2025 July BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA
18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1775, and top seed was Akshay Padmanabhan (🇺🇸 USA, 1923).
Chase Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 1657) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Rudy Jr. Tia (3.5) and Armin Vale Cruz (3.5). Wang shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Neal Sundar (1501) beat Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu (1732), a +231-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsChase Wang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Chase Wang takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Chase Wang beat Rudy Jr. Tia (Black).
Rudy Jr. Tia won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chase Wang | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Rudy Jr. Tia | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Armin Vale Cruz | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Olivia Xu | — | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Chase | 1657 | USA | +11N | +3B | =6B | =12N | +2N | −5B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 11.50 | 1888 | +70.4 |
| 2 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1753 | PNG | +17N | +4B | +5B | −6N | −1B | =3N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.25 | 1759 | +2.2 |
| 3 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1805 | USA | +13B | −1N | +4B | =8N | =9B | =2B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 9.25 | 1768 | -4.2 |
| 4 | Xu, Olivia | 1639 | USA | +9B | −2N | −3N | +7B | =15N | +11B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1802 | +54.4 |
| 5 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1561 | USA | F | +7B | −2N | +13N | −8B | +1N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1755 | +51.2 |
| 6 | Padmanabhan, Akshay | 1923 | USA | F | F | =1N | +2B | =12N | +8B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.00 | 1968 | +4.4 |
| 7 | Yan, Rayna | 1624 | USA | +10B | −5N | =13B | −4N | =16N | =14B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1503 | -40.0 |
| 8 | Ramaswamy, Abhinav | 1876 | USA | F | F | +16N | =3B | +5N | −6N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.75 | 1820 | -4.4 |
| 9 | Sankar, Arjun | 1835 | USA | −4N | +10B | F | F | =3N | +16B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1736 | -8.8 |
| 10 | Pu, Hugo | 1556 | USA | −7N | −9N | =11B | =16B | =14N | +18B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1607 | +28.4 |
| 11 | Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai | 1732 | USA | −1B | −13N | =10N | =14B | +18B | −4N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1458 | -86.8 |
| 12 | Patel, Anuj | 1806 | USA | F | F | +15N | =1B | =6B | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.00 | 1897 | +7.2 |
| 13 | Sundar, Neal | 1501 | USA | −3N | +11B | =7N | −5B | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1592 | +15.6 |
| 14 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1545 | USA | F | −15B | F | =11N | =10B | =7N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1560 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Oza, Nikunj | 1727 | USA | F | +14N | −12B | F | =4B | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.25 | 1664 | -4.8 |
| 16 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1613 | USA | F | F | −8B | =10N | =7B | −9N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1516 | -21.6 |
| 17 | Guan, Marcus | 1616 | USA | −2B | F | +18N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1694 | +7.6 |
| 18 | Viswanath, Naren Ganapathy | 1637 | USA | F | F | −17B | F | −11N | −10N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 822 | -62.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wang, ChaseUSA+70.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Xu, OliviaUSA+54.43.5 pts · #4
- 3Brahmanapally, SarvagnyaUSA+51.23.0 pts · #6
- 1Navaneetha Prabhu, ArjunsaiUSA-86.82.0 pts · #11
- 2Viswanath, Naren GanapathyUSA-62.80.0 pts · #18
- 3Yan, RaynaUSA-40.02.5 pts · #8
- R2+231 Elo gap
- R1+196 Elo gap
- R2+148 Elo gap