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2025 May TCC Houston FIDE - Championship

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1925, and top seed was Joshua Meng (🇺🇸 USA, 2056).

Luca Chang (🇺🇸 USA, 1863) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Jose Alberto Robles Diaz (3.5) and Vijay Srinivas Anandh (3.5). Chang shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Brandon Sustento (1793) beat Vijay Srinivas Anandh (2015), a +222-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Joshua Meng2056
Avg top 10
1,925
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Luca Chang led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Chang takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE18 May

Luca Chang takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Luca Chang 3 wins (R3–R5)Jose Alberto Robles Diaz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Luca Chang*———
2Jose Alberto Robles Diaz—*—
0
3Samuel Gu——*—
4Venkata Pullabhotla—
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chang, Luca1863USA+22N=7B+18N+6B+8N4.510.511.09.502197+74.0
2Robles Diaz, Jose Alberto2007CUB+17B+11N+10B−4N=3B3.513.014.59.251970-2.6
3Anandh, Vijay Srinivas2015USA+8N−6B+25N+7B=2N3.512.512.57.751993-4.4
4Pullabhotla, Venkata1896USA+24N+9B=6N+2BF3.510.010.08.502145+21.2
5Gu, Samuel1897USA=23B=21N+11B=9N+12B3.59.09.57.501842-10.4
6Sustento, Brandon1793USA+13B+3N=4B−1N=14N3.014.016.59.001937+39.2
7Wang, Andy Y1904USA+19B=1N+12B−3N=9B3.013.514.57.2519030.0
8Chipfurutse, Alois1886ZIM−3B+13N+20B+10N−1B3.013.514.56.501835-4.2
9Bee, Leonel1811USA+16B−4N+21B=5B=7N3.012.012.55.751847+12.4
10Bee, Karstein1781USA+15N+25B−2N−8B+16N3.010.510.54.001815+6.8
11Wu, Zekai B1719USA+20N−2B−5N+25B+19N3.09.09.02.001789+13.2
12Zhang, Alicia S1733USA=18N+14B−7N+19B−5N2.510.511.54.251902+42.4
13Yao, Annie1633USA−6N−8B=15N+22B+21N2.58.59.02.001709+18.8
14Elliott, Alexander1919USAF−12N+23B+17N=6B2.57.57.53.501805-11.0
15Vashisth, Arav1770USA−10B−19N=13B+23N=17B2.08.08.52.501620-40.8
16Ganesh, Kaira Ananya1598USA−9N=24B=22N+21B−10B2.07.07.51.001591-3.6
17Krishnan, Anish1693USA−2N+22BF−14B=15N1.58.58.51.501716+1.2
18Meng, Joshua2056USA=12B+23N−1BFF1.57.57.51.751751-41.6
19Wilder, Daniel Gregory1731USA−7N+15BF−12N−11B1.010.510.52.001589-14.8
20Nguyen, Simon1521USA−11BF−8N+24NF1.06.56.50.501618+12.0
21Goldstein, Doug1582USAF=5B−9N−16N−13B0.511.011.01.751413-15.2
22Liu, Chloe1514USA−1B−17N=16B−13NF0.510.510.51.001375-24.0
23Wang, Nathan Zicheng1619USA=5N−18B−14N−15BF0.59.59.51.751579-8.0
24Rodenstein, Alan1625USA−4B=16NF−20BF0.56.56.51.001399-17.0
25FIDE 309582370—F−10N−3B−11NF0.09.59.50.0010380.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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