2025 September BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 12 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1724, and top seed was Armin Vale Cruz (🇺🇸 USA, 1810).
Eli Seidel (🇺🇸 USA, 1625) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Anish Nalakonda (3.5) and Shreyus Sane (3.5). Seidel took the lead from round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri (1587) beat Evan Shi (1773), a +186-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Cupertino, CA, United States
Dates
12 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsEli Seidel led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE13 Sept
Eli Seidel takes the sole lead (3.0/4).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Eli Seidel lost to Shreyus Sane (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Eli Seidel 3 wins (R2–R4)Shreyus Sane 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eli Seidel | * | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2Shreyus Sane | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Anish Nalakonda | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Shubham Patankar | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seidel, Eli | 1625 | USA | F | +10N | +4B | +9N | −3B | +7N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 9.00 | 1960 | +84.4 |
| 2 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1647 | USA | +5N | =8B | =7B | =4N | =6N | =13B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1747 | +32.8 |
| 3 | Sane, Shreyus | 1677 | USA | F | F | +8N | +6B | +1N | =5B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.50 | 1978 | +52.4 |
| 4 | Patankar, Shubham | 1793 | USA | +9N | +6B | −1N | =2B | −5N | =11B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1694 | -32.0 |
| 5 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1713 | PNG | −2B | F | +12N | =7N | +4B | =3N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.25 | 1804 | +12.4 |
| 6 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1587 | USA | +11B | −4N | +14B | −3N | =2B | =12N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1705 | +37.2 |
| 7 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1770 | USA | F | F | =2N | =5B | +9N | −1B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1701 | -14.8 |
| 8 | Tran, Toby | 1654 | USA | F | =2N | −3B | =13B | =12N | =10N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1584 | -16.4 |
| 9 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1810 | USA | −4B | +11N | +13N | −1B | −7B | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1648 | -22.0 |
| 10 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1546 | USA | F | −1B | =11N | =12B | =14N | =8B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1603 | +13.6 |
| 11 | Shi, Evan | 1773 | USA | −6N | −9B | =10B | F | =13N | =4N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1526 | -65.6 |
| 12 | Bhosale, Arnav | 1767 | USA | F | F | −5B | =10N | =8B | =6B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1535 | -50.4 |
| 13 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1635 | USA | F | F | −9B | =8N | =11B | =2N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.50 | 1632 | -2.0 |
| 14 | Yan, Rayna | 1566 | USA | F | F | −6N | F | =10B | F | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1375 | -20.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Seidel, EliUSA+84.44.0 pts · #1
- 2Sane, ShreyusUSA+52.43.5 pts · #2
- 3Naga Abhi Ram PonnaluriUSA+37.23.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Shi, EvanUSA-65.61.5 pts · #13
- 2Bhosale, ArnavUSA-50.41.5 pts · #12
- 3Patankar, ShubhamUSA-32.03.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R1+186 Elo gap
- R4+185 Elo gap
- R3+168 Elo gap