Upcoming Event Highlights
- 2026 Spring Paragon Scholastic 4/11/26 – Coming up this weekend. This tournament also includes an Open section for adults plus higher-rated youth.
- Austin Chess-a-Palooza 2026 – The first annual Austin Chess-a-Palooza! Join us for a non-traditional chess event for all ages on 4/25/26 at Paragon Prep Elementary School!
- 4th Austin Chess Tour: Open Qualifier #4 – The AGCA is hosting an Open USCF Rated Tournament on 4/18/26 as part of the Austin Chess Tour. Capacity: 100 players!
Missing a medal or trophy?
At the Super State scholastic tournament last month, there were some unclaimed awards for players from our area. The organizers did not plan to mail any of them, so we picked up all of the Region VI unclaimed awards. Contact us to make arrangements if you earned a medal but weren’t at the award ceremony. Medals went to the top 20 individuals in each section.
Recent Event Results
The National High School Championships were held in Chicago the last weekend of March. Below are our Region VI medal winners, congratulations to all!
- Lucius Melillo – 23rd Place (5.0/7)
- CianCian Munjal – 8th Place (6.0/7)
- Anika Shambhavi Kaul – 17th Place (5.5/7)
- Shreyan Jeedigunta – T-30th Place (5.0/7)
- Andrew Creighton – T-35th Place (5.0/7)
- Julian Joseph – 31st Place
- William Molina – 1st Place
- K-1: Ashrith Muthu (7/7 points!)
- Prim JV: Nash D’Souza (7/7 points!)
- Prim Champ: Advaithkrishna Rajeshkanna (7/7 points!)
- ES Champ: Advik Manchanda
- MS JV: Krithin Tanga
- HS JV: Tarun Satheeshkumar (co-champion, 2nd on tiebreaks)
- Prim Blitz: Akhil Gopu
- MS Blitz: Julian Joseph
- MS Blitz: Pranav Kandi (co-champion, 2nd on tiebreaks)
- HS Blitz: Lucius Melillo
The Texas Region VI 2026 Championship was held in San Antonio on 2/28, hosted by Complete Chess. Click HERE for results. Winners of the Championship sections each earned a spot in the Texas Junior Invitational (TJI), along with the winners from Super State.
- Prim U600: Rhys Araujo (5/5 points!)
- Prim Champ: Akhil Gopu
- ES U800: Catalina Sanchez (5/5 points!)
- ES Champ: Kai Zhou Lan
- ES Champ: Sathvik Gondle (co-champion, 2nd on tiebreaks)
- ES Champ: Adhyan Reddy Danda (co-champion, 3rd on tiebreaks)
- MS U600: Xabi Rt Flores (5/5 points!)
- MS U1000: Sean Gabri Santos
- MS U1000: Roberto Yusuf Oruc (co-champion, 2nd on tiebreaks)
- MS Champ: Julian Joseph
- HS U1000: Tar Satheeshkumar (5/5 points!)
- HS Champ: Krrish Kaul
Other Chess Updates and News
The National Middle School Championships will be held in Round Rock in May. If you are a TD interested in working the event, you can apply HERE.
Advik Manchanda is at the top of the FIDE ratings for 11-year-olds in the Americas. Congratulations, Advik! See more HERE.
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 in 2025. 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 2027 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 at austinchesstournaments@gmail.com.