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2025 Houston Open - U2000

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1783, and top seed was Donald W Flournoy (🇺🇸 USA, 1902).

Philip T Zheng (🇺🇸 USA, 1547) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Yixin Wang (4.0) and Sun Fang (4.0). Zheng clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Neel Yadatore (1534) beat Klim Anderson (1893), a +359-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Donald W Flournoy1902
Avg top 10
1,783
Participants
36
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×32
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Philip T Zheng led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
17
7
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Zheng takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Nov

Philip T Zheng takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Philip T Zheng beat Yixin Wang (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Philip T Zheng 3 wins (R3–R5)Yixin Wang 4 wins (R1–R4)Sun Fang 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Philip T Zheng*
1
2Yixin Wang
0
*
1
3Sun Fang
0
*
4Devaj M Vadher*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zheng, Philip T1547USA+26B=5N+19B+8N+2B4.512.514.012.251917+67.6
2Wang, Yixin1634USA+33N+10B+18N+3B1N4.013.514.510.001739+22.0
3Fang, Sun1775CHN+22B+21N+6B2N+5B4.013.015.011.001774+0.4
4Vadher, Devaj M1754USA5N+20B+25B+13N+9B4.011.513.09.501716-6.0
5Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy1616IND+4B=1B+34N+15B3N3.515.016.09.751861+63.6
6Baksi, Antariksh1472USA+11N+32B3N+18B=7N3.512.513.57.751746+71.2
7Wilder, Daniel Gregory1692USA+16B8N+27B+19N=6B3.511.012.57.751839+10.2
8Serikar, Arav0USA+31B+7B=15N1B=11N3.013.515.07.7516940.0
9Vuyyuru, Aryan1560USA+20N18B+30N+12B4N3.011.012.56.501700+35.2
10Chui, Jeffrey Q0USA+24B2N12N+32B+21N3.011.012.05.0016900.0
11Gao, Albert1636USA6B=23N+28B+24N=8B3.010.512.06.001610-2.8
12Anderson, Klim1893UKR+35B19N+10B9N+20B3.010.010.05.001439-65.2
13Vadlamani, Arjun0USA32N+35B+29N4B+18N3.08.58.53.5014210.0
14Johnson, Merritt D1892USAF34N+26B+25B+22N3.06.06.05.001561-30.0
15Flournoy, Donald W1902USA+30B+27N=8B5NF2.59.59.54.501729-21.2
16Krafka, John0USA7N=28N=23B=27B+25N2.58.510.04.0015000.0
17Zeng, Michael1739USA+29B=25NF+21BF2.55.05.04.252404+12.8
18Madirawalage, Usara Evin0USA+28B+9N2B6N13B2.013.515.04.501430+2.4
19Yadatore, Neel1534USA+24N+12B1N7B27B2.013.014.55.001643+24.4
20Law, Hans C1597USA9B4N+35N+23B12N2.012.012.02.00935-39.6
21Borse, Tanvi1604USA+36B3B+32N17N10B2.010.510.51.001682+16.8
22Sunagatullin, Mark0USA3N+31BF+34B14B2.09.59.52.5016250.0
23Freeman, Logan0USA25N=11B=16N20N+32B2.09.010.03.7515680.0
24Beckham, Richard1748USA10N29B+33N11B+35N2.08.58.51.001415-50.8
25Sivaraju, Subbu0USA+23B=17B4N14N16B1.512.014.03.2515220.0
26Hosur, Sanmita1539USA1N=33B14N=31N=28B1.510.511.52.001357-28.8
27Cheng, Hua1694USAF15B7N=16N+19N1.510.510.53.251584-17.6
28Schwarz, Randall Mundell0USA18N=16B11N=33B=26N1.59.010.02.5013170.0
29Chari, Vyas0USA17N+24N13B=30NF1.59.09.02.7516580.0
30Cromartie, Julius1486USA15N+36N9B=29B31N1.58.58.50.751605+6.8
31Thalapaneni, Sarayu0USA8N22NF=26B+30B1.58.08.02.2515330.0
32Kaul, Anika Shambhavi1471USA+13B6N21B10N23N1.011.513.53.00738-32.8
33Chen, Cary1451USA2B=26N24B=28NF1.09.09.01.501367-11.6
34Rodenstein, Alan1581USAF+14B5B22NF1.08.58.53.001754+8.2
35FIDE 39999823012N13N20BF24B0.010.010.00.009460.0
36McDevitt, Jacob1743USA21N30BFFF0.03.53.50.00745-30.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets