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2026 February BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Pranav Sairam (🇺🇸 USA, 2134).

Shreyus Sane (🇺🇸 USA, 1835) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Abhishek Mallela (4.0) and Haotian Zheng (3.5). Sane won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu (1510) beat Theodore Miller (1693), a +183-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Cupertino, CA, United States
Dates
20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸Pranav Sairam2134
Avg top 10
1,875
Participants
22
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×21
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Shreyus Sane led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
2
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Sane5Mallela4Verma3.5Pavuluri3.5Zheng3.5Tia3.5
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Shreyus Sane never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Shreyus Sane beat Abhishek Mallela (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Shreyus Sane won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Shreyus Sane*
1
—
½
2Abhishek Mallela
0
*
0
—
3Vedant Verma—
1
*
½
4Vivaan Pavuluri
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sane, Shreyus1835USA+8N+5B+3N=7B+2N=6N5.017.520.517.252147+92.8
2Mallela, Abhishek1932USA+9N−4B+15N+13B−1B+5N4.017.520.011.501856-9.6
3Zheng, Haotian2003USA=19B+16N−1B+11N+4B−7N3.516.518.59.501883-15.2
4Verma, Vedant1825USA+20N+2N=7B=6B−3N=13N3.516.517.59.501907+27.6
5Tia, Rudy Jr.1815PNG+17B−1N+16B=14N+12B−2B3.516.018.07.751757-7.4
6Pavuluri, Vivaan1845USA+21N=12B+18B=4N−7N=1B3.516.017.08.501861+5.2
7Sairam, Pranav2134USAFF=4N=1N+6B+3B3.015.515.511.252070-4.6
8Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai1510USA−1B+21B=9N−12B=17N+18B3.014.515.55.501711+50.8
9DB, Pranav1692USA−2B=17N=8B=16N+20N=15B3.013.514.55.751665-8.4
10Seidel, Eli1720USA−16B−13N+17B=18N+19B=14N3.011.013.06.251582-38.4
11Rajaram, Adit1783USA−18N+20BF−3B+22N+12N3.010.010.04.501826+11.6
12Grigorev, Mikhail1709USA+14B=6N−13B+8N−5N−11B2.515.518.07.251646-22.0
13Wang, Ayden1569USAF+10B+12N−2NF=4B2.513.013.07.251892+64.0
14Saligram, Ayaan1695USA−12NF+19B=5B=18N=10B2.513.013.06.251727+9.2
15Tran, Toby1651USAF=19N−2B=17N+16B=9N2.513.013.05.501750+20.0
16Yan, Rayna1613USA+10N−3B−5N=9B−15N=17B2.015.517.55.501627-0.8
17Vaddadi, Anay1156USA−5N=9B−10N=15B=8B=16N2.015.017.05.2515420.0
18Kuritsyn, Alexander1628USA+11BF−6N=10B=14B−8N2.015.015.05.751639+2.0
19Raghav, Surya1764USA=3N=15B−14N=22B−10N=21B2.012.513.54.001638-41.6
20Pereira, Wes1617USA−4B−11N=21NF−9B=22N1.011.511.51.001521-22.4
21Miller, Theodore1693USA−6B−8N=20BFF=19N1.09.59.51.501492-41.6
22Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji1814USAFFF=19N−11B=20B1.06.06.01.501596-34.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets