4th Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #1

In-Person USCF Rated Tournament 

 

January 31, 2026

12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100

Austin, TX 78729

* USCF Membership Required *

 

Free Parking Provided 

 

Capacity: 100 players

BROADCAST LINK

USCF TOURNAMENT LINK
 

 

FINAL 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 LUCIUS MELILLO 2359 W6 W12 W8 D2 3.5 8.5 10.5 9.5 27.5
2 2-7 LOGAN C SHAFER 2312 W17 W9 D3 D1 3.0 9 11 8.5 27.5
3   DAVID S KHACHATRYAN 2049 W25 W5 D2 D4 3.0 9 9.5 8.5 25
4   RAHUL MYNALA 2165 W16 D10 W15 D3 3.0 7 9 8 24.5
5   COLIN B ALBERT 2241 W24 L3 W10 W11 3.0 7 8.5 7 23
6   KAI ZHOU LAN 1935 L1 W20 W13 W19 3.0 7 8 6 22
7   VIJAY KEERTHI KRISHNAMOORTHY 2344 D20 W22 W19 H--- 3.0 3.5 3.5 7 10.5
8 8-9 ROHIT GUNDAM 2285 W14 W11 L1 D9 2.5 8 10 7.5 26.5
9   ROHITH KALIYUR 2050 W26 L2 W16 D8 2.5 7.5 7.5 6.5 20
10 10-18 AUSTIN JOHN 1772 W22 D4 L5 D12 2.0 5 9 6 22.5
11   TANISH SEELAM 1970 W21 L8 W18 L5 2.0 4.5 8.5 6 20.5
12   ERIC ALEXANDER DUMITRU 2052 W13 L1 D14 D10 2.0 4 9.5 5.5 24
13   PRANAV KANDI 1818 L12 W17 L6 W25 2.0 4 7.5 4 16
14   MICHAEL R S WILLIAMS 1885 L8 W26 D12 D15 2.0 4 6.5 4.5 19
15   ASHWIN RAJESH 1764 W23 D19 L4 D14 2.0 3.5 7.5 6 19
16   KAI YI WANG 1847 L4 W21 L9 W22 2.0 3.5 7.5 4 18.5
17   BENJAMIN CAI 1900 L2 L13 W25 W21 2.0 3 6.5 3 16
18   YIXIN WANG 1830 L19 W23 L11 W20 2.0 2.5 5.5 4 15.5
19 19 EMERSON AURELIUS JOHNSON 2058 W18 D15 L7 L6 1.5 7 10 5.5 23
20 20-24 CHASE RUGBY LONIE 1909 D7 L6 D24 L18 1.0 6.5 9.5 3 19.5
21   JAY CHOI 1794 L11 L16 W23 L17 1.0 5 7 2 14
22   JULIAN JOSEPH 1959 L10 L7 W26 L16 1.0 4 7 2 17
23   KRRISH KAUL 1946 L15 L18 L21 W26 1.0 3 5 1 12
24   ERIC ZOLIDIS 1859 L5 D25 D20 U--- 1.0 1.5 4.5 2.5 11.5
25 25 GUNA A.R. SANEPALLI 1810 L3 D24 L17 L13 0.5 5.5 8.5 1.5 18
26 26 ALEX LI 1811 L9 L14 L22 L23 0.0 4 6.5 0 14

 

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 ALAN NI 1658 W24 W14 D5 W3 3.5 8 9 9 23
2 2-4 JEFFREY Q CHUI 1613 W7 L5 W13 W15 3.0 7.5 9.5 7 23
3   KESHAV S DHAMANWALA 1557 W17 W13 W18 L1 3.0 7.5 9 9 22
4   ERIC VANCE 1538 W23 D11 W20 D10 3.0 6.5 7.5 8 19
5 5-12 NISHANTH MOHAN KUMAR 1517 W16 W2 D1 --- 2.5 8.5 8.5 8 20
6   DALLIN BATES 1579 L8 W17 D7 W20 2.5 7 8.5 5 19.5
7   RIAAN ABROL 1439 L2 W26 D6 W18 2.5 7 7 5 17
8   OMKUMAR GANGADHARAN 1403 W6 L18 W14 D16 2.5 6.5 8 6.5 19
9   GABRIEL GARZA 1640 D19 W25 D11 D12 2.5 6.5 7 6.5 18.5
10   SUBBU SIVARAJU 1556 L20 W23 W22 D4 2.5 5.5 6.5 5.5 18.5
11   ADVAITH JIJESH 1421 W26 D4 D9 H--- 2.5 5.5 5.5 6.5 14.5
12   ABHIK RUDRA 1583 D22 D19 W21 D9 2.5 5 6 6 16.5
13 13-17 AHIR BHATTACHARJEE 1477 W15 L3 L2 W23 2.0 5 9 5 23
14   SAMVIK INDRAKANTI 1531 W21 L1 L8 W22 2.0 3.5 8 5 21.5
15   ARJUN BHARADWAJ 1731 L13 W24 W19 L2 2.0 3.5 7.5 5 17
16   ALEXANDER MATOS 1776 L5 D22 W25 D8 2.0 3.5 7 4 20
17   AKHIL GOPU 1387 L3 L6 W26 W25 2.0 3 6 3 16
18 18-21 SAVVA PAVLOV 1789 D25 W8 L3 L7 1.5 5.5 8.5 5 22.5
19   ASHER JOSEPH 1452 D9 D12 L15 D21 1.5 5.5 8 4 20
20   GRACE PENG 1324 W10 H--- L4 L6 1.5 5 8 5 18.5
21   KAUSTUBH MANI unr. L14 B--- L12 D19 1.5 3.5 6 2.5 15
22 22-24 ALICE SUN 1409 D12 D16 L10 L14 1.0 6.5 9 3.5 20.5
23   DAN LEYTHAM unr. L4 L10 W24 L13 1.0 5.5 8.5 2 19.5
24   SAI KARTHIK SIVARAJU 1476 L1 L15 L23 W26 1.0 3 6.5 1 16
25 25 MUHAMMAD ABDUR RAHMA KADHER SULAIMON 1529 D18 L9 L16 L17 0.5 5.5 8 2 18.5
26 26 ANIKA SHAMBHAVI SHAM KAUL 1602 L11 L7 L17 L24 0.0 5.5 8 0 15.5

 

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 SARVESH JOSHI 1137 W8 W4 W2 D3 3.5 9 11 9.5 28
2 2-4 WILLIAM A PLOCK 1385 W9 W7 L1 W5 3.0 8.5 10.5 8 27
3   JACK MYER BRYANT 1315 W12 D10 W6 D1 3.0 7.5 9 8 23.5
4   BRADLEY JACOB FEHNER 1259 W15 L1 W13 W8 3.0 6.5 7.5 7 19.5
5 5-7 ZAYN SHANMUGANATHAN 1301 W13 D6 W10 L2 2.5 7 8 7.5 23
6   SHOURYA KODALI 1136 W16 D5 L3 W11 2.5 7 7.5 6.5 19.5
7   RUICHEN SONG 1149 W14 L2 D11 W10 2.5 6 7 6 18.5
8 8-9 ABRAHAM OBUBO 868 L1 W15 W9 L4 2.0 5 9.5 5 22.5
9   JAISHNAVI, JR. VEMULAPALLI 1110 L2 W14 L8 W13 2.0 3 7 4 17
10 10-12 ZACHARY KINNEY 1167 W11 D3 L5 L7 1.5 6.5 9.5 5.5 25.5
11   SAIRAM SRIRAM 910 L10 W12 D7 L6 1.5 5.5 8 4 20
12   AAHAN CHAKRABORTY 1070 L3 L11 W14 H--- 1.5 2.5 5.5 2 13
13 13-16 ZUBIN RAJARAM COONSE 1020 L5 W16 L4 L9 1.0 5 8 3 18.5
14   PRANEEL KATOORU 905 L7 L9 L12 W15 1.0 4.5 7 1 14
15   COLIN COKER 940 L4 L8 W16 L14 1.0 3.5 6.5 2 13
16   MATT MASSARO unr. L6 L13 L15 B--- 1.0 2 4.5 0 11.5

 

SECTION D: 

 

# Place Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total T-Med T-Solkoff T-Cumul.

T-Op. cumul.

1 1-3 ANAY SINGHAL 895 W10 W6 W12 D2 3.5 8.5 10.5 9.5 28.5
2   TANAV SEELAM 854 W11 W8 W5 D1 3.5 8.5 10.5 9.5 27.5
3   ANDREW MARK TRUSS unr. W4 D7 W8 W12 3.5 7.5 9.5 8.5 24.5
4 4-6 ELEANOR GRACE JOHNSON 770 L3 W9 W7 W10 3.0 8 10 6 26
5   ARJUN SREETHAN REDDY POTHULA 788 W16 W13 L2 W9 3.0 7.5 9 8 24
6   MEGAN GIVENS 628 W19 L1 W18 W11 3.0 6 6.5 7 18.5
7 7 DEVIN NAQUIN 837 W20 D3 L4 W16 2.5 8 8.5 6.5 18
8 8-15 PARTH TRIPATHI 609 W15 L2 L3 W17 2.0 5 10 5 24.5
9   DANIIL LARIONOV 554 W14 L4 W15 L5 2.0 5 9.5 6 21
10   ANIRUDH MURALIRAJU 488 L1 W19 W13 L4 2.0 5 9 5 21.5
11   KRITHIK VANGARA 369 L2 W20 W14 L6 2.0 5 9 5 20.5
12   AUGIE HIRAM, JR. LEWIS 833 W21 W18 L1 L3 2.0 4 7.5 7 21
13   AARAV SINGH unr. W17 L5 L10 W21 2.0 3.5 6.5 5 16.5
14   AARON LIPSHY FROMMER unr. L9 W21 L11 W18 2.0 2.5 4.5 4 14
15   SAMYAK SHANTH unr. L8 B--- L9 W19 2.0 2.5 4.5 3 12
16 16-17 YACHENG FAN unr. L5 D17 W20 L7 1.5 4.5 7.5 3.5 18
17   VIHAAN TIWAN 597 L13 D16 W21 L8 1.5 3.5 5.5 3.5 13.5
18 18-20 KEVIN M LIMITI unr. X22 L12 L6 L14 1.0 4 7 3 18
19   AARUSH SINGH unr. L6 L10 B--- L15 1.0 3.5 6.5 1 15
20   MURARI MADDIPATI 181 L7 L11 L16 B--- 1.0 3.5 6 0 15
21 21-22 CHARLES NAQUIN 219 L12 L14 L17 L13 0.0 5.5 7.5 0 19.5
22   REYANSH SINGAVARAPU 825 F18 --- --- --- 0.0 0 0 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 January 25, 2026 by 11:59pm 

$60 on or after January 26, 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

NOTE: Players who win prizes must provide us with their Paypal information or wait until the section is completed to receive cash prizes.

 

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 Lucius Melillo 15570195 2393
2 Vijay keerthi Krishnamoorthy 16087877 2357
3 Logan Shafer 16019966 2319
4 Rohit Gundam 14908373 2304
5 Colin Albert 15325998 2218
6 Rahul Mynala 17287571 2163
7 Emerson Aurelius Johnson 30729099 2096
8 David Khachatryan 30288921 2086
9 Eric Dumitru 17164035 2077
10 Rohith Kaliyur 13388205 2050
11 Julian Joseph 16783177 1996
12 Chase Lonie 16392562 1987
13 Tanish seelam 17061896 1970
14 Krrish Kaul 16596843 1961
15 Kai Lan 30658202 1935
16 Michael Williams 17081527 1913
17 Eric Zolidis 31316562 1910
18 Ashwin Rajesh 17140588 1908
19 Benjamin Cai 16322627 1900
20 Kai Wang 30528820 1865
21 Yixin Wang 31926688 1857
22 Guna advik reddy Sanepalli 30790886 1844
23 Pranav Kandi 31493287 1835
24 Alex Li 13915520 1811
25 Austin John 15506120 1807

Section B: U1800

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Jay Choi 31876704 1794
2 Alexander Matos 16953544 1779
3 Savva Pavlov 32533755 1761
4 Arjun Bharadwaj 32590165 1758
5 Alan Ni 30701271 1739
6 Subbu Sivaraju 30066824 1738
7 Jeffrey Chui 30882595 1732
8 Dallin Bates 30745147 1651
9 Gabriel Garza 30346166 1640
10 Ahir Bhattacharjee 31246619 1638
11 Muhammad Abdur Rahman Kadher Sulaimon 32149890 1615
12 Anika Kaul 17072545 1590
13 Abhik Rudra 31170585 1586
14 Samvik Indrakanti 16771001 1583
15 Grace Peng 30665735 1541
16 Eric Vance 31905773 1538
17 Keshav Dhamanwala 16449795 1535
18 Akhil Gopu 32029095 1519
19 Sai Karthik Sivaraju 31922646 1510
20 Nishanth Mohan Kumar 30598414 1486
21 Dan Leytham 32629707 1470
22 Asher Joseph 30561022 1469
23 Riaan Abrol 30161373 1459
24 Advaith Jijesh 30646434 1421
25 Alice Sun 30540358 1409
26 Kaustubh Mani 32586945 1407
27 Omkummar Gangadharan 30755307 1403
28 Andrew Truss 32841630 Unrated

Section C: U1400

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Jack Bryant 17051245 1347
2 Zayn Shanmuganathan 31968176 1323
3 Zach Kinney 30884894 1318
4 Praneel Katooru 31034004 1212
5 Sarvesh Joshi 31369174 1208
6 Bradley Fehner 31822115 1206
7 Ruichen Song 30286869 1187
8 Jaishnavi Vemulapalli 30058090 1173
9 Shourya Kodali 30404637 1145
10 Sairam Sriram 31759211 1123
11 Colin Coker 30847464 1116
12 Aahan Chakraborty 30456077 1064
13 Zubin Coonse 31767693 1020
14 Matt Massaro 32792047 1009

Section D: U1000

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Abraham Obubo 30539388 977
2 Aaron Frommer 31454994 904
3 Eleanor Grace Johnson 32552022 889
4 Anay Singhal 32418002 864
5 Tanav seelam 30343181 863
6 Devin Naquin 32544934 837
7 Augie Lewis 32243907 833
8 REYANSH SINGAVARAPU 31340405 825
9 Arjun Pothula 31589810 788
10 Yacheng(Steven) Fan 32799095 740
11 Daniil Larionov 31382782 703
12 Megan Givens 31146783 628
13 Anirudh Muraliraju 31744787 616
14 Parth Tripathi 32050291 609
15 Vihaan Tiwan 32293023 597
16 Kevin Limiti 32690640 586
17 Aarav Singh 32797065 407
18 KRITHIK Vangara 32454899 369
19 Murari Maddipati 32588363 270
20 Charles Naquin 32480538 219
21 Aarush Singh 32843351 Unrated
22 Samyak Shanth 32835773 Unrated