2025 August BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA
Open SwissStandard
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
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×23
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsNeil S Bhaduri led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Neil S Bhaduri | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Armin Vale Cruz | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Vedant Verma | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Kien Dang | — | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhaduri, Neil S | 2033 | USA | +11N | +3B | =4N | +18B | +10B | +8N | 5.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 13.75 | 2120 | +15.6 |
| 2 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1801 | USA | −5B | +13N | +9B | −4B | +15N | +18N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 8.00 | 1882 | +9.0 |
| 3 | Verma, Vedant | 1717 | USA | +20B | −1N | =12B | +14N | =8N | +21B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1826 | +32.4 |
| 4 | Hornor, Gavin A | 1708 | USA | F | F | =1B | +2N | +7B | +10N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 11.75 | 2212 | +93.2 |
| 5 | Dang, Kien | 0 | USA | +2N | +22B | −10B | −7N | =19N | +12B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 8.25 | 1812 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Oza Pawandeep | 1708 | IND | F | F | +17B | =19B | +16N | +7N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.75 | 2000 | +21.6 |
| 7 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1750 | PNG | +13N | −8B | +15N | +5B | −4N | −6B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1575 | -23.8 |
| 8 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1624 | USA | F | +7N | +25B | −10N | =3B | −1B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.50 | 1857 | +54.0 |
| 9 | Tran, Toby | 1632 | USA | F | =14B | −2N | +26B | −12N | +19B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1717 | +26.4 |
| 10 | Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFM | 1921 | MGL | F | F | +5N | +8B | −1N | −4B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1665 | -19.4 |
| 11 | Yan, Rayna | 1572 | USA | −1B | =20N | −21N | =17N | +26B | −15B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.75 | 1539 | -13.6 |
| 12 | Luo, Aaron Yuanjie | 1766 | USA | F | F | =3N | =16N | +9B | −5N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1859 | +9.2 |
| 13 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1614 | USA | −7B | −2B | =23N | F | =17N | +20B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1580 | -9.6 |
| 14 | Khurana, Viyaan | 1564 | USA | =18B | =9N | =19N | −3B | =20N | −16B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1609 | +10.4 |
| 15 | Seidel, Eli | 1577 | USA | F | F | −7B | +24N | −2B | +11N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1688 | +23.6 |
| 16 | Zhu, Stephen | 0 | USA | F | F | =22N | =12B | −6B | +14N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mo, Kayden Pak | 1602 | USA | F | −18N | −6N | =11B | =13B | +26N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1571 | -9.6 |
| 18 | Krishnan, Shreyank | 1701 | USA | =14N | +17B | F | −1N | F | −2B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1664 | -12.0 |
| 19 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1831 | USA | F | F | =14B | =6N | =5B | −9N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1503 | -50.0 |
| 20 | Parhar, Ojas | 1545 | USA | −3N | =11B | =24N | F | =14B | −13N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1470 | -19.2 |
| 21 | Sane, Shreyus | 1665 | USA | F | F | +11B | =25N | F | −3N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1718 | +7.6 |
| 22 | Kulkarni, Neil | 1682 | USA | +24B | −5N | =16B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 2433 | +17.2 |
| 23 | Gao, Ethan Wangchen | 1566 | USA | F | F | =13B | F | F | +24B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1816 | +26.0 |
| 24 | Guan, Marcus | 1624 | USA | −22N | F | =20B | −15B | F | −23N | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1269 | -68.8 |
| 25 | Clemens, Kristian | 1870 | USA | F | F | −8N | =21B | F | F | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1457 | -21.2 |
| 26 | Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai | 1628 | USA | F | F | F | −9N | −11N | −17B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 795 | -65.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hornor, Gavin AUSA+93.23.5 pts · #5
- 2Nalakonda, AnishUSA+54.02.5 pts · #8
- 3Verma, VedantUSA+32.44.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Guan, MarcusUSA-68.80.5 pts · #25
- 2Navaneetha Prabhu, ArjunsaiUSA-65.20.0 pts · #26
- 3Chen, XiaoshanUSA-50.01.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R3+246 Elo gap
- R6+213 Elo gap
- R6+199 Elo gap