2025 October BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1686, and top seed was Armin Vale Cruz (🇺🇸 USA, 1785).
Armin Vale Cruz (🇺🇸 USA, 1785) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Roi Weiss (3.5) and Ivan Tam (3.0).
The biggest upset came in round 5: Adit Rajaram (1568) beat Anish Nalakonda (1704), a +136-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsArmin Vale Cruz led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R2 · LEADER CHANGE01 Nov
Armin Vale Cruz takes the sole lead (1.5/2).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Armin Vale Cruz lost to Roi Weiss (Black).
R2–R5 · WIN STREAK
Armin Vale Cruz won 4 in a row (R2–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Armin Vale Cruz | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Roi Weiss | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Ivan Tam | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Ansh Shenvi Priolkar | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1785 | USA | =9N | +5B | +12B | +3N | +10B | −2N | 4.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1910 | +12.6 |
| 2 | Weiss, Roi | 1722 | USA | F | F | +16N | =5B | +17N | +1B | 3.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.00 | 1991 | +45.2 |
| 3 | Tam, Ivan | 1770 | USA | +15B | F | =4N | −1B | =7N | +10N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.25 | 1709 | -21.6 |
| 4 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1616 | USA | F | +8N | =3B | F | +11B | F | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.00 | 1907 | +50.8 |
| 5 | Nalakonda, Anish | 1704 | USA | F | −1N | =6B | =2N | −14N | +11B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 1595 | -20.8 |
| 6 | Balasubramanian, Pranav Sairohit | 1748 | USA | F | F | =5N | =11N | =13B | =7B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1618 | -10.8 |
| 7 | Tran, Toby | 1632 | USA | F | F | −11B | +15N | =3B | =6N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1643 | +3.6 |
| 8 | Parhar, Ojas | 1551 | USA | F | −4B | =15N | =14B | =12N | =16B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1510 | -17.2 |
| 9 | Delateur, Nicholas Andrew | 0 | USA | =1B | F | +17N | F | F | =13N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1649 | USA | F | F | =13N | +12B | −1N | −3B | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1612 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Raghav, Surya | 1582 | USA | F | F | +7N | =6B | −4N | −5N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1545 | +1.6 |
| 12 | Yan, Rayna | 1622 | USA | F | F | −1N | −10N | =8B | +17B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1543 | -2.8 |
| 13 | Chitta, Adithya | 1607 | USA | F | F | =10B | F | =6N | =9B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1640 | -0.4 |
| 14 | Rajaram, Adit | 1568 | USA | F | F | F | =8N | +5B | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1814 | +21.6 |
| 15 | Scheppler, Gary L | 1539 | USA | −3N | F | =8B | −7B | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1393 | -26.4 |
| 16 | Bharadwaj, Samarth Ram | 1608 | USA | F | F | −2B | F | F | =8N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1456 | -16.4 |
| 17 | Gutta, Anirudh | 1613 | USA | F | F | −9B | F | −2B | −12N | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 836 | -29.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shenvi Priolkar, AnshUSA+50.82.5 pts · #4
- 2Weiss, RoiUSA+45.23.5 pts · #2
- 3Rajaram, AditUSA+21.61.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Gutta, AnirudhUSA-29.20.0 pts · #17
- 2Scheppler, Gary LUSA-26.40.5 pts · #16
- 3Tam, IvanUSA-21.63.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R5+136 Elo gap