2025-26 CalChess K-12 State Championship
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Advay Bansal (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2224).
Jenny Qi (🇺🇸 USA, WFM, 2001) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Javier Silva (4.5) and Ivan Tam (3.5). Qi shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Ivan Tam (1701) beat Advay Bansal (FM, 2224), a +523-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Qi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
WFM Jenny Qi drew with Javier Silva (Black).
WFM Jenny Qi 3 wins (R1–R3)Javier Silva 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WFMJenny Qi | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Javier Silva | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Ivan Tam | — | — | * | — |
| 4Aaditya Joshua Rajesh | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qi, JennyWFM | 2001 | USA | +4B | +6N | +7B | =2N | +5B | 4.5 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 14.75 | 2124 | +24.4 |
| 2 | Silva, Javier | 2023 | USA | +16N | +14B | +5N | =1B | +8N | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.25 | 2108 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Tam, Ivan | 1701 | USA | +9N | +27B | =15N | −8B | +6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8.00 | 1872 | +42.0 |
| 4 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 1653 | USA | −1N | +20B | =14N | +24B | +16N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1806 | +29.2 |
| 5 | Huang, Si Hao | 1750 | USA | +22B | +12N | −2B | +15B | −1N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1878 | +32.8 |
| 6 | Yan, Rayna | 1613 | USA | +26N | −1B | +17N | +12B | −3N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1832 | +54.8 |
| 7 | Yi, Colin | 1752 | USA | +25N | +17B | −1N | =11B | =13N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1836 | +22.4 |
| 8 | Wang, Matthew | 1542 | USA | +28N | F | +10B | +3N | −2B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.50 | 1907 | +72.0 |
| 9 | Han, Wilson | 1548 | USA | −3B | =18N | +25N | =14B | +15N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1834 | +74.0 |
| 10 | Amin, Eshaan Kashyap | 1482 | USA | =13N | +28B | −8N | =18B | +14N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1740 | +66.0 |
| 11 | Mo, Kayden Pak | 1662 | USA | −24B | +22N | +19B | =7N | =12N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 1798 | +27.6 |
| 12 | Jiang, Richard | 1562 | USA | +23N | −5B | +26N | −6N | =11B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 4.00 | 1608 | +8.0 |
| 13 | Hou, Calvin | 1571 | USA | =10B | =15N | +24N | F | =7B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1682 | +16.8 |
| 14 | Jain, Ishaan | 1713 | USA | +19B | −2N | =4B | =9N | −10B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1564 | -41.2 |
| 15 | Kannan, Vishwajith Balaji | 1813 | USA | +20N | =13B | =3B | −5N | −9B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1558 | -66.4 |
| 16 | Shankar, Pranav | 1548 | USA | −2B | −19N | +22B | +26N | −4B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1620 | +13.2 |
| 17 | Patil, Anushka | 1783 | USA | +18B | −7N | −6B | −19N | +24N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1463 | -64.8 |
| 18 | Goel, Darsh | 1780 | USA | −17N | =9B | +23B | =10N | F | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1479 | -45.6 |
| 19 | Zhang, Lucas | 1477 | USA | −14N | +16B | −11N | +17B | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1676 | +40.0 |
| 20 | Li, Joylin | 1582 | USA | −15B | −4N | +29B | +25N | −21B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1723 | +28.8 |
| 21 | Korukanti, Arjun Rao | 1549 | USA | F | F | F | +23B | +20N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 2382 | +22.0 |
| 22 | Thekkoot, Darsh | 1628 | USA | −5N | −11B | −16N | +29N | =25B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.50 | 1527 | -26.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 566004683 | 0 | — | −12B | =25B | −18N | −21N | +26B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1638 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Shao, Raymond | 0 | USA | +11N | F | −13B | −4N | −17B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Markova-Raina, Vik | 1805 | USA | −7B | =23N | −9B | −20B | =22N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1306 | -96.0 |
| 26 | Wu, Michael Liu | 1756 | USA | −6B | +29N | −12B | −16B | −23N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1392 | -75.2 |
| 27 | Bansal, AdvayFM | 2224 | USA | +29B | −3N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1824 | -16.8 |
| 28 | Dixit, Raajas Kunal | 1736 | USA | −8B | −10N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 711 | -62.4 |
| 29 | Cheng, Aaron | 1618 | USA | −27N | −26B | −20N | −22B | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 946 | -57.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Han, WilsonUSA+74.03.0 pts · #8
- 2Wang, MatthewUSA+72.03.0 pts · #9
- 3Amin, Eshaan KashyapUSA+66.03.0 pts · #4
- 1Markova-Raina, VikUSA-96.01.0 pts · #27
- 2Wu, Michael LiuUSA-75.21.0 pts · #26
- 3Kannan, Vishwajith BalajiUSA-66.42.0 pts · #12
- R2+523 Elo gap
- R4+306 Elo gap
- R5+265 Elo gap