33rd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Oct 2025 to 27 Oct 2025 in Chennai, India. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2269, and top seed was Carlomagno Oblitas (🇵🇪 PER, IM, 2379).
Arnav Maheshwari (🇮🇳 IND, FM, 2281) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Samyak Dharewa (7.0) and Evgeniy Podolchenko (6.5). Maheshwari shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Jorge Marcos Gomez Sanchez (IM, 2272) beat Carlomagno Oblitas (IM, 2379), a +107-point gap.
Location
🇮🇳Chennai, India
Dates
21 Oct 2025 → 27 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×1
IM×4
FM×4
WFM×1
Federations · 6 represented
🇮🇳India×5
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇦🇷Argentina×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇵🇪Peru×1
🇧🇾Belarus×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCo-leaders
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Dharewa#1Maheshwari#2Podolchenko#3Madhesh Kumar#4Subramanian#5Gomez Sanchez#6Oblitas#7Claverie#8Sunyuktha C M#9Palencia Morales#10
R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Samyak Dharewa drew with FM Arnav Maheshwari (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
FM Samyak Dharewa 5 wins (R3–R7)FM Arnav Maheshwari 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Evgeniy Podolchenko 3 wins (R6–R8)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇮🇳FMArnav Maheshwari | 2281 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 | 27.25 | 38.0 | +46.8 | 2488 |
| 1 | 🇮🇳FMSamyak Dharewa | 2283 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 27.00 | 38.0 | +46.0 | 2488 |
| 3 | 🇧🇾GMPodolchenko, Evgeniy | 2321 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 25.00 | 38.5 | +12.9 | 2429 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳FMMadhesh Kumar S | 2304 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.00 | 39.0 | +20.8 | 2390 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳FMJai Sankar Subramanian | 2275 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.00 | 40.0 | +8.0 | 2311 |
| 7 | 🇵🇪IMOblitas, Carlomagno | 2379 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 14.25 | 41.5 | -24.6 | 2177 |
| 6 | 🇨🇺IMGomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos | 2272 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 12.50 | 41.5 | -10.3 | 2189 |
| 8 | 🇦🇷IMClaverie, Raul | 2184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 7.25 | 42.5 | -8.6 | 2113 |
| 9 | 🇮🇳WFMSunyuktha C M N | 2187 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 2.0 | 8.75 | 43.0 | -27.6 | 2058 |
| 10 | 🇨🇴IMPalencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | 2206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 2.0 | 5.00 | 43.0 | -32.8 | 2056 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Arnav MaheshwariFMIND+46.87.0 pts · #2
- 2Samyak DharewaFMIND+46.07.0 pts · #1
- 3Madhesh Kumar SFMIND+20.86.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoIMCOL-32.82.0 pts · #10
- 2Sunyuktha C M NWFMIND-27.62.0 pts · #9
- 3Oblitas, CarlomagnoIMPER-24.63.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R9+107 Elo gap
- R3+104 Elo gap