2025 Mid-Year Scholastic Cup - Section B
10 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 780, and top seed was Sambuddha Sekhar Das (🇺🇸 USA, 1679).
Aarya Pavan Patel (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of N Naaditha Suhas Ka Wijayarathna (3.0) and Vihaan Pai (3.0). Patel shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vihaan Pai (1532) beat Sambuddha Sekhar Das (1679), a +147-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAarya Pavan Patel led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Aarya Pavan Patel takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Aarya Pavan Patel beat Vihaan Pai (Black).
Aarya Pavan Patel won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aarya Pavan Patel | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Vihaan Pai | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Terrick Evin | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4N Naaditha Suhas Ka Wijayarathna | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patel, Aarya Pavan | 0 | USA | =2B | =9B | +4N | +3N | +5B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 10.25 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Wijayarathna, N Naaditha Suhas Ka | 1498 | SRI | =1N | +7B | =3B | +5N | −4B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1532 | +2.0 |
| 3 | Pai, Vihaan | 1532 | USA | +8N | +4B | =2N | −1B | =6N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 1695 | +26.0 |
| 4 | Evin, Terrick | 0 | USA | +5B | −3N | −1B | +8B | +2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Lai, Ryan | 0 | USA | −4N | +6N | +10B | −2B | −1N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Xu, Zoe Yue | 1532 | USA | −7N | −5B | =8N | +10N | =3B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.25 | 1606 | +8.0 |
| 7 | Dhawan, Viraj | 0 | USA | +6B | −2N | F | +9N | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Das, Sambuddha Sekhar | 1679 | USA | −3B | =10N | =6B | −4N | =9B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1415 | -42.8 |
| 9 | Ganesan, Vidur | 1556 | USA | =10B | =1N | F | −7B | =8N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1679 | +6.8 |
| 10 | Babbar, Riaan | 0 | USA | =9N | =8B | −5N | −6B | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1464 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pai, VihaanUSA+26.03.0 pts · #1
- 2Xu, Zoe YueUSA+8.02.0 pts · #6
- 3Ganesan, VidurUSA+6.81.5 pts · #10
- 1Das, Sambuddha SekharUSA-42.81.5 pts · #7
- 2Patel, Aarya PavanUSA0.04.0 pts · #4
- 3Evin, TerrickUSA0.03.0 pts · #2
- R1+147 Elo gap