12th Annual Washington International - Premier

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111 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 13 Aug 2025 in Rockville, MD, United States. 14 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2030, and top seed was Trung Nguyen (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2094).

Maxim Farberov (🇺🇸 USA, 1981) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Matthew Obrien (7.5) and Yogeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar (7.5). Farberov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Arjun Bajaj (1811) beat Davaakhuu Munkhzul (WIM, 2091), a +280-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Rockville, MD, United States

Dates

09 Aug 2025 → 13 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸FMTrung Nguyen2094

Avg top 10

2,030

Participants

111

Titled players · 14

FM×2

CM×5

WIM×2

WFM×2

WCM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×99

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

🇰🇾Cayman Islands×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇯🇲Jamaica×1

🇯🇵Japan×1

🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1

Top 3

🥇
Maxim Farberov
🇺🇸USA·1981
8.0pts·2309perf+64.2
🥈
Matthew Obrien
🇺🇸USA·2066
7.5pts·2203perf+27.6
🥉
Yogeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar
🇺🇸USA·1928
7.5pts·2169perf+106.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Maxim Farberov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Farberov8Yehamandram Sridhar7.5Obrien7.5Yakubov6.5Malik6.5Levine6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Maxim Farberov held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maxim Farberov lost to Yogeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Maxim Farberov 7 wins (R1–R7)Yogeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar 4 wins (R2–R5)Matthew Obrien 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Maxim Farberov	*	0	1	—
2Yogeshwar Yehamandram Sridhar	1	*	½	—
3Matthew Obrien	0	½	*	1
4Mardon Yakubov	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Farberov, Maxim	1981	USA	+71N	+26B	+14N	+9B	+2B	+8N	+24N	−3B	+10N	8.0	48.5	52.5	45.00	2309	+64.2
2	Obrien, Matthew	2066	USA	+47N	+91B	+11N	+5B	−1N	+9B	=3N	+4B	+8N	7.5	51.0	54.0	42.25	2203	+27.6
3	Yehamandram Sridhar, Yogeshwar	1928	USA	=89N	+44B	+43N	+16B	+13N	=21B	=2B	+1N	+9B	7.5	47.0	50.0	42.00	2169	+106.0
4	Carey, Michael	1860	USA	+74N	−24B	+59N	+39B	+17N	=25B	+6N	−2N	+15B	6.5	43.5	47.0	32.00	2077	+51.6
5	Yakubov, Mardon	1997	UZB	+97B	+33N	+27B	−2N	+91B	−24B	=18N	+26B	+13N	6.5	41.5	44.0	28.75	2080	+20.4
6	Malik, Arjun	1786	USA	+63B	−36N	=83B	+57N	+40B	+38N	−4B	+19B	+14N	6.5	39.0	42.0	29.50	1981	+94.8
7	Levine, Owen	1933	USA	+86B	=55N	=28B	−37N	+90B	+83N	+31B	=13B	+16N	6.5	35.5	38.5	26.75	1986	+26.0
8	Zlodorev, Alexander	1997	USA	+32B	+37N	+35B	+73N	+36B	−1B	=21N	=10N	−2B	6.0	46.0	49.5	28.25	2089	+44.0
9	Xue, TianhaoWIM	1946	CHN	+57B	+76N	+40B	−1N	+73B	−2N	+67B	+24B	−3N	6.0	44.0	47.5	24.50	2065	+47.9
10	Matsunaga, Toma	1981	JPN	−19N	+109B	+26N	+45B	=38B	+48N	+25N	=8B	−1B	6.0	43.0	44.0	25.25	2016	+20.4
11	Martin, Zachary	1953	USA	+96N	+22B	−2B	=41N	+55B	−35N	+75B	=33N	+24N	6.0	40.0	43.0	25.75	2017	+15.4
12	Quintans, Ruben Yanmi	1794	USA	−24N	+94B	−45N	+60B	−15N	+87B	+85N	+48B	+25N	6.0	34.5	37.5	22.50	1985	+89.2
13	Li, Aiden LinyuanCM	1860	USA	=44N	+110B	+25N	+15B	−3B	=36N	+56B	=7N	−5B	5.5	44.0	44.5	22.75	1975	+57.2
14	Srinivasan, Arjun	1842	USA	+80B	+83N	−1B	=28N	+46B	=56N	+37B	=20N	−6B	5.5	41.5	44.5	22.75	1932	+44.4
15	McConnell, Griffin	1993	USA	+51B	−21N	+87B	−13N	+12B	=70N	+68B	+27B	−4N	5.5	41.0	44.0	24.50	1944	-10.4
16	McCartney, Patrick	1900	USA	=58N	+82B	+67B	−3N	=83B	=27N	+29B	+36N	−7B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.00	1919	+6.6
17	Regam, JessicaWFM	1930	USA	−84B	+61N	+47B	+68N	−4B	−31N	+64B	=66N	+41B	5.5	36.5	39.5	23.00	1903	-5.4
18	Mariappan, Anish	1893	USA	+102B	−73N	=46B	+104N	=28B	+30N	=5B	F	+20B	5.5	36.5	38.5	22.50	1987	+20.2
19	Ay, Altug	1869	TUR	+10B	+103N	−73B	=55N	+75B	=37N	=49B	−6N	+66B	5.5	36.5	38.5	22.00	1942	+18.0
20	Pimanoff, Theodore	1873	USA	+107B	−40N	+103B	=56N	+42B	+29N	=35B	=14B	−18N	5.5	36.0	37.5	20.25	1917	+23.6
21	Palathingal, RafaelCM	1984	USA	+92N	+15B	+39N	=24B	+48B	=3N	=8B	F	F	5.5	36.0	36.0	26.75	2189	+71.2
22	Bajaj, Arjun	1811	USA	+77B	−11N	=42B	+61N	−35B	−40N	+57B	+73N	+56B	5.5	35.5	39.0	21.25	1912	+24.6
23	Jackson, Cayden	1856	USA	−67B	+107N	=54B	−42N	=61B	+74N	=73B	+105N	+43B	5.5	30.5	32.0	17.50	1947	+44.4
24	Rychkov, Roman	2094	USA	+12B	+4N	=38B	=21N	+27B	+5N	−1B	−9N	−11B	5.0	49.5	54.0	29.00	1966	-29.4
25	Colding, Ernest	1911	USA	=64B	+69N	−13B	+86N	+41B	=4N	−10B	+49N	−12B	5.0	41.0	44.0	21.25	1880	-7.6
26	Li, Mason J	1931	USA	+60B	−1N	−10B	+103N	+87B	+73N	=36B	−5N	=30B	5.0	40.5	42.5	17.25	1912	-7.2
27	Tyrrell, Benjamin	1891	USA	+59N	+49B	−5N	+74B	−24N	=16B	+105B	−15N	=32B	5.0	39.5	41.5	19.25	1961	+15.8
28	Diao, Sujia	1808	USA	=82N	+81B	=7N	=14B	=18N	=39B	=48B	=41N	=68B	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.75	1909	+48.4
29	Liu, StevenCM	1924	USA	+46B	+66N	F	=38N	=37B	−20B	−16N	+47N	+49B	5.0	37.5	37.5	22.00	1972	+18.8
30	Ren, Stanley	1690	USA	−37B	+95N	=75B	=54N	+50N	−18B	+65N	=38B	=26N	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.25	1904	+98.8
31	Shin, Luke	1767	USA	+106B	−38N	+78B	=40N	F	+17B	−7N	=37N	+36B	5.0	35.0	35.0	19.50	1944	+74.8
32	Wu, Eliot S	1834	USA	−8N	+101B	−91N	+92B	−39N	+52B	=45N	+62B	=27N	5.0	34.5	36.5	18.25	1888	+25.2
33	Fischer, Robert J	1823	USA	+101N	−5B	−74N	+59B	=58N	+84B	+39N	=11B	F	5.0	33.5	33.5	18.50	1912	+19.0
34	Tumuluri, Vasishta	1795	USA	−36B	=77N	=60B	+76N	=45N	=79B	=62N	=39B	+65N	5.0	32.5	36.0	19.50	1870	+17.8
35	Barrow, William J	1919	USA	+104N	+85B	−8N	=49B	+22N	+11B	=20N	F	F	5.0	32.5	32.5	21.50	1998	+16.2
36	Sridhar, Jagadeeshwar Yehamandram	1925	USA	+34N	+6B	=79N	+70B	−8N	=13B	=26N	−16B	−31N	4.5	42.5	46.0	22.50	1870	-25.8
37	Chang, Leonhard	1891	USA	+30N	−8B	+58N	+7B	=29N	=19B	−14N	=31B	F	4.5	42.5	42.5	23.25	1871	-4.0
38	Jandhyala, Yegna Sairam	1904	USA	+53N	+31B	=24N	=29B	=10N	−6B	=66B	=30N	F	4.5	41.0	41.0	22.00	1898	0.0
39	Chen, Brandon Joseph	1939	USA	+95B	+41N	−21B	−4N	+32B	=28N	−33B	=34N	=63N	4.5	40.5	43.5	19.50	1816	-55.6
40	Gonullu, Muhammed Sinan	1933	TUR	+108N	+20B	−9N	=31B	−6N	+22B	+70B	F	F	4.5	39.5	39.5	19.00	1948	+3.4
41	Kaur, AradhWFM	1919	USA	+52N	−39B	+92N	=11B	−25N	=53B	+89N	=28B	−17N	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.25	1830	-29.9
42	Go, Jordan Alexander	1665	USA	−43N	+71B	=22N	+23B	−20N	−50B	+88N	−45B	+84N	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.25	1850	+86.8
43	Zlotchevsky, Nicole	1899	USA	+42B	=100N	−3B	−46N	+85N	=89B	=53N	+44B	−23N	4.5	37.0	39.5	17.00	1785	-26.0
44	Yilanli, Mehmet	1687	USA	=13B	−3N	+64B	−100N	+86B	=55N	=47B	−43N	+75B	4.5	36.5	39.0	17.50	1849	+74.8
45	Wang, William J	1851	USA	−103B	+80N	+12B	−10N	=34B	=46N	=32B	+42N	F	4.5	36.5	36.5	21.25	1848	+0.4
46	Karthik Bimod	1855	IND	−29N	+99B	=18N	+43B	−14N	=45B	=79N	−70B	+78N	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.25	1832	-10.0
47	Goel, Raben	1849	USA	−2B	+93N	−17N	+94B	−63N	+103B	=44N	−29B	+74N	4.5	36.0	38.0	13.75	1785	-29.2
48	Shrivastava, Nivaan	1996	USA	F	+89B	+84N	+79B	−21N	−10B	=28N	−12N	+72B	4.5	36.0	36.0	16.00	1892	-35.7
49	Yu, Vincent Zhiwen	1868	USA	+98B	−27N	+76B	=35N	=105B	+91N	=19N	−25B	−29N	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.25	1859	-2.0
50	Zhou, Alexander Zheng	1804	USA	−76B	+102N	=57B	=87N	−30B	+42N	+83B	=56N	−54B	4.5	31.5	33.5	15.00	1762	-20.1
51	Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna	1861	USA	−15N	−74B	+101N	−58B	=77B	=102N	+76B	+60N	=52N	4.5	30.5	32.5	14.50	1731	-55.4
52	Fitzsimmons, Daniela	1696	USA	−41B	=86N	+69B	−75N	=64B	−32N	+102B	+108N	=51B	4.5	30.5	32.0	13.25	1792	+44.8
53	Srivastava, Arav	1724	USA	−38B	=98N	=77B	+106N	=68B	=41N	=43B	+55N	F	4.5	29.0	29.0	15.00	1825	+44.4
54	Chong, Hanford	1989	USA	+90N	−79B	=23N	=30B	=84N	F	+72B	F	+50N	4.5	28.5	28.5	18.25	1902	-27.2
55	Maridi, Ritvik	1850	USA	+99N	=7B	=56N	=19B	−11N	=44B	=63N	−53B	=59N	4.0	39.0	41.5	16.75	1739	-50.8
56	Sergeev, Aleksey M	1924	USA	F	+64N	=55B	=20B	+79N	=14B	−13N	=50B	−22N	4.0	38.0	38.0	17.25	1833	-19.6
57	Kashyap, Manish B	1713	USA	−9N	+62B	=50N	−6B	−88N	+98B	−22N	=82B	+85N	4.0	36.0	38.5	13.50	1733	+9.2
58	Wu, Darren	1602	USA	=16B	=75N	−37B	+51N	=33B	−66N	=71N	=84B	=62N	4.0	35.0	38.0	17.00	1806	+88.8
59	Kovacs, Henry Wallace	1742	USA	−27B	+111N	−4B	−33N	=76B	=81N	=78B	+77N	=55B	4.0	34.5	34.5	10.75	1692	-22.4
60	Shergil, Ronak	1749	JAM	−26N	=88B	=34N	−12N	+95B	=71B	=84N	−51B	+101N	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.50	1780	+17.2
61	Jackson, Maddox	1653	USA	=65N	−17B	+88N	−22B	=23N	−72B	+104N	=69B	=108B	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.50	1775	+56.4
62	Murugan Ayyappan, Adhiraiyan	1879	USA	−83B	−57N	+80B	+102N	+74B	−67N	=34B	−32N	=58B	4.0	32.0	34.0	13.50	1720	-74.0
63	Gao, Vincent	1578	USA	−6N	−90B	F	+95N	+47B	−105N	=55B	+75N	=39B	4.0	31.0	31.0	15.25	1830	+99.2
64	Krunz, Eyad	1749	USA	=25N	−56B	−44N	+99B	=52N	+94B	−17N	+101B	F	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.25	1787	+15.6
65	Su, Milo	1868	USA	=61B	−87N	+106B	−83N	=69B	+80N	−30B	+93N	−34B	4.0	30.5	32.0	12.00	1666	-63.8
66	Deng, Michael	1872	USA	+109N	−29B	−85N	F	+104B	+58B	=38N	=17B	−19N	4.0	30.5	30.5	12.00	1761	-41.6
67	Rogers, NormanFM	1927	USA	+23N	=70B	−16N	=84B	+108N	+62B	−9N	F	F	4.0	29.5	29.5	14.50	1931	+1.0
68	Kunapuli, Siddarth Sriaditya	1888	USA	F	F	+90N	−17B	=53N	+88B	−15N	+96B	=28N	4.0	29.5	29.5	13.75	1897	+4.4
69	Prasanna, Pranav	1694	USA	F	−25B	−52N	+82B	=65N	=77N	=108B	=61N	+81B	4.0	29.5	29.5	13.50	1746	+20.8
70	Shiman, Andrew Lewis	1920	USA	+93B	=67N	+100B	−36N	F	=15B	−40N	+46N	F	4.0	28.5	28.5	14.75	1946	+6.2
71	Abhilash, Alen K	1833	USA	−1B	−42N	−102B	+107N	+110B	=60N	=58B	+83N	F	4.0	27.5	27.5	9.00	1742	-38.8
72	Schiminger, Will	1764	USA	−100B	−78N	=93B	=110N	+101B	+61N	−54N	+85B	−48N	4.0	27.0	27.5	10.75	1740	-13.2
73	Munkhzul, DavaakhuuWIM	2091	MGL	+88N	+18B	+19N	−8B	−9N	−26B	=23N	−22B	F	3.5	42.0	42.0	16.75	1855	-49.4
74	Yu, AllysonWCM	1737	USA	−4B	+51N	+33B	−27N	−62N	−23B	=97N	+88B	−47B	3.5	38.0	40.5	13.75	1776	+18.4
75	Karell, Leif	1728	USA	=81N	=58B	=30N	+52B	−19N	+96B	−11N	−63B	−44N	3.5	37.0	40.0	13.75	1650	-20.0
76	Anushka Ayyappan	1728	IND	+50N	−9B	−49N	−34B	=59N	+111B	−51N	=94B	=80B	3.5	35.0	35.0	9.75	1712	-8.4
77	Gao, Pinhang	1641	USA	−22N	=34B	=53N	=89B	=51N	=69B	−96N	−59B	+97N	3.5	33.5	36.0	13.00	1697	+26.0
78	Effland, Nicholas	1667	USA	−79N	+72B	−31N	−90B	−80N	+92B	=59N	+97B	−46B	3.5	30.5	33.0	11.50	1717	+28.4
79	Fang, ArabellaWCM	1871	USA	+78B	+54N	=36B	−48N	−56B	=34N	=46B	F	F	3.5	30.5	30.5	15.00	1877	+3.2
80	Joseph, Veronique	1833	USA	−14N	−45B	−62N	+111N	+78B	−65B	−101N	+104B	=76N	3.5	29.0	29.0	7.25	1672	-74.4
81	Wang, Leo	1678	USA	=75B	−28N	−86B	+97N	−89N	=59B	=94N	+87B	−69N	3.5	28.5	31.0	10.75	1679	-0.4
82	Mishra, Ridhima	1704	USA	=28B	−16N	−104B	−69N	+107B	=86N	+109B	=57N	F	3.5	26.0	26.0	8.50	1694	-5.6
83	Zhu, AliciaWCM	1718	USA	+62N	−14B	=6N	+65B	=16N	−7B	−50N	−71B	F	3.0	40.5	40.5	14.00	1768	+18.0
84	Olson, Travis	1847	USA	+17N	F	−48B	=67N	=54B	−33N	=60B	=58N	−42B	3.0	36.0	36.0	13.75	1748	-22.2
85	Doddapaneni, Nishka Sree	1636	USA	+111B	−35N	+66B	−91N	−43B	+90N	−12B	−72N	−57B	3.0	33.5	33.5	7.00	1662	+7.9
86	Bajoghli, Navid	1810	USA	−7N	=52B	+81N	−25B	−44N	=82B	=87N	F	=99B	3.0	33.0	33.0	10.25	1658	-33.8
87	Fang, Kevin	1717	USA	F	+65B	−15N	=50B	−26N	−12N	=86B	−81N	+109B	3.0	32.5	32.5	8.75	1707	-8.0
88	Demirel, Esat Omer	1880	USA	−73B	=60N	−61B	+93N	+57B	−68N	−42B	−74N	=92B	3.0	30.5	33.5	10.50	1645	-111.6
89	Pabalan, Edward M	1738	USA	=3B	−48N	=98B	=77N	+81B	=43N	−41B	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	12.50	1750	+1.0
90	Crook, Jeffrey T	1771	USA	−54B	+63N	−68B	+78N	−7N	−85B	−93B	+102N	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.50	1669	-46.8
91	Kennedy, Aiden	1863	USA	+94N	−2N	+32B	+85B	−5N	−49B	F	F	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	11.00	1866	+0.8
92	Shaw, CliffordCM	1769	CAY	−21B	+97N	−41B	−32N	−103B	−78N	=107N	+106B	=88N	3.0	27.5	29.0	6.25	1668	-24.6
93	Wang, Miles	1667	USA	−70N	−47B	=72N	−88B	+99N	=97B	+90N	−65B	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	8.75	1724	+19.2
94	Dokka, Tanush	1793	USA	−91B	−12N	+111B	−47N	+106B	−64N	=81B	=76N	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	5.00	1634	-65.4
95	Beltran, Omar	1751	USA	−39N	−30B	+109N	−63B	−60N	−101B	+111N	+98B	F	3.0	23.0	23.0	3.50	1559	-41.2
96	Moshkevich, Elizabeth	1823	USA	−11B	−106N	+107B	+98N	F	−75N	+77B	−68N	F	3.0	22.5	22.5	7.50	1681	-26.0
97	Amith Boddapati	1807	ZIM	−5N	−92B	=99N	−81B	+109B	=93N	=74B	−78N	−77B	2.5	29.0	30.0	5.50	1529	-131.2
98	Wang, Charles	1536	USA	−49N	=53B	=89N	−96B	=102B	−57N	+106B	−95N	−104B	2.5	26.0	27.5	6.25	1578	+13.6
99	Li, Ella Xinyi	1632	USA	−55B	−46N	=97B	−64N	−93B	=106N	F	+107B	=86N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.00	1622	-5.2
100	Schenk, Sam	1972	USA	+72N	=43B	−70N	+44B	F	F	F	F	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	10.75	1913	-5.6
101	Kashyap, Mahati B	1719	USA	−33B	−32N	−51B	F	−72N	+95N	+80B	−64N	−60B	2.0	33.0	33.0	6.50	1602	-46.8
102	Yu, Nicole Q	1713	USA	−18N	−50B	+71N	−62B	=98N	=51B	−52N	−90B	F	2.0	32.5	32.5	7.50	1591	-49.6
103	Liu, Eric	1687	USA	+45N	−19B	−20N	−26B	+92N	−47N	F	F	F	2.0	28.0	28.0	7.50	1732	+12.8
104	Sinclair, Sven	1744	USA	−35B	F	+82N	−18B	−66N	F	−61B	−80N	+98N	2.0	28.0	28.0	6.00	1615	-24.6
105	Nguyen, TrungFM	2094	USA	F	F	F	=108B	=49N	+63B	−27N	−23B	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	1753	-42.0
106	Shah, Kanav	1622	USA	−31N	+96B	−65N	−53B	−94N	=99B	−98N	−92N	F	1.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1487	-50.8
107	Tracey, Shaun MCM	1749	CAY	−20N	−23B	−96N	−71B	−82N	F	=92B	−99N	+111N	1.5	27.0	27.0	1.50	1496	-49.4
108	Sathiesh, Kavin C	1819	USA	−40B	F	F	=105N	−67B	F	=69N	−52B	=61N	1.5	23.5	23.5	5.00	1640	-56.4
109	Wei, Robert Fanjun	1479	USA	−66B	−10N	−95B	F	−97N	F	−82N	+111B	−87N	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	1436	-14.0
110	Verma, Angelina	1760	USA	F	−13N	F	=72B	−71N	F	F	F	F	0.5	15.0	15.0	2.00	1546	-15.0
111	Whitaker, Robert D	1489	USA	−85N	−59B	−94N	−80B	F	−76N	−95B	−109N	−107B	0.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	914	-36.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yehamandram Sridhar, YogeshwarUSA
+106.0
7.5 pts · #2
2Gao, VincentUSA
+99.2
4.0 pts · #67
3Ren, StanleyUSA
+98.8
5.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Amith BoddapatiZIM
-131.2
2.5 pts · #100
2Demirel, Esat OmerUSA
-111.6
3.0 pts · #86
3Joseph, VeroniqueUSA
-74.4
3.5 pts · #77

Biggest upsets

R8+280 Elo gap
Bajaj, Arjun1811 beat WIMMunkhzul, Davaakhuu2091
R5+271 Elo gap
Gao, Vincent1578 beat Goel, Raben1849
R4+259 Elo gap
Wu, Darren1602 beat Doddapaneni, Viyaan Krishna1861