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2025 August BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - BC

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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.

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
Avg top 10
1,640
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×22
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Angela 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.

Co-leaders
2
3
2
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Angela Zixi Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Angela Zixi Wang drew with Mikhail Grigorev (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Angela Zixi Wang went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Angela Zixi Wang*
½
½
2Mikhail Grigorev
½
*
3Richard Jiang
½
*
4Arnav Mythil*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Wang, Angela Zixi1632USA+13B=2N+8B+12N=3B6B4.015.017.010.501750+30.8
2Jiang, Richard1546USA+20N=1B+27N+14B6N8B3.513.513.55.501708+24.0
3Grigorev, Mikhail1714USAFF+23N+6B=1N+7B3.511.011.09.002034+56.0
4FIDE 399901680FF+21N=?B+17N+12B3.55.55.55.5016560.0
5Mythil, Arnav0USA=?B+?N=?B7N=10B+?N3.55.55.51.2514810.0
6Gongora Zermeno, Rogelio Aram1914MEXFF+15B3N+2B+1N3.013.013.09.501753-10.2
7Goel, Darsh1662USAFF+13N+5B+15B3N3.011.011.07.501651-1.2
8Rosenzweig, Alexander0USAFF1N+?B+?B+2N3.07.57.53.5016220.0
9Cheng, Aaron0USAFF+24N+27B12N+20B3.04.04.02.0016030.0
10Chen, Thomas0USAFF+?B+?N=5N14B2.55.55.51.757770.0
11Javgal, Rithvik0USAFF?B+?N+?B=16N2.52.02.01.0016710.0
12Mori-Khan, Camran1636USAFF+25N1B+9B4N2.011.011.03.50832-10.2
13Turner, Robert1587USA1N+24B7B21N+25NF2.09.59.51.001496-14.8
14Shankar, Pranav1565USAFF+16B2N23B+10N2.09.09.04.50760-42.0
15Garg, Ishan0USAFF6N+20B7N+?B2.07.57.51.509880.0
16Yang, Vincent0USAFF14N+25B=?N=11B2.05.05.01.757770.0
17Bhimaraju, Venkat Abhinav Krishna0USAFF+26B+?N4B?N2.04.04.00.507740.0
18Dasgupta, Snehin Shankar0USAFF=?N=22B?N+24B2.02.02.01.2515720.0
19Yaldaei, Joshua0USAFF+?B?N+21BF2.01.51.51.507840.0
20Tharakan, Nikhil0USA2BF+?N15N=?B9N1.58.58.50.0015940.0
21Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji0USAFF4B+13B19N=?N1.57.57.52.0016080.0
22FIDE 399830640FF=?B=18N?B=?N1.52.02.01.0016510.0
23Sayiner, Necip1582USAFF3BF+14NF1.05.55.52.001646+6.8
24Shao, Raymond1559USAF13N9BF=26B18N0.57.57.50.25788-18.8
25FIDE 399902140FF12B16N13B=?N0.56.06.00.008120.0
26FIDE 399902220FF17N?B=24N?B0.52.52.50.2515690.0
27Liu, Kaihan0USAFF2B9NFF0.06.56.50.007370.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets