^{Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #5}

^{In-Person USCF Rated Tournament} 

 

^{December 14, 2024}

^{12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste.100}

^{Austin, TX 78729}

^{* USCF Membership Required *}

 

^{Free Parking Provided} 

 

^{Capacity: 80 players}

BROADCAST LINK

 

^{PAIRINGS Round 3):}

 

^{SECTION A:}  

 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1		Rohit Gundam (2259 2.0)		Atharva Bist (2105 2.0)
2		Rahul Mynala (2068 2.0)		Emerson Aurelius Johnson (1882 1.5)
3		Evan Bates (1984 1.0)		Shahin Cazares Masoumi (1711 1.5)
4		Pranav Santhosh (1866 1.0)		Mitchell Ryan Anderson (1980 1.0)
5		Caleb Yohannes Workeneh (1805 1.0)		Chase Rugby Lonie (1923 1.0)
6		Yangyang Shen (1911 1.0)		Kai Zhou Lan (1774 1.0)
7		Mahit S Mallikarjunaiah (1753 0.5)		Tanvi Borse (1719 0.5)
8		Michael D Thomas (1845 0.0)		Eric Alexander Dumitru (1849 0.0)
	0	Vishnu Subramony (1779 1.0)		BYE

 

^{SECTION B:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
9		Jan Frans Van Der Linden (1758 2.0)		John Ramey (1550 2.0)
10		Alexander Ramey (1612 2.0)		Luke Seidl (1627 2.0)
11		Eric Vance (1387 2.0)		Ryan Slatton (1553 1.5)
12		Dallin Bates (1473 1.0)		Massa Jin (1554 1.0)
13		Guna Ar Sanepalli (1441 1.0)		Nived Ratheesh (1538 1.0)
14		Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang (1527 1.0)		Sharathchandra Sabbani (1320 1.0)
15		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy (1513 1.0)		Rishi Attaluri (1302 1.0)
16		Abhik Rudra (1428 0.5)		Aditya Sai Kuchibhatla (1452 0.5)
17		Advaith Jijesh (1420 0.5)		Rithik Ganesh (1535 0.0)
18		Kai Yi Wang (1385 0.0)		Charvith Lingutla (1392 0.0)
	0	Tharun Sridhar (1518 0.0)		BYE

 

^{SECTION C:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
21		Anika Shambhavi Kaul (1278 3.0)		Arnav Kuchibhatla (1275 2.5)
22		Avantika Maneesh (1375 2.0)		Nathan Lu (1186 2.5)
23		John-Paul Verow (1183 2.0)		Asher Joseph (1196 2.0)
24		Jeffrey Q Chui ( 996 2.0)		Samvik Indrakanti (1123 2.0)
25		Seungho Lee (1190 1.5)		Lalith Surya Aniketh Pothuri (1057 2.0)
26		Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian (1047 1.5)		Karthik Kammari ( 766 1.5)
27		Nitya Kuchibhatla (1145 1.0)		Jay Choi (1155 1.5)
28		Anushka Borse (1084 1.0)		Kevin Yu ( 980 1.0)
29		Rutvik Papisetti (1027 1.0)		Mridul Karnatak (1030 1.0)
30		Etienne Vouga (1342 0.5)		Advika Raina ( 998 0.0)
	0	Pranav Kandi (1095 0.5)		BYE

 

 

^{SECTION D:} 

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
31		Christopher Krum ( 775 3.0)		Sanjay Gudipati ( 961 3.0)
32		Akarsh Paida ( 737 2.0)		Armaan Bhatia ( 701 3.0)
33		Zachary Kinney ( 808 2.0)		Rishaan Nair ( 624 2.0)
34		Jacob Riemer (unr. 2.0)		Zayn Shanmuganathan ( 712 2.0)
35		Sathvik Gondle ( 701 2.0)		Winston Shetty ( 600 2.0)
36		Conner B Boley (unr. 2.0)		Akhil Gopu ( 657 2.0)
37		Oliver Yi Chen Zhang ( 400 1.0)		Sahith Papudippu ( 743 1.0)
38		Karthik Pala ( 768 1.0)		Shourya Bandaru (unr. 1.0)
39		Sri Akshaj Kumar Bairu (unr. 0.0)		Tara Pradeep ( 334 1.0)
40		Rutvik Sreeram Naidu Gedela (unr. 1.0)		Karthikeya Golla ( 498 1.0)
	1	Vedika Maneesh ( 536 0.0)		BYE
	0	Glenn Downing ( 637 1.0)		BYE
	0	Gerald McMillan (unr. 1.0)		BYE
	0	Lyla Mae Martens ( 758 0.0)		BYE

 

 

^STANDINGS:

 

^{SECTION A:}  

 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	Rohit Gundam	14908373	2259	W9	W6	2.0	1	2	3	3
2		Atharva Bist	16451355	2105	W16	W7	2.0	1	1	3	2
3		Rahul Mynala	17287571	2068	W17	W8	2.0	1	1	3	2
4	4-5	Shahin Cazares Masoumi	16669663	1711	B---	D10	1.5	1	1	1.5	1.5
5		Emerson Aurelius Johnson	30729099	1882	D15	W14	1.5	0.5	1	2	2
6	6-13	Mitchell Ryan Anderson	12788878	1980	W12	L1	1.0	0	3	2	4
7		Caleb Yohannes Workeneh	17249984	1805	W11	L2	1.0	0	3	2	4
8		Chase Rugby Lonie	16392562	1923	W13	L3	1.0	0	2.5	2	3
9		Pranav Santhosh	30579866	1866	L1	W17	1.0	0	2	1	3
10		Yangyang Shen	17080503	1911	D14	D4	1.0	0	1.5	1.5	2.5
11		Evan Bates	30745116	1984	L7	W15	1.0	0	1.5	1	3
12		Vishnu Subramony	30291348	1779	L6	W16	1.0	0	1	1	2
13		Kai Zhou Lan	30658202	1774	L8	B---	1.0	0	1	0	2
14	14-15	Mahit S Mallikarjunaiah	16782367	1753	D10	L5	0.5	1	2.5	1	3.5
15		Tanvi Borse	15992594	1719	D5	L11	0.5	1	2.5	1	3
16	16-17	Eric Alexander Dumitru	17164035	1849	L2	L12	0.0	1	3	0	4
17		Michael D Thomas	14793323	1845	L3	L9	0.0	1	3	0	4

 

^{SECTION B:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-5	Jan Frans Van Der Linden	32000530	1758	W9	W10	2.0	1	2	3	3
2		Luke Seidl	16659975	1627	W12	W11	2.0	1	2	3	3
3		John Ramey	30387710	1550	W17	W8	2.0	1	1.5	3	2.5
4		Eric Vance	31905773	1387	W18	W7	2.0	1	1	3	2
5		Alexander Ramey	30280135	1612	W16	W13	2.0	0.5	1	3	1.5
6	6	Ryan Slatton	31859645	1553	D15	W18	1.5	0.5	0.5	2	1
7	7-14	Massa Jin	16948104	1554	W14	L4	1.0	0	3	2	4
8		Sharathchandra Sabbani	30139849	1320	W21	L3	1.0	0	2.5	2	3
9		Nidhish Reddy Bumireddy	30719653	1513	L1	W15	1.0	0	2.5	1	4
10		Nived Ratheesh	30687838	1538	W19	L1	1.0	0	2	2	3
11		Julio Alberto Aguilar Huang	30684354	1527	W20	L2	1.0	0	2	2	3
12		Dallin Bates	30745147	1473	L2	W19	1.0	0	2	1	3
13		Rishi Attaluri	30041126	1302	B---	L5	1.0	0	2	1	3
14		Guna Ar Sanepalli	30790886	1441	L7	W20	1.0	0	1	1	2
15	15-17	Abhik Rudra	31170585	1428	D6	L9	0.5	1	2.5	1	3
16		Aditya Sai Kuchibhatla	30091721	1452	L5	D17	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5
17		Advaith Jijesh	30646434	1420	L3	D16	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5
18	18-21	Rithik Ganesh	17293416	1535	L4	L6	0.0	1.5	3.5	0	5
19		Charvith Lingutla	30639612	1392	L10	L12	0.0	1	2	0	3
20		Kai Yi Wang	30528820	1385	L11	L14	0.0	1	2	0	3
21		Tharun Sridhar	30747478	1518	L8	---	0.0	0	1	0	2

 

^{SECTION C:} 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1	Anika Shambhavi Kaul	17072545	1278	W14	W15	W4	3.0	3	4	6	10
2	2-3	Arnav Kuchibhatla	30091748	1275	W7	D3	W5	2.5	4.5	6.5	5	13
3		Nathan Lu	30209766	1186	W16	D2	W13	2.5	4	5	5	10
4	4-9	Avantika Maneesh	31486157	1375	W8	W9	L1	2.0	5	7	5	13
5		Jeffrey Q Chui	30882595	996	W10	W6	L2	2.0	4.5	6	5	11.5
6		Asher Joseph	30561022	1196	W12	L5	W14	2.0	3.5	4.5	4	9.5
7		Lalith Surya Aniketh Pothuri	17025818	1057	L2	W16	W15	2.0	3.5	4.5	3	9
8		Samvik Indrakanti	16771001	1123	L4	W20	W18	2.0	3	3.5	3	7.5
9		John-Paul Verow	15208097	1183	W21	L4	W11	2.0	3	3	4	8
10	10-13	Jay Choi	31876704	1155	L5	W19	D12	1.5	1.5	4	2.5	9
11		Karthik Kammari	31494364	766	B---	D13	L9	1.5	1.5	3.5	3	8
12		Vividh, Mr Balasubramanian	16790958	1047	L6	W21	D10	1.5	1.5	3.5	2.5	6.5
13		Seungho Lee	32000320	1190	W17	D11	L3	1.5	1	4.5	4	9
14	14-18	Anushka Borse	16724907	1084	L1	W17	L6	1.0	3	6	2	11
15		Nitya Kuchibhatla	30091750	1145	W18	L1	L7	1.0	2.5	5.5	3	10
16		Rutvik Papisetti	30383392	1027	L3	L7	W21	1.0	2	4.5	1	8
17		Mridul Karnatak	30701511	1030	L13	L14	W19	1.0	1.5	3	1	7.5
18		Kevin Yu	30551486	980	L15	B---	L8	1.0	1	3	1	6
19	19-20	Etienne Vouga	31310898	1342	D20	L10	L17	0.5	2	3.5	1.5	5
20		Pranav Kandi	31493287	1095	D19	L8	F---	0.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	4.5
21	21	Advika Raina	30497120	998	L9	L12	L16	0.0	2.5	4.5	0	7.5

 

^{SECTION D:} 

 

#	Place	Name	ID	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total	T-Med	T-Solkoff	T-Cumul.	T-Op. cumul.
1	1-3	Sanjay Gudipati	31160024	961	W9	W7	W6	3.0	4	6	6	12
2		Armaan Bhatia	31075404	701	W23	W13	W4	3.0	3	3	6	8
3		Christopher Krum	31824661	775	W22	W17	W5	3.0	2.5	2.5	6	7
4	4-12	Zachary Kinney	30884894	808	W10	W14	L2	2.0	5	6	5	12
5		Conner B Boley	32198622	unr.	W12	W16	L3	2.0	5	6	5	12
6		Akarsh Paida	31911398	737	W18	W8	L1	2.0	5	5.5	5	10
7		Akhil Gopu	32029095	657	W15	L1	W14	2.0	4	5	4	11
8		Jacob Riemer	30483264	unr.	W11	L6	W16	2.0	4	5	4	11
9		Rishaan Nair	30632658	624	L1	W23	W20	2.0	3.5	3.5	3	7
10		Winston Shetty	32019028	600	L4	W19	W13	2.0	3	4	3	9
11		Sathvik Gondle	31642308	701	L8	W18	W15	2.0	3	3.5	3	6
12		Zayn Shanmuganathan	31968176	712	L5	W22	W17	2.0	2.5	2.5	3	7
13	13-21	Shourya Bandaru	32193247	unr.	W21	L2	L10	1.0	3	6	3	10
14		Karthikeya Golla	32045902	498	W19	L4	L7	1.0	3	5	3	10
15		Rutvik Sreeram Naidu Gedela	32198059	unr.	L7	W21	L11	1.0	3	5	2	8
16		Sahith Papudippu	31370229	743	W20	L5	L8	1.0	2.5	4.5	3	10
17		Gerald McMillan	32072872	unr.	X24	L3	L12	1.0	2	5	2	9
18		Oliver Yi Chen Zhang	31990964	400	L6	L11	B---	1.0	2	4	0	8
19		Karthik Pala	30220477	768	L14	L10	W22	1.0	1	3	1	6
20		Tara Pradeep	32013873	334	L16	B---	L9	1.0	1	3	1	6
21		Glenn Downing	12839984	637	L13	L15	W23	1.0	1	2	1	5
22	22-24	Vedika Maneesh	32011037	536	L3	L12	L19	0.0	3	6	0	10
23		Sri Akshaj Kumar Bairu	32197211	unr.	L2	L9	L21	0.0	3	6	0	10
24		Lyla Mae Martens	30328345	758	F17	---	---	0.0	0	0	0	0

 

 

^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 December 8, 2024 by 11:59pm} 

^{$60 on or after December 9, 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	2250
2	Atharva	Bist	16451355	2117
3	Rahul	Mynala	17287571	2089
4	Evan	Bates	30745116	1984
5	Mitch	Anderson	12788878	1980
6	Chase	Lonie	16392562	1931
7	Yangyang	Shen	17080503	1911
8	Emerson Aurelius	Johnson	30729099	1883
9	Pranav	Santhosh	30579866	1865
10	Eric	Dumitru	17164035	1849
11	Michael	Thomas	14793323	1845
12	Caleb	Workeneh	17249984	1805
13	Vishnu	Subramony	30291348	1779
14	Kai	Lan	30658202	1778
15	Mahit	Mallikarjunaiah	16782367	1753
16	Tanvi	Borse	15992594	1708

Section B: Open U1800

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Jan	Van Der Linden	32000530	1758
2	Luke	Seidl	16659975	1627
3	Alexander	Ramey	30280135	1612
4	Massa	Jin	16948104	1600
5	Ryan	Slatton	31859645	1553
6	John	Ramey	30387710	1550
7	Nived	Ratheesh	30687838	1538
8	Rithik	Ganesh	17293416	1535
9	Tharun	Sridhar	30747478	1531
10	Julio Alberto	Aguilar Huang	30684354	1527
11	Nidhish Reddy	Bumireddy	30719653	1513
12	Dallin	Bates	30745147	1473
13	Guna A	Sanepalli	30790886	1441
14	Abhik	Rudra	31170585	1428
15	Advaith	Jijesh	30646434	1418
16	Kai	Wang	30528820	1400
17	Charvith	Lingutla	30639612	1392
18	Eric	Vance	31905773	1387
19	Sharathchandra	Sabbani	30139849	1320
20	Rishi	Attaluri	30041126	1293

Section C: Open U1400

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Avantika	Maneesh	31486157	1375
2	Etienne	Vouga	31310898	1342
3	Arnav	Kuchibhatla	30091748	1275
4	Asher	Joseph	30561022	1196
5	Seungho	Lee	32000320	1190
6	John-Paul	Verow	15208097	1178
7	Jay	Choi	31876704	1155
8	Nitya	Kuchibhatla	30091750	1145
9	Vividh	Balasubramanian	16790958	1144
10	Nathan	Lu	30209766	1123
11	Anushka	Borse	16724907	1112
12	Rutvik	Papisetti	30383392	1100
13	Pranav	Kandi	31493287	1095
14	Samvik	Indrakanti	16771001	1057
15	Lalith	Pothuri	17025818	1057
16	Anika	Kaul	17072545	1056
17	Jeffrey	Chui	30882595	1040
18	Mridul	Karnatak	30701511	1030
19	Kevin	Yu	30551486	1000
20	Advika	Raina	0	998
21	Sanjay	Gudipati	31160024	961
22	Karthik	Kammari	31494364	955

Section D: Open U1000

#	First	Last	USCF ID	USCF Rating
1	Zachary	Kinney	30884894	801
2	Lyla	Martens	30328345	785
3	Christopher	Krum	31824661	775
4	Karthik	Pala	30220477	768
5	Sahith	Papudippu	31370229	743
6	Akarsh	Paida	31911398	737
7	Armaan	Bhatia	31075404	701
8	Rishaan	Nair	30632658	700
9	Zayn	Shanmuganathan	31968176	658
10	Akhil	Gopu	32029095	657
11	Glenn	Downing	12839984	637
12	Prashant	Shetty	32019028	600
13	Golla	Karthikeya	32045902	546
14	Vedika	Maneesh	32011037	536
15	Sathvik	Gondle	31642308	500
16	Tara	Pradeep	32013873	334
17	Shourya	Bandaru	32193247	Unrated
18	Sri Akshaj	Bairu	32197211	Unrated
19	Rutvik Sreeram Naidu	Gedela	32198059	Unrated
20	Jacob	Riemer	30483264	Unrated
21	Conner	Boley	32198622	Unrated
22	Gerald	Mcmillan	32072872	Unrated
23	Oliver	Zhang	31990964	Unrated