Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #2

In-Person USCF Rated Tournament 

 

September 28, 2024

12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100

Austin, TX 78729

* USCF Membership Required *

 

Free Parking Provided 

 

Capacity: 80 players

 

SECTIONS:

All players will be divided into 4 sections: 

SECTION A: 1800+  Open USCF rated 

SECTION B: U1800 Open USCF rated

SECTION C: U1400 Open USCF rated

SECTION D: U1000 Open USCF rated

**Players between 1700 and 1799 can play Section A or B** 

**Players between 1300 and 1399 can play Section B or C** 

**Players between 900 and 999 can play Section C or D** 

 

ENTRY FEES: 

Early Bird: $50 by September 22, 2024 by 11:59pm 

$60 on or after September 23, 2024

 

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 2345
2 Rohit Gundam 14908373 2264
3 Atharva Bist 16451355 2108
4 Rahul Mynala 17287571 2047
5 Yangyang Shen 17080503 1994
6 Julian Joseph 16783177 1983
7 Prasanna Borse 12938906 1970
8 Justin Trey 15592064 1958
9 Chase Lonie 16392562 1943
10 Krrish Kaul 16596843 1932
11 Evan Bates 30745116 1896
12 Pranav Santhosh 30579866 1843
13 Steven Linett 12790325 1793
14 Eric Dumitru 17164035 1791
15 Tanvi Borse 15992594 1739
16 Annamalai Arunachalam 16740887 1715
17 Vishnu Subramony 30291348 1713
18 Emerson Aurelius Johnson 30729099 1700

Section B: Open U1800

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Luke Seidl 16659975 1632
2 Jeevanth Jawaghar 16816953 1578
3 Scott Richmond 12858050 1537
4 Nivaan Debnath 17179332 1512
5 Michael Riggs 12473686 1500
6 Ahir Bhattacharjee 31246619 1497
7 Hasif Shaikh 32013510 1431
8 Rithik Ganesh 17293416 1422
9 Massa Jin 16948104 1400
10 Guna Sanepalli 30790886 1384
11 Rishaan Debnath 17179326 1369
12 Joan Wang 30668105 1361
13 Yiheng Ethan Chen 30441678 1332
14 Srihaas Desu 30037713 1238
15 Surya Bejawada 17310034 1191
16 Jan Frans Van Der Linden 32000530 Unrated

Section C: Open U1400

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 David Lewis 12600038 1463
2 Parv Parikh 30065214 1338
3 Jay Patel 30333114 1319
4 Joseph Lijoy 14768968 1314
5 Dallin Bates 30745147 1249
6 Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy 30719653 1248
7 Rishi Attaluri 30041126 1247
8 Alan Ni 30701271 1206
9 Etienne Vouga 31310898 1183
10 Vividh Balasubramanian 16790958 1173
11 Seungho Lee 32000320 1127
12 Nathan Lu 30209766 1123
13 Grace Peng 30665735 1119
14 Anish Arun 31187934 1099
15 Subbu Sivaraju 30066824 1084
16 Vladimir Travkin 31501724 1007
17 Jeffrey Chui 30882595 1000
18 Anika Kaul 17072545 998
19 Colin Coker 30847464 984
20 Jay Choi 31876704 975
21 Aariv Kushwaha 16338850 970
22 Derek Han 30417250 935

Section D: Open U1000

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Lalith Pothuri 17025818 834
2 Monali Chedella 31976367 800
3 Grace Cai 31706220 757
4 Praneel Katooru 31034004 730
5 Glenn Downing 12839984 655
6 Aditya Chandran Arvind 16564228 652
7 Samarth Anchoori 30693752 640
8 Sarayu Veeragani 31757286 638
9 Igor Travkin 31501714 552
10 Evan Wu 32003699 540
11 Yixin Wang 31926688 280
12 Nathan Ramos 32019198 Unrated
13 Marouf Samhan 32006089 Unrated
14 Faris Samhan 32006043 Unrated
15 Faye Samhan 32006114 Unrated
16 Brent Winkelman 32054682 Unrated