14th NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-2025 Category U09 Open

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108 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Guwahati, India. Top 10 Elo average was 1571, and top seed was Aaradhyo Guin (🇮🇳 IND, 1646).

Ilaan Shafeek (🇮🇳 IND, 1465) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Neithal D Ansera (8.0) and Arnav Anand (7.5). Shafeek shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ilaan Shafeek (1465) beat Aaradhyo Guin (1646), a +181-point gap.

Location

🇮🇳Guwahati, India

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Aaradhyo Guin1646

Avg top 10

1,571

Participants

108

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇳India×74

Top 3

🥇
Ilaan Shafeek
🇮🇳IND·1465
8.0pts·1789perf+92.3
🥈
Neithal D Ansera
🇮🇳IND·1619
8.0pts·1800perf+60.0
🥉
Arnav Anand
🇮🇳IND·1476
7.5pts·1842perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Ansera8Shafeek8Anand7.5Guin7Thejkumar7Raychaudhuri7

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Shafeek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Neithal D Ansera 6 wins (R4–R9)Ilaan Shafeek 4 wins (R1–R4)Arnav Anand 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Neithal D Ansera	*	—	—	1
2Ilaan Shafeek	—	*	—	1
3Arnav Anand	—	—	*	—
4Aaradhyo Guin	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ilaan Shafeek	1465	IND	+103N	+42B	+18N	+5B	=13N	+7B	=4N	+16B	+14N	8.0	49.5	51.5	45.00	1789	+92.3
2	Neithal D Ansera	1619	IND	+44N	+19B	−4N	+45B	+28N	+54B	+25N	+13B	+5N	8.0	47.0	51.5	44.50	1800	+60.0
3	Arnav Anand	1476	IND	+76B	−45N	+100B	+61N	+43B	=9N	+8B	+10N	+7B	7.5	44.5	46.5	38.25	1842	+65.6
4	Kaustubh Thejkumar	1465	IND	+92B	+60N	+2B	+35N	=26B	+15N	=1B	−5B	+24N	7.0	50.0	53.0	39.25	1668	+66.4
5	Aaradhyo Guin	1646	IND	+75B	+84N	+55B	−1N	+30B	+26N	+6B	+4N	−2B	7.0	49.5	53.0	37.00	1679	+23.6
6	Ishaan Raychaudhuri	1464	IND	+104B	+57N	+9B	−8N	+22N	+39B	−5N	+32B	+13N	7.0	47.0	49.0	35.50	1683	+71.2
7	Agrawal Ansh Rakesh	1468	IND	+100N	+58B	+12N	+10B	=8B	−1N	+38B	+26N	−3N	6.5	50.0	52.0	33.25	1539	+23.2
8	Tejas Tiwari	1521	IND	+66N	+21B	+28N	+6B	=7N	−25B	−3N	+59B	+27N	6.5	48.0	52.5	36.25	1511	-3.6
9	Inba Dhinesh Babu	1597	IND	+101N	+31B	−6N	=12B	+44N	=3B	+46N	=27B	+54N	6.5	46.5	48.5	31.75	1528	-17.2
10	Eshaan Saha	1427	IND	+65N	+94B	+14N	−7N	+35B	=16B	+39N	−3B	+26N	6.5	46.0	48.5	31.50	1611	+70.0
11	Devansh Darpan Patel	1493	IND	=23B	+33N	−17B	+86N	=12B	+60N	+43B	+56N	=25B	6.5	43.5	47.0	32.00	1437	-11.6
12	Adhvaan Oswal	0	IND	+?N	+?B	−7B	=9N	=11N	=28B	+?N	+38B	+37N	6.5	35.0	35.0	19.25	1635	-11.6
13	Agraarth Mishra	1556	IND	+91B	+46N	=27B	+32N	=1B	+36N	+15B	−2N	−6B	6.0	50.0	53.0	31.25	1498	-16.8
14	Vivaan Vardhan Sahu	1501	IND	+106B	+41N	−10B	+60N	+46B	=21N	+29B	=25N	−1B	6.0	46.0	47.5	27.25	1384	-21.6
15	Reyaan Nobis	1556	IND	+67N	+43B	=25N	+59B	+27N	−4B	−13N	+31N	=17B	6.0	45.0	49.5	30.75	1455	-33.2
16	Aarav Ravi Jhavar	1521	IND	+86B	=22N	=80B	+41N	+69B	=10N	+21B	−1N	=23B	6.0	45.0	48.5	29.50	1444	-11.2
17	Dwiptaneel Deb	1447	IND	−42N	+103B	+11N	+67B	−39N	+74B	+18N	=54B	=15N	6.0	41.5	43.5	28.25	1539	+24.4
18	Thakkar Preet Chintankumar	0	IND	+?B	+69N	−1B	=70N	+55B	=56N	−17B	+43N	+47B	6.0	41.0	41.0	22.75	1474	0.0
19	Adhrit Medda	1412	IND	+108B	−2N	+74B	+81N	=38B	−29N	=42B	+62N	+41B	6.0	40.5	40.5	22.00	1275	-22.4
20	Saw Jinson Samuel	0	IND	+52N	=?B	−37N	−58B	+66N	+87B	+33N	=29N	+35B	6.0	38.5	38.5	26.25	1514	0.0
21	Aruj Sahai	0	IND	+?B	−8N	+51B	+55N	+?N	=14B	−16N	=30N	+36B	6.0	38.5	38.5	20.25	1512	0.0
22	Ghosh, Parthajit	0	IND	+49N	=16B	+?N	=38N	−6B	+72B	−54N	+?B	+40N	6.0	36.5	36.5	19.50	1487	-0.4
23	Jenil Parmar	0	IND	=11N	+?B	+56N	−25B	−59N	+84B	+28N	+?B	=16N	6.0	36.0	36.0	19.75	1618	+4.8
24	Tavish Chahar	0	IND	+?N	−40B	+?N	−31B	+90N	+83B	+69B	+36N	−4B	6.0	33.0	33.0	15.50	1445	0.0
25	Saatvik Sharma	1455	IND	F	+51N	=15B	+23N	+29B	+8N	−2B	=14B	=11N	5.5	49.5	49.5	32.25	1592	+48.4
26	Reyaan Gharai	1494	IND	+50N	+99B	+45N	+36B	=4N	−5B	+37N	−7B	−10B	5.5	47.0	49.0	25.50	1429	-23.6
27	Kabir Islam	1438	IND	+98N	+72B	=13N	+37B	−15B	=32N	+48B	=9N	−8B	5.5	44.5	46.5	25.00	1465	+6.8
28	Meer Saluja	1435	IND	+97B	+63N	−8B	+80N	−2B	=12N	−23B	+85N	+57B	5.5	43.0	45.5	21.75	1403	-3.2
29	Pranit Rastogi	1525	IND	+107N	+71B	=59N	+40B	−25N	+19B	−14N	=20B	=32N	5.5	42.5	43.5	24.00	1448	-20.8
30	Raghulkrishna S D	1448	IND	+74B	+87N	−35B	+57N	−5N	=42B	+44N	=21B	=68N	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.75	1410	-6.0
31	Shaurik Paramanik	1406	IND	+82B	−9N	+98B	+24N	−54N	=80B	+64N	−15B	+63N	5.5	39.0	41.0	22.25	749	0.0
32	Cheetransh Malhotra	1403	IND	+85N	=37B	+105N	−13B	+?N	=27B	+35B	−6N	=29B	5.5	39.0	39.0	18.00	1501	0.0
33	Vaibhav Anand	0	IND	+?N	−11B	+99N	−43B	+68B	=41N	−20B	+82N	+69B	5.5	36.5	36.5	16.50	1474	0.0
34	Dhruv Vats	0	IND	+95B	−35N	−62B	+104N	+98B	+81N	−36B	+48N	=56B	5.5	32.0	34.0	17.25	1206	0.0
35	Parth Kiran Shinde	1536	IND	+77N	+34B	+30N	−4B	−10N	+40B	−32N	+45B	−20N	5.0	46.0	50.0	25.00	1442	-18.8
36	Thakkar Dharv Nikeshkumar	1459	IND	+68N	+89B	+39N	−26N	+48B	−13B	+34N	−24B	−21N	5.0	43.5	46.5	23.00	1422	-7.6
37	Pragyan Mishra	1547	IND	+88B	=32N	+20B	−27N	+70B	+59N	−26B	=41N	−12B	5.0	42.5	46.0	23.25	668	-39.2
38	Harshil Niyor Saikia	1510	IND	+90N	+102B	=40N	=22B	=19N	+64B	−7N	−12N	=50B	5.0	42.5	44.5	20.50	1320	-29.2
39	Om Esh Gottumukkala	1604	IND	F	+47N	−36B	+83N	+17B	−6N	−10B	+58N	+46B	5.0	42.5	42.5	24.00	1445	-48.8
40	Gokhale Aadit	1427	IND	+79B	+24N	=38B	−29N	+63B	−35N	=58B	+42N	−22B	5.0	41.5	45.5	24.25	1251	-24.0
41	FIDE 547026251	0	—	+64N	−14B	+85N	−16B	+65N	=33B	+80N	=37B	−19N	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.25	1151	0.0
42	Manomay Mondal	0	IND	+17B	−1N	−46B	+?N	+47B	=30N	=19N	−40B	+?N	5.0	40.5	40.5	16.75	1460	0.0
43	Gaurav Sarma	1400	IND	+62B	−15N	+?B	+33N	−3N	+?B	−11N	−18B	+74N	5.0	40.0	40.0	14.00	714	0.0
44	FIDE 564038076	0	—	−2B	+79N	=63B	+82N	−9B	+95N	−30B	=80N	+72B	5.0	39.5	42.0	18.00	747	0.0
45	Adhiraj Bhadra	0	IND	+?N	+3B	−26B	−2N	+62B	+?N	−56B	−35N	+89B	5.0	38.0	38.0	15.00	1267	0.0
46	Debraj Bhattacharya	1410	IND	+?N	−13B	+42N	+?B	−14N	+57B	−9B	+52N	−39N	5.0	38.0	38.0	14.50	1296	0.0
47	Aditya Bhattacharjee	1419	IND	+96N	−39B	+104N	−48B	−42N	+78B	+65N	+49B	−18N	5.0	37.0	39.0	18.00	797	-10.4
48	Ritwik Khatua	0	IND	+70B	−55N	+?B	+47N	−36N	+?B	−27N	−34B	+71N	5.0	33.5	33.5	13.00	1395	0.0
49	Samadarshi Mondal	0	IND	−22B	−61N	+91B	−76N	+75B	+99N	+100B	−47N	+70B	5.0	32.5	34.5	15.00	617	0.0
50	Jaswin Battula	0	IND	−26B	+?N	−69B	+51N	−?B	+55N	=81B	+94N	=38N	5.0	30.0	30.0	16.25	1407	0.0
51	Shashwat Nandan	0	IND	+83N	−25B	−21N	−50B	+103N	+90B	+53N	−?B	+?N	5.0	30.0	30.0	13.50	1354	0.0
52	Riddhiman Bhuyan	0	IND	−20B	+88N	+?B	−69N	−60B	+?N	+?N	−46B	+73N	5.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	640	0.0
53	FIDE 88167968	0	—	−55B	−70N	+?B	−94N	+?B	+?N	−51B	+?B	+?N	5.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	739	0.0
54	Ammaar Bin Thanzeer	1492	IND	−58N	F	+76B	+101N	+31B	−2N	+22B	=17N	−9B	4.5	44.5	46.5	20.50	1420	-17.2
55	Adish Shivam Kakoti	1464	IND	+53N	+48B	−5N	−21B	−18N	−50B	+99B	+90N	=62B	4.5	41.5	43.5	17.25	817	-15.6
56	Advik Sharma	1450	IND	F	=80N	−23B	+66B	+58N	=18B	+45N	−11B	=34N	4.5	41.5	41.5	21.50	707	-16.0
57	Ridit, Krishank	0	IND	+73N	−6B	+71N	−30B	+101B	−46N	=60B	+83N	−28N	4.5	39.0	41.0	15.75	1256	-42.8
58	Jishan Kashyap Bora	0	IND	+54B	−7N	=84B	+20N	−56B	+70N	=40N	−39B	=?N	4.5	39.0	39.0	18.75	1349	0.0
59	Rian Rohal Gollapalli	1447	IND	F	+?N	=29B	−15N	+23B	−37B	+61N	−8N	+67B	4.5	38.0	38.0	17.75	1200	-72.0
60	Aryan Kumar	0	IND	+?N	−4B	+89N	−14B	+52N	−11B	=57N	+64B	−?N	4.5	36.5	36.5	14.75	1121	0.0
61	Devrup Ghosh	0	IND	−?N	+49B	+94N	−3B	=87B	+63N	−59B	=72N	=80B	4.5	35.0	35.0	17.50	703	0.0
62	Reyansh Gupta	0	IND	−43N	+107B	+34N	−?B	−45N	+77B	+71N	−19B	=55N	4.5	35.0	35.0	16.75	1208	0.0
63	Suryanshu Saikia	0	IND	+?N	−28B	=44N	+73B	−40N	−61B	+98B	+86N	−31B	4.5	35.0	35.0	12.00	620	0.0
64	Shivanshu Sharma	0	IND	−41B	=86N	+95B	+?N	+84B	−38N	−31B	−60N	+82B	4.5	33.0	33.0	11.25	1318	0.0
65	FIDE 558005234	0	—	−10B	+?N	−83B	+75N	−41B	+101N	−47B	=98N	+86B	4.5	31.5	31.5	10.50	636	0.0
66	FIDE 531050948	0	—	−8B	=95N	+106B	−56N	−20B	+105N	−94B	+?N	+81B	4.5	28.5	28.5	7.75	682	0.0
67	FIDE 547006307	0	—	−15B	+108N	+?B	−17N	−80B	=98N	+95B	+81N	−59N	4.5	28.0	28.0	7.00	691	0.0
68	Leirikhomba Mangang	0	IND	−36B	F	−?N	+71B	−33N	+102B	+?N	+69N	=30B	4.5	26.0	26.0	12.75	1370	0.0
69	Biraaj Sahani	1431	IND	+93N	−18B	+50N	+52B	−16N	+85B	−24N	−68B	−33N	4.0	41.5	44.5	16.50	714	-16.0
70	Ayaan	0	IND	−48N	+53B	+93N	=18B	−37N	−58B	=72N	+92B	−49N	4.0	37.5	40.5	16.00	660	0.0
71	FIDE 537059475	0	—	+81B	−29N	−57B	−68N	+82B	+76N	−62B	+78N	−48B	4.0	35.5	39.0	15.00	703	0.0
72	FIDE 429094461	0	—	+?B	−27N	−101B	+106N	+100B	−22N	=70B	=61B	−44N	4.0	30.5	30.5	7.75	639	0.0
73	FIDE 531088112	0	—	−57B	+92N	=82B	−63N	−95B	=94N	+76B	+100N	−52B	4.0	29.5	31.5	12.00	662	0.0
74	Maitrabh Baruah	0	IND	−30N	+?B	−19N	+?B	+94B	−17N	−?B	+75N	−43B	4.0	29.0	29.0	6.50	637	0.0
75	FIDE 564036103	0	—	−5N	+96B	−?N	−65B	−49N	+108B	+93N	−74B	+100B	4.0	28.0	28.0	7.50	817	0.0
76	FIDE 564038050	0	—	−3N	+?B	−54N	+49B	−?N	−71B	−73N	+96B	+?N	4.0	27.5	27.5	7.50	686	0.0
77	Devabarnil Sarmah	0	IND	−35B	−82N	+97B	+?N	−81B	−62N	+?B	−89N	+98B	4.0	24.0	24.0	4.50	726	0.0
78	FIDE 558012850	0	—	F	F	F	+108N	+89B	−47N	+?B	−71B	+91N	4.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	617	0.0
79	Nidhaan Dinesh	0	IND	−40N	−44B	+107N	+102B	−83B	+?N	−?N	−?B	+99B	4.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	651	0.0
80	Shaurya Sharma	0	IND	F	=56B	=16N	−28B	+67N	=31N	−41B	=44B	=61N	3.5	40.5	40.5	17.25	1360	0.0
81	FIDE 564036448	0	—	−71N	+90B	+?N	−19B	+77N	−34B	=50N	−67B	−66N	3.5	36.5	36.5	9.50	638	0.0
82	Priyangshu Bhattacharjee	0	IND	−31N	+77B	=73N	−44B	−71N	+?B	+84N	−33B	−64N	3.5	36.0	36.0	9.50	1414	0.0
83	Aarul Mukherjee	0	IND	−51B	F	+65N	−39B	+79N	−24N	=85B	−57B	+105N	3.5	34.0	34.0	11.75	730	-32.8
84	Karanveerr Kakkar	1425	IND	F	−5B	=58N	+105B	−64N	−23N	−82B	+95N	+94B	3.5	32.0	32.0	8.75	817	-9.6
85	FIDE 547077301	0	—	−32B	+91N	−41B	+99N	+?B	−69N	=83N	−28B	−87N	3.5	32.0	32.0	6.75	1169	0.0
86	FIDE 537077929	0	—	−16N	=64B	+?N	−11B	+105N	−?B	+87N	−63B	−65N	3.5	31.0	31.0	7.25	716	0.0
87	Sivansh Naga Aditya Kasukurthy	0	IND	F	−30B	+102N	−?B	=61N	−20N	−86B	+?N	+85B	3.5	25.0	25.0	7.75	688	0.0
88	FIDE 558045880	0	—	−37N	−52B	−?N	−96B	+107N	=?B	−105B	+106N	+95B	3.5	19.0	19.0	5.00	660	0.0
89	Satwek Sangram	0	IND	F	−36N	−60B	−90B	−78N	+103B	+102N	+77B	−45N	3.0	29.5	29.5	8.00	672	0.0
90	FIDE 547094923	0	—	−38B	−81N	+108B	+89N	−24B	−51N	+?B	−55B	−?N	3.0	27.0	27.0	3.00	720	0.0
91	FIDE 564036111	0	—	−13N	−85B	−49N	−92B	+?N	−96B	+?N	+104B	−78B	3.0	26.0	26.0	2.00	749	0.0
92	FIDE 547076585	0	—	−4N	−73B	−?N	+91N	+?B	−?B	F	−70N	+101B	3.0	20.0	20.0	5.00	663	0.0
93	FIDE 564038106	0	—	−69B	+?N	−70B	−?N	−?B	+?N	−75B	−99N	+106B	3.0	15.5	15.5	1.50	640	0.0
94	FIDE 547094842	0	—	F	−10N	−61B	+53B	−74N	=73B	+66N	−50B	−84N	2.5	37.0	37.0	11.50	625	0.0
95	FIDE 564036146	0	—	−34N	=66B	−64N	+?B	+73N	−44B	−67N	−84B	−88N	2.5	35.0	35.0	6.25	619	0.0
96	FIDE 547094915	0	—	−47B	−75N	−?B	+88N	−?B	+91N	−101B	−76N	=?B	2.5	21.5	21.5	6.50	617	0.0
97	FIDE 564038092	0	—	−28N	−?B	−77N	+107B	−102N	+?B	−?N	=?B	−?N	2.5	12.5	12.5	1.00	626	0.0
98	FIDE 558005226	0	—	−27B	F	−31N	+?B	−34N	=67B	−63N	=65B	−77N	2.0	34.0	34.0	4.50	624	0.0
99	FIDE 564036120	0	—	F	−26N	−33B	−85B	+?N	−49B	−55N	+93B	−79N	2.0	31.0	31.0	3.00	718	0.0
100	FIDE 564036197	0	—	−7B	F	−3N	+?B	−72N	+?B	−49N	−73B	−75N	2.0	31.0	31.0	0.00	676	0.0
101	Gogoi,Chow Rudraanshu Pran	0	IND	−9B	F	+72N	−54B	−57N	−65B	+96N	−?B	−92N	2.0	29.5	29.5	6.50	717	0.0
102	FIDE 558089730	0	—	F	−38N	−87B	−79N	+97B	−68N	−89B	−?N	+103B	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.50	701	0.0
103	FIDE 547076348	0	—	−1B	−17N	+?B	−?N	−51B	−89N	+108N	−?B	−102N	2.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	644	0.0
104	FIDE 564036189	0	—	−6N	F	−47B	−34B	−?N	−?N	+?B	−91N	+?B	2.0	20.5	20.5	0.00	639	0.0
105	FIDE 564036162	0	—	=?N	F	−32B	−84N	−86B	−66B	+88N	F	−83B	1.5	24.0	24.0	3.50	640	0.0
106	FIDE 564036200	0	—	−14N	=?B	−66N	−72B	−?N	+107B	−?N	−88B	−93N	1.5	22.0	22.0	1.00	678	0.0
107	FIDE 564038084	0	—	−29B	−62N	−79B	−97N	−88B	−106N	F	+?B	−?N	1.0	21.5	21.5	0.00	744	0.0
108	FIDE 564036138	0	—	−19N	−67B	−90N	−78B	F	−75N	−103B	−?N	−?B	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	638	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ilaan ShafeekIND
+92.3
8.0 pts · #4
2Ishaan RaychaudhuriIND
+71.2
7.0 pts · #10
3Eshaan SahaIND
+70.0
6.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Rian Rohal GollapalliIND
-72.0
4.5 pts · #49
2Om Esh GottumukkalaIND
-48.8
5.0 pts · #17
3Ridit, KrishankIND
-42.8
4.5 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R4+181 Elo gap
Ilaan Shafeek1465 beat Aaradhyo Guin1646
R7+177 Elo gap
Eshaan Saha1427 beat Om Esh Gottumukkala1604
R3+154 Elo gap
Kaustubh Thejkumar1465 beat Neithal D Ansera1619