2025 Thanksgiving Class Warfare FIDE Championship - MXA
Open SwissStandard
49 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was Jamison Edrich Kao (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2127).
Luke Widjaja (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2091) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Jamison Edrich Kao (6.0) and Vedant Verma (5.0). Widjaja shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ritvik Vuluvala (1651) beat Erkhembilig Munkhsugar (1964), a +313-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×46
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇯🇵Japan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Luke Widjaja led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE30 Nov
CM Luke Widjaja takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Luke Widjaja beat CM Jamison Edrich Kao (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Luke Widjaja 4 wins (R4–R7)CM Jamison Edrich Kao 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Vedant Verma 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMLuke Widjaja | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2CMJamison Edrich Kao | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Vedant Verma | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Roi Weiss | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Widjaja, LukeCM | 2091 | USA | +21N | +12B | =26N | +2B | +42B | +3N | +7B | 6.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 25.25 | 2269 | +40.0 |
| 2 | Kao, Jamison EdrichCM | 2127 | USA | +27B | +34N | +6B | −1N | +11B | +5N | +8B | 6.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 22.00 | 2111 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Verma, Vedant | 1765 | USA | =30N | +28B | +14N | +26B | +4N | −1B | =42N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 15.00 | 1938 | +63.2 |
| 4 | Tia, Rudy Jr. | 1785 | PNG | +41B | +16N | =5B | +18N | −3B | −8N | +14B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 1768 | -2.2 |
| 5 | Sethuraman, Anand | 1701 | USA | =28N | +30B | =4N | +16B | +26N | −2B | =6B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 1839 | +41.2 |
| 6 | Weiss, Roi | 1722 | USA | +40N | +10B | −2N | +23B | +49N | −7B | =5N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 10.75 | 1896 | +60.8 |
| 7 | Jin, David | 1791 | USA | +25N | −18B | =24N | +40B | +35B | +6N | −1N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 12.50 | 1820 | +11.2 |
| 8 | Sane, Shreyus | 1821 | USA | −16B | +33N | +15B | =35N | +46B | +4B | −2N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 11.50 | 1939 | +36.4 |
| 9 | Kulkarni, Advit Amod | 1671 | USA | +13N | −11B | +29B | −22N | +17B | +26N | =32B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 13.75 | 1860 | +70.8 |
| 10 | Raghav, Surya | 1582 | USA | +20B | −6N | =34B | =17N | +13B | −18N | +21B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.25 | 1784 | +71.6 |
| 11 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1785 | USA | +15B | +9N | F | F | −2N | +23B | +18B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 14.50 | 2011 | +26.2 |
| 12 | Manvelyan, Hovik | 1874 | USA | +43B | −1N | F | =14B | +15N | =31B | +22B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 1819 | -6.2 |
| 13 | Krishnan, Shreyank | 1652 | USA | −9B | −15N | +41N | +44B | −10N | +28B | +46N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 5.50 | 1703 | +20.0 |
| 14 | Vuluvala, Ritvik | 1651 | FID | =22B | +17N | −3B | =12N | =37N | +24B | −4N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1767 | +39.6 |
| 15 | Loyalka, Breakwell | 1728 | USA | −11N | +13B | −8N | +29N | −12B | +36B | =17N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 10.25 | 1763 | +12.4 |
| 16 | Chakrabarty, Preron | 0 | USA | +8N | −4B | +20B | −5N | F | =27B | +23N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 12.25 | 1764 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Munkhsugar, Erkhembilig | 1964 | USA | =19N | −14B | +43N | =10B | −9N | +45B | =15B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1592 | -107.2 |
| 18 | Sartorio, David | 1689 | USA | +47B | +7N | F | −4B | =31N | +10B | −11N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1755 | +22.4 |
| 19 | Liu, Travis M | 1684 | USA | =17B | −22N | =21N | =27B | +40N | −37B | +26B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1747 | +22.4 |
| 20 | Seidel, Eli | 1786 | USA | −10N | +41B | −16N | =21B | =45N | =46B | +29N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1683 | -31.2 |
| 21 | Tran, Toby | 1632 | USA | −1B | =43N | =19B | =20N | =36N | +44B | −10N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 6.25 | 1655 | +2.4 |
| 22 | Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya | 1649 | USA | =14N | +19B | =35N | +9B | F | −42B | −12N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.75 | 1725 | +23.6 |
| 23 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1635 | USA | =48B | +36N | +31B | −6N | =34B | −11N | −16B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 5.75 | 1675 | +12.4 |
| 24 | Shrivastava, Ansh | 1623 | USA | −26N | +44B | =7B | −31N | +43B | −14N | =38B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1571 | -14.0 |
| 25 | Amin, Aida | 1586 | USA | −7B | =47N | +48B | =33N | +39B | F | F | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.75 | 1707 | +32.8 |
| 26 | Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh | 1830 | USA | +24B | +29N | =1B | −3N | −5B | −9B | −19N | 2.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 8.75 | 1633 | -76.0 |
| 27 | Saha, Avik | 1733 | USA | −2N | =40B | F | =19N | +30B | =16N | −39B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1680 | -19.6 |
| 28 | Jin, Fan | 1661 | USA | =5B | −3N | +36B | −34N | F | −13N | +44B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.25 | 1611 | -17.6 |
| 29 | Pu, Hugo | 1619 | USA | +44N | −26B | −9N | −15B | =38N | +40B | −20B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1614 | -4.4 |
| 30 | Liu, Scott Yixuan | 1591 | USA | =3B | −5N | −33B | +47N | −27N | −38B | +40N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1577 | -7.2 |
| 31 | Gutta, Anirudh | 1613 | USA | F | F | −23N | +24B | =18B | =12N | =37N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1706 | +24.0 |
| 32 | Jain, Kanishk | 1806 | USA | F | F | F | F | +33B | +35N | =9N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 1869 | +8.4 |
| 33 | Liu, Kaihan | 1498 | USA | F | −8B | +30N | =25B | −32N | −39N | =41B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.75 | 1556 | +14.4 |
| 34 | Indukuri, Suhas | 1697 | USA | F | −2B | =10N | +28B | =23N | F | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.00 | 1745 | +5.6 |
| 35 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1616 | USA | F | +48N | =22B | =8B | −7N | −32B | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.25 | 1663 | +10.8 |
| 36 | Turaga, Varun Karthik | 1622 | USA | F | −23B | −28N | +41N | =21B | −15N | =45N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.50 | 1518 | -32.4 |
| 37 | Bhosale, Arnav | 1719 | USA | F | F | F | F | =14B | +19N | =31B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 1775 | +8.8 |
| 38 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1717 | USA | F | F | F | F | =29B | +30N | =24N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1733 | +2.4 |
| 39 | Rajaram, Adit | 1568 | USA | F | F | F | F | −25N | +33B | +27N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1730 | +13.2 |
| 40 | Wang, Angela Zixi | 1709 | USA | −6B | =27N | +47B | −7N | −19B | −29N | −30B | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 1.75 | 1451 | -90.4 |
| 41 | Bogi, Yudhin | 1631 | USA | −4N | −20N | −13B | −36B | F | +48N | =33N | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 1466 | -51.6 |
| 42 | Ng, Alexander PN | 1844 | JPN | F | F | F | F | −1N | +22N | =3B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1835 | -2.0 |
| 43 | Liu, Michael | 0 | USA | −12N | =21B | −17B | +48N | −24N | F | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1588 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Scheppler, Gary L | 1539 | USA | −29B | −24N | F | −13N | +47B | −21N | −28N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.50 | 1360 | -59.2 |
| 45 | Long, Youting | 1571 | USA | F | F | F | F | =20B | −17N | =36B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1665 | +10.8 |
| 46 | Vernik, Lilia | 1718 | USA | F | F | F | F | −8N | =20N | −13B | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1481 | -34.0 |
| 47 | Rangamreddy, Aashvi Sri | 1624 | USA | −18N | =25B | −40N | −30B | −44N | F | F | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 1264 | -79.6 |
| 48 | Bharadwaj, Samarth Ram | 1608 | USA | =23N | −35B | −25N | −43B | F | −41B | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1297 | -58.0 |
| 49 | Lin, Julian M | 2015 | USA | F | F | F | F | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 922 | -17.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Raghav, SuryaUSA+71.64.0 pts · #10
- 2Kulkarni, Advit AmodUSA+70.84.5 pts · #6
- 3Verma, VedantUSA+63.25.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Munkhsugar, ErkhembiligUSA-107.23.5 pts · #29
- 2Wang, Angela ZixiUSA-90.41.5 pts · #40
- 3Rangamreddy, Aashvi SriUSA-79.60.5 pts · #46
Biggest upsets
- R2+313 Elo gap
- R5+293 Elo gap
- R5+293 Elo gap