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TCR - Houston City Championship 2025

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1974, and top seed was Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo (🇨🇴 COL, GM, 2465).

Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo (🇨🇴 COL, GM, 2465) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Kyle Yiwen Wang (3.5) and William Molina (3.0). Ruiz Castillo won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Cyrus Mohsenin (1654) beat Cliff Bunch (1791), a +137-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
27 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇴GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo2465
Avg top 10
1,974
Participants
19
Titled players · 2
GM×1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×18
🇨🇴Colombia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Ruiz Castillo5Wang3.5Molina3Sustento3Chetlapalli3Johnson2.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo beat CM Kyle Yiwen Wang (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo*
1
1
1
2CMKyle Yiwen Wang
0
*
½
—
3William Molina
0
½
*—
4Brandon Sustento
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ruiz Castillo, Joshua DanielGM2465COL+4B+3N+2B+6N+11B5.012.014.014.002871+4.2
2Wang, Kyle YiwenCM2097USA+18B+5N−1N+7B=3N3.513.514.07.502112+6.1
3Molina, William1943USA+19N−1B=13N+5N=2B3.013.513.55.752048+12.6
4Sustento, Brandon1832USA−1N=8B=12N+15B+10N3.011.513.05.751901+14.8
5Chetlapalli, Vishnu1922USA+8N−2B+15N−3B+16B3.010.512.05.501921+1.4
6Reinberg, Jeffrey A1986USA=13N+12B+10N−1BF2.511.011.05.002023+2.8
7Bee, Karstein1780USA=15B+11N=14B−2N=9B2.510.011.55.001856+16.8
8Palani, Mohnishkirupaa1687USA−5B=4N=9B=17N+18N2.59.510.03.751770+21.2
9Johnson, Emerson Aurelius1699USA−10N=18B=8N+12B=7N2.59.09.54.751734+9.6
10Fan, William1846USA+9B=14N−6B=16N−4B2.010.011.54.251796-7.4
11Kaul, Krrish1729USAF−7B+18N+13B−1N2.010.010.02.501860+23.2
12Mohsenin, Cyrus1654USA+16B−6N=4B−9N=15B2.09.511.03.751735+18.0
13Bee, Leonel1827USA=6B=15N=3B−11N=17B2.09.010.04.001743-23.2
14Meng, Joshua2032USA+17N=10B=7NFF2.05.55.53.251898-17.2
15Krothapalli, Abhinav1725USA=7N=13B−5B−4N=12N1.510.512.53.251654-9.6
16Bunch, Cliff1791USA−12N+17BF=10B−5N1.58.08.02.001692-11.0
17Krishnan, Anish1694USA−14B−16NF=8B=13N1.08.08.02.251641-12.8
18Nguyen, Thanh1703USA−2N=9N−11BF−8B0.510.510.51.251481-42.8
19Arellano, Santiago1690USA−3BFFFF0.03.03.00.001143-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets