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Upcoming Event Highlights

  • Jun 05, 2026 2026 AGCA FIDE Summer Open – A 9-round FIDE-rated Swiss at AGCA, for players rated 1500+. Held concurrently with an IM norm round robin, so this is an opportunity to watch some high-level games in person.
  • Jun 06, 2026 Longhorn Monthly Swiss 6/6/26 – Monthly tournament at the Leander Public Library, on the first Saturday of each month. No entry fee. Longhorn chess also has Wednesday night meetups with both rated and casual play.
  • Jun 20, 2026 Waco Swiss 6/20/26 – G45 in Waco, limited to 70 players.

Summer Camps

Summer is here! There are a number of summer camps sprinkled in with the tournament listings on the Upcoming Events page. Below are the ones from the next couple of weeks, but check HERE for more.

Recent Event Results

The National Middle School Championships were held in Round Rock in mid-May. Below are our Region VI winners from places 1-10, with the full list at THIS LINK. Congratulations to all!

K-8 Championship
  • Julian Joseph – 6th Place (tied for 5th, 5.5/7)
  • Nived Ratheesh – 2nd 1700-1799 (tied for 1st 1700-1799, 4.5/7)
  • Parv Parikh – 1st 1400-1499 (3.5/7)
  • Avantika Maneesh – 1st 1300-1399 (2.5/7)
  • Nameer Islam – 2nd 1300-1399 (tied for 1st 1300-1399, 2.5/7)
  • Frank Jiang – 1st 1200-1299 (2.5/7)
  • Evan Wu – 2nd 1200-1299 (2.0/7)
  • Vaishnav Sambath – 2nd U1200 (2.0/7)
  • Sahasra Kondapalli – 3rd U1200 (tied for 2nd U1200, 2.0/7)
K-8 Championship TEAMs
  • Canyon Vista Middle School, Austin – 6th Place (tied for 5th)
  • Walsh Middle School, Round Rock – 8th Place
  • Stiles Middle School, Leander – 10th Place
K-8 U1700
  • Vyas Omshankar – 1st Place (6.5/7)
  • Adhyan Reddy Danda – 6th Place (5.0/7)
  • Shreyan Jeedigunta – 10th Place (tied for 6th, 5.0/7)
K-8 U1400
  • Zachary Kinney – 4th Place (tied for 3rd, 6.0/7)
  • Hariom Sawarna – 7th Place (5.5/7)
  • Aarush Samant – 9th Place (tied for 7th, 5.5/7)
K-8 U1400 TEAMs
  • BASIS Cedar Park, Cedar Park – 5th Place
  • Walsh Middle School, Round Rock – 8th Place
  • Challenger Avery Ranch, Austin – 10th Place (tied for 9th)
K-8 U1100
  • Reyansh Singavarapu – 5th Place (tied for 2nd, 6.0/7)
  • Teja Marlapalli – 9th Place (tied for 8th, 5.5/7)
K-8 U1100 TEAMs
  • BASIS Cedar Park, Cedar Park – 3rd Place (tied for 2nd)
K-8 U900
  • Matthew Roelle – 3rd Place (6.0/7)
  • Lyla Martens – 9th Place (tied for 7th, 5.5/7)
K-8 U900 TEAMs
  • Akin Elementary, Leander – 4th Place
K-8 U700
  • Aakarsha Kalapati – 6th Place (tied for 3rd 6.0/7)
  • Aryann Prasad – 8th Place (tied for 3rd, 6.0/7)
  • Aarit Atal – 9th Place (tied for 3rd, 6.0/7)
K-8 Unrated
  • Xaverius Mauga – 5th Place (tied for 4th, 5.0/7)
  • Aadit Gourineni – 7th Place (tied for 4th, 5.0/7)
  • Jax Jones – 9th Place (tied for 8th, 4.5/7)
  • Tanush Chakka – 10th Place (tied for 8th, 4.5/7)
K-8 Unrated TEAMs
  • GT School, Georgetown – 3rd Place
  • Patterson Middle School, Killeen – 4th Place

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The National Elementary School Championships were held in Baltimore the first weekend of May. Below are our Region VI medal winners, congratulations to all!

K-5 Championship
  • Kai Lan – 9th Place (tied for 6th, 5.5/7)
  • Advik Manchanda – 14th Place (5.0/7)
K-3 Championship
  • Akhil Gopu – 5th Place (tied for 3rd, 6.0/7)

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The Texas Junior Invitational online qualifier was held in April. Three of the five scholastic nominees for the national invitationals are from Region VI! We wish them good luck at the invitationals in August.

  • Julian Joseph: Barber (Middle School)
  • Yangyang Shen: Haring (Girls)
  • Advaithkrishna Rajeshkanna (Primary)
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Other Chess Updates and News

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.