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2025 August BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA

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26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1811, and top seed was Neil S Bhaduri (🇺🇸 USA, 2033).

Neil S Bhaduri (🇺🇸 USA, 2033) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Armin Vale Cruz (4.0) and Vedant Verma (4.0). Bhaduri won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Anish Nalakonda (1624) beat Kristian Clemens (1870), a +246-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Cupertino, CA, United States
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Neil S Bhaduri2033
Avg top 10
1,811
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇺🇸USA·2033
    5.5pts·2120perf+15.6
  • 🥈
    🇺🇸USA·1801
    4.0pts·1882perf+9.0
  • 🥉
    🇺🇸USA·1717
    4.0pts·1826perf+32.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Neil S Bhaduri led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Neil S Bhaduri never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Neil S Bhaduri won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Neil S Bhaduri*—
1
—
2Armin Vale Cruz—*—
0
3Vedant Verma
0
—*—
4Kien Dang—
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bhaduri, Neil S2033USA+11N+3B=4N+18B+10B+8N5.514.015.513.752120+15.6
2Cruz, Armin Vale1801USA−5B+13N+9B−4B+15N+18N4.013.515.08.001882+9.0
3Verma, Vedant1717USA+20B−1N=12B+14N=8N+21B4.013.515.07.251826+32.4
4Hornor, Gavin A1708USAFF=1B+2N+7B+10N3.514.514.511.752212+93.2
5Dang, Kien0USA+2N+22B−10B−7N=19N+12B3.512.514.08.2518120.0
6Oza Pawandeep1708INDFF+17B=19B+16N+7N3.58.58.57.752000+21.6
7Tia, Rudy Jr.1750PNG+13N−8B+15N+5B−4N−6B3.015.017.07.501575-23.8
8Nalakonda, Anish1624USAF+7N+25B−10N=3B−1B2.515.015.05.501857+54.0
9Tran, Toby1632USAF=14B−2N+26B−12N+19B2.59.59.52.501717+26.4
10Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFM1921MGLFF+5N+8B−1N−4B2.015.015.06.001665-19.4
11Yan, Rayna1572USA−1B=20N−21N=17N+26B−15B2.012.512.51.751539-13.6
12Luo, Aaron Yuanjie1766USAFF=3N=16N+9B−5N2.012.012.05.501859+9.2
13Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya1614USA−7B−2B=23NF=17N+20B2.012.012.03.251580-9.6
14Khurana, Viyaan1564USA=18B=9N=19N−3B=20N−16B2.011.513.03.501609+10.4
15Seidel, Eli1577USAFF−7B+24N−2B+11N2.09.59.52.501688+23.6
16Zhu, Stephen0USAFF=22N=12B−6B+14N2.09.09.03.7516800.0
17Mo, Kayden Pak1602USAF−18N−6N=11B=13B+26N2.09.09.02.001571-9.6
18Krishnan, Shreyank1701USA=14N+17BF−1NF−2B1.513.513.53.001664-12.0
19Chen, Xiaoshan1831USAFF=14B=6N=5B−9N1.511.511.54.501503-50.0
20Parhar, Ojas1545USA−3N=11B=24NF=14B−13N1.510.510.52.251470-19.2
21Sane, Shreyus1665USAFF+11B=25NF−3N1.56.56.52.251718+7.6
22Kulkarni, Neil1682USA+24B−5N=16BFFF1.56.06.01.502433+17.2
23Gao, Ethan Wangchen1566USAFF=13BFF+24B1.52.52.51.501816+26.0
24Guan, Marcus1624USA−22NF=20B−15BF−23N0.56.56.50.751269-68.8
25Clemens, Kristian1870USAFF−8N=21BFF0.54.04.00.751457-21.2
26Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai1628USAFFF−9N−11N−17B0.06.56.50.00795-65.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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