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Coppell CC FIDE Fall Classical - Championship

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Coppell, TX, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1810, and top seed was Faris Zafar (🇺🇸 USA, 2019).

Faris Zafar (🇺🇸 USA, 2019) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Siddharth Bhaskaran (3.5) and Kawin Sayi Suresh (3.5). Zafar broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Rohan Vinod (1685) beat James A Lank (1925), a +240-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Coppell, TX, United States
Dates
21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Faris Zafar2019
Avg top 10
1,810
Participants
26
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Faris Zafar led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
4
5
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Zafar4.5Suresh3.5Vinod3.5Sajish Pavithran3.5Vadher3.5Bhaskaran3.5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Faris Zafar never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Faris Zafar beat Kawin Sayi Suresh (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Kawin Sayi Suresh won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Faris Zafar*
1
——
2Kawin Sayi Suresh
0
*——
3Rohan Vinod——*
½
4Kiara Sajish Pavithran——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zafar, Faris2019USA+3B+16N=2B+7N+6B4.513.515.513.752105+14.8
2Bhaskaran, Siddharth1824USA+25B+17N=1N=5B=3B3.513.513.57.751861+12.4
3Suresh, Kawin Sayi1701USA−1N+18B+20N+8B=2N3.513.014.58.251904+53.2
4Sajish Pavithran, Kiara1594USA+15N−8B+19N+14N=5B3.511.513.08.251846+67.2
5Vinod, Rohan1685USA+22B+24N=7B=2N=4N3.511.512.57.501887+53.6
6Vadher, Devaj M1754USA=19N+23B+10N+24B−1N3.59.510.55.251899+38.0
7Sunil, Arush1804USA+11N+21B=5N−1B=9N3.013.515.07.251846+10.8
8Ikkurthi, Ishaan1752USA=12B+4N=9B−3N+21N3.012.514.07.751748+0.4
9Balaji, Tanav1749USA=20B+12N=8N=21B=7B3.010.011.57.001765+5.6
10Ganesh, Advaith1497USA=13B+26N−6B=11B=15N2.511.011.03.751647+38.8
11Iyer, Aarush G1624USA−7B+22N=13B=10N=14B2.510.512.05.251665+10.8
12Rajagopalan, Aadhya Jay1550USA=8N−9B=23N+18B=13B2.510.511.55.251685+35.2
13Vinayagaram, Nethra1709USA=10N=20B=11N=16B=12N2.59.511.05.501563-38.8
14Ahaan Alsisaria1769IND=23N=19B+17N−4B=11N2.59.510.54.501640-34.4
15Upadrasta, Advait1573USA−4B+25N−24B+23N=10B2.58.08.02.251622+10.0
16Mazumdar, Viraj1577USA+18N−1B−21N=13N=17B2.011.012.54.251680+22.0
17Ansari, Arhaan Khan1673USA+26N−2B−14B=22N=16N2.09.59.51.751586-24.0
18Muthiah, Yugan1611USA−16B−3N+25B−12N+20B2.09.59.51.501504-29.2
19Badrinarayanan, Ashwath1706USA=6B=14N−4B=20N−22B1.511.012.53.751497-55.6
20Karry, Tapasya1567USA=9N=13N−3B=19B−18N1.511.012.53.501545-6.0
21Kotha, Kaarthi1792USAF−7N+16B=9N−8B1.511.011.03.501634-34.8
22Koner, Archisman1545USA−5N−11BF=17B+19N1.59.59.52.501585+7.2
23Cheung, Joseph1603USA=14B−6N=12B−15BF1.011.011.02.501468-27.6
24Lank, James A1925USAF−5B+15N−6NF1.09.59.52.501545-56.4
25Paleja, Jax1490USA−2N−15B−18NFF0.08.08.00.00869-34.0
26Praveen, Aayush1578USA−17B−10BFFF0.04.54.50.00785-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets