2025 TCC Houston Autumn FIDE - Championship

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46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1968, and top seed was Vijay Srinivas Anandh (🇺🇸 USA, 2174).

Aayansh Guntaka (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 1899) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Vijay Srinivas Anandh (4.0) and Andy Y Wang (4.0). Guntaka clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alicia S Zhang (1748) beat Atharva Bist (2080), a +332-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States

Dates

19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸Vijay Srinivas Anandh2174

Avg top 10

1,968

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×44

🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAayansh Guntaka
🇺🇸USA·1899
4.5pts·2236perf+72.8
🥈
Vijay Srinivas Anandh
🇺🇸USA·2174
4.0pts·2115perf-8.0
🥉
Andy Y Wang
🇺🇸USA·2008
4.0pts·2065perf+18.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Aayansh Guntaka led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Guntaka4.5Wang4Anandh4Bates4Elliott4Gu3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Aayansh Guntaka held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Aayansh Guntaka 3 wins (R1–R3)Andy Y Wang 3 wins (R2–R4)Vijay Srinivas Anandh 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAayansh Guntaka	*	—	½	—
2Andy Y Wang	—	*	½	—
3Vijay Srinivas Anandh	½	½	*	—
4Evan Bates	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Guntaka, AayanshFM	1899	USA	+34N	+41B	+9N	=2N	+6B	4.5	12.0	13.0	11.00	2236	+72.8
2	Anandh, Vijay Srinivas	2174	USA	+32N	+8B	+21N	=1B	=3N	4.0	14.0	15.5	11.25	2115	-8.0
3	Wang, Andy Y	2008	USA	=10N	+44B	+17B	+20N	=2B	4.0	12.0	13.0	9.50	2065	+18.0
4	Elliott, Alexander	1972	USA	+38B	=20N	+26B	=6N	+12B	4.0	11.0	12.5	9.50	2032	+7.6
5	Bates, Evan	1817	USA	−25B	+31N	+27B	+17N	+8B	4.0	9.5	11.0	9.00	1942	+30.0
6	Gu, Samuel	1949	USA	+31N	+28B	+18N	=4B	−1N	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.00	1935	+1.6
7	Bee, Leonel	1845	USA	+37N	=19B	=10N	+18B	=15B	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.25	1829	0.0
8	Zhang, Alicia S	1748	USA	+35N	−2N	+25B	+14B	−5N	3.0	13.0	14.5	6.50	1920	+40.0
9	Bee, Karstein	1823	USA	+40B	+13N	−1B	−19N	+27B	3.0	12.0	13.5	6.50	1695	-24.8
10	Meadors, Landon	1704	USA	=3B	+36N	=7B	−12N	+41B	3.0	12.0	13.0	6.25	1905	+52.8
11	Jaishankar, Sanjay	1899	USA	=26B	+22N	−20B	+23N	=16B	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.50	1765	-27.2
12	Johnson, Emerson Aurelius	1769	USA	+46N	−18B	+42N	+10B	−4N	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1764	-0.4
13	Choi, Jay	0	USA	+24N	−9B	+41N	−21B	+28N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	1843	0.0
14	Bist, Atharva	2080	USA	+27B	−17N	+29B	−8N	+25B	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.00	1789	-59.6
15	Sustento, Brandon	1896	USA	+33B	F	=19N	+28B	=7N	3.0	9.5	9.5	6.50	1918	+6.0
16	Joseph, Julian	1868	USA	=22B	−26N	+33B	+36N	=11N	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.75	1781	-19.6
17	Nguyen, Thanh	1775	USA	+39N	+14B	−3N	−5B	=18N	2.5	13.5	15.0	5.75	1774	+1.2
18	Jawaghar, Jeevanth	1519	USA	+23B	+12N	−6B	−7N	=17B	2.5	12.5	15.0	6.75	1740	+36.4
19	Reyes, Oshrie Jhames	1730	PHI	F	=7N	=15B	+9B	=21N	2.5	12.0	12.0	7.50	1967	+50.4
20	Chipfurutse, Alois	1850	ZIM	+43N	=4B	+11N	−3B	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	6.00	2035	+19.8
21	Kandikayala, Srikar	1925	USA	F	+25N	−2B	+13N	=19B	2.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	1827	-13.2
22	Swain, Hridarsh	1644	USA	=16N	−11B	=32N	=34B	+45N	2.5	9.0	9.5	3.50	1716	+17.2
23	O Keefe, Stephen M	0	USA	−18N	+46B	=30N	−11B	+35N	2.5	9.0	9.0	2.50	1656	0.0
24	Santhosh, Pranav	1805	USA	−13B	=33N	+40B	=26N	=29B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.25	1711	-17.6
25	Tran, Nguyen	1578	USA	+5N	−21B	−8N	+43B	−14N	2.0	12.5	13.5	5.00	1797	+47.2
26	Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S	1699	USA	=11N	+16B	−4N	=24B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.75	1886	+38.0
27	Yao, Annie	1655	USA	−14N	+35B	−5N	+42B	−9N	2.0	11.5	12.5	2.50	1726	+13.2
28	Vadher, Devaj M	1756	USA	+45B	−6N	+39B	−15N	−13B	2.0	11.0	11.5	2.00	1705	-8.4
29	Seelam, Tanish	1700	USA	F	=30B	−14N	+31B	=24N	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.75	1880	+25.2
30	Vadlamani, Arjun	0	USA	F	=29N	=23B	−41N	+32B	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.75	1734	0.0
31	Badrinarayanan, Ashwath	1756	USA	−6B	−5B	+37N	−29N	=33B	1.5	11.0	12.5	2.25	1568	-50.4
32	Krishnan, Anish	1693	USA	−2B	=40N	=22B	=39N	−30N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1584	-28.0
33	Shankar, Aashritha	1569	USA	−15N	=24B	−16N	=37B	=31N	1.5	10.0	11.5	2.75	1626	+9.2
34	He, Jayden	1593	USA	−1B	+45N	−36B	=22N	−39B	1.5	10.0	10.5	1.75	1501	-26.4
35	Bates, Dallin	1617	USA	−8B	−27N	=45B	+38N	−23B	1.5	9.0	9.5	1.75	1569	-11.2
36	Wu, Zekai B	1732	USA	=42N	−10B	+34N	−16B	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1624	-25.2
37	Krishnan, Mihika	1549	USA	−7B	=38N	−31B	=33N	=43B	1.5	8.0	9.0	2.00	1600	+9.2
38	Jaishankar, Akshay	1695	USA	−4N	=37B	−44N	−35B	+46N	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.75	1520	-49.2
39	Baksi, Antariksh	1446	USA	−17B	F	−28N	=32B	+34N	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.25	1617	+28.8
40	Dela Bajan, Vaughn Daemian	1497	USA	−9N	=32B	−24N	+46B	F	1.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	1640	+24.0
41	Revellon, Lucas	1809	USA	F	−1N	−13B	+30B	−10N	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1002	-20.4
42	Vashisth, Arav	1677	USA	=36B	=43N	−12B	−27N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.25	1566	-22.4
43	Reuter, William	1879	USA	−20B	=42B	F	−25N	=37N	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.25	1471	-81.2
44	Goldstein, Doug	1621	USA	F	−3N	+38B	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.50	1852	+10.2
45	Zamarripa, Salma	1526	USA	−28N	−34B	=35N	F	−22B	0.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1331	-33.6
46	Hosur, Sanmita	1588	USA	−12B	−23N	F	−40N	−38B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	854	-49.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Guntaka, AayanshFMUSA
+72.8
4.5 pts · #1
2Meadors, LandonUSA
+52.8
3.0 pts · #10
3Reyes, Oshrie JhamesPHI
+50.4
2.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Reuter, WilliamUSA
-81.2
1.0 pts · #41
2Bist, AtharvaUSA
-59.6
3.0 pts · #12
3Badrinarayanan, AshwathUSA
-50.4
1.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R4+332 Elo gap
Zhang, Alicia S1748 beat Bist, Atharva2080
R2+305 Elo gap
Nguyen, Thanh1775 beat Bist, Atharva2080
R4+301 Elo gap
Tran, Nguyen1578 beat Reuter, William1879