2025 Texas Norm Swiss
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight 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.
GM Santiago Avila Pavas held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
3 players finish on 6.5/9. Avila Pavas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).
GM Santiago Avila Pavas beat FM Zachary Tanenbaum (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMSantiago Avila Pavas | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2FMZachary Tanenbaum | 0 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3GMLuka Budisavljevic | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4GMRaja Harshit | ½ | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM | 2490 | COL | +15N | +3B | +7N | =4B | =2B | =6N | +8N | =5B | =11N | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 36.50 | 2593 | +12.9 |
| 2 | Budisavljevic, LukaGM | 2517 | SRB | +10N | =4B | +24N | +6B | =1N | =13B | =3N | +7B | =5N | 6.5 | 45.5 | 47.5 | 32.75 | 2561 | +6.6 |
| 3 | Tanenbaum, ZacharyFM | 2319 | USA | +20B | −1N | +27B | +16N | +8N | =4B | =2B | +6N | =7N | 6.5 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 27.50 | 2535 | +52.4 |
| 4 | Raja HarshitGM | 2476 | IND | +26B | =2N | +9B | =1N | +19B | =3N | −6B | +13N | =10B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 25.25 | 2500 | +3.9 |
| 5 | Putnam, LiamIM | 2480 | USA | +23N | =8B | −6N | +22B | =7N | +18B | +13N | =1N | =2B | 6.0 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 25.00 | 2509 | +5.0 |
| 6 | Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM | 2523 | USA | =11B | +13N | +5B | −2N | +12B | =1B | +4N | −3B | =9N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 29.75 | 2489 | -3.5 |
| 7 | Koustav ChatterjeeGM | 2488 | IND | +17B | +9N | −1B | =12N | =5B | +19N | +10B | −2N | =3B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 26.25 | 2449 | -3.5 |
| 8 | Belous, VladimirGM | 2501 | RUS | +12B | =5N | +16B | =13N | −3B | +9N | −1B | =14N | +19B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 25.00 | 2437 | -6.1 |
| 9 | Atanasov, AnthonyIM | 2435 | CAN | +25N | −7B | −4N | +21B | +15N | −8B | +17N | =11B | =6B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 18.75 | 2379 | -5.7 |
| 10 | Amburgy, RyanFM | 2309 | USA | −2B | +26N | −13B | =20N | +17B | +12N | −7N | +15B | =4N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 18.25 | 2352 | +9.8 |
| 11 | Li, RachaelWIM | 2310 | USA | =6N | =14B | +21N | −19B | −13B | +25N | +16B | =9N | =1B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 19.75 | 2372 | +14.6 |
| 12 | Colville, JulianIM | 2294 | USA | −8N | +23B | +14N | =7B | −6N | −10B | +24N | =18B | +20N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 16.75 | 2364 | +16.6 |
| 13 | Harper, WarrenFM | 2356 | USA | +27N | −6B | +10N | =8B | +11N | =2N | −5B | −4B | =14N | 4.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 18.25 | 2406 | +12.2 |
| 14 | Fus, JakubIM | 2420 | POL | =16B | =11N | −12B | −17N | +26N | +23B | =18N | =8B | =13B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 13.50 | 2264 | -18.4 |
| 15 | Shafer, Logan CCM | 2225 | USA | −1B | =20N | =17B | +27N | −9B | =16N | +25B | −10N | +22B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.75 | 2218 | -5.6 |
| 16 | Winchell, Barrett | 2113 | USA | =14N | +22B | −8N | −3B | +24N | =15B | −11N | =23B | =21N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 11.75 | 2212 | +20.2 |
| 17 | Lee, MeganFM | 2183 | USA | −7N | =25B | =15N | +14B | −10N | +22B | −9B | F | +18N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.00 | 2302 | +23.4 |
| 18 | Melillo, LuciusFM | 2312 | USA | =22N | =21B | −19N | +24B | +23B | −5N | =14B | =12N | −17B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 11.75 | 2200 | -26.0 |
| 19 | Jiang, AndrewFM | 2297 | USA | F | F | +18B | +11N | −4N | −7B | =21N | +20B | −8N | 3.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 14.25 | 2342 | +7.8 |
| 20 | Guntaka, AayanshFM | 2107 | USA | −3N | =15B | =25N | =10B | =22N | =21B | +23N | −19N | −12B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 10.50 | 2145 | +15.6 |
| 21 | Yang, DanielCM | 2198 | USA | F | =18N | −11B | −9N | +27B | =20N | =19B | =22N | =16B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 8.75 | 2179 | -10.0 |
| 22 | Rahul Mynala | 2092 | IND | =18B | −16N | +26B | −5N | =20B | −17N | F | =21B | −15N | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 5.50 | 2078 | -10.4 |
| 23 | Anandh, Vijay Srinivas | 2174 | USA | −5B | −12N | F | +25B | −18N | −14N | −20B | =16N | =24B | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 4.50 | 2044 | -56.0 |
| 24 | Wang, Kyle YiwenCM | 2042 | USA | F | F | −2B | −18N | −16B | +26N | −12B | =25N | =23N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 1.75 | 2069 | +2.8 |
| 25 | Yohan, J. | 2121 | IND | −9B | =17N | =20B | −23N | F | −11B | −15N | =24B | F | 1.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 4.75 | 1981 | -24.4 |
| 26 | Gardezi, Arsal | 2132 | USA | −4N | −10B | −22N | F | −14B | −24B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 1470 | -68.8 |
| 27 | Takahashi, Michael | 2110 | USA | −13B | F | −3N | −15B | −21N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 1475 | -22.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tanenbaum, ZacharyFMUSA+52.46.5 pts · #2
- 2Lee, MeganFMUSA+23.44.0 pts · #18
- 3Winchell, BarrettUSA+20.24.0 pts · #16
- 1Gardezi, ArsalUSA-68.80.0 pts · #26
- 2Anandh, Vijay SrinivasUSA-56.02.0 pts · #23
- 3Melillo, LuciusFMUSA-26.04.0 pts · #17
- R4+237 Elo gap
- R8+204 Elo gap
- R5+182 Elo gap