	Khandelwal	32474853	385
31	Pranshu	Karnatak	32416967	295
32	Isha	Badiginchala	32641321	158
33	Adrian	Spelling	32696797	Unrated
34	Azhaan	Azam	32700714	Unrated
35	Kevin	Limiti	32690640	Unrated
36	Lithik	Siripanga	16908532	Unrated
37	Saurabh	Khandelwal	32707546	Unrated