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2026 February-March TCC South Texas FIDE - Championship

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19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Anish Vivekananthan (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2403).

Anish Vivekananthan (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2403) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Brandon Sustento (4.0) and Thanh Nguyen (3.5). Vivekananthan won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Nguyen Tran (1572) beat Arav Vashisth (1692), a +120-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸IMAnish Vivekananthan2403
Avg top 10
1,867
Participants
19
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×18
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Anish Vivekananthan led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

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

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Anish Vivekananthan beat Brandon Sustento (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

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

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMAnish Vivekananthan*
1
1
2Brandon Sustento
0
*
3Thanh Nguyen*
4Alicia S Zhang
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vivekananthan, AnishIM2403USA+12B+5N+2B+4N+7B5.012.514.014.002803+4.0
2Sustento, Brandon1871USA+18N+11B1N+7B+4B4.012.513.08.002122+58.8
3Nguyen, Thanh1713USA+13N=7B4N+12B+8N3.59.010.56.251875+42.8
4Gorenshtein, Kirill1936RUS+8B+10N+3B1B2N3.014.516.57.501923-4.0
5Zhang, Alicia S1802USA+15N1B7N+13B+9N3.011.012.55.001840+8.0
6Tran, Nguyen1572USA9N=13B=14N+18B+15B3.06.57.03.501696+34.0
7Revellon, Lucas1780USA+14B=3N+5B2N1N2.515.517.06.251828+4.2
8He, Jayden1616USA4N+9BF+10N3B2.010.510.54.001774+31.6
9Krishnan, Anish1726USA+6B8N=10B=15N5B2.010.011.54.751584-39.2
10Yao, Annie1719USA+19N4B=9N8B=14N2.08.59.02.251628-25.6
11Swain, Hridarsh1731USA+16B2N+12B17NF2.07.57.52.501791+12.0
12Patel, Kairav1757USA1N+16B11N3N=13B1.512.013.01.751601-40.4
13Debnath, Nivaan1561USA3B=6N=18B5N=12N1.511.011.52.501554-2.8
14Jawaghar, Jeevanth1578USA7N=19B=6B16N=10B1.58.59.02.751518-14.8
15Liu, Chloe1568USA5BF+19N=9B6N1.58.58.51.501601+4.4
16Fu, Eliane1609USA11N12NF+14BF1.05.05.01.501554-8.4
17Kolli, Rishi1949USAFFF+11BF1.02.02.02.002532+8.8
18Vashisth, Arav1692USA2BF=13N6NF0.58.58.50.751395-44.4
19Hajjali, Ryan1653USA10B=14N15BFF0.55.05.00.751347-45.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets