^{AGCA Summer Open #1}

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{June 21, 2025}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 92 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	1-2	Baron T Niu	14701436	2173	W6	W3	D2	W4	3.5	8.5	10.5	9	26
2		Rohit Gundam	14908373	2283	W7	W4	D1	W5	3.5	7.5	8	9	21
3	3	Benjamin Cai	16322627	1799	W8	L1	W9	W7	3.0	5.5	6	7	15
4	4-6	Michael D Thomas	14793323	1853	W5	L2	W6	L1	2.0	5.5	11	6	27
5		Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1936	L4	W10	W8	L2	2.0	3.5	8	5	20.5
6		Emerson Aurelius Johnson	30729099	1879	L1	W7	L4	W8	2.0	3	7	4	19
7	7-10	Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1889	L2	L6	B---	L3	1.0	5	8.5	1	20
8		Daniel Hung	12878034	1893	L3	W9	L5	L6	1.0	5	8	3	18
9		Matthew Raudaskoski	13528490	1826	D10	L8	L3	H---	1.0	2.5	5.5	2	12.5
10		Michael R S Williams	17081527	1914	D9	L5	H---	U---	1.0	1	3	2.5	7

 

^{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	Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1605	W28	W4	W22	W9	4.0	7.5	8.5	10	21
2	2	Scott R, Ii Richmond	12858050	1628	W7	W24	D3	W13	3.5	8	9.5	9	25.5
3	3-8	Alexander Ramey	30280135	1704	W20	W12	D2	D5	3.0	8.5	10	8.5	24.5
4		Shivam Kumar	31900589	1474	W8	L1	W23	X19	3.0	8.5	8.5	6	19.5
5		Jonathan Tuck	12938636	1663	D17	W33	W10	D3	3.0	7.5	8	7.5	21.5
6		Nived Ratheesh	30687838	1595	W34	W11	L9	W16	3.0	7	7	8	18.5
7		Amudha Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1420	L2	W30	W29	W14	3.0	6.5	7.5	6	19.5
8		Tharun Sridhar	30747478	1762	L4	W28	W26	W12	3.0	5	6	6	15
9	9-11	Ishrath Amina Taj	15702336	1734	D25	W15	W6	L1	2.5	9	10.5	7	26
10		Esha Pidathala	16808204	1558	W23	D19	L5	W24	2.5	7	8.5	6.5	22.5
11		Alexander Matos	16953544	1454	W14	L6	W27	D15	2.5	7	8	6.5	21.5
12	12-22	Dallin Bates	30745147	1531	W16	L3	X32	L8	2.0	5	8	5	19.5
13		Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1600	D15	W25	D19	L2	2.0	4.5	9.5	6	23.5
14		Ashwath Badrinarayanan	30906827	1695	L11	W34	W17	L7	2.0	4.5	7.5	5	17
15		Surya Bejawada	17310034	1408	D13	L9	W33	D11	2.0	4.5	7.5	4.5	21.5
16		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	1389	L12	W20	W18	L6	2.0	4	8.5	5	20.5
17		Jay D Patel	30333114	1440	D5	D18	L14	W29	2.0	4	8	4.5	20.5
18		Yixin Wang	31926688	1479	D32	D17	L16	W26	2.0	4	7	4.5	16
19		Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang	30684354	1713	W21	D10	D13	F4	2.0	4	6.5	6.5	15.5
20		Jay Choi	31876704	1459	L3	L16	W31	W30	2.0	3	7	3	16.5
21		Asher Joseph	30561022	1463	L19	L23	W34	W27	2.0	2.5	5	3	14
22		Landon David Howard	14930533	1666	W26	W27	L1	---	2.0	2	6	7	17
23	23-25	Nikolai Mezokh	16252415	1406	L10	W21	L4	D25	1.5	6	8.5	3.5	19
24		Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1383	W30	L2	D25	L10	1.5	5	8.5	5	21
25		Advaith Jijesh	30646434	1466	D9	L13	D24	D23	1.5	5	7.5	3.5	21.5
26	26-32	Charvith Lingutla	30639612	1445	L22	W31	L8	L18	1.0	5.5	8.5	3	18.5
27		Tharun Avinashkarthi	30675122	1401	W31	L22	L11	L21	1.0	5.5	8	4	17.5
28		Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1409	L1	L8	L30	W33	1.0	4.5	8.5	1	20
29		Martin Tang	31982613	1537	D33	D32	L7	L17	1.0	4.5	7.5	3.5	16
30		Sarah Gabrielle Johnson	31695045	1527	L24	L7	W28	L20	1.0	4.5	7.5	2	15
31		Abhik Rudra	31170585	1532	L27	L26	L20	W34	1.0	2	4	1	10
32		Venkateswara Rao T	32442383	unr.	D18	D29	F12	---	1.0	1	3	3.5	8
33	33	Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1405	D29	L5	L15	L28	0.5	4	7	2	16.5
34	34	Sakindu Chanthula Rupassara	31291138	1406	L6	L14	L21	L31	0.0	5	8	0	17

 

^{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	Grace Peng	30665735	1270	W16	W9	W14	W11	4.0	7	9	10	23.5
2	2-3	Truman Jarmusch	31591950	1365	W8	W5	W6	D3	3.5	9.5	12.5	9.5	30.5
3		Subbu Sivaraju	30066824	1280	W24	W4	W13	D2	3.5	8.5	9.5	9.5	25.5
4	4-8	Jon Zacharias	30657373	1051	W15	L3	W19	W18	3.0	7.5	9.5	7	24.5
5		Sahasran Shankar	32452888	1101	W12	L2	W23	W13	3.0	7.5	8.5	7	25.5
6		Christopher Krum	31824661	1086	W30	W17	L2	W12	3.0	7.5	8	8	19.5
7		Sahel Abdul Shukur	31703782	997	W10	L12	W20	W15	3.0	6.5	8.5	7	19
8		Vihan Srisai Dudala	17281895	1119	L2	W29	W22	W14	3.0	6.5	7	6	21
9	9-11	Sanjay Gudipati	31160024	1041	W27	L1	D10	W23	2.5	7.5	8.5	6	21
10		Srikar Pidathala	16941865	1141	L7	W16	D9	W22	2.5	7.5	8.5	5	20
11		Ryan Bhargav	31339682	1154	W21	W22	H---	L1	2.5	6	6	7.5	15.5
12	12-20	Parv Parikh	30065214	1336	L5	W7	W26	L6	2.0	6	10	5	25
13		James Hetu Huang	32470119	unr.	W20	W19	L3	L5	2.0	5	10.5	7	25.5
14		Lalith Surya Aniketh Pothuri	17025818	1050	W29	W23	L1	L8	2.0	4	8.5	7	20.5
15		Praneeth Lankipalle	17020367	1259	L4	W24	W25	L7	2.0	4	8	5	19
16		Geoff Giby Parackal	17192703	1051	L1	L10	W29	W27	2.0	3.5	8	3	17.5
17		Shan C	31859659	1345	W25	L6	L18	W26	2.0	3	7	5	19
18		Bradley Jacob Fehner	31822115	1124	L22	W21	W17	L4	2.0	3	7	5	17.5
19		Sai Karthik Sivaraju	31922646	1194	W28	L13	L4	W25	2.0	3	6.5	5	17
20		Karthik Kammari	31494364	1130	L13	W28	L7	W24	2.0	3	6.5	4	16
21	21	Praneel Katooru	31034004	1003	L11	L18	B---	D29	1.5	2.5	5	1.5	13
22	22-28	Jamal Abdulla	31016268	1382	W18	L11	L8	L10	1.0	7	10	4	23.5
23		Norman Zhao	31183589	1287	W26	L14	L5	L9	1.0	5.5	8.5	4	23
24		Akhil Gopu	32029095	1077	L3	L15	W30	L20	1.0	4.5	8	2	18.5
25		Pranav Sriram	16854047	1104	L17	W30	L15	L19	1.0	4.5	6.5	3	15
26		Zachary Kinney	30884894	1081	L23	W27	L12	L17	1.0	4	6	3	16
27		Jeffery Elvin Zheng	31262556	1181	L9	L26	W28	L16	1.0	3.5	6	2	12
28		Himakar Gogineni	31829515	1049	L19	L20	L27	B---	1.0	3	5	0	11
29	29	Shrihaan Satoskar	30855918	1202	L14	L8	L16	D21	0.5	5	8	0.5	17.5
30	30	Thomas Amorim	31903472	1290	L6	L25	L24	---	0.0	2	5	0	13

 

^{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	Ian Joseph Johnson	31695081	757	W28	W23	W4	W3	4.0	7	7.5	10	21
2	2	Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	831	H---	W22	W20	W6	3.5	6	6	7.5	18.5
3	3-8	Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	979	W7	W12	W5	L1	3.0	10	12	9	30
4		Sterling Bates	30740184	950	W24	W13	L1	W18	3.0	8	8.5	8	23
5		Venkata Naga Sai Aks Uppuluri	30575167	857	W15	W9	L3	W13	3.0	7.5	9.5	8	25.5
6		Zane Kinney	30884904	664	W25	W10	W21	L2	3.0	7.5	8	9	20.5
7		Cian Munjal	30746192	451	L3	W16	W17	W21	3.0	7	8.5	6	21.5
8		Armaan Bhatia	31075404	837	L9	W25	W24	W12	3.0	5	5.5	6	15.5
9	9-11	Chirant Gambhir Mysooru Santhosh	32481201	unr.	W8	L5	W19	D10	2.5	8.5	10.5	6.5	24.5
10		Armaan Shahpuri	31916976	907	W29	L6	W11	D9	2.5	8	8	6.5	21.5
11		Vihaan Gandra	31590020	662	D22	W14	L10	W20	2.5	6	7.5	6	21
12	12-19	Joe Fazackerley	31562659	700	W16	L3	W15	L8	2.0	5	10	6	22
13		Ashrith Muthu	32201223	692	W26	L4	W14	L5	2.0	5	9	6	23
14		Yoganand Mukunthan	32328004	218	W17	L11	L13	W23	2.0	4	7.5	5	20
15		Tanish Kanike	30432364	unr.	L5	W26	L12	W25	2.0	3	6.5	4	17
16		Megan Bates	32466891	unr.	L12	L7	W27	W24	2.0	3	6.5	3	15
17		Krithik Vangara	32454899	unr.	L14	W29	L7	W26	2.0	3	6	4	13
18		Jaishnavi, Jr Vemulapalli	30058090	547	L20	W27	W23	L4	2.0	2.5	6.5	5	18.5
19		Nithis B Muthukrishnan	31841578	522	L23	W28	L9	W22	2.0	2.5	5.5	4	14.5
20	20-22	Kaavini Satish Kumar	32459355	unr.	W18	D21	L2	L11	1.5	6	9.5	5.5	24
21		Zachary Kattawar	32413580	839	W27	D20	L6	L7	1.5	5.5	8.5	5.5	21.5
22		Akshay Battineni	32356022	586	D11	L2	W29	L19	1.5	4.5	8	4	17.5
23	23-28	Leonardo Holtorf	32473645	unr.	W19	L1	L18	L14	1.0	6	10	4	24
24		Sairam Sriram	31759211	289	L4	B---	L8	L16	1.0	5	8	2	17
25		Avanya Kaul	32455874	unr.	L6	L8	B---	L15	1.0	5	8	1	19
26		Vithun Tinakaran	32486794	unr.	L13	L15	W28	L17	1.0	4.5	6.5	2	14
27		Arisha Shahpuri	32473595	unr.	L21	L18	L16	W29	1.0	3.5	5.5	1	13.5
28		Safir Dhanani	32471126	unr.	L1	L19	L26	B---	1.0	3	7	0	16
29	29	Captain J Carter	32477292	unr.	L10	L17	L22	L27	0.0	4.5	7	0	15.5

 

^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** 
**The higher of the official or most recent rating will determine section selection.**
**If two adjacent sections each have an odd number of players, and the highest-rated player in the lower section is within 50 rating points of the higher section, they may be moved up to balance the sections**
These rules are to avoid byes and better pairings for all.}

^{ENTRY FEES:} 

^{Early Bird: $50 by June 15, 2025 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after June 16, 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

 

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	2268
2	Baron	Niu	14701436	2173
3	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1939
4	Daniel	Hung	12878034	1919
5	Michael	Williams	17081527	1914
6	Kai	Lan	30658202	1908
7	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1875
8	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1853
9	Matthew	Raudaskoski	13528490	1826
10	Benjamin	Cai	16322627	1814

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Tharun	Sridhar	30747478	1775
2	Ishrath Amina	Taj	15702336	1738
3	Ashwath	Badrinarayanan	30906827	1726
4	Julio Alberto	Aguilar Huang	30684354	1713
5	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1704
6	Venkateswara Rao	Talari	32442383 (FIDE Rating Used)	1686
7	Landon	Howard	14930533	1666
8	Jonathan	Tuck	12938636	1663
9	Scott	Richmond	12858050	1636
10	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1605
11	Kai	Wang	30528820	1600
12	Nived	Ratheesh	30687838	1595
13	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1533
14	Abhik	Rudra	31170585	1532
15	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1531
16	Esha	Pidathala	16808204	1512
17	Sarah	Johnson	31695045	1484
18	Yixin	Wang	31926688	1479
19	Shivam	Kumar	31900589	1474
20	Martin	Tang	31982613	1472
21	Advaith	Jijesh	30646434	1466
22	Jay	Choi	31876704	1458
23	Alexander	Matos	16953544	1454
24	Yiheng Ethan	Chen	30441678	1449
25	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1445
26	Jay	Patel	30333114	1440
27	Amudha	Pratheep Kumar	31456373	1420
28	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1417
29	Surya	Bejawada	17310034	1413
30	Sakindu	Rupassara	31291138	1406
31	Nikolai	Mezokh	16252415	1406
32	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1405
33	Tharun	Avinashkarthi	30675122	1401

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1389
2	Karthik	Sivaraju	30066824	1388
3	Jamal	Abdulla	31016268	1382
4	Subbu	Sivaraju	30066824	1377
5	Truman	Jarmusch	31591950	1365
6	Parv	Parikh	30065214	1336
7	Praneeth	Lankipalle	17020367	1331
8	Shan	C	31859659	1297
9	Thomas	Amorim	31903472	1290
10	Norman	Zhao	31183589	1287
11	Grace	Peng	30665735	1284
12	Jeffery	Zheng	31262556	1223
13	Shrihaan	Satoskar	30855918	1202
14	James	Huang	32470119	1152
15	Srikar	Pidathala	16941865	1141
16	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	1130
17	Bradley	Fehner	31822115	1124
18	Vihan Srisai	Dudala	17281895	1119
19	Pranav	Sriram	16854047	1104
20	Sahasran	Shankar	32452888	1101
21	Ryan	Bhargav	31339682	1086
22	Christopher	Krum	31824661	1083
23	Lalith	Pothuri	17025818	1082
24	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	1081
25	Geoff	Parackal	17192703	1051
26	Jon	Zacharias	30657373	1051
27	Himakar	Gogineni	31829515	1049
28	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	1046
29	Sanjay	Gudipati	31160024	1041
30	Praneel	Katooru	31034004	1003

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	979
2	Sterling	Bates	30740184	950
3	Armaan	Shahpuri	31916976	907
4	Ash	Gutierrez	32335522	875
5	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	840
6	Ian	Johnson	31695081	838
7	Armaan	Bhatia	31075404	837
8	Venkata Naga Sai Akshith	Uppuluri	30575167	790
9	Zane	Kinney	30884904	664
10	Vihaan	Gandra	31590020	662
11	Ashrith	Muthu	32201223	600
12	Akshay	Battineni	32356022	594
13	Sahel	Abdul Shukur	31703782	559
14	Jaishnavi	Vemulapalli	30058090	548
15	Nithis Balasubramani	Muthukrishnan	31841578	513
16	Cian	Munjal	30746192	451
17	Sairam	Sriram	31759211	289
18	Zachary	Kattawar	32413580	Unrated
19	Chirant Gambhir	Mysooru Santhosh	32481201	Unrated
20	Yoganand	Mukunthan	32328004	Unrated
21	Arisha	Shahpuri	32473595	Unrated
22	Captain	Carter	32477292	Unrated
23	Leonardo	Holtorf	32473645	Unrated
24	Joe	Fazackerley	31562659	Unrated
25	Megan	Bates	32466891	Unrated
26	Jesse	Larrew	32485268	Unrated
27	Safir	Dhanani	32471126	Unrated
28	Kaavini	Satish Kumar	32459355	Unrated
29	Krithik	Vangara	32454899	Unrated
30	Vithun	Tinakaran	32486794	Unrated
31	Arun	Kaul	32487498	Unrated
32	Tanish	Kanike	30432364	Unrated