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 | 11 |
| U2000 3-Day | 3 |
| U1800 3-Day | 4 |
| U1600 3-Day | 4 |
| U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | 0 |
| Open 2-Day | 7 |
| U2000 2-Day | 3 |
| U1800 2-Day | 1 |
| U1600 2-Day | 1 |
| U1300 2-Day | 3 |
There are 37 players registered as of 2025-06-18T04:21:59Z
| Player Name | Rating | FIDE | Fed. | USCF ID | Expiration | Section | Byes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Belous, Vladimir | 2582 | 2501 | RUS | 16004571 | 2026-05-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Guntaka, Aayansh | 2152 | 1959 | USA | 30198721 | 2027-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Zheng, Zhaoxiong | 2115 | 1903 | USA | 30098055 | 2025-07-31 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Blanco Amaro, Guillermo Javier | 2105 | 2106 | CUB | 15945317 | 2026-03-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Mysore, Abhinav Naveen | 1995 | 1837 | USA | 16444940 | 2025-09-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Braddy, Elizabeth | 1979 | 1832 | USA | 16738150 | 2028-07-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Joseph, Julian | 1960 | 1790 | USA | 16783177 | 2026-02-28 | Open 3-Day | 1 | ||
| Bee, Karstein | 1941 | 1780 | USA | 30444186 | 2026-03-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Bee, Leonel | 1908 | 1827 | USA | 30444207 | 2026-03-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Shen, Yangyang | 1897 | 1811 | USA | 17080503 | 2029-06-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Nguyen, Simon | 1615 | 1533 | USA | 30307066 | 2025-12-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Rucker, Peter A | 1704 | 1653 | USA | 12692902 | 2027-05-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Thorp, Richard Christopher | 1301 | 12932834 | 2025-09-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||||
| Wong, Zoe | 1301 | USA | 31587996 | 2025-12-31 | U2000 3-Day | ||||
| Zheng, Philip T | 1636 | USA | 30030387 | 2026-07-31 | U1800 3-Day | 1 | |||
| Maneesh, Avantika | 1405 | 1524 | IND | 31486157 | 2026-10-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Kaul, Anika Shambhavi | 1383 | 1497 | USA | 17072545 | 2026-03-31 | U1800 3-Day | |||
| Awasthi, Neel | 1207 | 32054471 | 2025-09-30 | U1800 3-Day | |||||
| Werther, Oliver | 1327 | USA | 30759552 | 2026-10-31 | U1600 3-Day | ||||
| Chen, Andrew | 1321 | 30219200 | 2026-07-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Nguyen, Suri Ngoc | 1179 | USA | 30413767 | 2026-02-28 | U1600 3-Day | ||||
| Hardee, Michael | 1003 | USA | 13701070 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 3-Day | ||||
| IM Quesada Vera, Liordis | 2383 | 2298 | CUB | 30750062 | 2025-10-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| IM Campos, Augusto Cesar | 2359 | 2267 | CUB | 30778096 | 2026-05-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| CM Shafer, Logan | 2309 | 2217 | USA | 16019966 | 2026-06-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Yuan, Owen | 2082 | 1855 | USA | 17310824 | 2025-08-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Dumitru, Eric Alexander | 1948 | 1713 | USA | 17164035 | 2027-04-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Arellano, Santiago | 1739 | 1690 | USA | 16480937 | 2026-01-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Yao, Annie | 1734 | 1652 | USA | 30095222 | 2027-01-31 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Khasawneh, Faisal | 1759 | 1708 | USA | 13127212 | 2026-12-31 | U2000 2-Day | 3 | ||
| Rudra, Abhik | 1532 | 1652 | USA | 31170585 | 2027-04-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Jawaghar, Jeevanth | 1513 | 1465 | USA | 16816953 | 2026-01-31 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Rowe-Watters, Chauncey | 1707 | 1457 | USA | 16727150 | 2026-04-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Verma, Vivek | 507 | USA | 32341960 | 2026-03-31 | U1600 2-Day | ||||
| Guevara, Alan | 1189 | 31037398 | 2026-04-30 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Velkur, Nandakumar Reddy | 1088 | 17112591 | 2026-07-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Verma, Medhansh | 628 | 32065865 | 2025-10-31 | U1300 2-Day |