2025 September BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - BC
Open SwissStandard
24 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 1105, and top seed was Xiaoshan Chen (🇺🇸 USA, 1743).
Roshan Jagath (🇺🇸 USA, 1610) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Jeff Andersen (4.0) and Toma Yuen (3.5). Jagath shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
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×20
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R3 · LEADER CHANGE13 Sept
Jeff Andersen takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/6. Jagath takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
R1–R6 · UNBEATEN
Jeff Andersen went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff Andersen | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Roshan Jagath | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Toma Yuen | ½ | 1 | * | — |
| 4FIDE 39994686 | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagath, Roshan | 1610 | USA | +5B | +6N | −7B | +15N | +14B | −3B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 9.50 | 1550 | -9.6 |
| 2 | Andersen, Jeff | 1575 | USA | =4B | +21N | +13B | =3B | =18N | =7N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 8.50 | 1710 | +21.6 |
| 3 | Yuen, Toma | 1727 | CAN | F | F | +8B | =2N | +7B | +1N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.00 | 1916 | +13.4 |
| 4 | Sartorio, David | 1660 | USA | =2N | F | =15B | =6N | +16B | +9B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.25 | 1564 | -10.8 |
| 5 | FIDE 39994686 | 0 | — | −1N | =12N | −16B | +21B | +17N | +?B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Amin, Eshaan Kashyap | 1553 | USA | F | −1B | +23N | =4B | +15N | =14N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1442 | -10.8 |
| 7 | Chen, Xiaoshan | 1743 | USA | F | F | +1N | +18B | −3N | =2B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.50 | 1637 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Rapaka, Anish | 1184 | USA | +17N | =?B | −3N | +12B | −9N | −10B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Joseph, Aaron | 0 | USA | F | F | +19N | =11B | +8B | −4N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Saligram, Ayaan | 0 | USA | F | F | +20B | −14N | =?B | +8N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1653 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Balasubramanian, Pranav Sairohit | 0 | USA | F | F | +?N | =9N | F | +13B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 1673 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Li, Joylin | 0 | USA | −?N | =5B | +21B | −8N | −19B | =?N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Kalra, Josen Singh | 0 | USA | F | F | −2N | +?B | +?B | −11N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1612 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 0 | USA | F | F | −18N | +10B | −1N | =6B | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Zhang, Jessica | 0 | USA | F | +?B | =4N | −1B | −6B | F | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chandra, Mihir | 0 | USA | F | F | +5N | =17B | −4N | −?B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Yu, Andrew | 0 | USA | −8B | F | −?N | =16N | −5B | +21B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Yaldaei, Joshua | 0 | USA | F | F | +14B | −7N | =2B | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1467 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Elster, Benjamin | 0 | USA | F | F | −9B | =?B | +12N | −?B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Singh, Samar | 0 | USA | F | F | −10N | +23B | =?N | −?N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 39993175 | 0 | — | F | −2B | −12N | −5N | +?B | −17N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 22 | She, Gloria Beichen | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −?B | +23N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Chilukuru, Vijay | 0 | USA | F | F | −6B | −20N | F | −22B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 39993159 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 836 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Andersen, JeffUSA+21.64.0 pts · #5
- 2Yuen, TomaCAN+13.43.5 pts · #1
- 3Li, JoylinUSA0.02.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Chen, XiaoshanUSA-17.22.5 pts · #4
- 2Sartorio, DavidUSA-10.83.5 pts · #8
- 3Amin, Eshaan KashyapUSA-10.83.0 pts · #11