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2025 US National Class Championship - Expert

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1831, and top seed was Alex Nguyen (🇺🇸 USA, 1951).

Alex Nguyen (🇺🇸 USA, 1951) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Akshaj Pulijala (4.0) and Om Suthar (4.0). Nguyen won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hayden Scott Brongersma (1730) beat Alex Nguyen (1951), a +221-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Alex Nguyen1951
Avg top 10
1,831
Participants
14
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×13
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Alex Nguyen
    🇺🇸USA·1951
    5.0pts·2063perf+29.2
  • 🥈
    Akshaj Pulijala
    🇺🇸USA·1780
    4.0pts·1937perf+50.4
  • 🥉
    Om Suthar
    🇺🇸USA·1775
    4.0pts·1933perf+50.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alex Nguyen led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Nguyen5Suthar4Pulijala4Brongersma4Pavuluri2.5Gupta2
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Alex Nguyen never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alex Nguyen beat Om Suthar (White).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Alex Nguyen won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alex Nguyen*
1
1
0
2Om Suthar
0
*
0
—
3Akshaj Pulijala
0
1
*
1
4Hayden Scott Brongersma
1
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nguyen, Alex1951USA+5B+7N+2B+6N+3B−4N5.016.518.514.502063+29.2
2Pulijala, Akshaj1780USA+4N+3B−1N=8B+6B=5N4.017.519.012.001937+50.4
3Suthar, Om1775USA+11B−2N+5N+12B−1N+7B4.014.515.56.501933+50.8
4Brongersma, Hayden Scott1730USA−2BF+11N+9B+8N+1B4.013.013.09.002005+57.2
5Pavuluri, Vivaan1852USA−1NF−3B+13N+12N=2B2.514.014.03.001823-7.6
6Gupta, Reyansh1833USAF+11N+13B−1B−2NF2.010.010.01.001854+4.8
7Seidel, Eli1775USAF−1B−12N+14N+13B−3N2.010.010.00.001769-2.4
8Patankar, Shubham1734USAFF+10B=2N−4BF1.59.59.53.501767+5.2
9Xiong, Alex0USAFF+14B−4NF=10B1.55.55.50.7517970.0
10Seada, Karim Maher1791USAFF−8NF+11B=9N1.54.04.01.751759-3.6
11Dang, Kien1783USA−3N−6B−4BF−10N+12B1.012.512.51.001527-64.0
12Shi, Evan1708USAFF+7B−3N−5B−11N1.09.59.52.001603-21.2
13Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFM1902MGLFF−6N−5B−7NF0.06.56.50.001019-36.8
14Gnana Hari Sekar, Easwar1871USAFF−9N−7BFF0.03.53.50.00975-25.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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