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2025 June BayAreaChess FIDE Championship - MXA

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Akshay Padmanabhan1922
Avg top 10
1,757
Participants
15
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Armin Vale Cruz led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
2
3
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
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
Player1234
1Armin Vale Cruz*
1
½
2Vivaan Pavuluri
0
*
½
3Evan Shi
½
*
0
4Yoyo He
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cruz, Armin Vale1779USA+2N+6B7N+8B+11N=4B4.512.514.010.501992+26.6
2Pavuluri, Vivaan1779USA1B+15N5B+6N+12B=3N3.514.014.05.251762-4.0
3Shi, Evan1711USA+12B+11N4B=5N=7N=2B3.512.514.07.001924+57.2
4He, Yoyo0USAFF+3N=7B+5B=1N3.012.512.59.2518290.0
5Chen, Xiaoshan1745USAFF+2N=3B4N+6B2.512.012.07.252011+38.8
6Verma, Vedant1726USAF1N+11B2B+13N5N2.012.512.52.001693-8.4
7Padmanabhan, Akshay1922USAFF+1B=4N=3BF2.011.011.07.751938+0.8
8Scheppler, Gary L1540USAFF+15N1NF+14B2.05.05.00.501774+36.8
9Loyalka, Breakwell1750USA11B+12N+13BFFF2.03.53.52.001844+15.2
10Karthikeyan, Mahesh N0USAFF=12BF=14B+15B2.02.02.01.0016210.0
11Tia, Rudy Jr.1796PNG+9N3B6N=13B1BF1.512.512.52.251589-28.2
12Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1636USA3N9B=10N+15B2NF1.511.011.01.001526-22.0
13Oza Pawandeep1725INDFF9N=11N6BF0.55.55.50.751484-17.4
14Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh1533USAFFFF=10N8N0.54.04.01.00740-19.6
15Yan, Rayna1635USAF2B8B12NF10N0.09.09.00.00851-57.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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