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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
Top seed
🇺🇸Armin Vale Cruz1810
Avg top 10
1,724
Participants
14
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Eli Seidel led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
5
1
3
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Seidel takes lead
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
Player1234
1Eli Seidel*
0
1
2Shreyus Sane
1
*
3Anish Nalakonda*
½
4Shubham Patankar
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Seidel, Eli1625USAF+10N+4B+9N3B+7N4.012.512.59.001960+84.4
2Nalakonda, Anish1647USA+5N=8B=7B=4N=6N=13B3.513.014.58.751747+32.8
3Sane, Shreyus1677USAFF+8N+6B+1N=5B3.512.012.010.501978+52.4
4Patankar, Shubham1793USA+9N+6B1N=2B5N=11B3.015.517.07.501694-32.0
5Tia, Rudy Jr.1713PNG2BF+12N=7N+4B=3N3.013.513.57.251804+12.4
6Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1587USA+11B4N+14B3N=2B=12N3.013.013.54.501705+37.2
7Grigorev, Mikhail1770USAFF=2N=5B+9N1B2.012.512.55.251701-14.8
8Tran, Toby1654USAF=2N3B=13B=12N=10N2.012.012.04.251584-16.4
9Cruz, Armin Vale1810USA4B+11N+13N1B7BF2.012.012.03.001648-22.0
10Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh1546USAF1B=11N=12B=14N=8B2.09.59.52.751603+13.6
11Shi, Evan1773USA6N9B=10BF=13N=4N1.511.511.53.251526-65.6
12Bhosale, Arnav1767USAFF5B=10N=8B=6B1.510.010.03.501535-50.4
13Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya1635USAFF9B=8N=11B=2N1.59.09.03.501632-2.0
14Yan, Rayna1566USAFF6NF=10BF0.55.05.01.001375-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets