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2026 March BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA

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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1923, and top seed was Laurie Qiu (🇺🇸 USA, WIM, 2043).

Reyansh Paragiri (🇺🇸 USA, 1983) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Abhishek Mallela (4.0) and Rudy Jr. Tia (4.0). Paragiri broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Necip Sayiner (1601) beat Sarvagnya Brahmanapally (1784), a +183-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Cupertino, CA, United States
Dates
13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸WIMLaurie Qiu2043
Avg top 10
1,923
Participants
27
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×25
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Reyansh Paragiri led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
2
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Paragiri takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE14 Mar

Reyansh Paragiri takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Reyansh Paragiri won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Reyansh Paragiri*
1
0
2Rudy Jr. Tia*
3Abhishek Mallela
0
*
4WIMLaurie Qiu
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Paragiri, Reyansh1983USA=17N+5B+9B+2N6N+7B4.517.019.014.502016+14.0
2Mallela, Abhishek1942USA=13B+15N+12B1B+7N=16B4.014.516.59.751931+0.8
3Tia, Rudy Jr.1808PNG+8N7B+22N=4B=18B+11N4.014.015.09.251882+11.8
4Dixit, Raajas Kunal1736USA=11N+27B=5N=3N10B+19B3.515.015.07.001788+18.8
5Verma, Vedant1853USA+22B1N=4B=20N+25B=12N3.513.514.56.001866+6.0
6Qiu, LaurieWIM2043USAFF+16B=18N+1B+10N3.511.511.510.502262+36.4
7Weiss, Roi1847USA+24B+3N18B+25N2B1N3.015.516.56.001847+1.2
8Saligram, Ayaan1711USA3B+24N+21B=16N12B=20N3.012.513.55.001769+17.2
9Seidel, Eli1668USAF+11B1N+23B16N+15B3.012.012.05.501763+23.2
10Nguyen, Alex1942USAFF+13B+15B+4N6B3.011.511.58.001949+5.6
11Sayiner, Necip1601USA=4B9N+17NF+21B3B2.514.514.55.751712+14.6
12Lesniewski, Lucas2001NORF+17B2NF+8N=5B2.512.512.56.751872-10.8
13Tran, Toby1671USA=2N=19B10N=26B15N+27B2.512.012.03.501643-13.6
14Zhang, Matthew1700USAFF15B+27N=26N+23B2.54.04.01.501650-11.2
15Vaddadi, Anay1577USAF2B+14N10N+13B9N2.015.015.05.001713+29.2
16Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri1756USAFF6N=8B+9B=2N2.013.513.56.501841+16.0
17Sundar, Neal1562USA=1B12N11BF=23N+22B2.011.511.53.751665+18.0
18Silva, Javier2023USAFF+7N=6B=3NF2.010.510.56.752024+0.6
19Wang, Ayden1633USAF=13N25B+24N=20B4N2.010.010.03.251620-4.4
20Bhosale, Arnav1723USAFF=23N=5B=19N=8B2.09.59.54.751684-8.0
21Brahmanapally, Sarvagnya1784USAFF8N+22B11N+26B2.07.57.52.001624-33.6
22Yan, Rayna1625USA5NF3B21N+24B17N1.012.512.51.001470-38.4
23Khurana, Viyaan1536USAFF=20B9N=17B14N1.09.59.52.001471-13.2
24Parhar, Ojas1542USA7N8B+27N19B22NF1.09.09.00.001434-27.2
25Manvelyan, Hovik1786USAFF+19N7B5NF1.08.58.52.001653-10.4
26Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai1555USAFFF=13N=14B21N1.07.07.02.501593+5.6
27Wang, Elvin1550USAF4N24B14BF13N0.09.59.50.00862-56.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets