TCR: 2025 Clutch City Open
Open SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 30 Aug 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1863, and top seed was Nicolas De La Colina (🇺🇸 USA, 2164).
Nicolas De La Colina (🇺🇸 USA, 2164) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Samuel Gu (2.5) and Anirudh Kumar (2.5). De La Colina broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Chloe Liu (1479) beat Umar Abdullah (1726), a +247-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
30 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Del. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×42
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsNicolas De La Colina led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
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R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
Nicolas De La Colina held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Nicolas De La Colina won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De La Colina, Nicolas | 2164 | USA | +13B | +8N | +6B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 2625 | +7.6 |
| 2 | Gu, Samuel | 1899 | USA | +27N | +15B | =7N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1986 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Kumar, Anirudh | 1821 | USA | =24N | +26B | +22N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1825 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Swain, Hridarsh | 1644 | USA | =35N | +28B | +23B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.00 | 2255 | +10.0 |
| 5 | Vashisth, Arav | 1677 | USA | +41B | =40B | +20N | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1859 | +26.0 |
| 6 | Zheng, Zhaoxing | 1932 | USA | +40N | +11B | −1N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 2017 | +6.6 |
| 7 | Sustento, Brandon | 1896 | USA | +12B | =9N | =2B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 1911 | +2.4 |
| 8 | Bunch, Cliff | 1780 | USA | +21N | −1B | +36N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1829 | +1.4 |
| 9 | Vadher, Devaj M | 1756 | USA | +25N | =7B | =16B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1789 | +6.4 |
| 10 | Zeng, Michael | 1723 | USA | +17N | =34B | =14N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1821 | +16.0 |
| 11 | Zhang, Alicia S | 1748 | USA | +18B | −6N | +30B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1805 | +10.0 |
| 12 | Cherian, Jacob T | 1704 | USA | −7N | +19B | +28N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1758 | +4.6 |
| 13 | Mohsenin, Cyrus | 1672 | USA | −1N | +30B | +31N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1776 | +6.8 |
| 14 | Yang, Ningxiu Matthew | 1548 | USA | +33N | =21B | =10B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1723 | +9.2 |
| 15 | Wang, Nathan Zicheng | 1622 | USA | +29N | −2N | +32B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1837 | +21.2 |
| 16 | Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1519 | USA | +32B | =27B | =9N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1688 | +17.6 |
| 17 | Krishnan, Anish | 1693 | USA | −10B | +38N | +37B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1767 | +12.4 |
| 18 | Yao, Annie | 1628 | USA | −11N | +31B | +33N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 948 | -13.6 |
| 19 | Krishnan, Mihika | 1549 | USA | +45B | −12N | +29B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1740 | +20.0 |
| 20 | Zamarripa, Salma | 1526 | USA | =22B | +39N | −5B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1665 | +14.8 |
| 21 | Zheng, Philip T | 0 | USA | −8B | =14N | +43B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Shenoy, Divakar | 0 | USA | =20N | +42B | −3B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Patel, Kairav | 0 | USA | +?B | =25B | −4N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 24 | He, Jayden | 1593 | USA | =3B | −29N | +42N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.75 | 1605 | +1.2 |
| 25 | Tran, Nguyen | 1578 | USA | −9B | =23N | +40N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1760 | +18.8 |
| 26 | Wilder, Daniel Gregory | 1670 | USA | =34N | −3N | +41B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1713 | +3.4 |
| 27 | Iskandarov, Elvin | 1619 | USA | −2B | =16N | =39B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1565 | -10.4 |
| 28 | Shi, Jiahui | 1455 | USA | +37B | −4N | −12B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1483 | +3.6 |
| 29 | Nguyen, Thanh | 1775 | USA | −15B | +24B | −19N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1463 | -49.2 |
| 30 | Liu, Chloe | 1479 | USA | +38B | −13N | −11N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1590 | +15.6 |
| 31 | Vadlamani, Arjun | 0 | USA | +44B | −18N | −13B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Seelam, Dhruva | 0 | USA | −16N | +?B | −15N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1393 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 29655331 | 0 | — | −14B | +45N | −18B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Wang, Ethan Yizhe | 1848 | USA | =26B | =10N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1697 | -16.0 |
| 35 | Liu, Jeffrey Yang | 0 | USA | =4B | =36B | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 36 | D Souza, Jake Nolan | 1494 | USA | =42B | =35N | −8B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 980 | -6.4 |
| 37 | Rowe-Watters, Chauncey | 1477 | USA | −28N | +43B | −17N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 774 | -30.0 |
| 38 | Abdullah, Umar | 1726 | USA | −30N | −17B | +44N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 786 | -54.4 |
| 39 | Kanampalli, Sarvagn | 1652 | USA | =43N | −20B | =27N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1380 | -28.4 |
| 40 | Walker, Locke Scovell | 1763 | USA | −6B | =5N | −25B | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1456 | -45.6 |
| 41 | Chen, Cary | 1470 | USA | −5N | =44B | −26N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 874 | -18.8 |
| 42 | Wong, Zoe | 0 | USA | =36N | −22N | −24B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Yandrapati, Nirvaan | 0 | USA | =39B | −37N | −21N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1372 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 39976190 | 0 | — | −31N | =41N | −38B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 39988040 | 0 | — | −19N | −33B | −?N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vashisth, AravUSA+26.02.5 pts · #2
- 2Wang, Nathan ZichengUSA+21.22.0 pts · #14
- 3Krishnan, MihikaUSA+20.02.0 pts · #15
Top rating losers
- 1Abdullah, UmarUSA-54.41.0 pts · #43
- 2Nguyen, ThanhUSA-49.21.0 pts · #17
- 3Walker, Locke ScovellUSA-45.60.5 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R1+247 Elo gap
- R3+226 Elo gap
- R3+185 Elo gap