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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Jim Polomsky1725
Avg top 10
969
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×12
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·1592
    4.0pts·1782perf+30.4
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1558
    4.0pts·2394perf+22.0
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1725
    3.5pts·1592perf-7.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Kanampalli takes lead
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
Player1234
1Sarvagn Kanampalli*—
½
—
2Nguyen Tran—*—
0
3Jim Polomsky
½
—*
1
4Bryce L Kille—
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kanampalli, Sarvagn1592USA+17B=6N+8B+11N=3B4.010.511.08.001782+30.4
2Tran, Nguyen1558USA+16N+9B−4B+6N+7B4.010.011.08.002394+22.0
3Polomsky, Jim1725USA+15N+14BF+4B=1N3.59.09.07.001592-7.2
4Kille, Bryce L0USA+7B+?B+2N−3N−5B3.013.013.06.5016310.0
5FIDE 399877790—−14N+15B=?N=12B+4N3.07.07.05.0015490.0
6Krishnan, Mihika1595USA+10N=1B=9N−2B=12N2.512.014.06.001572-3.6
7Richardson, Jeremy0USA−4N=8N+10B+9B−2N2.511.513.55.2515920.0
8Yao, Annie1652USA=11N=7B−1N=10N+16B2.510.511.54.251386-28.0
9Ragazzo, Steven0USA+?B−2N=6B−7N=10B2.011.011.02.2514470.0
10Zamarripa, Salma1565USA−6B+17N−7N=8B=9N2.09.510.02.751430-13.6
11Muthukumar, Ajay0USA=8B=12N+14N−1B−?N2.09.59.53.2513250.0
12Chari, Vyas0USA=?N=11BF=5N=6B2.07.57.53.7515940.0
13FIDE 399877600—−?N−16BF+17N=15B1.52.52.51.007490.0
14FIDE 399877520—+5B−3N−11BFF1.08.58.53.009250.0
15FIDE 399877360—−3B−5N=17BF=13N1.08.58.51.009250.0
16FIDE 399796790—−2B+13NF−?B−8N1.08.08.01.507860.0
17Wong, Zoe0USA−1N−10B=15N−13BF0.58.58.50.507790.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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