AICFB National Team Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, 2025

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114 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Ahmedabad, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1818, and top seed was Aryan B Joshi (🇮🇳 IND, 1978).

Inani Darpan (🇮🇳 IND, 1961) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Aryan B Joshi (7.0) and Patra Subhendu Kumar (6.5). Darpan shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Khadir Bavas Korabu (1427) beat Ganesh Kisku (1604), a +177-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Ahmedabad, India

Dates

31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Aryan B Joshi1978

Avg top 10

1,818

Participants

114

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×93

Top 3

🥇
Inani Darpan
🇮🇳IND·1961
7.0pts·2464perf+23.2
🥈
Aryan B Joshi
🇮🇳IND·1978
7.0pts·2432perf+16.6
🥉
Patra Subhendu Kumar
🇮🇳IND·1840
6.5pts·2055perf+24.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Joshi7Darpan7Kumar6.5Chakraborty6.5Akediwala Prince6Somendra6

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/7. Darpan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aryan B Joshi 7 wins (R1–R7)Inani Darpan 7 wins (R1–R7)Patra Subhendu Kumar 4 wins (R1–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Darpan, Inani	1961	IND	+70N	+49N	+6N	+80N	+35N	+87N	+23N	7.0	22.0	24.0	24.00	2464	+23.2
2	Aryan B Joshi	1978	IND	+19N	+51B	+96N	+95B	+85N	+33N	+30B	7.0	19.5	20.5	20.50	2432	+16.6
3	Patra Subhendu Kumar	1840	IND	+38B	+43B	+8N	+39N	=17N	+95B	+63B	6.5	25.0	26.0	23.50	2055	+24.6
4	Megha Chakraborty	1638	IND	+36N	+27B	=10N	+48B	+78N	+44B	+69N	6.5	22.5	24.5	21.75	1872	+22.4
5	Rathi Himanshi	1588	IND	=13N	+52B	+48N	=10B	+44N	+69B	+27N	6.0	25.0	27.0	21.50	1793	+28.8
6	Somendra	1857	IND	+76N	+77B	−1B	+111N	+65B	+17N	+66N	6.0	21.0	21.0	14.00	1953	+15.8
7	Sparsh Tiwari	1564	IND	−42B	+72N	+34B	+68N	+74B	+88N	+15B	6.0	19.5	21.0	17.50	1746	+36.8
8	Akediwala Prince D	1635	IND	+74B	+75N	−3B	+70N	+43B	+50B	+82B	6.0	19.0	21.0	14.50	1903	+42.4
9	Kumar Raja C H	1531	IND	−11N	+109B	+67N	+98N	+113B	+64N	+57B	6.0	14.5	14.5	9.00	1786	+31.8
10	Tijan Punaram Gawar	1519	IND	+108B	+24N	=4B	=5N	+69B	+48B	=28N	5.5	27.0	27.0	18.50	1738	+34.0
11	Satya Praksah Shrivastava	1701	IND	+9B	+56N	−47N	=22B	+25N	+100B	+49B	5.5	25.5	26.5	20.50	1855	+25.6
12	Makwana, Ashwin K	1776	IND	+71B	+66B	+33B	=17B	+59B	=42B	=29B	5.5	22.5	24.5	18.00	1879	+17.4
13	Vruthi Jain	1590	IND	=5B	+28N	=27N	=73B	+108B	+91N	+31B	5.5	22.5	22.5	16.25	1626	+9.6
14	Shashidhar K M	1639	IND	=47N	+25B	+114B	−18N	+58N	+60B	+98N	5.5	20.5	20.5	13.75	1794	+23.0
15	Khadir Bavas Korabu	1427	IND	+111B	=34N	+65B	+74N	+101B	+76N	−7N	5.5	17.5	17.5	9.50	1815	+118.0
16	Sagar Sharma	1634	IND	+103N	+42B	=107N	+76N	−18B	+72B	+70N	5.5	15.5	16.0	10.75	1702	+19.6
17	Samant Milind	1801	IND	+34B	+82N	+63B	=12N	=3B	−6B	+65N	5.0	27.0	29.0	17.00	1809	+3.0
18	Rahul Vaghela	1643	IND	+26N	+107B	−42N	+14B	+16N	F	+67N	5.0	22.5	22.5	19.00	1881	+34.6
19	Gaurav Kumar	1666	IND	−2B	+106N	+38B	+61N	+71B	−21N	+92N	5.0	22.0	22.5	10.50	1651	-2.2
20	Muhammed Ranish	1535	IND	=23N	+40B	=66N	+88B	=63B	=34N	+77N	5.0	20.0	21.5	14.50	1719	+48.8
21	Mohammed Salih, PK	1504	IND	−29B	+92N	+45B	+83N	+96N	+19B	−35B	5.0	20.0	21.0	12.50	1646	+19.6
22	Raj Das	1601	IND	+64B	+50N	=80B	=11N	+54B	=77N	=42B	5.0	19.5	21.5	15.00	1776	+33.2
23	Patil, Shirish	1739	IND	=20B	+111N	+71N	+72N	+75N	=90B	−1B	5.0	19.5	19.5	9.25	1742	+1.2
24	Nitukumari	1586	IND	+91N	−10B	+93N	+44B	+36N	−52B	+73N	5.0	19.0	20.0	11.50	1592	+1.2
25	Noushad E P	1618	IND	+88B	−14N	+64B	+49N	−11B	+107N	+100N	5.0	19.0	19.5	8.50	1729	+17.8
26	Pawar Shivraj	1460	IND	−18B	=88N	+79B	=64N	+94B	+109N	+37B	5.0	16.0	16.0	9.00	1571	+17.6
27	Vaishali Nrendra, Salavkar	1510	IND	+78B	−4N	=13B	+81N	+32N	+73B	−5B	4.5	26.5	28.5	13.25	1547	+5.0
28	Ayisha Sainab K A	1439	IND	+84N	−13B	+36N	+52B	=48N	=32B	=10B	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.50	1452	+2.8
29	Madhukesh Ram	1629	IND	+21N	−63B	F	+53B	+39B	+41N	=12N	4.5	24.0	24.0	18.75	1789	+24.4
30	Shaibu T	1608	IND	+83B	−71N	+106B	=45N	+33B	+75N	−2N	4.5	20.5	21.0	10.25	1665	+10.2
31	Sunita Shukla	1443	IND	+62B	+69N	−32B	+93N	=73N	+81B	−13N	4.5	19.0	20.0	9.00	1413	-7.2
32	Sarita Prabhakar Karde	1513	IND	F	+73B	+31N	+69N	−27B	=28N	+99B	4.5	18.5	18.5	11.75	1606	+12.4
33	Mayank Sharma	1716	IND	+46B	+35N	−12N	+63B	−30N	−2B	+45B	4.0	28.0	30.5	13.50	1700	-2.6
34	Ashwani Kumar	0	IND	−17N	=15B	−7N	+110B	+70N	=20B	+40B	4.0	27.5	27.5	11.25	1537	0.0
35	Patni Aniket Chandrakantbhai	1558	IND	+72B	−33B	F	+101N	−1B	+63N	+21N	4.0	21.5	21.5	10.50	1722	+19.6
36	FIDE 558088580	0	—	−4B	+108N	−28B	+99N	−24B	+93N	+86N	4.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	753	0.0
37	Shivam Sabat	1589	IND	+79B	F	+43N	=42N	=50N	+65N	−26N	4.0	19.5	19.5	11.25	1668	+22.4
38	Varaprasad A	1521	IND	−3N	+53B	−19N	−55B	+89N	+112B	+106N	4.0	19.5	19.5	5.00	1563	+11.2
39	Bagayatkar Madan	1632	IND	+92B	+90N	+102B	−3B	−29N	F	+89N	4.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1675	+6.2
40	Prajwal Kedari Halyal	1461	IND	−75B	−20N	+74B	+104N	+72B	+110B	−34N	4.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1411	-6.4
41	Sujit J Chudasama	1668	IND	F	F	+85N	+71B	+102N	−29B	+51N	4.0	12.5	12.5	8.00	1735	+7.8
42	Prachurya Kumar Pradhan	1748	IND	+7N	−16N	+18B	=37B	−100B	=12N	=22N	3.5	31.0	32.0	18.25	1635	-21.0
43	Akhilesh K. Srivastava	1616	IND	+110B	−3N	−37B	=46B	−8N	+53N	+71B	3.5	25.0	25.0	6.75	1544	-12.8
44	Khorasiya Khushali	1475	IND	+81B	=48N	+91B	−24N	−5B	−4N	+78B	3.5	24.5	25.5	6.50	1264	-36.4
45	Henish Janeshkumar Raj	1546	IND	+97N	−95B	−21N	=30B	+55N	+51B	−33N	3.5	20.5	21.5	9.25	1575	+5.0
46	Sathish M	1586	IND	−33N	+97B	−51N	=43N	+61B	+106N	−53B	3.5	17.5	18.0	6.25	1478	-18.4
47	Pandya Darshankumar Ratilal	1746	IND	=14B	F	+11B	F	+56B	F	+50B	3.5	17.0	17.0	14.25	1975	+18.4
48	Vibha Kumari	1533	IND	+93N	=44B	−5B	−4N	=28B	−10N	+52N	3.0	29.0	30.0	8.00	1291	-60.4
49	Ramesh Bhoraniya	1636	IND	+109N	−1B	+54N	−25B	+60N	−67B	−11N	3.0	26.0	26.0	6.00	1438	-51.2
50	Amol Sakpal	1620	IND	+54N	−22B	=70B	+57B	=37B	−8N	−47N	3.0	24.5	26.5	9.00	1504	-20.6
51	Keshav Kumar Jha	1431	IND	+55B	−2N	+46B	−59N	+106B	−45N	−41B	3.0	24.0	24.5	7.00	1545	+36.4
52	Sheetal Rajput	0	IND	F	−5N	+78B	−28N	+91B	+24N	−48B	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.00	1343	0.0
53	Musthafa K	1507	IND	−59B	−38N	+83B	−29N	+92B	−43B	+46N	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.50	1353	-30.4
54	Vibin Wilson C	1463	IND	−50B	+79N	−49B	+105N	−22N	+58B	−56B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.00	1346	-13.4
55	Rajesh Khapariye	1524	IND	−51N	+61B	−59B	+38N	−45B	−71N	+97B	3.0	18.5	19.5	8.00	1399	-35.6
56	Solanki Pragnesh	1598	IND	+57N	−11B	+60N	F	−47N	F	+54N	3.0	18.0	18.0	9.00	1581	-1.6
57	Suneesh K	0	IND	−56B	+94N	+105B	−50N	+79B	−98B	−9N	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	756	-49.6
58	Chintu Kumar	1486	IND	−80B	−64N	+94B	+103N	−14B	−54N	+79N	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	781	-60.4
59	Rahul Vaniya	1610	IND	+53N	F	+55N	+51B	−12N	−96B	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	9.00	1605	-0.4
60	FIDE 547040297	0	—	−67N	+113B	−56B	+94N	−49B	−14N	+109B	3.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	832	0.0
61	Sunny Kumar Chauhan	0	IND	−102B	−55N	+97N	−19B	−46N	+92B	+112N	3.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1319	0.0
62	FIDE 429048885	0	—	−31N	+91B	F	+108N	+93B	F	−84B	3.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	643	0.0
63	Plaban Panda	1512	IND	+106B	+29N	−17N	−33N	=20N	−35B	−3N	2.5	29.0	29.5	7.50	1540	+3.6
64	Lingaraju	1486	IND	−22N	+58B	−25N	=26B	−82N	−9B	+94B	2.5	26.0	27.0	6.50	1353	-20.0
65	Sanal Kumar S	1542	IND	+112N	=70B	−15N	+66B	−6N	−37B	−17B	2.5	25.0	25.0	3.50	1417	-20.8
66	Viral Trivedi	1554	IND	F	−12N	=20B	−65N	+68B	+101N	−6B	2.5	22.5	22.5	6.00	1569	-0.2
67	Akash	1648	IND	+60B	=80N	−9B	−77N	F	+49N	−18B	2.5	21.0	21.0	7.00	1477	-46.0
68	Rupesh Kumar Yadav	1491	IND	−82B	+110N	=77N	−7B	−66N	−70B	+104N	2.5	15.5	15.5	2.00	1179	-63.6
69	Anannya Annwesha Mishra	1554	IND	+86N	−31B	+73N	−32B	−10N	−5N	−4B	2.0	29.0	31.0	4.00	1245	-71.6
70	Muniraju K	1420	IND	−1B	=65N	=50N	−8B	−34B	+68N	−16B	2.0	28.0	30.5	5.25	1499	+7.2
71	Naveen Merwade	1482	IND	−12N	+30B	−23B	−41N	−19N	+55B	−43N	2.0	27.5	30.5	7.50	1495	+0.8
72	Rijil V J	0	IND	−35N	−7B	+88N	−23B	−40N	−16N	+76B	2.0	26.5	28.0	3.50	1290	0.0
73	Nai Poonam	1406	IND	+99B	−32N	−69B	=13N	=31B	−27N	−24B	2.0	26.0	27.0	6.00	1249	-43.2
74	Hidayat Husen Ansari	1557	IND	−8N	+112B	−40N	−15B	−7N	+104B	−75N	2.0	24.5	24.5	1.00	719	-110.0
75	Rahul Navghane	1518	IND	+40N	−8B	F	F	−23B	−30B	+74B	2.0	21.5	21.5	6.00	1523	+0.4
76	B Suresh Babu	1424	IND	−6B	+104N	−101B	−16B	+103N	−15B	−72N	2.0	21.0	22.0	2.00	811	-45.2
77	Rahul Sahani	1587	IND	F	−6N	=68B	+67B	F	=22B	−20B	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.25	1553	-5.6
78	FIDE 48794198	0	—	−27N	F	−52N	+84B	−4B	+108N	−44N	2.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	741	0.0
79	FIDE 558089977	0	—	−37N	−54B	−26N	+109B	−57N	+103N	−58B	2.0	19.0	19.0	1.00	682	0.0
80	Swapnil Shah	1730	IND	+58N	=67B	=22N	−1B	F	F	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	6.75	1674	-6.4
81	FIDE 48794180	0	—	−44N	+86B	+84N	−27B	F	−31N	−93B	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	676	0.0
82	Aakash Kumar	1580	IND	+68N	−17B	F	F	+64B	F	−8N	2.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1602	+3.6
83	Akash Tiwari	0	IND	−30N	+89B	−53N	−21B	+97N	F	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1448	0.0
84	FIDE 25733850	0	—	−28B	+99N	−81B	−78N	F	−86B	+62N	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.00	636	0.0
85	Nemai Das	1459	IND	F	+102N	−41B	F	−2B	F	+96N	2.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1617	+14.4
86	FIDE 88144852	0	—	−69B	−81N	+108B	−91N	−99B	+84N	−36B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	691	0.0
87	Asit Kumar Mohanty	1424	IND	+94B	F	F	+107N	F	−1B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.50	1682	+20.4
88	FIDE 547095695	0	—	−25N	=26B	−72B	−20N	F	−7B	+110N	1.5	23.0	23.0	2.50	1224	0.0
89	Sunil Lodhi	1463	IND	−90B	−83N	+92B	=106N	−38B	−97N	−39B	1.5	13.5	14.0	1.25	1178	-58.8
90	Shah Saiyam Kamleshbhai	1606	IND	+89N	−39B	F	F	F	=23N	F	1.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1612	+0.4
91	FIDE 537025007	0	—	−24B	−62N	−44N	+86B	−52N	−13B	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	2.00	750	0.0
92	Pavan Kumar M H	0	IND	−39N	−21B	−89N	+97B	−53N	−61N	−19B	1.0	21.5	22.5	1.00	1278	0.0
93	FIDE 558057242	0	—	−48B	F	−24B	−31B	−62N	−36B	+81N	1.0	21.5	21.5	2.00	721	0.0
94	FIDE 429087872	0	—	−87N	−57B	−58N	−60B	−26N	+105B	−64N	1.0	18.5	19.5	1.00	659	0.0
95	Vijay Karia	1714	IND	F	+45N	F	−2N	F	−3N	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	3.50	1663	-4.6
96	Amal Sardar	1466	IND	F	F	−2B	F	−21B	+59N	−85B	1.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	1417	-7.0
97	Mangal Mohan	1559	IND	−45B	−46N	−61B	−92N	−83B	+89B	−55N	1.0	16.5	17.5	1.50	1334	-45.6
98	Ankit Kashyap	1489	IND	F	F	F	−9B	F	+57N	−14B	1.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1405	-12.4
99	FIDE 558089969	0	—	−73N	−84B	F	−36B	+86N	F	−32N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	660	0.0
100	Kakade, Atul	1631	IND	F	F	F	F	+42N	−11N	−25B	1.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1564	-6.2
101	Ajit Kumar (Delhi)	1561	IND	F	F	+76N	−35B	−15N	−66B	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1298	-54.8
102	Manish Varma	1475	IND	+61N	−85B	−39N	F	−41B	F	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	786	-42.4
103	FIDE 547095709	0	—	−16B	F	+109N	−58B	−76B	−79B	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	714	0.0
104	FIDE 531013139	0	—	−?N	−76B	+110N	−40B	F	−74N	−68B	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	711	0.0
105	FIDE 547095717	0	—	F	F	−57N	−54B	F	−94N	+113B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	638	0.0
106	Kushal Ramanna Jagali	1411	IND	−63N	−19B	−30N	=89B	−51N	−46B	−38B	0.5	22.5	24.0	0.75	1117	-72.8
107	Omkar Sameer Talwalkar	1518	IND	F	−18N	=16B	−87B	F	−25B	F	0.5	17.5	17.5	2.75	1264	-44.8
108	FIDE 547095660	0	—	−10N	−36B	−86N	−62B	−13N	−78B	F	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	755	0.0
109	FIDE 558056955	0	—	−49B	−9N	−103B	−79N	F	−26B	−60N	0.0	20.5	21.5	0.00	743	0.0
110	FIDE 547095741	0	—	−43N	−68B	−104B	−34N	F	−40N	−88B	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	719	0.0
111	Ganesh Kisku	1604	IND	−15N	−23B	F	−6B	F	F	F	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	874	-50.0
112	FIDE 531011322	0	—	−65B	−74N	F	F	F	−38N	−61B	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	740	0.0
113	FIDE 547095733	0	—	F	−60N	F	F	−9N	F	−105N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	731	0.0
114	Somnath Shankar Jadhav	1630	IND	F	F	−14N	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	845	-19.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Khadir Bavas KorabuIND
+118.0
5.5 pts · #8
2Muhammed RanishIND
+48.8
5.0 pts · #24
3Akediwala Prince DIND
+42.4
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Hidayat Husen AnsariIND
-110.0
2.0 pts · #101
2Kushal Ramanna JagaliIND
-72.8
0.5 pts · #83
3Anannya Annwesha MishraIND
-71.6
2.0 pts · #71

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