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2025 Texas Norm Swiss

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27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 21 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2469, and top seed was Fidel Corrales Jimenez (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2523).

Santiago Avila Pavas (🇨🇴 COL, GM, 2490) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Luka Budisavljevic (6.5) and Zachary Tanenbaum (6.5). Avila Pavas shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Megan Lee (FM, 2183) beat Jakub Fus (IM, 2420), a +237-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
08 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,469
Participants
27
Titled players · 21
GM×6
IM×4
FM×7
CM×3
WIM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×18
🇮🇳India×4
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇨🇴Colombia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
2
4
4
1
3
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Santiago Avila Pavas held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Avila Pavas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Santiago Avila Pavas beat FM Zachary Tanenbaum (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMSantiago Avila Pavas*
1
½
½
2FMZachary Tanenbaum
0
*
½
½
3GMLuka Budisavljevic
½
½
*
½
4GMRaja Harshit
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM2490COL+15N+3B+7N=4B=2B=6N+8N=5B=11N6.546.551.036.502593+12.9
2Budisavljevic, LukaGM2517SRB+10N=4B+24N+6B=1N=13B=3N+7B=5N6.545.547.532.752561+6.6
3Tanenbaum, ZacharyFM2319USA+20B1N+27B+16N+8N=4B=2B+6N=7N6.543.043.027.502535+52.4
4Raja HarshitGM2476IND+26B=2N+9B=1N+19B=3N6B+13N=10B6.043.043.025.252500+3.9
5Putnam, LiamIM2480USA+23N=8B6N+22B=7N+18B+13N=1N=2B6.040.542.525.002509+5.0
6Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM2523USA=11B+13N+5B2N+12B=1B+4N3B=9N5.546.551.029.752489-3.5
7Koustav ChatterjeeGM2488IND+17B+9N1B=12N=5B+19N+10B2N=3B5.544.548.026.252449-3.5
8Belous, VladimirGM2501RUS+12B=5N+16B=13N3B+9N1B=14N+19B5.542.045.525.002437-6.1
9Atanasov, AnthonyIM2435CAN+25N7B4N+21B+15N8B+17N=11B=6B5.039.541.018.752379-5.7
10Amburgy, RyanFM2309USA2B+26N13B=20N+17B+12N7N+15B=4N5.039.539.518.252352+9.8
11Li, RachaelWIM2310USA=6N=14B+21N19B13B+25N+16B=9N=1B5.037.038.519.752372+14.6
12Colville, JulianIM2294USA8N+23B+14N=7B6N10B+24N=18B+20N5.035.537.516.752364+16.6
13Harper, WarrenFM2356USA+27N6B+10N=8B+11N=2N5B4B=14N4.544.044.018.252406+12.2
14Fus, JakubIM2420POL=16B=11N12B17N+26N+23B=18N=8B=13B4.534.034.013.502264-18.4
15Shafer, Logan CCM2225USA1B=20N=17B+27N9B=16N+25B10N+22B4.532.032.09.752218-5.6
16Winchell, Barrett2113USA=14N+22B8N3B+24N=15B11N=23B=21N4.034.036.011.752212+20.2
17Lee, MeganFM2183USA7N=25B=15N+14B10N+22B9BF+18N4.032.532.514.002302+23.4
18Melillo, LuciusFM2312USA=22N=21B19N+24B+23B5N=14B=12N17B4.031.033.011.752200-26.0
19Jiang, AndrewFM2297USAFF+18B+11N4N7B=21N+20B8N3.533.033.014.252342+7.8
20Guntaka, AayanshFM2107USA3N=15B=25N=10B=22N=21B+23N19N12B3.532.534.010.502145+15.6
21Yang, DanielCM2198USAF=18N11B9N+27B=20N=19B=22N=16B3.527.527.58.752179-10.0
22Rahul Mynala2092IND=18B16N+26B5N=20B17NF=21B15N2.529.529.55.502078-10.4
23Anandh, Vijay Srinivas2174USA5B12NF+25B18N14N20B=16N=24B2.030.530.54.502044-56.0
24Wang, Kyle YiwenCM2042USAFF2B18N16B+26N12B=25N=23N2.023.023.01.752069+2.8
25Yohan, J.2121IND9B=17N=20B23NF11B15N=24BF1.526.026.04.751981-24.4
26Gardezi, Arsal2132USA4N10B22NF14B24BFFF0.020.020.00.001470-68.8
27Takahashi, Michael2110USA13BF3N15B21NFFFF0.019.019.00.001475-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets