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2025 Washington Women's Championship - Polgar Championship

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Bellevue, WA, United States. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1701, and top seed was Michelle Zhang (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1824).

Saiya Karamali (🇺🇸 USA, 1699) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Michelle Zhang (4.0) and Emel Bayrambeyli (3.5). Karamali won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Iris Runyi Zhang (1583) beat Sangeeta Dhingra (1809), a +226-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, United States
Dates
11 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸WCMMichelle Zhang1824
Avg top 10
1,701
Participants
21
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×20
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Saiya Karamali led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Karamali4.5Zhang4Bayrambeyli3.5Cheng3.5Kuhner3Ge3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Saiya Karamali held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Saiya Karamali won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Saiya Karamali*—
1
½
2WCMMichelle Zhang—*
½
—
3Emel Bayrambeyli
0
½
*
1
4Selina Cheng
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Karamali, Saiya1699USA+18N+7B+3B+5N=4B4.513.014.012.251968+19.6
2Zhang, MichelleWCM1824USA+12B=6N+8B=3N+5B4.012.514.511.251882+14.4
3Bayrambeyli, Emel1678TUR+16N+4B−1N=2B+11N3.514.015.59.001804+34.0
4Cheng, Selina1634USA+20B−3N+14B+11B=1N3.512.012.56.751708+15.6
5Kuhner, MaryWCM1773USA+14N+13B+11N−1B−2N3.012.514.56.001691-8.8
6Shankaranand, Deeksha1666USA+9N=2BF=10B+13N3.011.011.07.751888+35.6
7Ge, Emma0USA+15N−1N−12B+18B+19N3.09.510.54.0015610.0
8Deng, Lily1606USA+17B−11N−2N+20B+12N3.09.510.04.001596-2.8
9Anand, Lakshana0USA−6B=12N+21B−13N+16B2.58.58.52.5016020.0
10Dhingra, Sangeeta1809USA−11B+21N+16B=6NF2.56.56.53.001707-10.2
11Zhang, Iris Runyi1583USA+10N+8B−5B−4N−3B2.013.015.55.501628+10.8
12Wong, Kate1487USA−2N=9B+7N=16N−8B2.012.514.05.001382-15.6
13Patel, Aarya Pavan1657USA+19N−5NF+9B−6B2.09.59.53.501519-22.0
14Li, Anyi0USA−5B+20N−4N−19B+18N2.08.59.01.5014050.0
15Xu, Zoe Yue1565USA−7B+17N+19BFF2.05.55.52.502292+16.0
16Guo, Loida1535USA−3B+18N−10N=12B−9N1.510.511.52.001385-22.0
17Mathur, Aashi0USA−8N−15B−18B+21N=20N1.56.56.50.2514940.0
18Rachiba, Alisa0USA−1B−16B+17N−7N−14B1.011.012.51.508170.0
19Biswas, Mityl1492USA−13BF−15N+14N−7B1.09.09.02.00811-27.2
20Byelashova, Darya1491USA−4N−14BF−8N=17B0.510.010.00.75820-26.0
21Khudyev, Elina Umi1663USAF−10B−9N−17BF0.06.56.50.001009-12.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets