Nalanda Chess Academy Sliver Jubilee Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025

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84 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Dec 2025 to 25 Dec 2025 in Shivamogga, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1651, and top seed was Sachin P S (🇮🇳 IND, 1781).

Vishwajit S (🇮🇳 IND, 1747) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Sachin P S (7.0) and Aruna Dinakara (7.0). S won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Shakthi Devrath Prakash (1424) beat Shashidhar K M (1663), a +239-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Shivamogga, India

Dates

21 Dec 2025 → 25 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Sachin P S1781

Avg top 10

1,651

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×54

Top 3

🥇
Vishwajit S
🇮🇳IND·1747
9.0pts·2391perf+91.2
🥈
Sachin P S
🇮🇳IND·1781
7.0pts·1773perf+1.8
🥉
Aruna Dinakara
🇮🇳IND·1591
7.0pts·1731perf+28.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vishwajit S 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

Vishwajit9Sachin P7Dinakara7Veeramacchaneni6.5Yashas6.5Sharath6.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

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

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vishwajit S beat Sachin P S (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vishwajit S 9 wins (R1–R9)Sachin P S 4 wins (R1–R4)Aruna Dinakara 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vishwajit S	*	1	1	—
2Sachin P S	0	*	½	—
3Aruna Dinakara	0	½	*	—
4Varchas Veeramacchaneni	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vishwajit S	1747	IND	+72B	+81N	+11B	+3N	+2B	+8N	+9B	+15N	+10B	9.0	47.0	49.0	49.00	2391	+91.2
2	Sachin P S	1781	IND	+53N	+34B	+5N	+25B	−1N	+37B	+8N	=4B	=3N	7.0	49.5	53.5	37.75	1773	+1.8
3	Aruna Dinakara	1591	IND	+63N	+44B	+38N	−1B	=4N	+79B	+6N	+20N	=2B	7.0	47.5	50.0	34.25	1731	+28.6
4	Sharath N	1479	IND	+60B	+62N	−8B	+56N	=3B	+27N	+11B	=2N	=7B	6.5	45.5	49.5	33.25	1641	+32.0
5	Yashas I	1515	IND	+47N	+74B	−2B	+53N	−25N	+36B	+14N	+9B	=18N	6.5	43.5	46.5	31.50	1630	+35.2
6	Basalingappa Maraddy	1478	IND	=51N	+52B	−42N	+66B	+40N	+38B	−3B	+50N	+21B	6.5	38.0	41.5	28.00	1692	+34.0
7	Varchas Veeramacchaneni	0	IND	+?N	+37B	−12N	−14B	+55B	+45N	+?N	+25B	=4N	6.5	36.5	36.5	21.25	1551	0.0
8	Nandan M M B	1697	IND	+55N	+14B	+4N	+12B	+39N	−1B	−2B	−10N	+20B	6.0	50.5	54.5	32.50	1672	-11.6
9	Amith T	1611	IND	+31B	=20N	+29B	+10B	=16N	+14B	−1N	−5N	+26B	6.0	49.0	54.0	32.75	1597	-6.0
10	Bharath N	1518	IND	+77B	+56N	+43B	−9N	=26B	=17N	+31B	+8B	−1N	6.0	45.5	48.5	28.00	1519	-2.0
11	Ravi Kiran	1490	IND	+35N	+75B	−1N	+47B	+12N	=25B	−4N	+79B	=16N	6.0	45.0	47.5	26.50	1565	+22.0
12	Adhya A H	1546	IND	+49B	+46N	+7B	−8N	−11B	+69N	+19B	−21N	+27B	6.0	44.0	47.0	29.50	815	-48.0
13	Vruthi Jain	1600	IND	=23B	−16N	+67B	+22N	=20B	+33N	=17B	=26N	+29B	6.0	43.5	47.0	30.00	1436	-21.6
14	Namish A P	1453	IND	+64B	−8N	+54B	+7N	+32B	−9N	−5B	+57N	+37B	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.00	1484	-5.2
15	Venkatesha Upadhyaya T V	1567	IND	+58N	+66B	=41N	+42B	=79N	+16B	=25N	−1B	=19N	6.0	42.5	45.0	27.00	1557	-1.6
16	Dutta, Mahee	1462	IND	+75N	+13B	=70N	+41B	=9B	−15N	=21B	+32N	=11B	6.0	42.0	45.0	28.75	1649	+73.6
17	Shakthi Devrath Prakash	1424	IND	+40N	−18B	+75N	=27B	+42N	=10B	=13N	=28B	+25N	6.0	42.0	45.0	28.00	1580	+38.4
18	Hruthvick R	1591	IND	+84B	+17N	=19B	−79N	+35B	+26N	−20B	+22N	=5B	6.0	42.0	42.0	27.75	1455	-37.6
19	Sunil Holla P G	0	IND	+45N	+28B	=18N	−39B	+?N	+30B	−12N	+37B	=15B	6.0	41.5	41.5	25.00	1573	0.0
20	Lakshit Dayananda	1433	IND	+73N	=9B	=21B	+43N	=13N	+39B	+18N	−3B	−8N	5.5	45.5	48.5	26.75	1623	+71.6
21	Athreya R	1655	IND	+80N	=79B	=20N	+45B	−37N	+59B	=16N	+12B	−6N	5.5	39.5	41.5	23.50	1420	-74.4
22	Harshavardhana Swamy K M	0	IND	−32B	+71N	=28N	−13B	+66N	+40B	+39N	−18B	+38N	5.5	39.0	42.0	22.50	1489	0.0
23	Ganesh J M	0	IND	=13N	+51B	−39N	=28B	−24N	+65B	+52N	=38B	+41N	5.5	38.0	41.5	23.75	1457	0.0
24	Himanshu S M	1480	IND	+54N	=42B	F	=51N	+23B	F	+41N	=55B	+43N	5.5	35.0	37.5	24.75	2216	+16.8
25	Shashidhar K M	1663	IND	+69B	+26N	+30B	−2N	+5B	=11N	=15B	−7N	−17B	5.0	48.0	51.0	25.50	1576	-15.4
26	Sanvitha A Shetty	1447	IND	+65N	−25B	+48N	+50B	=10N	−18B	+42N	=13B	−9N	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.50	1358	-19.6
27	Vihaan Pai	0	IND	+?B	−30N	+69B	=17N	+41N	−4B	=38N	+39B	−12N	5.0	40.0	40.0	17.25	1438	0.0
28	Pramukh Jalmar	1495	IND	+76B	−19N	=22B	=23N	=49B	+35N	=70B	=17N	=50B	5.0	39.5	42.5	22.25	1433	-4.8
29	Skanda Krishna S	1418	IND	+50N	=39B	−9N	−70B	+58N	+43B	=30N	+48B	−13N	5.0	38.5	41.5	21.75	1382	-8.8
30	Vijay E	1476	IND	F	+27B	−25N	=40B	+70N	−19N	=29B	+31N	+33B	5.0	38.5	38.5	22.75	1353	-12.8
31	Dhakshith K M	0	IND	−9N	+73B	+61N	−37B	+52N	+44B	−10N	−30B	+70N	5.0	37.0	40.0	18.50	1267	0.0
32	Nishanth M S	1575	IND	+22N	−41B	+74N	+59B	−14N	+54B	=79N	−16B	=55N	5.0	37.0	39.5	19.75	1141	-66.4
33	FIDE 25140680	0	—	−52N	+83B	−40N	+48B	+47N	−13B	+36N	+70B	−30N	5.0	36.5	38.5	19.00	738	0.0
34	Thippeswamy T	1464	IND	+57B	−2N	−35B	−54N	+83B	+76N	=47B	=40N	+60B	5.0	36.0	38.0	17.50	979	-5.6
35	Nikhil S	0	IND	−11B	+?N	+34N	=38B	−18N	−28B	=?N	+59B	+61N	5.0	34.5	34.5	15.25	1375	0.0
36	FIDE 25952773	0	—	F	F	+?B	+72N	+46B	−5N	−33B	+69N	+74B	5.0	27.5	27.5	13.50	690	0.0
37	Naveen Merwade	1484	IND	+70B	−7N	+49B	+31N	+21B	−2N	=50B	−19N	−14N	4.5	44.5	47.5	20.00	1518	+1.8
38	Sujay L	1472	IND	+83N	+61B	−3B	=35N	+60B	−6N	=27B	=23N	−22B	4.5	42.5	44.5	17.75	735	-31.6
39	Nehal G	1572	IND	+68B	=29N	+23B	+19N	−8B	−20N	−22B	−27N	+67B	4.5	42.0	45.5	21.00	1244	-54.0
40	Srihari Kulkarni	0	IND	−17B	+84N	+33B	=30N	−6B	−22N	+58B	=34B	=44N	4.5	41.5	41.5	16.25	1311	0.0
41	Amarnath Ramashettar	1423	IND	+71B	+32N	=15B	−16N	−27B	+60N	−24B	+54N	−23B	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.00	1411	-2.4
42	Swapna	0	IND	+?B	=24N	+6B	−15N	−17B	+81N	−26B	=44B	=45N	4.5	40.0	40.0	15.75	1423	0.0
43	Vishakhadatta K S	0	IND	+59N	+?B	−10N	−20B	+56B	−29N	+69B	=46N	−24B	4.5	37.5	37.5	13.25	1222	0.0
44	Dhruva Guruprasad	1425	IND	+82B	−3N	−60B	+57N	+51B	−31N	=54B	=42N	=40B	4.5	37.0	39.0	16.50	791	-12.4
45	Chandan Abhiarka D	0	IND	−19B	+76N	+57B	−21N	+82B	−7B	−48N	+77N	=42B	4.5	37.0	39.0	14.25	851	0.0
46	FIDE 564021505	0	—	+?N	−12B	−50N	+65B	−36N	+64B	+62N	=43B	−?N	4.5	31.0	31.0	13.75	730	0.0
47	Krishna K R	0	IND	−5B	+?N	+81B	−11N	−33B	+71N	=34N	−?B	+65N	4.5	31.0	31.0	11.00	1337	0.0
48	FIDE 564021556	0	—	−81B	+72N	−26B	−33N	+?B	+?N	+45B	−29N	=49B	4.5	29.0	29.0	9.75	645	0.0
49	FIDE 564021475	0	—	−12N	+?B	−37N	+?B	=28N	−?B	=51N	+52B	=48N	4.5	28.0	28.0	10.75	1193	0.0
50	Sunandini J M	0	IND	−29B	+68N	+46B	−26N	+53B	F	=37N	−6B	=28N	4.0	40.0	43.5	16.75	1230	0.0
51	Prathik S	0	IND	=6B	−23N	+58N	=24B	−44N	=53B	=49B	+?N	−56B	4.0	38.5	38.5	14.25	1342	0.0
52	FIDE 564002527	0	—	+33B	−6N	−56B	+77N	−31B	+68N	−23B	−49N	+76B	4.0	37.0	40.0	14.50	678	0.0
53	FIDE 564024466	0	—	−2B	+78N	+62B	−5B	−50N	=51N	=60B	−61N	+71B	4.0	36.5	39.5	14.00	835	0.0
54	Nivedita Devappa	0	IND	−24B	+?N	−14N	+34B	+81B	−32N	=44N	−41B	=58N	4.0	36.5	36.5	11.25	1364	0.0
55	Chinthana M M B	0	IND	−8B	−57N	F	+73B	−7N	+82N	+61B	=24N	=32B	4.0	36.0	36.0	14.25	1432	0.0
56	Dhanvith Krishna	0	IND	F	−10B	+52N	−4B	−43N	−57N	+82B	+62B	+51N	4.0	35.0	35.0	14.00	699	0.0
57	FIDE 564021548	0	—	−34N	+55B	−45N	−44B	+80N	+56B	+59N	−14B	−?N	4.0	34.0	34.0	14.00	670	0.0
58	FIDE 558057013	0	—	−15B	=67N	−51B	+?N	−29B	+66B	−40N	+68N	=54B	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.75	695	0.0
59	FIDE 564021530	0	—	−43B	+?N	+64B	−32N	+71B	−21N	−57B	−35N	+73B	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.00	772	0.0
60	Pratham Bhandari	0	IND	−4N	+?B	+44N	=?B	−38N	−41B	=53N	+63B	−34N	4.0	33.0	33.0	10.50	1263	0.0
61	FIDE 564024490	0	—	+?B	−38N	−31B	−69N	+74N	+67B	−55N	+53B	−35B	4.0	32.0	32.0	10.50	658	0.0
62	FIDE 564008525	0	—	+?N	−4B	−53N	+74B	−69B	+77N	−46B	−56N	+?B	4.0	28.0	28.0	6.00	679	0.0
63	FIDE 564021629	0	—	−3B	−82N	−71B	−76N	+?B	+?N	+73B	−60N	+75B	4.0	25.0	25.0	6.00	791	0.0
64	FIDE 88101720	0	—	−14N	+80B	−59N	+?B	F	−46N	−?B	+72N	+77B	4.0	22.5	22.5	8.00	699	0.0
65	Shreyas Badami	0	IND	−26B	−69N	+?B	−46N	+72B	−23N	=68B	+66N	−47B	3.5	32.5	32.5	8.25	646	0.0
66	FIDE 33495980	0	—	+67B	−15N	=82B	−6N	−22B	−58N	+?N	−65B	+?N	3.5	31.0	31.0	4.50	723	0.0
67	FIDE 537020099	0	—	−66N	=58B	−13N	+?B	−?N	−61N	+83B	+?B	−39N	3.5	24.0	24.0	4.00	776	0.0
68	FIDE 564021599	0	—	−39N	−50B	−?N	+?N	+73B	−52B	=65N	−58B	+?N	3.5	23.0	23.0	4.75	765	0.0
69	FIDE 88101495	0	—	−25N	+65B	−27N	+61B	+62N	−12B	−43N	−36B	−78N	3.0	37.0	40.0	11.50	805	0.0
70	Ninaad C Murthy	0	IND	−37N	F	=16B	+29N	−30B	+?B	=28N	−33N	−31B	3.0	35.5	35.5	10.50	1471	0.0
71	FIDE 88102149	0	—	−41N	−22B	+63N	+80B	−59N	−47B	−74N	+84B	−53N	3.0	31.5	31.5	6.00	616	0.0
72	FIDE 564024504	0	—	−1N	−48B	+?N	−36B	−65N	+75B	−?N	−64B	+80N	3.0	31.0	31.0	5.00	963	0.0
73	FIDE 564021661	0	—	−20B	−31N	+?B	−55N	−68N	+84B	−63N	+80B	−59N	3.0	28.0	28.0	2.00	623	0.0
74	FIDE 564021602	0	—	F	−5N	−32B	−62N	−61B	+?N	+71B	+?B	−36N	3.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	691	0.0
75	FIDE 564021637	0	—	−16B	−11N	−17B	−?N	+?B	−72N	+?B	+?N	−63N	3.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	660	0.0
76	FIDE 564021491	0	—	−28N	−45B	−?N	+63B	+?N	−34B	+80N	−?B	−52N	3.0	24.5	24.5	6.00	685	0.0
77	FIDE 564021521	0	—	−10N	+?B	−?N	−52B	+?N	−62B	+?N	−45B	−64N	3.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	694	0.0
78	FIDE 564025179	0	—	−?N	−53B	−80N	F	−?B	−?N	+?B	+82N	+69B	3.0	11.0	11.0	5.00	669	0.0
79	Mrinalini M R	1442	IND	F	=21N	F	+18B	=15B	−3N	=32B	−11N	F	2.5	46.0	46.0	14.25	1507	+7.2
80	FIDE 564021670	0	—	−21B	−64N	+78B	−71N	−57B	+83N	−76B	−73N	−72B	2.0	28.5	30.5	5.00	851	0.0
81	Raghunath G	1466	IND	+48N	−1B	−47N	+83B	−54N	−42B	F	F	F	2.0	28.5	28.5	6.50	963	-6.0
82	FIDE 564021572	0	—	−44N	+63B	=66N	=?B	−45N	−55B	−56N	−78B	−?N	2.0	27.5	27.5	5.75	1289	0.0
83	FIDE 564021432	0	—	−38B	−33N	+?B	−81N	−34N	−80B	−67N	+?B	−?N	2.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	663	0.0
84	FIDE 564021653	0	—	−18N	−40B	−?N	−?B	F	−73N	−?B	−71N	−?N	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	795	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vishwajit SIND
+91.2
9.0 pts · #1
2Dutta, MaheeIND
+73.6
6.0 pts · #7
3Lakshit DayanandaIND
+71.6
5.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Athreya RIND
-74.4
5.5 pts · #17
2Nishanth M SIND
-66.4
5.0 pts · #43
3Nehal GIND
-54.0
4.5 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R9+239 Elo gap
Shakthi Devrath Prakash1424 beat Shashidhar K M1663
R8+179 Elo gap
Bharath N1518 beat Nandan M M B1697
R9+177 Elo gap
Basalingappa Maraddy1478 beat Athreya R1655