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2026 TCC New Year's FIDE - Championship

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25 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2003, and top seed was Anish Vivekananthan (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2412).

Anish Vivekananthan (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2412) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Samuel Gu (3.5) and Jesus Antonio Guzman Cruz (3.5). Vivekananthan won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Annie Yao (1644) beat Lily Jeanette Duarte Cramer (WFM, 1981), a +337-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMAnish Vivekananthan2412
Avg top 10
2,003
Participants
25
Titled players · 2
IM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇲🇽Mexico×2
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Anish Vivekananthan led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
2
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Vivekananthan5Guzman Cruz3.5Gu3.5Zhang3Gorenshtein3Chodniewicz3
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Anish Vivekananthan never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Anish Vivekananthan won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Jesus Antonio Guzman Cruz was #12 at R3, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMAnish Vivekananthan*———
2Jesus Antonio Guzman Cruz—*——
3Samuel Gu——*
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4Alicia S Zhang——
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Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vivekananthan, AnishIM2412USA+17N+12B+4N+5B+6N5.011.513.513.502814+4.0
2Gu, Samuel1962USA+23B=8N=7B=12N+13B3.511.011.57.251930-4.8
3Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio2020MEX−4B+23N=9B+14N+12B3.511.011.57.001951-5.0
4Jackson, Leo Daniel Olivera1909USA+3N+11B−1B=10N=7B3.014.517.59.502052+34.4
5Bist, Atharva2020USA+15N=13B+10N−1N=8B3.013.515.57.751980-10.8
6Gorenshtein, Kirill1929RUS−9B+25N+15B+8N−1B3.013.013.05.001961+7.2
7Sustento, Brandon1855USA+16N=10B=2N=13B=4N3.012.014.08.001909+15.6
8Zhang, Alicia S1771USA+22N=2B+14N−6B=5N3.012.013.06.751883+30.8
9Duarte Cramer, Lily JeanetteWFM1981MEX+6N−14B=3N=16B+15N3.011.013.07.751867-22.8
10Chodniewicz, Asher1813USA+19B=7N−5B=4B+16N3.011.013.07.001893+22.4
11Kandikayala, Srikar1905USA+25B−4N+21B+18NF3.06.56.53.502004+20.0
12Young, Patrick J1858USA+21N−1N+22B=2B−3N2.513.514.54.251878+2.0
13Bhaskaran, Siddharth1830USA+20B=5N=18B=7N−2N2.511.513.56.001903+19.2
14Yao, Annie1644USA=18B+9N−8B−3B+21N2.511.513.05.501891+55.2
15Mallikarjunaiah, Mahit S1714USA−5B+20N−6N+24B−9B2.011.011.52.501753+5.6
16Ganesan, Vikash1670USA−7B=19N+25B=9N−10B2.011.011.02.501719+9.6
17Swain, Hridarsh1763USA−1B−21N=20B=19N+23N2.010.511.02.501668-31.2
18Zafar, Faris2034USA=14N+24B=13N−11BF2.08.58.53.001753-50.8
19Kamireddy, Ruthvik1655USA−10N=16B=24N=17B=22B2.08.08.52.751588-18.8
20Vadlamani, Arjun1646USA−13N−15B=17N=23B+24N2.07.07.51.751618-8.0
21Ansari, Arhaan Khan1649USA−12B+17B−11N=22N−14B1.510.011.02.501585-18.8
22Ganesan, Vidhun1500USA−8BF−12N=21B=19N1.09.09.01.751540+5.6
23Rodenstein, Alan1589USA−2N−3BF=20N−17B0.511.011.01.001518-7.4
24Ni, Alan1554USAF−18N=19B−15N−20B0.58.08.01.001420-24.4
25Kerbow, Jeffrey C1652USA−11N−6B−16NFF0.08.08.00.001034-33.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets