2025 July TCC Houston FIDE - U1800
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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 969, and top seed was Jim Polomsky (🇺🇸 USA, 1725).
Sarvagn Kanampalli (🇺🇸 USA, 1592) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Nguyen Tran (4.0) and Jim Polomsky (3.5). Kanampalli took the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
18 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE20 Jul
Sarvagn Kanampalli takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Kanampalli takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (10.5).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Jim Polomsky won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarvagn Kanampalli | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Nguyen Tran | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Jim Polomsky | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Bryce L Kille | — | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanampalli, Sarvagn | 1592 | USA | +17B | =6N | +8B | +11N | =3B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1782 | +30.4 |
| 2 | Tran, Nguyen | 1558 | USA | +16N | +9B | −4B | +6N | +7B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 2394 | +22.0 |
| 3 | Polomsky, Jim | 1725 | USA | +15N | +14B | F | +4B | =1N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.00 | 1592 | -7.2 |
| 4 | Kille, Bryce L | 0 | USA | +7B | +?B | +2N | −3N | −5B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Grinblat, Dmitry | 0 | USA | −14N | +15B | =?N | =12B | +4N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Krishnan, Mihika | 1595 | USA | +10N | =1B | =9N | −2B | =12N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.00 | 1572 | -3.6 |
| 7 | Richardson, Jeremy | 0 | USA | −4N | =8N | +10B | +9B | −2N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Yao, Annie | 1652 | USA | =11N | =7B | −1N | =10N | +16B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.25 | 1386 | -28.0 |
| 9 | Ragazzo, Steven | 0 | USA | +?B | −2N | =6B | −7N | =10B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.25 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zamarripa, Salma | 1565 | USA | −6B | +17N | −7N | =8B | =9N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1430 | -13.6 |
| 11 | Muthukumar, Ajay | 0 | USA | =8B | =12N | +14N | −1B | −?N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Chari, Vyas | 0 | USA | =?N | =11B | F | =5N | =6B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 39987760 | 0 | — | −?N | −16B | F | +17N | =15B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 39987752 | 0 | — | +5B | −3N | −11B | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 39987736 | 0 | — | −3B | −5N | =17B | F | =13N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 925 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 39979679 | 0 | — | −2B | +13N | F | −?B | −8N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Wong, Zoe | 0 | USA | −1N | −10B | =15N | −13B | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 779 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kanampalli, SarvagnUSA+30.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Tran, NguyenUSA+22.04.0 pts · #5
- 3Ragazzo, StevenUSA0.02.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Yao, AnnieUSA-28.02.5 pts · #8
- 2Zamarripa, SalmaUSA-13.62.0 pts · #10
- 3Polomsky, JimUSA-7.23.5 pts · #11