2026 February-March TCC South Texas FIDE - Championship
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsIM Anish Vivekananthan led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
IM Anish Vivekananthan never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
IM Anish Vivekananthan beat Brandon Sustento (White).
IM Anish Vivekananthan won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMAnish Vivekananthan | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Brandon Sustento | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Thanh Nguyen | — | — | * | — |
| 4Alicia S Zhang | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vivekananthan, AnishIM | 2403 | USA | +12B | +5N | +2B | +4N | +7B | 5.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2803 | +4.0 |
| 2 | Sustento, Brandon | 1871 | USA | +18N | +11B | −1N | +7B | +4B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 2122 | +58.8 |
| 3 | Nguyen, Thanh | 1713 | USA | +13N | =7B | −4N | +12B | +8N | 3.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 6.25 | 1875 | +42.8 |
| 4 | Gorenshtein, Kirill | 1936 | RUS | +8B | +10N | +3B | −1B | −2N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 7.50 | 1923 | -4.0 |
| 5 | Zhang, Alicia S | 1802 | USA | +15N | −1B | −7N | +13B | +9N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1840 | +8.0 |
| 6 | Tran, Nguyen | 1572 | USA | −9N | =13B | =14N | +18B | +15B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1696 | +34.0 |
| 7 | Revellon, Lucas | 1780 | USA | +14B | =3N | +5B | −2N | −1N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 6.25 | 1828 | +4.2 |
| 8 | He, Jayden | 1616 | USA | −4N | +9B | F | +10N | −3B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1774 | +31.6 |
| 9 | Krishnan, Anish | 1726 | USA | +6B | −8N | =10B | =15N | −5B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1584 | -39.2 |
| 10 | Yao, Annie | 1719 | USA | +19N | −4B | =9N | −8B | =14N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1628 | -25.6 |
| 11 | Swain, Hridarsh | 1731 | USA | +16B | −2N | +12B | −17N | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1791 | +12.0 |
| 12 | Patel, Kairav | 1757 | USA | −1N | +16B | −11N | −3N | =13B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 1.75 | 1601 | -40.4 |
| 13 | Debnath, Nivaan | 1561 | USA | −3B | =6N | =18B | −5N | =12N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1554 | -2.8 |
| 14 | Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1578 | USA | −7N | =19B | =6B | −16N | =10B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1518 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Liu, Chloe | 1568 | USA | −5B | F | +19N | =9B | −6N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1601 | +4.4 |
| 16 | Fu, Eliane | 1609 | USA | −11N | −12N | F | +14B | F | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1554 | -8.4 |
| 17 | Kolli, Rishi | 1949 | USA | F | F | F | +11B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2532 | +8.8 |
| 18 | Vashisth, Arav | 1692 | USA | −2B | F | =13N | −6N | F | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1395 | -44.4 |
| 19 | Hajjali, Ryan | 1653 | USA | −10B | =14N | −15B | F | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1347 | -45.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sustento, BrandonUSA+58.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Nguyen, ThanhUSA+42.83.5 pts · #3
- 3Tran, NguyenUSA+34.03.0 pts · #5
- 1Hajjali, RyanUSA-45.20.5 pts · #19
- 2Vashisth, AravUSA-44.40.5 pts · #18
- 3Patel, KairavUSA-40.41.5 pts · #13
- R4+120 Elo gap
- R2+110 Elo gap
- R4+103 Elo gap