TCR: Houston Fall Club Championship 2025
13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Houston, TX, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1621, and top seed was Michael Donovan (🇺🇸 USA, 1732).
Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Locke Scovell Walker (3.5) and Arav Vashisth (3.5). Kizilkaya shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jake Nolan D Souza (1488) beat Michael Donovan (1732), a +244-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
3 players finish on 3.5/5. Kizilkaya takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).
Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya 3 wins (R1–R3)Locke Scovell Walker 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Arav Vashisth | — | * | — | — |
| 3Locke Scovell Walker | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Mark Sunagatullin | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kizilkaya, Ekrem Eren | 0 | USA | +2N | +9B | +6N | −4B | =8N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Walker, Locke Scovell | 1717 | USA | −1B | =5B | +10N | +11N | +6B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.50 | 2344 | +22.0 |
| 3 | Vashisth, Arav | 1681 | USA | +13N | +11B | F | =8B | +4N | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 1862 | +25.6 |
| 4 | Wilder, Daniel Gregory | 1681 | USA | +12N | +7B | F | +1N | −3B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1814 | +10.6 |
| 5 | Sunagatullin, Mark | 0 | USA | =6B | =2N | =11N | =10B | +9N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.75 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Iskandarov, Elvin | 1610 | USA | =5N | +13B | −1B | +12N | −2N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1782 | +27.6 |
| 7 | Donovan, Michael | 1732 | USA | +10B | −4N | −8N | =9B | +12B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1574 | -20.2 |
| 8 | D Souza, Jake Nolan | 1488 | USA | −9N | F | +7B | =3N | =1B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1660 | +26.4 |
| 9 | He, Jayden | 1567 | USA | +8B | −1N | F | =7N | −5B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1803 | +24.4 |
| 10 | Baksi, Antariksh | 1476 | USA | −7N | =12B | −2B | =5N | =11B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1428 | -6.4 |
| 11 | Broadus, Anderson E | 0 | USA | F | −3N | =5B | −2B | =10N | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.25 | 1352 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shenoy, Divakar | 1655 | USA | −4B | =10N | F | −6B | −7N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 1303 | -65.6 |
| 13 | Rodenstein, Alan | 1599 | USA | −3B | −6N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 846 | -17.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Iskandarov, ElvinUSA+27.62.5 pts · #7
- 2D Souza, Jake NolanUSA+26.42.0 pts · #9
- 3Vashisth, AravUSA+25.63.5 pts · #4
- 1Shenoy, DivakarUSA-65.60.5 pts · #12
- 2Donovan, MichaelUSA-20.22.5 pts · #2
- 3Rodenstein, AlanUSA-17.40.0 pts · #13
- R3+244 Elo gap