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Cornerstone Thanksgiving Invitationals - IM Qualifier Group 2

Double Round-RobinStandard
Location
🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Dates
28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Reyansh Gupta1836
Avg top 10
1,819
Participants
4
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 4 · 6 rounds

Akshaj Pulijala led from R1 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#5R1R2R3R4R5R6
Pulijala#1Gupta#2Yuan#3Brongersma#4
R1–R6 · LEAD HELD

Akshaj Pulijala never relinquished the lead after R1; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · DECISIVE LEAD30 Nov

Akshaj Pulijala opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Reyansh Gupta); the title is out of reach before R6.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

Akshaj Pulijala 1.5–0.5 against Reyansh Gupta (R5 1-0, R6 ½-½) — decisive in 1/2.

Cross-table

#PlayerElo1234PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇺🇸Pulijala, Akshaj1830*
1½
11
11
5.511.0013.0+95.22217
2🇺🇸Gupta, Reyansh1836
½0
*
11
½1
4.07.5016.0+32.01938
3🇺🇸WCMYuan, Serena1825
00
00
*
11
2.01.0020.0-41.61693
4🇺🇸Brongersma, Hayden Scott1786
00
0½
00
*0.52.0023.0-85.61429

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers