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2026 March TCC - DFW Spring FIDE - Championship

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23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Irving, TX, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Oleksii Bilych (🇺🇦 UKR, IM, 2441).

Craig Hilby (🇺🇸 USA, IM, 2409) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Oleksii Bilych (4.5) and Ishaan Ikkurthi (3.5). Hilby shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Archisman Koner (1544) beat Saket Nagavarapu (1685), a +141-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Irving, TX, United States
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦IMOleksii Bilych2441
Avg top 10
1,935
Participants
23
Titled players · 2
IM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
6
2
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Hilby4.5Bilych4.5Joseph3.5Ikkurthi3.5Roy Choudhury3Tang3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Hilby takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Craig Hilby drew with IM Oleksii Bilych (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Craig Hilby 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Oleksii Bilych 3 wins (R1–R3)Julian Joseph 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMCraig Hilby*
½
—
1
2IMOleksii Bilych
½
*——
3Julian Joseph——*—
4Ishaan Ikkurthi
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hilby, CraigIM2409USA+7N+11B+9N=2B+3N4.514.016.514.252461+3.6
2Bilych, OleksiiIM2441UKR+12B+17N+8B=1N+5B4.512.514.011.752481+2.8
3Ikkurthi, Ishaan1895USA+10B+15N=5B+8N−1B3.513.515.59.502013+28.0
4Joseph, Julian1818USAF=6B+18N+9B+11N3.510.010.08.502118+52.0
5Tang, Trevor1755USA+13B+20N=3N=6B−2N3.013.014.06.251909+37.6
6Bupeshnath, Arjun1804USA=20B=4N+12B=5N=7B3.011.512.57.251792-2.4
7Iyer, Aarush G1652USA−1B=13N+20B+12N=6N3.011.512.55.501850+49.2
8Roy Choudhury, Arya1898USA+14N+19B−2N−3B+22N3.011.512.04.001876-4.0
9Ramachandran, Advait1799USA+18B+22N−1B−4N+15B3.011.512.04.001877+17.2
10He, Julian1685USA−3N+23B=11N=21B+17N3.08.59.03.751728+8.8
11Upadrasta, Advait1806USA+21B−1N=10B+19N−4B2.512.513.54.001784-8.8
12Chandra, Maurya1699USA−2N+14B−6N−7B+18N2.012.514.03.501692-7.6
13Nagavarapu, Saket1685USA−5N=7B−14N=16B+20N2.010.011.03.501575-22.0
14Koner, Archisman1544USA−8B−12N+13B=18B=16N2.09.010.53.751644+22.4
15Anburaj, Thamizhamuthan1687USA+23N−3B=21N=22B−9N2.08.08.51.251513-36.4
16Akula, Praneel1604USA−17B−18N+23B=13N=14B2.07.07.52.501458-29.6
17Tong, Boon Kai1683USA+16N−2B=19NF−10B1.511.011.02.751677-7.6
18Rambhapuri, Kushal Rohith1721USA−9N+16B−4B=14N−12B1.510.512.53.001543-47.2
19Sajish Pavithran, Kiara1685USAF−8N=17B−11B+21N1.58.08.01.751642-10.8
20Balaji, Tanav1680USA=6N−5B−7N=23N−13B1.011.011.51.751394-52.0
21Kanaparthi, Pardhu Sai1529USA−11NF=15B=10N−19B1.09.09.02.501523-1.6
22Sullia, Rohit1600USAF−9BF=15N−8B0.58.08.01.001522-10.8
23Ganesh, Lakshan0USA−15B−10N−16N=20BF0.58.08.00.5013420.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets