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2026 May Clutch City Open

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24 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 09 May 2026 in Houston, TX, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1749, and top seed was Shelev Oberoi (🇺🇸 USA, 2167).

Shelev Oberoi (🇺🇸 USA, 2167) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Thanh Nguyen (3.0) and Cliff Bunch (2.0). Oberoi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: FIDE 39975932 (1228) beat Simon Nguyen (1512), a +284-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Houston, TX, United States
Dates
09 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Del. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Shelev Oberoi2167
Avg top 10
1,749
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
11.52.53R1R2R3
Oberoi3Nguyen32Rowe-Watters2Krishnan2Bunch2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/3. Oberoi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Shelev Oberoi 3 wins (R1–R3)Thanh Nguyen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shelev Oberoi*———
2Thanh Nguyen—*—
1
3FIDE 39975932——*—
4Chauncey Rowe-Watters—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Oberoi, Shelev2167USA+10N+4B+3N3.04.05.55.502568+4.8
2Nguyen, Thanh1760USA+11N+5B+6N3.04.05.55.502296+14.8
3Bunch, Cliff1769USA+20B+8N−1B2.05.06.03.001940+11.6
4Krishnan, Anish1652USA+14N−1N+18B2.04.55.52.501846+26.8
5Rowe-Watters, Chauncey1447USA+23N−2N+17B2.04.04.51.501761+46.8
6FIDE 5660128051475—+?B+22N−2B2.03.53.50.5017530.0
7Liu, Chloe1582USA=12B+13B=10N2.03.04.53.001688+11.6
8Tran, Nguyen1592USA+22B−3B+16N2.03.03.51.501808+34.0
9FIDE 399759321228—=16N=?B+19B2.02.02.01.5015580.0
10Yao, Annie1677USA−1B+19N=7B1.55.06.02.001724+2.8
11Rodenstein, Alan1545USA−2B+17N=15B1.54.55.51.751603+2.6
12Khasawneh, Faisal1699USA=7N=14B=13N1.53.55.02.501605-5.2
13FIDE 5660082471263—+18B−7N=12B1.53.54.51.7515880.0
14Iskandarov, Elvin1628USA−4B=12N+23B1.53.54.01.251684+9.2
15FIDE 5660126271303—=?N=16B=11N1.52.52.51.2515490.0
16Nguyen, Suri Ngoc1536USA=9B=15N−8B1.04.05.51.75792-16.8
17Shi, Jiahui1445USA+21N−11B−5N1.03.54.51.00696-34.4
18Yandrapati, Nirvaan1483USA−13N+24B−4N1.03.53.50.001584+10.8
19Nguyen, Simon1512USA+24N−10B−9N1.03.53.50.001597+9.2
20Rucker, Peter A1687USA−3N=23B=22N1.02.53.00.501614-11.6
21FIDE 399675570—−17B+?N−?N1.01.01.00.007060.0
22Swain, Hridarsh1745USA−8N−6B=20B0.54.05.00.501447-31.2
23Wilder, Daniel Gregory1702USA−5B=20N−14N0.53.54.50.501314-28.6
24Seelam, Dhruva1516USA−19B−18NF0.02.02.00.00698-42.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets