2025 August BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - BC
27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1640, and top seed was Rogelio Aram Gongora Zermeno (🇲🇽 MEX, 1914).
Angela Zixi Wang (🇺🇸 USA, 1632) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Richard Jiang (3.5) and Mikhail Grigorev (3.5). Wang won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Mikhail Grigorev (1714) beat Rogelio Aram Gongora Zermeno (1914), a +200-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAngela Zixi 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.
Angela Zixi Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
Angela Zixi Wang drew with Mikhail Grigorev (White).
Angela Zixi Wang went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Angela Zixi Wang | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2Mikhail Grigorev | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Richard Jiang | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Arnav Mythil | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Angela Zixi | 1632 | USA | +13B | =2N | +8B | +12N | =3B | −6B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 10.50 | 1750 | +30.8 |
| 2 | Jiang, Richard | 1546 | USA | +20N | =1B | +27N | +14B | −6N | −8B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1708 | +24.0 |
| 3 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1714 | USA | F | F | +23N | +6B | =1N | +7B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.00 | 2034 | +56.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 39990168 | 0 | — | F | F | +21N | =?B | +17N | +12B | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mythil, Arnav | 0 | USA | =?B | +?N | =?B | −7N | =10B | +?N | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Gongora Zermeno, Rogelio Aram | 1914 | MEX | F | F | +15B | −3N | +2B | +1N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 1753 | -10.2 |
| 7 | Goel, Darsh | 1662 | USA | F | F | +13N | +5B | +15B | −3N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1651 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Rosenzweig, Alexander | 0 | USA | F | F | −1N | +?B | +?B | +2N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1622 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Cheng, Aaron | 0 | USA | F | F | +24N | +27B | −12N | +20B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Chen, Thomas | 0 | USA | F | F | +?B | +?N | =5N | −14B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Javgal, Rithvik | 0 | USA | F | F | −?B | +?N | +?B | =16N | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1671 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mori-Khan, Camran | 1636 | USA | F | F | +25N | −1B | +9B | −4N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 832 | -10.2 |
| 13 | Turner, Robert | 1587 | USA | −1N | +24B | −7B | −21N | +25N | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1496 | -14.8 |
| 14 | Shankar, Pranav | 1565 | USA | F | F | +16B | −2N | −23B | +10N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 760 | -42.0 |
| 15 | Garg, Ishan | 0 | USA | F | F | −6N | +20B | −7N | +?B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 988 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Yang, Vincent | 0 | USA | F | F | −14N | +25B | =?N | =11B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Bhimaraju, Venkat Abhinav Krishna | 0 | USA | F | F | +26B | +?N | −4B | −?N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Dasgupta, Snehin Shankar | 0 | USA | F | F | =?N | =22B | −?N | +24B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1572 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Yaldaei, Joshua | 0 | USA | F | F | +?B | −?N | +21B | F | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Tharakan, Nikhil | 0 | USA | −2B | F | +?N | −15N | =?B | −9N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji | 0 | USA | F | F | −4B | +13B | −19N | =?N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 39983064 | 0 | — | F | F | =?B | =18N | −?B | =?N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sayiner, Necip | 1582 | USA | F | F | −3B | F | +14N | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1646 | +6.8 |
| 24 | Shao, Raymond | 1559 | USA | F | −13N | −9B | F | =26B | −18N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.25 | 788 | -18.8 |
| 25 | FIDE 39990214 | 0 | — | F | F | −12B | −16N | −13B | =?N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 812 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 39990222 | 0 | — | F | F | −17N | −?B | =24N | −?B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Liu, Kaihan | 0 | USA | F | F | −2B | −9N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 737 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Grigorev, MikhailUSA+56.03.5 pts · #1
- 2Wang, Angela ZixiUSA+30.84.0 pts · #3
- 3Jiang, RichardUSA+24.03.5 pts · #5
- 1Shankar, PranavUSA-42.02.0 pts · #22
- 2Shao, RaymondUSA-18.80.5 pts · #20
- 3Turner, RobertUSA-14.82.0 pts · #14
- R4+200 Elo gap