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2025 Houston Chess Festival - U2000

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Alois Chipfurutse (🇿🇼 ZIM, 1882).

Fredi Barrientos (🇸🇻 ESA, 1830) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Chloe Liu (3.5) and Elvin Iskandarov (3.5). Barrientos shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tanav Balaji (1607) beat Alois Chipfurutse (1882), a +275-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
11 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇿🇼Alois Chipfurutse1882
Avg top 10
1,727
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇸🇻El Salvador×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Fredi Barrientos led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Barrientos takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE13 Jul

Fredi Barrientos takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Fredi Barrientos won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fredi Barrientos*
2Elvin Iskandarov*
1
3Chloe Liu*
4Jacob T Cherian
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Barrientos, Fredi1830ESAF+5B+6N+4B+11B4.011.511.511.502445+42.4
2Liu, Chloe1490USA=13B+18N+15B11N+4N3.59.511.07.501656+17.2
3Iskandarov, Elvin1563USAF+22B=11B+19N+7B3.57.57.56.251998+81.2
4Balaji, Tanav1607USA+25N+19B+9N1N2B3.012.012.04.501780+44.8
5Tran, Nguyen1558USA+17B1N7B+23N+14B3.011.011.54.501730+34.8
6Zolidis, Eric1710USA+12B+21N1B7N+22B3.010.511.04.001693-2.8
7Cherian, Jacob T1710USAF+24B+5N+6B3N3.010.010.06.501814+10.4
8Kanampalli, Sarvagn1592USAF+12N+21B=14N=10B3.08.58.56.001817+46.0
9Fu, Eliane1622USA=18B+13N4B=22N+21B3.07.58.04.001545-12.8
10Cheng, Hua1660USAF+25B=16N+17B=8N3.07.07.04.501826+34.0
11Sosa, Grey1705USAF+16B=3N+2B1N2.513.013.07.251682-3.6
12Le, Khang1538USA6N8B+13B=24N+20N2.59.510.03.751543+0.4
13Wong, Zoe0USA=2N9B12N+18B=15B2.011.012.54.2512770.0
14Flores, Brandon M1785USA=23N20B+18N=8B5N2.09.09.53.251299-72.8
15FIDE 399742430=20N+23B2N16B=13N2.09.09.52.2512340.0
16Jawaghar, Jeevanth1465USAF11N=10B+15N=19B2.09.09.04.251569+14.4
17Krishnan, Mihika1595USA5NF+23B10N+24B2.07.07.01.001498-15.2
18Yuan, Roy0USA=9N2B14B13N+23B1.510.511.02.0013590.0
19Wilder, Daniel Gregory1716USAF4N+20N3B=16N1.510.010.02.501463-27.4
20Zamarripa, Salma1565USA=15B+14N19B21N12B1.58.09.03.001445-25.2
21Kaul, Anika Shambhavi1513USAF6B8N+20B9N1.010.510.51.501429-16.8
22Chen, Cary1514USAF3NF=9B6N0.59.59.51.501359-21.2
23Bates, Dallin0USA=14B15N17N5B18N0.59.010.51.0013730.0
24Rudra, Abhik1652USAF7NF=12B17N0.57.57.51.251341-46.4
25Chipfurutse, Alois1882ZIM4B10NFFF0.06.06.00.00834-32.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets