2025 Memorial Day FIDE Championship - MXA
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52 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1978, and top seed was Kamdar Udit (🇮🇳 IND, 2086).
Kamdar Udit (🇮🇳 IND, 2086) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Abhishek Mallela (5.0) and Xiaoshan Chen (4.5). Udit won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Naren Ganapathy Viswanath (1569) beat Saatvik Krishnan (1883), a +314-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
23 May 2025 → 26 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×49
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
14
4
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2
2
1
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 May
Abhishek Mallela takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/7. Udit takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Abhishek Mallela beat Kamdar Udit (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Abhishek Mallela | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Kamdar Udit | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Yuvraj Singh Sawhney | — | — | * | — |
| 4Xiaoshan Chen | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamdar Udit | 2086 | IND | +15B | +3N | +21B | −2N | +6B | −23N | +5B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 19.00 | 1920 | -18.4 |
| 2 | Mallela, Abhishek | 1931 | USA | +36N | =12B | +13N | +1B | =39N | +38B | −23B | 5.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 14.00 | 1975 | +11.0 |
| 3 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1609 | USA | +45N | −1B | +30N | +5B | −10B | +7N | =25B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 1838 | +68.4 |
| 4 | Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh | 1905 | USA | +34N | =17B | −12N | +46B | −24N | +19B | +16B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1806 | -29.2 |
| 5 | Loyalka, Breakwell | 0 | USA | =6B | =8N | +47B | −3N | +13N | +33B | −1N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 10.50 | 1794 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ho, Michael | 1729 | USA | =5N | +51B | =17N | +13B | −1N | +18B | −29N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 10.50 | 1884 | +23.2 |
| 7 | Xu, Olivia | 1596 | USA | −13N | +36B | =18N | =8N | +47B | −3B | +33N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1761 | +64.0 |
| 8 | Verma, Vedant | 1739 | USA | =37N | =5B | =27N | =7B | =30N | =20B | +31N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 10.50 | 1683 | -16.4 |
| 9 | Krishnan, Saatvik | 1883 | USA | +52B | −16N | −19N | +27B | −18N | +50B | +12N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 7.50 | 1688 | -31.0 |
| 10 | Padmanabhan, Akshay | 1908 | USA | +18N | F | F | +19B | +3N | +39B | −24N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 12.00 | 2006 | +13.6 |
| 11 | Clemens, Kristian | 1861 | USA | =31B | +22N | +46B | F | =38N | +12B | F | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.25 | 1985 | +15.4 |
| 12 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1773 | USA | +30B | =2N | +4B | +16N | −23B | −11N | −9B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 12.00 | 1840 | +12.2 |
| 13 | Krishnan, Shreyank | 1731 | USA | +7B | +47N | −2B | −6N | −5B | =27N | +49N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1715 | -3.6 |
| 14 | Pavuluri, Vivaan | 1789 | USA | +32B | −21N | +20B | =17N | −16B | +22N | −38B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1719 | -27.2 |
| 15 | Yi, Colin | 1706 | USA | −1N | =45B | =37N | F | +42B | =35B | +17N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.75 | 1828 | +40.0 |
| 16 | Suthar, Om | 1637 | USA | +26N | +9B | F | −12B | +14N | −24B | −4N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 10.50 | 1779 | +33.6 |
| 17 | Weiss, Roi | 1708 | USA | +28B | =4N | =6B | =14B | −29N | =30N | −15B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 9.50 | 1725 | +2.4 |
| 18 | Brongersma, Hayden Scott | 1735 | USA | −10B | =32N | =7B | +28N | +9B | −6N | −40B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1710 | -11.2 |
| 19 | Viswanath, Naren Ganapathy | 1569 | USA | =20B | +31N | +9B | −10N | =41B | −4N | F | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1809 | +68.0 |
| 20 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1722 | USA | =19N | =27B | −14N | +32B | =35N | =8N | −21B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.75 | 1625 | -37.6 |
| 21 | Indukuri, Suhas | 1686 | USA | +2N | +14B | −1N | F | F | −41B | +20N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 11.50 | 1939 | +62.8 |
| 22 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1589 | USA | +33N | −11B | −34N | =45B | +46N | −14B | =43N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1679 | +30.4 |
| 23 | Achuthan, AryanCM | 2044 | USA | F | F | F | F | +12N | +1B | +2N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 2730 | +43.2 |
| 24 | Nguyen, Alex | 1903 | USA | F | F | F | F | +4B | +16N | +10B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 2616 | +47.6 |
| 25 | Gupta, Reyansh | 1847 | USA | F | F | F | +48N | +40B | =29B | =3N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1969 | +20.4 |
| 26 | Rajaram, Adit | 1517 | USA | −16B | =52N | =51N | −30B | −44N | +45B | +48N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1502 | USA | F | =20N | =8B | −9N | +48B | =13B | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.25 | 1682 | +31.2 |
| 28 | Yan, Rayna | 1662 | USA | −17N | −34B | +36N | −18B | +45N | −49B | =42N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1624 | -17.2 |
| 29 | Das, Rohan | 2014 | USA | F | F | F | F | +17B | =25N | +6B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.50 | 2033 | +3.2 |
| 30 | Tran, Toby | 1630 | USA | −12N | F | −3B | +26N | =8B | =17B | −35N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1488 | -31.6 |
| 31 | Cao, Daniel | 1630 | USA | =11N | −19B | F | +37B | F | =40N | −8B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1681 | +11.2 |
| 32 | Liu, Serena | 1633 | USA | −14N | =18B | F | −20N | =36B | −43N | +50N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1568 | -18.8 |
| 33 | Wang, Tianmu | 1702 | USA | −22B | F | F | +51N | +49B | −5N | −7B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1499 | -32.8 |
| 34 | Browning, Johnathan William B | 1666 | USA | −4B | +28N | +22B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1847 | +28.4 |
| 35 | Sankar, Arjun | 1812 | USA | F | F | F | F | =20B | =15N | +30B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.25 | 1805 | -0.6 |
| 36 | Seidel, Eli | 1643 | USA | −2B | −7N | −28B | F | =32N | −42B | +37B | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.50 | 1496 | -47.2 |
| 37 | Pan, Roger | 1686 | USA | =8B | −46N | =15B | −31N | F | =44B | −36N | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1474 | -66.0 |
| 38 | Qiu, LaurieWIM | 2062 | USA | F | F | F | F | =11B | −2N | +14N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1860 | -30.8 |
| 39 | Sairam, Pranav | 2015 | USA | F | F | F | F | =2B | −10N | +41N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1881 | -21.6 |
| 40 | Ng, Alexander PN | 1913 | JPN | F | F | F | F | −25N | =31B | +18N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 1736 | -26.4 |
| 41 | Jain, Kanishk | 1804 | USA | F | F | F | F | =19N | +21N | −39B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1757 | -7.2 |
| 42 | Torney, Milind | 1624 | USA | F | F | F | F | −15N | +36N | =28B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1670 | +8.0 |
| 43 | Shi, Evan | 1701 | USA | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | =22B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1802 | +10.0 |
| 44 | Shrivastava, Ansh | 1625 | USA | F | F | F | F | +26B | =37N | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1686 | +3.2 |
| 45 | Gu, Thomas | 1704 | USA | −3B | =15N | −48B | =22N | −28B | −26N | F | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.25 | 1448 | -54.8 |
| 46 | Chitta, Adithya | 1671 | USA | F | +37B | −11N | −4N | −22B | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1568 | -22.0 |
| 47 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1822 | PNG | +48N | −13B | −5N | F | −7N | F | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 863 | -28.2 |
| 48 | Scheppler, Gary L | 0 | USA | −47B | F | +45N | −25B | −27N | F | −26B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Yan, Kevin Chenkai | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −33N | +28N | −13B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1576 | USA | F | F | F | F | +51B | −9N | −32B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.50 | 1608 | +4.0 |
| 51 | Guan, Marcus | 1688 | USA | F | −6N | =26B | −33B | −50N | F | F | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 867 | -63.2 |
| 52 | Wang, Chase | 1677 | USA | −9N | =26B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1083 | -9.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chen, XiaoshanUSA+68.44.5 pts · #12
- 2Viswanath, Naren GanapathyUSA+68.03.0 pts · #16
- 3Xu, OliviaUSA+64.04.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Pan, RogerUSA-66.01.5 pts · #37
- 2Guan, MarcusUSA-63.20.5 pts · #52
- 3Gu, ThomasUSA-54.81.0 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R3+314 Elo gap
- R2+246 Elo gap
- R1+245 Elo gap