Rotary Brindavan U16 OPEN FIDE STANDARD RATING Chess Tournament 2025
96 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 06 Oct 2025 to 09 Oct 2025 in Mysuru, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1636, and top seed was Nivaan Raghavendra (🇮🇳 IND, 1868).
Nivaan Raghavendra (🇮🇳 IND, 1868) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Akanksh U D (7.0) and Vishwajit S (7.0). Raghavendra shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Vineeth R Gowda (1436) beat Pranav Simha (1598), a +162-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 3 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 7.0/8. Raghavendra takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).
Nivaan Raghavendra drew with Akanksh U D (Black).
Nivaan Raghavendra 4 wins (R1–R4)Akanksh U D 4 wins (R1–R4)Vishwajit S 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nivaan Raghavendra | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Akanksh U D | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Vishwajit S | — | — | * | 1 |
| 4Aarush Bhat | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nivaan Raghavendra | 1868 | IND | +23N | +12B | +11N | +7B | =2N | +31B | =4N | +5B | 7.0 | 41.0 | 46.0 | 39.50 | 1852 | +0.8 |
| 2 | Akanksh U D | 1662 | IND | +95B | +48N | +26B | +18N | =1B | =4N | +17B | +14N | 7.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 31.50 | 1851 | +48.0 |
| 3 | Vishwajit S | 1781 | IND | +62B | =22N | +33B | +35N | =9B | +19N | +10B | +4B | 7.0 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 34.75 | 1902 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Aarush Bhat | 1772 | IND | +88N | +32B | +25N | +13B | +10N | =2B | =1B | −3N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 30.00 | 1750 | -1.4 |
| 5 | Abhinava P | 1460 | IND | +54B | +30N | +41B | −10N | +51B | +9N | +18B | −1N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 40.5 | 28.00 | 1578 | +25.6 |
| 6 | Gahan Ganapathy | 1414 | IND | +77N | +56B | −7N | +38B | +13N | =11B | =8N | +29B | 6.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 27.75 | 1568 | +40.4 |
| 7 | Uthsav B P | 1489 | IND | +96B | +51N | +6B | −1N | =35B | =30N | +57B | +21N | 6.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 23.75 | 1718 | +36.0 |
| 8 | Jnanavi M S | 1504 | IND | +50B | −35N | +70B | +28N | +26B | =22N | =6B | +19N | 6.0 | 34.5 | 38.0 | 28.00 | 1783 | +47.2 |
| 9 | Atharva V N | 1489 | IND | +60N | +40B | +14N | =15B | =3N | −5B | +44N | =11B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 27.50 | 1442 | -13.2 |
| 10 | Saathvik Vishwanath | 1517 | IND | +74N | +75B | +37N | +5B | −4B | +15N | −3N | =13B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 24.75 | 1612 | +28.4 |
| 11 | Ibbani B G | 1460 | IND | +45N | +52B | −1B | =62N | +54B | =6N | +24B | =9N | 5.5 | 36.0 | 39.5 | 25.00 | 1466 | -4.4 |
| 12 | Bhavish S | 1411 | IND | +59B | −1N | +79B | =24N | +41B | =21N | =31N | +34B | 5.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 23.50 | 1580 | +23.8 |
| 13 | Pranav Shet | 1471 | IND | +73B | +53N | +20B | −4N | −6B | +50N | +35B | =10N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 23.25 | 1298 | -28.0 |
| 14 | Aarush S | 0 | IND | +64B | +27N | −9B | +?N | =18B | +49N | +22B | −2B | 5.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 20.00 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Oswin Joshua Dmello | 1432 | IND | +92N | +39B | +29N | =9N | =22B | −10B | =34N | +38B | 5.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 22.50 | 1514 | +18.0 |
| 16 | Naman Rao P | 1552 | IND | +46B | −20N | +50B | −22N | +73B | +28N | +26B | =17N | 5.5 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 24.25 | 1737 | +25.2 |
| 17 | Rohan A Gowda | 1487 | IND | +94N | =83B | +36N | +49B | =34N | +25B | −2N | =16B | 5.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 19.75 | 1585 | +20.4 |
| 18 | Yashas Gowda B | 1469 | IND | +70N | +38B | +44N | −2B | =14N | +36B | −5N | =20B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 22.25 | 749 | -31.6 |
| 19 | Nishanth M S | 1461 | IND | =36N | +69B | +83N | =34B | +52N | −3B | +33N | −8B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 19.50 | 1318 | -24.4 |
| 20 | Aradhya U D | 0 | IND | +63B | +16B | −13N | =41N | =24B | =65N | +39B | =18N | 5.0 | 33.5 | 37.0 | 22.50 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mohit Reddy P | 1547 | IND | +87N | −44B | +60N | +43B | =47N | =12B | +25N | −7B | 5.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 20.25 | 1442 | -11.2 |
| 22 | Roshan R Naik | 1409 | IND | +58N | =3B | +?N | +16B | =15N | =8B | −14N | =?B | 5.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 18.75 | 1558 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Gowtham Kumar Ms | 0 | IND | −1B | +59N | +39B | −31N | +?B | −26N | +55B | +47N | 5.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 16.50 | 1367 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Shivani J | 0 | IND | =72N | =47B | +40N | =12B | =20N | +37B | −11N | +48N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 21.75 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Vineeth R Gowda | 1436 | IND | +79B | +68N | −4B | +53N | +27B | −17N | −21B | +50N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 19.50 | 1404 | -8.8 |
| 26 | Chirag C | 1436 | IND | +91N | +85B | −2N | +61B | −8N | +23B | −16N | +51B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 772 | -38.4 |
| 27 | Pranav Simha | 1598 | IND | +61N | −14B | +74N | +44B | −25N | =40B | +52N | =32B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 19.75 | 640 | -28.8 |
| 28 | Dhruthi V Gowda | 0 | IND | +90N | −34B | +42N | −8B | +58N | −16B | +76N | +52B | 5.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 16.50 | 716 | -48.4 |
| 29 | Pramukh Jalmar | 1537 | IND | +81B | +71N | −15B | =84N | =30B | +51N | +47B | −6N | 5.0 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 17.75 | 1304 | -41.2 |
| 30 | Skanda Aprameya N | 0 | IND | +?N | −5B | +67N | +32B | =29N | =7B | =?N | =31B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 16.50 | 1409 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Hruthvick R | 1519 | IND | F | +73N | +94B | +23B | +37N | −1N | =12B | =30N | 5.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 17.75 | 1573 | +7.6 |
| 32 | Shreya Kamalapur | 1408 | IND | +?B | −4N | +86B | −30N | =45B | +54N | +65B | =27N | 5.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 14.25 | 1499 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Raghava Simha T A | 0 | IND | =47N | +72B | −3N | =?B | +?B | +48N | −19B | +?N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1341 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Yuvannayak B | 1523 | IND | +78B | +28N | =49B | =19N | =17B | =57N | =15B | −12N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 20.00 | 1455 | -11.6 |
| 35 | Gagan P | 0 | IND | +?N | +8B | +?N | −3B | =7N | =47B | −13N | =42B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 13.25 | 1522 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Prakruthi P Shetty | 0 | IND | =19B | +57N | −17B | +66N | +84B | −18N | =49B | =37N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 16.75 | 1312 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Gahan C D | 1418 | IND | +89B | +55N | −10B | +64N | −31B | −24N | +63N | =36B | 4.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 15.25 | 711 | -30.0 |
| 38 | Sathvik P Dixit | 0 | IND | +?B | −18N | +71B | −6N | =46B | +84N | +66B | −15N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 11.25 | 640 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Vageesh S Kumar | 0 | IND | +?B | −15N | −23N | +74B | =61N | +43B | −20N | +72B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 12.25 | 632 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 33461295 | 0 | — | +?B | −9N | −24B | +86N | +64B | =27N | −41B | +63N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 11.50 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Viraat Indresh | 0 | IND | +80N | +?B | −5N | =20B | −12N | +61B | +40N | −?B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1252 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 531028101 | 0 | — | F | +46N | −28B | +81N | −53B | +78N | +71B | =35N | 4.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 15.75 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 547087455 | 0 | — | F | +82N | +65B | −21N | =63B | −39N | +70B | +68N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 15.25 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Ashwin Reddy S | 0 | IND | +?B | +21N | −18B | −27N | +?B | +55N | −9B | =?N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.00 | 1343 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 558071326 | 0 | — | −11B | +?N | −47N | +?B | =32N | +?B | −?N | +69B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Jiyaansh Yadav | 0 | IND | −16N | −42B | +?N | +?B | =38N | −?B | +83N | +?B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Skanda Krishna S | 1427 | IND | =33B | =24N | +45B | +78N | =21B | =35N | −29N | −23B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 17.25 | 1335 | -10.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 33495807 | 0 | — | +?N | −2B | +77N | −52B | +60N | −33B | +58N | −24B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 11.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Vaishnavi L | 1422 | IND | +86N | +76B | =34N | −17N | +62B | −14B | =36N | −53B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 13.00 | 1308 | -11.6 |
| 50 | FIDE 558071377 | 0 | — | −8N | +?B | −16N | +85B | +68N | −13B | +75N | −25B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.50 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Ganav M | 0 | IND | +?N | −7B | +85N | +?B | −5N | −29B | +56N | −26N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.00 | 1233 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Shivaraju P | 0 | IND | +?B | −11N | +?B | +48N | −19B | +71N | −27B | −28N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 558071083 | 0 | — | F | −13B | +56N | −25B | +42N | −?B | +72N | +49N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 1255 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Pranav P | 0 | IND | −5N | +80B | =?N | +?B | −11N | −32B | =61N | +76B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 7.75 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Yuva Adithya | 0 | IND | +67N | −37B | +87N | =?B | =?N | −44B | −23N | +82B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.50 | 1249 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Vivek Yadav K | 0 | IND | +?B | −6N | −53B | −73N | +94B | +81N | −51B | +84N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Arjun Honagodu | 0 | IND | =?N | −36B | +69N | +83B | +?N | =34B | −7N | −?B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.25 | 1326 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 558071253 | 0 | — | −22B | −62N | +95B | +?N | −28B | +?N | −48B | +71N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 558071180 | 0 | — | −12N | −23B | +?B | +?N | −71B | −?N | +87B | +75N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Macharla Jyothi Siva Swaroop | 0 | IND | −9B | +?N | −21B | +?N | −48B | +?N | −?B | +?N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Janav Aarush R | 0 | IND | −27B | +63N | +68B | −26N | =39B | −41N | =54B | =?N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 11.25 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 62 | FIDE 429065690 | 0 | — | −3N | +58B | +76N | =11B | −49N | −63B | −?N | +83B | 3.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 12.25 | 1283 | 0.0 |
| 63 | Shriyan Gowda N S | 0 | IND | −20N | −61B | +?N | +87B | =43N | +62N | −37B | −40B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.75 | 619 | 0.0 |
| 64 | FIDE 547084723 | 0 | — | −14N | +88B | +75N | −37B | −40N | −80B | +74N | =67B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 9.75 | 619 | 0.0 |
| 65 | FIDE 531066313 | 0 | — | F | −?B | −43N | +67B | +75N | =20B | −32N | +66N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 12.50 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 66 | FIDE 33438331 | 0 | — | =69N | −?B | +72N | −36B | +83N | +76B | −38N | −65B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 10.25 | 601 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Gagan Rao R Gayakawad | 0 | IND | −55B | +89N | −30B | −65N | +77B | −?N | +86B | =64N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 601 | 0.0 |
| 68 | FIDE 558058761 | 0 | — | +?N | −25B | −61N | +82B | −50B | +73N | =?N | −43B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 6.00 | 640 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Shravanth M | 0 | IND | =66B | −19N | −57B | −72B | +?N | +?N | +84B | −45N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.25 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 70 | Param Janya M | 0 | IND | −18B | +?N | −8N | +?B | −?N | =?B | −43N | +?B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Ayushka Chaithanya S | 0 | IND | +?N | −29B | −38N | +77B | +59N | −52B | −42N | −58B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 72 | FIDE 25984926 | 0 | — | =24B | −33N | −66B | +69N | =?B | +86N | −53B | −39N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 8.00 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 73 | FIDE 558071202 | 0 | — | −13N | −31B | +90N | +56B | −16N | −68B | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 5.00 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 74 | FIDE 558071334 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −27B | −39N | −?B | +77N | −64B | +86N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 5.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 75 | FIDE 558071075 | 0 | — | +?B | −10N | −64B | +79N | −65B | +?N | −50B | −59B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 76 | FIDE 558071008 | 0 | — | +?B | −49N | −62B | +94N | +78B | −66N | −28B | −54N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.00 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 77 | FIDE 558071040 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | −48B | −71N | −67N | −74B | +95N | +94B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 78 | FIDE 558071270 | 0 | — | −34N | +90B | +?N | −47B | −76N | −42B | +85N | −?B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 79 | FIDE 558071164 | 0 | — | −25N | +?B | −12N | −75B | −80N | +88B | +?B | −?N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 80 | FIDE 537019040 | 0 | — | −41B | −54N | +89B | −?N | +79B | +64N | −?B | −?N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 601 | 0.0 |
| 81 | FIDE 558071130 | 0 | — | −29N | +?B | −?N | −42B | +85N | −56B | −?N | +90B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 82 | FIDE 558071059 | 0 | — | −?N | −43B | +?B | −68N | +?B | −?N | +90B | −55N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 640 | 0.0 |
| 83 | Devanand K P | 0 | IND | +?B | =17N | −19B | −57N | −66B | +?N | −46B | −62N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.75 | 1304 | 0.0 |
| 84 | FIDE 547088176 | 0 | — | −85N | +91B | +?N | =29B | −36N | −38B | −69N | −56B | 2.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.50 | 1561 | 0.0 |
| 85 | FIDE 547086874 | 0 | — | +84B | −26N | −51B | −50N | −81B | +?N | −78B | −87N | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 2.50 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 86 | FIDE 558071148 | 0 | — | −49B | +?N | −32N | −40B | +?N | −72B | −67N | −74B | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 87 | FIDE 558071156 | 0 | — | −21B | +?N | −55B | −63N | F | −?B | −59N | +85B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 88 | FIDE 558071105 | 0 | — | −4B | −64N | −?B | −93N | +95B | −79N | −?B | +?B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 973 | 0.0 |
| 89 | FIDE 558071350 | 0 | — | −37N | −67B | −80N | F | −?B | +?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 619 | 0.0 |
| 90 | FIDE 531089208 | 0 | — | −28B | −78N | −73B | −?N | F | +91B | −82N | −81N | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 91 | FIDE 558058672 | 0 | — | −26B | −84N | −?B | −?N | +?B | −90N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 636 | 0.0 |
| 92 | FIDE 558071296 | 0 | — | −15B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −?B | −?N | F | −?N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 632 | 0.0 |
| 93 | FIDE 558058478 | 0 | — | −?N | −?B | −?N | +88B | −?N | −?B | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 94 | FIDE 558071091 | 0 | — | −17B | F | −31N | −76B | −56N | F | −?B | −77N | 0.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 95 | FIDE 547019867 | 0 | — | −2N | −?B | −58N | −?B | −88N | F | −77B | −?N | 0.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 857 | 0.0 |
| 96 | FIDE 558071016 | 0 | — | −7N | −?B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Akanksh U DIND+48.07.0 pts · #3
- 2Jnanavi M SIND+47.26.0 pts · #5
- 3Gahan GanapathyIND+40.46.0 pts · #10
- 1Dhruthi V GowdaIND-48.45.0 pts · #65
- 2Pramukh JalmarIND-41.25.0 pts · #28
- 3Chirag CIND-38.45.0 pts · #73
- R5+162 Elo gap
- R4+143 Elo gap
- R8+123 Elo gap