4th Austin Chess Tour: Junior Qualifier #3

In-Person Scholastic USCF Rated Tournament 

 

March 14, 2026

12466 Los Indios Trail, Ste. 100

Austin, TX 78729

* USCF Membership Required *

Free Parking Provided 

Capacity: 100 players

Note that this is a scholastic event, only players who are 18 years of age or under can play in this tournament.

All players will be divided into five sections: 

SECTION A: 1600+ USCF rated 

SECTION B: 1200 - 1599 USCF rated 

SECTION C: 800 - 1199 USCF rated 

SECTION D: 400 - 799 USCF rated

SECTION E: Under 400 USCF rated or unrated

**Players are not allowed to play up or down** 

ENTRY FEES: 

Early Bird: $40 before 11:59pm, February 22, 2026 

Standard Fee: $50 before 11:59 Marchy 8, 2026

Late Fee: $65 after March 9, 2026

 

PRIZES: 

Trophies for 1st Place, Medals for 2nd and 3rd

 

Junior Qualifier Points: 

Top 10 places in Section A will earn points according to the following table:

1st Place: 25 JQ Points

2nd Place: 18 JQ Points

3rd Place: 15 JQ Points

4th Place: 12 JQ Points

5th Place: 10 JQ Points

6th Place: 8 JQ Points

7th Place: 6 JQ Points

8th Place: 4 JQ Points

9th Place: 2 JQ Points

10th Place: 1 JQ 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/30, d5 (30 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)

Section E: G/30, d5 (30 minutes per player with a 5-second delay)

 

4-Round Swiss System Schedule

SECTIONS A and B:

1st round: 9:00 AM

2nd round: 11:15 PM

Lunch Break: 1:30-2:30 PM

3rd round: 2:30 PM

4th round: 4:45 PM

 

SECTION C:

1st round: 10:00 AM

2nd round: 11:45 AM

Lunch Break: 1:30-2:30 PM

3rd round: 2:30 PM

4th round: 4:15 PM

 

5-Round Swiss System Schedule

SECTIONS D and E:

1st round: 10:00 AM

2nd round: 11:15 AM

3rd round: 12:30 PM

Lunch Break: 1:30 PM

4th round: 2:30 PM

5th round: 3:45 PM

Closing ceremony: After the last game of the section finishes.

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 for an 80% refund. We reserve the right to charge a 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: 1600+

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Tanish Seelam 17061896 1940
2 Anish Arun 31187934 1697
3 Ethan Chen 30441678 1627
4 Jeffrey Chui 30882595 1622

Section B: U1600

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Shreyan Jeedigunta 31469701 1454
2 Doyoon Kim 32410552 1238
3 Ruichen Song 30286869 1208
4 Chaitanya Pusarla 31983444 1205

Section C: U1200

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Zach Kinney 30884894 1167
2 Winston Shetty 32019028 1136
3 Anvita Gudibanda 31399781 1108
4 Phoenix Fernsler 32457334 1086
5 Tanav Seelam 30343181 1078
6 Kisna Prabhakar 32368011 1059
7 Anay Singhal 32418002 895
8 Daniel Xiao 30914009 883
9 Mohith Thandu Giriraj 31402208 882
10 Spruha Borkar 30213862 881
11 Aaron Frommer 31454994 875
12 Suhas Petla 32076556 839
13 Sahith Papudippu 31370229 816

Section D: U800

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 REYANSH SINGAVARAPU 31340405 782
2 Noah Lopez 32748097 780
3 Trishal Basavaraju 31736330 738
4 Nikhil Prashanth 32008438 698
5 Shourya Manjunath 31407630 634
6 Parth Tripathi 32050291 609
7 Lucien Gaboriau 32314336 565
8 Rangashri Srivathsan 32068413 544
9 Arjun Mothe 32844327 540
10 Kannan Asanani 32392968 522
11 Madhushri Srivathsan 32068424 418
12 Yacheng(Steven) Fan 32799095 Unrated

Section E: U400

# First Last USCF ID USCF Rating
1 Zoha Iman Chandwani 32026905 390
2 Anirudh Reddy Uppala 32489898 326
3 Muadh Muhammad 31777447 310
4 Austin Lerma Jr 16935615 297
5 Declan Spencer 31945379 148
6 abhay Mallyott 32787361 Unrated
7 Aryann Prasad 32909692 Unrated
8 Atharv Somisetty 32906183 Unrated
9 Gilbert Shi 32362930 Unrated
10 Ved Aashrit 32855211 Unrated