2025 Houston Chess Festival Entry List
View tournament information for details of the event. Entry list is updated automatically upon registration.
| Section Name | Players |
|---|---|
| Open 3-Day | 39 |
| U2000 3-Day | 15 |
| U1800 3-Day | 12 |
| U1600 3-Day | 14 |
| U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | 6 |
| Open 2-Day | 32 |
| U2000 2-Day | 10 |
| U1800 2-Day | 7 |
| U1600 2-Day | 19 |
| U1300 2-Day | 13 |
There are 167 players registered as of 07/11/2025
| Player Name | Rating | FIDE | Fed. | USCF ID | Expiration | Section | Byes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Steingrimsson, Hedinn | 2537 | 2502 | ISL | 15058602 | 2025-11-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| IM Vivekananthan, Anish | 2469 | 2407 | USA | 14709825 | 2025-05-31 | Open 3-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||
| Meng, Joshua | 2237 | 2119 | USA | 16485720 | 2025-09-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Mynala, Rahul | 2187 | 2041 | IND | 17287571 | 2026-12-31 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| FM Guntaka, Aayansh | 2166 | 2096 | USA | 30198721 | 2027-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| CM Wang, Kyle Yiwen | 2151 | 2200 | USA | 16586700 | 2026-02-28 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zhang, Oscar Yihang | 2134 | 2023 | USA | 30067435 | 2025-11-30 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Snow, Zachary | 2126 | 1911 | USA | 15336543 | 2026-05-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zheng, Zhaoxiong | 2121 | 1987 | USA | 30098055 | 2025-07-31 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Wang, Andy Y | 2086 | 1966 | USA | 16795358 | 2026-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Bates, Evan | 2076 | 2013 | USA | 30745116 | 2025-10-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Huddleston, James Douglas | 2055 | 1855 | USA | 12029800 | 2026-06-30 | Open 3-Day | 4 | ||
| Chang, Luca | 2041 | 1870 | USA | 16081600 | 2026-08-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Menon, Rohan Dileep | 2040 | 1938 | USA | 17197867 | 2025-11-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Bayyarapu, Mohit Sreejan | 2024 | 1857 | USA | 15582120 | 2026-02-28 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Sommers, Sean | 1989 | 1791 | USA | 13334868 | 2026-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Shen, Yangyang | 1988 | 1994 | USA | 17080503 | 2029-06-30 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Chetlapalli, Vishnu | 1981 | 1984 | USA | 30144870 | 2026-04-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Braddy, Elizabeth | 1979 | 1742 | USA | 16738150 | 2028-07-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Kandikayala, Srikar | 1976 | 2020 | USA | 16803213 | 2027-08-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Sustento, Brandon | 1975 | 1932 | USA | 30131064 | 2026-07-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Yang, Alexander Zirui | 1962 | 1843 | USA | 15333831 | 2025-12-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zhang, Alicia S | 1959 | 1810 | USA | 30070549 | 2026-11-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Le-Tran, Leo | 1952 | 1949 | USA | 30587257 | 2026-05-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Vyas, Miransh Purven | 1939 | 2085 | USA | 30722465 | 2026-09-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zhang, Ellery | 1916 | 1761 | USA | 30167442 | 2026-04-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Nguyen, Thanh Viet | 1896 | 1760 | USA | 16406652 | 2025-12-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Tendulkar, Ojas | 1895 | 1721 | USA | 16963734 | 2027-05-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zhang, Lawrence | 1873 | 1744 | USA | 30167437 | 2026-04-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Krothapalli, Abhinav | 1854 | 1704 | USA | 13987633 | 2026-05-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Krishnan, Anish | 1842 | 1652 | USA | 16596617 | 2026-04-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Naidoo, Kylan | 1756 | Unrated | USA | 14027786 | 2026-07-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Swain, Hridarsh | 1743 | 1745 | USA | 30023727 | 2025-10-31 | Open 3-Day | 2 | ||
| Goldstein, Doug | 1707 | 1631 | USA | 30548750 | 2026-04-30 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Ni, Alan | 1673 | 1561 | USA | 30701271 | 2025-10-31 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Kamireddy, Ruthvik | 1667 | 1627 | USA | 30283179 | 2025-09-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Samples, Lincoln | 1665 | 1776 | USA | 16680384 | 2026-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Muthukumar, Ajay | 1422 | 1649 | USA | 30024226 | 2026-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Hays, Malloy B | 1296 | Unrated | USA | 31416835 | 2026-09-30 | Open 3-Day | 1,2 | ||
| Chipfurutse, Alois Tadiwa | 1876 | 1786 | ZIM | 30508057 | 2026-04-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Flores, Brandon Matthew | 1820 | 1712 | USA | 13510941 | 2025-10-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Sosa, Grey | 1805 | 1724 | USA | 15187880 | 2025-09-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Zolidis, Eric | 1803 | 1794 | USA | 31316562 | 2027-07-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Krishnan, Mihika | 1729 | 1566 | USA | 16596204 | 2026-04-30 | U2000 3-Day | 2 | ||
| Fu, Elaine | 1725 | 1601 | USA | 17187436 | 2025-06-30 | U2000 3-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||
| Gudavalli, Jayaram | 1717 | Unrated | USA | 31915674 | 2027-07-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Liu, Chloe | 1674 | 1582 | USA | 30081462 | 2025-12-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Balaji, Tanav | 1669 | 1633 | USA | 30779464 | 2025-10-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Bates, Dallin | 1666 | 1606 | USA | 30745147 | 2025-10-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Le, Khang | 1621 | 1514 | USA | 30206758 | 2026-06-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Tran, Nguyen Nam | 1620 | 1592 | USA | 16406667 | 2025-12-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Yuan, Roy | 1514 | 1580 | USA | 30770821 | 2025-12-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Zamarripa, Salma | 1412 | 1507 | USA | 16780251 | 2025-11-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Wong, Zoe | 1312 | Unrated | USA | 31587996 | 2025-12-31 | U2000 3-Day | 5 | ||
| Taj, Ishrath Amina | 1738 | 1785 | IND | 15702336 | 2026-10-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Garcia, Kaiser Troy | 1664 | 30767117 | 2025-10-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Sunagatullin, Mark | 1663 | 1718 | USA | 30683123 | 2025-08-31 | U1800 3-Day | 3 | ||
| Burrus, Don Asanti | 1662 | Unrated | USA | 12734442 | 2026-07-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Zheng, Philip T | 1660 | 1588 | USA | 30030387 | 2026-07-31 | U1800 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Freeman, Logan | 1659 | Unrated | USA | 30768618 | 2026-12-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Palaniappan, Ramanathan | 1646 | 30316256 | 2026-01-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Smith, Vernon | 1618 | 1635 | USA | 12645053 | 2026-11-30 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1502 | 1533 | USA | 17072545 | 2026-03-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Sun, Andrew | 1453 | 30716989 | 2026-09-30 | U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Dhamija, Finn Arjun | 1447 | Unrated | USA | 17113855 | 2026-06-30 | U1800 3-Day | 4,5 | ||
| Chari, Vyas | 1440 | 1571 | USA | 31590821 | 2027-12-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Gonzalez, Johann | 1595 | 1699 | USA | 16228353 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Tovias, Brandon Arthur | 1575 | Unrated | USA | 15389525 | 2026-02-28 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Cropper, Joe | 1500 | 12239650 | 2025-12-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Hardee, Allen | 1500 | Unrated | USA | 12476705 | 2026-04-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Green, Jacob | 1379 | 16214237 | 2026-07-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Das, Shibaji | 1340 | 30678144 | 2025-08-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Chen, Andrew | 1321 | Unrated | USA | 30219200 | 2026-07-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Thorp, Richard Christopher | 1302 | Unrated | USA | 12932834 | 2025-09-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Yandrapati, Nirvaan | 1299 | 1483 | USA | 31178909 | 2026-05-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Werther, Oliver | 1278 | 1588 | USA | 30759552 | 2026-10-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Awasthi, Neel | 1224 | 32054471 | 2025-09-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Shah, Aryan | 1202 | 31081845 | 2026-03-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Samples, Walter | 1124 | 16681811 | 2025-11-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Hardee, Michael | 1003 | Unrated | USA | 13701070 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Tovias, Lauren | 1281 | 1564 | USA | 15389620 | 2025-03-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||
| Calderon, Caleb | 1233 | 30904280 | 2026-03-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||||
| Bates, Sterling | 954 | 30740184 | 2025-10-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||||
| Shanmuganathan, Zayn | 951 | Unrated | USA | 31968176 | 2026-10-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | 2 | ||
| McDermott, Riley | Unrated | 32502627 | 2026-07-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||||
| Periasamy, Deepak Prasanna | Unrated | 31846301 | 2026-04-30 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||||
| IM Wang, Justin | 2616 | 2524 | USA | 14930904 | 2026-07-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| IM Quesada Vera, Liordis | 2383 | 2298 | CUB | 30750062 | 2025-10-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| IM Campos, Augusto Cesar | 2347 | 2298 | CUB | 30778096 | 2026-05-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| CM Shafer, Logan | 2305 | 2203 | USA | 16019966 | 2026-06-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| WIM Li, Rachael | 2288 | 2301 | USA | 15452300 | 2026-06-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Gardezi, Arsal | 2209 | 2069 | USA | 15924106 | 2026-02-28 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Boudreaux Jr., Floyd A | 2200 | 1969 | USA | 10180732 | 2026-04-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Qin, Kevin | 2177 | 2040 | CAN | 30595615 | 2026-07-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Bist, Atharva | 2168 | 1994 | USA | 16451355 | 2025-11-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Blanco Amaro, Guillermo Javier | 2158 | 2094 | CUB | 15945317 | 2026-03-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Snow, Zachary | 2126 | 1911 | USA | 15336543 | 2026-05-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Yuan, Owen | 2083 | 1961 | USA | 17310824 | 2025-08-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Elliott, Alexander McLaughlin | 2081 | 2003 | USA | 14503003 | 2026-03-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| CM Manchanda, Advik | 2044 | 1949 | USA | 30054176 | 2027-11-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Joseph, Julian | 2027 | 1801 | USA | 16783177 | 2026-02-28 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Zhou, Brian Xing | 1959 | 1896 | USA | 16029627 | 2025-11-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Bunch, Cliff | 1942 | 1769 | USA | 12179380 | 2099-12-31 | Open 2-Day | 3 | ||
| Dumitru, Eric Alexander | 1941 | 1906 | USA | 17164035 | 2027-04-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Bee, Leonel | 1934 | 1796 | USA | 30444207 | 2026-03-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Bee, Karstein | 1920 | 1808 | USA | 30444186 | 2026-03-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Kaul, Krrish | 1919 | 1779 | USA | 16596843 | 2026-04-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Johnson, Emerson Aurelius | 1881 | 1894 | USA | 30729099 | 2025-11-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Palani, Mohnishkirupaa | 1876 | 1801 | USA | 16696327 | 2025-12-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Walker, Locke Scovell | 1810 | 1758 | USA | 16341847 | 2026-05-31 | Open 2-Day | 5 | ||
| Zhu, Leo | 1807 | 1748 | USA | 16754631 | 2026-02-28 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Cai, Benjamin | 1800 | 1776 | USA | 16322627 | 2026-06-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Arellano, Santiago | 1797 | 1664 | USA | 16480937 | 2026-01-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Ratheesh, Nived | 1686 | 1693 | USA | 30687838 | 2026-08-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Tullos, Michael | 1681 | Unrated | USA | 12546153 | 2026-06-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Hajjali, Ryan | 1647 | 1608 | USA | 31590689 | 2025-12-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Yao, Annie | 1646 | 1677 | USA | 30095222 | 2027-01-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Thomas, Jacob | 1043 | Unrated | USA | 32150535 | 2025-11-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Barrientos, Fredi Antonio | 1880 | 30448508 | 2025-03-31 | U2000 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||||
| Wilder, Greg | 1823 | 1702 | USA | 12778575 | 2027-11-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Cherian, Jacob T | 1806 | 1694 | USA | 12463471 | 2026-09-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Khasawneh, Faisal | 1760 | 1699 | USA | 13127212 | 2026-12-31 | U2000 2-Day | 3 | ||
| Iskandarov, Elvin | 1701 | 1628 | USA | 30221255 | 2025-09-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Kanampalli, Sarvagn | 1631 | 1624 | USA | 17085625 | 2027-03-31 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Cheng, Hua | 1627 | 1673 | USA | 31503739 | 2025-10-31 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1514 | 1676 | USA | 16816953 | 2026-01-31 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Rudra, Abhik | 1487 | 1550 | USA | 31170585 | 2027-04-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Chen, Cary | 1443 | 1439 | USA | 30285042 | 2025-11-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Kasliwal, Sidh | 1733 | 16915303 | 2026-04-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Karabulut, Onur | 1719 | 16862650 | 2026-01-31 | U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Rowe-Watters, Chauncey | 1657 | 1447 | USA | 16727150 | 2026-04-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Wiebesiek, Ethan | 1628 | Unrated | SGP | 31398114 | 2025-10-31 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Debnath, Nivaan | 1625 | 1551 | USA | 17179332 | 2026-04-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Bayyarapu, Srihit Lochan | 1240 | Unrated | USA | 16893867 | 2025-09-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Srivastava, Siddharth | 1162 | Unrated | USA | 31465546 | 2026-10-31 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Prakash, Vihaan | 1551 | 30196323 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Diaz, Sebastian | 1535 | 16452741 | 2026-02-28 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Veretennikov, Benjamin Ryan | 1435 | 31260226 | 2026-07-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| C, Shan | 1413 | 31859659 | 2026-05-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Hoyt, Matthew | 1400 | 32224139 | 2026-01-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Shah, Parth | 1390 | 15921656 | 2026-07-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Debnath, Rishaan | 1373 | 1542 | USA | 17179326 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Gonzalez, Maylani L | 1366 | 17215933 | 2025-06-30 | U1600 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||||
| Bangia, Avish | 1362 | 30016503 | 2026-08-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Garcia, Osaiah E | 1360 | 16578894 | 2026-04-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Gan, Eric | 1335 | Unrated | USA | 16741812 | 2026-04-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Trejo, Gael | 1334 | 16452756 | 2025-09-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Hsiao, Lucas Kaizhe | 1294 | 30576070 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Wong, Charles | 1281 | Unrated | USA | 30761132 | 2028-04-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Cloud, Kevin | 1270 | 32420868 | 2026-04-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Nguyen, Suri Ngoc | 1240 | 1536 | USA | 30413767 | 2026-02-28 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Gonzalez, Manuel Luis | 1209 | 30508691 | 2025-06-30 | U1600 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||||
| Nimmagadda, Abhiram | 943 | Unrated | USA | 32033916 | 2025-09-30 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Verma, Vivek | 587 | Unrated | USA | 32341960 | 2026-03-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Perry, Matthew | 1299 | 16458934 | 2026-07-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Parthiban, Haricharan | 1296 | Unrated | USA | 31905939 | 2026-05-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||
| Rajesh, Dhruv | 1207 | 17236526 | 2025-09-30 | U1300 2-Day | 3 | ||||
| Guevara, Alan | 1193 | 31037398 | 2026-04-30 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Garza, Gustavo | 1115 | Unrated | USA | 30381298 | 2026-01-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||
| Alexis, Fermin Antony | 1084 | 31820506 | 2026-04-30 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Velkur, Nandakumar Reddy | 1075 | 17112591 | 2026-07-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Gogineni, Himakar | 1063 | 31829515 | 2026-04-30 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Hurtado, Roberto Carlos | 909 | 32011416 | 2026-08-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Ponce, Fernando | 854 | 30749283 | 2025-10-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Verma, Medhansh | 697 | 32065865 | 2025-10-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Chunduru, Shreejan | 333 | 30300895 | 2026-02-28 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Vohra, Abubakr | Unrated | 32487701 | 2026-06-30 | U1300 2-Day |