2026 TCC Dallas Frost FIDE - U1800
31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Irving, TX, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1642, and top seed was Thanuj Dinesan (🇺🇸 USA, 1726).
Aryan Arun (🇺🇸 USA, 1568) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Keshav Ambil (4.0) and Sreevarshan Kuchun Rajan (3.5). Arun shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Anish Mittapalli (1484) beat Srijani Sai Maddipati (1702), a +218-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Arun takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Aryan Arun drew with Keshav Ambil (Black).
Keshav Ambil won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aryan Arun | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Keshav Ambil | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Aaryan Srivatsan | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Sreevarshan Kuchun Rajan | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arun, Aryan | 1568 | USA | +30N | =3B | +19N | +4B | =2N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.25 | 1768 | +32.0 |
| 2 | Ambil, Keshav | 1639 | USA | =19N | +29B | +28B | +8N | =1B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 7.00 | 1568 | -4.0 |
| 3 | Kuchun Rajan, Sreevarshan | 1577 | USA | +23B | =1N | +7B | =14N | =6B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 1718 | +30.0 |
| 4 | Srivatsan, Aaryan | 1713 | USA | +10B | +13N | =8B | −1N | +14B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 9.50 | 1776 | +13.2 |
| 5 | Shreyansh Alsisaria | 1684 | IND | +17B | =26N | =6B | +20N | =7B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.50 | 1599 | -9.2 |
| 6 | Jadhav, Saj Ajaykumar | 1626 | USA | =24N | +15B | =5N | +25B | =3N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.75 | 1715 | +14.0 |
| 7 | Vuyyuru, Aryan | 1599 | USA | +27N | +9B | −3N | +26B | =5N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1599 | +4.4 |
| 8 | Chennakesavula, Naga Suryateja | 0 | USA | +31N | +18B | =4N | −2B | =9N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1648 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Paritala, Kavin S | 1534 | USA | +21B | −7N | =10B | +22N | =8B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1640 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Puppala, Aekaay | 1530 | CAN | −4N | +16B | =9N | =13B | +25N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 1559 | +6.0 |
| 11 | Balamurali, Mahith | 0 | USA | =15N | =19B | −20N | +28B | +26N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1509 | -2.8 |
| 12 | Newell, Logan | 1546 | USA | −13N | +30B | −25N | +21N | +20B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1502 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Kelleher, Thomas Patrick | 1507 | USA | +12B | −4B | =23N | =10N | =16B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1568 | +12.4 |
| 14 | Dinesan, Thanuj | 1726 | USA | +16N | F | +22B | =3B | −4N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1684 | -8.4 |
| 15 | Cromartie, Julius | 1509 | USA | =11B | −6N | +27B | +23N | −18B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 826 | -6.8 |
| 16 | Mittapalli, Anish | 1484 | USA | −14B | −10N | +31N | +19B | =13N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1530 | +7.2 |
| 17 | Thota, Mani Karthikeya | 0 | USA | −5N | −23B | +30N | =24B | +28N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 884 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ganesh, Lakshan | 0 | USA | +25B | −8N | F | =?B | +15N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ganesh, Jiya | 0 | USA | =2B | =11N | −1B | −16N | +30B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1290 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Gupta, Avyukt | 0 | USA | −?N | +21N | +11B | −5B | −12N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1392 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Chinnapareddy, Shaurya | 1497 | USA | −9N | −20B | +29N | −12B | +27B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 741 | -35.2 |
| 22 | Wang, Oliver | 1582 | USA | =29N | +31B | −14N | −9B | =24N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1530 | -8.8 |
| 23 | Chen, Nathan Mao | 0 | USA | −3N | +17N | =13B | −15B | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1258 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mehta, Nakshwin | 0 | USA | =6B | F | F | =17N | =22B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kanadhibhotla, Venkata N M | 0 | USA | −18N | F | +12B | −6N | −10B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Shrivastava, Abhyuday | 0 | USA | F | =5B | =?N | −7N | −11B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.75 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Upadrasta, Atharv | 0 | USA | −7B | F | −15N | +29B | −21N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 566005159 | 0 | — | F | =?B | −2N | −11N | −17B | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Lu, Eric | 0 | USA | =22B | −2N | −21B | −27N | F | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1300 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 566005140 | 0 | — | −1B | −12N | −17B | F | −19N | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Maddipati, Srijani Sai | 1702 | USA | −8B | −22N | −16B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 732 | -57.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Arun, AryanUSA+32.04.0 pts · #5
- 2Kuchun Rajan, SreevarshanUSA+30.03.5 pts · #3
- 3Paritala, Kavin SUSA+22.43.0 pts · #4
- 1Maddipati, Srijani SaiUSA-57.60.0 pts · #26
- 2Chinnapareddy, ShauryaUSA-35.22.0 pts · #28
- 3Shreyansh AlsisariaIND-9.23.5 pts · #18
- R3+218 Elo gap
- R4+145 Elo gap
- R2+120 Elo gap