2025 Thanksgiving Class Warfare FIDE Championship - BC
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40 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Toma Yuen (🇨🇦 CAN, 1711).
Vishwajith Balaji Kannan (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Wes Pereira (5.5) and Thomas Chen (5.0). Kannan shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Sudhiksha Bankuru (1452) beat Aaron Cheng (1644), a +192-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
Avg top 10
1,628
Participants
40
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×36
🇫🇯Fiji×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
7
2
1
1
1
3
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Kannan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Wes Pereira drew with Vishwajith Balaji Kannan (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Vishwajith Balaji Kannan 3 wins (R1–R3)Thomas Chen 4 wins (R4–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wes Pereira | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Vishwajith Balaji Kannan | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Thomas Chen | — | — | * | — |
| 4Aaditya Joshua Rajesh | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji | 0 | USA | +16B | +5B | +10N | =2N | +38B | −?N | +4B | 5.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 17.75 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Pereira, Wes | 0 | USA | +18N | =4B | +13N | =1B | +30N | =28B | +?B | 5.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.25 | 1681 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Chen, Thomas | 0 | USA | −5N | +16N | −6B | +17B | +26N | +?B | +24N | 5.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 1621 | USA | +24B | =2N | +8N | =12B | +23N | =20B | −1N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 12.50 | 1937 | +55.6 |
| 5 | Wang, Ayden | 1500 | USA | +3B | −1N | +14B | +26N | F | =38N | +19B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.25 | 2373 | +24.0 |
| 6 | Chen, Felix Y | 1504 | USA | =7N | =9B | +3N | −10B | +27N | =34B | =22B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11.75 | 1478 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Huang, Eric Yichen | 0 | USA | =6B | −11N | =15B | +14N | =?B | +?N | =8B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.75 | 1415 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Nadan, Avinesh | 1662 | FIJ | +14B | =12N | −4B | +11N | =9B | −19N | =7N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 12.50 | 1756 | +4.8 |
| 9 | Saha, Ritwik | 1671 | USA | =15B | =6N | F | +18B | =8N | =10N | =12B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.75 | 1668 | -1.2 |
| 10 | Shah, Ansh | 1556 | USA | +25B | +17N | −1B | +6N | −20N | =9B | −21B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1619 | +22.8 |
| 11 | Bankuru, Sudhiksha | 1452 | USA | =13N | +7B | −12N | −8B | −33N | +17B | +35B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1727 | +43.2 |
| 12 | Janardhan, Bharadwaj | 0 | USA | +39N | =8B | +11B | =4N | F | −24B | =9N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 9.25 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Yang, Vincent | 0 | USA | =11B | +15N | −2B | −16N | =32B | +40N | =31B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.75 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Khandelwal, Pranav | 0 | USA | −8N | +39B | −5N | −7B | +?N | =27B | +25N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.25 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Liang, Ash Bowen | 0 | USA | =9N | −13B | =7N | =25B | +?N | =?B | −?N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1633 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ramesh, Harshit | 0 | USA | −1N | −3B | +39N | +13B | −19B | F | F | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 1600 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Shao, Raymond | 1494 | USA | F | −10B | −18N | −3N | +36B | −11N | +40B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 726 | -55.2 |
| 18 | Elster, Benjamin | 1571 | USA | −2B | +24N | +17B | −9N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1686 | +18.4 |
| 19 | Zhang, Lucas | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | +16N | +8B | −5N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Hou, Calvin | 1555 | USA | F | F | F | F | +10B | =4N | =28B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 2354 | +20.0 |
| 21 | Kuritsyn, Alexander | 1544 | USA | F | F | F | F | =24N | =30B | +10N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1726 | +18.0 |
| 22 | Zhu, Timothy | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | =31B | +33B | =6N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.50 | 1539 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Goel, Darsh | 1675 | USA | F | F | F | F | −4B | +31N | +38B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 2373 | +14.4 |
| 24 | Soltani, Mohammad | 1512 | USA | −4N | −18B | F | F | =21B | +12N | −3B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.50 | 1368 | -7.4 |
| 25 | Ma, Keller | 1594 | USA | −10N | F | −26B | =15N | −29B | +37N | −14B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 764 | -43.6 |
| 26 | Turner, Robert | 1573 | USA | F | F | +25N | −5B | −3B | =32N | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1547 | -2.8 |
| 27 | Jain, Ahaan | 1681 | USA | F | F | F | F | −6B | =14N | +32B | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 704 | -29.2 |
| 28 | Widjaja, Ian | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | =?B | =2N | =20N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1631 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Han, Wilson | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | +25N | =?B | −?N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 39964337 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −2B | =21N | =34B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1567 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Shankar, Pranav | 1568 | USA | F | F | F | F | =22N | −23B | =13N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 878 | -14.4 |
| 32 | Bhimaraju, Venkat Abhinav Krishna | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | =13N | =26B | −27N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Singh, Samar | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | +11B | −22N | −?B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Sharma, Shivam Saran | 1582 | USA | F | F | F | F | F | =6N | =30N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1504 | -4.4 |
| 35 | Cheng, Aaron | 1644 | USA | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | −11N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1517 | -13.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 566002591 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −17N | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Korukanti, Arjun Rao | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −?N | −25B | +39N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Patel, Aarav | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | −1N | =5B | −23N | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Zhang, Jessica | 1579 | USA | −12B | −14N | −16B | F | F | −35N | −37B | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 846 | -16.4 |
| 40 | FIDE 39992586 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | −17N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rajesh, Aaditya JoshuaUSA+55.64.5 pts · #2
- 2Bankuru, SudhikshaUSA+43.23.5 pts · #8
- 3Wang, AydenUSA+24.04.5 pts · #25
Top rating losers
- 1Shao, RaymondUSA-55.22.0 pts · #39
- 2Ma, KellerUSA-43.61.5 pts · #35
- 3Jain, AhaanUSA-29.21.5 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R7+192 Elo gap
- R5+177 Elo gap