2025 US National Class Championship - Class A
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Hovik Manvelyan (🇺🇸 USA, 1909).
Rudy Jr. Tia (🇵🇬 PNG, 1751) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Olivia Xu (4.0) and Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri (4.0). Tia won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Ishaan Sinha (1181) beat Viyaan Khurana (1628), a +447-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
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×31
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsRudy Jr. Tia led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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3
2
1
1
1
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Rudy Jr. Tia never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Chase Wang won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rudy Jr. Tia | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2Vedant Verma | — | * | — | — |
| 3Chase Wang | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Olivia Xu | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1751 | PNG | +32N | +22B | =2N | +21B | +5N | =8B | 5.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 13.25 | 1990 | +34.6 |
| 2 | Xu, Olivia | 1636 | USA | +18N | +10B | =1B | −15N | +28B | =14B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 11.00 | 1866 | +73.2 |
| 3 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1663 | USA | +16B | =11N | =4B | +6B | =17N | =15N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 12.00 | 1878 | +67.6 |
| 4 | Verma, Vedant | 1758 | USA | =26N | +29B | =3N | +9B | −8B | +31N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 8.75 | 1788 | +9.2 |
| 5 | Wang, Chase | 1748 | USA | +35N | +12B | F | +28N | −1B | +17B | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 1905 | +37.6 |
| 6 | Tam, Ivan | 1799 | USA | =13B | +19N | =15B | −3N | +24B | =20N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 8.50 | 1683 | -28.8 |
| 7 | Manvelyan, Hovik | 1909 | USA | =27B | −9N | +18B | =13N | =20N | +25B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 1657 | -33.0 |
| 8 | Balasubramanian, Pranav Sairohit | 1669 | USA | F | F | +26B | +30B | +4N | =1N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 9.50 | 2103 | +80.8 |
| 9 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1672 | USA | =30N | +7B | =11B | −4N | =13B | =10B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 8.75 | 1777 | +33.2 |
| 10 | Ho, Michael | 1740 | USA | =19B | −2N | =29N | =16B | +12B | =9N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1646 | -15.2 |
| 11 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1806 | USA | +34N | =3B | =9N | −17B | +16N | −21B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1681 | -19.6 |
| 12 | Yan, Rayna | 1549 | USA | +23B | −5N | −17N | +19B | −10N | +29B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 6.00 | 1707 | +50.0 |
| 13 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1563 | USA | =6N | +34B | −22N | =7B | =9N | =28N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1751 | +56.4 |
| 14 | Bhosale, Arnav | 1667 | USA | F | F | +32N | +22B | =15B | =2N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 1920 | +52.4 |
| 15 | Ziatdinov, Albert | 1898 | RUS | F | F | =6N | +2B | =14N | =3B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 1786 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1641 | USA | −3N | =18B | +34N | =10N | −11B | =24B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.75 | 1621 | -6.4 |
| 17 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1612 | USA | F | F | +12B | +11N | =3B | −5N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1786 | +36.4 |
| 18 | Vuluvala, Ritvik | 1617 | FID | −2B | =16N | −7N | F | +27B | +22B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1702 | +16.4 |
| 19 | Loyalka, Breakwell | 1766 | USA | =10N | −6B | −30N | −12N | +34B | +26N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1654 | -36.4 |
| 20 | Raghav, Surya | 1527 | USA | −22N | F | =33B | +27N | =7B | =6B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.50 | 1756 | +54.8 |
| 21 | Gongora Zermeno, Rogelio Aram | 1875 | MEX | F | F | +27B | −1N | =31B | +11N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1802 | -7.2 |
| 22 | Huang, Si Hao | 1747 | USA | +20B | −1N | +13B | −14N | −25B | −18N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1503 | -78.0 |
| 23 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1761 | USA | −12N | F | =24B | −25N | =26B | +27N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1518 | -52.4 |
| 24 | Sinha, Ishaan | 1181 | USA | F | F | =23N | +32B | −6N | =16N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.25 | 1707 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kulkarni, Advit Amod | 1632 | USA | F | F | F | +23B | +22N | −7N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1930 | +47.6 |
| 26 | Rangamreddy, Aashvi Sri | 1670 | USA | =4B | =33N | −8N | −29B | =23N | −19B | 1.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1526 | -44.4 |
| 27 | Scheppler, Gary L | 1537 | USA | =7N | +30B | −21N | −20B | −18N | −23B | 1.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 3.25 | 1573 | -6.4 |
| 28 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1759 | USA | F | F | +31N | −5B | −2N | =13B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1573 | -40.8 |
| 29 | Bharadwaj, Samarth Ram | 1616 | USA | F | −4N | =10B | +26N | F | −12N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1591 | -6.4 |
| 30 | Dehghani Zahedani, Ashkan | 1888 | USA | =9B | −27N | +19B | −8N | F | F | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1583 | -63.6 |
| 31 | Zhang, Matthew | 1691 | USA | F | F | −28B | +33N | =21N | −4B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1698 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Khurana, Viyaan | 1628 | USA | −1B | +35N | −14B | −24N | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1565 | -9.6 |
| 33 | Wang, Angela Zixi | 1747 | USA | F | =26B | =20N | −31B | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1507 | -38.8 |
| 34 | Miller, Theodore | 1623 | USA | −11B | −13N | −16B | F | −19N | F | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 894 | -64.8 |
| 35 | Turaga, Varun Karthik | 1660 | USA | −5B | −32B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 888 | -36.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Balasubramanian, Pranav SairohitUSA+80.83.5 pts · #6
- 2Xu, OliviaUSA+73.24.0 pts · #4
- 3Naga Abhi Ram PonnaluriUSA+67.64.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Huang, Si HaoUSA-78.02.0 pts · #21
- 2Miller, TheodoreUSA-64.80.0 pts · #34
- 3Dehghani Zahedani, AshkanUSA-63.61.5 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R4+447 Elo gap
- R2+351 Elo gap
- R2+237 Elo gap