2025 June BayAreaChess FIDE Championship - MXA
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1757, and top seed was Akshay Padmanabhan (🇺🇸 USA, 1922).
Armin Vale Cruz (🇺🇸 USA, 1779) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Vivaan Pavuluri (3.5) and Evan Shi (3.5). Cruz won solo starting round 4.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
06 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsArmin Vale Cruz led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Armin Vale Cruz never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Armin Vale Cruz beat Vivaan Pavuluri (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Armin Vale Cruz | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2Vivaan Pavuluri | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Evan Shi | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Yoyo He | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1779 | USA | +2N | +6B | −7N | +8B | +11N | =4B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 10.50 | 1992 | +26.6 |
| 2 | Pavuluri, Vivaan | 1779 | USA | −1B | +15N | −5B | +6N | +12B | =3N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1762 | -4.0 |
| 3 | Shi, Evan | 1711 | USA | +12B | +11N | −4B | =5N | =7N | =2B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1924 | +57.2 |
| 4 | He, Yoyo | 0 | USA | F | F | +3N | =7B | +5B | =1N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.25 | 1829 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1745 | USA | F | F | +2N | =3B | −4N | +6B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 2011 | +38.8 |
| 6 | Verma, Vedant | 1726 | USA | F | −1N | +11B | −2B | +13N | −5N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1693 | -8.4 |
| 7 | Padmanabhan, Akshay | 1922 | USA | F | F | +1B | =4N | =3B | F | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.75 | 1938 | +0.8 |
| 8 | Scheppler, Gary L | 1540 | USA | F | F | +15N | −1N | F | +14B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1774 | +36.8 |
| 9 | Loyalka, Breakwell | 1750 | USA | −11B | +12N | +13B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1844 | +15.2 |
| 10 | Karthikeyan, Mahesh N | 0 | USA | F | F | =12B | F | =14B | +15B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1621 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1796 | PNG | +9N | −3B | −6N | =13B | −1B | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 1589 | -28.2 |
| 12 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1636 | USA | −3N | −9B | =10N | +15B | −2N | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1526 | -22.0 |
| 13 | Oza Pawandeep | 1725 | IND | F | F | −9N | =11N | −6B | F | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 1484 | -17.4 |
| 14 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1533 | USA | F | F | F | F | =10N | −8N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 740 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Yan, Rayna | 1635 | USA | F | −2B | −8B | −12N | F | −10N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 851 | -57.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shi, EvanUSA+57.23.5 pts · #3
- 2Chen, XiaoshanUSA+38.82.5 pts · #5
- 3Scheppler, Gary LUSA+36.82.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Yan, RaynaUSA-57.60.0 pts · #14
- 2Tia, Rudy Jr.PNG-28.21.5 pts · #10
- 3Naga Abhi Ram PonnaluriUSA-22.01.5 pts · #12