2025 Houston Open - U2000
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×32
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsPhilip T Zheng led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Philip T Zheng | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Yixin Wang | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Sun Fang | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Devaj M Vadher | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zheng, Philip T | 1547 | USA | +26B | =5N | +19B | +8N | +2B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 12.25 | 1917 | +67.6 |
| 2 | Wang, Yixin | 1634 | USA | +33N | +10B | +18N | +3B | −1N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 1739 | +22.0 |
| 3 | Fang, Sun | 1775 | CHN | +22B | +21N | +6B | −2N | +5B | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.00 | 1774 | +0.4 |
| 4 | Vadher, Devaj M | 1754 | USA | −5N | +20B | +25B | +13N | +9B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 1716 | -6.0 |
| 5 | Sanepalli Guna Advik Reddy | 1616 | IND | +4B | =1B | +34N | +15B | −3N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 1861 | +63.6 |
| 6 | Baksi, Antariksh | 1472 | USA | +11N | +32B | −3N | +18B | =7N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1746 | +71.2 |
| 7 | Wilder, Daniel Gregory | 1692 | USA | +16B | −8N | +27B | +19N | =6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 1839 | +10.2 |
| 8 | Serikar, Arav | 0 | USA | +31B | +7B | =15N | −1B | =11N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 7.75 | 1694 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Vuyyuru, Aryan | 1560 | USA | +20N | −18B | +30N | +12B | −4N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1700 | +35.2 |
| 10 | Chui, Jeffrey Q | 0 | USA | +24B | −2N | −12N | +32B | +21N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1690 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gao, Albert | 1636 | USA | −6B | =23N | +28B | +24N | =8B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1610 | -2.8 |
| 12 | Anderson, Klim | 1893 | UKR | +35B | −19N | +10B | −9N | +20B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1439 | -65.2 |
| 13 | Vadlamani, Arjun | 0 | USA | −32N | +35B | +29N | −4B | +18N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Johnson, Merritt D | 1892 | USA | F | −34N | +26B | +25B | +22N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 1561 | -30.0 |
| 15 | Flournoy, Donald W | 1902 | USA | +30B | +27N | =8B | −5N | F | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1729 | -21.2 |
| 16 | Krafka, John | 0 | USA | −7N | =28N | =23B | =27B | +25N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Zeng, Michael | 1739 | USA | +29B | =25N | F | +21B | F | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.25 | 2404 | +12.8 |
| 18 | Madirawalage, Usara Evin | 0 | USA | +28B | +9N | −2B | −6N | −13B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1430 | +2.4 |
| 19 | Yadatore, Neel | 1534 | USA | +24N | +12B | −1N | −7B | −27B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 5.00 | 1643 | +24.4 |
| 20 | Law, Hans C | 1597 | USA | −9B | −4N | +35N | +23B | −12N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 935 | -39.6 |
| 21 | Borse, Tanvi | 1604 | USA | +36B | −3B | +32N | −17N | −10B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1682 | +16.8 |
| 22 | Sunagatullin, Mark | 0 | USA | −3N | +31B | F | +34B | −14B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Freeman, Logan | 0 | USA | −25N | =11B | =16N | −20N | +32B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1568 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Beckham, Richard | 1748 | USA | −10N | −29B | +33N | −11B | +35N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1415 | -50.8 |
| 25 | Sivaraju, Subbu | 0 | USA | +23B | =17B | −4N | −14N | −16B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Hosur, Sanmita | 1539 | USA | −1N | =33B | −14N | =31N | =28B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1357 | -28.8 |
| 27 | Cheng, Hua | 1694 | USA | F | −15B | −7N | =16N | +19N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1584 | -17.6 |
| 28 | Schwarz, Randall Mundell | 0 | USA | −18N | =16B | −11N | =33B | =26N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1317 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Chari, Vyas | 0 | USA | −17N | +24N | −13B | =30N | F | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1658 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Cromartie, Julius | 1486 | USA | −15N | +36N | −9B | =29B | −31N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1605 | +6.8 |
| 31 | Thalapaneni, Sarayu | 0 | USA | −8N | −22N | F | =26B | +30B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1471 | USA | +13B | −6N | −21B | −10N | −23N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 738 | -32.8 |
| 33 | Chen, Cary | 1451 | USA | −2B | =26N | −24B | =28N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1367 | -11.6 |
| 34 | Rodenstein, Alan | 1581 | USA | F | +14B | −5B | −22N | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1754 | +8.2 |
| 35 | FIDE 39999823 | 0 | — | −12N | −13N | −20B | F | −24B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 946 | 0.0 |
| 36 | McDevitt, Jacob | 1743 | USA | −21N | −30B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 745 | -30.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Baksi, AntarikshUSA+71.23.5 pts · #3
- 2Zheng, Philip TUSA+67.64.5 pts · #2
- 3Sanepalli Guna Advik ReddyIND+63.63.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Anderson, KlimUKR-65.23.0 pts · #23
- 2Beckham, RichardUSA-50.82.0 pts · #22
- 3Law, Hans CUSA-39.62.0 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R2+359 Elo gap
- R4+333 Elo gap
- R2+311 Elo gap