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Houston Juneteenth Open

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 4 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2147, and top seed was Vojtech Plat (🇸🇰 SVK, GM, 2497).

Vojtech Plat (🇸🇰 SVK, GM, 2497) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo (5.5) and Gabor Nagy (5.5). Plat won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Srikar Kandikayala (1787) beat Ronak Hiwale (2105), a +318-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
19 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇰GMVojtech Plat2497
Avg top 10
2,147
Participants
23
Titled players · 4
GM×3
CM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇸🇰Slovakia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
3
2
2
1
1
3
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ruiz Castillo5.5Plat5.5Nagy5.5Gardezi5Wang4.5Bist4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Plat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo beat GM Vojtech Plat (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Vojtech Plat 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Gabor Nagy 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo*
1
1
—
2GMVojtech Plat
0
*
½
1
3GMGabor Nagy
0
½
*
1
4Arsal Gardezi—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Plat, VojtechGM2497SVK+5N+14B+4N=3B−2N+8B+7N5.528.531.022.752432-1.9
2Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM2465COL+12B=7N+17B=8N+1B=6N+3B5.526.028.522.252414-0.6
3Nagy, GaborGM2463HUN+23N+15B+16B=1N+9N+4B−2N5.525.025.016.752418-0.3
4Gardezi, Arsal2048USA+20B+11N−1B+16N+7B−3N+13B5.023.025.014.002155+36.4
5Wang, Andy Y1904USA−1B+20N+11B−7N+21B+10N=6B4.522.524.012.252028+43.6
6Bist, Atharva2043USAF=12N+13B+17N+18B=2B=5N4.520.020.013.752152+31.6
7Elliott, Alexander1908USA+22N=2B=18N+5B−4N+9B−1B4.027.027.513.002109+33.4
8Rahul Mynala2068IND−14N+23B+15N=2B+12N−1N=18B4.021.021.09.002082+2.4
9Hiwale, Ronak2105USA+13B−16N+14B+21N−3B−7N+12B4.019.521.09.001981-39.6
10Haldankar, Ameya1908USA−11B=13N−12B+20N+22B−5B+15N3.517.017.56.251812-36.0
11Vyas, Miransh Purven1747USA+10N−4B−5N+22B=16B−13N=19N3.020.521.06.501833+22.3
12Brannon, Joshua Scott1901USA−2N=6B+10N+19B−8B−16N−9N2.524.026.58.251915-1.0
13Ravishankar, Dhruvesh1852USA−9N=10B−6NF+14B+11B−4N2.522.522.57.251889+8.8
14Bee, Leonel1827USA+8B−1N−9N=15B−13N−19B+20B2.521.023.07.251850-0.8
15Dumitru, Eric Alexander1713USA+19B−3N−8B=14N=17B=21N−10B2.520.522.05.751798+21.2
16Kandikayala, Srikar1787USAF+9B−3N−4B=11N+12BF2.520.020.08.001998+48.4
17Krishnan, Anish1694USAF=18B−2N−6B=15N=20N+21B2.518.518.55.001840+36.8
18Larson, Gerald1962USA+21B=17N=7BF−6NF=8N2.516.516.56.751899-8.0
19Vuyyuru, Shriyan1908USA−15N+22B−21N−12N−20B+14N=11B2.514.014.54.501688-83.6
20Santhosh, Pranav1789USA−4N−5B=22N−10B+19N=17B−14N2.020.521.04.001708-32.0
21Bee, Karstein1780USA−18NF+19B−9B−5N=15B−17N1.518.518.53.751688-30.4
22Zhang, Alicia S1775USA−7B−19N=20B−11N−10NFF0.515.015.01.001486-59.2
23Manchanda, AdvikCM1891USA−3B−8NFFFFF0.09.59.50.001380-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets