2025 TCC Fall DFW FIDE - Championship
36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Irving, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1986, and top seed was Jeffery Xiong (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2648).
Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez (🇩🇴 DOM, 2141) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Faris Zafar (4.0) and Karstein Bee (3.5). Tineo Rodriguez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Kawin Sayi Suresh (1664) beat Andy Shao (1957), a +293-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Tineo Rodriguez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).
Faris Zafar beat Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez (Black).
Faris Zafar 4 wins (R1–R5)Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faris Zafar | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Pranav Santhosh | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Karstein Bee | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tineo Rodriguez, Brian Jeremiah | 2141 | DOM | +19N | +20B | +3N | +12B | −2B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 2073 | -5.2 |
| 2 | Zafar, Faris | 1951 | USA | +17B | +15N | +10B | F | +1N | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 2695 | +68.0 |
| 3 | Bee, Karstein | 1798 | USA | +34B | +5N | −1B | +11N | =4B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1987 | +47.2 |
| 4 | Santhosh, Pranav | 1787 | USA | +29N | =6B | =26N | +7B | =3N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.75 | 1860 | +20.4 |
| 5 | Bhaskaran, Siddharth | 1840 | USA | +28N | −3B | =16N | +18B | =9N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1719 | -24.0 |
| 6 | Konstantakos, Christos D | 1755 | GRE | +36B | =4N | =8B | =15N | =13B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1893 | +37.2 |
| 7 | Suresh, Kawin Sayi | 1664 | USA | −8B | +34N | +13B | −4N | +21B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1850 | +38.4 |
| 8 | Lank, James A | 1927 | USA | +7N | =14B | =6N | +22B | F | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.75 | 1901 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Bupeshnath, Arjun | 1859 | USA | −11B | +36N | +23B | =10N | =5B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.75 | 1815 | -10.4 |
| 10 | Bee, Leonel | 1845 | USA | +35B | +13N | −2N | =9B | −14N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1780 | -14.8 |
| 11 | Vinayagaram, Nethra | 1694 | USA | +9N | =30B | =22N | −3B | =16N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1752 | +15.2 |
| 12 | Le-Tran, Leo | 1819 | USA | +18N | =26B | +14N | −1N | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1854 | +6.8 |
| 13 | Shao, Andy | 1957 | USA | +25N | −10B | −7N | +28B | =6N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1479 | -35.2 |
| 14 | Tong, Boon Kai | 1577 | USA | F | =8N | −12B | +17N | +10B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1933 | +70.4 |
| 15 | Fernandez, Jorge | 1833 | USA | +16N | −2B | +30N | =6B | F | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1837 | +0.6 |
| 16 | Vinod, Rohan | 1668 | USA | −15B | +35N | =5B | =23N | =11B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1732 | +17.2 |
| 17 | Chandra, Maurya | 1759 | USA | −2N | +28B | =20N | −14B | +34B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1691 | -16.0 |
| 18 | Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan | 1552 | USA | −12B | =27N | +24B | −5N | +35B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1695 | +27.2 |
| 19 | Roy Choudhury, Arya | 1642 | USA | −1B | +25N | =21B | +32N | F | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1849 | +17.6 |
| 20 | Zhang, Lawrence | 1854 | USA | +24B | −1N | =17B | =21N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1823 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Tang, Trevor | 0 | USA | −22N | +29B | =19N | =20B | −7N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Zhang, Ellery | 1841 | USA | +21B | =23N | =11B | −8N | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1661 | -28.8 |
| 23 | He, Julian | 1737 | USA | +31N | =22B | −9N | =16B | −33N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1779 | +6.0 |
| 24 | Upadrasta, Advait | 1569 | USA | −20N | +31B | −18N | =29B | =25N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1598 | +3.2 |
| 25 | Sripada, Vishnu | 0 | USA | −13B | −19B | +31N | =35N | =24B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ahaan Alsisaria | 1765 | IND | +27B | =12N | =4B | F | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1803 | +4.4 |
| 27 | Wang, Yixin | 0 | USA | −26N | =18B | −28N | +30B | =32B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1642 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Dani, Ariana E | 0 | USA | −5B | −17N | +27B | −13N | =31B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Dela Bajan, Vaughn Daemian | 1581 | USA | −4B | −21N | +36B | =24N | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1652 | +10.8 |
| 30 | Sajish Pavithran, Kiara | 1593 | USA | =32B | =11N | −15B | −27N | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1603 | +1.2 |
| 31 | Vibhuvan Vemula | 1752 | IND | −23B | −24N | −25B | =34N | =28N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1405 | -51.6 |
| 32 | Banerjee, Evan | 1656 | CAN | =30N | F | F | −19B | =27N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1425 | -24.4 |
| 33 | Xiong, JefferyGM | 2648 | USA | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 3048 | +0.8 |
| 34 | Jempty, George M | 1729 | USA | −3N | −7B | F | =31B | −17N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.50 | 1420 | -28.6 |
| 35 | Malone, Chris | 1554 | USA | −10N | −16B | F | =25B | −18N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 888 | -39.6 |
| 36 | Vuyyuru, Aryan | 1599 | USA | −6N | −9B | −29N | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 932 | -40.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tong, Boon KaiUSA+70.42.5 pts · #8
- 2Zafar, FarisUSA+68.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Bee, KarsteinUSA+47.23.5 pts · #4
- 1Vibhuvan VemulaIND-51.61.0 pts · #31
- 2Vuyyuru, AryanUSA-40.00.0 pts · #35
- 3Malone, ChrisUSA-39.60.5 pts · #36
- R3+293 Elo gap
- R5+268 Elo gap
- R5+190 Elo gap