AICFB North Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, 2025

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65 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 10 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Chandigarh, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1672, and top seed was Somendra (🇮🇳 IND, 1822).

Somendra (🇮🇳 IND, 1822) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Satya Praksah Shrivastava (7.0) and Mayank Sharma (7.0). Somendra won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ankit Kashyap (1433) beat Ambika Prasad Singh (1590), a +157-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Chandigarh, India

Dates

10 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Somendra1822

Avg top 10

1,672

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×41

Top 3

🥇
Somendra
🇮🇳IND·1822
9.0pts·2425perf+35.0
🥈
Satya Praksah Shrivastava
🇮🇳IND·1673
7.0pts·1857perf+28.2
🥉
Mayank Sharma
🇮🇳IND·1702
7.0pts·1795perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Somendra led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Somendra9Sharma7(Delhi)7Shrivastava7Sharma6.5Srivastava6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Somendra never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Somendra beat Mayank Sharma (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Somendra 9 wins (R1–R9)Mayank Sharma 4 wins (R1–R4)Arvind (Delhi) 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Somendra	*	1	1	1
2Mayank Sharma	0	*	—	½
3Arvind (Delhi)	0	—	*	—
4Satya Praksah Shrivastava	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Somendra	1822	IND	+14B	+4N	+6B	+15N	+3B	+2N	+16B	+5B	+8N	9.0	51.0	56.5	56.50	2425	+35.0
2	Satya Praksah Shrivastava	1673	IND	+38N	+30B	+7N	+9B	+8N	−1B	=14N	+10B	=3B	7.0	51.0	55.0	39.75	1857	+28.2
3	Mayank Sharma	1702	IND	+36N	+22B	+10N	+11B	−1N	+9B	=5N	+14B	=2N	7.0	51.0	55.0	39.25	1795	+17.6
4	Arvind (Delhi)	1510	IND	+65N	−1B	+43N	+17B	−36N	+12B	+11N	+9B	+18N	7.0	45.5	45.5	32.50	1865	+51.8
5	Sagar Sharma	1591	IND	+63N	+29B	+21N	−8B	+12N	+36B	=3B	−1N	+19B	6.5	47.5	48.5	30.00	1700	+42.4
6	Ashwin Rajesh	1624	IND	+44N	+17B	−1N	+23B	−22N	+37B	+36N	+15B	=7N	6.5	44.5	48.0	30.75	1566	-7.8
7	Akhilesh K. Srivastava	1587	IND	+52N	+62B	−2B	+38N	−14B	+23N	+21N	+16B	=6B	6.5	41.5	43.5	27.75	1775	+29.8
8	Gaurav Kumar	1647	IND	+43N	+12B	=18N	+5N	−2B	=11B	+22N	+20B	−1B	6.0	50.5	54.0	32.25	1698	+20.8
9	Arun Kumar	1631	IND	+39B	+51N	+25B	−2N	+24B	−3N	+15B	−4N	+23B	6.0	45.5	48.5	27.50	1551	-25.2
10	Rakesh Narwal	1596	IND	+58B	+23N	−3B	+19N	−15B	+28N	+24B	−2N	+29B	6.0	45.0	48.0	28.50	1683	+16.8
11	Rajan	1638	IND	+55B	+28N	+19B	−3N	=16B	=8N	−4B	+51N	+24B	6.0	44.0	47.0	27.25	1639	+1.2
12	Keshav Kumar Jha	1470	IND	+61B	−8N	+35B	+25N	−5B	−4N	+40B	+27N	+33N	6.0	42.5	44.5	25.00	1360	-17.6
13	Akash	1658	IND	+40B	=26N	−15B	−37B	+44N	+25N	=17B	+28N	+14B	6.0	39.5	43.0	28.25	1583	-11.2
14	Ankit Garg	0	IND	−1N	+32B	+48N	+20B	+7N	+18B	=2B	−3N	−13N	5.5	51.5	55.0	29.50	1655	0.0
15	Aakash Kumar	0	IND	+?N	+34B	+13N	−1B	+10N	+21B	−9N	−6N	=20B	5.5	48.5	48.5	24.25	1665	0.0
16	Akhil Sharma	1633	IND	+53N	=33B	+37N	+18B	=11N	+22B	−1N	−7N	=17B	5.5	46.0	49.0	25.50	1575	-10.8
17	Somanath	1459	IND	+56B	−6N	+27B	−4N	=39B	+26N	=13N	+22B	=16N	5.5	44.0	47.0	25.75	1563	+33.2
18	Ajit Kumar (Delhi)	1551	IND	+32N	+48B	=8B	−16N	+33B	−14N	+37B	+21N	−4B	5.5	42.5	46.0	25.00	1589	+10.0
19	Ankit Kashyap	1433	IND	+60N	+20B	−11N	−10B	+42N	=34B	+31N	+33B	−5N	5.5	42.0	44.5	23.75	1565	+48.8
20	Ambika Prasad Singh	1590	IND	+35B	−19N	+59B	−14N	+38B	+51N	+27B	−8N	=15N	5.5	39.0	41.5	21.75	1388	-16.2
21	Bharat	1693	IND	+59B	+24N	−5B	+26N	+28B	−15N	−7B	−18B	+36N	5.0	43.0	45.5	21.50	1524	-52.8
22	Manish Varma	1507	IND	+49B	−3N	+40B	+39N	+6B	−16N	−8B	−17N	+38B	5.0	42.5	46.0	22.00	1373	-32.0
23	Vivek Kumar Srivastava	1457	IND	+54N	−10B	+45N	−6N	+52B	−7B	+25N	+30B	−9N	5.0	41.5	44.5	19.50	809	-23.8
24	Ranjay Kumar Shah	1484	IND	+57N	−21B	+53N	+29B	−9N	+41B	−10N	+36B	−11N	5.0	39.0	42.0	19.00	1359	-17.2
25	Vibha Kumari	0	IND	+41N	+31B	−9N	−12B	+62N	−13B	−23B	+40N	+51B	5.0	39.0	41.0	18.00	1463	0.0
26	Gurdeep Singh	1470	IND	+42N	=13B	+33N	−21B	−37N	−17B	+35N	+46B	=31N	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.00	1488	+9.6
27	Mukesh Sharma	0	IND	−34N	+60B	−17N	+48B	+29N	+30B	−20N	−12B	+43N	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.50	1257	0.0
28	Subham Kumar	1468	IND	+50N	−11B	+44N	+62B	−21N	−10B	+41N	−13B	+39N	5.0	38.0	40.0	17.00	1359	-13.2
29	Shivam Saini	1438	IND	+64B	−5N	+46B	−24N	−27B	+52N	+45B	+34N	−10N	5.0	37.0	38.0	15.50	1366	-14.0
30	Hitesh Dagar	1478	IND	+?B	−2N	−39B	+47N	+43B	−27N	+38B	−23N	+37B	5.0	36.0	36.0	15.00	766	0.0
31	Naresh Kumar Kashyap	1521	IND	=37B	−25N	+55B	−33N	+46B	+39N	−19B	+43N	=26B	5.0	35.0	38.0	18.50	1175	-52.4
32	FIDE 88145212	0	—	−18B	−14N	−47B	+61N	−60B	+?N	+54B	+45N	+41B	5.0	29.5	29.5	12.50	751	0.0
33	Sunita Shukla	1465	IND	+47B	=16N	−26B	+31B	−18N	+59N	+34B	−19N	−12B	4.5	40.5	43.0	18.25	1410	-22.4
34	Deepak Kumar	1574	IND	+27B	−15N	−38B	+49N	+40B	=19N	−33N	−29B	+46N	4.5	37.0	40.5	18.75	1172	-56.8
35	FIDE 547096314	0	—	−20N	+54B	−12N	−45B	+56N	=48B	−26B	+59N	+50B	4.5	33.0	35.5	13.75	695	0.0
36	Ayush Kumar Gupta	0	IND	−3B	+49N	+?B	+51N	+4B	−5N	−6B	−24N	−21B	4.0	43.5	43.5	13.50	1425	0.0
37	Nitukumari	0	IND	=31N	+41B	−16B	+13N	+26B	−6N	−18N	=39B	−30N	4.0	42.5	46.5	19.50	1515	0.0
38	Chintu Kumar	0	IND	−2B	+?N	+34N	−7B	−20N	+49B	−30N	+42B	−22N	4.0	41.0	41.0	12.00	1341	0.0
39	Kashish Ratra	0	IND	−9N	+50B	+30N	−22B	=17N	−31B	+47N	=37N	−28B	4.0	39.0	42.5	16.75	1152	0.0
40	FIDE 547095695	0	—	−13N	+57B	−22N	+50B	−34N	+42B	−12N	−25B	+56N	4.0	37.0	40.0	13.50	740	0.0
41	FIDE 547095776	0	—	−25B	−37N	+57B	+?N	+45B	−24N	−28B	+49B	−32N	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.00	685	0.0
42	FIDE 547095792	0	—	−26B	+55N	−51B	+59N	−19B	−40N	+52B	−38N	+53N	4.0	30.5	33.0	11.50	646	0.0
43	FIDE 547095636	0	—	−8B	+61N	−4B	+56N	−30N	=47B	+48N	−31B	−27B	3.5	38.0	40.0	10.25	760	0.0
44	FIDE 547095741	0	—	−6B	+56N	−28B	=46N	−13B	=55N	+61B	=50N	−48B	3.5	34.0	36.0	10.00	783	0.0
45	FIDE 547095652	0	—	−51B	+58N	−23B	+35N	−41N	+53B	−29N	−32B	=49N	3.5	33.0	36.0	12.25	652	0.0
46	Sunny Kumar Chauhan	0	IND	−62N	+52B	−29N	=44B	−31N	+54B	+53N	−26N	−34B	3.5	32.0	34.0	10.75	673	0.0
47	FIDE 547095644	0	—	−33N	−53B	+32N	−30B	+55B	=43N	−39B	−48N	+59B	3.5	31.5	34.0	12.25	665	0.0
48	FIDE 531011322	0	—	F	−18N	−14B	−27N	+?B	=35N	−43B	+47B	+44N	3.5	31.0	31.0	9.25	751	0.0
49	FIDE 547096837	0	—	−22N	−36B	+54N	−34B	+?B	−38N	+60B	−41N	=45B	3.5	30.5	30.5	7.25	728	0.0
50	FIDE 547095610	0	—	−28B	−39N	+58B	−40N	−59B	+57N	+55B	=44B	−35N	3.5	30.0	32.5	10.75	668	0.0
51	Mahender Singh (Haryana)	1459	IND	+45N	−9B	+42N	−36B	+53N	−20B	F	−11B	−25N	3.0	37.0	39.0	10.50	820	-34.4
52	FIDE 547095717	0	—	−7B	−46N	+61B	+?N	−23N	−29B	−42N	=56B	=55N	3.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	694	0.0
53	FIDE 547095687	0	—	−16B	+47N	−24B	+60N	−51B	−45N	−46B	+54N	−42B	3.0	31.0	33.5	9.00	731	0.0
54	FIDE 429048885	0	—	−23B	−35N	−49B	+58N	+57B	−46N	−32N	−53B	+65B	3.0	30.5	30.5	6.00	658	0.0
55	FIDE 547095768	0	—	−11N	−42B	−31N	+65B	−47N	=44B	−50N	+61N	=52B	3.0	30.5	30.5	5.25	781	0.0
56	Satyam Yadav	0	IND	−17N	−44B	+65N	−43B	−35B	+58N	=59B	=52N	−40B	3.0	29.5	29.5	5.75	659	0.0
57	FIDE 547095733	0	—	−24B	−40N	−41N	+63B	−54N	−50B	+?N	−60B	+61B	3.0	25.0	25.0	3.00	702	0.0
58	FIDE 547095709	0	—	−10N	−45B	−50N	−54B	+65N	−56B	+63N	−?B	+?B	3.0	20.0	20.0	1.00	796	0.0
59	FIDE 547095784	0	—	−21N	+65B	−20N	−42B	+50N	−33B	=56N	−35B	−47N	2.5	33.5	33.5	5.00	783	0.0
60	FIDE 547095660	0	—	−19B	−27N	F	−53B	+32N	−62B	−49N	+57N	=?B	2.5	27.0	27.0	8.00	622	0.0
61	FIDE 547095628	0	—	−12N	−43B	−52N	−32B	+63N	+?B	−44N	−55B	−57N	2.0	28.0	28.0	1.00	648	0.0
62	Hemant Kumar Soni	1410	IND	+46B	−7N	F	−28N	−25B	+60N	F	F	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	6.00	727	-27.6
63	FIDE 547095679	0	—	−5B	−64N	−?B	−57N	−61B	+65N	−58B	−?N	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	791	0.0
64	FIDE 547096829	0	—	−29N	+63B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	638	0.0
65	FIDE 547095601	0	—	−4B	−59N	−56B	−55N	−58B	−63B	−?N	F	−54N	0.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	710	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Arvind (Delhi)IND
+51.8
7.0 pts · #4
2Ankit KashyapIND
+48.8
5.5 pts · #13
3Sagar SharmaIND
+42.4
6.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Deepak KumarIND
-56.8
4.5 pts · #33
2BharatIND
-52.8
5.0 pts · #17
3Naresh Kumar KashyapIND
-52.4
5.0 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R2+157 Elo gap
Ankit Kashyap1433 beat Ambika Prasad Singh1590
R8+142 Elo gap
Ajit Kumar (Delhi)1551 beat Bharat1693
R8+136 Elo gap
Shivam Saini1438 beat Deepak Kumar1574