2025 December DFW Winter FIDE - Championship

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Irving, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2049, and top seed was Julio Catalino Sadorra (🇵🇭 PHI, GM, 2559).

Oleksii Bilych (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2427) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Julio Catalino Sadorra (4.0) and Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez (4.0). Bilych won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mahit Akula (1516) beat Jesus Antonio Guzman Cruz (2072), a +556-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States

Dates

05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭GMJulio Catalino Sadorra2559

Avg top 10

2,049

Participants

Titled players · 2

GM×1

IM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×27

🇮🇳India×2

🇲🇽Mexico×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇭🇳Honduras×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇵🇭Philippines×1

Top 3

🥇
IMOleksii Bilych
🇺🇦UKR·2427
5.0pts·2933perf+10.0
🥈
GMJulio Catalino Sadorra
🇵🇭PHI·2559
4.0pts·2419perf-4.4
🥉
Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez
🇩🇴DOM·2136
4.0pts·2045perf-6.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Oleksii Bilych led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Bilych5Maddipati4Tineo Rodriguez4Sadorra4Kolli3.5Castro3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Oleksii Bilych never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Oleksii Bilych 5 wins (R1–R5)Srihas Maddipati 4 wins (R2–R5)Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMOleksii Bilych	*	—	—	1
2Srihas Maddipati	—	*	—	—
3Brian Jeremiah Tineo Rodriguez	—	—	*	—
4GMJulio Catalino Sadorra	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bilych, OleksiiIM	2427	UKR	+15N	+13B	+14N	+2B	+6N	5.0	12.5	15.0	15.00	2933	+10.0
2	Sadorra, Julio CatalinoGM	2559	PHI	+11B	+21N	+7B	−1N	+5B	4.0	15.0	17.0	12.00	2419	-4.4
3	Tineo Rodriguez, Brian Jeremiah	2136	DOM	+34B	+19N	+20B	−5N	+8B	4.0	11.0	11.5	8.00	2045	-6.8
4	Maddipati, Srihas	1880	USA	−8N	+36B	+29N	+22B	+9N	4.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	1849	-3.2
5	Kolli, Rishi	1870	USA	+28N	+9B	=10N	+3B	−2N	3.5	14.0	15.0	9.50	2039	+36.4
6	Clarke, Daniel J	1806	USA	+27B	=24N	+16B	+23N	−1B	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.50	1812	0.0
7	Castro, Edward F	0	USA	+36N	+8B	−2N	=13B	+23B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	1902	0.0
8	Upadrasta, Advait	1582	USA	+4B	−7N	+17B	+20N	−3N	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.50	2078	+95.2
9	Sajish Pavithran, Kiara	1661	USA	+12B	−5N	+11B	+21N	−4B	3.0	13.5	15.5	8.00	1805	+38.4
10	Ramachandran, Advait	1770	USA	=16B	+32N	=5B	=14N	=15B	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.50	1803	+10.8
11	Vinayagaram, Nethra	1660	USA	−2N	+30B	−9N	+31B	+20B	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.00	1883	+40.8
12	Akula, Mahit	1516	FID	−9N	−18B	+36N	+30B	+25N	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1731	+40.8
13	Roy Choudhury, Arya	1676	USA	+22B	−1N	+31B	=7N	−14B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.75	1849	+31.2
14	Siddharth S	1933	IND	F	+17N	−1B	=10B	+13N	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.50	1977	+2.8
15	Tang, Trevor	1737	USA	−1B	+27N	F	+18B	=10N	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.00	1844	+19.6
16	Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan	1580	USA	=10N	+25B	−6N	=24B	=17B	2.5	11.0	13.0	5.75	1786	+50.0
17	Suresh, Kawin Sayi	1753	USA	+18N	−14B	−8N	+28B	=16N	2.5	10.5	11.5	4.75	1668	-21.2
18	Iyer, Aarush G	1635	USA	−17B	+12N	=21B	−15N	+27B	2.5	10.0	11.0	5.00	1640	+2.0
19	Praveen, Aayush	1605	USA	+31N	−3B	−22N	=26B	+33N	2.5	9.0	10.0	3.00	1720	+24.8
20	Meadors, Landon	1938	USA	+26N	+29B	−3N	−8B	−11N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	1629	-62.0
21	Chandra, Maurya	1743	USA	+30N	−2B	=18N	−9B	=26N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.25	1555	-43.6
22	Malone, Chris	1514	USA	−13N	+28B	+19B	−4N	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.50	1692	+34.8
23	Veeramallu, Mokshith	0	USA	F	+35B	+24N	−6B	−7N	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	1742	0.0
24	Kamireddy, Ruthvik	1626	USA	+33N	=6B	−23B	=16N	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1806	+28.4
25	Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio	2072	MEX	−29B	−16N	+27B	+32N	−12B	2.0	7.5	8.5	2.00	1600	-52.0
26	Koner, Archisman	1552	USA	−20B	=34N	=32B	=19N	=21B	2.0	7.5	8.0	3.00	1641	+18.8
27	Paleja, Jax	1456	USA	−6N	−15B	−25N	+36B	−18N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1509	+8.0
28	Ciarliero, Frank	1613	AUS	−5B	−22N	+34B	−17N	−31N	1.0	9.0	9.5	0.50	1510	-25.6
29	Dela Bajan, Vaughn Daemian	1575	USA	+25N	−20N	−4B	−33B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1668	+11.2
30	Malli, Kanishk	0	USA	−21B	−11N	F	−12N	+32B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1421	0.0
31	Moreno Moncada, Jorge Alberto	1873	HON	−19B	F	−13N	−11N	+28B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1446	-86.8
32	Ganesh, Advaith	1536	USA	=35N	−10B	=26N	−25B	−30N	1.0	8.0	8.5	1.25	1555	-0.4
33	Kurra, Suhaas	1657	USA	−24B	F	F	+29N	−19B	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	1477	-28.8
34	He, Julian	1743	USA	−3N	=26B	−28N	F	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	1494	-40.4
35	Ahaan Alsisaria	1735	IND	=32B	−23N	F	F	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.50	1536	-10.4
36	Cong, Aaron	1713	USA	−7B	−4N	−12B	−27N	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	815	-74.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Upadrasta, AdvaitUSA
+95.2
3.0 pts · #7
2Anburaj, ThamizhamuthanUSA
+50.0
2.5 pts · #9
3Vinayagaram, NethraUSA
+40.8
3.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Moreno Moncada, Jorge AlbertoHON
-86.8
1.0 pts · #30
2Cong, AaronUSA
-74.4
0.0 pts · #36
3Meadors, LandonUSA
-62.0
2.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R5+556 Elo gap
Akula, Mahit1516 beat Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio2072
R1+497 Elo gap
Dela Bajan, Vaughn Daemian1575 beat Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio2072
R2+492 Elo gap
Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan1580 beat Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio2072