Goa Purple - 24th World IPCA Individual Chess Championship 2025 (Specially Abled) Standard

Open SwissStandard

88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jul 2025 to 30 Jul 2025 in Panaji, Goa, India, India. 12 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2152, and top seed was Marcin Molenda (🇵🇱 POL, IM, 2376).

Sargis Sargissyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2206) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Marcin Molenda (7.0) and Alimzhan Ayapov (7.0). Sargissyan shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Aditya Asaram Ghule (1476) beat Kumar A. Naveen (1958), a +482-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Panaji, Goa, India, India

Dates

22 Jul 2025 → 30 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱IMMarcin Molenda2376

Avg top 10

2,152

Participants

Titled players · 12

IM×4

FM×5

CM×1

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇳India×44

FIDE (no federation)×16

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×7

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×4

🇨🇿Czech Republic×2

🇻🇳Vietnam×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇲🇳Mongolia×2

Top 3

🥇
FMSargis Sargissyan
🇦🇲ARM·2206
7.5pts·2289perf+19.8
🥈
IMMarcin Molenda
🇵🇱POL·2376
7.0pts·2302perf-4.5
🥉
Alimzhan Ayapov
🇰🇿KAZ·1994
7.0pts·2201perf+47.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Sargis Sargissyan led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Sargissyan7.5Ayapov7Lipilin7Molenda7Dzenisenia6.5Aganesova6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jul

IM Marcin Molenda takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Sargis Sargissyan drew with Alimzhan Ayapov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alimzhan Ayapov 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Ilia Lipilin 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMSargis Sargissyan	*	½	—	½
2Alimzhan Ayapov	½	*	0	½
3FMIlia Lipilin	—	1	*	½
4IMMarcin Molenda	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sargissyan, SargisFM	2206	ARM	+36B	+51N	=39B	+19N	=3B	+14N	=2B	+18N	+9B	7.5	46.5	50.5	41.25	2289	+19.8
2	Molenda, MarcinIM	2376	POL	+70B	+40N	+14B	=3N	+11B	+5B	=1N	=7N	=4B	7.0	50.5	54.0	40.25	2302	-4.5
3	Ayapov, Alimzhan	1994	KAZ	+84B	+52N	+15B	=2B	=1N	+17B	+5N	−4N	+7B	7.0	49.5	51.0	36.75	2201	+47.2
4	Lipilin, IliaFM	2161	FID	+61N	+41B	+12N	+6B	−5N	=23B	+29N	+3B	=2N	7.0	48.0	52.0	39.25	2163	+4.4
5	Dzenisenia, Mikhail.	1961	FID	+71N	+24B	+31N	+21B	+4B	−2N	−3B	+30N	=8B	6.5	48.0	51.5	34.50	2066	+54.4
6	Aganesova, Evgeniya	1962	FID	+45B	+42N	+80B	−4N	−8B	+15N	+20B	=13N	+21B	6.5	45.0	47.0	31.00	1992	+11.6
7	Gurbanov, AndreiIM	2291	ISR	+58N	=13B	+22N	=17B	=12N	+51B	+23N	=2B	−3N	6.0	46.5	50.5	31.25	2089	-32.6
8	Venkata, Krishna Karthik KFM	1905	IND	+67N	+34B	−21N	+58B	+6N	=10B	−12N	+23B	=5N	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.75	1964	+18.8
9	Valenta, Vit VaclavFM	2016	CZE	+69N	−31B	+30N	+22B	=13N	+40B	=10N	+17B	−1N	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.00	1965	-6.4
10	Glazar, Domagoj	2060	CRO	+44B	=29N	+43B	+20N	=18B	=8N	=9B	+12N	−14B	6.0	44.5	49.0	31.75	2010	-7.0
11	Obodchuk, AndreiIM	2185	FID	+28B	=20N	+29B	+39N	−2N	=13B	−17N	+33B	+31N	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.75	2013	-13.9
12	Maikenov, Bakytzhan	1899	KAZ	+68B	+64N	−4B	+27N	=7B	=18N	+8B	−10B	+30N	6.0	44.5	48.0	29.25	2011	+28.4
13	Samarth J RaoCM	1873	IND	+76B	=7N	=18B	+80N	=9B	=11N	+34B	=6B	=19N	6.0	43.5	45.5	27.75	2054	+42.4
14	Anfinogenov, Artem	1954	FID	F	+59B	−2N	+42N	+33B	−1B	+52N	+31B	+10N	6.0	43.0	43.0	28.50	2097	+28.4
15	Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	1704	IND	+57N	+55B	−3N	−23B	+67N	−6B	+56N	+47B	+32B	6.0	40.5	44.0	25.00	1921	+39.4
16	Campos, EugenioIM	1992	ANG	+62N	−22B	+82N	+24B	−51N	−30B	+35N	+41B	+29N	6.0	38.5	40.0	25.50	1818	-31.2
17	Rakhatbekov, Tilegen	1803	KGZ	+88B	=18N	+32B	=7N	+19B	−3N	+11B	−9N	=26B	5.5	46.5	47.5	26.00	2065	+58.6
18	Soltanov, SerikFM	2203	KAZ	+82N	=17B	=13N	+31B	=10N	=12B	+51N	−1B	=25N	5.5	45.5	47.0	25.00	1985	-19.8
19	Leszner, LilianaWIM	2005	POL	+35N	=30B	+65N	−1B	−17N	+36B	+40N	=29B	=13B	5.5	43.5	47.0	26.00	1870	-23.8
20	Safronov, Grigoriy	1842	FID	+72N	=11B	+47N	−10B	=39N	+24B	−6N	=22B	+40N	5.5	43.0	46.0	25.50	1931	+44.1
21	Gedgafov, Chamal	2016	FID	+74B	+33N	+8B	−5N	=40B	−29N	+42B	+39B	−6N	5.5	42.5	45.5	25.25	1920	-19.0
22	Vaibhav Gautam	1674	IND	+53B	+16N	−7B	−9N	+68B	−32N	+37B	=20N	+45B	5.5	42.0	45.5	25.75	1828	+28.6
23	Sundui Sonom	1952	MGL	+54B	−80N	+84B	+15N	+52B	=4N	−7B	−8N	+34B	5.5	40.0	41.5	24.00	1873	-24.0
24	Kannan.V	1652	IND	+78B	−5N	+54B	−16N	+73B	−20N	=64B	+44N	+42B	5.5	37.5	40.0	20.25	1727	+14.0
25	Babanov, Aleksandr	1826	FID	−43B	−68N	+49B	−37N	+71B	+54N	+74B	+53N	=18B	5.5	34.5	37.5	21.75	1618	-35.4
26	Novak, Jiri	1936	CZE	−64N	−65B	+50N	+71B	=35N	+66B	=41N	+52B	=17N	5.5	34.0	37.5	23.00	1689	-44.6
27	Nikitskaya, Varvara	1653	FID	−56N	+67B	+86N	−12B	=66N	=57B	=50N	+64B	+39N	5.5	33.5	34.5	18.50	1722	+11.0
28	Neha Verma	1569	IND	−11N	=72B	−78N	−60B	+76N	+82B	+66N	+46B	+55N	5.5	30.5	32.0	18.00	1709	+46.0
29	Tsapalin, Sergey	1822	FID	+50N	=10B	−11N	+65B	+55N	+21B	−4B	=19N	−16B	5.0	44.5	48.0	23.25	1961	+33.0
30	Shankar Ramakrishnan	1707	IND	+85B	=19N	−9B	=43N	+37B	+16N	+47N	−5B	−12B	5.0	44.0	45.0	21.50	1835	+24.8
31	Ergashev, Ilkhom	1724	UZB	+79B	+9N	−5B	−18N	+62B	+53N	+32B	−14N	−11B	5.0	43.0	45.5	21.50	1896	+46.0
32	Denisov, Denis	1895	FID	=65N	+56B	−17N	+36B	=41N	+22B	−31N	+57B	−15N	5.0	39.5	43.0	22.50	1626	-47.4
33	Ghimire, Bishwo Bijay	1775	NEP	+66N	−21B	+35N	+64B	−14N	−34B	+69N	−11N	+54B	5.0	38.5	42.0	19.50	1731	-9.0
34	Eshmuratov, Abbas	1599	UZB	+86B	−8N	+68B	−40N	+63B	+33N	−13N	+51B	−23N	5.0	38.5	39.5	17.50	1769	+31.4
35	Kulkarni Shreesh	1529	IND	−19B	+79N	−33B	+85N	=26B	+48N	−16B	=54N	+53B	5.0	37.0	38.0	16.75	1652	+12.0
36	Nabhneel Das	1584	IND	−1N	=75B	+72N	−32N	+78B	−19N	=49B	+81B	+56N	5.0	35.0	37.0	15.25	1577	-6.0
37	Praveen Kumar D	1485	IND	−55N	=78B	=46N	+25B	−30N	+83B	−22N	+61B	+51N	5.0	35.0	36.5	18.50	1754	+35.6
38	Khlypovka, Lada	1872	FID	+75N	F	F	F	F	+65B	+67N	+62B	+60N	5.0	18.0	18.0	18.00	2281	+17.2
39	Alekseev, Mikhail	1916	FID	+49B	+48N	=1N	−11B	=20B	=42N	+44B	−21N	−27B	4.5	43.5	48.0	22.25	1810	-20.8
40	Gayimnazarov, Bahadir	1884	UZB	+60N	−2B	+61N	+34B	=21N	−9N	−19B	+43N	−20B	4.5	43.0	47.0	20.25	1809	-27.2
41	Doan Thu Huyen	1734	VIE	+81B	−4N	+45B	=53N	=32B	=44N	=26B	−16N	=43B	4.5	41.0	43.0	18.25	1725	-3.8
42	Ibraimov, Kubanychbek	1719	KGZ	+87N	−6B	+66N	−14B	+64N	=39B	−21N	+50B	−24N	4.5	39.5	40.5	14.75	1684	-8.2
43	Sreenivas S Krishnan	1426	IND	+25N	=47B	−10N	=30B	+58N	−52B	+59N	−40B	=41N	4.5	38.0	42.0	20.50	1747	+128.8
44	Uday Kumar Tummagunta	1548	IND	−10N	+50B	+55N	−51B	+46N	=41B	−39N	−24B	+65N	4.5	37.5	41.0	18.75	1701	+24.0
45	Nikhil Gawande	1493	IND	−6N	+57B	−41N	−55B	+87N	=46B	+72N	+59B	−22N	4.5	36.0	37.0	14.25	1587	+10.0
46	Tharunsaai M K	0	IND	−48B	=49N	=37B	+84N	−44B	=45N	+70B	−28N	+69N	4.5	35.5	37.0	15.50	1540	-24.8
47	Gerasimova, SvetlanaWFM	1884	FID	+73B	=43N	−20B	+78N	=53B	+80N	−30B	−15N	=48B	4.5	35.0	37.0	14.00	1589	-49.8
48	Tran Thi Bich Thuy	1607	VIE	+46N	−39B	−56N	+75B	=57N	−35B	=60N	+63B	=47N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.75	1609	-1.2
49	Sharon Rachel Aby	1476	IND	−39N	=46B	−25N	+72B	=59N	=58B	=36N	=69B	+64N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.00	1622	+51.2
50	Praneeth K S S R A	1423	IND	−29B	−44N	−26B	+79N	+70B	+77N	=27B	−42N	+80B	4.5	34.0	36.0	13.75	1647	+80.4
51	Khishigbayar, Mijgee	1869	MGL	+63B	−1B	+69N	+44N	+16B	−7N	−18B	−34N	−37B	4.0	43.5	47.0	18.00	1771	-21.0
52	Serebriakov, Sergei	1728	FID	F	−3B	+62N	+56B	−23N	+43N	−14B	−26N	+57B	4.0	40.5	40.5	16.50	1672	-9.2
53	Kambarova, Aiganym	0	KAZ	−22N	+71B	+60N	=41B	=47N	−31B	+61N	−25B	−35N	4.0	38.0	41.5	16.00	1610	0.0
54	Azimjonov, Abdurahmon	1482	UZB	−23N	+83B	−24N	=59B	+65N	−25B	+58N	=35B	−33N	4.0	38.0	39.5	13.50	1585	+29.2
55	Naveen, Kumar A.	1958	IND	+37B	−15N	−44B	+45N	−29B	−64N	+68B	+71N	−28B	4.0	37.5	41.0	16.50	1562	-78.4
56	Normuminov, Uralbek	0	UZB	+27B	−32N	+48B	−52N	−80B	+62N	−15B	+74N	−36B	4.0	37.0	39.0	17.00	1610	0.0
57	Ergashov, Nurmuhammad	0	UZB	−15B	−45N	+76B	+74N	=48B	=27N	+80B	−32N	−52N	4.0	35.5	37.5	13.00	1593	0.0
58	Yesu, BabuK	1593	IND	−7B	+76N	+73B	−8N	−43B	=49N	−54B	=72N	+75B	4.0	34.0	37.0	12.75	1520	-21.0
59	Ashwin R	1645	IND	+83B	−14N	−64B	=54N	=49B	+68N	−43B	−45N	+73B	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.25	1442	-92.0
60	Mehta Charvi	1451	IND	−40B	=70N	−53B	+28N	−77B	+78N	=48B	+80N	−38B	4.0	32.5	34.5	14.00	1640	+58.8
61	Suresh Agarwal	1553	IND	−4B	+88N	−40B	−73N	+85B	+63N	−53B	−37N	+72B	4.0	31.5	32.5	9.00	1529	-9.0
62	Klein, Djimmy	1512	FRA	−16B	+85N	−52B	+86N	−31N	−56B	+73B	−38N	+81N	4.0	30.0	31.0	7.00	1499	-5.0
63	Kumratova, Amina	1428	FID	−51N	−82B	+83N	+69B	−34N	−61B	+77B	−48N	+74B	4.0	28.5	30.0	11.00	1532	+36.0
64	Aditya Asaram Ghule	1476	IND	+26B	−12B	+59N	−33N	−42B	+55B	=24N	−27N	−49B	3.5	40.5	44.5	16.25	1650	+32.2
65	Iniyan Gopinathen	1461	IND	=32B	+26N	−19B	−29N	−54B	−38N	+84B	+66N	−44B	3.5	38.0	39.5	13.00	1614	+50.8
66	Dinesh Kumar	1415	IND	−33B	+74N	−42B	+70N	=27B	−26N	−28B	−65B	+83N	3.5	36.0	37.5	10.75	1500	+26.0
67	Kanishri R P	1467	IND	−8B	−27N	+79B	+77N	−15B	−74N	−38B	+76N	=70B	3.5	35.0	37.5	10.25	1529	+10.6
68	Venkatesan J	1467	IND	−12N	+25B	−34N	+82B	−22N	−59B	−55N	=83B	+78B	3.5	34.0	35.5	10.25	1565	+11.6
69	Prakash Banskar	1539	IND	−9B	+81N	−51B	−63N	+86B	+73N	−33B	=49N	−46B	3.5	33.0	34.0	8.25	1463	-15.4
70	Pratham Poddar	1596	IND	−2N	=60B	=75N	−66B	−50N	+79B	−46N	+85B	=67N	3.5	32.5	33.5	8.75	1337	-85.2
71	Jinay Ankitbhai Shah	1487	IND	−5B	−53N	+81B	−26N	−25N	+87B	+83N	−55B	=79N	3.5	31.5	32.5	5.75	1071	-14.4
72	Nidhi Kesavarao Baipotu	1427	IND	−20B	=28N	−36B	−49N	+88B	+75N	−45B	=58B	−61N	3.0	36.0	37.0	8.75	1427	-4.8
73	Adam, T	1457	IND	−47N	+77B	−58N	+61B	−24N	−69B	−62N	+86B	−59N	3.0	32.5	33.5	8.00	1439	-1.6
74	Amandu Jignesh	1539	IND	−21N	−66B	+87N	−57B	+81N	+67B	−25N	−56B	−63N	3.0	32.0	33.0	6.50	1373	-47.6
75	Dushyant Pal	1444	IND	−38B	=36N	=70B	−48N	=82N	−72B	=85N	+84B	−58N	3.0	28.0	29.0	7.00	1453	-0.8
76	Sonu Bist	1447	IND	−13N	−58B	−57N	−81B	−28B	+88N	+87N	−67B	+86N	3.0	27.0	28.0	3.00	1338	-31.2
77	Huszar, Katalin	1707	SVK	F	−73N	+88B	−67B	+60N	−50B	−63N	−79B	+85N	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.00	1311	-59.4
78	Priyanka Kumari	0	IND	−24N	=37N	+28B	−47B	−36N	−60B	−79N	+87B	−68N	2.5	35.5	36.5	9.00	1356	0.0
79	Burada Siva Babu	0	IND	−31N	−35B	−67N	−50B	F	−70N	+78B	+77N	=71B	2.5	30.5	30.5	7.25	1332	-68.8
80	Ezhilarasi G	1649	IND	F	+23B	−6N	−13B	+56N	−47B	−57N	−60B	−50N	2.0	39.0	39.0	9.50	1485	-50.4
81	Aralov, Anvar	0	UZB	−41N	−69B	−71N	+76N	−74B	+86B	F	−36N	−62B	2.0	28.0	29.0	4.00	1242	0.0
82	Rama Rajasekhara, Reddi	1577	IND	−18B	+63N	−16B	−68N	=75B	−28N	F	F	F	1.5	29.5	29.5	5.50	1451	-24.2
83	Sobethaa V S	0	IND	−59N	−54N	−63B	F	+84B	−37N	−71B	=68N	−66B	1.5	29.0	29.0	3.25	1244	0.0
84	Ramesh Majji	1527	IND	−3N	+87B	−23N	−46B	−83N	=85B	−65N	−75N	−88B	1.5	27.0	28.0	1.50	837	-80.0
85	Durkasri M	0	IND	−30N	−62B	F	−35B	−61N	=84N	=75B	−70N	−77B	1.0	29.0	29.0	2.25	1251	-86.4
86	Vikas Chandra	0	IND	−34N	F	−27B	−62B	−69N	−81N	+88B	−73N	−76B	1.0	27.0	27.0	1.00	1209	0.0
87	Dhanusya S G	0	IND	−42B	−84N	−74B	+88N	−45B	−71N	−76B	−78N	F	1.0	23.5	23.5	1.00	1212	0.0
88	Keerthana A	1419	IND	−17N	−61B	−77N	−87B	−72N	−76B	−86N	F	+84N	1.0	22.0	22.0	1.50	1306	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sreenivas S KrishnanIND
+128.8
4.5 pts · #30
2Praneeth K S S R AIND
+80.4
4.5 pts · #46
3Mehta CharviIND
+58.8
4.0 pts · #59

Top rating losers

1Ashwin RIND
-92.0
4.0 pts · #60
2Durkasri MIND
-86.4
1.0 pts · #80
3Pratham PoddarIND
-85.2
3.5 pts · #72

Biggest upsets

R6+482 Elo gap
Aditya Asaram Ghule1476 beat Naveen, Kumar A.1958
R2+475 Elo gap
Iniyan Gopinathen1461 beat Novak, Jiri1936
R1+460 Elo gap
Aditya Asaram Ghule1476 beat Novak, Jiri1936