2025 Houston Chess Festival - U2000
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsFredi 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.
Fredi Barrientos takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Fredi Barrientos won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fredi Barrientos | * | — | — | — |
| 2Elvin Iskandarov | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Chloe Liu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Jacob T Cherian | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrientos, Fredi | 1830 | ESA | F | +5B | +6N | +4B | +11B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 2445 | +42.4 |
| 2 | Liu, Chloe | 1490 | USA | =13B | +18N | +15B | −11N | +4N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1656 | +17.2 |
| 3 | Iskandarov, Elvin | 1563 | USA | F | +22B | =11B | +19N | +7B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.25 | 1998 | +81.2 |
| 4 | Balaji, Tanav | 1607 | USA | +25N | +19B | +9N | −1N | −2B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1780 | +44.8 |
| 5 | Tran, Nguyen | 1558 | USA | +17B | −1N | −7B | +23N | +14B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1730 | +34.8 |
| 6 | Zolidis, Eric | 1710 | USA | +12B | +21N | −1B | −7N | +22B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1693 | -2.8 |
| 7 | Cherian, Jacob T | 1710 | USA | F | +24B | +5N | +6B | −3N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1814 | +10.4 |
| 8 | Kanampalli, Sarvagn | 1592 | USA | F | +12N | +21B | =14N | =10B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.00 | 1817 | +46.0 |
| 9 | Fu, Eliane | 1622 | USA | =18B | +13N | −4B | =22N | +21B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1545 | -12.8 |
| 10 | Cheng, Hua | 1660 | USA | F | +25B | =16N | +17B | =8N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 1826 | +34.0 |
| 11 | Sosa, Grey | 1705 | USA | F | +16B | =3N | +2B | −1N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.25 | 1682 | -3.6 |
| 12 | Le, Khang | 1538 | USA | −6N | −8B | +13B | =24N | +20N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1543 | +0.4 |
| 13 | Wong, Zoe | 0 | USA | =2N | −9B | −12N | +18B | =15B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Flores, Brandon M | 1785 | USA | =23N | −20B | +18N | =8B | −5N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1299 | -72.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 39974243 | 0 | — | =20N | +23B | −2N | −16B | =13N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1234 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1465 | USA | F | −11N | =10B | +15N | =19B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | 1569 | +14.4 |
| 17 | Krishnan, Mihika | 1595 | USA | −5N | F | +23B | −10N | +24B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1498 | -15.2 |
| 18 | Yuan, Roy | 0 | USA | =9N | −2B | −14B | −13N | +23B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Wilder, Daniel Gregory | 1716 | USA | F | −4N | +20N | −3B | =16N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1463 | -27.4 |
| 20 | Zamarripa, Salma | 1565 | USA | =15B | +14N | −19B | −21N | −12B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1445 | -25.2 |
| 21 | Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1513 | USA | F | −6B | −8N | +20B | −9N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1429 | -16.8 |
| 22 | Chen, Cary | 1514 | USA | F | −3N | F | =9B | −6N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1359 | -21.2 |
| 23 | Bates, Dallin | 0 | USA | =14B | −15N | −17N | −5B | −18N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Rudra, Abhik | 1652 | USA | F | −7N | F | =12B | −17N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1341 | -46.4 |
| 25 | Chipfurutse, Alois | 1882 | ZIM | −4B | −10N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 834 | -32.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Iskandarov, ElvinUSA+81.23.5 pts · #2
- 2Kanampalli, SarvagnUSA+46.03.0 pts · #7
- 3Balaji, TanavUSA+44.83.0 pts · #4
- 1Flores, Brandon MUSA-72.82.0 pts · #21
- 2Rudra, AbhikUSA-46.40.5 pts · #19
- 3Chipfurutse, AloisZIM-32.20.0 pts · #25
- R1+275 Elo gap
- R5+227 Elo gap
- R2+222 Elo gap