4th HP Senior State FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2025

Open SwissStandard

99 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 28 Aug 2025 to 30 Aug 2025 in Theog, Shimla, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1785, and top seed was Atiksh Thakur (🇮🇳 IND, 1964).

Suryansh Verma (🇮🇳 IND, 1744) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Pankaj Verma (7.0) and Krishan Dev (6.5). Verma shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Jagdish Singh Kanwar (1485) beat Jagdish Chandel (1818), a +333-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Theog, Shimla, India

Dates

28 Aug 2025 → 30 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Atiksh Thakur1964

Avg top 10

1,785

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×60

Top 3

🥇
Suryansh Verma
🇮🇳IND·1744
7.5pts·2115perf+51.2
🥈
Pankaj Verma
🇮🇳IND·1841
7.0pts·1951perf+15.6
🥉
Krishan Dev
🇮🇳IND·1789
6.5pts·1876perf+15.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Suryansh Verma led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Verma7.5Verma7Dev6.5Singh6.5Smeeru6Mehta6

R6–R8 · LEAD HELD

Suryansh Verma held the sole lead from R6 through R8 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Suryansh Verma drew with Pankaj Verma (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Suryansh Verma 7 wins (R1–R7)Pankaj Verma 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Krishan Dev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Suryansh Verma	*	½	1	—
2Pankaj Verma	½	*	—	—
3Krishan Dev	0	—	*	—
4Dushyant Singh	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Suryansh Verma	1744	IND	+98B	+12N	+32B	+27N	+6N	+9B	+3N	=2B	7.5	39.5	39.5	36.00	2115	+51.2
2	Pankaj Verma	1841	IND	+80B	+47N	+18B	=7N	+14B	+5N	+27B	=1N	7.0	38.5	41.0	34.25	1951	+15.6
3	Dev, Krishan	1789	IND	+91B	+40N	+24B	+13N	=5B	+8N	−1B	+31N	6.5	39.0	40.5	30.00	1876	+15.2
4	Dushyant Singh	1612	IND	+65B	+36N	−5B	+20N	+42B	+55N	=31B	+10N	6.5	33.0	36.0	27.75	1778	+51.6
5	Chinmay Mehta	1688	IND	+78N	+26B	+4N	+28B	=3N	−2B	=7N	+11B	6.0	41.0	44.0	30.75	1810	+23.6
6	Atiksh Thakur	1964	IND	+43B	+17N	+31B	+19N	−1B	=13N	=9N	+18B	6.0	38.5	42.5	29.50	1794	-43.2
7	Romit Verma	1639	IND	+52N	+51B	+21N	=2B	−9N	+15N	=5B	+22B	6.0	38.0	42.0	30.00	1738	+16.0
8	Smeeru, Thakur	1863	IND	+64N	=15B	+30N	=39B	+18N	−3B	+35N	+54B	6.0	34.5	37.5	26.00	1764	-11.0
9	Suryanshi Sharma	1681	IND	+60B	+20N	+29B	+56N	+7B	−1N	=6B	−13N	5.5	38.0	41.5	25.50	1693	+6.4
10	Ritesh Bhardwaj	1657	IND	+96N	+44B	−28N	+26B	+24N	=11B	+16N	−4B	5.5	36.0	37.0	23.25	1648	0.0
11	Bhardwaj, Brij	1656	IND	−36B	+63N	+53B	+12N	+32B	=10N	+17B	−5N	5.5	35.5	38.5	25.25	1735	+12.2
12	Anubhav Sharma	1468	IND	+61N	−1B	+33N	−11B	+57N	+46B	=19N	+38B	5.5	34.5	38.0	22.50	1557	+7.6
13	Vipan, Kumar	1619	IND	+76N	+46B	F	−3B	+35N	=6B	+28N	+9B	5.5	34.0	36.0	24.50	1859	+30.4
14	Sanjeevan, Sarswat	1757	IND	+92N	−30B	+60N	+22B	−2N	+45B	=38N	+56B	5.5	32.0	33.5	19.75	1577	-22.6
15	Kritin Sharma	1494	IND	+72B	=8N	=49B	=29N	+90N	−7B	+66N	+28B	5.5	31.0	32.5	19.25	1697	+14.4
16	Vicky Kumar	1566	IND	−41B	+97N	+68B	+25N	=55B	+56N	−10B	+30N	5.5	29.0	30.0	18.75	1676	+14.8
17	Mayur Saxena	1498	IND	+57N	−6B	+76N	=90B	+63N	+66B	−11N	+34B	5.5	28.5	30.0	17.75	1673	+32.8
18	Madhav Garg	1573	IND	+66N	+33B	−2N	+44B	−8B	+42N	+25B	−6N	5.0	36.5	39.5	20.50	1660	+19.6
19	Thakur, Sanjeev	1673	IND	+53B	+25N	+87B	−6B	+21N	−31N	=12B	=27N	5.0	34.5	36.5	21.00	1593	-12.8
20	Arjun Thakur	1434	IND	+77N	−9B	+69N	−4B	+33N	=21B	=39B	+41N	5.0	33.0	36.0	19.25	1463	+2.4
21	Saurabh Sharma	1540	IND	+82B	+59N	−7B	+43N	−19B	=20N	=63B	+48N	5.0	30.5	32.5	17.50	1353	-33.2
22	Samrat Soni	1461	IND	−59B	+82N	+41B	−14N	+58B	+65N	+23B	−7N	5.0	30.5	32.5	17.50	1527	+8.8
23	Negi, Ajit Singh	1561	IND	−33N	+71B	+48N	+37B	−34N	+64B	−22N	+29B	5.0	30.0	33.0	19.00	1400	-26.0
24	Chaman Lal Thakur	1534	IND	+93N	+69B	−3N	+64B	−10B	−25N	+52N	+63B	5.0	30.0	31.5	14.50	1381	-16.8
25	Sachin Chauhan	1428	IND	+81N	−19B	+95N	−16B	+50N	+24B	−18N	+69B	5.0	30.0	31.0	15.50	1395	-4.0
26	Arpit Sharma	1437	IND	+94B	−5N	+70B	−10N	−41B	+72N	+68B	+43N	5.0	28.5	29.5	14.00	872	-16.4
27	Kuldeep Singh	1603	IND	F	+58N	+55B	−1B	+38N	+34B	−2N	=19B	4.5	35.5	35.5	18.50	1748	+23.8
28	Nishant Bhardwaj	1587	IND	+97B	+41N	+10B	−5N	=56B	+29N	−13B	−15N	4.5	34.5	35.5	16.75	1426	-21.8
29	Vatsal	0	IND	+37N	+35B	−9N	=15B	+39N	−28B	+40B	−23N	4.5	34.0	38.5	20.75	1589	0.0
30	Samarth Gupta	1470	IND	+67B	+14N	−8B	−55N	+36B	+41N	=34N	−16B	4.5	33.5	36.5	19.25	1565	+18.0
31	Rajat Soni	1597	IND	+71N	+88B	−6N	+45B	F	+19B	=4N	−3B	4.5	33.0	35.0	17.25	1694	+22.0
32	Tarana Sharma	1507	IND	+85N	+50B	−1N	+46B	−11N	−37B	+71N	=33B	4.5	33.0	35.0	15.25	803	-45.2
33	Moksh Baret	0	IND	+23B	−18N	−12B	+?N	−20B	+75N	+42B	=32N	4.5	32.0	32.0	14.25	1442	0.0
34	Mohinder Singh Verma	1703	IND	+74B	+42N	−56B	+47N	+23B	−27N	=30B	−17N	4.5	31.0	34.0	18.25	1498	-36.4
35	Akash Thakur	1530	IND	+79B	−29N	+65B	+59N	−13B	+43N	−8B	=58N	4.5	30.0	32.5	14.75	942	-20.0
36	Bhavya Sharma P S	0	IND	+11N	−4B	−73N	+69B	−30N	=61B	+90N	+57B	4.5	29.5	31.0	15.25	1397	0.0
37	Pranav Kumar	1409	IND	−29B	+79N	+67B	−23N	+62B	+32N	F	=39N	4.5	29.0	31.5	15.75	1625	+30.0
38	Ujjwal Sharma	1502	IND	+70B	−87N	+58B	+49N	−27B	+68N	=14B	−12N	4.5	29.0	31.0	16.25	1336	-24.0
39	Chandel, Jagdish	1818	IND	+99N	−89B	+74N	=8N	−29B	+67B	=20N	=37B	4.5	28.0	28.0	13.75	1463	-33.0
40	Sahil Dadwal	1474	IND	+83N	−3B	=66N	−63B	+49N	+90B	−29N	+61B	4.5	26.5	28.0	12.50	813	-27.6
41	Mayank Thakur	0	IND	+16N	−28B	−22N	+51B	+26N	−30B	+64N	−20B	4.0	33.5	36.5	17.50	1368	0.0
42	Arnav Beakta	1452	IND	+86N	−34B	+57N	+73B	−4N	−18B	−33N	+72B	4.0	30.0	32.0	11.50	1435	-3.6
43	FIDE 25195581	0	—	−6N	+93B	+50N	−21B	+95N	−35B	+84N	−26B	4.0	28.0	29.0	8.50	811	0.0
44	Malhar Vekta	1427	IND	+90B	−10N	+62B	−18N	+72B	−54N	−58B	+68N	4.0	27.5	29.0	11.00	800	-32.8
45	Saanvi Parihar	1430	IND	+75B	−55N	+72B	−31N	+70B	−14N	F	+50N	4.0	26.5	29.5	13.00	878	-24.0
46	Antriksh Bhardwaj	0	IND	+?B	−13N	+84B	−32N	+75B	−12N	−50B	+82N	4.0	26.5	26.5	7.00	1387	0.0
47	Kanwar, Er. M.s.	1486	IND	+95N	−2B	+88N	−34B	−71N	=57B	+67N	=66B	4.0	26.0	27.0	9.25	972	-13.2
48	Aryahi Kashyap	0	IND	−55B	+94N	−23B	−62N	+83B	+59N	+73N	−21B	4.0	25.5	26.5	9.50	1401	0.0
49	Vihan Bhaikta	0	IND	=63B	+?N	=15N	−38B	−40B	−58N	+70B	+91N	4.0	25.5	25.5	8.75	1455	0.0
50	FIDE 48777161	0	—	+?B	−32N	−43B	+85N	−25B	+82N	+46N	−45B	4.0	25.5	25.5	8.00	649	0.0
51	FIDE 537005200	0	—	+?B	−7N	−59B	−41N	+79B	+70N	−69N	+75B	4.0	25.0	25.0	8.50	839	0.0
52	FIDE 558038914	0	—	−7B	−90N	+81B	=67N	=82B	+77N	−24B	+84N	4.0	23.5	25.0	10.00	789	0.0
53	FIDE 558038990	0	—	−19N	+86B	−11N	−57B	−61N	+95B	+94B	+83N	4.0	22.5	23.5	6.00	865	0.0
54	Ramesh Kumar	1569	IND	F	F	+83N	+88B	+74N	+44B	F	−8N	4.0	21.5	21.5	11.00	1645	+3.2
55	Arun Verma	1679	IND	+48N	+45B	−27N	+30B	=16N	−4B	F	F	3.5	32.5	36.0	15.25	1537	-18.4
56	Mardav Bhaikta	1415	IND	+84N	+73B	+34N	−9B	=28N	−16B	F	−14N	3.5	32.0	34.0	11.75	1596	+49.2
57	FIDE 558038868	0	—	−17B	+91N	−42B	+53N	−12B	=47N	+74B	−36N	3.5	30.5	32.0	10.50	1153	0.0
58	Kanwar Aardhya Singh	0	IND	F	−27B	−38N	+77B	−22N	+49B	+44N	=35B	3.5	29.5	29.5	13.25	1356	0.0
59	Samarth Chandel	0	IND	+22N	−21B	+51N	−35B	−64N	−48B	=60N	+80B	3.5	29.0	31.5	13.25	1377	0.0
60	FIDE 33466793	0	—	−9N	+61B	−14B	−72N	−69N	+?B	=59B	+79N	3.5	26.5	26.5	7.75	919	0.0
61	FIDE 558039066	0	—	−12B	−60N	−?B	+98N	+53B	=36N	+76B	−40N	3.5	25.0	25.0	9.25	671	0.0
62	FIDE 558039058	0	—	−89N	+92B	−44N	+48B	−37N	=74B	+91N	F	3.5	22.5	24.0	8.50	640	0.0
63	Neeraj Verma	1402	IND	=49N	−11B	F	+40N	−17B	+71B	=21N	−24N	3.0	32.5	34.5	12.00	1386	-14.0
64	Abhijay Sharma	0	IND	−8B	+?N	+75B	−24N	+59B	−23N	−41B	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	6.50	854	0.0
65	Himanshu Sharma	0	IND	−4N	+81B	−35N	+94B	+73N	−22B	F	F	3.0	28.5	29.5	6.50	1364	0.0
66	Mayank Sharma	0	IND	−18B	+?N	=40B	F	+91N	−17N	−15B	=47N	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.75	1265	0.0
67	FIDE 558039015	0	—	−30N	+78B	−37N	=52B	+92B	−39N	−47B	=74N	3.0	27.5	29.0	8.00	746	0.0
68	FIDE 558039031	0	—	−73N	+77B	−16N	+95B	+86N	−38B	−26N	−44B	3.0	27.0	28.0	6.00	711	0.0
69	FIDE 558038876	0	—	F	−24N	−20B	−36N	+60B	+?N	+51B	−25N	3.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	662	0.0
70	FIDE 88175383	0	—	−38N	+?B	−26N	+78B	−45N	−51B	−49N	+85B	3.0	26.5	26.5	5.00	657	0.0
71	Kanwar Rohnish Singh	0	IND	−31B	−23N	+?B	+84N	+47B	−63N	−32B	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	6.00	1277	0.0
72	FIDE 531058914	0	—	−15N	+99B	−45N	+60B	−44N	−26B	+?B	−42N	3.0	26.0	26.0	3.50	648	0.0
73	Guleria, N.s.	1621	IND	+68B	−56N	+36B	−42N	−65B	+93N	−48B	F	3.0	25.0	26.5	9.00	634	-59.2
74	FIDE 558038957	0	—	−34N	+83B	−39B	+93N	−54B	=62N	−57N	=67B	3.0	25.0	26.5	6.75	897	0.0
75	FIDE 558039961	0	—	−45N	+96B	−64N	+76B	−46N	−33B	+93B	−51N	3.0	24.0	25.0	5.50	630	0.0
76	FIDE 558039007	0	—	−13B	+?N	−17B	−75N	+94N	−84B	−61N	+86B	3.0	22.5	22.5	3.00	758	0.0
77	FIDE 558039163	0	—	−20B	−68N	+98B	−58N	+96N	−52B	−82B	+88N	3.0	20.5	20.5	3.00	635	0.0
78	FIDE 558038930	0	—	−5B	−67N	+?B	−70N	−93B	+92N	−83B	+94N	3.0	18.0	18.0	2.50	888	0.0
79	FIDE 558039139	0	—	−35N	−37B	=92N	+80B	−51N	−91B	+96N	−60B	2.5	22.0	23.0	4.25	670	0.0
80	FIDE 558039090	0	—	−2N	=85B	F	−79N	+98B	F	+86B	−59N	2.5	18.5	18.5	3.00	1041	0.0
81	FIDE 558038973	0	—	−25B	−65N	−52N	−96B	+?B	=85N	−92B	+98N	2.5	16.5	16.5	1.00	613	0.0
82	FIDE 48776912	0	—	−21N	−22B	F	=91B	=52N	−50B	+77N	−46B	2.0	26.5	26.5	5.75	688	0.0
83	FIDE 558038981	0	—	−40B	−74N	−54B	F	−48N	+96B	+78N	−53B	2.0	23.5	23.5	4.00	722	0.0
84	FIDE 558038965	0	—	−56B	F	−46N	−71B	+97N	+76N	−43B	−52B	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.00	615	0.0
85	FIDE 558039040	0	—	−32B	=80N	F	−50B	−?N	=81B	+98N	−70N	2.0	19.5	19.5	2.50	705	0.0
86	FIDE 558039082	0	—	−42B	−53N	F	+?N	−68B	+97B	−80N	−76N	2.0	19.0	19.0	1.00	652	0.0
87	FIDE 33388814	0	—	+?N	+38B	−19N	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	17.0	17.0	4.50	1588	0.0
88	FIDE 558039104	0	—	+?B	−31N	−47B	−54N	−?B	−94N	+?N	−77B	2.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	751	0.0
89	Jagdish Singh Kanwar	1485	IND	+62B	+39N	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	8.00	2618	+35.2
90	FIDE 48776440	0	—	−44N	+52B	F	=17N	−15B	−40N	−36B	F	1.5	30.5	32.0	6.75	1151	0.0
91	FIDE 48776718	0	—	−3N	−57B	F	=82N	−66B	+79N	−62B	−49B	1.5	25.0	27.0	3.50	989	0.0
92	FIDE 558038884	0	—	−14B	−62N	=79B	F	−67N	−78B	+81N	F	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.75	957	0.0
93	FIDE 558039147	0	—	−24B	−43N	F	−74B	+78N	−73B	−75N	=?N	1.5	21.0	21.0	3.00	780	0.0
94	FIDE 558039120	0	—	−26N	−48B	F	−65N	−76B	+88B	−53N	−78B	1.0	24.0	25.0	2.00	637	0.0
95	FIDE 558039155	0	—	−47B	+98N	−25B	−68N	−43B	−53N	F	−?N	1.0	20.0	20.0	0.00	650	0.0
96	FIDE 558038850	0	—	−10B	−75N	F	+81N	−77B	−83N	−79B	−?B	1.0	19.5	19.5	2.50	856	0.0
97	FIDE 558039074	0	—	−28N	−16B	F	+?N	−84B	−86N	−?B	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	777	0.0
98	FIDE 558039112	0	—	−1N	−95B	−77N	−61B	−80N	F	−85B	−81B	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	944	0.0
99	FIDE 531089020	0	—	−39B	−72N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1018	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dushyant SinghIND
+51.6
6.5 pts · #7
2Suryansh VermaIND
+51.2
7.5 pts · #1
3Mardav BhaiktaIND
+49.2
3.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Guleria, N.s.IND
-59.2
3.0 pts · #57
2Tarana SharmaIND
-45.2
4.5 pts · #74
3Atiksh ThakurIND
-43.2
6.0 pts · #6

Biggest upsets

R2+333 Elo gap
Jagdish Singh Kanwar1485 beat Chandel, Jagdish1818
R3+288 Elo gap
Mardav Bhaikta1415 beat Mohinder Singh Verma1703
R2+287 Elo gap
Samarth Gupta1470 beat Sanjeevan, Sarswat1757