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TCR: Houston Fall Championship 2025

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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1954, and top seed was Daniel Fernandez (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2421).

Alexander Elliott (🇺🇸 USA, 1980) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Owen Yuan (3.5) and Siddharth Bhaskaran (3.0). Elliott won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Cyrus Mohsenin (1679) beat Leonel Bee (1845), a +166-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
24 Oct 2025 → 26 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMDaniel Fernandez2421
Avg top 10
1,954
Participants
17
Titled players · 1
GM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×16
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Alexander Elliott led from R2; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Elliott4Yuan3.5Bhaskaran3Mohsenin2.5Bunch2.5Shen2.5
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Alexander Elliott held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexander Elliott drew with Owen Yuan (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Alexander Elliott went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexander Elliott*
½
——
2Owen Yuan
½
*
1
—
3Siddharth Bhaskaran—
0
*—
4Cyrus Mohsenin———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Elliott, Alexander1980USA+15N+13B=2N+11B=4N4.09.510.57.502097+14.8
2Yuan, Owen1883USA+3B=14N=1B+6N=5B3.512.013.59.502129+61.2
3Bhaskaran, Siddharth1840USA−2N+15B+13N=7B=8N3.010.011.05.001864+7.6
4Shen, Yangyang1901USAF=6N+7B=5N=1B2.511.511.57.001988+18.8
5Widener, Andrew J1891USA=9BF+12N=4B=2N2.510.510.56.251928+4.0
6Sustento, Brandon1904USA=12N=4B+16N−2B=7N2.510.510.53.501776-29.2
7Bee, Karstein1798USA+17N=11B−4N=3N=6B2.510.010.03.751861+16.4
8Bunch, Cliff1781USA=11N=12BF+9N=3B2.59.59.56.001943+16.8
9Mohsenin, Cyrus1679USA=5N−10B+15N−8B+13N2.59.010.03.751792+30.0
10Revellon, Lucas1789USA−14B+9N−11N=13B+12N2.58.09.55.251917+14.6
11Polisetti, Lohit Krishna Narayana2004USA=8B=7N+10B−1NF2.011.511.55.001837-33.6
12Chipfurutse, Alois1870ZIM=6B=8N−5B+16N−10B2.010.010.02.501648-23.0
13Bee, Leonel1845USA+16B−1N−3B=10N−9B1.512.012.01.251500-65.2
14Fernandez, DanielGM2421USA+10N=2BFFF1.56.06.04.252214-3.4
15Yao, Annie1655USA−1B−3N−9BF+16B1.09.59.50.001033-34.4
16Zheng, Philip T0USA−13NF−6B−12B−15N0.07.07.00.0010190.0
17Arellano, Santiago1660USA−7BFFFF0.02.52.50.00998-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets