2025 October BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - BC
Open SwissStandard
10 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 632, and top seed was Toma Yuen (🇨🇦 CAN, 1711).
Aaditya Joshua Rajesh (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 3.5/6, ahead of Toma Yuen (3.0) and Neeraj Rao (2.5). Rajesh clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Neeraj Rao (1606) beat Toma Yuen (1711), a +105-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 · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×8
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAaditya Joshua Rajesh led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE02 Nov
Aaditya Joshua Rajesh takes the sole lead (3.5/6).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Toma Yuen won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aaditya Joshua Rajesh | * | — | — | — |
| 2Toma Yuen | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Neeraj Rao | — | 1 | * | — |
| 4Kevin Hou | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 0 | USA | F | F | +?B | =6N | +?B | +7N | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Yuen, Toma | 1711 | CAN | F | F | +6B | +4N | +9N | −3B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.50 | 1672 | -4.2 |
| 3 | Rao, Neeraj | 1606 | USA | F | F | +10B | =7N | F | +2N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.75 | 2531 | +26.4 |
| 4 | Shao, Raymond | 1494 | USA | F | F | F | −2B | +10N | +5B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 931 | -9.2 |
| 5 | Hou, Kevin | 0 | USA | F | F | +?N | +9B | F | −4N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Yu, Andrew | 0 | USA | F | F | −2N | =1B | −8N | +?B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 931 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Wu, Michael Liu | 0 | USA | F | F | +?N | =3B | F | −1B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jain, Ahaan | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | +6B | =?N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Soltani, Mohammad | 1512 | USA | F | F | F | −5N | −2B | +10B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 931 | -4.4 |
| 10 | FIDE 39997693 | 0 | — | F | F | −3N | +?B | −4B | −9N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 747 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rao, NeerajUSA+26.42.5 pts · #3
- 2Hou, KevinUSA0.02.0 pts · #1
- 3Yu, AndrewUSA0.01.5 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Shao, RaymondUSA-9.22.0 pts · #9
- 2Soltani, MohammadUSA-4.41.0 pts · #8
- 3Yuen, TomaCAN-4.23.0 pts · #2
Biggest upsets
- R6+105 Elo gap