^{Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #4}

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{November 30, 2024}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 80 players}

 

^{Broadcast Link}

 

 

^{Pairings Round 4:}

^{SECTION A: 1800+}

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1		Rohit Gundam (2259 3.0)		Evan Bates (1928 2.5)
2		Yangyang Shen (1908 2.5)		Emerson Aurelius Johnson (1900 2.0)
3		Eric Alexander Dumitru (1756 2.0)		Nathan Brown (1782 2.0)
4		Chase Rugby Lonie (1929 1.5)		Justin Trey (2009 1.5)
5		Julian Joseph (1948 1.0)		Richmond Holdren (1923 1.0)
6		Shahin Cazares Masoumi (1711 0.5)		Eric Zolidis (1643 1.0)
	1	Vishnu Subramony (1706 0.5)		BYE
	½	Shams Pirani (1835 0.0)		BYE

 

 

^{SECTION B: U1800}

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
8		Massa Jin (1591 3.0)		Vyas, Iv Omshankar (1594 3.0)
9		Nived Ratheesh (1606 2.0)		John Ramey (1498 2.0)
10		Ilan Shvets (1413 2.0)		Alexander Ramey (1568 2.0)
11		Nikolai Mezokh (1327 1.5)		Ahir Bhattacharjee (1462 1.5)
12		Guna Ar Sanepalli (1441 1.5)		Rishi Attaluri (1293 1.5)
13		Advaith Jijesh (1387 1.5)		Srihaas K Desu (1356 1.5)
14		Yiheng Ethan Chen (1329 1.0)		Ramanathan Palaniappan (1480 1.0)
15		Sharathchandra Sabbani (1303 1.0)		Surya Bejawada (1345 1.0)
16		Dallin Bates (1332 1.0)		Eric Vance (1278 1.0)
	1	George Ananth Soosai (1496 0.5)		BYE
	0	Jonathan Tuck (1720 0.5)		BYE

 

^{SECTION C: U1400}

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
18		Jay Choi (1155 3.0)		Anish Arun (1246 2.5)
19		Asher Joseph (1229 2.0)		Samvik Indrakanti (1032 2.5)
20		Pranav Kandi (1088 2.0)		Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian (1113 2.0)
21		John-Paul Verow (1176 1.0)		Grace Peng (1157 1.5)
22		Eshaann Madhan (1118 1.0)		Dylan Odette ( 976 1.0)
23		Rutvik Papisetti (1027 1.0)		Alice Sun ( 899 1.0)
24		Venkata Naga Prabhat Mandala (unr. 0.0)		Vaibhav Sachdev (1210 0.5)

 

 

^{SECTION D: U1000}

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
25		Karthik Kammari ( 518 3.0)		Yixin Wang ( 790 2.5)
26		Scott Hastings ( 708 2.5)		Akarsh Paida ( 571 2.0)
27		Shourya Kodali ( 746 2.0)		Winston Shetty ( 456 2.0)
28		Zayn Shanmuganathan ( 658 2.0)		Yeonwoo Hwang ( 410 2.0)
29		Daniel Zhang Xiao ( 757 1.0)		Jasper Shang ( 326 2.0)
30		Skyler Matson (unr. 1.0)		Amelie Stoffels ( 745 1.0)
31		Ayden Zong ( 486 1.0)		Akhil Gopu ( 680 1.0)
32		Shourjo Chatterjee ( 434 0.5)		Aiden Jiao ( 330 1.0)
	0	Emil Arham Khan ( 482 0.0)		BYE

 

 

^Standings:

^{SECTION A: 1800+}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Rohit Gundam	14908373	2259	W4	W9	W5	3.0	4	5	6	11
2	2-3	Yangyang Shen	17080503	1908	W11	D7	W8	2.5	3	4	5	9
3		Evan Bates	30745116	1928	W12	D8	W7	2.5	3	3.5	5	8.5
4	4-6	Emerson Aurelius Johnson	30729099	1900	L1	W13	W10	2.0	4	4.5	3	8.5
5		Nathan Brown	15518872	1782	W10	W14	L1	2.0	4	4	5	8
6		Eric Alexander Dumitru	17164035	1756	L7	W11	W9	2.0	2.5	3.5	3	8
7	7-8	Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1929	W6	D2	L3	1.5	2.5	7	4	13
8		Justin Trey	15592064	2009	W14	D3	L2	1.5	2.5	5	4	10
9	9-11	Richmond Holdren	13972232	1923	W13	L1	L6	1.0	2.5	5.5	3	9.5
10		Julian Joseph	16783177	1948	L5	W12	L4	1.0	2.5	4.5	2	8.5
11		Eric Zolidis	31316562	1643	L2	L6	W14	1.0	2	4.5	1	8
12	12-13	Shahin Cazares Masoumi	16669663	1711	L3	L10	D13	0.5	1.5	4	0.5	7.5
13		Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1706	L9	L4	D12	0.5	1.5	3.5	0.5	6.5
14	14	Shams Pirani	15919861	1835	L8	L5	L11	0.0	2.5	4.5	0	10

 

^{SECTION B: U1800}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-2	Vyas, Iv Omshankar	30543508	1594	W9	W4	W5	3.0	4	5.5	6	11.5
2		Massa Jin	16948104	1591	W14	W7	W3	3.0	3.5	4.5	6	10
3	3-6	Alexander Ramey	30280135	1568	W16	W10	L2	2.0	4.5	5.5	5	11
4		Ilan Shvets	31345345	1413	W20	L1	W13	2.0	4	5	4	10
5		John Ramey	30387710	1498	W18	W13	L1	2.0	4	4.5	5	9
6		Nived Ratheesh	30687838	1606	D8	W15	D7	2.0	3	4	4	8.5
7	7-12	Ahir Bhattacharjee	31246619	1462	W12	L2	D6	1.5	2	6.5	3.5	12.5
8		Advaith Jijesh	30646434	1387	D6	D11	D10	1.5	1.5	5	3	10.5
9		Srihaas K Desu	30037713	1356	L1	W18	D11	1.5	1.5	5	2.5	9
10		Nikolai Mezokh	16252415	1327	W19	L3	D8	1.5	1.5	4	3.5	8.5
11		Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1441	D15	D8	D9	1.5	1.5	4	3	7.5
12		Rishi Attaluri	30041126	1293	L7	W19	D17	1.5	1	3	2.5	5.5
13	13-18	Sharathchandra Sabbani	30139849	1303	W17	L5	L4	1.0	3	5	3	10.5
14		Surya Bejawada	17310034	1345	L2	D17	D16	1.0	2	5	1.5	9
15		Eric Vance	31905773	1278	D11	L6	D19	1.0	2	4	2	7.5
16		Dallin Bates	30745147	1332	L3	D20	D14	1.0	2	4	1.5	7.5
17		Ramanathan Palaniappan	30316256	1480	L13	D14	D12	1.0	2	3.5	1.5	7
18		Yiheng Ethan Chen	30441678	1329	L5	L9	B---	1.0	1.5	3.5	0	7.5
19	19-20	George Ananth Soosai	31121048	1496	L10	L12	D15	0.5	2.5	4	0.5	8
20		Jonathan Tuck	12938636	1720	L4	D16	---	0.5	1	3	1	5.5

 

^{SECTION C: U1400}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Jay Choi	31876704	1155	W7	W12	W4	D2	3.5	7.5	8.5	9.5	23
2	2-3	Anish Arun	31187934	1246	D5	W8	W10	D1	3.0	8	9.5	7.5	24
3		Samvik Indrakanti	16771001	1032	W11	D10	W13	D4	3.0	5.5	6.5	8	19.5
4	4-6	Asher Joseph	30561022	1229	W6	W13	L1	D3	2.5	9	10	7.5	27
5		Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian	16790958	1113	D2	D11	W12	D6	2.5	7	8	6	19.5
6		Pranav Kandi	31493287	1088	L4	W14	W7	D5	2.5	7	7	5.5	17.5
7	7-9	Alice Sun	30540358	899	L1	W9	L6	W12	2.0	4.5	9	4	22
8		John-Paul Verow	15208097	1176	L12	L2	W11	W10	2.0	3	7	3	19.5
9		Dylan Odette	31400867	976	L10	L7	W14	W13	2.0	2.5	4.5	3	13.5
10	10-11	Grace Peng	30665735	1157	W9	D3	L2	L8	1.5	7	10	5.5	21.5
11		Vaibhav Sachdev	30192493	1210	L3	D5	L8	W14	1.5	4.5	7.5	2.5	17
12	12-13	Rutvik Papisetti	30383392	1027	W8	L1	L5	L7	1.0	6.5	10	4	22.5
13		Eshaann Madhan	31155145	1118	W14	L4	L3	L9	1.0	4.5	7.5	4	18.5
14	14	Venkata Naga Prabhat Mandala	32124017	unr.	L13	L6	L9	L11	0.0	4.5	7	0	15

 

^{SECTION D: U1000}

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Yixin Wang	31926688	790	H---	W13	W2	W3	3.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	20
2	2-5	Winston Shetty	32019028	456	W15	W4	L1	W9	3.0	8.5	9.5	8	23.5
3		Karthik Kammari	31494364	518	W7	W9	W8	L1	3.0	7.5	9.5	9	24.5
4		Akarsh Paida	31911398	571	W10	L2	W7	W6	3.0	7.5	9	7	23
5		Yeonwoo Hwang	31831360	410	W11	L6	W15	W8	3.0	6.5	7.5	7	20
6	6	Scott Hastings	31596398	708	D13	W5	W12	L4	2.5	8	9.5	7	21
7	7-12	Skyler Matson	32072869	unr.	L3	W11	L4	W15	2.0	5	9	4	22
8		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	658	W16	W14	L3	L5	2.0	4	7.5	7	21
9		Shourya Kodali	30404637	746	W17	L3	W14	L2	2.0	4	7.5	6	21
10		Jasper Shang	31964303	326	L4	B---	W13	L12	2.0	3.5	6.5	4	14
11		Akhil Gopu	32029095	680	L5	L7	W17	W14	2.0	3	6.5	3	15
12		Daniel Zhang Xiao	30914009	757	L14	W17	L6	W10	2.0	2.5	5.5	4	15
13	13	Shourjo Chatterjee	31902347	434	D6	L1	L10	W16	1.5	4.5	8	3	19.5
14	14-16	Ayden Zong	17054878	486	W12	L8	L9	L11	1.0	6	8	4	20
15		Amelie Stoffels	30424129	745	L2	W16	L5	L7	1.0	5.5	8.5	3	20
16		Aiden Jiao	31964279	330	L8	L15	B---	L13	1.0	2.5	4.5	1	13
17	17	Emil Arham Khan	32056100	482	L9	L12	L11	U---	0.0	4	6	0	13

 

 

^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 November 24, 2024 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after November 25, 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	Rohit	Gundam	14908373	2259
2	Evan	Bates	30745116	2002
3	Julian	Joseph	16783177	1970
4	Justin	Trey	15592064	1958
5	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1929
6	Richmond	Holdren	13972232	1923
7	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1914
8	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1909
9	Shams	Pirani	15919861	1835
10	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1788
11	Nathan	Brown	15518872	1782
12	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1779
13	Eric	Zolidis	31316562	1720

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jonathan	Tuck	12938636	1720
2	Nived	Ratheesh	30687838	1606
3	Massa	Jin	16948104	1570
4	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1568
5	Ilan	Shvets	31345345	1531
6	John	Ramey	30387710	1529
7	Vyas	Omshankar	30543508	1500
8	George Ananth	Soosai	31121048	1498
9	Ahir	Bhattacharjee	31246619	1462
10	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1446
11	Advaith	Jijesh	30646434	1420
12	Guna	Sanepalli	30790886	1384
13	Surya	Bejawada	17310034	1362
14	Srihaas	Desu	30037713	1356
15	Yiheng	Chen	30441678	1329
16	Sharathchandra	Sabbani	30139849	1303
17	Rishi	Attaluri	30041126	1302
18	Eric	Vance	31905773	1278
19	Eshaann	Madhan	31155145	1227
20	Ramanathan	Palaniappan	30316256	Unrated

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Nikolai	Mezokh	16252415	1327
2	Anish	Arun	31187934	1269
3	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1264
4	Vaibhav	Sachdev	30192493	1210
5	Grace	Peng	30665735	1193
6	John-Paul	Verow	15208097	1183
7	Jay	Choi	31876704	1155
8	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1100
9	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1088
10	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1057
11	Vividh	Balasubramanian	16790958	1047
12	Alice	Sun	30540358	990
13	Dylan	Odette	31400867	976
14	Venkata Naga Prabhat	Mandala	32124017	Unrated

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Yixin	Wang	31926688	830
2	Shourjo	Chatterjee	31902347	794
3	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	766
4	Shourya	Kodali	30404637	746
5	Amelie	Stoffels	30424129	745
6	Akarsh	Paida	31911398	737
7	Daniel	Xiao	30914009	736
8	Scott	Hastings	31596398	708
9	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	680
10	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	650
11	Emil	Khan	32056100	487
12	Ayden	Zong	17054878	486
13	Winston	Shetty	32019028	456
14	Yeonwoo	Hwang	31831360	410
15	Aiden	Jiao	31964279	330
16	Jasper	Shang	31964303	326
17	Skyler	Matson	32072869	Unrated