2025 CalChess State Open & Class FIDE Championship - MX
35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2059, and top seed was Dmitry Dzhangirov (🇺🇦 UKR, 2234).
Luke Widjaja (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2070) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Pranav Sairam (5.0) and Dmitry Dzhangirov (5.0). Widjaja won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Roi Weiss (1709) beat Jon Frankle (2228), a +519-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 5.0/7. Widjaja takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.5).
Pranav Sairam lost to Dmitry Dzhangirov (White).
Pranav Sairam went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pranav Sairam | * | 0 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Dmitry Dzhangirov | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3CMLuke Widjaja | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Julian M Lin | ½ | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Widjaja, LukeCM | 2070 | USA | +6N | +9B | =2B | =3N | =34N | =4B | +14B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 18.50 | 2111 | +18.4 |
| 2 | Sairam, Pranav | 2014 | USA | +15N | +23B | =1N | =4B | +14N | −3B | +6N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 17.00 | 2124 | +42.0 |
| 3 | Dzhangirov, Dmitry | 2234 | UKR | =14N | +16B | =26N | =1B | +8N | +2N | =4B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 18.75 | 2089 | -18.2 |
| 4 | Lin, Julian M | 2004 | USA | +35B | =32N | +24B | =2N | +9B | =1N | =3N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 14.00 | 2066 | +11.0 |
| 5 | Liu, Liam | 1968 | USA | −11N | +15B | −6N | +33B | +26N | +8B | =31N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.75 | 1939 | -8.0 |
| 6 | Krishnan, Saatvik | 1852 | USA | −1B | +12N | +5B | =10N | +19B | =34N | −2B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 12.75 | 1947 | +18.2 |
| 7 | Gupta, Eshan | 1832 | USA | =22N | +18B | =10B | −9N | =21B | +28N | =29B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1986 | +58.4 |
| 8 | Suthar, Om | 1752 | USA | =10B | +20N | =14N | +26B | −3B | −5N | =17B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1917 | +58.0 |
| 9 | Chen, Qinhong | 1859 | USA | +27B | −1N | F | +7B | −4N | =13B | +25N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 9.25 | 1978 | +17.8 |
| 10 | Ramaswamy, Abhinav | 1872 | USA | =8N | +19B | =7N | =6B | −29B | +24N | −21N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1815 | -11.0 |
| 11 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1801 | USA | +5B | −25N | +23N | −14B | −18B | =15N | +20B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.50 | 1894 | +16.6 |
| 12 | Natraj, Tapas Aarav | 1779 | USA | −13N | −6B | +15N | =23B | −25N | +32B | +30B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1867 | +28.8 |
| 13 | Frankle, Jon | 2228 | USA | +12B | −24N | F | +25B | F | =9N | +34B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.25 | 1983 | -21.6 |
| 14 | Wu, Zhuoyuan | 1900 | USA | =3B | +33N | =8B | +11N | −2B | F | −1N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1940 | +10.4 |
| 15 | Jain, Kanishk | 1797 | USA | −2B | −5N | −12B | +27N | +32N | =11B | =28B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 5.00 | 1798 | -1.2 |
| 16 | Grover, Aastik | 1709 | USA | F | −3N | =33B | =20N | =17B | =30N | +19B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1867 | +45.6 |
| 17 | Ni, Leo | 1735 | USA | F | −22B | −19N | +35B | =16N | +23B | =8N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.75 | 1763 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Senthilkumar, PranavCM | 2066 | USA | −26B | −7N | +27N | +32B | +11N | F | F | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1864 | -22.6 |
| 19 | Patankar, Shubham | 1769 | USA | =20B | −10N | +17B | +24N | −6N | −21B | −16N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 6.25 | 1712 | -23.2 |
| 20 | Li, Edward | 1933 | USA | =19N | −8B | =35N | =16B | −28N | +27B | −11N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1649 | -44.8 |
| 21 | Chalissery, Neil | 1889 | USA | F | F | F | F | =7N | +19N | +10B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.00 | 2098 | +29.6 |
| 22 | Sethi, Kanwar | 2045 | USA | =7B | +17N | +32B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.00 | 2048 | +1.2 |
| 23 | Sanat Singhal | 1905 | IND | +25B | −2N | −11B | =12N | =24B | −17N | F | 2.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.75 | 1663 | -38.0 |
| 24 | Weiss, Roi | 1709 | USA | F | +13B | −4N | −19B | =23N | −10B | =33N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1780 | +16.4 |
| 25 | Indukuri, Suhas | 1691 | USA | −23N | +11B | F | −13N | +12B | F | −9B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.00 | 1815 | +27.2 |
| 26 | Sabyrov, Muradhan E | 1864 | USA | +18N | F | =3B | −8N | −5B | F | F | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.50 | 1917 | +5.6 |
| 27 | Krishnan, Shreyank | 1700 | USA | −9N | F | −18B | −15B | +35N | −20N | =32B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 1517 | -35.6 |
| 28 | Ng, Alexander PN | 1914 | JPN | F | F | F | F | +20B | −7B | =15N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.00 | 1854 | -9.6 |
| 29 | Steger, Eric | 1909 | USA | F | F | F | F | +10N | −31B | =7N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1909 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Goodkind, Lauren | 1885 | USA | F | F | F | F | +33N | =16B | −12N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1752 | -21.2 |
| 31 | Balyan, Aryan | 2024 | USA | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | =5B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.75 | 2132 | +5.2 |
| 32 | Wang, Chase | 1754 | USA | F | =4B | −22N | −18N | −15B | −12N | =27N | 1.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.25 | 1625 | -40.0 |
| 33 | Yi, Colin | 1771 | USA | F | −14B | =16N | −5N | −30B | F | =24B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 1594 | -44.4 |
| 34 | Gnana Hari Sekar, Easwar | 1811 | USA | F | F | F | F | =1B | =6B | −13N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1919 | +12.0 |
| 35 | Hernandez-Campos, Felix | 0 | USA | −4N | F | =20B | −17N | −27B | F | F | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.25 | 1521 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gupta, EshanUSA+58.44.0 pts · #5
- 2Suthar, OmUSA+58.03.5 pts · #8
- 3Grover, AastikUSA+45.63.0 pts · #14
- 1Li, EdwardUSA-44.82.5 pts · #21
- 2Yi, ColinUSA-44.41.0 pts · #32
- 3Wang, ChaseUSA-40.01.0 pts · #33
- R2+519 Elo gap
- R2+234 Elo gap
- R1+202 Elo gap