23rd Tamilnadu Under 25 Open FIDE Rated Chess Championships 2025

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69 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Chennai, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Tarun V (🇮🇳 IND, 1992).

Gokula Vishnu R (🇮🇳 IND, 1872) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Tarun V (7.5) and Prasanna Karthick M (7.0). R shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kesavamoorthy G (1702) beat Rutherford S (1957), a +255-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Chennai, India

Dates

18 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Tarun V1992

Avg top 10

1,888

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×62

Top 3

🥇
Gokula Vishnu R
🇮🇳IND·1872
7.5pts·1918perf+13.6
🥈
Tarun V
🇮🇳IND·1992
7.5pts·1989perf+3.4
🥉
Prasanna Karthick M
🇮🇳IND·1892
7.0pts·1975perf+41.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Tarun7.5Gokula Vishnu7.5Prasanna Karthick7Rathina Sabapathi7Mohammed Tharig6.5Rutherford6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE20 Jun

Prasanna Karthick M takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. R takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gokula Vishnu R 3 wins (R7–R9)Prasanna Karthick M 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Tarun V	*	—	½	—
2Gokula Vishnu R	—	*	1	—
3Prasanna Karthick M	½	0	*	1
4Rathina Sabapathi A	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gokula Vishnu R	1872	IND	+42N	+15B	−20N	+34B	+10N	=8B	+12N	+3B	+6N	7.5	45.5	49.5	41.50	1918	+13.6
2	Tarun V	1992	IND	+31N	+21B	=12N	=13B	+32N	+20B	=3N	+6B	+5N	7.5	45.0	49.5	40.50	1989	+3.4
3	Prasanna Karthick M	1892	IND	+28B	+48N	+6B	=20N	+9B	+4N	=2B	−1N	+7B	7.0	50.0	54.0	40.25	1975	+41.8
4	Rathina Sabapathi A	1920	IND	+22N	+10B	+8N	+7B	+5N	−3B	−6N	+13B	+12N	7.0	48.5	53.5	40.50	1966	+12.2
5	Mohammed Tharig S	1892	IND	+30N	+24B	=13N	+12B	−4B	+50N	+9B	+14N	−2B	6.5	47.0	50.5	33.25	1911	+8.2
6	Kesavamoorthy G	1702	IND	+33N	+34B	−3N	+15B	+11N	+7B	+4B	−2N	−1B	6.0	51.0	55.5	33.50	1895	+75.6
7	Iniyan K	1836	IND	+19B	+17N	+16B	−4N	+23B	−6N	+21B	+11N	−3N	6.0	47.5	52.5	32.50	1811	-1.1
8	Pranav Ramkumar	1762	IND	+61B	+46N	−4B	+26N	+16B	=1N	−11B	+20N	=9B	6.0	46.0	48.5	28.75	1820	+27.2
9	Adhithya S	1818	IND	+45N	+27B	=14N	+50B	−3N	+13B	−5N	+31B	=8N	6.0	44.0	47.5	28.25	1782	-2.6
10	Karthikeyan M	1554	IND	+40B	−4N	+43B	+41N	−1B	+39N	−13N	+27B	+32N	6.0	41.5	45.5	25.50	1673	+13.8
11	Rutherford S	1957	IND	+37B	=52N	=23B	+35N	−6B	+36N	+8N	−7B	+20B	6.0	41.5	45.0	28.75	1765	-33.0
12	Sriram Sundar V	1810	IND	+56B	+38N	=2B	−5N	+33B	+24N	−1B	+16N	−4B	5.5	48.0	51.5	26.75	1758	-14.8
13	Sripathi Surendar	1722	IND	+67B	+36N	=5B	=2N	+39B	−9N	+10B	−4N	=14B	5.5	47.0	48.0	25.25	1788	+26.0
14	Lukesh A	1893	IND	+44B	+18N	=9B	=23N	=20B	=21N	+32B	−5B	=13N	5.5	43.0	47.0	27.25	1727	-62.4
15	Chatraessh R S	1478	IND	+25B	−1N	+51B	−6N	+44B	+41N	−16B	=23N	+33B	5.5	41.5	45.0	23.50	1493	-0.4
16	Balaram U	1633	IND	+66N	+64B	−7N	+31B	−8N	=22B	+15N	−12B	+34N	5.5	39.0	40.5	20.50	1600	-6.2
17	Hariharan Subramanian	1482	IND	+59N	−7B	=47N	+52B	=22N	+28B	−20N	=21B	+31N	5.5	38.0	41.0	23.00	1651	+68.4
18	Yoganandan A	1533	IND	+47N	−14B	−31N	+42B	=43B	+40N	=33B	=22N	+36B	5.5	36.0	40.0	23.25	1507	-6.2
19	Sankarapandi B	1411	IND	−7N	−51B	+53N	+59B	+27N	−32B	=34N	+54B	+35N	5.5	35.0	38.0	21.75	1667	+93.6
20	Bala Sanjay J G	1637	IND	+60B	+43N	+1B	=3B	=14N	−2N	+17B	−8B	−11N	5.0	49.0	52.0	26.25	1788	+54.4
21	Bharath Raj K	1569	IND	+57B	−2N	+36B	=33N	+25B	=14B	−7N	=17N	=22B	5.0	43.5	47.0	23.25	1616	+2.0
22	Raghavan Saravanan	1425	IND	−4B	+57N	+48B	=29N	=17B	=16N	=24B	=18B	=21N	5.0	42.5	46.0	23.25	1571	+58.8
23	Ayyappan S	1577	IND	+62N	+39B	=11N	=14B	−7N	=31B	=26N	=15B	=43N	5.0	40.5	43.0	21.75	1599	+1.6
24	Jaisai A	1512	IND	+49B	−5N	+44B	=25N	+40B	−12B	=22N	=33N	=30B	5.0	39.5	43.5	21.75	1522	-5.2
25	Ramanstheeswaran S	0	IND	−15N	+45B	+27N	=24B	−21N	=43B	+52N	=35B	=26N	5.0	38.0	41.5	21.75	1516	0.0
26	Keerthi Kumar A	1495	IND	=54N	=35B	+62N	−8B	=37N	+51B	=23B	=32N	=25B	5.0	36.5	39.0	19.50	1509	+2.4
27	Bhadhri Naath N	1476	IND	+68B	−9N	−25B	+61N	−19B	+56N	+39B	−10N	+44B	5.0	36.5	37.5	15.00	1363	-14.2
28	Monish P	1419	IND	−3N	−47B	+66N	+65B	+38B	−17N	=46B	+41N	=29B	5.0	36.0	37.5	16.50	1477	+9.6
29	Dushyanth Subramanian	1501	IND	−39N	+66B	+42N	=22B	−50N	+37B	−31N	+44B	=28N	5.0	34.5	36.0	19.00	1548	+15.6
30	Sreenivas S Krishnan	1423	IND	−5B	=40N	=61B	−51N	+62B	=53N	+64N	+45B	=24N	5.0	31.5	33.5	16.00	1581	+20.8
31	Gowtham Vishwa N	1434	IND	−2B	+53N	+18B	−16N	+35B	=23N	+29B	−9N	−17B	4.5	44.5	48.0	21.00	1565	+46.4
32	Lakshmanan Natesan	1607	IND	+53B	=50N	=41B	+46N	−2B	+19N	−14N	=26B	−10B	4.5	41.0	44.5	19.25	1580	-10.8
33	Charan Krishna	0	IND	−6B	+68N	+59N	=21B	−12N	+52B	=18N	=24B	−15N	4.5	39.0	40.0	15.25	1549	0.0
34	Elankumaran R	1463	IND	+65B	−6N	+55B	−1N	−41B	+61N	=19B	+40N	−16B	4.5	38.5	40.5	14.75	1333	-24.4
35	Gokula Krishnan Sivakumar	1500	IND	=41B	=26N	+64N	−11B	−31N	+42B	+50B	=25N	−19B	4.5	37.5	39.5	16.50	1381	-36.8
36	Sundareshwar N V	1454	IND	+69N	−13B	−21N	+62B	+55N	−11B	=45N	+50B	−18N	4.5	35.5	36.5	12.50	1245	-37.6
37	Laksan V	1428	IND	−11N	−62B	+60N	+49B	=26B	−29N	−40B	+39N	+53B	4.5	34.5	37.0	17.00	1331	-15.2
38	Pranesh Yatin Sankar	1478	IND	+55N	−12B	−39N	+64B	−28N	+47B	−44N	=49B	+51N	4.5	33.5	35.5	15.00	752	-25.6
39	Natesan Prashaanthi	0	IND	+29B	−23N	+38B	+54N	−13N	−10B	−27N	−37B	+58N	4.0	39.0	42.5	16.50	1450	0.0
40	Joel Priyan Jones J	0	IND	−10N	=30B	+58N	+47B	−24N	−18B	+37N	−34B	=42N	4.0	38.5	42.0	16.50	1318	0.0
41	Prabhakaran S	0	IND	=35N	+54B	=32N	−10B	+34N	−15B	=43N	−28B	=45N	4.0	38.0	41.5	16.50	1449	0.0
42	Ashwin S P	1412	IND	−1B	+49N	−29B	−18N	+57B	−35N	+62B	=56N	=40B	4.0	37.5	40.0	13.75	785	-46.8
43	Roshan S	1451	IND	F	−20B	−10N	+63B	=18N	=25N	=41B	+46N	=23B	4.0	37.0	37.0	16.25	1484	+8.0
44	Vishnu Karthick G	1425	IND	−14N	+63B	−24N	+68B	−15N	+55B	+38B	−29N	−27N	4.0	36.5	37.5	11.50	1273	-44.4
45	Srihari R	1403	IND	−9B	−25N	+57B	=48N	+54B	=46N	=36B	−30N	=41B	4.0	36.0	39.5	15.25	1474	+16.8
46	Sivesh Sreeharshan	1468	IND	+58N	−8B	+65N	−32B	=51N	=45B	=28N	−43B	=49N	4.0	34.5	36.5	13.75	1286	-45.6
47	Kaaviyan R	0	IND	−18B	+28N	=17B	−40N	=59B	−38N	=61B	=48N	+62B	4.0	34.0	36.5	15.00	1440	0.0
48	Aaditya Sundar	1515	IND	+51N	−3B	−22N	=45B	−52N	−64B	+55N	=47B	+65N	4.0	32.5	34.5	13.00	1249	-51.2
49	Manish Dheenadayalan	0	IND	−24N	−42B	+67B	−37N	−56B	+60N	+59B	=38N	=46B	4.0	31.5	32.5	11.25	1349	0.0
50	Yadhunandhan K	0	IND	F	=32B	+52N	−9N	+29B	−5B	−35N	−36N	+56B	3.5	38.0	38.0	14.25	1511	0.0
51	Mahat Maheswaran	0	IND	−48B	+19N	−15N	+30B	=46B	−26N	−56B	+61N	−38B	3.5	37.0	39.5	15.00	1363	0.0
52	Vishva K	1566	IND	+63N	=11B	−50B	−17N	+48B	−33N	−25B	−53N	+61B	3.5	34.5	37.0	12.00	1650	+8.4
53	Gaurav K	0	IND	−32N	−31B	−19B	+67N	+65N	=30B	−54N	+52B	−37N	3.5	33.0	34.0	9.00	1256	0.0
54	Rihanth Aswin K	1520	IND	=26B	−41N	F	−39B	−45N	+63N	+53B	−19N	+57B	3.5	32.0	33.0	12.00	1163	-60.0
55	Rishi Neelanjan K M	0	IND	−38B	+56N	−34N	+58B	−36B	−44N	−48B	=59N	+63B	3.5	31.5	34.0	11.00	1074	0.0
56	Iroshan Shysu S S	0	IND	−12N	−55B	−63N	+66B	+49N	−27B	+51N	=42B	−50N	3.5	31.5	33.0	11.00	1296	0.0
57	FIDE 33317445	0	—	−21N	−22B	−45N	+60B	−42N	+65B	=58N	+64B	−54N	3.5	30.0	32.0	8.75	673	0.0
58	FIDE 531006884	0	—	−46B	=61N	−40B	−55N	+67B	=59N	=57B	+63N	−39B	3.5	27.0	28.0	8.00	1315	0.0
59	Prithvin Mohan	1498	IND	−17B	+60N	−33B	−19N	=47N	=58B	−49N	=55B	=64N	3.0	33.5	35.5	9.50	646	-51.6
60	Dharmik Reddy Kona	0	IND	−20N	−59B	−37B	−57N	+66N	−49B	+68N	−65B	+67B	3.0	24.5	25.5	3.50	739	0.0
61	Akhilesh R	0	IND	−8N	=58B	=30N	−27B	+68N	−34B	=47N	−51B	−52N	2.5	35.0	36.0	7.25	1174	0.0
62	FIDE 547087110	0	—	−23B	+37N	−26B	−36N	−30N	+68B	−42N	=66B	−47N	2.5	33.5	34.5	6.25	1184	0.0
63	FIDE 88155765	0	—	−52B	−44N	+56B	−43N	=64N	−54B	+66N	−58B	−55N	2.5	27.5	29.0	6.00	700	0.0
64	Arun V	0	IND	F	−16N	−35B	−38N	=63B	+48N	−30B	−57N	=59B	2.0	32.5	32.5	6.75	1323	0.0
65	FIDE 547087234	0	—	−34N	F	−46B	−28N	−53B	−57N	+67B	+60N	−48B	2.0	28.5	28.5	4.00	665	0.0
66	FIDE 547087102	0	—	−16B	−29N	−28B	−56N	−60B	+67N	−63B	=62N	−68N	1.5	28.0	29.0	2.25	718	0.0
67	Bhavesh S	0	IND	−13N	−69B	−49N	−53B	−58N	−66B	−65N	+68B	−60N	1.0	24.0	25.0	1.00	917	0.0
68	FIDE 547087129	0	—	−27N	−33B	F	−44N	−61B	−62N	−60B	−67N	+66B	1.0	24.0	24.0	1.50	656	0.0
69	V.S., Shaathvik	0	IND	−36B	+67N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	628	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sankarapandi BIND
+93.6
5.5 pts · #14
2Kesavamoorthy GIND
+75.6
6.0 pts · #10
3Hariharan SubramanianIND
+68.4
5.5 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Lukesh AIND
-62.4
5.5 pts · #8
2Rihanth Aswin KIND
-60.0
3.5 pts · #55
3Prithvin MohanIND
-51.6
3.0 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R5+255 Elo gap
Kesavamoorthy G1702 beat Rutherford S1957
R3+235 Elo gap
Bala Sanjay J G1637 beat Gokula Vishnu R1872
R7+218 Elo gap
Kesavamoorthy G1702 beat Rathina Sabapathi A1920