2026 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 | 5 |
| U2000 3-Day | 3 |
| U1800 3-Day | 0 |
| U1600 3-Day | 3 |
| U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | 3 |
| Open 2-Day | 1 |
| U2000 2-Day | 5 |
| U1800 2-Day | 3 |
| U1600 2-Day | 2 |
| U1300 2-Day | 4 |
| FIDE Rated Blitz | 0 |
| Scholastic Open | 1 |
| Scholastic U800 | 0 |
| Scholastic U400 | 1 |
There are 31 players registered as of 2026-06-07T19:25:23Z
| Player Name | Rating | FIDE | Fed. | USCF ID | Expiration | Section | Byes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Ruiz Castillo, Joshua D | 2511 | 2474 | COL | 15550275 | 2025-07-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| GM Fernandez, Daniel | 2499 | 2420 | USA | 20058682 | 2030-12-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Pirani, Shams | 1886 | 1795 | USA | 15919861 | 2026-08-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Iskandarov, Elvin | 1921 | 1660 | USA | 30221255 | 2027-10-31 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Attaluri, Rishi | 1741 | 1485 | USA | 30041126 | 2026-09-30 | Open 3-Day | |||
| Schwarz, Randall Mundell | 1900 | 1619 | USA | 11130780 | 2027-09-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Hernandez, Julian Albert | 1770 | Unrated | USA | 11346600 | 2026-08-31 | U2000 3-Day | |||
| Velasco, Andrei | 1768 | 31694254 | 2027-04-30 | U2000 3-Day | |||||
| Padilla, Joseph Ethanael | 1585 | 17293835 | 2027-05-31 | U1600 3-Day | |||||
| Hardee, Allen | 1500 | Unrated | USA | 12476705 | 2028-04-30 | U1600 3-Day | |||
| Hardee, Michael | 1325 | Unrated | USA | 13701070 | 2026-06-30 | U1600 3-Day | US Chess membership will expire. See TD. | ||
| Pirani, Nuraiz | 1319 | Unrated | USA | 30857208 | 2026-08-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||
| Garside, Nicholas | 845 | USA | 30663844 | 2225-09-30 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | ||||
| Kanaga, Chase Brian | Unrated | 33118540 | 2027-05-31 | U1300 and Unrated 3-Day | |||||
| Bee, Leonel | 1938 | 1738 | USA | 30444207 | 2028-04-30 | Open 2-Day | |||
| Wilder, Greg | 1842 | 1678 | USA | 12778575 | 2027-11-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Rodenstein, Alan C | 1800 | 1560 | USA | 10017751 | 2028-01-31 | U2000 2-Day | 3 | ||
| Rudra, Abhik | 1717 | 1550 | USA | 31170585 | 2027-04-30 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Rajeshkanna, Advaithkrishna | 1633 | Unrated | USA | 31630743 | 2027-12-31 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Jin, Jayden | 1609 | Unrated | USA | 30995584 | 2027-02-28 | U2000 2-Day | |||
| Polomsky, Jim | 1685 | 1718 | USA | 12560837 | 2027-03-31 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Lee, Bo-You | 1551 | Unrated | USA | 32418496 | 2027-04-30 | U1800 2-Day | |||
| Sethi, Soham | 1267 | 31654854 | 2027-05-31 | U1800 2-Day | |||||
| Woodrome, Weston | 1356 | 32201293 | 2026-12-31 | U1600 2-Day | |||||
| Maddisetty, Ishan Naga Venkata | 1187 | Unrated | USA | 30386135 | 2028-02-29 | U1600 2-Day | |||
| Vo, Odilo | 1208 | 32875728 | 2027-02-28 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Jenkins, Gale Frederic | 1124 | 12657918 | 2026-10-31 | U1300 2-Day | |||||
| Jenkins, Roy | 1087 | 12747660 | 2000-08-31 | U1300 2-Day | US Chess membership has expired. See TD. | ||||
| Orellana, Jorge | 602 | USA | 31478889 | 2027-02-28 | U1300 2-Day | ||||
| Vekariya, Krisnar | 1007 | 32566654 | 2026-09-30 | Scholastic Open | |||||
| Solairaj, Sarav | 107 | USA | 33088828 | 2027-04-30 | Scholastic U400 | 1 |