5th National Chess Championship for Specially Abled Players 2025

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93 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Jun 2025 to 28 Jun 2025 in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1752, and top seed was Kumar A. Naveen (🇮🇳 IND, 1958).

Krishna Karthik K Venkata (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 1905) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Samarth J Rao (7.0) and Nabhneel Das (7.0). Venkata broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Suresh Agarwal (1553) beat Kumar A. Naveen (1958), a +405-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dates

25 Jun 2025 → 28 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Kumar A. Naveen1958

Avg top 10

1,752

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×73

Top 3

🥇
FMKrishna Karthik K Venkata
🇮🇳IND·1905
8.0pts·1962perf+10.6
🥈
CMSamarth J Rao
🇮🇳IND·1873
7.0pts·1799perf-8.4
🥉
Nabhneel Das
🇮🇳IND·1582
7.0pts·1871perf+57.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Krishna Karthik K Venkata led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Venkata8Rao7Aazadh7Das7Poddar7Agarwal6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Krishna Karthik K Venkata never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Krishna Karthik K Venkata drew with CM Samarth J Rao (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Krishna Karthik K Venkata 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Samarth J Rao 3 wins (R1–R3)Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMKrishna Karthik K Venkata	*	½	—	1
2CMSamarth J Rao	½	*	—	½
3Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	—	—	*	—
4Nabhneel Das	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Venkata, Krishna Karthik KFM	1905	IND	+44N	+25B	+31N	+30B	+14B	=15N	+6B	=2N	+3B	8.0	47.0	51.5	45.25	1962	+10.6
2	Samarth J RaoCM	1873	IND	+58B	+43N	+41B	=3N	+11B	=9N	+17B	=1B	=4N	7.0	48.5	52.5	38.50	1799	-8.4
3	Nabhneel Das	1582	IND	+66N	+34B	+19N	=2B	=16B	+32N	+15B	+14N	−1N	7.0	47.0	50.5	36.25	1871	+57.6
4	Pratham Poddar	1596	IND	+92N	+53B	−32N	+28B	+24N	=14B	+8N	+7B	=2B	7.0	46.0	47.0	35.75	1753	+62.8
5	Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh	1704	IND	+61N	+52B	−30N	+34B	−32N	+11N	+40B	+31B	+16N	7.0	40.5	44.5	34.50	1767	+13.8
6	Kannan.V	1672	IND	+27N	+24B	−14N	+19B	+45N	+30B	−1N	=8B	+18N	6.5	47.0	51.5	34.75	1690	+3.8
7	Rama Rajasekhara, Reddi	1617	IND	+77B	=22N	+33B	−11N	+43B	+10N	+20B	−4N	+14B	6.5	45.0	48.0	32.25	1649	+6.2
8	Suresh Agarwal	1553	IND	=75B	+51N	=50B	+23N	+35B	+16N	−4B	=6N	+17B	6.5	44.0	47.0	33.00	1746	+38.0
9	Vaibhav Gautam	1716	IND	+26B	+21N	=11B	=20N	+41B	=2B	−14N	=10N	+34B	6.0	46.0	50.5	32.75	1657	-11.2
10	Sharon Rachel Aby	1486	IND	+69B	=15N	−13B	+22N	+37N	−7B	+27N	=9B	+30N	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.25	1682	+82.0
11	Praveen Kumar D	1485	IND	+90N	+76B	=9N	+7B	−2N	−5B	+42N	=30B	+32N	6.0	44.0	45.0	25.50	1712	+38.6
12	Yesu, BabuK	1593	IND	+57B	+40N	+29B	−14N	−17B	+58N	+33B	=15N	=13B	6.0	42.0	46.0	29.25	1609	+3.2
13	Ashwin R	1645	IND	=18N	+68B	+10N	−42B	=44N	+48B	+36N	=19B	=12N	6.0	41.5	45.0	29.75	1626	-4.8
14	Kulkarni Shreesh	1529	IND	+82B	+88N	+6B	+12B	−1N	=4N	+9B	−3B	−7N	5.5	50.0	52.0	27.00	1668	+24.0
15	Shankar Ramakrishnan	1721	IND	+48N	=10B	+28N	+37B	+42N	=1B	−3N	=12B	−24N	5.5	47.5	52.0	29.50	1598	-22.6
16	Naveen, Kumar A.	1958	IND	+35B	+45N	=20B	+32B	=3N	−8B	+34N	=17N	−5B	5.5	46.5	51.0	28.50	1656	-53.2
17	Vijayakumar E	1445	IND	+67N	−30B	+63N	+65B	+12N	+31B	−2N	=16B	−8N	5.5	42.5	46.0	24.75	1640	+34.2
18	Balivada Sai Deepak	0	IND	=13B	+75N	=46B	+21N	=20B	=33N	=32B	+43N	−6B	5.5	42.5	45.5	26.00	1568	0.0
19	Iniyan Gopinathen	1453	IND	F	+46N	−3B	−6N	+68B	+47N	+21B	=13N	+31B	5.5	42.5	42.5	26.00	1644	+62.8
20	Prakash Banskar	1539	IND	+78N	+72B	=16N	=9B	=18N	+42B	−7N	−24B	+50N	5.5	41.5	44.5	24.00	1605	+8.0
21	Nikhil Gawande	1493	IND	+62N	−9B	+36N	−18B	+75N	+44B	−19N	+51B	=23N	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.75	1501	+0.8
22	Aditya Asaram Ghule	1476	IND	+60N	=7B	−37N	−10B	+66N	+64B	=43B	+35N	=26B	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.25	1502	+4.6
23	Kanishri R P	1454	IND	+70N	−31B	+60N	−8B	−36N	+39B	+48N	+54N	=21B	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.25	1422	-3.6
24	Patil Pratik P	1473	IND	F	−6N	+88B	+49N	−4B	=54N	+41B	+20N	+15B	5.5	40.0	40.0	24.25	1697	+70.8
25	Khadeeja Fatima	1488	IND	+47B	−1N	+81B	−35N	−49B	+56N	+77B	=33N	+44B	5.5	39.0	42.0	22.00	1446	-20.4
26	Sreenivas S Krishnan	1423	IND	−9N	+62B	−38N	+79B	+65N	+45B	=30N	=32B	=22N	5.5	38.5	41.5	22.75	1572	+54.0
27	Prasanna K	1411	IND	−6B	+84N	=64B	=46N	+55B	=41N	−10B	+76N	+40B	5.5	37.0	40.0	21.25	1588	+70.8
28	Dushyant Pal	1444	IND	+83B	+64N	−15B	−4N	−47B	+80N	=65B	+55N	+46B	5.5	36.0	39.0	20.25	1636	+62.0
29	Mehta Charvi	1451	IND	+89N	+65B	−12N	−31B	+80N	−36B	+59N	=45B	+64N	5.5	34.5	36.5	18.25	1548	+26.4
30	Uday Kumar Tummagunta	1548	IND	+81B	+17N	+5B	−1N	+58B	−6N	=26B	=11N	−10B	5.0	48.5	51.5	25.25	1568	+2.2
31	Neha Verma	1569	IND	+59B	+23N	−1B	+29N	+40B	−17N	+35B	−5N	−19N	5.0	46.5	50.5	24.50	1536	-17.2
32	Murahari A H	1525	IND	+91B	+80N	+4B	−16N	+5B	−3B	=18N	=26N	−11B	5.0	46.5	47.5	23.50	1563	+2.8
33	Jwalamukhi, K.V.	1445	IND	+39B	=55N	−7N	+76B	+64N	=18B	−12N	=25B	=38N	5.0	41.5	44.5	21.75	1582	+25.0
34	Meenatchisundaram B	1458	IND	+74B	−3N	+69B	−5N	+77B	+49N	−16B	+58N	−9N	5.0	41.0	44.0	18.50	1491	+2.4
35	Senthilmurugan N	1432	IND	−16N	+86B	+67N	+25B	−8N	+38B	−31N	−22B	+59N	5.0	40.5	42.5	20.00	1474	+8.4
36	Burada Siva Babu	0	IND	−46B	+93N	−21B	+73N	+23B	+29N	−13B	=40N	=41B	5.0	39.5	40.0	19.50	1457	0.0
37	Amandu Jignesh	1540	IND	+54B	=50N	+22B	−15N	−10B	=51N	−58B	+68N	+61B	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.00	1438	-41.2
38	Shashidhar K M	1680	IND	+49B	−41N	+26B	−40N	+61B	−35N	=54B	+56N	=33B	5.0	38.0	42.0	23.25	1479	-38.2
39	Veera Vara Prasad Vudatha	0	IND	−33N	+78B	F	F	+86B	−23N	+81B	+77N	+58B	5.0	25.5	25.5	15.00	1315	0.0
40	Adam, T	1464	IND	+63N	−12B	+68N	+38B	−31N	+59B	−5N	=36B	−27N	4.5	41.5	45.0	19.00	1354	-12.4
41	Jinay Ankitbhai Shah	1487	IND	+85N	+38B	−2N	+80B	−9N	=27B	−24N	=42B	=36N	4.5	41.5	44.0	18.00	1484	-6.4
42	Tharunsaai M K	0	IND	=51B	+71N	+55B	+13N	−15B	−20N	−11B	=41N	=43B	4.5	41.0	44.5	20.75	1544	0.0
43	Thamaraiselvan K	1503	IND	+79N	−2B	+59N	=44B	−7N	+70B	=22N	−18B	=42N	4.5	41.0	44.0	17.75	1406	-10.6
44	Nidhi Kesavarao Baipotu	1427	IND	−1B	+91N	+73B	=43N	=13B	−21N	=55B	+71N	−25N	4.5	41.0	42.0	15.50	1471	+10.0
45	Jagadish G Baluragi	1508	IND	F	−16B	+66N	+50N	−6B	−26N	+61B	=29N	+47B	4.5	39.5	39.5	19.25	1495	-5.8
46	Radha Krishna Devaki	1563	IND	+36N	−19B	=18N	=27B	−59N	+75B	=72N	+52B	−28N	4.5	39.0	42.0	19.75	1379	-25.2
47	Minnu Aman Pilli	0	IND	−25N	+48B	+53N	−64B	+28N	−19B	=52N	+72B	−45N	4.5	38.0	41.5	20.25	1471	0.0
48	Putta Chittibabu	1423	IND	−15B	−47N	+62B	+86N	+78B	−13N	−23B	+60N	=54B	4.5	37.0	39.0	15.25	807	-16.4
49	Dinesh Kumar	1415	IND	−38N	+85B	+76N	−24B	+25N	−34B	+53N	−64B	=51N	4.5	36.5	39.0	17.75	1481	+24.8
50	Kevin Daniel	1441	IND	+87N	=37B	=8N	−45B	=70N	=52B	=71B	+65N	−20B	4.5	36.5	38.5	17.00	1480	+17.6
51	Sonu Bist	1446	IND	=42N	−8B	−75N	+67B	+69N	=37B	+76N	−21N	=49B	4.5	36.0	39.0	17.00	1458	0.0
52	Kandregula Prahlad	1479	IND	+84B	−5N	+82B	−58N	=56B	=50N	=47B	−46N	+69B	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.25	1266	-54.4
53	Venkatesan J	1467	IND	+73B	−4N	−47B	−78N	+74B	+82N	−49B	+62N	=57B	4.5	34.5	37.5	16.25	706	-18.0
54	Durkasri M	0	IND	−37N	−67B	+89N	+87B	+72N	=24B	=38N	−23B	=48N	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.00	1447	0.0
55	Ramesh Majji	1527	IND	+86N	=33B	−42N	=75B	−27N	+79B	=44N	−28B	+66N	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.75	1242	-60.0
56	Somanadh Kandregula	1408	IND	−76N	+90B	−65N	+60B	=52N	−25B	+70N	−38B	+71B	4.5	32.5	33.5	14.25	1371	-12.0
57	FIDE 547090197	0	—	−12N	−63B	−70N	+90B	−60N	+66B	+89N	+67B	=53N	4.5	31.0	32.0	12.25	1337	0.0
58	Praneeth K S S R A	1423	IND	−2N	+79B	+83N	+52B	−30N	−12B	+37N	−34B	−39N	4.0	40.5	43.5	15.50	1450	+4.0
59	FIDE 25775715	0	—	−31N	+70B	−43B	+84N	+46B	−40N	−29B	+74N	−35B	4.0	36.0	39.0	14.50	1221	0.0
60	Ramesh Kumar Bharti	0	IND	−22B	+77N	−23B	−56N	+57B	−71N	+75B	−48B	+78N	4.0	34.0	37.0	13.50	659	0.0
61	Keerthana A	1417	IND	−5B	−69N	+85B	+88N	−38N	+67B	−45N	+78B	−37N	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.00	809	-42.8
62	Mayur Shashikiran Jadhav	0	IND	−21B	−26N	−48N	+93B	−87N	+63B	+83N	−53B	+76B	4.0	32.0	32.5	10.50	1251	0.0
63	FIDE 547088796	0	—	−40B	+57N	−17B	−77N	−81B	−62N	+91B	+82N	+75B	4.0	30.5	31.5	11.50	645	0.0
64	Mohsin Sayyed	1518	IND	F	−28B	=27N	+47N	−33B	−22N	+69B	+49N	−29B	3.5	39.5	39.5	15.25	1250	-84.8
65	Gangnaik Santosh	1551	IND	F	−29N	+56B	−17N	−26B	+78B	=28N	−50B	+72N	3.5	37.5	37.5	13.75	1332	-42.2
66	FIDE 547088826	0	—	−3B	+74N	−45B	=69N	−22B	−57N	+92B	+73N	−55B	3.5	36.5	37.5	9.75	722	0.0
67	FIDE 547026090	0	—	−17B	+54N	−35B	−51N	+88B	−61N	+82B	−57N	=68B	3.5	34.5	36.5	11.25	636	0.0
68	Dhanusya S G	0	IND	+71B	−13N	−40B	+83N	−19N	−72B	+87N	−37B	=67N	3.5	34.5	36.5	10.25	1242	0.0
69	Priyanka Kumari	0	IND	−10N	+61B	−34N	=66B	−51B	+91N	−64N	+79B	−52N	3.5	34.0	35.0	9.75	1198	0.0
70	Sobethaa V S	0	IND	−23B	−59N	+57B	+81N	=50B	−43N	−56B	−75N	+85B	3.5	33.5	36.0	12.25	1124	0.0
71	Patchappu Raja T	1541	IND	−68N	−42B	−79N	+85N	+73B	+60B	=50N	−44B	−56N	3.5	32.0	34.5	12.25	1149	-58.4
72	Ramesh Kumar AN	1448	IND	+93B	−20N	−80B	+82N	−54B	+68N	=46B	−47N	−65B	3.5	32.0	32.5	9.25	1278	-23.6
73	FIDE 25719955	0	—	−53N	+92B	−44N	−36B	−71N	+86B	=79N	−66B	+91N	3.5	27.0	28.0	5.50	677	0.0
74	FIDE 33380228	0	—	−34N	−66B	−78N	+92B	−53N	+90B	+88N	−59B	=79N	3.5	26.0	27.0	5.50	665	0.0
75	Chande, Dr. Deepmala	0	IND	=8N	−18B	+51B	=55N	−21B	−46N	−60N	+70B	−63N	3.0	39.0	42.5	13.50	1446	0.0
76	Ezhilarasi G	1649	IND	+56B	−11N	−49B	−33N	+84B	+81N	−51B	−27B	−62N	3.0	37.0	40.0	10.50	1168	-143.2
77	Abhiditya Jain	0	IND	−7N	−60B	+90N	+63B	−34N	+87B	−25N	−39B	−80B	3.0	35.0	36.0	7.00	722	0.0
78	Faizan S K	0	IND	−20B	−39N	+74B	+53B	−48N	−65N	+80B	−61N	−60B	3.0	34.5	37.5	11.00	1241	0.0
79	Mahesh Eega	0	IND	−43B	−58N	+71B	−26N	+83B	−55N	=73B	−69N	=74B	3.0	32.5	35.5	10.00	1240	0.0
80	Sarat Kumar Parida	0	IND	F	−32B	+72N	−41N	−29B	−28B	−78N	+86B	+77N	3.0	32.0	32.0	8.50	1231	0.0
81	FIDE 48779202	0	—	−30N	+89B	−25N	−70B	+63N	−76B	−39N	−83B	+87N	3.0	31.0	33.0	8.00	762	0.0
82	FIDE 547090170	0	—	−14N	+87B	−52N	−72B	+89N	−53B	−67N	−63B	+86N	3.0	29.5	31.5	6.00	683	0.0
83	FIDE 547088737	0	—	−28N	F	−58B	−68B	−79N	+84N	−62B	+81N	+88B	3.0	28.0	28.0	8.00	634	0.0
84	FIDE 547088770	0	—	−52N	−27B	+92N	−59B	−76N	−83B	−86N	+93B	+90N	3.0	24.0	24.5	2.50	718	0.0
85	FIDE 547088761	0	—	−41B	−49N	−61N	−71B	+92N	−89B	=93N	+87B	−70N	2.5	25.0	25.5	3.25	665	0.0
86	FIDE 25906852	0	—	−55B	−35N	+93B	−48B	−39N	−73N	+84B	−80N	−82B	2.0	31.5	32.0	3.50	661	0.0
87	FIDE 531037488	0	—	−50B	−82N	+91B	−54N	+62B	−77N	−68B	−85N	−81B	2.0	28.0	29.0	5.00	631	0.0
88	FIDE 547088788	0	—	F	−14B	−24N	−61B	−67N	+93N	−74B	+89B	−83N	2.0	27.5	27.5	2.50	676	0.0
89	FIDE 48779300	0	—	−29B	−81N	−54B	+91N	−82B	+85N	−57B	−88N	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	3.50	651	0.0
90	FIDE 531037593	0	—	−11B	−56N	−77B	−57N	−91B	−74N	F	+92N	−84B	1.0	26.5	26.5	1.00	653	0.0
91	FIDE 547088745	0	—	−32N	−44B	−87N	−89B	+90N	−69B	−63N	F	−73B	1.0	25.5	25.5	1.00	677	0.0
92	FIDE 547088753	0	—	−4B	−73N	−84B	−74N	−85B	F	−66N	−90B	+93N	1.0	24.5	24.5	0.50	796	0.0
93	FIDE 48779318	0	—	−72N	−36B	−86N	−62N	F	−88B	=85B	−84N	−92B	0.5	23.0	23.0	1.25	651	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sharon Rachel AbyIND
+82.0
6.0 pts · #11
2Prasanna KIND
+70.8
5.5 pts · #15
3Patil Pratik PIND
+70.8
5.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Ezhilarasi GIND
-143.2
3.0 pts · #62
2Mohsin SayyedIND
-84.8
3.5 pts · #52
3Ramesh MajjiIND
-60.0
4.5 pts · #58

Biggest upsets

R6+405 Elo gap
Suresh Agarwal1553 beat Naveen, Kumar A.1958
R9+254 Elo gap
Pamarthi Audietya Aazadh1704 beat Naveen, Kumar A.1958
R6+248 Elo gap
Senthilmurugan N1432 beat Shashidhar K M1680