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TCR: Houston Fall Club Championship 2025

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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.

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
🇺🇸Michael Donovan1732
Avg top 10
1,621
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Kizilkaya takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

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
Player1234
1Ekrem Eren Kizilkaya*
1
2Arav Vashisth*
3Locke Scovell Walker
0
*
½
4Mark Sunagatullin
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kizilkaya, Ekrem Eren0USA+2N+9B+6N4B=8N3.511.012.58.5016530.0
2Walker, Locke Scovell1717USA1B=5B+10N+11N+6B3.510.511.56.502344+22.0
3Vashisth, Arav1681USA+13N+11BF=8B+4N3.56.06.05.001862+25.6
4Wilder, Daniel Gregory1681USA+12N+7BF+1N3B3.010.010.06.501814+10.6
5Sunagatullin, Mark0USA=6B=2N=11N=10B+9N3.09.010.05.7516130.0
6Iskandarov, Elvin1610USA=5N+13B1B+12N2N2.510.510.52.001782+27.6
7Donovan, Michael1732USA+10B4N8N=9B+12B2.58.08.52.751574-20.2
8D Souza, Jake Nolan1488USA9NF+7B=3N=1B2.011.011.06.001660+26.4
9He, Jayden1567USA+8B1NF=7N5B1.511.011.03.251803+24.4
10Baksi, Antariksh1476USA7N=12B2B=5N=11B1.510.010.52.251428-6.4
11Broadus, Anderson E0USAF3N=5B2B=10N1.011.511.52.2513520.0
12Shenoy, Divakar1655USA4B=10NF6B7N0.59.59.50.751303-65.6
13Rodenstein, Alan1599USA3B6NFFF0.06.06.00.00846-17.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets