2025 US National Class Championship - Class C
Open SwissStandard
27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1250, and top seed was Avinesh Nadan (🇫🇯 FIJ, 1677).
Ishan Garg (🇺🇸 USA, 1589) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jessica Zhang (4.0). Garg won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Rishan Biswas (1442) beat Avinesh Nadan (1677), a +235-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 · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×24
🇫🇯Fiji×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsIshan Garg led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R6 · LEAD HELD
Ishan Garg never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Ishan Garg won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
R4 · LATE SURGE
FIDE 39993418 was #11 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ishan Garg | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Jessica Zhang | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3FIDE 39993418 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Ansh Shah | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garg, Ishan | 1589 | USA | +9B | +5N | +17B | =3N | +13N | +11B | 5.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 12.75 | 2389 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Zhang, Jessica | 1563 | USA | +7B | +10B | −3N | F | +22N | +17B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 2309 | +17.2 |
| 3 | FIDE 39993418 | 0 | — | F | F | +2B | =1B | +4N | +13N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 12.25 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shah, Ansh | 0 | USA | −5N | +12B | +18N | +?B | −3B | =?N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Enkhjargal, Gabriel | 1589 | USA | +4B | −1B | −22N | +27N | +14B | −8N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 6.00 | 770 | -42.0 |
| 6 | Biswas, Rishan | 1442 | USA | F | F | −9N | +23B | +15N | +12B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.00 | 2478 | +31.6 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Russell | 0 | USA | −2N | F | +14B | =17N | =?B | +?N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Shankar, Pranav | 1543 | USA | F | F | +23N | +24B | −11N | +5B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 2389 | +22.0 |
| 9 | Patel, Aarav | 0 | USA | −1N | F | +6B | −12N | +25B | =?B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Eby, Devika | 1511 | USA | +19B | −2N | −16B | F | =18N | +23B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1591 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 0 | USA | F | F | −13N | +15B | +8B | −1N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1570 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Nadan, Avinesh | 1677 | FIJ | F | −4N | +25B | +9B | −17N | −6N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 643 | -15.8 |
| 13 | Chilukuru, Vijay | 0 | USA | F | F | +11B | +?N | −1B | −3B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.00 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Macharla, Vasisht | 0 | USA | −15N | +19B | −7N | +?B | −5N | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1622 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Chen, Thomas | 0 | USA | +14B | F | −?N | −11N | −6B | +22B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Xu, Peter | 0 | USA | F | F | +10N | +22B | F | −?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Widjaja, Ian | 0 | USA | F | F | −1N | =7B | +12B | −2N | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Huang, Eric Yichen | 0 | USA | F | F | −4B | =20N | =10B | =24B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ma, Keller | 1581 | USA | −10N | −14N | =20B | F | =21B | =26N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 709 | -26.0 |
| 20 | Priyadarshi, Rohan | 0 | USA | F | −?B | =19N | =18B | −?N | =27B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1314 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Wills, Daniel | 0 | USA | F | F | −?N | F | =19N | +?N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 39993647 | 0 | — | F | F | +5B | −16N | −2B | −15N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Khandelwal, Pranav | 0 | USA | F | F | −8B | −6N | +27B | −10N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Dasgupta, Snehin Shankar | 0 | USA | F | F | =?B | −8N | −?B | =18N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bhimaraju, Venkat Abhinav Krishna | 0 | USA | F | F | −12N | +?B | −9N | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ahmed, Shoaib | 0 | USA | F | F | =?N | F | −?N | =19B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1609 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Jain, Ahaan | 0 | USA | F | F | F | −5B | −23N | =20N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 789 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Biswas, RishanUSA+31.63.0 pts · #11
- 2Shankar, PranavUSA+22.03.0 pts · #12
- 3Garg, IshanUSA+20.05.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Enkhjargal, GabrielUSA-42.03.0 pts · #21
- 2Ma, KellerUSA-26.01.5 pts · #23
- 3Nadan, AvineshFIJ-15.82.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R6+235 Elo gap