AICFB West Zone Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, 2025

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89 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Madhapar, Kutch, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1722, and top seed was Samant Milind (🇮🇳 IND, 1806).

Vijay Karia (🇮🇳 IND, 1676) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ved Neeraj Phaur (7.0) and Ashwin K Makwana (6.5). Karia shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Rahul Sahani (1546) beat Swapnil Shah (1749), a +203-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Madhapar, Kutch, India

Dates

11 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Samant Milind1806

Avg top 10

1,722

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×81

Top 3

🥇
Vijay Karia
🇮🇳IND·1676
7.5pts·1859perf+38.2
🥈
Ved Neeraj Phaur
🇮🇳IND·1590
7.0pts·1883perf+134.4
🥉
Ashwin K Makwana
🇮🇳IND·1771
6.5pts·1784perf+5.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vijay Karia led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Karia7.5Phaur7Patil6.5Makwana6.5Jadhav6.5Kakade6.5— ex-leaders:Milindled R4–R6, #13

R8 · LEADER CHANGE14 Sept

Vijay Karia takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vijay Karia drew with Ved Neeraj Phaur (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vijay Karia 4 wins (R5–R8)Shirish Patil 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vijay Karia	*	½	—	—
2Ved Neeraj Phaur	½	*	—	½
3Shirish Patil	—	—	*	½
4Ashwin K Makwana	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vijay Karia	1676	IND	+41B	=18N	+16B	=23N	+15B	+8N	+7B	+4N	=2B	7.5	49.5	54.0	44.75	1859	+38.2
2	Ved Neeraj Phaur	1590	IND	+51B	+48N	=10B	+9N	+22B	=4N	+25B	=3N	=1N	7.0	48.0	52.5	39.25	1883	+134.4
3	Makwana, Ashwin K	1771	IND	+62B	+36N	=8B	+7B	=11N	+13N	=4B	=2B	=5N	6.5	49.5	53.5	37.50	1784	+5.2
4	Samant Milind	1806	IND	+67N	+31B	+17N	+42B	+5N	=2B	=3N	−1B	=7N	6.5	49.5	53.0	35.50	1778	-4.2
5	Patil, Shirish	1720	IND	+52B	+45N	+13B	=11N	−4B	+33N	=21B	+10N	=3B	6.5	46.0	50.0	34.50	1799	+19.6
6	Rohit Atmaram Jadhav	1749	IND	+60B	=23N	+18B	−8N	+43B	=21N	+30B	=13N	+25B	6.5	44.0	48.0	33.50	1715	-10.4
7	Kakade, Atul	1647	IND	+83B	+30N	+72B	−3N	+23B	+54N	−1N	+31B	=4B	6.5	43.0	45.0	27.75	1747	+17.6
8	Akediwala Prince D	1602	IND	+73N	+29B	=3N	+6B	=10N	−1B	+55N	=12B	=14N	6.0	47.5	50.5	30.75	1742	+34.6
9	Swapnil Shah	1749	IND	+38N	+21B	=14N	−2B	−12N	+43B	+23N	+20B	=16N	6.0	47.0	51.5	32.50	1664	-18.2
10	Pandya Darshankumar Ratilal	1758	IND	+35N	+55B	=2N	=28B	=8B	+45N	+14N	−5B	=12N	6.0	46.0	50.0	31.50	1706	-10.8
11	Rahul Vaghela	1624	IND	+64N	+19B	+32N	=5B	=3B	=25N	=12B	−21N	+29B	6.0	46.0	49.5	31.75	1704	+19.0
12	Rahul Sahani	1546	IND	+66B	+24N	=22B	−25N	+9B	+28B	=11N	=8N	=10B	6.0	45.5	49.0	31.75	1764	+47.4
13	Amol Sakpal	1589	IND	+81N	+56B	−5N	+19B	+32N	−3B	+29N	=6B	=24N	6.0	45.0	47.5	28.50	1718	+28.6
14	Singh Surypratap	1582	IND	+75B	+34N	=9B	−22N	+52B	+24N	−10B	+42N	=8B	6.0	42.5	45.5	28.00	1659	+12.4
15	Solanki Pragnesh	1577	IND	+78N	−42B	+35N	+59B	−1N	+19B	−20N	+56B	+32N	6.0	42.0	44.5	26.50	1694	+22.2
16	Patni Aniket Chandrakantbhai	1520	IND	+89N	=28B	−1N	=53B	+73N	=17B	+36B	+22N	=9B	6.0	42.0	42.0	24.00	1717	+37.6
17	Bagayatkar Madan	1615	IND	+86B	+43N	−4B	+30N	−54B	=16N	+45B	+41N	=21B	6.0	40.5	42.5	26.25	1662	+9.2
18	Suryakant Raut	1526	IND	+26N	=1B	−6N	−44B	+64N	=52B	+85N	+53B	+28N	6.0	40.5	42.5	25.75	1673	+21.0
19	Tijan Punaram Gawar	1512	IND	+85B	−11N	+34B	−13N	+83B	−15N	+66B	+55B	+31N	6.0	37.5	39.5	21.50	1562	+8.2
20	Lokhande Shobha	1542	IND	−72B	+75N	−41B	+58N	+74B	+57N	+15B	−9N	+39B	6.0	35.5	38.5	25.00	1632	+12.0
21	Shah Saiyam Kamleshbhai	1560	IND	F	−9N	+46B	+41N	+24B	=6B	=5N	+11B	=17N	5.5	45.5	45.5	30.00	1776	+46.0
22	Madhukesh Ram	1646	IND	+71N	+27B	=12N	+14B	−2N	−29B	+44N	−16B	+43N	5.5	44.5	48.0	27.00	1566	-16.4
23	Shivam Sabat	1545	IND	+84N	=6B	+49N	=1B	−7N	=44B	−9B	+46N	+41B	5.5	44.5	46.5	24.75	1662	+46.8
24	Sujit J Chudasama	1692	IND	+46N	−12B	+53N	+27B	−21N	−14B	+35B	+30N	=13B	5.5	43.5	47.5	27.00	1574	-23.6
25	Bhuva Dhruv	1649	IND	+74N	−32B	+67N	+12B	+42N	=11B	−2N	+47B	−6N	5.5	43.0	46.0	24.50	1610	-14.8
26	Ramesh Bhoraniya	0	IND	−18B	+83N	=43B	−48N	+67N	+49B	−28N	+59B	+47N	5.5	36.5	38.5	20.75	1560	0.0
27	Mohan Narayan Pathode	1521	IND	+88B	−22N	+86B	−24N	−41B	+51N	=46B	+65N	+42B	5.5	34.5	36.0	18.25	1462	-10.2
28	Rahul Vaniya	1638	IND	+61B	=16N	+57B	=10N	=45B	−12N	+26B	=29N	−18B	5.0	43.0	47.0	24.25	1492	-28.0
29	Vaishali Nrendra, Salavkar	1500	IND	+63B	−8N	+70B	=33N	+50B	+22N	−13B	=28B	−11N	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.50	1554	+9.8
30	Roshan P Diware	1524	IND	+44N	−7B	+73N	−17B	+71N	+37B	−6N	−24B	+52N	5.0	41.5	44.5	20.00	1534	+0.6
31	Chirantan C Mesariya	1572	IND	+58B	−4N	+60B	=52N	=57B	+35N	+54B	−7N	−19B	5.0	40.0	44.0	21.00	1565	-2.0
32	Rahul Navghane	1526	IND	+68B	+25N	−11B	+72N	−13B	−41N	+60B	+54N	−15B	5.0	39.5	42.5	20.00	1504	-9.6
33	Ashok Parekh	1565	IND	=65N	=39B	+38N	=29B	+56N	−5B	−42N	=52B	+44N	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.25	1603	+7.2
34	Hidayat Husen Ansari	0	IND	+39N	−14B	−19N	−35B	+63N	−46N	+62B	+73B	+56N	5.0	38.5	41.5	20.00	1495	0.0
35	Nirajsinh Dodia	1478	IND	−10B	+80N	−15B	+34N	+72B	−31B	−24N	+66N	+57B	5.0	38.0	40.5	18.00	850	-44.8
36	Henish Janeshkumar Raj	1549	IND	+82N	−3B	+74N	=56B	=44N	=42B	−16N	=38N	+60B	5.0	37.5	40.0	18.50	1536	-2.6
37	Sudhakar Jadhav	0	IND	−43B	+51N	+40B	−45N	+48B	−30N	+59B	−39N	+54B	5.0	37.0	41.0	22.00	1522	0.0
38	Tupe Pragati	1476	IND	−9B	+66N	−33B	+68N	−47N	=58B	+79N	=36B	+55N	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.00	1450	-7.6
39	Abhinav Gangurde	1556	IND	−34B	=33N	+78B	−57N	=61N	+86B	+69N	+37B	−20N	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.50	1491	-14.0
40	Barot Ashok	1493	IND	−53N	=78B	−37N	−64B	+81N	+68B	=58N	+69B	+77N	5.0	29.0	31.5	15.75	635	-11.6
41	Mahesh Sudam Mhabdi	1462	IND	−1N	+87B	+20N	−21B	+27N	+32B	=47N	−17B	−23N	4.5	45.5	47.5	20.75	1527	+26.0
42	Somnath Shankar Jadhav	0	IND	+54B	+15N	+50B	−4N	−25B	=36N	+33B	−14B	−27N	4.5	44.0	48.0	22.00	1592	0.0
43	Sarita Prabhakar Karde	1503	IND	+37N	−17B	=26N	+49B	−6N	−9N	+64B	+50N	−22B	4.5	43.5	47.0	20.25	1564	+9.8
44	Samarth Maroti Gundewar	0	IND	−30B	=61N	+62B	+18N	=36B	=23N	−22B	+45N	−33B	4.5	40.5	44.5	21.75	1525	0.0
45	Omkar Sameer Talwalkar	1532	IND	+87N	−5B	+71N	+37B	=28N	−10B	−17N	−44B	+53N	4.5	40.5	42.5	17.00	1485	-12.4
46	Priya A Makwana	1467	IND	−24B	+68N	−21N	+84B	−55N	+34B	=27N	−23B	+70N	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.75	1208	-51.6
47	Surti Babu	1577	IND	+69B	−72N	+48B	−54N	+38B	+59N	=41B	−25N	−26B	4.5	36.5	39.5	19.25	1571	-0.8
48	Khorasiya Khushali	1490	IND	+79N	−2B	−47N	+26B	−37N	+73B	−53N	=58B	+68N	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.50	1406	-13.2
49	Kamal Kumar Yadav	1524	IND	=57B	+70N	−23B	−43N	+80B	−26N	=61B	=51N	+65B	4.5	35.0	37.5	15.75	1282	-49.2
50	Viral Trivedi	1576	IND	+76N	=53B	−42N	+65B	−29N	=56B	=52N	−43B	+64N	4.5	33.0	36.0	16.00	1421	-21.2
51	Ravindra Shirkar	1422	IND	−2N	−37B	−84N	+88B	+65N	−27B	+86N	=49B	+73N	4.5	32.5	34.0	12.25	1496	+9.6
52	Sunil Dubey	1469	IND	−5N	+84B	+55N	=31B	−14N	=18N	=50B	=33N	−30B	4.0	42.0	44.0	16.25	1489	-11.2
53	Vadher Rakesh B	0	IND	+40B	=50N	−24B	=16N	−60B	+83N	+48B	−18N	−45B	4.0	40.0	42.0	16.75	1484	0.0
54	Rajesh Khapariye	1507	IND	−42N	+81B	+76N	+47B	+17N	−7B	−31N	−32B	−37N	4.0	39.5	42.0	16.00	1520	+3.6
55	Mesariya Shivani	1560	IND	+80B	−10N	−52B	+69N	+46B	+60N	−8B	−19N	−38B	4.0	39.0	41.5	14.50	1385	-67.6
56	Kamlesh, Manvatkar	1490	IND	+77B	−13N	+79B	=36N	−33B	=50N	+57B	−15N	−34B	4.0	38.5	41.0	14.25	1329	-46.0
57	Sagar Jivanbhai Viras	0	IND	=49N	+65B	−28N	+39B	=31N	−20B	−56N	+75B	−35N	4.0	38.0	41.0	16.25	1388	0.0
58	Bhima Shankar Ambalal Hotkar	0	IND	−31N	−67B	+89N	−20B	+70N	=38N	=40B	=48N	=61B	4.0	36.5	36.5	12.75	1340	0.0
59	Rupesh Kumar Yadav	1507	IND	−70B	+69N	+63B	−15N	+86B	−47B	−37N	−26N	+76B	4.0	35.0	37.0	12.50	1400	-16.4
60	Nai Poonam	1477	IND	−6N	+82B	−31N	+76B	+53N	−55B	−32N	+85B	−36N	4.0	35.0	37.0	11.50	791	-70.4
61	Ramji Rathod	1438	IND	−28N	=44B	−65N	+78N	=39B	=79B	=49N	=70B	=58N	4.0	32.5	35.0	14.50	1446	+1.2
62	Mehta Piyush	1479	IND	−3N	−76B	−44N	+82B	+84N	−69B	−34N	+79B	+85N	4.0	29.5	31.5	9.00	971	-4.8
63	Urvi Rathi	0	IND	−29N	+64B	−59N	−71B	−34B	−82N	+84B	+86N	+74B	4.0	28.5	30.5	10.50	1458	0.0
64	Manohar Sanmukhdas Vaswani	1434	IND	−11B	−63N	=66B	+40N	−18B	+80N	−43N	+67B	−50B	3.5	37.0	39.5	12.75	1407	-8.8
65	Chauhan Dhirendra Nandkishor	0	IND	=33B	−57N	+61B	−50N	−51B	+75N	+67N	−27B	−49N	3.5	35.5	38.5	13.00	1400	0.0
66	Nayi Abhi	0	IND	−12N	−38B	=64N	=81B	+77N	+71B	−19N	−35B	=69N	3.5	35.5	38.0	11.25	1285	0.0
67	Ganesh Tamkar	1480	IND	−4B	+58N	−25B	=80N	−26B	+72N	−65B	−64N	+88B	3.5	34.0	35.5	9.75	830	-38.8
68	FIDE 537025031	0	—	−32N	−46B	+81N	−38B	=75B	−40N	+78B	+80N	−48B	3.5	32.0	34.5	9.00	690	0.0
69	Arvind Maheshwari	0	IND	−47N	−59B	+88N	−55B	+87N	+62N	−39B	−40N	=66B	3.5	32.0	33.5	9.25	1246	0.0
70	Sourabh Usrete	0	IND	+59N	−49B	−29N	−74B	−58B	+84N	+83B	=61N	−46B	3.5	31.0	33.0	10.00	1375	0.0
71	Lav Khorasiya	1438	IND	−22B	+85N	−45B	+63N	−30B	−66N	−77B	=72N	+83B	3.5	30.5	32.5	9.50	1345	-16.8
72	Pawar Shivraj	0	IND	+20N	+47B	−7N	−32B	−35N	−67B	−73N	=71B	=75N	3.0	37.0	40.0	13.75	1374	0.0
73	Mohit Shrikishan Khetre	1426	IND	−8B	+77N	−30B	+79N	−16B	−48N	+72B	−34N	−51B	3.0	37.0	39.5	8.50	711	-76.4
74	Brajesh Kurmi	1456	IND	−25B	+88N	−36B	+70N	−20N	−85B	+76N	−77B	−63N	3.0	32.0	33.5	8.00	780	-40.0
75	FIDE 531083323	0	—	−14N	−20B	−87N	+89B	=68N	−65B	+82B	−57N	=72B	3.0	30.5	30.5	5.75	761	0.0
76	Balwant K Kantharia	0	IND	−50B	+62N	−54B	−60N	−85B	+89N	−74B	+83N	−59N	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.00	1328	0.0
77	Vitthal Kulabkar	0	IND	−56N	−73B	F	−86N	−66B	+87B	+71N	+74N	−40B	3.0	26.0	26.0	8.50	1332	0.0
78	Arpit Patel	0	IND	−15B	=40N	−39N	−61B	−79B	F	−68N	+81B	+82N	2.5	31.0	31.0	7.50	1194	0.0
79	FIDE 558051120	0	—	−48B	F	−56N	−73B	+78N	=61N	−38B	−62N	+80B	2.5	29.5	29.5	7.00	1061	0.0
80	Chinmay Pare	0	IND	−55N	−35B	+85N	=67B	−49N	−64B	+81N	−68B	−79N	2.5	29.0	31.0	6.25	1128	0.0
81	Prakash Patel	1401	IND	−13B	−54N	−68B	=66N	−40B	+88N	−80B	−78N	+89B	2.5	28.5	28.5	3.25	727	0.0
82	FIDE 558051139	0	—	−36B	−60N	−83B	−62N	=88B	+63B	−75N	+89N	−78B	2.5	26.0	26.0	4.75	678	0.0
83	Sayali Santosh Shitole	1454	IND	−7N	−26B	+82N	+87B	−19N	−53B	−70N	−76B	−71N	2.0	34.5	36.5	4.50	736	-47.6
84	Nirmal Kumawat	0	IND	−23B	−52N	+51B	−46N	−62B	−70B	−63N	F	+87N	2.0	32.0	32.0	6.50	1233	0.0
85	FIDE 558051104	0	—	−19N	−71B	−80B	F	+76N	+74N	−18B	−60N	−62B	2.0	32.0	32.0	6.00	1197	0.0
86	Sheetal Rajput	1428	IND	−17N	+89B	−27N	+77B	−59N	−39N	−51B	−63B	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	3.00	724	-72.8
87	FIDE 558051112	0	—	−45B	−41N	+75B	−83N	−69B	−77N	+89B	−88N	−84B	2.0	24.0	24.0	3.00	682	0.0
88	FIDE 531083358	0	—	−27N	−74B	−69B	−51N	=82N	−81B	F	+87B	−67N	1.5	27.0	27.0	3.25	669	0.0
89	FIDE 531010881	0	—	−16B	−86N	−58B	−75N	F	−76B	−87N	−82B	−81N	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	672	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ved Neeraj PhaurIND
+134.4
7.0 pts · #2
2Rahul SahaniIND
+47.4
6.0 pts · #16
3Shivam SabatIND
+46.8
5.5 pts · #27

Top rating losers

1Mohit Shrikishan KhetreIND
-76.4
3.0 pts · #76
2Sheetal RajputIND
-72.8
2.0 pts · #80
3Nai PoonamIND
-70.4
4.0 pts · #78

Biggest upsets

R5+203 Elo gap
Rahul Sahani1546 beat Swapnil Shah1749
R4+159 Elo gap
Ved Neeraj Phaur1590 beat Swapnil Shah1749
R4+147 Elo gap
Akediwala Prince D1602 beat Rohit Atmaram Jadhav1749