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17th Annual Southwest Class Championship - Master

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115 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Irving, TX, United States. 59 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2514, and top seed was Gleb Dudin (🇭🇺 HUN, GM, 2596).

Eric Liu (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2404) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (7.5) and Vladimir Belous (7.0). Liu shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Sharvesh Arul (1825) beat Vidip Kona (CM, 2205), a +380-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States
Dates
12 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇺GMGleb Dudin2596
Avg top 10
2,514
Participants
115
Titled players · 59
GM×9
IM×14
FM×23
CM×9
WIM×2
WFM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×83
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇮🇳India×3
🇦🇲Armenia×3
🇲🇽Mexico×3
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇵🇱Poland×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
37
13
1
5
9
2
3
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Liu7.5Cardoso Cardoso7.5Belous7Fus6.5Delgado Ramirez6.5Dudin6— ex-leaders:Liled R3, #25
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Liu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Eric Liu drew with GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (White).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

GM Vladimir Belous won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMEric Liu*
½
2GMJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso
½
*
3GMVladimir Belous*
4IMJakub Fus*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Liu, EricIM2404USA+82N+33B=32N+23B=15N+6B=2B+25N+7B7.546.049.540.502647+27.2
2Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM2532COL=67N+95B+42N=21N+27B+62B=1N+12B+6N7.543.045.537.002624+11.1
3Belous, VladimirGM2485RUS=41N+77B+76N=17B=43N=14B+22N+19B+8N7.040.544.034.002536+7.5
4Delgado Ramirez, NeurisGM2511PAR+60B+20N=9B=56N=13B=11N+24B=10N+27B6.544.548.534.502475-2.4
5Fus, JakubIM2423POL+59B=40N=44B+94N=20B=9N=11B+42N+49B6.539.542.028.752367-4.3
6Dudin, GlebGM2596HUN+61B=24N=65B+28N+9B1N+68B+15N2B6.045.549.529.752473-11.4
7Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM2506COL=63N+80B+22N+16B=14N=12B=15N+18B1N6.045.048.530.502465-2.7
8Matviishen, ViktorGM2533UKR+58B+11N=21B9N=17N+35B+56B+20N3B6.044.548.530.002432-9.6
9Guo, EthanFM2329USA+91N+72B=4N+8B6N=5B18N+35B+38N6.044.047.029.002474+34.8
10Escalante Ramirez, BrianGM2453PER+54N+29B16N42B+37N+38B+17N=4B=25B6.043.047.531.502400-4.4
11Uz, Kagan2270USA+89N8B=78N+55B+50N=4B=5N+16B=12N6.043.046.028.752391+59.2
12Hilby, CraigIM2408USA+51B=44N=94B+48N+42B=7N+16B2N=11B6.043.045.528.502405+0.9
13Tang, ZoeyFM2356USA+50N=45B=41N+72B=4N+79B19N=14B+32N6.039.543.027.002390+10.4
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15Cordova, EmilioGM2494PER+83B+28N=56B+40N=1B=16N=7B6B=22N5.544.548.027.752415-7.2
16Li, RachaelWIM2358USA+111B+57N+10B7N+19B=15B12N11N+39B5.544.045.524.752420+17.0
17Atwell, RoseFM2337USA+90B+73N=14B=3N=8B=21N10B+40N=28B5.543.546.525.752394+16.8
18Bilych, OleksiiIM2450UKR=26B+52N40B+34N+33B=20N+9B7N=24B5.543.047.528.752307-13.3
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55Manchanda, AdvikCM2068USA102B=88N+98B11N+104B28N=92B=75N+94B4.528.530.011.252069+0.8
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