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TCR - Houston City Championship 2025 - Club

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32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1691, and top seed was Zishan Pirani (🇺🇸 USA, 1748).

Kai Yi Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Zishan Pirani (4.0) and Annie Yao (4.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Rishi Attaluri (1415) beat Mihika Krishnan (1595), a +180-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
🇺🇸Zishan Pirani1748
Avg top 10
1,691
Participants
32
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×29
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
1
9
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Wang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Annie Yao won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Annie Yao*
0
2Zishan Pirani*
½
3Walker Colson*
½
4Kai Yi Wang
1
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wang, Kai Yi0USA+20B+3N=2N=4B+16N4.014.516.512.5017200.0
2Pirani, Zishan1748USA+23B+9N=1B=5N+10B4.013.515.011.251881+8.8
3Yao, Annie1652USA+26N1B+15N+13B+8N4.012.013.59.502388+49.6
4Colson, Walker0USA+30B=13N+14B=1N+9B4.012.012.59.2516010.0
5Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S1634USA=14B+7N+28N=2B=6N3.513.514.59.501784+40.8
6Sustento, Byjorn1679PHI+17B+15N+8B10N=5B3.512.014.59.751764+11.4
7Bode Polanco, Michael Steven1703COL=16N5B+21B+24N+13N3.510.512.07.251771+10.4
8Karthik, Krish1664USA+19B+18B6N+27N3B3.012.513.56.001588-16.4
9FIDE 20263090+27N2B+24B+20N4N3.011.512.54.5017290.0
10Rucker, Peter A1653USA+25B+29NF+6B2N3.010.010.06.001816+34.4
11Attaluri, Rishi1415USA=22B+21N13B=12B+20N3.09.511.56.501811+58.4
12Wilder, Daniel Gregory1716USA15B=30N+26B=11N+27B3.08.08.54.251527-19.2
13Dong, Jason0USA+24B=4B+11N3N7B2.514.516.06.5016200.0
14Pirani, Zanir1530USA=5N+16B4N=22B=19N2.512.514.56.501648+18.8
15He, Jayden1566USA+12N6B3B+23N=22N2.512.514.05.501667+26.8
16Shenoy, Divakar0USA=7B14N+30B+29N1B2.511.011.53.2515930.0
17Tran, Nguyen1558USA6N25B+32N=18B+31N2.58.08.01.751306-36.8
18Rowe-Watters, Chauncey1457USA+32B8N27B=17N+28B2.57.57.52.251579+19.6
19Iskandarov, Elvin1563USA8N+32B=29B=28N=14B2.57.57.52.251456-24.4
20Abdullah, Umar0USA1N+23B+25N9B11B2.011.513.03.0015380.0
21Krishnan, Mihika1595USA=31N11B7N+25B=26N2.09.510.02.501476-26.0
22Swain, Hridarsh1747USA=11N=28BF=14N=15B2.09.09.04.501506-47.6
23Le, Khang1538USA2N20N+31B15B=25N1.510.010.51.251365-24.0
24Cherian, Jacob T1710USA13N+31B9N7B=29B1.510.010.51.001391-16.2
25Debnath, Nivaan1601USA10N+17N20B21N=23B1.59.511.03.251499-23.6
26Nguyen, Simon1533USA3BF12N+30N=21B1.59.59.51.501552+2.4
27Zhu, Brenn0USA9BF+18N8B12N1.011.511.52.5014880.0
28Chen, Cary1514USAF=22N5B=19B18N1.010.510.52.251407-22.4
29Jawaghar, Jeevanth1465USAF10B=19N16B=24N1.09.59.52.001517+6.8
30Kanampalli, Sarvagn1592USA4N=12B16N26BF0.511.011.01.501432-16.4
31Tang, Martin0USA=21B24N23NF17B0.57.57.51.0012780.0
32Mau, I-Min Michael0USA18N19N17BFF0.07.57.50.007260.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets