2026 March BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - BC
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Cupertino, CA, United States. Top 10 Elo average was 1530, and top seed was Ammar Mahi Shafi Ibrahim (🇺🇸 USA, 1704).
Rino Kim (🇺🇸 USA, 0) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Khesav Prabhu (3.5) and Aryan Dodia (3.5). Kim shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Aditi Patil (1064) beat Aaditya Joshua Rajesh (1637), a +573-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×15
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsRino Kim led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE14 Mar
Khesav Prabhu takes the sole lead (3.0/4).
R3–R6 · WIN STREAK
Rino Kim won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rino Kim | * | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2Khesav Prabhu | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Aryan Dodia | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Eshaan Kashyap Amin | 1 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim, Rino | 0 | USA | −4N | F | +8B | +10N | +3N | +7B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 10.50 | 1578 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Prabhu, Khesav | 0 | USA | +6B | −4B | +5N | +11N | −7B | =8N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1579 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dodia, Aryan | 0 | USA | +5N | F | =11B | +13N | −1B | +12B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Amin, Eshaan Kashyap | 1507 | USA | +1B | +2N | −7B | =12N | −9B | =6N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 9.75 | 1482 | -3.2 |
| 5 | Wang, Yulan | 1485 | USA | −3B | +10N | −2B | =6N | −8B | +15B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 1429 | -5.2 |
| 6 | Rajesh, Aaditya Joshua | 1637 | USA | −2N | +14B | −9N | =5B | =10N | =4B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1690 | +8.4 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Russell | 1562 | USA | F | F | +4N | =9B | +2N | −1N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 2306 | +16.8 |
| 8 | Chu, Rosalyn | 1607 | USA | F | −11B | −1N | +14B | +5N | =2B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1707 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Patil, Aditi | 1064 | USA | F | F | +6B | =7N | +4N | F | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.75 | 1608 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Meka Jr., Shourya | 0 | USA | =11N | −5B | +15N | −1B | =6B | −13N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.25 | 1364 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Rachvelishvili, Davit | 1559 | USA | =10B | +8N | =3N | −2B | F | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 2407 | +22.8 |
| 12 | Hou, Kevin | 1621 | USA | F | F | =14N | =4B | +13B | −3N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.75 | 1711 | +14.0 |
| 13 | Korukanti, Arjun Rao | 1549 | USA | +14N | F | F | −3B | −12N | +10B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1663 | +12.4 |
| 14 | Shafi Ibrahim, Ammar Mahi | 1704 | USA | −13B | −6N | =12B | −8N | F | F | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1282 | -81.6 |
| 15 | Li, Hsing | 0 | USA | F | F | −10B | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rachvelishvili, DavitUSA+22.82.0 pts · #9
- 2Nguyen, RussellUSA+16.82.5 pts · #10
- 3Chu, RosalynUSA+15.62.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Shafi Ibrahim, Ammar MahiUSA-81.60.5 pts · #14
- 2Wang, YulanUSA-5.22.5 pts · #13
- 3Amin, Eshaan KashyapUSA-3.23.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R3+573 Elo gap
- R5+443 Elo gap
- R1+155 Elo gap