2026 May BAC Real FIDE Championship - MXA
12 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Cupertino, CA, United States. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1881, and top seed was Shaashwath Sivakumar (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2200).
Vedant Verma (🇺🇸 USA, 1867) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Patrick Liu (4.0) and Shaashwath Sivakumar (3.0). Verma shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Anjali Rao (1670) beat Ivan Zhou (2104), a +434-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R2; 2 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Vedant Verma held the sole lead from R2 through R6 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/6. Verma takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
Vedant Verma lost to FM Patrick Liu (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vedant Verma | * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2FMPatrick Liu | 1 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3FMShaashwath Sivakumar | 1 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Armin Vale Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verma, Vedant | 1867 | USA | +6B | +4N | −3N | +9B | +5B | −2N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 8.50 | 1993 | +36.8 |
| 2 | Liu, PatrickFM | 2148 | USA | F | F | +8N | +4B | +3N | +1B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 2702 | +36.4 |
| 3 | Sivakumar, ShaashwathFM | 2200 | USA | F | F | +1B | +5N | −2B | +4N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 2097 | -5.8 |
| 4 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1787 | USA | +10N | −1B | +11N | −2N | +6B | −3B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1906 | +15.0 |
| 5 | Rao, Anjali | 1670 | USA | F | +6N | +12B | −3B | −1N | =8B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1896 | +51.2 |
| 6 | Xu, Olivia | 1718 | USA | −1N | −5B | +7B | +11N | −4N | F | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1607 | -22.4 |
| 7 | FIDE 30922305 | 0 | — | F | F | −6N | F | +8B | +9N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1740 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Rajaram, Adit | 1754 | USA | F | F | −2B | +10B | −7N | =5N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.25 | 1819 | +5.6 |
| 9 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1687 | USA | F | F | +10N | −1N | F | −7B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1753 | +6.8 |
| 10 | Cheng, Kar Lun | 1639 | USA | −4B | F | −9B | −8N | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 943 | -21.4 |
| 11 | Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFM | 1875 | MGL | F | F | −4B | −6B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 953 | -26.6 |
| 12 | Zhou, Ivan | 2104 | USA | F | F | −5N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 904 | -36.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rao, AnjaliUSA+51.22.5 pts · #5
- 2Verma, VedantUSA+36.84.0 pts · #1
- 3Liu, PatrickFMUSA+36.44.0 pts · #2
- 1Zhou, IvanUSA-36.80.0 pts · #11
- 2Badamkhand, NorovsambuuWFMMGL-26.60.0 pts · #10
- 3Xu, OliviaUSA-22.42.0 pts · #8
- R3+434 Elo gap
- R4+157 Elo gap