Upcoming Event Highlights
Last call for the GT School Tournament on Saturday 10/25 and the NYOS Scholastic & Open events on Saturday 11/1. Register now!
The annual tournament in the park at Wooldridge Square is coming up soon. With the cooler weather, it should be a great day of fun, unrated chess!
In addition to local tournaments, we have some state championship events happening soon, both scholastic and non-scholastic:
- Texas Chess Triathlon: One-day tournament. 12 ROUNDS! 6 rounds of Blitz (G/5), followed by 4 rounds of Quick(G/20) and then by 2 rounds of Classical (G/90,d5).
- South Texas State Grade Championships: A 2-day state scholastic championship event, at UT Brownsville campus.
Recent Event Results
Congratulations to Yangyang Shen, who won the first Region VI Girls’ Championship with a perfect score. Yangyang earned a spot in the 2026 Texas Junior Invitational tournament – good luck, Yangyang!
The 2025 North/Central Grade Championships were held the weekend of 10/17-10/19 in Houston. Our local players played well and took first place in 6 sections! Players with 1st-3rd results are highlighted below, but take a look at the full results separated into K-5 and 6-12 pages for many more familiar names in both the individual and team standings!
- Kindergarten 1st place: Zayn Shanmuganathan, Austin International School
- Kindergarten 2nd place: Avanya Kaul, Patsy Sommer Elementary
- 1st Grade 1st place: Ashrith Muthu, Parkside Elementary
- 2nd Grade 1st place: Akhil Gopu, Rancho Sienna Elementary
- 3rd Grade 1st place: Sathvik Gondle, Basis Austin
- 3rd Grade 3rd place: Advaithkrishna Rajeshkanna, Basis Austin
- 3rd Grade 4th place: Ashwin Phatak, Patsy Sommer Elementary
- 4th grade 3rd place: Asher Joseph, Basis Pflugerville
- 5th grade 1st place: Advik Manchanda, Basis Cedar Park
- 6th grade 2nd place: Pranav Kandi, Harmony School
- 7th grade 1st place: Emerson Johnson, Heroic Homeschool
- 7th grade 3rd place: Anika Kaul, Pearson Ranch MS
- 8th grade 2nd place: Tanish Seelam, Pearson Ranch MS
- 9th grade 1st place: Anirudh Kumar, homeschool
- 10th grade 2nd place (tied for 1st): Evan Bates, homeschool
- 11th grade 3rd place (tied for 2nd): Arunachalam Arunachalam, Westwood High School
Other Chess Updates and News
If you are interested in submitting a bid to organize the 2026 Region VI Championships in the spring, please email txchessmom@gmail.com asap. The bid will be awarded before month-end.
Jonathan Tuck, a local player, is representing the United States in the Pan-American Individual Chess Championships in early December. He is accepting donations toward travel costs via GoFundMe at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/1st-iccd-panamerican-deaf-chess-championships. Good luck, Jonathan!
General Info
The Austin Chess Club is excited to announce that it has taken over the AustinChessTournaments.com website as Lori Balkum retired from chess this summer. Austin Chess Club (ACC) and Austin Chess Tournaments (ACT) have worked closely together for 20 years. We appreciate your support of our efforts to encourage chess in Central Texas! Read a letter of introduction from the ACC President, Patrick Connaughton, who has great plans for chess in Central Texas!
There are lots of wonderful events both local and out of town being offered all over our great state. Watch our Upcoming Events Listing and visit the Weekly Events page for local opportunities. Central Texas thanks you for your participation!
Please check out Texas Chess Association’s calendar for other chess opportunities, both online and OTB all across the state!
Sarah Brauner is our Region VI Director! She can be contacted at txchessmom@gmail.com to submit bids for the 2026 Region VI Scholastic Championships!
Please consider supporting local events (camps, tournaments, etc) whenever the opportunities present themselves! Responding quickly to new opportunities is the only way we are going to keep chess opportunities in our local area.
If you wish to advertise your chess event, please contact us.