2026 FIDE CM & S Azhar Memorial Championship - MXA
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47 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 May 2026 to 25 May 2026 in Milpitas, CA, United States. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Aryan Achuthan (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2195).
Hayden Scott Brongersma (🇺🇸 USA, 1774) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Shreyus Sane (5.0) and Toby Tran (4.5). Brongersma won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Shuugo Yu (1671) beat Vedant Verma (1867), a +196-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Milpitas, CA, United States
Dates
22 May 2026 → 25 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×43
🇮🇳India×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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6
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/7. Brongersma takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Shreyus Sane won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brongersma, Hayden Scott | 1774 | USA | +26N | =16B | =13N | +4B | =32B | =3N | +11B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 17.75 | 1897 | +45.6 |
| 2 | Sane, Shreyus | 1975 | USA | +15N | +39B | F | +6B | =29N | +9B | =32N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 15.75 | 2173 | +58.4 |
| 3 | Tran, Toby | 1657 | USA | +42N | +10B | =5B | −8N | +21B | =1B | =6N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 15.00 | 1898 | +92.0 |
| 4 | Krishnan, Sreyshthaa | 1743 | USA | +19N | +14B | =8B | −1N | +7B | =30N | =5B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 16.75 | 1848 | +40.4 |
| 5 | Yi, Colin | 1781 | USA | +37N | +7B | =3N | −9B | +19N | =6B | =4N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 15.75 | 1838 | +23.2 |
| 6 | Weiss, Roi | 1869 | USA | +20B | =13N | +22B | −2N | +12B | =5N | =3B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 16.25 | 1839 | -7.2 |
| 7 | Yu, Shuugo | 1671 | USA | +23B | −5N | +42N | =13B | −4N | +27B | +15N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 11.75 | 1874 | +78.0 |
| 8 | Jin, David | 1828 | USA | +28N | +44B | =4N | +3B | =9N | −29B | =31N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 13.50 | 1909 | +28.4 |
| 9 | Pavuluri, Vivaan | 1911 | USA | +33B | =22N | +24B | +5N | =8B | −2N | −29N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 13.25 | 1829 | -34.8 |
| 10 | Naga Abhi Ram Ponnaluri | 1776 | USA | +35B | −3N | =26B | +15N | +16B | −32N | =17B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1776 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Pu, Hugo | 1682 | USA | =40N | −21B | =18N | +34B | +45N | +22B | −1N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 1720 | +12.4 |
| 12 | Grigorev, Mikhail | 1687 | USA | −14N | +37B | +36N | =17B | −6N | =41B | +19N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1738 | +20.4 |
| 13 | Raghav, Surya | 1742 | USA | +9N | =6B | =1B | =7N | =22B | =17N | −30B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 14.25 | 1799 | +20.8 |
| 14 | Jagath, Roshan | 1616 | USA | +12B | −4N | −17B | =20N | =28B | +25N | =18N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 11.50 | 1666 | +19.2 |
| 15 | Ho, Michael | 1717 | USA | −2B | +43N | =40N | −10B | +20B | +21N | −7B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 7.75 | 1754 | +6.4 |
| 16 | Bhosale, Arnav | 1708 | USA | +38B | =1N | =21N | =19B | −10N | =18B | =41N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1695 | -4.8 |
| 17 | Shenvi Priolkar, Ansh | 1715 | USA | F | =40B | +14N | =12N | =23B | =13B | =10N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 11.50 | 1813 | +32.8 |
| 18 | Pramod, Pranavi | 1581 | USA | =27B | −24N | =11B | =28N | +46B | =16N | =14B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1671 | +34.4 |
| 19 | Navaneetha Prabhu, Arjunsai | 1629 | USA | −4B | +33N | +25B | =16N | −5B | =24N | −12B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 8.25 | 1669 | +14.4 |
| 20 | Bogi, Yudhin | 1587 | USA | −6N | =23N | =38B | =14B | −15N | +43B | =27N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1696 | +37.2 |
| 21 | Rajaram, Adit | 1754 | USA | =39B | +11N | =16B | F | −3N | −15B | +36N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 8.00 | 1689 | -21.6 |
| 22 | Rao, Arjun | 1732 | USA | +47N | =9B | −6N | +42B | =13N | −11N | F | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 1803 | +22.4 |
| 23 | Verma, Vedant | 1867 | USA | −7N | =20B | +39N | +44B | =17N | −31B | F | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.75 | 1698 | -52.4 |
| 24 | Indukuri, Suhas | 1727 | USA | =36N | +18B | −9N | F | F | =19B | +28N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.25 | 1756 | +8.0 |
| 25 | Zhang, Matthew | 1736 | USA | +43B | F | −19N | +36B | −31N | −14B | +45N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1594 | -39.2 |
| 26 | Sundar, Neal | 1615 | USA | −1B | +34N | =10N | =27B | −30B | F | =38N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1708 | +25.6 |
| 27 | Yenamandra, Srinadh | 1767 | USA | =18N | =36B | F | =26N | =41B | −7N | =20B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1572 | -64.0 |
| 28 | Bharadwaj, Samarth Ram | 1614 | USA | −8B | =38N | F | =18B | =14N | +45N | −24B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 1545 | -19.6 |
| 29 | Achuthan, AryanCM | 2195 | USA | F | F | F | F | =2B | +8N | +9B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 11.00 | 2178 | -0.4 |
| 30 | Sanat Singhal | 1922 | IND | F | F | F | F | +26N | =4B | +13N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.25 | 1973 | +3.4 |
| 31 | Goel, Darsh | 1734 | USA | F | F | F | F | +25B | +23N | =8B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 8.25 | 2083 | +52.4 |
| 32 | Lin, Julian M | 2025 | USA | F | F | F | F | =1N | +10B | =2B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.00 | 1967 | -3.8 |
| 33 | Seidel, Eli | 1649 | USA | −9N | −19B | =37N | +43B | −35N | F | =34B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1566 | -28.0 |
| 34 | Wang, Ayden | 1629 | USA | −44N | −26B | F | −11N | =39B | +37B | =33N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.25 | 1558 | -22.4 |
| 35 | Jin, Fan | 1643 | USA | −10N | −42B | F | +38N | +33B | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.50 | 1733 | +19.6 |
| 36 | Saligram, Ayaan | 1685 | USA | =24B | =27N | −12B | −25N | =37N | F | −21B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.50 | 1531 | -47.2 |
| 37 | Rao, Anjali | 1670 | USA | −5B | −12N | =33B | =39N | =36B | −34N | F | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 1493 | -55.2 |
| 38 | Vuluvala, Ritvik | 1720 | FID | −16N | =28B | =20N | −35B | −43N | F | =26B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1446 | -86.8 |
| 39 | Turaga, Varun Karthik | 1685 | USA | =21N | −2N | −23B | =37B | =34N | F | F | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.25 | 1630 | -16.8 |
| 40 | Sankar, Arjun | 1847 | USA | =11B | =17N | =15B | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1705 | -11.6 |
| 41 | Long, Youting | 1634 | USA | F | F | F | F | =27N | =12N | =16B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1721 | +14.0 |
| 42 | Cruz, Armin Vale | 1787 | USA | −3B | +35N | −7B | −22N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1483 | -32.2 |
| 43 | Shah, Ansh | 1665 | USA | −25N | −15B | F | −33N | +38B | −20N | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1442 | -55.2 |
| 44 | Ritesh Dharmatti | 1794 | IND | +34B | −8N | F | −23N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1650 | -11.4 |
| 45 | FIDE 566015430 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −11B | −28B | −25B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 877 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Shrivastava, Ansh | 1585 | USA | F | F | F | F | −18N | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 781 | -20.4 |
| 47 | Dehghani Zahedani, Ashkan | 1824 | USA | −22B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 932 | -25.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tran, TobyUSA+92.04.5 pts · #5
- 2Yu, ShuugoUSA+78.04.5 pts · #6
- 3Sane, ShreyusUSA+58.45.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Vuluvala, RitvikFID-86.81.5 pts · #37
- 2Yenamandra, SrinadhUSA-64.02.5 pts · #26
- 3Rao, AnjaliUSA-55.21.5 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R1+196 Elo gap
- R1+169 Elo gap
- R6+133 Elo gap