2025 TCC Houston Autumn FIDE - U1800
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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1110, and top seed was Anna Rao. T Samson (🇮🇳 IND, 1693).
Anna Rao. T Samson (🇮🇳 IND, 1693) won with 4.5/5. Samson won solo starting round 4.
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
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇮🇳India×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAnna Rao. T Samson led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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4
2
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1
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Anna Rao. T Samson held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Anna Rao. T Samson beat FIDE 30999294 (White).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Anna Rao. T Samson won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anna Rao. T Samson | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2FIDE 30999294 | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Kairav Patel | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Pranav Kandi | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samson, Anna Rao. T | 1693 | IND | +14B | +11N | +2B | +4N | =3B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.25 | 2366 | +13.2 |
| 2 | FIDE 30999294 | 0 | — | +17B | +3N | −1N | +9B | +5B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 893 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Patel, Kairav | 0 | USA | +19N | −2B | +18N | +15B | =1N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kandi, Pranav | 1583 | USA | +10B | +6N | +8B | −1B | −7N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.50 | 1586 | +0.8 |
| 5 | Thota, Taran | 0 | USA | +7N | =15B | +16N | =8B | −2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1668 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ganesh, Kaira Ananya | 1525 | USA | +13N | −4B | =9N | +14B | =8N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.25 | 783 | -16.8 |
| 7 | Wilder, Daniel Gregory | 1670 | USA | −5B | +17N | F | +12B | +4B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 2383 | +7.6 |
| 8 | Ragazzo, Steven | 0 | USA | +?N | +18B | −4N | =5N | =6B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Reyes, Prince Jhamie | 0 | PHI | =12B | +?N | =6B | −2N | =10B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.00 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Shi, Jiahui | 1455 | USA | −4N | +13B | −12N | +18B | =9N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 783 | -13.2 |
| 11 | Yang, Ningxiu Matthew | 1548 | USA | F | −1B | =14N | +16B | +15N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 1660 | +12.0 |
| 12 | Sivaraju, Sai Karthik | 0 | USA | =9N | −16B | +10B | −7N | +17N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 1563 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Sivaraju, Subbu | 0 | USA | −6B | −10N | +?B | +?N | =14B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Black, Ethan | 0 | USA | −1N | +?B | =11B | −6N | =13N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Vadher, Preash Mayank | 1626 | USA | =16N | =5N | +19B | −3N | −11B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 748 | -24.4 |
| 16 | Seelam, Dhruva | 0 | USA | =15B | +12N | −5B | −11N | −?N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1394 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Yandrapati, Nirvaan | 0 | USA | −2N | −7B | F | +19N | −12B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 550010204 | 0 | — | F | −8N | −3B | −10N | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 39994104 | 0 | — | −3B | F | −15N | −17B | −?B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 826 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Samson, Anna Rao. TIND+13.24.5 pts · #2
- 2Yang, Ningxiu MatthewUSA+12.02.5 pts · #5
- 3Wilder, Daniel GregoryUSA+7.63.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Vadher, Preash MayankUSA-24.42.0 pts · #17
- 2Ganesh, Kaira AnanyaUSA-16.83.0 pts · #12
- 3Shi, JiahuiUSA-13.22.5 pts · #19